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"We should go home, Atsushi-kun," Dazai whined as Atsushi dragged him into the agency. He had been trying to convince his boyfriend to skip work since they woke, but Atsushi wasn't having it. Something about work ethic and needing money.
Atsushi sighed, "We haven't even been in work for one minute, Dazai-san." If they had skipped work, Kunikida would come looking for them, and then they would have to stay longer because the blond would be behind on his schedule. It wouldn't be worth it.
The brunet pouted, "But wouldn't it be more fun to ditch and go on a date somewhere?" It had been five days since he and Atsushi went on a date, which in his opinion was criminal.
"Atsushi, get away from him," Kunikida ordered as he pointed his gun at Dazai.
"Kunikida-san?" Atsushi questioned, confusedly. He knew Dazai hadn't been pulling his weight in the office lately, but he thought the blond was going a bit overboard, pulling out his gun to try to 'threaten' Dazai to work.
"I won't let you hurt him," Kunikida said with a threatening tone as he narrowed his eyes at Dazai, ready to shoot if the man looked at Atsushi again.
Dazai chuckled before stepping forward, "I never knew you had a dark sense of humour, Kunikida-kun." Just because of that, he might even complete the three reports that were long overdue.
"You bastard," Kunikida cursed before pulling the trigger without a second thought.
Atsushi didn't have time to think about what the hell was going on when he pushed Dazai out of the way. The bullet ended up piercing his chest, which caused Atsushi to hiss from the pain and, in doing so, shattered any chance of being in a nightmare.
Dazai stared in horror as he watched Atsushi drop to the ground. "Atsushi-kun?" He uttered as he rushed to his boyfriend's side. Dazai wanted to help him but felt useless because if he touched him, he would stop Atsushi's healing. He hated that in times like these, his ability was a danger to the person who meant the most to him.
"Don't touch him," Kunikida yelled frantically. He couldn't stop his hands from shaking. He never meant to hurt Atsushi.
Dazai's eyes darkened. He was going to make sure Kunikida was begging for death when he was done with him.
Yosano rushed into the office and yelled, "What happened?" She had expected to see the mafia here, but was taken aback when she saw Kunikida was the one pointing a gun at Dazai and Atsushi lying on the ground, covered in blood. "Kunikida, you need to drop the gun," she insisted as she slowly made her way towards Atsushi. She didn't know what was happening, but they needed to de-escalate the situation this quickly before someone else got hurt.
"I didn't mean to shoot him," Kunikida insisted. He glared at Dazai, "You have brainwashed him, you bastard, because why else would Atsushi protect you?" Kunikida snapped. He was about to pull the trigger again when Fukuzawa appeared and knocked him out cold.
Yosano knelt down beside Atsushi. "Are you with me, Atsushi?" She asked, ready to use her ability if she didn't get a response.
"Yes, Yosano-sensei." Atsushi groaned. He didn't know what hurt more, the wound or that Kunikida was the cause of it.
"Atsushi-kun…" Dazai mumbled sadly. He hated seeing Atsushi in pain.
Atsushi exhaled before he opened his eyes and smiled. "I'll be fine, Dazai-san. I just need a moment." He wanted nothing more than to reach out and grasp Dazai's hand, but nullifying his healing ability wouldn't be a good idea right now.
"Can anyone explain to me what happened here?" Fukuzawa asked in disbelief. What could have caused Kunikida to do this? Ability maybe? But he had been talking to him ten minutes ago, and nothing seemed off about him.
"He lost it," Dazai snarled. Kunikida should be grateful that Fukuzawa was standing between them.
Atsushi slowly sat up with help from Yosano. "Think about it logically, Kunikida-san wouldn't do something like this."
"I just saw you shot in front of me, Atsushi-kun. There's no way I can think logically at the moment," Dazai admitted. He would be forever grateful for Atsushi's healing ability. Still, it didn't ease his heart every time he saw his boyfriend get hurt, especially when that injury would usually end up with a person losing their life. He lost count of how many times he wanted to grab Atsushi and run away with him so he would no longer be in any dangerous situations. What stopped him was that he knew how much Atsushi loved being a detective.
"What's going on?" A very confused Kunikida asked when he walked into the office to see Atsushi covered in blood and someone who looked like him tied up and passed out.
As it turned out, the other Kunikida was from another universe. Everything was pretty much the same except for the fact that Dazai was the Port Mafia boss. That man had been trying to recruit Atsushi into the organisation because of his unhealthy obsession with his ability, and had said he would do anything to make sure the tiger was his someday.
When they explained what was going on to the other Kunikida, he was very apologetic. He had a terrible relationship with Dazai from his universe, and all he wanted to do was protect Atsushi, which he did a terrible job of. His agency had many run-ins with the Port Mafia, but their Dazai had never stepped foot into their office before, and he panicked.
Now that the other Kunikida could think clearly, he could see that Dazai from this universe had a different look in his eyes. It wasn't cold, and there was a softness he didn't think was possible when he looked at Atsushi. It made him think what had gone so wrong in his universe for Dazai to end up the way he did.
Even though Dazai understood where the other Kunikida was coming from, he still had to send him back to his own universe with a punch to the face.