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"What
is your problem?!"
You
yelled against him. Dazai looked at you and
smirked.
"I don't have any problem, do I~?"
There
is, his attitude that pissed you off.
"Rather don't get in my way." You replied rudely.
It was always like this between you and Dazai, always teases. However you developed a crush on him, since the early days when you entered in ADA. He's fascinating, smart, cheerful and in the other hand he's... a great bastard. It's truth you were a little tsundere but you couldn't resist to reply something back to him.
He
chuckled while a sly smile came across Dazai's face. "Are you ready for
the mission, my beautiful lady~?"
"Tsk." you took your jacket from the hanger. "I am." you said firmly and walked toward the door grabbing the door handle. "Can we go now?"
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The mission wasn't too complicated. To your group - Dazai, Atsushi and you - had been assigned the task of collecting information about a small criminal organization that was creating havoc in the district. Asked door to door in the neighborhood, you three found yourselves in the narrow driveway and uncared. Your group had obtained enough information and were now likely in returning to the central headquarters of the Agency when someone blocked the road. Some men in dark suits sprang up around the corner, blocking the way out. They were armed and without giving your group a moment to organize they opened fire.
"It was you who were sticking your nose into our business?" probably the boss spoke, among the enemies were also some ability users. They weren't professionals but there towered in number.
"[F/N]!
Stay back for support! Atsushi, attack!" ordered Dazai with a widely
smile. "Roger!" you and Atsushi, already turned into half tiger,
answered back.
It wasn't your first time pointing a gun at someone; you were part of the ADA after all and your aim improved from time to time. Therefore you pointed your gun at anyone who entered in your field of sight. Dazai and Atsushi instead formed a wonderful team, they were coordinated and their shots always going to sign. You three had the advantage over your enemies, and you didn't have to worry too much about your friends.
"[F/N]!!!"
It was less than an instant. You were distracted and the enemy was able to approach, pointing his weapon against you. You didn't have no time to react, you couldn't save yourself.
It's my time?
The man shot.
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Paralyzed.
You were paralyzed but still alive, in front of an horrific scene.
The man who fired the shot was now slumped to the ground helpless.
But your attention were focused on the figure of the man standing in
front of you.
A familiar sand-coloured coat was right before your eyes.
No. The thought ran through
your mind.
Dazai stood before you like a shield and took the bullet for you.
No.
He turned his head towards you,
No.
and smiled warmly.
"I
would have preferred a double suicide ..." and he fainted.
"DAZAI!"
Atsushi heard the screams and immediately rushed to your rescue. He found you two on the ground, Dazai who showed a pale skin color in your arms while you with tears in your eyes were trying to stop the bleeding and revive him. A shadow of fear passed through Atsushi eyes, he immediatly checked the heartbeat of his senpai and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't worry, there's still the heartbeat."
You still had imprinted the scene of the shooting in your mind, but when you heard the words of the tiger-were, you couldn't but hope that maybe Dazai could still be saved.
"[F/N]-san, take Dazai and bring him to the infirmary. Here I can take care of myself, many of the enemies are pulling back now."
Atsushi put a hand on your shoulder to infuse courage. You looked confused, but you may to agree with his plan. Therefore you nodded vigorously and standing up with Dazai on your shoulders.
While Atsushi covered your shoulders, you approached to an handle of the closest door to you that faced the alley has become a battlefield. You grabbed the handle firmly with one hand and activate your ability: Neverwhere.
You're
an ability user of teleportation. You can activate your ability when
you open a door and then find yourself in a completely different place.
Your ability has limitations thou. You can use it only with the doors
equipped with handles; you must already be in place where you want to
teleport, or at least have a clear image of the place. Your range is
approximately 80 meters and for a long period of teleporters can
provoke nausea and dizziness.
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The first place you had thought to bring an injured Dazai was the surgery of Yosano-sensei. With your ability you opened the door and with a step you were in the wished place.
"[F/N]-chan?"
Yosano called your name, while she was putting tools in her bag.
"Y-Yosano-sensei!
Please, SAVE HIM" you screamed out loud.
Yosano Akiko jumped toward the ambulatory bed, "[F/N], deposit him here."
You followed her instructions so that the doctor could examine him.
"I can't use my ability on Dazai 'cause he will nullify it, but the bullet did not cause serious damage and I can easily remove it." She found out, pushing you to the door.
"You
did a great job bringing him here, now it's up to me to do mine." She
closed the door and left you on the corridor.
The wait was endless, you couldn't stand a minute without go up and down in front of the door. Your nervous tic showed at that moment that it accentuated how much you were worried about the man you loved lying in the doctor's office.
"[F/N]-san."
You looked up, "Atsushi!" Greeted him, "You did it!"
He giggled, "You thought otherwise?"
"No, I didn't mean this! I–"
"I know [F/N]-san." He gave me a sweet smile. "How is Dazai going?"
Your eyes were overwhelmed with sadness, "He's... still inside." You said, nodding the head in the direction of the door.
"I see... I–I'm sure he's doing fine! After all, we are talking about Dazai-san."
He managed to make you smile a little. Soon after Yosano left the ambulatory. She looked at you: "He's fit as a fiddle! I was able to take the bullet off without any problems." she said smiling widely.
"Are you also hurt? Maybe I could–"
"No! I'm not injured... thank you, Yosano-sensei."
"No problem my dear! Dazai is currently sleeping but you can go in and stay with your beloved~" She gave you a malicious wink.
"He's not–" you shook your head, resigned. "Thanks, then I'll come in."
"And you, Atsushi-kun? Are you hurt~?" you heard the doctor ask the boy.
You
opened the door with caution and saw Dazai's body. The breath was calm
and you gave a sigh of relief. You took a chair and put it next to the
bed, without looking away from the brunette. You stayed in that
position until you placed the head on the bed, near his hand, and
cradled by his slow breath you fallen asleep.
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You woke up with some back pain because of the uncomfortable position. You immediately picked up and shifted your eyes to Dazai's face now awake. He smirked like a fox: "I never thought you cared that much about me, sleeping beauty~"
You blinked and answered "In fact I'm not."
"So mean [F/N]-chan!"
You chuckled and covered your mouth with one hand.
"Dazai... thank you."
"That's our job, save people." He said, "Actually, it's my duty to have a reward, right? Will you finally make a double suicide with me~? Or something else~?"
You looked at him and shook your head; he was always him, nothing had changed.
"You need to rest." you said and got up to getout of the room. "And maybe I'll give you a reward." You added and left the room, meanwhile a smile was appearing on your face.