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It was another day at the job. He could see the last train of his shift on the horizon. Chuuya didn't have this job for long,but being a railroader wasn't so bad. When he phoned the first number on the “we are looking for employees” board in the neighborhood he thought that he would hate his first 4 to 5 jobs. Yet working with trains sits right with him. He could also secretly use his ability too,but nothing had to know anything about that. Same with his mafia past: he sold a story that he worked on a family farm in the far south of Kyushu and people bought it.
Just as the train was arriving at the station Chuuya heard fast footsteps and quickly turned around. He didn't have to guess twice who it was.
“OH NO YOU WON'T!”
Chuuya ran to his well known acquaintance and kicked him in the stomach,making the other squeal in pain on the station floor.
“Chuuuyaaa,how could you be so cruel-”
It was Dazai who was on the floor,gripping his stomach and grinning. He wasn't in pain at all,just putting on a scene.
“Hey Chuuya, what's happening over here?”
The train driver asked Chuuya,standing right behind him.
“OH OH SIR…Uh nothing! This man almost fainted here and I failed to catch him in time. I was just about to lift him and get him some help!”
“Do you need help carrying him?”
“No! Who do you take me as? Of course I can!?”
Chuuya said,offended as he lifted Dazai up with ease and brought him to reception.
“Now wait for me until I check the train.”
“Mmmhmmmmmm…”
Dazai smirked and corrected his posture.
“DID YOU HEAR ME?!?”
“Yes Chuuyaaa,I'll stay here until you do your boring job.”
“Right.”
Check in went as usual,everything's in place and there's nothing wrong with tracks. The train driver made sure to say his goodbye before he left. That man loved him. He was the only one that didn't freak out because of Chuuya's intense ginger hair,because his daughters have the same shade.
Chuuya walked back to reception after he had changed,carrying his work uniform in his bag,ready to be washed. As expected,Dazai was not where Chuuya left him. Instead he was leaning on the reception counter and flirting with the reception lady. The woman was giggling and blushing from Dazai's words,mostly because she was twice his age.
“You know dear lady,there's something absolutely beautiful in trains and their structure. Such strong beasts of metal? But aren't we the same? The passio–”
Chuuya grabbed Dazai by the collar and dragged him out the building.
“I apologize miss Akanashi!”
The doors closed behind them and Dazai stood on his own two feet again.
“WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT COMING TO MY NEW WORKPLACE!??!?”
“I don't think you told me anything about it.”
“YOU WANT TO KISS THE CONCRETE THAT BAD HUH?!? I SAID NO COMING,NO PRANKS AND NO SUICIDE ATTEMPTS!”
“But that train was particularly nice.”
Another fist flew into Dazais stomach. Then they continued.
“If I see you when and where I shouldn't I'm going to.to..to..”
“Throw me under that train???”
“NO NO THROWING UNDER THE TRAIN!”
“But whyyy??”
“You know why you asshole.”
“Is it because you care about me?”
“Mmmmmmmmm…yes.”
“Awhhh I knew it that you love mee”
“SHUUUTUP”
An awkward silence spawned between them as they were walking on the sidewalk.
“I'm hungry”
“Well I have taken care of that.”
“Don’t tell me you have cooked.”
“God forbid! I’m taking you out for dinner hehehe~ I promised you, remember?"
“No?”
“Last time you told me I quote : If I see you at the train station again you owe me a dinner,a very good dinner.”
“Hmph,I guess I did say that.”
“You sound like you don't want to.”
“No,it's just… I'm tired and I really hoped that I could spread myself on the couch and eat dinner there.”
“Deal then!”
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“Where did you order these?”
Chuuya said with his mouth full of noodles,finally enjoying a warm meal after eating old crackers.
“Oh there is this new chinese restaurant downtown and I heard they do cheap deliveries.”
“Well they're good.”
Chuuya said as he put his finished noodle box down on the coffee table and spread himself on the couch. Some game shows were playing on TV. Chuuya hated those,but they were Dazai's guilty pleasure. Chuuya would usually take the remote from Dazai by force,but he was too tired to even do that simple act.
As soon as Dazai finished his noodles he sat down on the little space left on the sofa and leaned towards the TV.
“What is even interesting about those shows??”
“SHHH SHH SUSH”
Chuuya rolled his eyes and tried enjoying fine entertainment that Dazai seemed to enjoy consuming. Luckily the ads rolled in about a minute and Dazai was left on a cliffhanger,if it could be even called that.
“It’s not my fault you have no taste for real art”
“I have! These shows are a bunch of bullshit!”
“So you want to say your cheesy romance series with the same two plot twists are better!?”
“At least they show real human emotion!”
“Well gambling is also a human emotion!”
“Oh yeah?!?”
“Yeah!?”
After shouting at each other for a couple of minutes,their faces were dangerously close.
Their eyes locked and soon enough Dazai fell into Chuuya's arms and he cradled him and played with his hair.
“Are you…. purring?”
“Whaaat,noo?”
“You're cute.”
“Only when you're around.”
“Don't act so tough. I know you couldn't wait to see me today.”
“But that train really looked like it could crush my bones in a very fast and unpainful way.”
“SHUTUP”
Chuuya then pushed Dazai off him,but maybe a little too hard as the brunette was now laying on the ground.
“Damn Chuuya alrightt.”
Dazai sighed and continued
“I won't come to your job anymore,but at least be nice to me when you come homeee”
Dazai got off the ground and climbed onto the couch with ease.
“Job is sucking the life out of me,you got to cut me some slack”
Dazai climbed back on the sofa and dived back into Chuuya's arms,listening to his heartbeat.
“Maybe if you found a job you wouldn't just daydream about me the whole day..”
Dazai gasped,sit up and covered his mouth in shock.
“How DARE you say that!! You think working at an animal shelter isn't a real job!? How ruthless,absolutely ruthless.”
“Oh Gooood shut up.”
“Make-”
Before Dazai could finish the sentence Chuuya pulled him into a kiss. Soon their arms were around each other,slowly moving around their backs. Dazai tangled his fingers in Chuuya's hair,pulling him even closer.
Their hearts almost touching.
Their legs intertwined.
Their mouths connected.
After pulling out,they looked at each other in complete silence.
“Maybe you were right maybe you should crush my bones,not that train”
“Do you hear yourself?”
“No”
Dazai planted a kiss on Chuuya's nose and continued.
“If I was too self conscious, where would I be?”
“Dead.”
“Oh yeah right.”
Their chatter continued until both fell asleep and at the end of the day… no bones were broken.