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Chuuya loved spending time outside; he enjoyed the sunsets in Yokohama, the view from the top of the Port Maria building, and even the view on top of UA. Even if it doesn’t compare back home.
He also enjoyed going on walks, admiring the silence of nature and how the grass turned very green in the summer. As well as how the colors of the leaves change during the fall, the white sheet of snow covering the grass and the branches of the trees in winter, and how it all circled back to small flowers growing from the melted snow in spring.
Taking walks has always calmed down his mind and it's something he truly enjoys doing. So when he saw how big UA was while looking up the school for his mission, he was ecstatic when he saw a beautiful and colorful flower garden they had that you could walk though.
So here he was now, in UA where he and Dazai were infiltrating for their mission. The hot summer air of August had begun to cool down as September’s colder winds approached, also known as, fall!
Chuuya looked out the window of the 1A dorms, the weather was sunny but the temperature began to cool down to a point where wearing long sleeves is normal. Which means it was a perfect day to take a stroll and admire the flowers in UA’s garden before they wither, like they do every fall.
Recently, Chuuya’s been developing a habit with his bandag-wasting partner. They would occasionally go on walks together, talking about all sorts of things that they enjoy as they admired the flowers all around them (which Chuuya had noticed Dazai taking an interest in).
So, before the flowers wither, he’d decided to take Dazai with him to walk in the guarded, the flowers in full bloom once more, together.
Turning towards the couch where Dazai currently sat, playing his video games, Chuuya walked up to him.
”Want to go on a walk in the garden while the flowers are still in bloom?” he asked, pointing towards the direction of the garden.
Dazai would usually refuse and whine like a little bitch before eventually agreeing, but to Chuuya’s surprise he didn’t. This is especially surprising since they just finished school, which would lead to Dazai being extra stubborn and bitchy.
“Sure, I can’t say no to my dog when he wants to go on walks outside!”
There we go, another stupid dog joke.
Chuuya let out a sigh as he walked outside of the dorms, feeling the fresh air and cold breeze as soon as he opened the door. Dazai followed soon after, letting out a shiver.
”You're being dramatic Dazai, it's not even that cold. Yokohama is way colder y’know?”
”I just didn’t expect it to be this cold!” Dazai said as he began to grow used to the temperature outside.
And so they walked along the pavement, talking as if they were normal teenagers, teenagers who didn’t join the mafia at a young age, teenagers who didn’t go through what they were put through, teenagers who didn’t have to put up an act for others; teenagers who let themselves be themselves around each other.
This is an effect Chuuya had begun to notice every time they spend time with each other.
Along their walks they joked, played tag, and talked about the future together. Chuuya even noticed how dazai for once, didn’t mention how he wont be there for the future. No, instead he easily joined the conversation, pitching in ideas on how he’d beat Chuuya at all their future bets. It was annoying, sure, but it was nice to know he’s in a good mood today and didn’t actively talk about how he wanted to die.
So they continued to chat till they reached the garden, and there Chuuya paused. Take in the beauty of the garden, like he always does.
Flowers of many different variants and colors adorned the green hues of the leaves and grass. Roses on one side of the garden’s entrance with Hydrangeas directly on the other side. Not to mention the huge assortment of flowers that adorned the metal entrance.
As they both walked along the path, admiring all the flowers as if it was their first time visiting once again; Chuuya got a bit distracted by some white chrysanthemums that stood out beautifully in the setting sun. He stayed admiring the flowers for a while till he felt someone tap his shoulder.
As he turned, he was faced with Dazai being mere inches from his face, shoving something in his hair. Once Dazai stood back he saw dazai having a red camellia flower in his hair.
”Now we match slug!” Dazai said with a warm smile, a rare smile.
Chuuya felt his face grow warm as he let out a heartfelt laugh.
”Hey! It’s rude to laugh at a present, ya'know!” Dazai pouted, putting his hands on his hips.
”Don’t worry, I love it, Mackerel,” Chuuya responded, touching the flower in his hair.
He was then met with a shove as Dazai started running away, giggling. Chuuya took it as a challenge as he ran after Dazai.
They ran and ran up a grassy hill, till Chuuya caught up to Dazai and they both tumbled to the ground. Both boys were laughing their heart out as they held hands, being surrounded by what seemed to be Forget-me-nots.
Once they regained their composure they stayed laying down, staring up at the clouds in the sky as it gave a beautiful hue of orange and pink because of the setting sun.
Chuuya saw a funny looking cloud and pointed it to Dazai, not noticing the other was admiring something else. Something he thought to be more beautiful than any mere sky.
As Chuuya turned his head to see if Dazai was looking, he was met directly with brown eyes that had a red tint in them. A tint that was iconic for the legendary ‘Demon Prodigy’.
Realizing Dazai got caught he turned to look right back at the sky, not realizing the bandages on his left eye loosened. Enough to see the eye that was almost always covered, never to be exposed to the light.
Now it was Chuuya who was admiring the other for a while till eventually he turned to look back at the sky, joining Dazai.
Their hands remained intertwined as the orange hue sky turned dark blue that was filled with millions of bright stars and a beautiful big blue moon that hung directly over them.
It truly was a beautiful sight, a sight that people would pay millions to see one day or just find when they search up a beautiful night sky.
As time continued to pass by, they both wished this day would have lasted forever.