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“I’m not mad,” Ranpo said, firm.
Dazai looked away. His vision blurred, just a little, enough that he had to blink hard to clear it. The exhaustion had reached that dangerous point where his body was starting to shut down functions it deemed nonessential—posture, composure, dignity.
“Then why does it feel like I’m failing a test?” he muttered.
Ranpo’s mouth twitched. “Because you think being hurt is something you have to justify.”
or: Dazai limps through the city on momentum alone, hoping to collapse without being examined. Ranpo lets him try.
Whumpuary 2026 - Day twenty-five - Fatigue, Limping, “I dont believe you.”
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When he closed his eyes, images slipped in immediately. Blood on concrete. The smell of gunpowder. A flash of teeth, a clinical touch where he wanted it least. Dazai’s brain supplied them automatically, like it was bored and rifling through a filing cabinet labeled Worst Possible Things.
He opened his eyes again and stared at the ceiling. His limbs felt heavy in a way that didn’t translate to rest. Heavy but restless, like they wanted to move through something rather than settle. There was an itch under his skin that had nothing to do with nerves and everything to do with the fact that he was still here, still conscious, still having to occupy his own body.
or: Insomnia makes Dazai restless.
Restlessness makes him reckless.
Chuuya makes him lie down anyway.
A long night, a bad habit, and a door that opens even when it shouldn’t.Depress December 2025 - Day nine - Insomnia
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“What a wasteful approach,” Fyodor murmured. “If you insist on theatrics, Dazai-kun, at least commit to a single method. This…” His fingers hovered above one of the deeper gashes, not touching yet, simply appraising. “…is impatience. Or boredom.”
or: Dazai wants oblivion, but death doesn’t take him. Fyodor does.
Hurtcember 2025 - Day three - Bleeding out
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26 Dec 2025
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Ranpo wants to play chess. Dazai wants to play dumb. Only one of them wins. It doesn’t take being the World’s Greatest Detective to figure out that the new rookie is lying about his past.
Darancember/Ranzaicember 2025 - Day one - Chess
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- Part 1 of Darancember/Ranzaicember 2025
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26 Dec 2025
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A fever lowers defenses without altering terms. Dazai remains where he shouldn’t be. Fyodor does nothing to stop it.
Hurtcember 2025 - Day twenty-five - Sick
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- Part 5 of A Hunger With No Mirror
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