Chapter Text
Birds chirped as the sun started to rise. The TV is still on, a bottle of wine is still standing alone on the table while Dazai and Chuuya are still asleep.
“And today’s special sponsor is–” the noise from the TV woke Chuuya a bit, but it won't be enough to fully wake Chuuya. He pulled a certain someone closer, thinking it was a pillow and hugged them tight. Doing that caused the certain someone wrapped in bandages to wake up.
What the fuck? Why am I being hugged aggressively by this shortstack, and why is the TV still on? Dazai sighed then struggled to get himself off of Chuuya’s grasp. In the end, there was no point to keep on struggling, Chuuya was still hugging him tight . Dazai sighed and decided to rest on his back while waiting for the red-head to wake up, Dazai glanced at Chuuya, slightly blushing. Dazai sighed,
“ Today is the day where I will finally leave you all behind. It was fun while it lasted” Dazai whispered to Chuuya
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7.30 am
Chuuya woke up to a snoring Dazai. He glances at Dazai, who is surprisingly being hugged by him. What he some-what thought was a pillow turns out to be Dazai instead. Chuuya quickly let go of Dazai because of embarrassment.
“Oh you're awake?” Dazai said out of the blue. “HEY!- shitty Dazai, why were you in my arms!?” Chuuya answered. “You did it yourself, not me- guess you missed me a little bit too much” Dazai said, a smirk on his face. “Pretty sure it was yOU” Chuuya said with an angry-embarrassed voice. “Bla-bla-bla, whateve-” Dazai mocked Chuuya but got hit with a pillow instead. “SHUT it already! I'm going for a bath if you aren't.” Chuuya said, ending the conversation.
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9.30 am
“I'll head to the security cams, go in from the back, and remember- don't.cause.a.ruckus.” Dazai told Chuuya while getting ready to sneak into a building. “Yeah yeah, meet up at the nearby abandoned factory?” “Yup”
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10.15
“Oi Dazai I got the object, clear the cameras then get out of there-”
“Im not stupid Chuuya, I know what to do”
“Yeah right, I'm heading to the abandoned factory right now- race you there, if I win, it will be your turn to treat me to a meal.”
“No way in hell” Dazai was quick with his hands, after just a few seconds he closed the monitor and rushed outside the building. Chuuya on the other hand, was already a few kilometres away from the building. Dazai catched up but then suddenly slowed down and phoned someone.
“Hey Ango, we're getting closer to the building. Hopefully you won't disappoint me this time.” Dazai told the man on the other end of the call. “Alright, we're ready.” The man called ‘Ango’ replied.
–
“I got here first shitty Dazai, you're treating me the next time we have a meal” Chuuya shouted with a panting voice.
“This ‘next meal’ won't happen anytime soon, Nakahara Chuuya, the king of ‘sheep’, it is an honour to put you behind the bars.” a tall man with glasses spoke up.
Tch, how did they find us? Dazai would never fail to delete those data’s, and.. isn't that the double agent that infiltrated the port mafia? Chuuya started to activate his ability. “Not today, Chuuya” Dazai whispered to Chuuya as he touched his shoulder to deactivate his ability. Chuuya froze, then slightly turned his head, people with guns and armour around them prepared to act. “So it was you,” Chuuya said.
There was a moment of silence.
“Drop the guns, he won't do anything stupid” Dazai shouted
“ Why ?” Chuuya asked. “You know exactly why” Dazai answered
“You know I can punch you right this moment.”
“But you didn't punch me-”
“Because I TRUST YOU” Chuuya gulped.
“Because for ONCE I trusted YOU . These past few days, I prayed to GOD you wont do anything stupid, but here you are.. switching sides just because a man died—”
“Odasaku WASN'T JUST A MAN CHUUYA. He was my BEST FRIEND.”
“ah”
Silence fell in the room once again.
“Leave them alone, I'll stay on guard.” Ango said, breaking the silence. People surrounding them started to leave.
“So I was nothing to you”
“ What?”
“Odasaku, right?” Chuuya chuckled, he swallowed his tears. “That man was your everything apparently. Literally because he died it changed you ENTIRELY”
“ Chuuya–”
“Don't you dare lie and say you willingly changed. YOU acted like this the entire time, just because someone close to you died.”
“He wasn't just a man, unlike YOU he actually HELPED ME”
“Oh, so he did but I didn't? EVERY FUCKING TIME I save YOU from your suicide attempts, and you still didnt think of it as helpful even after you changed your point of view.”
“He helped me get through things, unlike you– he didn't get in my WAY”
“So saving you from your suicide attempts is getting in your way?”
“..”
“You know.. when they left me, you were all that I had left–” Chuuya continued, “It felt weird but, it's the truth. You were the only person that kept me going, without you I felt alone,.. too alone.”
Silence fell in the room once again.
“Ango, change of plans, erase all of Nakahara Chuuya’s criminal records” Dazai said.
“Huh-? I'm sorry, but if you think you can bribe me that easily, it wont work” Chuuya said, adding more weight to his voice. Chuuya wanted to continue but Dazai interrupted him.
“Ne Chuuya, thanks to you, I finally realised what it takes to become a better person–”
“What-?”
“And that is, to change another person– so in order to change you –”
“Shitty Dazai, what are you talking about?”
“I must first, die myself”
“Huh?”
They were on the 8th floor of the building, Dazai jumped.
“Oh”
He stood still for a moment but then,
he jumped along with Dazai
Chuuya chuckled, “Bastard, even after everything I said you once again still chose to jump eh?”
Chuuya caught up to Dazai and grabbed his arm,
“Dont,
Let
Go
.. please” Chuuya continued.
“Then come along with me, lets become a better person together–”
“So, after all this is your plan– even if I did let you go, you’d be happy you could die.”
Dazai smirked.
“Go to hell Dazai”
–
“Thanks for joining me Chuuya!! I bet we’ll have a great adventure together” Dazai said with a cheerful voice as if he was mocking Chuuya.
“What fucking adventure are you talking about? There will be no adventure as long as i'm tagging along with you”
“What if i say otherwise?”
“Then I shouldn't have kept you alive,” Chuuya said, punching Dazai in the stomach.
“Ango, thanks– but just in case you have forgotten, I still haven't forgiven you for what you did, I only asked for a favour and you agreed to help.” Dazai said,
“Yes of course,.” Ango replied
–
“Hey, how are you sure they won't find us?” Chuuya asked
“Because I struck a deal with the boss” “Well that's understandable,”
“Hey, why don't we get some ice cream first-?”
“We haven't even had lunch yet,” Chuuya sighed, “Maybe I shouldn't have agreed to come with you”