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‘I am not a cat’ exclaimed Atsushi ‘so please stop, Dazai-san’
‘You’re no fun Atsushi-kun’ replied Osamu, pouting.
Dazai had been harassing him all day, trying to get him to eat catnip, to see if it had the same effect on him as it had on cats. A few hours ago the 22 year old had snuck up on the Tiger-boy and startled him, which resulted in him popping cat ears and a tail. Luckily only Dazai was at the agency at that time because that would have been really embarrassing, and he doesn’t think he could deal with Rampo-san and Doctor Yosano fussing over him.
‘Please Atsushi-kun’ He whined, dragging out the ‘I’ in his name.
‘No’ the boy replied, sighing.
‘I’ll Buy you lunch!’ he proposed, suddenly getting really close to Atsushi’s face, and the Tiger-boy’s face proceeded to turn as red as a tomato. Suddenly, the door to the office opened and Dazai retreated from his former position and greeted Rampo, Kunikida and Kenji, who just returned from a case.
‘Hello~’ Greeted Dazai, like nothing had happened.
‘Atsushi… Why do you have ears?’ questioned Kunikida, looking at the boy.
‘W-what?’ he stuttered, covering his head and yes, that pair of ears had returned.
‘Awww Atsushi-kun, you really are a cat, aren’t you!’ shouted the suicidal detective, petting the fluffy ears.
‘Dazai-san please stop, I'm not a cat’ He told him with a glare and swatting his hand away, and proceeded to grab his bag and walk out the door.
‘Nooooo Atsushi-kun don’t leave meeeee’ Annd back to whining. He walked out anyway and headed back to his shared dorm with Kyouka.
Dumping his bag next to the couch, he walked to the kitchen to grab some tea. He was probably going to get scolded by Kunikida tomorrow for leaving 2 hours early, but eh who cares, it was Dazai’s fault for bothering him anyway. He patted his head to make sure those ears were gone, they were. Thank god.
As Dazai watched the boy walk out of the agency, he felt a pang of guilt because that was the first time Atsushi left work early; he was always on time and usually left later than he was supposed to.
‘Dazai have you been bothering him about those all afternoon?’ Asked an irritated Kunikida as everyone took their place at their desks.
‘No?’ He replied, it sounding more like a question than an answer.
‘You should probably apologise, Atsushi seemed really upset’ said Kenji.
‘Yes, go, we don’t want a sad Atsushi, it could delay his work’ said the Idealist
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So as the man headed to the dorms, he thought about how to apologise to the Tiger-boy. Food? No.
Flowers? Definitely not. Truth is that Osamu had been harbouring a crush on his subordinate for quite a while now… Maybe he should ask him to have a double suicide with him? No that probably won’t work…
Anyway, it wasn’t like Atsushi would like him back, he was too perfect Dazai, anyway. He decided ‘Fuck it’ and to just go with the flow.
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As Atsushi heard a knock upon his door, he nearly dropped his cup of tea, not expecting anyone to come until the end of work. Maybe Dazai came to apologise? Nah the suicidal maniac wouldn’t go that far for him.
After all, to Dazai, all Atsushi was was his subordinate, and nothing more. Well at least that’s what the boy thought. As he opened the door, he was surprised to see Dazai-san standing in front of him. Since he had changed into a pair of sweatpants and a long t-shirt he had purchased with his last pay check he couldn’t help but feel a little self-conscious.
‘Oh uh D-Dazai-san, I'm sorry for leaving early, I’ll come back to work if you need me?’ stuttered Atsushi
‘Ah no Atsushi-kun, I just came to apologise for my behaviour this afterno-‘
‘Did Kunikida tell you to apologise?’ Asked the Tiger-boy, still a little mad from the earlier events.
‘Uh- Yes? No? Kind of?’ This was the first time he’d seen his superior so flustered
‘…’ Atsushi stared at him questionably and proceeded to close the door on his face. It didn’t feel good to do that but was necessary if he wanted his superior to stop teasing him.
‘Wait Atsushi-kun!’ he blocked the door from closing with his foot and grabbed the silver haired boy. ‘I really am sorry’
Unknowing how to respond, he sighed and let the older man in. ‘Tea?’ he asked
‘Um yes.’ Not knowing how to respond either, Dazai just watched the boy making him some tea, marvelling the look of baggy clothes on him; he was tempted to take him right then and there but restrained himself. As Atsushi gave him his tea and they both sat on the couch.
‘So-‘ ‘Daz-‘ they both started.
As silence ensued, Atsushi turned to look at Dazai but was instead met with a pair of soft lips and hand on his cheek. Dazai was kissing him. DAZAI WAS KISSING HIM. As Atsushi internally panicked and placed his hands on Dazai’s chest to steady himself, the detective pulled away and looked to the ground.
‘Sorry…’ He mumbled, disappointed that Atsushi had pushed him away. As he got to leave, Atsushi pulled the bandaged hand and captured the elder’s lips once again. As Dazai pulled back because he still needed to breath, after all, he placed his forehead on the boy’s and mumble a quiet ‘Iloveyouatsushi’ and looked away. His face flushed a bright red.
For Atsushi, it was surprising to see his mentor so flustered. And smiling, he also mumbled a quiet ‘Iloveyoutoo’.
And the two cups of tea on the floor laid forgotten as the newly found couple fell into a deep sleep.
As Kunikida walked to his dorm after work he couldn’t help but peek thru the open door of Atsushi’s apartment. Seeing the tiger boy laying on top of his sleeping partner, he couldn’t help but smile and say ‘Finally, those two are so blind.