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Wide eye stare.
“Is this a fucking joke?…”
Each breath is loud and shaky.
President Fukuzawa is holding a meeting; “As you all know the transfer is today.”
Tanizaki speaks up, voice wary, “Do….do we really need to do this?”
“Yes.”
The room’s atmosphere fills with uneasiness and unpleasantness
“With that said…”
“Reminder, Yosano is guaranteed to not be picked.”
“Thank you Mr. president.” She mouths, showing her gratitude by bowing slightly.
What about kyōka and Dazai?…Atsushi thought. Atsushi turned to kyōka; seeing her pale face, sweat dripping down her cheeks— she was mortified of getting picked.
Atsushi then turned to Dazai; he’s playing with a pen. He doesn’t care. He’s calm about this— how, how can he be?
Atsushi decides to speak up.
(Only after the meeting because he’s too nervous and scared to speak up about this in front of everyone)
After the meeting Atsushi asks if he can have a word with the president.
“So it’s guaranteed Yosano won’t get picked…but….what about…” Atsushi says while looking at both Dazai and Kyōka as they exit the room.
The president gives Atsushi a look of understanding.
“Yosano has had…a harsh story with the port mafia boss…Their relationship isn’t very good….”
So did they….
“But…” Atsushi speaks but stops himself, thinking cautiously on how to speak this matter with the president. He stops and thinks of a way, he lands on this;
“I’m sorry I don’t understand, how do you tell the port mafia boss not to pick Yosano for the transfer because she and him don’t have a good relationship? It doesn’t make sense because so does kyōka and Dazai. Both Kyōka and Dazai-San were both former port mafia members, it would be silly to not ask the boss to not pick them knowing the things they’ve gone through.”
But instead of that Atsushi just respond with a “I understand…”
2 weeks left
2 weeks before the transfer had happened the ADA hanged out with each other more than ever. There wasn’t a day where someone in the ADA was alone; they had sleepovers, movie nights, t&d nights, they would hang out every second, everyday, 24/7.
Yosano was the one mostly hosting these nights; she knew the ADA was scared and she felt guilty knowing she had immunity to the transfer.
These nights were kind of sweet and melodramatic at first but quickly they became unbearable.
But soon these days & nights will be come faded memories, nothing but the loss feeling of nostalgia.
1 week left
1 week before the transfer and the ADA building was filled with tension. The transfer was predictable and unpredictable. The person could be Dazai, Kyōka, Atsushi, Naomi, Kenji, Rampo, Kunikida, or Tanizaki. It could be anyone.
Truth be told everyone already had a hunch that it would be either Dazai or Kyōka….but at the same time Ranpo could be picked, even Atsushi…maybe even Tanizaki especially because of his and Atsushi’s ability. It was scary indeed. The atmosphere was so heavy.
Yet whoever it will be…the ADA will never see them as an enemy but a friend, a family, a member of the ADA.
Someone who was apart of their memories and will forever stay in their nostalgic memories.
1 day left
1 day before the transfer and…it was hell.
Kyōka’s face was even more paler. The words that left her mouth were less than normal. Tanizaki’s face was also pale. He was more jittery and clumsy than usual. He knew how useful his abilities were to the Port mafia.
Atsushi was scared for Dazai and Kyōka and even for himself. He was afraid of losing his family and going to a place that he is not familiar nor fond of.
Ranpo….well, he was..scared. Not that he will ever admit it to everyone but the ADA is his family, he loves them. He’s petrified.
He tried to avoid figuring out who was getting transferred, he didn’t want to know, it would be too much. It was unusual for Ranpo not wanting to figure out something.
It had been a while since Ranpo had felt something similar to when he had loss his parents. The same dreadful feeling.
the ADA made Ranpo smile and laugh so much after his parents death.
Truth be told the ADA was a big family, everyone felt belonging in the ADA
The ADA was buoyant.
Ranpo viewed the ADA as his family…but knowing someone was getting transferred to the Port mafia made him scared — made him feel the same anguished pain he felt when his parents died, it was an overwhelming feeling of dreadfulness.
Ranpo and the other members in the ADA had knew that this transfer would not make them lose somone literally. But it felt that way because they all knew how the port mafia is. The moment you join, your life is at risk. The port mafia was a dangerous place.
These events had also occurred in the ADA but it was less scarier especially because Yosano could heal them but the Port mafia did not have anyone who could magically heal people, plus the mission were way more dangerous.
Hence why the ADA was extra tense. There were a high chance of one of the members joing the port mafia and going on a mission where they may never come back from.
Day 0 - the day of the transfer.
It was the day of the transfer, the day that had the whole ADA hearts beating faster than a cheetah can run. It was the day the whole Port mafia were also waiting for out of curiosity.
It was time for the person who was getting transferred.