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Dazai
Deer
Dazai walked back to his room after an evening of doing paperwork with no rest, Kunikida had finally catched him with the help of Yosano and he was forced to do all the work that he had neglected during the whole month, or at least the work that Atsushi hadn't already “helped” him with.
It was already pretty late and the streets were empty and silent, not another person was around and all the people inside the buildings were already long asleep, that's why he was so on guard after reaching his dorm room and finding the door wide open with traces of blood in the floor like something had been dragged in, he took his phone and the gun he kept on him at all times, pointing the gun inside and preparing to call the president and notify of a possible attack inside the building but when he finally entered he only found a deer in the middle of his living room.
Weirded out but more calm now that he knew there was noone inside he put his gun down and his phone on a nearby table then he walked to the dead animal to inspect it, it had tiger claw marks in the sides of his body and bites on the neck but even more weirdly it didn't look eaten at all. He cracked his head thinking who, how and why when the silence was interrupted by a snore coming from his bedroom, he opened the door to see a completely passed out Atsushi with ragged torn clothes sleeping soundly on his bed.
“So thats what happened” he thought, he chuckled silently and went to move the animal to his fridge, if it was already dead it wasn't going to go to waste at least, for his good luck his fridge was almost always empty anyways so fitting it in wasn't a problem.
Afterwards, he went to his bedroom and kicked the sleeping boy to the side of the bed so he could sleep on the other end. In the morning he sent his confused colleague back to his own room with little explanation and sent a message to the president letting him know of Atsushi’s behaviour so that he could warn the rest of the agency in case this incident repeated itself, and of course, it did not long after.
Kyouka
Bear
Being Atsushi’s roommate she had been warned first of the incident and was told to keep and eye on his friend, so when she came to their place after going out all evening with the other girls of the agency she wasn't that surprised at the tiger licking his paws exaggeratedly like it had done a good job, that was sitting at their couch paying her no mind.
It didn't look threatening or like it could be a danger so she just walked inside keeping her distance from the beast and closed the door going through the department looking for the possibly dead animal, she didn't found one thankfully but she did found the biggest teddy bear she had ever seen sitting in her bed, it almost reached the roof and while one of his arms seemed a little scratched and the sides were a bit dirty it was intact and unharmed.
Kyouka smiled softly and turned to look at the tiger that was now stretching itself and clawing at the carpet. She also messaged the agency and turned to drag the bear to the side of her room so she could lay down in her bed.
When Atsushi transformed back hours later and asked her about the plushie she just smiled at him and said nothing.
Fukuzawa and Kunikida
Chicken
The president and Kunikida walked together on their way to the agency one morning, talking about the cases and work for the day and how they were going to distribute it. When they finally came close to the building, Fukuzawa pointed a broken window to his employee and they anxiously made their way inside. It wasn't that uncommon that people or criminals would vandalise the place but it was still a matter of concern.
They thought they would find rocks, bricks or even bombs inside but instead they opened the door to chickens, one chicken was left in Kunikida’s desk and another two on the presidents office. Still alive, a little plucked if anything, pecking at documents and pens that were around, one had even started to break down one of the legs of the chair.
There was no tiger or boy around this time but it wasn't hard to guess who was the culprit judging by the previous incidents and the marks of claws in parts of the floor where the tiger had clearly landed after jumping inside from the window.
The two men looked at each other with equally shocked expressions but started laughing at the peculiarity of the situation not long after, unable to be annoyed rather feeling endeared to their feline friend, after all it isn't every day that an overgrown man-eating tiger leaves “gifts” for you.
Chuuya
Lamb
After the peace treaty the agency and the port mafia had during the fight with the Guild and the after coming fights the relationship between the Detective Agency and the Port Mafia had been more amicable, still working together in some incidents every month or so. In this period of time Chuuya had started to be more friendly to the members of said agency and had started to talk and hangout more with his old partner even if he refused to admit they did, instead blaming Dazai of appearing where he was drinking and texting him his daily shenanigans, of course like an educated person he always ended up drinking with and sometimes even having meals with him and answering back every text even if it was with an insult.
Anyways, in this missions he had started to talk more with the tiger resident Atsushi, he just found to kid to be calm and adorable, a total opposite of his mentor which never failed to amaze him, he kind of reminded him of the younger members of the Sheep but he refused to admit it to himself instead just wanting to hang out and take care of the member of the agency, even inviting him lunch after specially draining cases.
When he entered his apartment and saw the lamb left in his white granite countertop he already kind of new what it was about, his ex partner had commented about their young member doing something like this without being aware before so he just walked to the animal after leaving his hat and coat at the hanger in the entrance and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, he took a butcher knife out of one of the drawers, better to start preparing the animal for eating.
Akutagawa
Swan
He had heard from his superior about the strange doings of the man-tiger, it was as annoying as it was endearing for him which just made him more angry. He thought about hunting something himself to leave for Dazai but it probably wouldn't be as welcomed to find a dead body in your living room with no reasonable excuse as to why so he just left the subject alone, still listening about the new shenanigans from Chuuya with hidden glee.
As neutral as he was with the agency getting gifts from Atsushi, he started to become slightly jealous when Chuuya, a member of the mafia, also got one. Now he wanted one too, he wasn't exactly sure why but it felt kind of unfair as his partner and enemy to not be getting something too, still when he tried to talk about it with his sister she just smiled at him like she knew something he didn't, she probably did.
He asked Chuuya what he should do after the feeling of annoyance grew with each new plate his superior made using the gift. He also smiled like he knew something and that angered him even more, between grins Chuuya told him not to worry about it, that he would probably get something and something very special, enfasis in the special for some reason that Akutagawa resented not knowing.
Then, it finally happened, he was reading in his kitchen while drinking a new kind of tea he had bought when something came through his window smashing his sofa and a table that was on the way, he standed up ready to attack when he noticed what, or more like who, exactly was.
The tiger looked at him with no sign of aggression, in his mouth he was holding a beautiful white swan, he walked through his house like he owned it to leave it carefully on the floor in front of him. Then he looked at him again and squinted his eyes at him. After, he just turned around and left the same way he came in.
Akutagawa stood in shock for who knows how long until his sister came running from his room, she took one good look at the mess and proceeded to also stand there, after a few minutes she finally spoke.
“What the fuck Ryunosuke”
Atsushi
Happy Birthday
That morning Atsushi woke up to a completely empty room, it weirded him out, normally he and Kyoka would make breakfast together and then leave, he hadn't been notified of anything special for that day so he was worried some emergency had happened while he was unconscious.
He changed to his usual attire and made his way hurriendly to the agency, going up the stairs he noticed the floor was also unusually silent,no screaming from Kunikida or banter from Dazai, not even Rampo loudly talking about himself. His anxiety only got worse.
When he finally reached to open the door he was greeted by a loud scream -“Happy Birthday Atsushi!” everyone yelled, he was taken by surprise so much he let out a big eep and broke part of the door, the hairs on his body standing completely making him look like a warry cat.
“What? Huh?”- Is all that he managed to say, still in shock, he looked around the room, inside there were all of the members of the agency, the workers from the cafe and some of their friends from the mafia.
The tables and everything was pushed to the sides, only one big table with snacks was in the middle of the room, and a big sign hung from the ceiling that said “Happy Birthday to our favourite tiger”.
“It's your birthday silly, don't tell me you forgot”- said Lucy jokingly.
Dazai walked to his side and grabbed him by the shoulder while Yosano put a birthday hat on him- “Come on birthday boy we have to sing the song and blow the candles on the cake before Rampo gives in and eats it all”.
Atsushi sat down in the middle of the table while everyone else either standed or seated around him, it all felt so surreal. While they were singing he took the time to appreciate all the people with him, all his friends, all his family. He had never had one so he couldn't say if this is how one was supposed to be but this is the closest he had ever had and it felt amazing, all the love that he had and all the love he received from this people, not even in his most amazing dreams could he had ever thought one day he would live such a happy life. To say he was happy would be an understatement.
When the time came to blow the candles he had only one wish in mind. Please let us live more of this happy life.
Everyone cheered and Yosano started cutting the cake with an out of proportion knife. When they were all eating cake Atsushi thought it would be a good moment to give his thanks -“Um”- Atsushi started to speak, everyone quieted down to hear him- “I just wanted to say thank you, i had never had a birthday party before… i'm glad to have such amazing friends”- he said, embarrassed and looking at the floor. He wasn't seeing how everyone smiled lovingly at him.
He felt hands roughly mess with his hair -“Don't worry about it kid, it's our pleasure”-said Chuuya smiling at him, he smiled back.
“Well, it's time for the presents!”- proclaimed Rampo next to his boyfriend Poe. Atsushi laughed as Kunikida brought closer a wheeled table full of different gifts. They all had fun opening them together.
Yosano bought a set of knives with kitty decorations, which she insisted on teaching how to use on people for self defence.
Chuuya gifted a set of alcohol chocolates that Kunikida promptly confiscated proclaiming it was too soon, in the end he just handed him a bunch of rolled up bills, he tried to give them back but the other didn't let him, he also promised to go out to do something special on a later day.
Dazai bought some catnip that had him snuggling up to Akutagawa that just so happened to be at his side, the poor mafia killer standing as still as he could to not scare the loving beast away while the others tried their best to contain their laughter.
They spended ours talking and joking together, some of the adults drinking too, they hanged out until the next day, when the sun was about to raise and only half the people were left they decided to finally finish the party, Dazai left carrying a passed out Chuuya, Lucy left with Gin to do who knows what, and Yosano went to sleep on the infirmary as she was already too drunk to drive home and the rest went to their respectives homes.
Except for Atsushi, he went to the last floor of the building to see the sunrise, when he was up he realised someone else had joined him. “Akutagawa” he almost whispered looking at his newly made friend -”What are you doing here?”- he questioned.
“I came to give you this”- he said pulling a small box out of his pocket, Atsushi opened it, inside there were two things, a small shiny chameleon pendant of vivid colours and a small black plushie of what seemed to be some kind of shadow. Before he could thank him Akutagwa spoke again. -”You have the black one, I have this one”- his cheeks were a little red when he pulled a small white cat plushie from the chest pocket of his coat.
Then it clicked- “Oh”- Atsushi mustered flustered, Akutagawa bought him matching plushies of their abilities, should he take this as a friendly gesture or something more? He wasn't entirely sure.-”Thanks-”.
Akutagawa coughed into his hand- “Is nothing, it's just a small gift”, Atsushi then smiled brightly at him -”Alright, i won't mention it, but i will thank you in another way”.
He standed on his tiptoes and softly kissed him on the lips. They looked into eachothers eyes for a bit, not saying anything as no word was needed, they could feel what the other wanted to communicate, and it was love.
They just stayed together the rest of the morning, standing close watching the sky and occasionally sharing kisses.
It was definitely the best birthday Atsushi could have ever wished for.
The end.