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Ranpo’s sitting at his desk, it’s noon, he’s finished all his snacks, and he’s bored out of his mind. He looks around the room, Atsushi is worrying about getting some papers filed on time, Kunikida is hard at work and then there's Dazai. Ranpo adjusts his posture a bit, sitting up straight instead of laying back on his chair, attempting to get a better look at the man. Dazais at his desk, head down, eyes closed and humming to himself quite loudly, Ranpo’s surprised Kunikida hasn’t yelled at him for it yet.
Ranpo gets up from his seat, dropping crumbs that sat in his lap from his snacking earlier, and walks over to Dazai’s, bending over slightly. “Whatcha doing Dazai? You’ve been humming for a while.” Dazai lets out a curious hum “Hmm?.. Oh I'm just thinking about some things.” “What kind of things?” Ranpo grins a little, he’s fairly sure Dazai’s thinking about what he’s going to buy Ranpo for their little upcoming date, which is close to Christmas. “Oh I can’t tell you ranpo-san!! It’ll ruin the surprise for later!” Dazai lifts his head from his desk, putting on a playful grin before grabbing something in a container out of a drawer. “Oh? What’s that Dazai?” Ranpo tries to get a closer look at whatever is in Dazai’s hands but Dazai quickly tucks it away into his coat. “No peeking yet! This is just one little gift I have for you!” Ranpo sighs, It’s difficult to figure out what Dazai would buy for him, Dazai usually tends to pick very… random gifts. Usually pairing whatever random trinket he got off the streets with some of Ranpo’s favorite snacks. But this specific gift seems… important? Ranpo can’t quite figure it out, Dazai’s pretty hard to read at times. Nonetheless, he just forgets about it for now, thinking about a new spot he wants to go to for their date today.
“After work can we head to that new café I really wanted to go to? There’s these milkshakes I saw online, I just have to try them!” Ranpo pulls out his phone and pulls up a photo of a gorgeous chocolate milkshake, garnished with sprinkles in the shape of cats and a cat shaped cookie. Atsushi takes a peek at Ranpo's phone, “Woah… Ranpo-san, isn’t that cafe known for having large portioned treats? Are you going to share that with Dazai?” Ranpo laughs nervously “Ahah..Well.. I was hoping to have it for myself..” Dazai giggles “We don’t usually share treats, I like to spoil Ranpo with his own, I prefer to have something small.” Atsushi chuckles, not particularly surprised. “What would you two usually share together?” Dazai thinks about it for a moment “Oh! A tub of ice cream! We just shared some the other day.. I believe it was mint!” Ranpo chimed in “It was good, one of the more expensive brands!” Ranpo thinks back to him and Dazai cuddling together on the couch in his apartment just a few days ago, sharing a large spoon while watching some show about unsolved mysteries around the world. Ranpo ranting about how he could probably solve them in an instant while the brunette listens to his explanations. Damn. Now Ranpo really wanted to spend more time like that with Dazai, He’s feeling impatient and wants work to end already.
Ironically, just about a year ago Ranpo wouldn't have even thought about spending time like that with Dazai. But now they’re dating and he couldn't ever imagine not spending time with him, he adores the way Dazai spoils him, his antics being on the same level, a bit extreme. The way Dazai isn't just only a great listener, but also how he’s an amazing kisser. Fuck. The way they made out after that long rant the other day, Ranpo wanted to kiss him again. Returning back to reality, Ranpo asked excitedly “Well Dazai, can we go to that café? Pretty please!” Dazai chuckles “Of course, do you want to head to my place after? Or back to yours?” “Back to your’s!” Ranpo bubbled, he knows Dazai has something planned for him, so naturally he’d want to go to his place to find out what Dazai’s little gifts are. Ranpo heads back to his desk and pops a lollipop into his mouth, deciding he’ll take a nap until work is over so he can be energized for his and dazai’s little date to the cafe afterwards.
Work ends, Ranpo and Dazai are walking to the café only a few streets away, Dazai leading the way of course. It’s a lot more chilly out, Ranpo has a plaid brown scarf and heavier coat today, Dazai in his usual work attire, not particularly bothered by the cold. Dazai has a small, orange gift bag, with festive tissue paper covering and sticking out of the top of it. Ranpo notes that this might be the gift Dazai was hiding from him earlier and despite how curious he was he won’t try and ruin the surprise for himself, instead ignoring it for now. They hold hands for most of the walk there, Ranpo's warming dazai’s. “Are we almost there Dazai?” Ranpo is beginning to feel a little impatient. “It should be just around the corner…” Dazai looks at his phone's map app, showing it to Ranpo and pointing out the marker that shows the cafe. After about 8 or so minutes they arrive at the café, stepping in, they're greeted with the warm feeling of the ovens that were on in the back as well as the fresh scent of baked goods. Ranpo looks around, enjoying the cafe's decor and atmosphere. There's beautiful old fashioned seats in the dining area as well as paintings done by local artists up on the walls. Gripping onto Dazai’s hand in excitement he walks up to the counter taking a peek at the baked goods on display and the drink menu on the wall. “Hmm… those croissants look really good, but wow the raspberry macarons look really good too..” Dazai giggles, then smiles at the shorter man lovingly, “We can get both if you want Ranpo..” Ranpo smiles and then picks out the exact milkshake he saw online from the menu. “What are you going to get, Osamu?” Dazai stares at the drink menu for a minute then replies, “Ah.. I think I'll get an iced coffee and a slice of key lime pie” Ranpo has a big grin on his face, “Okay let me order that for us! Dazai, can you grab a table?” Dazai nods and walks off to find a nice table.
Ranpo orders the treats and heads over to find Dazai with the baked goods in hand, they’ll have to wait for the drinks they ordered. He finds Dazai in a nice small booth in the corner of the café, a quiet spot almost. Ranpo plops himself down and begins to unwrap all of the baked goodies he’s been waiting to try, Dazai giggles at how eager Ranpo was to try them. “Osamu… you still have told me what your surprise is..” He points at the gift bag dazai had set next to himself in the booth. Dazai hums, “You have to wait and see, I’ll show It to you at my place.” Ranpo sighs dramatically, figures dazai would make him wait longer, well, whatever he should enjoy this café date right now anyways. Both him and dazai take bites for the treats they got, happy with how good they tasted they both let out a relaxed hum, giggling right after. :do you want to try mine, Ranpo?” The shorter man nods enthusiastically, “Of course I do! That key lime pie looks really good! And you can try my croissant and macarons!” They exchange bites of food, smiling happily. The number is called for their drinks and dazai gets up to grab them, feeling a bit cocky, Ranpo waits for him to not be looking and attempts to get a peek at the gift bag. He tries to sneakily grab it from underneath the table but as soon as he ducks his head under, Dazai is back at the table with the drinks, making Ranpo hit his head on the table out of surprise. Laughing, dazai places the drinks down on the table and snatches the gift. Ranpos huffs, “I'm starting to feel really impatient Osamu, I've been curious all day!” Dazai sighs lovingly, “it’ll be worth the wait, I promise.”
Dazai opens up the two straw packages he grabbed from their drinks, placing the tip of one on Ranpos lips, which were pursed due to the pouty face he was making. Ranpo grabs it from him with a soft smile, placing it into his drink and taking a big sip of his milkshake. Dazai places his into his iced coffee, taking a small sip. “Mm! This is pretty good, it's sweeter than others I’ve had, you should try it!” Ranpo makes a questioning face, he’s not fond of coffee drinks, only one he tolerates is frappuccinos usually. “Seriously, this is pretty sweet, give it a try!” Dazai lifts the cup to Ranpo, tilting it towards his mouth. Putting his trust in dazai to not have him ingest something nasty, he takes a small sip. To Ranpo’s surprise, It was actually really good! He takes another sip, this time a larger one before handing it back to Dazai. “Was it good?” Dazai asks, already knowing the answer just based on how Ranpo slurped half of it down. “Maybe..” Ranpo goes back to his milkshake with a satisfied grin. “Want to try mine?” Dazai nods and grabs the large milkshake glass from Ranpo, this thing was huge! Like probably bigger than Dazai’s head. Dazai takes a sip of the milkshake, it was VERY chocolatey, like, maybe a little too chocolatey for dazai’s taste, but he’ll admit it’s pretty good. Definitely a very fitting drink for Ranpo. “What did ya think?” Ranpo asks as he quickly takes the milkshake back for himself. “It was pretty good, a bit too chocolatey for my taste though.” Dazai gives Ranpo a soft smile, Ranpo giggling in response. They spend the rest of their little café date enjoying their food and talking about what they’d have for dinner that night, deciding on just making some simple ramen at Dazai’s place.
They both leave the café now heading to a nearby convenience store to pick up ingredients for their ramen, deciding a pork ramen would be nice. Dazai is still holding on to the little gift bag that’s supposed to be for Ranpo. As they enter the store Ranpo looks around the candy and snacks aisle, grabbing a few of his favorite candies before going to look for melon soda. As he walks by the fridges he notices one full of premade doughs, taking note of some sugar cookie dough. He puts back some of the candy he grabbed and then grabs out two packs of the cookie dough. He thinks to himself, a soft smile on his face, “It’d be nice to bake these with Osamu tonight… Perhaps we could bond some more in the kitchen. We haven’t spent time doing a fun task like this before..” Ranpo’s thoughts trail off, thinking about how he’d like to spend his time with Dazai later tonight, cuddled up warm on the couch or bed, eating warm cookies and just chatting. Completely forgetting about the melon soda he wanted, he goes to find Dazai, who is grabbing the last of the ramen ingredients. Ranpo hides the cookie dough behind himself as he helps dazai grab the last item he needs. “Ranpo, I think I've gotten everything, was there anything you wanted?” Dazai takes a peek behind Ranpo’s back as he says this. “What are you hiding there?” Damn Dazai’s perceptiveness, Ranpo tries to hide the package of cookie dough, attempting to back himself up against a shelf. Unfortunately for Ranpo, Dazai swiftly swipes the package from Ranpo’s hands. “Hey!!” Ranpo ,”Cookie dough? Oh, do you want to make cookies later?” Ranpo huffs, looking away, “Maybe..” Dazai giggles and takes the cookie dough into his shopping basket, Ranpo follows and they go to pay for the items.
They leave the store and start to walk to Dazai’s place, walking close together from how cold it is outside. “So Ranpo, what suddenly made you want cookies?” Ranpo thinks about it thoughtfully, “Well, I want us to bake them together.. We haven’t really spent our time doing fun things together.” Ranpo giggled and then continued, “I think I’ve spent more time fattening you up with my snacks and ranting about mysteries instead of doing fun activities.” Ranpo pokes playfully at Dazai’s stomach, which is a bit squishy compared to how it was before they started to go out with each other. Dazai smiles at Ranpo, holding his hand a little tighter, one of his bandages usually secured around his arms and wrists slowly coming undone, “That sounds lovely, Ranpo. What do you want to do tonight?” Ranpo pouts, “You’re always letting me pick what we do, how about you decide Osamu?” Dazai hums, thinking about what he’d like to do. “How about we watch a movie? Maybe something like a cheesy romance movie or comedy, or a holiday film if you want to embrace the season.” Ranpo leans his head on Dazai’s shoulder as they walk. “Whatever you want to watch Dazai. I'd love to watch whatever movie interests you.” They walk together a little closer now, warming up despite the freezing cold air surrounding them. Ranpo adjusts Dazai’s bandages which were tickling his wrist as they walked, chuckling a bit. Soon making it back to Dazai’s place, now definitely craving a hot bowl of ramen after walking in the freezing cold for about 20 minutes.
The next hour passes by quickly for the two. They put the ramen together, prepared the meat they wanted, Ranpo carefully watching what Dazai does since he’s known for being bad at cooking. Eyeing the gift bag on the counter, Dazai still has yet to give him, god he feels so impatient but he knows Dazai will find the best moment to give it to him. Finally finished cooking they sit down to eat, and god, before they know it they finish their ramen fast, perfectly hitting the spot.
Dazai washes their dishes as Ranpo begins to preheat the oven and spray cooking spray on the cookie sheet, placing all the balls of cookie dough evenly spaced out on one pan, noting a bunch of leftover dough that can’t fit on the pan. “Dazai, there's still another pan we can fill with cookie dough..” Dazai peeks over and Ranpo who has a slight grin, Dazai immediately knows what Ranpo is thinking. “You want to combine the leftover dough for a pizookie?” Ranpo smiles “Yess!! We can share it too! We can put some ice cream on it and share it during our movie! By the way, did you decide on a movie?” Dazai nods, “I chose one at random, It’s some cheesy romance movie I’ve kept on my list for a while, I think tonights the perfect time to give it a try” Dazai turns towards the counter, remembering the gift he had for Ranpo, smiling at it thoughtfully, he decides he’ll give it to Ranpo just a bit later. Ranpo places both pans into the oven, setting a timer for about 13 minutes, unsure if it’ll bake the pizookie fully, but he’s willing to test it. “Osamuu.. do you have vanilla ice cream..?” Ranpo asks, remembering the last time he was there Dazai only had mint and coffee. Dazai thinks for a second, “uhmm..I don’t think I do. Will coffee ice cream work?” Ranpo sighs, taking the coffee ice cream out of the freezer to defrost. “Finee.. But you know I don't really care for coffee flavored sweets.” Dazai smiles lovingly, watching Ranpo standing in front of the warm oven, Dazai ambled over to him, hugging the shorter man from behind. “Mm.. it's warm over here…” Dazai rests his head on Ranpo’s, talking softly into his ear. Ranpo leans into Dazai’s embrace, he loves when the brunette feels clingy like this because usually Ranpo is the clingy one. Ranpo turns toward the taller man to hug him properly, both slowly going in for a kiss. Just as Dazai’s lips hover over Ranpo’s, their breath able to be felt on one another, the oven timer goes off loudly, ruining the moment and startling them both. “Oh, the cookies are done, let me get them out of the oven for you.” Ranpo is a little sad, the mood ruined by one of his favorite snacks. Dazai takes the cooking glove and grabs out the pan of cookies and the pan with the pizookie. Both turned out perfectly, the smell of fresh cookies making dazai’s, usually plain, fresh linen scented apartment, smelling amazing. Ranpo practically drools at the scent, already attempting to grab one of the burning hot cookies that just came out of the oven, Dazai shooing his hands away so he doesn't get burned.
Placing a decently sized scoop of the coffee ice cream onto the large cookie, Ranpo drools at the sight, grabbing spoons, excited to share this treat with Dazai, who’s in the connected living room getting the movie set up. Ranpo walks over with the treat in hand, plopping down onto the couch and setting it onto the coffee table. Ranpo gives Dazai a sly grin and pats the spot next to him, signaling Dazai to join his boyfriend on the couch. Dazai strolled over to the couch, joining Ranpo and laying himself down a bit, allowing Ranpo to cuddle on top of him. Ranpo snuggles up on dazai’s chest, staring at the man in front of him with hooded eyes and a cheesy smile. “You smell good…did you put on cologne for me?” Ranpo takes a quick sniff, a warm scented cologne, almost vanilla smelling. “Possibly.” Dazai replies in a teasing tone. “Do you like it?” Ranpo certainly did like it, he loved anything that smelt sweet or like baked goods, it’s almost a comforting smell for him. “Mmhmm..” He hums, resting his head on Dazai’s chest before lifting himself up again. “Cmon, let's eat the pizookie and get the movie started.” Dazai sits up a bit and grabs the spoon lodged in the cookie, he notices it's only one spoon, it makes sense for them to share it, but he's a little surprised. He takes a bite, scooping some of the coffee ice cream along with it, putting it into his mouth. “Mm.. this is really good!” He scoops up some for Ranpo, getting a little less of the ice cream on this one just in case Ranpo isn't fond of it. He lifts it to Ranpo’s lips, Ranpo giving a little smirk before taking a bite. “Oh wow..” Ranpo swallows his bite down fast, “That's really good actually.. I like how the coffee ice cream tastes with the cookie..” Ranpo praises dazai just a little bit, “Good choice of ice cream Osamu~” Dazai grins before taking another bite for himself, finally starting the movie. The movie is some romcom where the soon to be couple started as work friends at a bookstore and then experiences a horrifying amount of relationship problems, which will probably have them end up making out at the end. Yeah Ranpo lost interest about 10 minutes in after the main character who was introduced to be a shy, nerdy girl, ends up being shown as an overly aroused freak. So Ranpo pretends to pay attention to the movie, but is really focused on the pizookie and Dazai, now leaning his head onto Dazai’s shoulder. “Isn’t it kinda cliché for them to make the quiet character the most.. horny one?” Dazai says, leaning his back onto Ranpo’s in return. “That’s exactly what I was thinking! It’s pretty damn boring…” Ranpo and dazai both giggle to each other, now not paying any attention to the movie whatsoever.
Within a few minutes the couple finished their pizookie, now relaxing on each other on the couch, all giggly and flirty. Ranpo lays on top of Dazai, hugging him and leaving small pecks on his cheek and neck. “You’re so clingy tonight Ranpo, what’s up?” Dazai brushes his hand on Ranpo’s cheek soothingly, the bandage close to his hand tickling his skin a little. “Hmm? I Just want to spend time with you Osamu~” Ranpo leans close to Dazais lips, “Can I kiss you?” Dazai nods, Ranpo just pressing his lips to Dazai lightly and teasingly. Dazai’s slightly parted lips were a little dry, but warm and smelt sweet from the dessert they shared. Ranpo started with a quick lick before slipping his tongue inside, Dazai’s tongue meeting him back with some passion, eyes fluttering shut. Goosebumps cover Ranpo’s body as Dazai wraps his bandaged arms around his waist, rubbing his lower back a little, their kiss getting progressively more and more passionate. Dazai feels Ranpo’s hands fall on his jaw, rubbing it a bit as well as tugging lightly at the longer pieces of his hair that fall down to his jaw. Light throaty sounds come out of both the men,and soon enough they’re gasping for air with hooded eyes and flushed cheeks. “Ahh.. I never expected you to take the lead Ranpo…” Dazai is breathless, him and Ranpo just staring each other in the eyes, unsure if they go in for another deep kiss or… no, his mind was trailing a little too far right now. Dazai decides to initiate the next sweet kiss, accidently bumping his nose against Ranpo’s, but continuing anyway. Their warm breath mixes, a chocolatey, coffee like smell, Dazai pulls Ranpo closer and immediately darts his tongue in, Ranpo now gripping onto the brunette's hair, bodies held close together. “Mmhh… Dazai…” They moan lightly into eachothers mouths before breaking the kiss finally, breathless and tired. Ranpo lets himself cuddle into the crook of Dazai’s neck, holding him tight and lovingly the bandages feeling a little itchy against Ranpos smooth skin. “I love you Osamu.” “I love you too, Edogawa.” Dazai sighs happily before remembering something, the gift he had for Ranpo! He completely forgot about it for hours. “Ranpo.. I still have that gift for you, do you want to open it now?” Ranpo shoots up, remembering the gift, “YES, finally Osamu, I’ve wanted to see what's in that bag all damn day!” Ranpo springs up and off of Dazai, sprinting for the little gift bag still sitting on top of the counter. He grabs it quickly and runs back to the couch, sitting next to Dazai and ready to open it.
“Go ahead and open it Ranpo.” Dazai has a smile on his face, Ranpo knows something good is in this small bag. Ranpo takes out the tissue paper and sees something sitting at the bottom of the bag, it’s quite heavy. Ranpo takes it out of the bag, it's a ceramic trinket dish, patterned with different kinds of candies and treats, a date in the middle, the first date Ranpo and Dazai had ever gone on. It’s hand painted and features all of Ranpo’s favorite treats in a rainbow order. “This is so pretty Dazai, did you paint this?” “Mhmm!” Dazai hums, “Turn the dish over!” Ranpo turns over the dish, beneath it is written ‘Happy 1 year anniversary of our first date, - Love, Osamu’. Ranpo's heart swells with love from Dazai’s gift, but he feels a bit guilty. Ranpo had actually forgotten that today is an exact year from the very first time they went out together. Nervously, Ranpo admits, “Osamu.. I forgot to get you a gift…” Dazai gives a calming smile and places his hand on top of Ranpos “Hey, it’s okay, I'm just honestly surprised you didn’t see through me all day. Did nothing really seem off?” Ranpo gives dazai a teasing mad look, “For the record Osamu, I was enjoying our date so well that I let myself forget about what was feeling off.” Dazai giggles, “It's okay Ranpo, I think the passionate kisses you gave me earlier were the best gift I could have gotten. Seriously, you had me breathless!” Ranpo just hums, appreciating Dazai’s compliments on his kissing skills. They embrace each other, giving a quick kiss before Ranpo rubs his eyes a little, obviously tired. “Do you want to sleep here on the couch? Or do you want to cuddle in my bed?” Dazai asks Ranpo, brushing some stray hairs away from the shorter man's face. Ranpo play-thinks about it for a second, “Hmm… your bed!” Both men decide not to tidy up the living room and instead just immediately head to the room, both lovers getting under the sheets and embracing closely, drifting to sleep in each others arms.