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Something was going to happen, he could feel it in the air, however he simply shrugged it off, poor Atsushi, couldn't possibly have know of what's to come to him.
Its a well known fact out there in the world that most house cats are deathly afraid of cucumbers, now how does this relate to the weretiger, some may ask, well, for a good while he's been acting more and more like a cat, and not a street cat or vicious cat, he's acting like a fucking house cat. And because of this fact, he's become to victim of many cat related pranks by Dazai and Ranpo, and occasionally, Yosano.
It was a completely normal day at the agency, if you count as normal Kenji talking to his plants, Ranpo eating all of the snacks, Dazai dozing off listening to music while Kunikida screams at him to do his work.
Atsushi was currently out of the office to buy more snacks since Ranpo finished with them all. So while the hungry detective was waiting on the werecat to get back with more snacks he decided to scroll through twitter on his ipad (Fukuzawa bought it for him as a way to keep him entertained and distracted) however, he stopped when he spotted a pretty viral video, it was a orange cat getting jumpscared by a cucumber.
Oh-
Oh.
Ranpo smirked, he now knew the new perfect prank he could pull on his fluffy coworker. He jumped off his desk, approaching his suicidal coworker.
"Dazai!" Ranpo shouted as he grabbed Dazais shoulders.
"What, my fellow detective?~" he slowly pried Ranpos hands off his shoulders.
"Well, I was looking through the internet and I came across this video of a cat getting scared by a cucumber!" The older rambled as the younger hummed in acknowledgement.
Kunikida, looking up from where he was working, turned towards both of the detectives. "Please do not. Atsushi-kun isn't even a cat!" He scolded them both furiously. "And get back to work!"
"Pshh!~ You're no fun, Kunikida-kun~" Dazai loudly sighed as he dramatically got up from his seat, already planning on how they should go about pranking the one and only weretiger.
"I said, get back to work!" Kunikida scolded, this time more fiercely.
"Ugh!" Dazai whined, then dramatically slumped onto the floor, as if sulking.
Ranpo laughed out loud, but managed to contain himself, before saying: "Sorry, Kunikida, but you know there's nothing else we would like more than to pull a prank on Atsushi, so..."
"Whatever, as long as you don't disturb my schedule." Kunikida sighed and left the room.
Dazai giggled menacingly as he and Ranpo had been scheming a grand prank on Atsushi for days on end.
"We have finally done it, Ranpo," Dazai cackled softly. "Our prank has reached its ultimate form."
Ranpo grinned, holding a cucumber between his hands. "Indeed, I have been waiting for this moment," he said. "It is time to teach this silly cat a lesson."
Dazai nodded, pulling out a video camera from his pocket. "And it will all be recorded for posterity," he said. "This prank will live forever on the internet."
The two men chuckled at the idea, their excitement growing as they waited for Atsushi to return. They were going to pull off the prank of a lifetime, and they were going to be sure to capture every moment of Atsushi's startled reaction on film.
As Atsushi returned to the office carrying a bag full of snacks, Dazai and Ranpo silently hid each side of the door, cucumber in hand. They held their breath as the silver headed boy came in through the door. Once he did, he stopped dead in his tracks as his eyes widened at the sight of a cucumber laying peacefully on the floor, the boy dropped the bags of candy as he took a step back, as if in fear.
When the cucumber moved an inch, the kitten let out a small screech and jumped back, knocking over several stacks of folders and papers that Yosano was carrying behind Atsushi. Dazai and Ranpo were nearly on the floor laughing, tears in their eyes, as Atsushi's face contorted with frustration.
"That's it!" he pouted. "I've had enough of your cat-related pranks. You two are the worst coworkers I've ever had." he pointed an accusing finger at the pair. He turned on his heel and quickly bowed to the doctor "I am so sorry that you got dragged into this mess, Yosano-san..."
Yosano chuckled into her hand as she patted the youngers head "Don't worry Atsushi-kun!"
Atsushi bent down to help pick up the papers Yosano dropped, soon after he marched out of the room embarrassedly, leaving Dazai and Ranpo alone with their laughter and their video footage.
"Wow," Dazai chuckled as he wiped a stray tear. "That had to be our best prank yet. Poor Atsushi-kun, he looked like he was about to cry."
Ranpo grinned. "Indeed, and we've finally got it on tape. Our legacy is secured."
The two detectives high-fived each other as they turned off their video camera.