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Kyouka couldn’t sleep. This had been happening for the past few weeks, nightmares about the same thing. Every night. She had tried everything from taking walks to drinking milk to counting sheep. Now desperate times called for desperate measures. The child sighed, grabbing her stuffed rabbit out of her bed and tucking it under her arm.
She snuck out or her and her older brother figure’s shared room, careful not to wake him. Atsushi was a light sleeper but Kyouka was lighter on her feet. She closed the door, only then did she let her breath escape her mouth. She was on her way to Dazai’s house. Recently she had found herself becoming attached to him, he was like a father, and that’s what she needed right now.
The Navy-haired girl quietly opened the door to dazai’s apartment. It was rather clean, weird considering Dazai rarely ever cleaned things. Maybe things were looking up for him. She shrugged it off before taking off her shoes by the door. She had always wondered why he never stayed in the agency dorms. He did have a nicer place. She then froze, noticing an extra pair of shoes in the entryway, not only that, but a particular hat and coat as well. Nakahara Chuuya’s hat.
Kyouka wasn’t too surprised, she had known the two were a thing for a couple months now, hell, everyone knew. They didn’t really try to keep it secret. That did mean that chuuya was in the next room. Which made her a bit nervous.
Kyouka tiptoed through dazai’s apartment, quickly reaching the door to his bedroom. She paused for a moment, weighing her options while staring at the doorknob. It’s not that she thought Dazai would be mad at her, she knew he wouldn’t. It was quite the opposite actually. If she opened that door she would be welcomed in as his.. daughter of sorts, and she wasn’t sure she was ready for that.
Not only as his daughter but.. chuuya’s as well. “Screw it.” She whispered. Twisting the doorknob and stepping inside the room.
The two were already asleep, cuddled up like some teens, it made Kyouka laugh a bit, the way they clung to each other. They always seemed to do that. Meld together as if one, she admired them for that, although she found it a little cheesy. She reached dazai’s side and shook him, shaking chuuya in the process.
“Uhh.. Dazai… psst Dazai.. wake up..” Kyouka whispered, trying not to wake Chuuya, though unfortunately, that was out of the question. The brown haired man let out a blood-curdling scream that made Kyouka jump back, dropping her bunny plush and falling to the floor. It also made Chuuya jump and fall off the bed.
“WHAT THE FUCK.” The ginger man yelled, grabbing a pillow with his ability and throwing it at the younger man. “There- I- Kyouka??” Dazai stuttered in his sleepy state, whining something as the pillow hit him in the back.
“Sorry.. did I scare you?” Kyouka asked, getting up and hugging her rabbit.
“No.. not at all” the man lied, “nightmare? Cmon.”
All she did was nod. He opened his arms and Kyouka ran into them.
“So um.. I was planning to ask you in the morning but I’m curious….”
Dazai cocked his head and chuuya rubbed his eyes before speaking,
“Go ahead, kid.”
“So.. are you and dazai like, are you two together?”
The men exchanged glanced at each other, then at Kyouka, then back at each other.
“Kyouka you really didn’t know? We’re married.”
Dazai pointed to a rather expensive looking ring on his bedside table. Kyouka’s jaw dropped.
“I mean I knew you two were a thing I just didn’t know you were married!” She whisper-shouted at the two, who laughed in response.
“Congratulations, do you two ever think you’ll.. get re-married?” She asked this because she had never been to a wedding. She didn’t know what one was like and was curious.
“Actually.. yes. Though we aren’t sure when exactly. We’ve just been thinking about it for the past couple months, and, I’ll let you in on a little secret Kyouka,” Dazai whispered, leaning into the girls ear, “we were thinking of making you the flower girl.”
Kyouka’s eyes went wide.
“Really?? Me? I don’t know what to say, thank you both.” This was all so new and strange, but she embraced the two men in a hug that lasted longer than it should’ve.
“So.. can we all get back to sleep?” Chuuya asked, smiling at the two of them. “I can stay with you two?” Kyouka asked, already climbing into the large bed. “Of course.” Dazai answered, climbing out of bed and letting Kyouka lay down.
The three of them feel asleep, one happy, albeit dysfunctional, family. Kyouka didn’t need to know about the struggles Dazai had gone through just hours before, the blood, the tears, all was gone as far as Kyouka was aware. And that would be how they would leave it, for now.