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University's Stray Dogs

Summary:

University is hard, but having friends makes it easier.

Or maybe even harder, given the circumstances.

Just a glimpse into the hellscape Atsushi loving refers to as "the server" without anymore context than that. Those who know, know, and those who don't, don't. It's just that simple.

(chatfic/regular fic hybrid. There is an actual plot I promise)

Notes:

Usernames (more will be added when needed):

Dazai – nothuman
Atsushi – alphatiger
Kunikida – kunikida / doppo_poet
Junichiro – shadow.praiser
Ranpo – boydetective
Yosano – butterfly
Kenji – animal_crossing
Noami – light_finder
Kyoka – xX.demonsnow.Xx
Kirako – lovecats

Akutagawa – x..RASHOMON..x
Kouyou – goldendemon
Higuchi – natnatsuko
Chuuya – arahabki
Gin – x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x
Tachihara – blcklzrd
Oda – bookworm
Motojiro - lemongrab

Poe – thegoldraven
Lucy - countess..luanne

Teruko - soulgasp
Jouno - moneytears
Suehiro - snowplum

Chapter 1: Dropping Out and Gamers

Summary:

Dazai wants to vent, but others want to just play.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

GAYGENCY

general

Today at 3:06 PM.

nothuman

guys i’m gonna drop out bye

 

kunikida:

Don’t do that.

 

boydetective:

He won’t!!!

Though it’s nice that you care enough to try to stop him.

 

kunikida:

I don’t really care that much about him. I just know Fukuzawa is his thesis advisor.

 

butterfly:

LMFAO TEAAAAA

Get his ass

Dazai drops out and then drops dead by fukuzawa’s hand that’s crazy

 

nothuman:

joke is on you guys i want to be dead!!!

 

alphatiger:

Yeah but you want to be dead bc of suicide I think Mr. Fukuzawa killing you would be manslaughter and not suicide

Lol

 

shadow.praiser:

tldr sorry that happened to u dazai or im happy for u

anyway ranpo are we gonna play overwatch or what

 

boydetective:

NOOOOOOO

I HATE THAT GAME

NOOOOO WHY AM I OPENING THE APPLICATION

WHY IS THE GAME BOOTING UP!!!!!

DAMN YOU JUNICHIRO!!!!!

 

shadow.praiser:

u know its bad when the detective cant even figure out why hes playing such a shit game

there is no hope for the rest of us /sad

 

alphatiger:

Can I play with you guys too please 🙁

 

shadow.praiser:

ofc!!

you play on console tho right?

we can just be qp warriors its fine

 

boydetective:

I’m one tricking dva

 

nothuman:

this was supposed to be about me why are they all speaking nerd

 

kunikida:

I cannot believe I am agreeing with you.

 

boydetective:

OH ACTUALLY

CAN I INVITE A FRIEND I MADE???

PLEASE??????

And in extension can i invite him to the server plsplspls

 

butterfly:

Yes.

 

nothuman:

???

who gave you executive decisions over the server???

last time i checked I MADE the server

 

butterfly:

You’re gonna say no to Ranpo?

 

nothuman:

invite your little friend po

 

boydetective:

Yay!!

 

thegoldraven just landed.

 

boydetective:

POE!!!!!!!!

Hi :3

 

thegoldraven:

hi !

it is nice to meet you all !

 

nothuman:

?

Lmfao no way

 

butterfly:

Lmao are we thinking the same thing rn?

 

Shadow.praiser:

hi poe!

idk if u remember me but i was the echo from like two days ago

 

alphatiger:

@nothuman @butterfly you guys are acting catty just say hi like a normal person :/

 

butterfly:

@nothuman no way the kid named “alphatiger” is telling us we’re being catty

 

nothuman:

gonna kms do u wanna do it together?

 

butterfly:

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

I thought you would never ask 

 

animal_crossing:

Does anyone want to play minecraft with me :3 ?

 

shadow.praiser:

u should play overwatch with us instead

 

animal_crossing:

I’m not good at ow :(

I only play custom mercy boxing

 

shadow.praiser:

its just gonna be me, ranpo, poe, and atsushi in qp u dont need to be good it’s just for funsies

and we could rly use another supp

 

animal_crossing:

Okkkkkkk

 

light_finder:

KENJI U MAIN MERCY???????????

 

animal_crossing:

I either play her or lw :3

 

Light_finder:

Ik you were my fav for a reason

 

animal_crossing:

Omg! I feel so honored!

 

lovecats:

@nothuman what was the reason you’re planning to drop out?

I feel like we all moved on a little too quickly lol

 

nothuman:

you are the only person that cares abt me

 

butterfly:

Goddammit now we have to hear abt it

 

nothuman:

as you all may know

i have Fukuzawa as a professor

 

butterfly:

Groundbreaking.

 

nothuman:

i’ve literally done my best on all his assignments. i think despite my quirks i am a good student.

 

butterfly:

arguable 

 

nothuman:

and i have YET to get another higher than an A-.

 

alphatiger:

Oh

Some professors do that

Cause like an A means perfection and no one is perfect

 

boydetective:

Can’t relate i only get As in fukuzawa’s class

 

kunikida:

Lol same.

 

butterfly:

Oh brother you’re cooked

You just got lol’d by Kunikida.

Pack it up maybe suicide is the answer.

 

alphatiger:

PLEASE don’t say that it only enables him

 

thegoldraven:

You guys go to Yokohama University ?

 

boydetective:

Yes

 

thegoldraven:

:0 !

I am planning to transfer there !

I spoke to a professor named Fukuzawa when he visited my current university !

 

boydetective:

NO WAY!!!!!!

YIPPEE!!!!!!!

All of you need to get on overwatch right NEEEOWWWWWW

 

alphatiger:

I'm on im just waiting for u guys

Ugh hold on I have to put myself offline Akutagawa is spamming me invites

 

nothuman:

PAUSE!!!

 

butterfly:

REWIND!!!

 

nothuman:

Akutagawa is sending *YOU* invites?

 

butterfly:

Interesting.

 

alphatiger:

??????

Yes???

He is the only person ik that plays on console too

So we run comp sometimes

 

shadow.praiser:

wow cool

i guess i dunno

i dont fuck with akutagawa after his friend and naomi got into that fight

sorry but she is a c word

 

nothuman:

you can say cunt

 

shadow.praiser:

id rather not???

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

You shouldn’t say that unless you’re a woman.

 

butterfly:

Facts

 

nothuman:

I am a victim of sexism

 

butterfly:

YOURE LITERALLY NOT BUT OK

Cry abt it to fukuzawa maybe he’ll give that A

Just cite ur source

 

nothuman:

I hope you choke 😍

Notes:

hi! chatfic yay!

most of the character's names are based on the works of their real life author counterparts and then others are based on their characteristics or things from the show lol

hope you enjoy!

Chapter 2: Among Us is NOT a Dead Game!

Summary:

Among Us amongst various other conspiracies.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

GAYGENCY

general

Today at 7:37 PM.

nothuman:

WAIT ACTUALLY SUICIDAL

CHUUYA AND ME ARE DOING A GROUP PRESENTATION TOGETHER

IM KILLING MYSELF LIKE LOLLLLLLL

 

alphatiger:

Rip

 

nothuman:

can you pretend to care about me

 

butterfly:

Who’s Chuuya again?

Oh wait he’s the little short guy right lol?

Like what 4 feet tall?

 

nothuman:

LMFAO

HAHAHAHA

yeah bro is petite

but the presentation is our final

I hope dr. mori dies an awful death

 

butterfly:

HOLY SHIT

I HATE THAT CUCKER

He literally looks like a kiddie diddler

 

boydetective:

Well there’s the rumor that he *is* a kiddie diddler.

 

Kunikida:

I dont think it’s a rumor.

 

nothuman:

can you make your name something fun kunikida

 

Kunikida:

Um

Ok

I can try something

 

nothuman:

Thanks

 

doppo_poet:

How is this?

 

butterfly:

So close buddy! That’s your first name 🙂

 

nothuman:

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

 

alphatiger:

I like it kunikida!

 

doppo_poet:

Thank you Atsushi! :D

 

nothuman:

i hate it!

 

doppo_poet:

D:

 

animal_crossing:

Let's be nice to kunikida!

 

doppo_poet:

:D 

 

thegoldraven:

Not really enjoying we are overlooking the kiddie diddler allegation !!

That makes me nervous to transfer :( 

 

boydetective:

NO YOU SHOULD STILL COME TO YOKOHAMA UNI

IT’S ONE PROF THAT U PROBABLY WONT HAVE AS A PROFESSIONAL WRITING MAJOR

TRUST ME!!!

Please I need a normal friend I hate all the people in this server so much!!! 😭😭😭😭

 

butterfly:

You’re both named Po that’s not a normal friend

 

nothuman:

^^^

 

boydetective:

Can neither of you read??

He’s POE and I’m PO!

He has an E duh

 

alphatiger:

@thegoldraven you’re a pwr major?

You might be interested a club on campus called the guild

i'm only saying that bc ik that they’re losing their secretary next semester bc he's graduating :3

I’m friends with one of their members and occasionally go to their meetings it’s very chill!!

 

thegoldraven:

Wow thank you so much for letting me know . I will definitely look into it !

 

nothuman:

how are you a pwr major but put spaces before using punctuation

not being mean btw just curious

 

butterfly:

“Not being mean” *is being mean*

 

thegoldraven:

It is because i am typing on my phone and I am not good at texting .

I only have discord on my phone because Ranpo told me to download it after we met playing games online !

 

butterfly:

Wait that’s so cute :(

So you two met by playing overwatch? Or a different game?

 

thegoldraven:

no , we met on Among Us !

 

nothuman:

AMONG US?????

@boydetective you meeting ur bf on among us is crazy

 

boydetective:

We were the only ones to deduce that red and pink were the imposters like one round in lol

So I friended him because he and I were a force to be reckoned with!!

We should all play among us together.

 

thegoldraven:

Playing together would be so fun ! 

 

shadow.praiser:

yeah but among us is like dead dead

but i miss playing among us in a group

Naomi and i were pretty good at it

 

light_finder:

True! We were great!

 

nothuman:

when would you guys wanna play

i can find enough people to play like right now if needed

 

boydetective:

:0!!!!

CAN U PLS DAZAI PLS!!!!

 

nothuman:

yeah

but i’m gonna make a new server cause i don’t wanna invite them here

they’re not cool enough to be in the gaycency

 

butterfly:

I know that’s right!!!

 

among us in real life

general-chat

Today at 8:34 PM.

nothuman:

hi guys

let’s play among us

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

literall y a dead game

literally*

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

i love among us!!!!!!

oh.

Sorry ryu

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

I was just kidding

We can play

 

butterfly:

Awe so cute

 

arahabaki:

Bro was definitely not kidding lmfao

 

PM

butterfly aka yosano

Today at 8:52

nothuman:

DUDE I FUCKING SENT CHUUYA AN INVITE ON ACCIDENT.

butterfly:

LMFAO

That’s crazy

Now you’re doing a project with him AND among us

Hope you two don’t get imposter together hehe

nothuman:

Ugh whatever

i’ll power thru

ranpoe supremacy or whatever i guess

 

among us in real life

general-chat

 

boydetective:

KYXDRA

Join or suffer

 

thegoldraven:

Yay !

 

bookworm:

Wait, who is who?

All of you have weird names and anime profile pictures...

I don’t know who anyone is except for Dazai.

 

nothuman:

that's cause i'm your favorite Odasaku!

 

bookworm:

Yep, that's why.

 

arahabaki:

Nakahara Chuuya

 

alphatiger:

Nakajima Atsushi :D

 

butterfly:

Akiko Yosano

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Akutagawa Gin

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke

 

doppo_poet:

Doppo Kunikida

 

boydetective:

Ranpo Edogawa

 

thegoldraven:

Edgar .

You don't know me in real life . I am just Ranpo’s friend . :)

 

nothuman:

wait

what

 

butterfly:

Do u mind dropping the full gov?

 

thegoldraven:

It is Edgar Allan Poe !

 

nothuman:

Oh my god

has ranpo been pranking us?

 

alphatiger:

That’d be impossible we all played overwatch together last earlier

It’s just a coincidence

He’s from the us 

 

Bookworm:

Wait so you’re EDGAR POE

And Ranpo is EDOGAWA RANPO

That’s insane

Dazai how do you find these people

 

nothuman:

not by choice

 

butterfly:

?

 

nothuman:

Babygirl you know you the exception

 

butterfly:

Thanks pookie 🥺

 

alphatiger:

EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW

 

shadow.praiser:

im tanizaki junichiro

but also yosano and dazai please STOP RIGHT NOW

THATS ACTUALLY SO WRONG AND VILE

 

arahabaki:

Aren’t you the sister fucker?

 

shadow.praiser:

im sorry WHAT

ME????

 

arahabaki:

YEAH

 

shadow.praiser:

NO I AM NOT???? WHAT???? THE FUCK??????

 

arahabaki:

I’ve literally seen you two be handsy????

 

shadow.praiser:

are you talking about Naomi???

 

arahabaki:

Is that your sister?

 

shadow.praiser:

yes

and no

 

light_finder:

We’re childhood friends

Like we grew up with each other

But we’re not blood siblings

Just metaphorical siblings

Hope this helps

Cause what the fuck 😭

 

arahabaki:

Oh

Sorry

I really didn’t know. I was told by people that you two were siblings

 

boydetective:

CAN WE JUST PLAY FUCKING AMONG US

STOP THE YAPPING AND START THE STABBING

THE LOBBY IS GONNA EXPIRE SO JOIN JOIN JOIN

 

thegoldraven:

I’m in!

 

Bookworm:

Ok i guess i’m playing among us

 

arahabaki:

I’m in too

 

nothuman:

it’s not letting me join???

 

boydetective:

Asia server babe

 

nothuman:

OH

tell me why i had it set for europe the fuck

 

butterfly:

LOL maybe from when u played with ur exbf 🤭

 

nothuman:

choke 😍

 

arahabaki:

lol zero chance this guy gets play

but ok

 

nothuman:

BRUH

Notes:

i love junichiro but i HATE THE INCEST SUBPLOT!!! i don't think they're even siblings in the show since naomi is based on the story Naomi by Junichiro where the two are a couple and pretend to be siblings to live together but that's gotta be confirmed soon because i literally hate hate hate incest subplots so much.

i don't really know where this fic is going to take me. i'm writing it to procrastinate my final papers for my last days as an undergrad student!! #graduating #studentdebt

maybe i'll have them actually play among us in the next chapter. i think that would be so cute and fun. anyway i hope you guys enjoyed and if you're here from my fairy tail fanfic that needs to be updated LOOK OVER THERE! (i'm running away in the other direction)

until next time bye bye

Chapter 3: Among Us

Summary:

Atsushi, Dazai, Ranpo, Poe, Kunikida, Yosano, Junichiro, Naomi, Kenji, Akutagawa, Gin, Kouyou, Chuuya, Odsaku, and Tachihara all play among us together.

Notes:

"this is a chatfic" ok explain this then

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

“The rules are simple,” Ranpo said, “we are playing the classic game. No roles like guardian angel, shapeshifter, or anything like that. Even though there’s fifteen of us, I only put two imposters. We all have to mute and deafen during the game. If you die, you’re free to unmute and talk to your other ghosts, but you can’t say anything during discussions. Everyone’s names has to be their actual name, visual tasks are off, and all voting is anonymous!”

 

“Sounds good,” Yosano responded, going through the options and giving herself a flower, “whoever took yellow better get off of it right now before I skin you alive.”

 

The colors went as follows:

 

Atsushi: cyan, Akutagawa: red, Dazai: brown, Chuuya: black, Yosano: yellow, Kouyou: rose, Kunikida: green, Kenji: banana, Junichiro: orange, Ranpo: maroon, Poe: tan, Naomi: pink, Gin: purple, Odasaku: gray, Tachihara: white.

 

On the Skeld, the group spawned around a table. Atsushi had gotten crewmate and was determined to win, but most importantly, stay alive! He always died first and he was determined to stay alive until the end this time. His first task was card swipe. Perfect! He could try to see who didn’t go and know that they were the imposter!

 

Too bad literally everyone was in here. It was like the virtual equivalent of sardines being packed together. Dazai had been standing at the terminal the longest, which was a little suspect but also… Dazai was just not good at card swipe. Atsushi remembers the last time they played, they all thought Dazai was the imposter because he couldn’t swipe the card. He plays on his phone allegedly.

 

Well, since everyone here has wires, Atsushi looked to see who was now doing them. Since he did card swipe later, by the time he got to wires it was just Kenji and Junichiro. Well, at least he could vouch for them. There’s no way one of the imposters would still be hanging around here well after most people left.

 

Atsushi did the wires and was left alone. Ugh. He hated when he was alone in Among Us. This is where he always dies. He was determined to see this through!

 

He went back to admin and luckily Dazai was still there. Did he have any tasks? No, but he would once he did upload. Should he risk it? Or should he wait for Dazai? No, he couldn’t. Dazai would think he’s the imposter. Atsushi went to the admin table to see how many were in what room. No one was in navigation, but there were a bunch of people in reactor and electrical. He had wires in electrical. He sighed and closed it, heading out and walked towards electrical.

 

Bullhorn?! Shit! Someone died! Immediately, he reported it. The sound of people unmuting rang in his headphones.

 

“I found Kunikida dead in storage,” Atsushi said. RIP Kunikida. “I just left admin and Dazai has been in admin the whole time, so I don’t think it was him. I don’t know who else it could be, but I will say I think Junichiro and Kenji are safe.”

 

“Interesting,” Ranpo said, “well, where was everyone?”

 

“Ryuu and I were in navigation together,” Gin said. Atsushi’s eyes widened.

 

“That can’t be true, I just checked the admin table and no one was in there.”

 

“We just got there. He just did weapons and I have the download task in navigation,” Gin said.

 

“We’re just following each other around. I know Gin isn’t the imposter,” Akutagawa said.

 

“Can she say the same about you?” Dazai asked smugly.

 

“Yes,” Akutagawa responded, sounding annoyed, but that was just Dazai’s effect on people. “Visual tasks aren’t on, but the taskbar is. She saw the taskbar move when I was finished with weapons.”

 

“Someone could have finished a task at the same time,” Junichiro said, “but I don’t think they did it. They weren’t close enough. Just don’t write off either of them for being an imposter.”

 

“Atsushi, was it you?” Kenji asked, “because you were in storage with Junichiro and I, then left, only to come back to find the body. Was this a self-report?”

 

“No, I followed him out. He found the body,” Dazai said. Atsushi felt a bit embarrassed for not realizing that Dazai followed him out, but whatever. “Where was everyone else—other than the Akutagawas?”

 

“I was in electrical with Yosano and Kouyou,” Oda said, “I’m doing the stupid circle one.”

 

“The what?” Poe asked.

 

“Calibrator,” Junichiro said, “and I was in reactor with Naomi, Kenji, and Chuuya.”

 

“I’ll pay someone 3,000 yen to do this stupid simon says task,” Chuuya grumbled.

 

“Worrying that you have dogshit memory when we need to do a memorized presentation, but okay, moving on,” Dazai said, “Ranpo and Poe, where were you two?”

 

“We were in medbay,” Ranpo said, “he and I both have scans so I can vouch for him and he can vouch for me that neither of us are the imposter.”

 

“Or you both could be the imposter,” Kenji said, almost way too upbeat.

 

“No,” Poe said, “if we were both the imposter, the game would’ve been over by now.”

 

Gagged, okay, tea. “Do you guys have any idea who the imposter could be?” Atsushi asked.

 

“I have an idea, do you, Poe?” Ranpo asked. For them only meeting recently, they seemed to have grown super close already.

 

“I have my speculations…” Poe said, “though I’d rather vote to skip. Any other crewmate and we run the risk losing means an easier game for the imposter.”

 

“Good point!” Ranpo exclaimed, “but since I know you’re a crewmate and you know I’m a crewmate, I’m gonna dm you who I think it is.”

 

“Isn’t that cheating?” Kouyou asked. Atsushi honestly had no idea who this girl was in real life, but she sounded very nice!

 

“No, it’d be cheating if I was dead Kunikida and telling Poe who the imposter was, but I’m not so I won’t be. I’m giving him who I speculate because I’m absolutely sure it’s the same, I just want to make sure we’re on the same page… duh!” Ranpo responded.

 

“There’s no point in arguing with him,” Yosano said. She paused. “Wait, what about Tachihara?”

 

“What about me?” He asked.

 

“Where were you?”

 

“Shields. I also have scan in case anyone else has it,” he said.

 

“I… I don’t know if I have that or not,” Odasaku said, “I don’t even know my tasks. I’m just going to anything that glows yellow.”

 

“Oh, dude, there’s a drop tab menu that shows you your tasks,” Dazai said, “anyway, we’re running out of discussion time. Are we voting for anyone? It needs to be a majority vote.”

 

“I say skip,” Poe said, “all we have is speculation.”

 

Everyone voted and Atsushi found it interesting that two people voted for Gin, one person voted for Odasaku, and three people voted for Dazai. Whatever, the rest voted to skip.

 

Back around the table, Atsushi followed Tachihara, Yosano, and Odasaku into medbay to see if any of them had scan. Odasaku had just gotten onto medscan when the lights flicked off. Atsushi went to leave, considering the vent from medbay to electrical, but the medbay doors were closed! Oh no! He’s never going to make it to the end of a game!

 

Before he could report anything, Odasaku reported.

 

“Um…” he began, “oh what the fuck, two died?”

 

It must’ve been a double kill with the imposters, using the vent between electrical and medbay!

 

“So, Yosano and Tachihara are dead and they died in medbay. I dunno, the lights were off, but there were four of us.”

 

“Oh, so clearly, it was you and whoever was with you,” Kouyou stated.

 

“It couldn’t have been me!” Atsushi exclaimed, “I’m a crewmate!”

 

“Yeah, Atsushi isn’t an imposter, so that means someone needed to come in through the vent,” Kenji said.

 

“I’m not the imposter either though,” Odasaku said, “I was doing the scan thingy.”

 

“He was,” Atsushi said, “maybe the two imposters were in electrical? And used the vent?”

 

“Well, where was everyone?” Dazai asked.

 

“I was in navigation with Gin,” Akutagawa said.

 

“That’s not true.” Kouyou asked, “I went to navigation and up to you, Gin wasn’t there.”

 

“We were trying to bait the imposter into killing us, so we were stacked.”

 

“I don’t know what that means,” Odasaku said.

 

“Stacking is when two players stand directly on top of each other so it only looks like one person,” Poe explained, “so if someone were to kill Akutagawa, his sister could report it and know who killed him. It’s just a trick.”

 

“I see,” Odasaku replied, “this game is very weird. Not a fan.”

 

“I like it,” Ranpo stated, “anyway, where was everyone else?”

 

“I was going to electrical with Kenji,” Junichiro said.

 

“Was in admin, doing card swipe,” Dazai said,

 

“Just give up!” Chuuya exclaimed.

 

“Never!”

 

“I was in security,” Chuuya said, ignoring Dazai.

 

“I was in reactor,” Naomi said.

 

“I had just got to the lights,” Poe said, “I didn’t get to fix them yet though.”

 

“Okay, and I was doing download in comms,” Ranpo said, “Odasaku and Atsushi, what did you guys see in medbay?”

 

“Nothing, the lights were off,” Odasaku said, “all I could see was the report button.”

 

“Same,” Atsushi said, “the imposters must have vented in because Odasaku was doing scan.”

 

“Interesting…” Ranpo responded, “well, I think it’s time for another skip!”

 

Everyone voted and Odasaku received two votes, but the rest voted to skip. Poor Odasaku. He didn’t know how to play and he was getting too many votes.

 

Again, surrounding the table, Atsushi looked at who remained. It was himself, Dazai, Chuuya, Kouyou, Gin, Akutagawa, Ranpo, Poe, Junichiro, Kenji, Odasaku, and Naomi. He decided to follow Junichiro, knowing for a fact that he was a crewmate. He figured Junichiro trusted Atsushi, since the two ran in circles in front of each other, a common sign of camaraderie in Among Us. He had tasks in electrical, but he was just going to follow Junichiro around as he did his tasks and then hoped Junichiro would do the same for him when he finished. It didn’t help that Ranpo assigned a shit ton of tasks. 

 

Oxygen went off and the doors to the lower engine shut, leaving Junichiro and Atsushi to have to go up and over rather than over and up to get to one of the oxygen tanks. As they hit the cafeteria, they saw Kouyou’s body. Junichiro reported it. When the screen popped up, it revealed that not only was Kouyou dead, but so was Chuuya and Kenji.

 

“Kouyou is dead in cafeteria, near the vent,” Junichiro said, “I don’t know where the other two died, but I can vouch for Atsushi. He has been with me the whole time.”

 

“It’s really interesting that Atsushi has been by literally every single murder,” Dazai stated simply.

 

“Well, it’s not like I chose for that to happen!” Atsushi said.

 

“He’s messing with you,” Gin said.

 

“Awe, don’t expose me with such a cute voice!” Dazai exclaimed.

 

“Whoever the imposter is, please kill Dazai next,” Akutagawa said, voice close to the mic.

 

“Unfortunately, that won’t be happening,” Poe said, “I know who both the imposters are.”

 

“Finally!” Ranpo said, “I’ve had it figured out since round two! I’ve been waiting for you to catch up, Poe.”

 

“Well, who are they?” Dazai asked.

 

“It’s Odasaku and Gin,” Poe said.

 

“It literally can’t because I’ve been with Gin all game and furry fucker saw Odasaku scan,” Akutagawa stated.

 

“Furry fucker?!” Atsushi exclaimed. Man, c’mon!

 

“You’ve been vouching for Gin, but you’ve known from the start she was the imposter,” Ranpo said, “and Odasaku’s scan had been done when the lights went off, so there’s no way to confirm he actually did it. He’s also been lying about being bad to the game, considering he was the one that turned off the lights and closed the doors so Gin could vent into medbay and you two could double kill Yosano and Tachihara.”

 

Odasaku sighed. “You got me,” he said, “this game isn’t very fun with two detectives playing. Three, if Dazai counts, even though I know he hasn’t done card swipe yet.”

 

“My hands shake too much and it either makes the swipe too fast or too slow,” Dazai said in his own defense. “I have a benign tremor guys. That's why my handwriting looks the way it does.”

 

He did it! He had finally made it to the end of a game without dying!

 

“So, are we going to vote off Odasaku first and then Gin?” Atsushi asked.

 

“Yeah, that seems about right,” Ranpo said.

 

Then, everyone voted for Odasaku, while two voted for Gin—whatever. He’s voted off and while Ranpo had imposter verification off, it didn’t matter.

 

“Well, if I’m going to die anyway,” Gin began. No one bothered to mute since the game was essentially over. She took it upon herself to KILL ATSUSHI.

 

“Why?!” Atsushi yelled. She laughed and so did Akutagawa. Both of them were so evil!

 

“Ryuu told me that there cannot be a game of Among Us where you live to see the end… sorry!” She exclaimed.

 

“That’s rough,” Kunikida said, gracing the call with his voice. As the first dead, he had to live with the information of knowing the killer just to watch the rest of them figure it out. Whatever. At least everyone already knew. It could be argued that Atsushi made it to the end of the game alive, anyway!

 

“Should we play again?” Ranpo asked, voice giddy.

 

Unfortunately for him, he was met with a unanimous, “no!

Notes:

perhaps this a hybrid fic that has actual fanfic but chatfic as well IDK LMFAO

Chapter 4: Late Night Chats

Summary:

Late night venting turns to late night speculation (of which Ranpo needs to shut down immediately).

Chapter Text

YokoHomos

general-chat

Today at 1:07 AM.

 

arahabaki:

Guys I don't want to do this project with Dazai any advice

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

Drop out

 

Natnatsuko:

Drop out lol

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Gonna have to hit you with a ddddddrop out

 

goldendemon:

Dazai is pretty smart. You should be fine. Being a part of group projects is normal in university, so you need to get over the fact that you don’t like him and focus on completing the project. When you’re done, you won’t have to work with him again and wake us all up at one in the morning.

 

blcklzrd:

he could also just drop out!

bye bye chuchu

 

arahabaki:

Thanks for the advice Kouyou.

I hope the rest of you choke

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

it’s not that hard to work w people you don’t like tho

i work with nakajima all the time we’re lab partners in bio

you two will have a common goal i don’t think he wants to fail

so get over it. at least he’s competent. i can’t even give nakajima that much credit

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

He played among us very well!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

that’s about it for the things he’s good at doing.

 

natnatsuko:

Doesn’t Dazai have a really good GPA?

I saw him at the recent honors ceremony 

 

arahabaki:

This has NOTHING to do with his gpa and everything to do with the fact I HATE him

 

goldendemon:

Why?

 

arahabaki:

He’s an asshole.

We went to high school together

He’s a piece of shit

 

blcklzrd:

High school was sooooo long ago for you

You’re like ancient lol

 

arahabaki:

I WILL KILL YOU.

 

goldendemon:

Well, there’s nothing you can do about it right now. You’re better off going to sleep and dealing with it tomorrow.

 

arahabaki:

Thanks for being a voice of reason

 

GAYGENCY

general

Today at 1:07 AM.

 

nothuman:

can’t sleep

just thinking about how much i hate that little slug and how much i don't want to be his project partner

dr. mori count your days

 

thegoldraven:

Is the "little slug" Chuuya from Among Us ?

 

nothuman:

poe!! what are you doing still up!!

 

thegoldraven:

It is about 12PM for me .

You all are in a different time zone than me .

 

boydetective:

Not for long though!!!

When you come here next semester we’ll be able to hang out all day everyday and not worry about silly time zones!!! :3

 

thegoldraven:

I am very excited !

I was accepted and everything already . I am looking into housing arrangements for when I get there . I am hoping that it will be an easy transition .

 

boydetective:

You can live with me!

 

butterfly:

Fukuzawa won’t be happy with you taking in strays Ranpo

 

thegoldraven:

Thank you for the offering but I am bringing Karl with me , I don’t wish to burden you with him .

 

alphatiger:

Karl?

 

thegoldraven:

My pet raccoon ! :D

 

alphatiger:

A PET RACCOON????

That’s so sick

I wish I had a pet :\

I want a cat hehe

 

butterfly:

Ofc the tiger boy wants a cat

Furry‼️

 

alphatiger:

FURRY⁉️

Kill yourself 🥰

 

boydetective:

Poepoe

Can you send a pic of karl pls :3

I wanna see him!!

 

thegoldraven:

Sure !

[photo of Karl]

 

boydetective:

MY BOY!!!

Tell Karl his fav person says hi :3

 

alphatiger : Kill yourself 🥰

nothuman:

y’all talking suicide without me????

and how do you have a pet raccoon

also koko check your dms

 

butterfly:

Currently responding

You make it seem like I neglect my pookie poo poo bear :(

 

boydetective:

????

But I’M your pookie poo poo bear?

What the fuck???

 

PM

butterfly aka yosano

Today at 1:18 AM

 

nothuman:

are those two…

yk…

💅

?

 

butterfly:

I don’t know and I kind of don’t wanna ask

Aren’t you in like second place in terms of detective work

Figure it out and lmk wtf bitch

Relying on me as if I’m Nancy Drew is CRAZY

WAIT RANPO JUST SENT ME A DM…

DAZAI

NO WAY LMFAO

HOLY FUCK

DUDE

[screenshot of Ranpo and Yosano’s DMs]

 

nothuman:

that’s insane.

 

PM

boydetective aka Ranpo!!

Today at 1:17 AM

 

boydetective:

Tell Dazai that he can speculate all he wants about my business

But he needs to be way more discreet about it.

 

butterfly:

Wym?

 

boydetective:

Telling you to check your dms?

It’s not as innocent as it seems

I don’t mind the speculation, in fact, I welcome it

I’m just insulted he’d do it so blatantly in my face

And think I wouldn’t catch on.

Tell him that he owes me a whole bag of candy to make it up to me! :3!

 

butterfly:

LMFAO

I’ll let him know ranpo

 

PM

butterfly aka yosano

 

nothuman:

I asked a very innocent question

I think he’s defensive about it

What does poe look like

 

butterfly:

I have no idea actually

Do you think Ranpo knows what he looks like?

Should i ask

 

nothuman:

this is why you’re my best friend

you ask the questions i want to know the answer to

 

GAYGENCY

general

Today at 1:25 AM

 

butterfly:

@thegoldraven what you look like

 

boydetective:

WHAT

Stop bothering Poe

He’s busy

And @thegoldraven DON’T SHOW HER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE

 

thegoldraven:

I didn’t plan to .

You can see what I look like next semester . 

 

butterfly:

Welp I tried @nothuman

 

nothuman:

not you exposing me!!!

 

boydetective:

That’s two bags of candy now, you bastard!!

 

thegoldraven:

I am so confused …

 

alphatiger:

Yeah they have that effect on people

Chapter 5: Pokémon Go... to the polls!

Summary:

Nerd is a language that Dazai is unfortunately semi-fluent in.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

GAYGENCY

general

Today at 10:53 AM

alphatiger:

Guys I fell down the stairs in the edu building

Some girl recorded it and put it on yikyak

 

shadow.praiser:

and i did upvote it

sorry atsushi

 

alphatiger:

DUDE

WOULD IT KILL U TO BE NICE TO ME?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!

 

nothuman:

WAIT THAT VIDEO IS YOU??????

LMFAO DMING THE PERSON WHO POSTED IT RN

I NEED IT SAVED

 

alphatiger:

STOP?!?!?!?!

 

doppo_poet:

Atsushi, I hope you’re okay.

 

alphatiger:

Thank you Kunikida

 

nothuman:

don’t thank him he literally just dmed me for the video lollllll

 

doppo_poet:

SHUT UP DAZAI

 

alphatiger:

Wow.

It really be the people closest to you that betray you.

This reminds me of my time at the orphanage…

 

butterfly:

Christ not the orphanage 😭

 

animal_crossing:

Guys!!!!!!

I downloaded this super fun game!!!!

It’s called Pokémon Go!!

 

boydetective:

That’s been around for like a hot minute

Did you just hear of it

 

animal_crossing:

Yes! I have been playing all day long!!

Does anyone want to play with me???

 

light_finder:

YES

YES

KENJI YES!!!!

 

shadow.praiser:

kenji has found naomis guilty pleasure lol

 

alphatiger:

I haven’t played in so long but I can redownload it if you guys want another person to play

 

boydetective:

I prefer playing the games on switch

 

shadow.praiser:

same

i just finished the first part of s/v dlc

kieran is a whole bitch sorry ogerpon wants me

 

nothuman:

kunikida they’re speaking nerd again :( !!!

fix it!!

 

doppo_poet:

They’re allowed to have interests, Dazai.

 

nothuman:

not in general they can’t

 

GAYGENCY

nerd-shit

Today at 11:01 AM

nothuman:

use this chat to be lame

 

animal_crossing:

So shouldn’t there be a separate channel for you when you talk about committing suicide?

Considering that’s also lame? :0

 

nothuman:

KENJI?????

 

alphatiger:

LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

What’s funnier is that he’s actually being genuine

 

light_finder:

The way that wasn’t a read but was a read

 

doppo_poet:

And it was deserved.

 

nothuman:

KUNIKIDA????

 

animal_crossing:

Are we going to Pokémon go or what!!!!

 

thegoldraven:

Pokémon Go … to the polls …

 

butterfly:

What

 

thegoldraven:

Oh , I'm sorry . I forgot you guys are not American .

 

boydetective:

WAIT LMFAO

DIDN’T THAT HAPPEN RIGHT WHEN THE GAME CAME OUT????

What politician said that

 

thegoldraven:

Hillary Clinton

 

boydetective:

The “I’m just chillin… in Cedar Rapids” lady?

 

thegoldraven:

Yes !

 

shadow.praiser:

you know a lot about american politicians dude

 

boydetective:

Yeah because they’re all brain dead lollllll

 

thegoldraven:

Haha , yes .

I also have Pokémon Go if anyone wants my friend code , I obviously just can’t play it with you all today .

 

boydetective:

GIVE IT TO ME FIRST!!!!!!

 

thegoldraven:

Of course Ranpo ! :) 

 

alphatiger:

I’ll send you mine poe!!

 

PM

nothuman also dazai :p

Today at 11:30 AM.

alphatiger:

Dazai question

 

nothuman:

wassup

 

alphatiger:

Are Poe and Po…

Yk…

💅?

 

nothuman:

I ASKED YOSANO

AND RANPO DMED HER AND WAS LIKE

TELL DAZAI TO MIND HIS BUSINESS

 

alphatiger:

HAH

Deserved

But now I’m scared

This convo never happened

 

nothuman:

no need to say that twice

but i will say this—

Ranpo never denied it when i said him meeting his “bf” in among us was crazy

so either out little po has a crush 🤗

or he doesn’t know how to read :p

who knows

 

alphatiger:

But they haven’t really known each other long

 

nothuman:

probably why ranpo isn’t saying anything

he can be pretty direct

but since they just met, he probably just likes talking to poe

also i don’t think that ranpo knows what he looks like

he’s american so probs ugly lmfao

 

alphatiger:

DAZAI???????

 

nothuman:

I'M KIDDING

but he is really awkward to talk to

also the way he types irks me

it actually takes more effort to add a space and then a period

JUST PUT THE PERIOD AFTER THE LAST LETTER OF THE LAST WORD

THE SPACE IS NOT NEEDED

 

alphatiger:

You’re a really interesting individual

 

nothuman:

thanks, my exbf said the same thing 👍

 

alphatiger:

Don’t make me feel bad

I’ll talk about the orphanage again.

 

nothuman:

HOLY FUCK

SPARE ME

I WAS JK BEFORE OK

NO MORE ORPHANAGE I GET IT

I GET THAT YOU HAVE LORE

 

GAYGENCY

nerd-shit

Today at 11:36 AM

boydetective:

I’ll play pokemon go next semester when Poe comes to campus :3

 

thegoldraven:

Surely , you don’t need to wait for me to play ! You should all go have fun together !!

 

boydetective:

Ermmmmm yeah no I’m okay but thanks

 

butterfly:

I never really got into Pokémon

I think some of them are cute though

 

nothuman:

eevee is the best one though, obviously

 

alphatiger:

Pyroar*

 

nothuman:

imagine being wrong lol crazy

 

boydetective:

Imagine thinking any Pokémon that isn’t alcremie is best

 

animal_crossing:

I like Torterra!

Haha, he’s a tor-terror when I play him!

 

doppo_poet:

I genuinely have no idea what any of you are saying.

 

nothuman:

i can’t have all of you disagreeing with me like this

brb 

 

among us in real life

general-chat

Today at 11:41 AM

nothuman:

name the best pokémon in ur opinion

rn

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

darkrai

 

x..SPIDERTHREAD..x:

Lucario

 

goldendemon:

I don’t know Pokémon well

I like the pink round one that’s in smash

 

nothuman:

Jigglypuff?

 

goldendemon:

Yes!!!

 

blcklzrd:

Salazzle obviously lol

 

arahabki:

Eevee what the fuck

Are you guys high

 

bookworm:

Eevee is such a basic answer

 

arahabaki:

And who were you gonna say???

 

bookworm:

Pikachu…

 

arahabaki:

LITERALLY BE QUIET

 

light_finder:

Can my answer be like a little niche

 

nothuman:

girl it’s pokémon how niche can it be

 

shadow.praiser:

watch it dazai

 

light_finder:

I like the lake guardians the most!

Mespirit, Uxie, and Azelf!!

 

boydetective:

I said Alcremie

 

thegoldraven:

I like Zigzagoon or Murkrow :)

 

boydetective:

Good choices!!

 

nothuman:

can’t believe i’m saying this but

chuuya is right.

 

arahabaki:

Wow I can’t believe we’re agreeing on something

It hurts to know that so many people here can’t see the light

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

eevee is a basic answer

and a safe one

which eeveelution is the best one? surely you two won’t have the same answer

 

nothuman:

leafeon

 

arahabaki:

Espeon

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

and there we have it

 

arahabaki:

Leafeon literally sucks

 

nothuman:

LMFAO no?? has the highest base defense stat out of all the eeveelutions

also if picking eevee is a basic answer, picking espeon is even more basic

 

alphatiger:

I’m just relieved neither of them picked Vaporeon…

 

arahabaki:

I was going to say Vaporeon, but you know…

 

nothuman:

vaporeon is good but the copy pasta is horrendous

 

thegoldraven:

The copy pasta … ?

 

boydetective:

DAZAI, CHUUYA, DO NOT !!!!!!!!

 

arahabaki:

TOO LATE IM SENDING IT

 

boydetective:

NOOOOOOOOOOO

Notes:

yeah anyway so turtwig supremacy

Chapter 6: Reads and Glazes

Summary:

Friend applications turn to Ranpo reading everyone to filth.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

PM

x..RASHOMON..x also Ryuunosuke

Today at 3:08 PM

alphatiger:

Hey what did you get for number 3 on the lab?

Sorry I’m confused

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

have you considered doing your own work?

 

alphatiger:

Man... c'mon

You’re supposed to help me as my lab partner :|

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

dont call me man 

and i dont remember agreeing to that

 

alphatiger:

Fine don’t help me then

I’ll just ask Tachihara

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lol as if he’d know

 

alphatiger:

Oh I’m aware

But we’re graded together so every answer I get wrong affects you too

:3c

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ugh

ok

[picture of lab]

this is what I got

 

alphatiger:

Sickkkkk

But you got 2 wrong

Do you want me to send my sheet?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

you can

but two is right

 

alphatiger:

Nope

I talked to the professor about two

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

then why didnt you ask about 3?!?!?!?!

 

alphatiger:

BECAUSE I HADN’T GOT TO THREE YET???

Duhhhhh

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh my god jinko.

i need you dead so bad

 

alphatiger:

FOR WHAT????

 

among us in real life

general-chat

Today at 3:29PM

alphatiger:

Akutagawa just said he wants me dead

Everyone boo him

 

nothuman:

i have a vid of atsushi falling down the stairs i can send you for like $20

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

wait

is that the video from yikyak?

THAT WAS HIM? LOL

 

nothuman:

lmfao yeah it was him

 

shadow.praiser:

atsushi my beloved…. ill never let these bullies get you…

 

alphatiger:

Junichiro respectfully stfu

You upvoted my literal downfall

 

shadow.praiser:

and unfortunately id do it again

sorry baby girl nothing against you

 

arahabaki:

Bro needs new friends asap…

 

alphatiger:

I’m accepting applications

 

thegoldraven:

I’ll apply !

 

alphatiger:

:D !!

 

boydetective:

No you won’t

 

thegoldraven:

I can’t apply !

 

alphatiger:

D: !!

 

doppo_poet:

Don’t let Ranpo bully you, Poe, you are able to do whatever you want.

 

boydetective:

No he can’t

Not without me

 

arahabaki:

Possessive much

 

boydetective:

And what about it?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

@alphatiger were not friends 

 

alphatiger:

I never said that we were :(

 

nothuman:

you guys are BEST friends!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

youre supposed to be the suicidal one, dont try to make me suicidal too

 

butterfly:

?

Oh

Atsushi I’ll apply to be your friend :)

 

alphatiger:

Really?!?!?

 

butterfly:

Yeah I feel bad that no one is jumping on the chance

I’ll befriend you out of a pity

 

alphatiger:

Reminds me of the orphanage…

 

arahabaki:

Reminds you of the what??

 

alphatiger:

LMFAO NVM NVM

IT WAS JUST AN INSIDE JOKE

 

butterfly:

Yeah dw abt it chuuya

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Sorry i was in class but atsushi i will be your friend (:

 

alphatiger:

… deadass?

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Yes!

We have many of the same classes together!

And you are very smart and active in those classes!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

HUH??

Gin u cant be serious

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

You told me to make more friends

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yeah but not with him :[

 

alphatiger:

UMMMM i think she can make her own decisions

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i will end u.

 

nothuman:

atsushi, i’ll be your friend.

 

alphatiger:

No thanks.

 

nothuman:

?!?!?!?!?

 

animal_crossing:

Sorry I was also in class but Atsushi I will be your friend too!!!

We played Pokémon go earlier I can’t not have you be one of my best friends!

 

alphatiger:

🥹

Man I could cry

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

pussy

 

alphatiger:

Well you are what you eat

Can’t say you can relate

 

butterfly:

ATSUSHI?!?!?!?!

LMFAO

Insane

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

:0

Wow

Deserved but wow

 

alphatiger:

KYOUKA???

Hi

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

What server is this

I got the invite yesterday but I didn’t wanna talk bc the name is stupid

 

animal_crossing:

It’s for when we play Among Us!

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Oh

I like Sims 4 better

 

animal_crossing:

I LOVE SIMS 4!!!!

COTTAGE LIVING CHANGED MY LIFE

 

boydetective:

Ugh I want the sims but i don’t have the money for the packs/kits

I think CC and mods are too annoying to download and redownload all the time when they break

 

thegoldraven:

:0

I can buy them all for you !

 

boydetective:

NOOOOOO they’re really expensive poe

Like i have the base game (it’s free) but the expansion/game/stuff packs and the kits are crazy

$599.85USD is how much all the expansion packs are

$239.88USD for game packs 

$199.80USD for the stuff packs

$144.71USD for the kits

That’s $1,184.24USD king

 

thegoldraven:

Yeah I know .

I have the sims .

Would you just want to share my account with me ?

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

CAN YOU SHARE IT WITH ME???

 

boydetective:

????

WAIT U HAVE ALL OF THE PACKS???

 

thegoldraven:

Yes !

 

boydetective:

Lmfao you rich or smth???

 

thegoldraven:

I wouldn’t say rich , I’d say well off .

 

boydetective:

Oh ok so you’re actually rich fr

 

nothuman:

damn ranpo got that sugar daddy on speed dial

 

boydetective:

Now I feel silly only ask for some American candy

When I should’ve asked for ALL OF IT

 

thegoldraven:

Haha , I will get you a lot so don’t worry !

 

nothuman:

and what about the rest of us?

 

boydetective:

Dazai you can choke idgaf he’s MY friend I befriended him FIRST

So I get dibs and prioritized. You can get my leftovers.

 

thegoldraven:

Okay ! I think we are getting a bit carried away .

 

doppo_poet:

Poe, isn’t it about 4 in the morning for you?

 

thegoldraven:

Yes .

But I have been up writing all night long , time has slipped away from me .

 

boydetective:

WHAT ARE YOU WRITING????

ANOTHER MYSTERY?????

 

thegoldraven:

I am writing a short story . :) 

I have another mystery in the works , but I’m trying to write one where you don’t figure it out in two seconds of reading … so I am procrastinating by writing this .

 

boydetective:

What is the one you’re writing now called???

 

thegoldraven:

“Ligeia”

 

boydetective:

Can I read it anyway

 

thegoldraven:

I’m a little embarrassed !!!

It’s not a mystery , it’s a gothic piece …

It’s also not done yet .

 

nothuman:

give us the first paragraph

 

boydetective:

Who is us, hoe???

GIVE IT TO ME

 

alphatiger:

It’s not fair that you get to hog Poe just because you met him first

We ALL want to be friends with him

 

shadow.praiser:

yeah! anyway ive played with just poe before without you ranpo you dont own him

 

butterfly:

Guys relax

Who’s to say Poe wants anyone here other than Ranpo to read his stuff anyway

 

arahabaki:

I feel like this convo isn’t for like the rest of us

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Well… I kind of want to read it…

The title alone sounds cool and I like gothic stuff…

Dr. Shelley wrote a gothic horror novel about a monster and it’s so good

So I kind of want to read other gothic stuff…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

let her read it

 

boydetective:

LEAVE HIM ALONE???

 

bookworm:

Hi.

I like to read.

If you need anyone to proofread or just give you feedback, I am here.

I’m a literature major.

 

doppo_poet:

Like you Poe, I’m also a professional writing major.

So, I am here to help too if you need it.

We might as well get to know each other since we will probably be in many of the same classes together. :) 

 

boydetective:

Call me Olivia Rodrigo because jealousy jealousy

 

butterfly:

Ok sabrina carpenter no need to get vicious

 

nothuman:

espresso!

 

arahabaki:

Dazai what the fuck 😭😭😭😭

 

alphatiger:

FEATHER!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u tried.

 

nothuman:

i don't know

i don’t listen to her

or the other girl

i just know espresso because yosano listens to sabrina

and hella chappell roan

 

butterfly:

And what about it

 

nothuman:

girl relax

i was answering a question

 

butterfly:

Clearly it was rhetorical

 

nothuman:

ok and?

i felt like answering

the desire to yap is strong within me

 

butterfly:

I’m unfortunately so well aware

That’s why ur ex broke up with u hehehe

 

nothuman:

??!?!!?!

FALSE

I BROKE UP WITH HIM

he still want me too

crazy

 

doppo_poet:

We don’t need to know your business like this.

 

nothuman: 

you’re just mad i moved on from him by cucking you

 

goldendemon:

I’ve been ignoring this chat because everything you all talk about is useless, but what?

What do you mean you “cucked” Kunikida?

 

doppo_poet:

Ok first and foremost, I was not cucked by Dazai.

We happened to both like the same girl at the same time and he was able to date her.

That’s all.

 

alphatiger:

Damn 

Kunikida got cucked :\

 

butterfly:

There has to be more to that story

Why would anyone pick Dazai over Kunikida?

Not being mean, but being realistic.

 

nothuman:

?!

WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT?

 

boydetective:

I’ll explain it.

Kunikida is clearly the more responsible one and he has the most potential to have the relationship end in marriage. Dazai wants to kill himself and probably won’t stay alive long enough to marry. Most people date to marry (no shame if you don’t, but that’s the eventual end goal most people desire). Kunikida also has his whole life planned out to a T, whereas Dazai’s future is undetermined. To pick Dazai over Kunikida means that the person isn’t serious about being in a relationship and picked the conventionally prettier and more fun option. In this essay, I will…

 

doppo_poet:

Wow.

 

nothuman:

the kunikida glazing is kind of crazy

 

doppo_poet:

HOW WAS I BEING GLAZED???

I GOT CALLED UGLY AND BORING???

 

boydetective:

WOAH I DID NOT SAY YOU WERE UGLY AND BORING!!!

In comparison to Dazai, yeah you a little ugly and boring

BUT THAT’S ONLY IN COMPARISON TO HIM

IF IT WERE YOU AND AKUTAGAWA, CLEARLY YOU’RE THE BEST CHOICE IN BOTH ASPECTS

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

HELP???

WHY AM I BEING DRAGGED INTO THIS???

 

boydetective:

You don’t (assumingly) want to kill yourself, but you’re ghostly pale, always coughing, and honestly? Have a bad personality.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

I HAVE A CHRONIC ILLNESS???

 

boydetective:

Okay and you chronically have 0 bitches who wants to be read next!!

 

alphatiger:

Ranpo 😭

 

butterfly:

Me

 

boydetective:

People can’t handle perfection. That’s it.

 

butterfly:

I KNOW THAT’S RIGHT

 

Doppo_poet:

GLAZING YOSANO IS INSANE.

 

boydetective:

I’M NOT GLAZING

LOOK I’LL DO ATSUSHI

 

alphatiger:

NO I AM OK!!!!

 

boydetective:

While Atsushi is very nice and welcoming, he has deep rooted insecurities and issues with abandonment that would make him too reliant and clingy upon his partner. With that in mind, he doesn’t even put himself out there to even be considered a viable option to date. He’s the type of person that would need to be asked out instead of asking out another, which is something he wouldn’t do. Also, his bangs are super fucked.

 

alphatiger:

Ok so first and foremost, I like my bangs

Second? You ain’t wrong

 

arahabaki:

Don’t do me I already know what you’re gonna say

 

boydetective:

Really?

 

arahabaki:

Yeah

 

boydetective:

Say it then we can say it together.

 

arahabaki:

Ugh

I’m short

 

boydetective:

160cm (5ft3in)

 

arahabaki:

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT SPECIFICALLY????

And why did you convert it into feet

 

boydetective:

So Poe could know how short you are

They don’t use the metric system in America silly

 

animal_crossing:

Do me! Do me!

You’re like Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton picking the diamond of the season haha!!

 

nothuman:

you've read bridgerton??

 

animal_crossing:

No, but I watched the show! With Yosano!

 

boydetective:

If you actually wanted to date someone and asked them out, I’m pretty sure it’d work out for you.

You’re not ugly and you’re nice.

 

animal_crossing:

Wow! Thanks Ranpo!

 

boydetective:

I’m done doing these now catch me at a later date

 

thegoldraven:

Awe , I wanted a turn . :( 

 

nothuman:

👀❓

 

butterfly:

🤨❗

 

boydetective:

My services will now only be done in dms and for monetary compensation

 

goldendemon:

Dming you rn

 

boydetective:

No need I can just tell you for free because it’s very simple; you’re very pretty and it intimidates other people.

Have you considered being ugly?

 

goldendemon:

Oh! I could give it a try.

 

butterfly:

I doubt you’d succeed queen…

Notes:

I'm supposed to be writing an 8-10 page final paper on american writers and I instead wrote this. it's 4:30pm and all I have it my header. be honest y'all am I cooked????

my paper is gonna be about dickinson and whitman, but we did learn about hawthorne and poe in the class and after writing this fic i might just write about those two. idk i did a presentation on how they're both in bungo stray dogs for the class but idkidk

anyway i'm a sims 4 fan and a sabrina carpenter fan

Ligeia is a actual short story by Edgar Allan Poe. it's weird for sure. also poe's username is in reference to his mystery "The Gold Bug" and his poem, "The Raven," obviously

Chapter 7: Venting

Summary:

Atsushi utilizes the server's vent channel, but things always go off topic.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

GAYGENCY

vent-channel

Today at 6:43 PM

alphatiger:

People that so blatantly exclude you are the worst type of people.

Like genuinely what the fuck

 

boydetective:

Are you good?

 

alphatiger:

Like yes and no

Idk

I’m just annoyed I guess.

I have no problem with people making plans with other people without me, but don’t do it directly in my face.

Or for fuck’s sake don’t say like “oh we have to do XYZ” and look directly at someone else to make sure I know I’m not a part of that we

Like I understand I am excluded

You don’t need to remind me that you like Person A over me, it’s clear from your actions alone no need to use your words too

 

nothuman:

who are you having problems with?

 

alphatiger:

I don’t want to name drop and start problems

I just wanted to let my feelings on it be known

I don’t need to be liked over one person or whatever I just want to be respected enough you don’t make it so obvious

 

boydetective:

It’s not anyone in this server right?

 

alphatiger:

Nope 

No one here

You guys are in the clear

I know that you guys like me just enough to not do that

 

butterfly:

“Like you enough” is crazy 😭

But we actually don’t like you Atsushi

We LOVEEEE YOU POOKIE

 

alphatiger:

Thanks 🥲

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

You know you’re my favorite person sush

 

alphatiger:

I know

You’re mine too

 

nothuman:

ummmmmmm wrong

your fav person is me?

hahahahahaha 

 

alphatiger:

Ummmmmmm

Pleading the fifth

 

butterfly:

Quick everyone name your favorite person

 

doppo_poet:

Guys… do not do that.

It will only cause problems.

 

boydetective:

Afraid no one will pick you? >:3c

 

doppo_poet:

No, I’m afraid of someone not being picked.

 

butterfly:

Like yourself?

 

doppo_poet:

Genuinely couldn’t care less if someone picked me out not.

I want to ensure, however, that everyone in here doesn’t get their feelings hurt.

God, I feel like I’m talking to middle schoolers.

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Atsushi is my favorite

 

butterfly:

We know

 

alphatiger:

Kyouka

 

butterfly:

We know

 

animal_crossing:

Kunikida!

 

butterfly:

Interesting choice

 

shadow.praiser:

Naomi

 

light_finder:

Junichiro!

 

nothuman:

that's not helping with the rumors

 

shadow.praiser:

KYS 😭

 

boydetective:

Eddie!

 

nothuman:

Eddie?

 

boydetective:

Poe

 

butterfly:

Y’all are on a first name basis??

 

boydetective:

Americans are always on a first name basis

But you guys don’t get to call him eddie

You can call him edgar or poe

 

butterfly:

We can assume the poe’s fav is ranpo

But poe might have real friends he likes more than u 🤭

 

boydetective:

Do you think so?

 

nothuman:

he could even have a partner

 

boydetective:

Oh I know he doesn’t

I asked him

 

butterfly:

Why???

 

boydetective:

You guys make is sound so sus to try to get to know someone else lmao RELAX

I just know basic stuff about him

Like I know the same stuff about him that I know about the rest of you

 

alphatiger:

What’re his parents names

 

boydetective:

I don’t know

 

butterfly:

Oh ok

Nvm

My bad

 

boydetective:

You all trying to play detective is so cute❣️

But are you guys certain Poe and I haven’t been messing with you? :3c

 

shadow.praiser:

NOPE

not messing with us

idk what youre trying to do rn but

whatever you two got going on is not a bit

sorry ive played too many games with you and poe and individually with the both of you

and i cannot keep my silence any longer

 

boydetective:

Silence sister fucker

 

shadow.praiser:

NAOMI ISNT MY BLOOD SISTER

WE ARE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS

AND WE ARENT EVEN DATING!!!!!!

thats the real bit 😞

 

boydetective:

Ok shore

 

shadow.prasier:

where is poe?

 

boydetective:

Asleep

It’s like 6am for him lol

His sleep schedule is fucked but I’m not gonna have him fix it

So it’ll be easier to adjust when he moves here

 

doppo_poet:

Or is it because it makes it easier to play games with him when he’s up when you’re up?

 

boydetective:

I’m supposed to be the detective Kunikida!!!!!

Don’t expose me!!!!!

>:3c

 

alphatiger:

Poor Poe lol

 

boydetective:

Um no, poor me

Now I’m stuck entertaining you fools with my gorgeous gorgeous looks, amazing wit, and enchanting whimsy

 

nothuman:

ugh chuuya is messaging me about our project

ignore

snore

not responding

 

alphatiger:

What even is your project?

 

nothuman:

connecting the literature we read in class to modern adaptations or references

snore

snooze

i don’t watch tv or movies

so i don’t even know what to do

i told chuuya to pick but he’s so useless on his own it’s crazy

“dazai what if we did this” “dazai answer me” blah blah blah

 

doppo_poet:

You should answer him, Dazai.

It’s important to do your work, even if you don’t like the person you’re working with.

 

alphatiger:

What even is your issue with Chuuya if you don’t mind me asking?

You invited him to the among us server

 

butterfly:

He did that by accident lol

 

nothuman:

went to high school with him

he and his friends were dicks

and i guess he didn’t like that the energy he put out towards me

was reciprocated in full with interest

 

doppo_poet:

Oh I see.

You were a bully.

 

nothuman:

nope!

not to him at least

don’t throw a punch first if you can’t handle being hit back

 

butterfly:

Your ass is built like a string bean

No way you were a fighter in high school

 

nothuman:

huh!!!!!

i’m a burly, strong man!

just ask kunikida, he’s seen me naked.

 

doppo_poet:

WE’RE ROOMMATES, DON’T BE SO SUGGESTIVE!

 

nothuman:

i wasn’t, but you were

hehe

 

doppo_poet:

I’m messaging Chuuya for you.

 

nothuman:

NO DON’T I WAS JK

I’M SORRY!!!

 

doppo_poet:

Well, since you apologized, I’ll refrain.

 

shadow.praiser:

ranpo

 

boydetective:

Noooooooo 😭

Leave me alone………

 

shadow.praiser:

cmon man

you know what time it is…

 

boydetective:

I’ve decided to be an active member of society!

I’ve gone outside! I’ve touched grass!

Don’t make me do it!

 

shadow.praiser:

im sorry ranpo but

its time to come back to me.

 

boydetective:

I’ve been so good!

I haven’t done it in a whole 24hrs!

 

shadow.praiser:

they say the first week is the hardest…

now look at your computer screen. what do you see?

 

boydetective:

YOU MONSTER!

 

nothuman:

hey, what the fuck is happening?

are they doing some sort of horror roleplay?

 

animal_crossing:

Nope!

They’re just about to play overwatch :3

 

boydetective:

IT’S BOOTING UP!

OH GOD I’M ON IT!

SOMETHING IS COMING OVER ME….!

I JUST… I JUST QUEUED UP FOR COMPETITIVE…. DPS…. WITH JUNICHIRO…..

NOOOOOOOO

NOOOOOO

FREE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

shadow.praiser:

you will never be free

embrace the agony

 

boydetective:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

thegoldraven:

Room for one more ?

Notes:

yeah i finished my paper. it was not about dickinson and whitman, but about poe and hawthorne. i hope the bsd fandom is proud of me. <3

anyway celebratory fic chapter because i only have like 3 more papers to write. yippee!

Chapter 8: Transcendentalism and It's Consequences

Summary:

Ranpo asks Yosano for advice and then completely disregard it.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

GAYGENCY

general

Today at 11:02 PM.

nothuman:

met with chuuya today

jesus h christ dude

a-n-n-o-y-i-n-g

he’s yappy

like a dog

 

alphatiger:

And not yappy like you?

At 11pm?

 

nothuman:

i see your point…

gonna double it and give it to the next person

 

doppo_poet:

Guys, I am so tired

And he won’t shut up

 

butterfly:

NO PUNCTUATION???

NO PERIODS????

Free my man Kunikida rn…

 

nothuman:

if kunikida unclenched

i think he and i would be such a power couple

 

doppo_poet:

Hey! I hate that!

No thanks!

 

nothuman:

OHHHH COME ONNNNN KUNIKIDAAAAAAA

 

alphatiger:

Aren’t these two in the same room?

 

butterfly:

Yep 

 

alphatiger:

Mental 

 

doppo_poet:

I am not into men…

Or whatever animal Dazai considers himself to be.

 

nothuman:

BRO?!?!?!?

i’m not atsushi i’m not a furry

 

alphatiger:

Oh my god

GUYS

I AM NOT A FURRY

I HAVE NEVER BEEN A FURRY

 

butterfly:

Ok alpha tiger whatever you say

 

alphatiger:

Back in the orphanage, the only thing that could be considered mine was a white tiger stuffed animal…

When they would hit me or burn me with pokers or force me to wash dishes in cold, dirty water until my bones ached, all I’d have is that tiger stuffed animal to turn to cry to…

 

nothuman:

OH MY GOD

STOP

STOP

 

butterfly:

We’re sorry stop

 

alphatiger:

And that’s how you do it

 

doppo_poet:

Using your trauma as a weapon is insane…

 

alphatiger:

Maybe if you did that, you’d be asleep right now

 

doppo_poet:

I don’t have any trauma other than being Dazai’s roommate for two years.

 

animal_crossing:

Dazai can’t be that bad!

 

boydetective:

Oh no he is

Imagine having to stop your roomie from killing himself every five minutes

He was my roommate freshman year but I couldn’t take it.

But now I live off campus with fukuzawa

#dadgoals

 

butterfly:

Why did you even dorm when you're like two minutes away

 

boydetective:

I thought I could get more snackies….

But I realized having Fukuzawa buy my food was better than buying my own food

And Dazai is insane

 Like actually insane

 

nothuman:

i’m honestly not that bad

i’m clean, organized, and i share my food

 

boydetective:

Yeah, but you also tried to jump out our window

Now the dorm windows don’t open all the way

So when it’s hot it’s MISERABLE

 

butterfly:

That was you?

You were the reason the windows can’t open fully?

 

nothuman:

ALRIGHT PAUSE

THAT’S NOT TRUE AT ALL!

the windows were never able to open all the way, i’m just a handyman and was able to have it open fully

 

alphatiger:

Is handyman what your ex called you? Lol

 

butterfly:

YOOOOOOOOOO

DUDE

LMFAO????!?!?!??!??!??

 

nothuman:

dude no way i’m getting clowned on by atsushi rn...

 

alphatiger:

You made it too easy for me 

 

nothuman:

i’m leaving the server, i’m dropping out of the school, and i’m going to kill myself

 

boydetective:

Only 1 of those 3 statements were correct

 

animal_crossing:

What was so bad about meeting with Chuuya? Did you guys not get a lot of work done?

 

nothuman:

oh no we finished

no thanks to chuuya

i literally did most of the work.

all his ideas sucked

 

doppo_poet:

How did you manage to pull that off?

You don’t have anything to base your project off of. You said you don’t watch tv or movies, which is imperative to the project.

 

nothuman:

they’re not that important

i had it so we talk about shakespeare and how he literally invented new words and phrases used in the english language

so like “break the ice” or “wild goose chase” or “all that glitters isn’t gold” or whatever is still something that english speakers use even 400 years later

 

alphatiger:

@thegoldraven can you verify??

 

thegoldraven:

Haha , yes . We still use those phrases .

I like “in a pickle” the best . :) 

 

nothuman:

jotting that down

what’s that from?

 

thegoldraven:

The Tempest

 

nothuman:

thanks

how’s Ligeia coming along

 

thegoldraven:

I finished it earlier today ! I am just editing it now .

 

boydetective:

SEND PLEASE

I WANT TO READ SO SO BAD

POE PLEASE

 

thegoldraven:

Yes ! I will send it to you by midday EST .

 

nothuman:

what about me 😐

 

boydetective:

You can errmrmmmmm suck my shlong

 

PM

Butterfly aka Yosano

Today at 6:28 AM

boydetective:

Hey sorry for dming so early

But it says you’re online?

 

butterfly:

Gm ranpo!

Studying for a final

#premed #struggling

 

boydetective:

You’re going to pass so don’t worry

 

butterfly:

It’s crazy how that has reassured me

But I want to guess that you didn’t dm me to discuss me studying?

It doesn’t take a detective to know

 

boydetective:

Yeah….

You can’t make fun of me

 

butterfly:

No offense but I love the way this is starting

Is this about Poe?

GASP

Did you not like his story?

 

boydetective:

The story was about a opium-addicted and unreliable narrator mourning the death of his first wife and entering loveless marriage with another woman, of whom also dies and the story ends with his first wife coming back to life as his second wife has transformed into her.

Whether or not that actually happened is left up to interpretation. IT’S NOT THAT I CAN’T FIGURE IT OUT…. IT’S LEFT AMBIGUOUS, THERE IS NO RIGHT ANSWER SO DON’T START.

 

butterfly:

So what’s the problem?

 

boydetective:

The narrator laments on and on about the beauty of Ligeia (first wife). She’s tall, extremely thin, has big dark eyes, and beautiful in a nonconventional way. Yosano, when I tell you that the narrator describes her in such a beautiful way, I mean it.

Like he literally compares her eyes to stars and then says that he is the most devoted astronomer.

 

butterfly:

Ranpo buddy I’m not a detective like you, you need to fill in the blanks for me

 

boydetective:

What if that’s what Poe likes? Like his type?

 

butterfly:

Tall women with

Hit send by accident but just realized what you mean

You’re worried that Poe likes tall, slender women when you’re just a short little guy

 

boydetective:

UM OK would not describe myself as a little guy but

Yeah.

OK OK YOU AND DAZAI CLOCKED MY ASS BOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO

 

butterfly:

LMFAOOOOOOOO

Do u need me to ask if he like-likes boy for you

 

boydetective:

I’m not Dazai I don’t need you to ask questions for me

I just need advice

Not only are you the only person awake right now, but you are also the only person that has an actual head on their shoulders.

 

butterfly:

Ahhh I see

Just talk in detail about the story I guess? Ask a lot of questions about Ligeia. Like “did anyone inspire her?” or something like that

Ranpo LOVE that you respect me so much but I get 0 bitches

 

boydetective:

You’re literally getting a doctorate, bitches come with that.

 

butterfly:

THAT’S FUCKING INSANE LMFAO

Did you like the story though?

 

boydetective:

Yes!

Maybe I’ll let him share it with you guys

He really is a great writer :3c

I just like his mystery stuff better. It’s the only time I get a challenge

 

butterfly:

Lol tea

I need to get back to studying but go message your prince

 

boydetective:

Evil statement but alright.

 

PM

thegoldraven aka Edgar Allan

Today at 6:45 AM

boydetective:

POE!

Just finished your story!!

I thought it was great!

The reader not knowing whether Ligeia came back is intentional right? 😐

 

thegoldraven:

It warms my heart to know that you enjoyed the story !

And yes , it’s intentional .

Ligeia’s resurrection is up to interpretation .

I’m not even entirely sure if I want her to have come back or not .

There won’t be a sequel though , so no fuss in worrying about that .

 

boydetective:

Interesting!

Why no sequel? :0

 

thegoldraven:

There’s nothing really much to say .

 

boydetective:

Is the narrator’s drug issues based on something?

 

thegoldraven:

The story is a satire of the gothic and against transcendentalism .

I loathe transcendentalism 🙂

 

boydetective:

LMFAO????

Why?

 

thegoldraven:

It’s derivative .

Not a single original thought .

I know another transfer student that goes to Yokohama from where I live and he’s a fantastic writer , but what he writes about is so …

No words .

He’d have so much more talent if he steered away from it .

 

boydetective:

Strong feelings there Poe!

So is it safe to assume you don’t like this guy?

What’s his name??? Maybe Kunikida knows him… maybe I even know him!!

 

thegoldraven:

Oh no , I like him !

Just not how he writes . 

He’s Nathaniel Hawthorne .

 

boydetective:

Idk who that is lol

WAIT

IS HE THAT GUY THAT WENT CRAZY???

 

thegoldraven:

HE WENT CRAZY ?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?

See that’s what transcendentalism does to people .

 

boydetective:

No apparently something happened to his girlfriend from home

Wait is it true she died

 

thegoldraven:

MARGARET ?????

NO SHE’S ALIVE !!!

I think she is

I’m not friends with her

We spoke maybe once

I don’t have many friends .

 

boydetective:

YOU’RE FRIENDS WITH NATHANIEL THOUGH??? HER BF???

 

thegoldraven:

FALSE

HE AND I ARE FRIENDLY , NOT FRIENDS

WE WOULD READ EACH OTHER'S WORKS SOMETIMES BUT THAT'S IT

Ranpo , it is incredibly humbling to admit , but I do not have many friends .

Befriending you was mere luck and everything that follows is complete , lucky coincidence .

 

boydetective:

That cannot be true

 

thegoldraven:

I don’t do well in crowds of people

And most people tend to overlook me

I’m very plain and the only things interesting about me are the stories I write or the money I have

And people usually prefer the latter over the former , which displeases me because I have much more pride in my works as a writer than the money I have by coincidence

I will admit Dazai’s “sugar daddy” comment did make me laugh 

 

boydetective:

Ugh don’t let him know, it’ll all goes to his head

Anyway back to Ligeia cause if we talk any more about dazai I’m going to throw up

Considering you THINK(!!!!) you have no friends what inspired Ligeia or Rowena’s characters???

 

thegoldraven:

Ligeia and Rowena are opposites in every sense , which is obvious

I wanted them to be contradictory to each other and the dark/light comparison never gets old

There’s no real life inspiration used on either of them

 

boydetective:

:0! Oh wow!!

I was only wondering because the way you had the narrator describe Ligeia was very beautiful :3

 

thegoldraven:

Thank you !

I had hoped that would come off that way .

I’ve never pined over someone , but I hope I did that justice

 

boydetective:

Awwwww you’ve never been in love? </3

 

thegoldraven:

I’ve never gotten close enough to someone to fall in love I think .

There was never a time I thought “oh this is love”

I’ve also never put myself out there I guess

What you said about Atsushi in the server the other day was something I think could also be applied to me

Other than the bangs part , my hair is fine .

 

boydetective:

Oh???

Face reveal rn >:3c

 

thegoldraven:

You’ll get a face reveal in just a few months !

 

boydetective:

How will I know it’s you though!!

 

thegoldraven:

You’re the detective Ranpo

I’m sure you’ll be able to deduce who I am :)

Notes:

graduating in two days woohoo! and just enrolled in my grad classes double woohoo!

anyway, context. Ligeia is a real Poe story and it's fucking weird. second, Poe and Hawthorne never met in real life, but they would send each other letters (i'm pretty sure) and Poe liked Hawthorne's writing, but believed transcendentalism is what held him back from being a great writer. Poe was not a fan of transcendentalism, believing it wasn't original, but there were a few of Hawthorne's works that he really enjoyed.

the handyman joke that atsushi makes seems self explanatory but in case you don't get it; handy is slang for a hand job. handyman = guy who gives handjobs. thanks for coming to my tedtalk

time to write a 10 page jane austen paper... nothing will compare to the paper i wrote on poe and hawthorne (where I did talk about Ligeia yes i'm consistent)

i hope you enjoy this chapter and hopefully i'll be able to pop out another one soon. the very latest the next chapter will come out will probably be on monday (may 13)

see ya

Chapter 9: Attitude and Suicide

Summary:

It just feels like everyone has an issue with Dazai.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

iMessage

Osamu Dazai

Today at 12:15 PM

Dazai, are you okay?

 

lol are you ok kunikida?

yeah, i’m fine…

why?

 

I saw you sitting in Dr. Mori’s office and you two seemed to have a really intense conversation.

Considering everything about him, I wanted to make sure you were okay.

 

oh.

no yeah i’m ok

he and i were just talking about stuff

 

Was it about your project with Chuuya?

 

yeah

don’t worry about it

 

GAYGENCY

general

Today at 1:43 PM

alphatiger:

JUST FINISHED MY LAST FINAL

HALLELUJAH!!!

FUCK YOU GUYS I AM GOING HOME!!

 

butterfly:

????????

HOME????

To where sush??

The orphanage?????

 

alphatiger:

LMFAOOOOO

No I got kicked out of the orphanage remember 😐

That’s like pretty important lore but ok

I MEANTTTT

THE PLACE JUNICHIRO AND I GOT TOGETHER OFF CAMPUS….

 

shadow.praiser:

DUDE I AM SO EXCITED

Naomi and i just finished moving all our stuff in this morning

 

boydetective:

You two are never dropping the sibling-fucking allegations

 

light_finder:

PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT

We're as close as siblings but we’re not 😏

 

animal_crossing:

Thanks! I hate that!

 

shadow.praiser:

its gonna be atsushi, me, Naomi, and kyoka

sooooooooooooo chillout

 

nothuman:

you guys left campus and didn’t invite me?!?!?!

my feelings are hurt!

 

alphatiger:

Aren’t you and Yosano getting a place off campus??

 

nothuman:

lol yeah

we’re going into a house!!

 

butterfly:

Ok well technically we’re going to be on the upper floor in an apartment but NOT in apartment building like you guys

 

boydetective:

Maybe you guys should just be adopted by Fukuzawa by me and live at his house

It slays!

 

doppo_poet:

I’ll keep that in mind.

 

alphatiger:

What are you going to be doing next semester now that Dazai is going with Yosano, Kunikida?

 

doppo_poet:

Well, the only reason Dazai is going with Yosano is because I’m becoming an RA.

I couldn’t room with him and be an RA.

 

nothuman:

womp womp

 

doppo_poet:

I’m going to become a mandated reporter though so Dazai, you better watch what you say or else you'll be placed in a psychiatric hold.

 

nothuman:

christ not again

those should be illegal like literally

 

butterfly:

I’m not gonna ask because I don’t want to know tbh

 

nothuman:

LMFAO????

 

animal_crossing:

I’m staying in the dorms, but I’m going to be in a single AND one of Kunikida’s residents!

 

boydetective:

I’m so excited for next semester

 

shadow.praiser:

jeez i wonder why

 

boydetective:

Silence sister fucker

 

shadow.praiser:

SLANDER SLANDER!

boot up the pc ranpo its time for overwatch

 

boydetective:

Dude no I’m studying for a final 😭

 

shadow.praiser:

ugh fine

@thegoldraven can you play ??

 

thegoldraven:

I can !

 

boydetective:

I’ll play a few rounds.

 

alphatiger:

Wow

 

doppo_poet:

I’m not going to say anything, it’s not worth the headache.

I will wish everyone luck on their finals though!

I only have papers to write, but I know you all will succeed if you put in the necessary work.

 

nothuman:

thanks dad

idk i did everything already

got my grades back like a few days ago hehehe

served, ate, and slayed

 

doppo_poet:

?

Then what were you talking about with Dr. Mori today?

You said it was your project?

 

nothuman:

ohhhhhhhhhh

that

i was talking to him abt the grade

dw about it tbh it’s not like it’s your business

 

PM

Butterfly aka yosano

Today at 2:00 PM

doppo_poet:

Are you catching an attitude from him or…

 

butterfly:

NO BC TELL ME WHY I WAS TEXTING YOU THE SAME THING…

Dw about a thing beautiful I’ll handle this

 

doppo_poet:

????

Yosano, that worries me more.

 

GAYGENCY

general

butterfly:

What are you so defensive about Dazai

 

nothuman:

i’m not defensive i’m stating a fact

idk why it’s his business and now your business about what i discuss with mori 

 

butterfly:

It’s not my business but idk if I’m enjoying the attitude you copped

 

nothuman:

i don’t have an attitude, we’re literally talking over text

but ok

 

butterfly:

Feels like attitude

Ik you and you can’t say i don’t

 

alphatiger:

I think the stress of exams caught up to all of us

Cause I think everything is getting blown out of proportion

 

boydetective:

I go and game for two minutes and the server turns to shit

Guys shut up

Thanks!!!

 

alphatiger:

Not to change the subject but I’m going to change the subject

Poe!! When are you going to come to Yokohama?

 

thegoldraven:

Next week !

 

boydetective:

NEXT WEEK?!?!?!?!?!

WHY AM I JUST HEARING ABOUT THIS NOW?!?!?!?!

 

thegoldraven:

Because you didn’t ask >:3

 

alphatiger:

That’s so awesome!

Do you know where you’re going to live?

 

thegoldraven:

Yes , I’ve sorted out all housing arrangements ! I’m just focused on packing my belongings and getting rid of what I’m not bringing .

 

boydetective:

Dm me your address rn

 

thegoldraven:

Ranpo please 😭

 

butterfly:

He’s gonna get the bed nice and warm for you! 😊

 

boydetective:

AYO?!?!?!

ALRIGHT RELAX

 

nothuman:

yeah… relax right into ranpo’s arms poe!

they’re open wide for you… just like something else 😏

 

boydetective:

YOU TWO CAN’T MOVE IN TOGETHER BC UR BOTH EVIL

WHAT THE FUCK

GO BACK TO BEEFING AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!

 

thegoldraven:

???

 

shadow.praiser:

ignore them

u r the group leader in ow tho so pls queue

 

thegoldraven:

Oh ! My bad , sorry .

 

boydetective:

Don’t apologize to him, he’ll be fine

 

shadow.praiser:

will i be fine ranpo????????

i play overwatch for fun. i am flex queueing and having fun. this is a game i thoroughly enjoy.

DO U THINK I AM OK?!?!

 

boydetective:

After some careful deliberation, I’ve deduced that is it best to queue up……….. rn. 

 

shadow.praiser:

yup and thats what i thought

 

nothuman:

damn dude might have it as rough as me

juni do u wanna kill urself with me? :0

 

shadow.praiser:

i have to live long enough to see junkrat get a mythic skin and ramattra get a dance emote

so i will probably never die tbh

 

nothuman:

and that sounds like hell

i’m going to kms rn!

 

butterfly:

Ahaha don’t kill yourself you’re so sexy… 😏

 

nothuman:

if only you weren’t a lesbian

we would’ve been so good together

 

butterfly:

Kicking myself over it everyday baby

You know we belong together… just not in this universe

 

nothuman:

maybe that’s why i wanna kms 😞

cause i don’t get my soulmate

 

butterfly:

If i don’t have a gf at 30 we can die together

I’ll give u the double suicide you’ve always wanted

 

nothuman:

OMG BABE!

we’ll see if i last that long lmfao

 

butterfly:

LMFAO THAT’S FUCKING CRAZY

 

doppo_poet:

RELAX.

 

alphatiger:

You gotta stop saying you’re going to kill yourself it stresses me out

 

nothuman:

?

but i’m going to

i’m being haha funny abt it but the reality is that i’m probably not making it to 25 lol

 

alphatiger:

😐

Not happy abt that answer 

 

nothuman:

man let me live my life

or what’s left of it anyway teehee

 

alphatiger:

I really can’t tell if you’re being funny or not

 

nothuman:

i mean what i say but i’m being funny abt it

 

alphatiger:

Well you should be lying

Bc I don’t want you to die

You’re my best friend 

 

butterfly:

Dazai bro you gotta live now

I just cried over that

 

boydetective:

Meh, corny

 

shadow.praise:

RANPO LMFAO

 

nothuman:

LMFAO

ok sorry i didn’t mean to laugh at u atsushi i was laughing at ranpo’s comment

dude pm me pls

 

PM

Alphatiger aka Atsushi

Today at 2:31 PM

alphatiger:

Sorry dazai

I didn’t mean to be dramatic and start something in the server

It just makes me really upset to see you talk that way

And it’s hard for me to understand that you mean what you say

I don’t think it’s because of your tone but because I don’t want to believe it

 

nothuman:

don’t be sorry

listen man if you’re not comfortable with it i won’t say it around you anymore

it’s that easy

 

alphatiger:

I mean but like

I’m worried you’re actually gonna do it.

 

nothuman:

well then don’t think about it

i won’t say it in front of you anymore

so out of sight, out of mind

lol

 

alphatiger:

Ok…

That’s not how that works but I don’t see myself winning this…

 

nothuman:

i’m a winner baby!

Notes:

and i am a GRADUATE! all that's left for me is a year of grad school and then... GETTING A REAL JOB?!!?! bro say sike rn

anyway, i know i said i was going to update monday and it's wednesday now but ummmmmmmmmmm I WAS TIRED OK!!! i have so much unpacking to do still it's crazy. im watching all of Big Time Rush to power thru

i'm plotting and planning. while im at my retail job, i am thinking of this. my thoughts are plagued of bungo stray dogs.

i'll try to get the next update out soon. if anyone has anything they want to see specifically, leave a comment! if it works with my fantasy, i'll try to incorporate it somehow. no promises tho i have like 2 braincells :3

bye bye

Chapter 10: New Neighbors and New Revelations

Summary:

Akutagawa finds out who Dazai's newest neighbor is and exposes more than one truth.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

YokoHomos

general-chat

Today at 7:34 PM

arahabaki:

NO

NO WAY

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

?

what

 

arahabaki:

I moved into an apartment with Kouyou

And our upstairs neighbors ARE DAZAI AND HIS FRIEND

Idk her name lol

 

goldendemon:

Yosano 

 

arahabaki:

Yeah her

I’m going to kill myself

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Well, don’t let Dazai hear that bc then he’ll wanna kill himself with you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

LMFAO

gin that was funny

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Thanks!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

brb

 

PM

alphatiger aka Atsushi

Today at 7:40 PM

x..RASHOMON..x:

furry boy

 

alphatiger:

I AM NOT A FURRY

What's up aku

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

did you hear the news about chuuya and dazai

 

alphatiger:

No???

Tell me please

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NEIGHBORS.

chuuya lives under dazai

 

alphatiger:

NO WAY

ARE YOU LYING?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NOPE LMFAO BEING SO DEAD ASS

 

alphatiger:

HOW DO U KNOW??

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

chuuya said smth in our gc

 

alphatiger:

Wait wtf

I’m not in that gc??

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

bc were not friends

 

alphatiger:

I’m aware we’re not just friends

I’m friends with Gin though :|

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NO YOURE NOT???

 

alphatiger:

:p 

Dazai hasn’t said anything tho

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

idk

i only told u what i know

dont shoot the messenger

 

alphatiger:

Do you think….

Dazai doesn’t know yet

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

LMFAO STFU

no shot

do u wanna go over there?

 

alphatiger:

IM ALREADY WALKING OVER TO UR DORM LMAOOOOO

 

YokoHomos

general-chat

x..RASHOMON..x:

chuuya im coming over

for moral support

 

arahabaki:

Christ do not

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

fine i wont then

ill go to dazais

 

arahabaki:

He’d never invite you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

good thing im going with atsushi

 

arahabaki:

So nice of your boyfriend invite you to his boyfriend’s house

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

PAUSE.

SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THAT STATEMENT.

 

goldendemon:

Akutagawa, you’re more than welcome to come over.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh wow chuuya

notice how kouyou is better than you?

take some notes

 

arahabaki:

I WANT YOU DEAD

 

GAYGENCY

general

Today at 8:02 PM

alphatiger:

Yosano, dazai, let me in

 

nothuman:

???????

You’re here?????

 

alphatiger:

With akutagawa

 

butterfly:

DAZAI ITS HAPPENING

OUR SON BROUGHT HOME HIS FIRST BF 😭

OMG OMG OMG

 

nothuman:

your first bf being akutagawa is upsetting to me.

 

alphatiger:

Eat my ass u suicidal fuck and let me in – akutagawa

 

nothuman:

not him signing off

 

alphatiger:

Sorry he took my phone

He’s unhappy he’s not in this server and also unhappy about my phone having auto capitalization and auto correct

Womp

 

butterfly:

I’m coming down now relax

 

The door swung open, revealing Atsushi and Akutagawa standing on the front stoop. Yosano was in a simple t-shirt and distressed mom jeans, a simple outfit for just trying to move in her stuff. Atsushi was holding a platter of fruit while Akutagawa was empty handed.

 

“Hi Yosano,” Atsushi greeted politely with a smile, “we brought you guys a house warming present.”

 

“I see that,” Yosano responded, smiling back, “was that a we or more of an I , Atsushi?”

 

“I helped him pick it out,” Akutagawa stated, “he couldn’t decide. So this was us .”

 

“Then, thanks Akutagawa,” Yosano replied. She moved out of the way to let them in and led them upstairs to her and Dazai's apartment. “You can just put it on the table there. Dazai is in his room, probably setting up his noose, but I think we can interrupt him for a few minutes.”

 

Atsushi and Akutagawa gave each other a look before getting close to Yosano. She put her hands up in defense, not knowing what prompted this. Before she could say anything, Atsushi spoke.

 

“Do you know who your neighbors downstairs are?” He asked, voice hushed.

 

“Wha–my neighbors downstairs—?!” She was shushed by Akutagawa.

 

“Do either you or Dazai know who your neighbors are?” Akutagawa asked.

 

“Just other college students why—?” She couldn’t finish her sentence before Atsushi and Akutagawa ran from her. “His room is the one at the very end!”

 

The two rushed in, seeing Dazai going through a bag of questionable items, probably to be used to kill himself. He stared at them and they stared back.

 

“Hey guys, can I help you?” He asked finally, breaking the silence.

 

“No, but we can help you,” Akutagawa answered, but pulled his phone out and aimed it at Dazai, clearly recording him. “You can tell him the news.”

 

“News? What news?” Clearly, Dazai hadn’t heard the news yet.

 

“Your downstairs neighbor is Chuuya.”

 

Dazai stood up and pushed past Akutagawa and Atsushi. “Akiko!” He yelled, walking into the kitchen. She was currently putting away the cutlery and the sudden yell caused her to jolt.

 

“You guys have got to stop yelling at me!” She snapped, turning to face Dazai. “What?!”

 

“Do you know who the neighbor is?!”

 

She paused, looking at Dazai quizzically. “Who is it?” She asked, but she looked at Atsushi and Akutagawa.

 

“It’s Chuuya and Kouyou,” Akutagawa responded, still recording on his phone. Atsushi couldn’t hold back his snicker. Dazai sent him a look, which prompted him to stop laughing.

 

“HAH!” Yosano exclaimed, “that’s crazy.”

 

“We need to move out.”

 

No, we don’t! We signed the lease already!” She stood up and pointed a knife at Dazai. “If you screw me, I’m going to make sure you live for a very long time!” Dazai gasped in response. Atsushi turned to Akutagawa, clearly not happy.

 

“I don’t like that’s a threat for him,” he said. Akutagawa stopped recording and put his phone in his pocket.

 

“Well, there’s no need to fix something that works,” he responded simply, “I’m bored of this now. Let’s go, Jinko.”

 

Jinko?” Yosano and Dazai asked in unison.

 

“I can’t call him a furry in public or he loses his mind,” Akutagawa responded, turning around and walking out. He didn’t bother to wait for Atsushi, knowing he’d follow soon enough.

 

“I gotta go guys, he’s my ride, but if you need my help unpacking, just let me know! Not right now though!” Atsushi said before rushing out behind Akutagawa. He caught up relatively quickly, considering Akutagawa was just walking.

 

“You took too long,” Akutagawa commented without bothering to look at Atsushi.

 

“Oh, c’mon man I needed to say bye!” Atsushi basically whined as they got to Akutagawa’s car. He opened the passenger door as Akutagawa scoffed.

 

“Don’t refer to me as man,” he said as Atsushi climbed into the car. Akutagawa got to the driver's side and climbed in.

 

“I actually have a question,” Atsushi began, “now that we’re not lab partners anymore, what’re we going to tell people?”

 

“What do you mean?” Akutagawa asked, turning the key in the ignition.

 

“Well, when we’d hang out, I’d just tell whoever that we were doing our lab,” Atsushi said, buckling himself in, “but now we’re not lab partners anymore. So, what should we do now?”

 

“I wouldn’t worry too much about it,” Akutagawa responded. He turned to Atsushi, grabbing his chin and had him look at him. “We have all summer break to think of something.”

 

He then leaned in and so did Atsushi.

Notes:

surprise bitch secret dating

i tried to not make it obvious but after rereading i realized i made it not so obvious *insert crying emoji here* i'll add more info about their relationship in future chapters, but for now it's very hush hush

anyway hybrid fic, yay! i hate that i can't indent but womp womp idk how to do the HTML (which is probably the only way i can indent) so i do rich text

idk maybe next chapter i'll make them make out or smth i need more sskk

alright bye

Chapter 11: Empty Among Us Lobbies and Vouchers

Summary:

Gin wants to play Among Us, but it seems all plans are thwarted.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

GAYGENCY

general

Today at 8:30 PM

nothuman:

atsushi (and akatagawa???) just came by and gave me the worst news of my life.

 

butterfly:

I’m still laughing

 

boydetective:

LMFAO SAME

JUST READ UR TEXT KIKI

 

butterfly:

What are the odds???

 

doppo_poet:

Am I missing something?

 

nothuman:

CHUUYA IS THE OTHER RESIDENT

DOWNSTAIRS

 

doppo_poet:

Oh.

Hey! At least you can say you top him!

 

nothuman:

wow…

i didn’t realize that a. you’re funny and b. that’s true………..

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Who knew that u had that in u, Kunikida

 

doppo_poet:

I’m just trying to fit in with you guys.

 

shadow.praiser:

good job kunikida

were all so proud of u

ur doing a great job babe

 

doppo_poet:

I hated every moment of that.

 

animal_crossing:

Why did Atsushi come with Akutagawa to tell you?

 

butterfly:

I think Akutagawa wanted to record it

ACTUALLY….. I NEED THAT VIDEO RN

@alphatiger send that video rn pls

Get it from akutagawa

 

animal_crossing:

I thought that he and atsushi weren’t friends

 

doppo_poet:

They’re lab partners.

 

nothuman:

well, they were

i don't know akutagawa probably heard from chuuya and asked atsushi 

i don't know i don't answer akutagawa’s texts 

 

butterfly:

That’s mean lmfao

 

boydetective:

@shadow.praiser @thegoldraven @alphatiger @animal_crossing ok overwatch time pls

 

alphatiger:

Oup

Sorry I’m out rn

But @butterfly I’ll send you the video in a minute lol

 

shadow.praiser:

OUT DOING WHAT?!?!?!??!?!!?!!?!

HOW OFTEN DOES RANPO INITIATE OVERWATCH

btw ive been on for like 3 hrs now so i can hit u with an inv anytime just lmk when ur own

 

thegoldraven:

I’m getting on now !

 

alphatiger:

I’m at McDonalds 😭

 

nothuman:

HOW

you don’t have a car

 

alphatiger:

I’ve prostituted myself

 

boydetective:

Unlikely, your bangs are too fucked up for someone to wanna pick you up :3

 

alphatiger:

Ok goodbye you guys are so mean to me

I need new friends

 

nothuman:

WAIITTTTTT……… get me fries

 

alphatiger:

NO.

 

nothuman:

ugh whatever

other than being lame and gayming, what is everyone up to rn?

am bored and don’t wanna keep unpacking

 

butterfly:

I’m unpacking.

 

nothuman:

kunikida!

homeslice!

what’re you up to!

 

doppo_poet:

I’m writing down my goals for the summer break and the next semester.

 

nothuman:

boring!!!!!!

 

alphatiger:

Go hang out with Chuuya

 

nothuman:

not happening!

atsushi who are you with maybe they wanna hang out with me

 

animal_crossing:

Probably Akutagawa still considering they were together before!

 

nothuman:

good god they’re fucking in the mcdonalds bathroom right now aren’t they ☹️

 

alphatiger:

NO????

IM WITH LUCY MONTGOMERY

And spoiler alert she doesn’t want to hang out with u

 

nothuman:

no offense i don’t wanna hang out with her either :|

or akutagawa either actually so tell him no thanks!

 

alphatiger:

I’m not with him anymore chill out 😭

 

butterfly:

You guys broke up? </3

 

alphatiger:

He un-proposed outside of the arbys 😞

He said he couldn’t have dazai as a father-in-law

 

nothuman:

PAUSE

i’m not ur dad

yosano’s your dad I AM YOUR MOTHER

 

boydetective:

Nope

No no no

Noppeeee

Not fucking with the mpreg scenario 

 

butterfly:

Ok but we can agree I’d make a fantastic father

I’d babysit the kids sometimes

 

boydetective:

PLEASE STOP TALKING LMFAO

 

nothuman:

omg babe you are the best father ever <3!

 

butterfly:

<3!

 

doppo_poet:

YOU TWO, UNPACK, NOW!

 

nothuman:

sorry daddy 🥺

 

butterfly:

It won’t happen again, father-in-law

 

doppo_poet:

STFU!!!!!!!!!!!

 

YokoHomos

general-chat

Today at 10:07 PM

arahabaki:

If anyone here is friends with Dazai or Yosano please tell them to stop playing big time rush

It’s so fucking loud

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Which album?

 

arahabaki:

Ummmm I DON’T KNOW???

I DONT LISTEN TO BIG TIME RUSH???

The song literally said “big time” so I knew what I was hearing

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

The first album

Iconic

Request they play Stuck that’s a good one

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

stuck is good

 

blcklzrd:

what ?????

u obviously meant to say famous….

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

no 

if u ever imply gin is wrong again btw ill help u lose weight by ripping off ur fucking legs

 

blcklzrd:

@natnatsuko control your man????

 

natnatsuko:

Akutagawa stop this isn’t you!

Well I tried

 

blcklzrd:

LMFAOOOOOOO 

You suck.

 

natnatsuko:

And you swallow

Anyway next

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Guys can we play among us again?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yes

 

blcklzrd:

Sure!

 

natnatsuko:

I can play this time!

 

goldendemon:

Sure

 

arahabaki:

Yeah sure I can play

But is this enough people?

 

among us in real life

general-chat

Today at 10:28 PM

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Hi guys can we please play among us again 

 

alphatiger:

You killed me last time 😐

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats how u play the game idiot

 

alphatiger:

Aren’t you supposed to be convincing me to play?

Am not convinced

 

nothuman:

akutagawa if you beg he might play!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yeah no

id never beg the furry to do anything

 

alphatiger:

I AM NOT A FURRY!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

uh huh

ok alphatiger

 

alphatiger:

Says the guy with a Pokémon user name

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

QUICK IDIOT WHAT POKEMON IS RASHOMON

ILL WAIT

 

alphatiger:

RASHOMON

THE BITCH POKÉMON!!!!!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im going to kill you

and no one will miss you

 

nothuman:

tea!

 

butterfly:

Jesus Christ 😭

Y’all need to relax

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

I’m playing sims count me out

 

shadow.praiser:

im overwatching

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh word?

 

alphatiger:

Chillax brian griffin

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

DUDE

@x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x do u just want to play overwatch?

ill get furry to play

 

animal_crossing:

Sush is with Lucy rn!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

didnt ask dont care plus L plus ratio

go home and boot up overwatch

were playing comp

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Yay!!! 

We haven’t play competitive in so long!

 

alphatiger:

Ok 🙁

 

nothuman:

PUSSY LMFAO

everyone point and laugh

 

butterfly:

🫵🤣

 

alphatiger:

BRO WHAT THE FUCK

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

haha

now hurry up

i dont want to keep gin waiting jinko

 

arahabaki:

What the fuck is a jinko

 

boydetective:

Their pet name ig

 

natnatsuko:

Wait does this mean we’re not playing among us 😕

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Another time!

 

natnatsuko:

Ight

 

The glow of Akutagawa’s tv illuminated the room as he and Atsushi laid on his twin XL. Atsushi tiredly looked at his phone, which had the brightness down all the way and only emitted a dull glow. Akutagawa rested his cheek on the top of Atsushi’s head, twirling his long bang strand with one hand and holding his phone in the other.

 

“Do you actually want to play?” Atsushi asked, voice raspy.

 

“Not really, but if Gin wants to play, I’d play.”

 

“I’ll have to go back to my place to play,” Atsushi said.

 

“I know. You don’t need to play,” Akutagawa responded, “do you want to spend the night here?”

 

“I can’t. I live with Junichiro, Kyoka, and Naomi now,” Atsushi said, pulling himself closer to Akutagawa. Akutagawa held back a grimace. “They’re going to question where I am.”

 

“What if they minded their business?” Akutagawa asked rhetorically. Atsushi let out an exhausted sigh, his head now resting against Akutagawa’s chest.

 

“Maybe…” He grumbled, “when are… when are you going home for summer break?” He seemed to force the words out against his fatigue.

 

“Two days from now,” Akutagawa responded, moving his hand from Atsushi’s bangs and to his back to hold him close. “Gin and I got a place though. I think it’s close to your apartment. We’ll move in sometime within the month.”

 

“Hm,” Atsushi hummed in response. His phone screen had turned off and his eyes were closed. He was falling asleep and Akutagawa wasn’t going to stop him.

 

“Don’t miss me too much, Jinko,” Akutagawa responded, his voice a whisper, “I’ll be back soon enough.”

 

“And then…” Atsushi mumbled. Akutagawa assumed he was half-asleep at this point. “It’ll be… just the two of us?”

 

Akutagawa questioned what he meant, but perhaps Atsushi didn’t even know what he was asking at this point. Bringing his hand back up to Atsushi’s face, he ran his thumb across Atsushi’s cheek. He figured he’d answer anyway.

 

“Do we need any more?” This was a rhetorical answer, considering the question didn’t make sense from the beginning. It made Atsushi happy though, or so it seemed, as he finally succumbed to his fatigue and was fast asleep. Before texting Gin the unfortunate news that he could not, in fact, play Overwatch, he needed to text one other person first.

 

iMessage

Lucy (Jinko's friend)

Today at 11:00 PM

hi its akutagawa

can u vouch for atsushi for me

 

LMFAO yeah

Don’t worry about it

Tell snow white one of her seven dwarves is gonna take care of her

 

ok sick

thanks

 

Atsushi's phone lit up and Akutagawa took it, not wanting the vibration to wake him. He did take a glance at it and see a discord notification, so he pressed it. Atsushi's phone didn't have a passcode.

 

GAYGENCY

general

butterfly:

I still haven’t gotten the video yet 🙁

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

L

Notes:

now that i've revealed one of my plots i just wanna write soft sskk :( i'll refrain next chapter guys dw you can trust me

alright not much to say. i kind of want to play overwatch if that's not obvious lol

also having akutagawa be a sort of protective or doting older brother heals smth in me idk

bye!

Chapter 12: Pissy Orphans

Summary:

The group finds Atsushi's last nerve and boy, do they press on it or what?!

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

among us in real life

general-chat

Today at 12:36 PM

shadow.praiser:

hey happy friday and beginning of summer break everyone!

hope everyone did well on their finals and if ur traveling home travel safe!

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Thank you!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

gin and i already got home but thanks ig

 

arahabaki:

It wouldn’t kill you to just say thanks 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

genuinely i think it would

 

arahabaki:

Ok

 

nothuman:

guys i think atsushi is broken 😐

 

butterfly:

?????

Why

 

nothuman:

idk

he’s being pissy and it’s pissing me off

 

alphatiger:

?!?!?!?!?

I am NOT being pissy

What are you talking about

 

nothuman:

see!!!! he’s being sooooooo pissy

 

alphatiger:

I'M NOT

YOU’RE STARTING RUMORS!!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i cant believe dazai is going to make me side with the furry

 

alphatiger:

BRO WHAT

OK HOLD ON

SO MANY FALSEHOODS ARE BEING MADE

FIRST AND FOREMOST I AM NOT A FURYR

FURRY

FAKE NEWS

FAKE NEWS CREATED BY THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE MY DOWNFALL

SECOND????????

I AM NOT PISSY BUT I WILL BE IN A MIN IF DAZAI KEEPS PUSHING IT

 

boydetective:

And third?!?!

 

alphatiger:

There is no third thing just the two

WAIT WHY

IS THERE ANOTHER RUMOR ABT ME?!?!?!?!

 

boydetective:

I heard that your hairdresser hates you!

 

alphatiger:

?????

I don’t have a hairdresser I cut my own hair?

 

boydetective:

Oh my god.

Atsushi, when did the self-loathing begin?

 

alphatiger:

AT THE FUCKING ORPHANAGE RANPO

IT STARTED THERE

 

nothuman:

wrong server

 

alphatiger:

Idgaf anymore it’s MY lore

And my college essay about it was KILLER

 

boydetective:

CHRIST

NOT THE FUCKING ORPHANAGE!!!

I’m sorry your parents didn’t want you

 

alphatiger:

That’s a crazy statement to say to an orphan

 

nothuman:

well actually you’re 18 so you’re an adult babes you can’t be an orphan anymore

and more specifically your parents are unknown to you, so they could be alive and you technically wouldn’t be an orphan

 

alphatiger:

Man I can’t have shit in this friend group

I can’t even be an orphan

 

butterfly:

NOT U GUYS REVOKING HIS ORPHAN CARD

 

boydetective:

I was an orphan once.

But then I was adopted!

Atsushi can’t relate

 

nothuman:

yeah atsushi ur being offensive to REAL orphans 

like ranpo

and gin

and ryuunosuke 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ok first and foremost

dont call me by my first name

second dont use me to justify invalidating someone elses life

thanks.

 

nothuman:

damn the orphans are pissy today

 

bookworm:

I think we all need to relax

 

butterfly:

shhhhhhh

I wanna see where this is gonna go

 

boydetective:

Same 

I’m curious

Akutagawa just defended Atsushi basically

This is interesting

 

thegoldraven:

I would technically be an orphan ?

 

boydetective:

WAIT WHAT

LORE?

 

thegoldraven:

My father left my mother and me , then she died the following year .

But it’s okay because my uncle and aunt took me in !

 

natnatsuko:

Can we talk about something less depressing

 

alphatiger:

My bad

Sorry my life is depressing 😐

 

natnatsuko:

Damn Dazai’s right, you are pissy

 

alphatiger:

I AM NOT!!! 

 

natnatsuko:

Honestly have a question for you

 

alphatiger:

Ok?

 

natnatsuko:

Why the lopsided bangs

Genuinely why

 

alphatiger:

OK

YOU GUYS NEED TO RELAX ABT THE BANGS

I LIKE THEM

AND HONESTLY WHY ARE YOU ON MY SHIT WHEN CHUUYA NAKAHARA HAS HALF OF HIS HAIR LONG AND THE OTHER HALF SHORT LIKE WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT

“OH ATSUSHI NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT CHUUYA” THAT’S MY FUCKING POINT EXACTLY ACTUALLY

HIS HAIR IS WAY MORE FUCKED UP THAN MINE 

AND FUCKED UP BANGS ARE NORMAL

HOW THE FUCK U WALKING AROUND WITH THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD LIKE THAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

AND NO ONE SAYS A WORD ABT IT BUT MY BANGS ARE THE PROBLEM?!?!?!?!

YALL PISSED ME OFF I AM PISSY BYE

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

jesus christ

 

arahabaki:

Man what 😐

I did nothing

 

nothuman:

wait lil bro cooked

 

arahabaki:

HE DID NOT

 

alphatiger:

AND ANOTHER THING

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Oh my god he’s not done

I’m scared

 

alphatiger:

DAZAI IS AT LEAST 87% MUMMIFIED 

BUT MY ASS GETS SHIT ON?!?!?!?

PRETTY PRIVILEGE 

FUCK YOU 

YALL ARE DEAD TO ME!!! DEAD!!

JUST LIKE MY PARENTS BC I AM AN ORPHAN

SUCK ON MY COCK

 

butterfly:

Junichiro check on this guy 😭

 

shadow.praiser:

no what the fuck

im scared that im next

yall bitches r on UR OWN!

 

nothuman:

atsushi we’re sorry

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lmao yall got flamed by nakajima thats crazy

 

boydetective:

Make fun of Akutagawa 😐

 

alphatiger:

Why

 

boydetective:

Bc it would be funny???

He got them microbangs

Guys honestly I just might hate bangs now reflecting

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

my hair is fine

 

nothuman:

me when i’m wrong and in denial

 

arahabaki:

The Nile is a  river in Egypt, your hair is fucked

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NOT TAKING CRITICISM FROM YOU HALF OFF

 

nothuman:

fight! fight! fight!

 

arahabaki:

I’m stopping Dazai’s liking this too much

 

nothuman:

awh :(

 

thegoldraven:

Happy end of finals week everyone !

Sorry for not saying that sooner by the way , but I am now in Yokohama ! 🙂

 

boydetective:

DEAD AND ASS?????????!?!?!?!?!

 

thegoldraven:

Yes , dead and ass !

 

boydetective:

GIVE ME UR ADDRESS RIGHT NOW

WE ARE GOINF TO HANG OUT RN 

PLSPLSPLS

 

thegoldraven:

I have privately messaged you :)

 

butterfly:

So fuck the rest of us I guess??? :|

 

boydetective: 

Now you’re getting it!

 

butterfly: 

OK.

 

thegoldraven:

I am not good with crowds :(

Maybe sometime I will get to see you all individually :)

 

boydetective:

*with me

 

thegoldraven:

With Ranpo

 

PM

nothuman aka dazai 

Today at 12:57 PM

arahabaki:

Hey question

 

nothuman:

god i’m scared what’s up

 

arahabaki:

Are Ranpo and Poe dating?

 

nothuman:

why? would that be a problem for you? 😐

 

arahabaki:

No???

I’m literally gay but ok 

I’m just wondering cause I’m confused

 

nothuman:

oh tea

no one knows but they will probably end up dating or smth

they met online tho so lmao loooossseeerrrs

 

arahabaki:

That’s a little mean

 

nothuman:

ugh chillax goodie two shoes i say it jokingly

 

arahabaki:

You chillax I can’t tell your tone over text

For a smart guy, you’re actually pretty dumb

 

nothuman:

AWH! you think i’m pretty!

 

arahabaki:

DIE

 

among us in real life

general-chat

butterfly:

Wait @boydetective what about my bangs

 

boydetective:

You’re gorgeous gorgeous sexy beautiful awesome amazing no matter what

You could be bald and still serving cunt

 

butterfly:

LMFAO LETS FUCKING GOOOOO

 

alphatiger:

WHAT THE FUCK

 

butterfly:

🫵🏻🤣

 

alphatiger:

U GOTTA STOP THAT

 

butterfly:

That’s my signature move pookie can’t stop won’t stop

 

shadow.praiser:

cant stop wont stop…?

 

boydetective:

OH NO

AKIKO WHAT HAVE U DONE…

 

butterfly:

Am lost

 

shadow.praiser:

lucio… overwatch… game… play… ranpo log on rn…

 

boydetective:

NO IM GOING TO POE’S HOUSE WE CAN PLAY LATER

 

shadow.praiser:

me rn

junichiro fish eyes

 

nothuman:

HOLY FUCK HES ACTUALLY TWEAKING OUT

 

arahabaki:

BRO

 

boydetective:

DUDE HOLY SHIT RELAX

 

butterfly:

What no bitches does to a mf 😭😭😭

Someone quick protect Atsushi and Akutagawa

 

alphatiger:

I GET BITCHES???

IVE GOT BITCHES

FUCK OFF

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i dont get bitches i am gay

i also respect women and dont call them bitches

but to each their own 

 

nothuman:

@alphatiger

he's bisexual meme

 

alphatiger:

I’m sick to my stomach.

I’m ill. You all have sickened me.

 

boydetective:

Just date Akutagawa and you both can lose the bitchless allegations

 

alphatiger:

lol that would be crazy...

 

doppo_poet:

I always thought Atsushi would end up with Dazai.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

brother euuuuugh what

 

alphatiger:

If I somehow ended up with Dazai, it would be a competition to see who would kill themself first 😐

And I’d win trust

#winner 😎

 

boydetective:

Crazy how you have said nothing against Akutagawa

 

alphatiger:

Was more offended by the Dazai allegation made by KUNIKIDA OF ALL PEOPLE???

What have I done to yall like cmon

 

nothuman:

i feel like i should be offended 😐

 

butterfly:

🫵🏻🤣

 

nothuman:

IT’S NOT FUNNY WHEN YOU DO IT TO ME 😭😭😭😭

 

alphatiger:

I’m gonna lay in my bed and blast sad music bc yall hate me

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Damn you’re pissy today

 

alphatiger:

I AM NOT PISSY!!!!!!!

Notes:

hi besties i hope everyone is so fine and dandy. next chapter will def have poe and ranpo meeting for the first time, but fun fact! this whole chapter was written on my phone bc i was out of state for my best friend's college graduation and i finished it on the ferry back. i tried to publish it on mobile but it messes up the emojis BAD i //needed// to put in so yeah. im also very nervous about whether or not the images are going to work so basically if it doesn't work, just look up what the description says??? IDK GUYS IM SORRY IM AN ENGLISH MAJOR NOT COMP SCI *crying loudly emoji*

the "fish bowl stare" was not something i realized was a coined term until seeing "dazai's plot armor" account on tiktok discussing it and i was like um yup. its honestly kind of iconic but its not smth u wanna do when its abt to get fucking serious its def a more LOL type of thing but ok!

anyway i am sunburnt badly even though i was in a new england state for the graduation when it was OVERCAST with NO SUN but my paper white skin is now tomato red so thats so awesome and cool. my mom thinks im legitimately allergic to the sun now bc im always getting sunburnt whenever we go somewhere

i wanted to thank everyone for their bookmarks, kudos, comments, and even hits! any support is very much appreciated. i love seeing your comments and things that you guys liked in the chapters. if there's ever something you want to see in the fic, leave it in the comments! i might be able to implement it! even though this fic was mostly started to procrastinate from my final papers, i do have some semblance of plot going on in my head, but its not like heavily done yet lmao

bye!

p.s. i need to reread my shit because i have poe say he's "MIA" when he literally says smth two minutes before hand and my formatting is fucked. GUYS IM SORRY I THINK I FIXED IT ALL NOW THOUGH?!!?!?!?!? IDK IM SCARED TO KEEP CHECKING

Chapter 13: Long Distances Becoming Short Distances

Summary:

Ranpo and Poe finally meet and a relationship comes to realization.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Ranpo was never good at knowing where he was going, but he was determined to find his way to finally meet Poe.

 

Yokohama was warm today, mostly due to the transition to summer. The last stretch of spring was upon them, but it was not too hot where it was unbearable. Ranpo would argue that it was the perfect weather. The streets weren’t bustling with people, especially now that most of the university students had gone home. This both relieved and annoyed Ranpo; relieved him as there was no one to bother him on his quest, but annoyed him because that means he has to go out of his way to ask for directions if he needed it. Luckily, Fukuzawa made sure Ranpo’s phone was equipped with not just the Maps app that comes with it, but also Waze and Google Maps just in case he needed some variety. He, however, didn’t like the fact that Fukuzawa tracked him on Life360, but beggars can’t be choosers.

 

Luckily, coincidentally, or maybe at this point, by fate, Poe lived only a few blocks away. He lived in a place that was close enough to the university that getting there wasn’t a hassle, but far enough away that there wouldn’t be a lot of loitering considering he moved to a place that was not as close to the city as other places were. Ranpo knew that Dazai and Yosano, for example, moved to a place that was between the university and the city so they could easily walk everywhere.

 

When Ranpo was at Poe’s address, he was basically shaking in excitement. As much as he loved all his friends (Yosano especially—she was clearly his best friend), there was something about Poe that drew him in. They were almost always on the same wavelength and their conversations discussing their theories on many cases that have gone cold, their hobbies, Poe’s mysteries, and etc. were more… exciting than the conversations he usually had. Ranpo was absolutely sure that Dazai was the only person in the friend group that would be able to keep up with him, but the issue was that Dazai didn’t take anything seriously enough which irked Ranpo. He was sure that if he actually tried, he’d be able to do it. On the flip, Poe didn’t need to try because he was just like Ranpo! The fact they met somehow was fate and while Ranpo wasn’t a big believer in fate or whatever, he wasn’t sure there was any other way to describe it all. 

 

Knocking on the door, he waited a few minutes before it slowly creaked open, with Poe poking his head out the crack to see who it was. This would be the first time the two ever met and while Poe knew what Ranpo looked like (they had exchanged Instagrams), this would be the first time Ranpo had ever seen Poe. Poe’s Instagram just had like… artsy, aesthetic photos, none of which had his face!

 

Ranpo wasn’t one for focusing on what people looked like. Honestly, he felt focusing on someone’s physical appearance meant nothing as it wasn’t indicative of their personality and gave him really nothing to work with. Poe, however… Well, Ranpo was stunned, if he were to be honest. Poe was like… really tall. Much taller than Ranpo, anyway. He had kind of long, brown hair that looked kind of purple in the sunlight. He was lowkey rocking a mullet, but Ranpo could ignore that. As a self-proclaimed bangs hater, Ranpo immediately regretted that proclamation as Poe’s bangs were so long and covered his eyes, but he was still handsome. He could see Poe’s right eye peeking out from behind his bangs and it looked gray. When Poe came out of the door more and the sun hit his face, his eye seemed to be violet? Ranpo questioned if anyone could be this ethereal.

 

“Eddie?” Ranpo asked even though he already knew this must be him.

 

“Yes… Ranpo?” Poe asked, sounding a bit awkward. Ranpo was determined to alleviate any tension.

 

“Eddie!” Ranpo exclaimed happily, “welcome to Yokohama!”

 

———

 

Poe’s house was nice. He had given Ranpo a “house tour” (much to Ranpo’s pleading) and the house had three bedrooms—one was Poe’s, another was an “office” that he was most definitely going to use to play games, write, and do schoolwork, and finally (and in Ranpo’s opinion, the best room), was a room for Karl and all his toys! Ranpo immediately whipped out his phone. Most things hadn’t been unpacked yet and it seemed that Poe was still waiting for some furniture arrive, but other than that, it seemed to all be coming together nicely.

 

“Can I take a picture of Karl, please?” He asked, “and send it to the server? Please? Please? ” Poe could not deny him.

 

“Of course,” he said, voice soft. He was much more awkward in person despite Ranpo’s best efforts, but Ranpo could see that he was making an effort to be less awkward and it was appreciated!

 

“Can I send the photo of him in the server?” Ranpo asked, looking at Poe pleadingly. Poe nodded.

 

“Of course you can,” he replied, looking at Ranpo’s shoulder to see the picture of Karl he took. “Karl is quite photogenic. He lives to be in front of the camera, but that’s to be expected when someone is as cute as he is.”

 

Ranpo smiled. “I agree!”

 

among us in real life

general-chat

Today at 1:07 PM

boydetective:

Hi

[picture of Karl]

 

butterfly:

GASP

HE IS SO HANDSOME

 

arahabaki:

Damn Poe looks a little different than what I thought

 

nothuman:

ugh that was kind of funny

i’ll give it to you chibi

 

arahabaki:

CHIBI?

 

butterfly:

@thegoldraven is ranpo being a good house guest?

 

thegoldraven:

Yes ! The very best !

 

nothuman:

ranpo now that you’re there you need to download discord on this man’s computer

 

boydetective:

TRUE

I’m on it Dazai I won’t disappoint

 

nothuman:

thank you soldier 🫡

 

Poe laughed at the message and Ranpo looked at him in amusement. This wasn’t the first time Ranpo has heard Poe laugh and it certainly won’t be the last—it was just different experiencing it in person.

 

“Unfortunately, I haven’t set up my computer yet,” Poe responded, “my desk still needs to be built.”

 

“Awh,” Ranpo said, “I’ll force you to download it another time then!”

 

“Sounds like a plan,” Poe said, “but I do have something that you might be interested in…” He walked away, but motioned Ranpo to follow. He did and the two were in Poe’s kitchen. Opening the cabinet above the fridge, he pulled out a bag and placed it on the counter in front of Ranpo. He didn’t open it, but gestured for Ranpo to open it. Ranpo wasn’t an idiot, he knew exactly what this was…

 

American candy!

 

“I’m in love with you,” Ranpo said as he looked at the contents inside. He wasn’t entirely sure if his statement was facetious or not, but that’s not the point. The point was he was going to stuff his face with the candy and nobody—not Poe, Karl, or even Fukuzawa—was going to stop him.

 

“I hope you enjoy it,” Poe responded, not acknowledging Ranpo’s proclamation, “I brought it for you. Enjoy as much as you like!”

 

Ranpo decided at that moment that, no matter what, Poe was going to be his best friend of all time.

 

among us in real life

general-chat

Today at 4:45 PM

arahabaki:

Can we change the server name

It’s kind of upsetting to read it 💀

 

butterfly:

Gonna hard agree

 

nothuman:

i didn’t really expect it to be used after among us tbh

 

alphatiger:

Fair

 

nothuman:

done being pissy?

 

alphatiger:

Yeah I listened to the new Billie Eilish album so I’m a new person

Stream Hit Me Hard And Soft <3

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

insane statement

 

alphatiger:

Oh hush

 

arahabaki:

Server name ideas???

Unless dazai isn’t down to change it 😐

 

nothuman:

i’ll change it

but also yosano has server privileges

 

butterfly:

Oh I do?

 

nothuman:

yeah i like to give women rights

 

butterfly:

STFU 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

 

nothuman:

LMFAO

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i know you guys are in a server called gayency

and we have one called yokohomos

what about something that combines the two

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

The YokoHomo Gayency?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

great suggestion gin!

 

nothuman:

ugh now i have to use that

or else ryuunosuke is gonna be as pissy as atsushi was earlier

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

DONT CALL ME BY MY FIRST NAME

 

nothuman:

we all call gin by her first name though

not seeing why we can’t call you by yours

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

because thats what she wants to be called and im going to respect her wishes.

 

arahabaki:

Fair

 

nothuman:

ugh you all going against me is mean

 

arahabaki:

Oh and you would know mean

 

nothuman:

?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh this is gonna get good

 

arahabaki:

Like when you were an asshole in high school 🫠

 

nothuman:

LMFAO WHAT

you’re actually braindead

does your small size inhibit oxygen intake to the brain? be real

your dumbass friends and you were obnoxious to everyone i just didn’t take their shit

like your friend shirase especially was a dumb cunt but im the bad guy for not taking his shit

 

butterfly:

Maybe rehashing high school is meant for private messages

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i went to high school with the two of them and dazai bullied me

 

nothuman:

LMFAO

ok yeah that’s true tbh

 

doppo_poet:

WHY DID YOU SAY “LMFAO” ABOUT THAT?!

 

nothuman:

cause it was funny

 

arahabaki:

You’re only proving my point!

 

nothuman:

i’m really not

i only clowned on akutagawa bc he was clingy and always following me around

i didn’t clown on anyone else and in fact i was SUPER nice to people which includes gin, HIS SISTER.

gin vouch for me

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

You were nice to me but i didn’t like how you treated ryuu

 

nothuman:

that’s neither here nor there

anyway high school was like a billion years ago and the only reason why i have any of you in here is because of the overlap of friends 

like i know that akutagawa and atsushi are friends

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

were really not friends

 

nothuman:

ok sure

i know kouyou is kyouka’s big in their sorority 

 

thegoldendemon:

That I am!

 

nothuman:

and tbh i invited chuuya by accident

 

arahabaki:

I honestly figured that

 

alphatiger:

Can we talk abt something nicer

Oh wait actually nvm i’m going out rn lol

Be lame

 

butterfly:

Sassy man apocalypse has inflicted my man atsushi someone free him

 

“Ugh, all they do in this server is yap, yap, yap!” Ranpo exclaimed, his mouth full of candy.

 

“I like it,” Poe admitted, “it’s fun to see what antics you’ve all found yourselves in.” Ranpo shrugged.

 

“Speaking of antics, can you help me find my way back home?” He asked. Poe already knew about Ranpo being directionally challenged. He smiled fondly at Ranpo.

 

“Of course.”

 

———

 

The two walked through Yokohama with Ranpo telling Poe about different places to eat at (all the recommendations being about the dessert). There was a point, however, where Ranpo stopped in front of an alleyway. Before Poe could question, Ranpo put a finger to his month and then, as stealthily as either of them could be, peeked in.

 

“That’s Atsushi and… Akutagawa?” Ranpo said as quietly as he could to Poe. 

 

“I thought they weren’t friends,” Poe responded just as quietly. 

 

“And I thought Akutagawa went home?” Ranpo retorted, confused.

 

The two watched as Akutagawa pulled Atsushi close to him and the KISSED him! Ranpo’s jaw dropped and Poe pushed his jaw back up only for it to reopen. Poe kept his hand there to make sure it stayed closed. Thankfully, neither Poe or Ranpo made a sound and their presence was relatively unknown. Ranpo regained his senses and took Poe’s phone. Poe strangely let him and saw him take a picture of the two. Ranpo then grabbed Poe and hurried away, walking the wrong way from where they should be going. Poe didn’t know if that was intentional or not.

 

Once Ranpo brought them someplace far away enough for them to talk without being caught, he handed Poe his phone back.

 

“I have many questions,” Poe asked the moment he could, “what? And also, why my phone?”

 

“I used your phone because I can’t ever turn off the stupid shutter noise and I figured yours would be off,” Ranpo answered, “and what is a great question! I mean, I figured that there was something going on between those two considering they hung out way too much regardless of them being lab partners but… secretly dating? I’m offended I’m only finding out now and neither of them told me.”

 

“Well… maybe they want to keep it private?” Poe said, sounding unsure, “perhaps they felt that secrecy was the best course of action, considering the people in the server and what not.”

 

“I mean… I guess!” Ranpo said, but he was still offended. He thought he and Atsushi had a good relationship! Good enough of a friendship to tell him about his secret relationship with Akutagawa at least! “Whatever. I already sent myself the photo. I won’t send it out or do anything with it… not yet, at least.”

 

Poe laughed and Ranpo smiled. “I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t tell anyone about their relationship,” Poe said ironically. Ranpo laughed.

 

“Yeah, see! You get it!”

 

Poe let out a final huff, though his smile at Ranpo couldn’t be anything other than fond. “Let’s get you home.”

 

———

 

The two finally reached Ranpo’s house, or rather, Fukuzawa’s house. Despite being new to the area, Poe was pretty good at finding his way and Ranpo was happy to follow along. The house was quaint, but it was so obvious it was a professor’s house. Poe liked the ceramic cat yard decorations.

 

“Welp, this is it,” Ranpo said, a bit sad that their time together was over.

 

“Yes. It was so great finally meeting you in person today, Ranpo,” Poe responded in earnest, “I hope we get to do it again sometime soon.”

 

“Like tomorrow?!” Ranpo asked, all too excited. Poe let out a small laugh.

 

“Maybe let me focus on unpacking first so the next time you come over, it’s less messy and hectic,” Poe answered, “then we can have more fun.” Ranpo liked the sound of that!

 

“It’s a deal!” Ranpo exclaimed. He gave Poe a thumbs up, which was reciprocated. He opened the door, but turned back to Poe quickly. “I know your computer isn’t set up, so I won’t beg you to play, but if you want to live vicariously through me, I’ll stream any game you want on discord so you can watch!”

 

Poe laughed again and Ranpo wanted to keep making him laugh. “I will keep that in mind, Ranpo,” he said, “thank you very much. Today was a great day. I’ll talk to you later.”

 

“Text me when you get home so I know you got home alright!”

 

“I will. Goodbye, Ranpo.”

 

PM

butterfly aka Yosano

Today at 6:39 PM

boydetective:

KIKI

HE’S HOT

 

butterfly:

EDO PLS 😭

Did y’all kiss?

 

boydetective:

….

If I send you something YOU MUST keep it secret

Not even Dazai can know

And I’ll know that if this gets out, it was you and I will revoke your best friend status from me forever and never talk to you again

 

butterfly:

OH MY GOD?!?!?!

YOU GOT IT ON CAMERA?!?!?

You can send I’m not a snitch

 

boydetective:

[atsushi and akutagawa photo]

I didn't get a kiss, but someone else did for sure :)

 

butterfly:

WAIT

HOLY FUCK

NO WAY?!?!?!????!?!? ?!??!?!?!?!

RANPO

RANPO WHAT

EDOGAWA RANPO WHAT

NO WAY?!?!??!!??!!?

IM TWEAKING OUT

U SHOULD’VE NOT SHARED THIS WITH ME

IM GONNA SCREAM

 

boydetective:

YOU CAN’T TELL ANYONE

ONLY YOU ME AND POE KNOW

ATSU AND AKU DONT KNOW THAT WE KNOW

SO YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING TO THEM EITHER

 

butterfly:

You have my silence…………

Just know that I need to be promoted

 

boydetective:

Promoted to what bitch you’re already my best friend

 

butterfly:

FOR THIS?????? WIFE.

IDGAF THAT IM A LESBIAN

LIKE THIS IS A SECRET THAT NEEDS A MARTIAL VOW TO KEEP IT

 

boydetective:

Ugh fine you can be my wife

But when I make Poe my bf, I don’t want to hear any jealousy coming from you

 

butterfly:

Deal 😭

Jesus fucking christ

Atsushi was right though. He do got bitches ig 😐

HE GOT BITCHES BEFORE ME?????

DUDE..............

This is fucking crazy.

I actually gotta go I’m literally logging off I’ll talk to you in twelve hours

 

boydetective:

OK?!?!?!?!? LMFAO?!?!??!

bye bye wifey :3c

Notes:

i hope my summary tricked u a little bit... before i get those two smooching i want them to hang out a little bit first hehe

kyouka being in a sorority does seem ooc but i couldnt think of another way that her and kouyou's dynamic would be explained sorry LMFAO

also i heard japanese camera phones legally need to have the shutter sound so that's why ranpo took poe's phone. idk how true that is i just also thought itd be funny if ranpo took poe's phone and have poe do literally nothing about it

gonna be honest my last chapter was funnier than this one womp womp but hopefully i get funny again BAHAHAHAHAHA

alrighty im gonna take a nap now. bye bye!

Chapter 14: Two Days Apart

Summary:

Why Akutagawa came back to Yokohama.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

I couldn’t wait two more weeks to see you. I’m outside your place. Let’s go into town."

 

Akutagawa had sent Atsushi a Snapchat video. Immediately, Atsushi hopped out of his bed and peeked out his window. Sure enough, he saw Akutagawa’s car waiting outside. His windows were beyond tinted, so he couldn’t see inside the car to verify he was inside, but there was no reason for Akutagawa to bother leaving his car. It was unexpected for Akutagawa to be here, considering that he lived over an hour away.

 

Atsushi quickly changed. Even though it was about 5PM, he was still in his pajamas. What? He didn’t originally have any plans today, but now that he did, he needed to get ready!

 

He threw on a white sweatshirt, not bothering to put a shirt on underneath, and black cargos. He quickly put on his sneakers and rushed out of his room. Kyouka and Naomi were out, doing “girl stuff,” which meant that Junichiro was the only one home. Atsushi knocked on his bedroom door.

 

“Come in!”

 

Opening the door, Atsushi was met with a lot of color . Junichiro was a big fan of those lamps that projected colorful lights on the ceiling. His room was pretty sick and he unpacked the fastest out of everyone. He was sitting at his desk and ironically, he wasn’t playing Overwatch or any other game. It looked like he was doing work of some kind, but he had turned to look at Atsushi.

 

“Hey I’m going out. Just wanted to let you know,” he said.

 

“Oh? Okay, cool. I’ll see you later then!” Junichiro responded with a smile, “let me know if you end up getting food or not while you’re out. If not, I’ll save you some dinner.”

 

“Thanks! I’ll text you,” Atsushi responded before closing Junichiro’s door and heading out. He went to Akutagawa’s car and hopped in the passenger seat.

 

He couldn’t contain his excitement. After closing the door, he hugged Akutagawa the best he could over the car’s console. Akutagawa laughed at him, but hugged him back. When the hug finally ended, Akutagawa twirled one of Atsushi’s sweatshirt strings around his finger.

 

“Is this mine?” He asked, eyebrow (or… where one would be…) raised.

 

“It just might be,” Atsushi responded in earnest, “we’re the same size in clothes, so I kind of don’t know what’s mine versus yours anymore.”

 

“You always buy ill-fitting clothes and that looks like it fits you,” Akutagawa responded. Atsushi huffed.

 

“Did you drive all this way to make fun of my clothes?” Atsushi asked, a slight pout on his lips.

 

“Of course not, Jinko,” Akutagawa answered, leaning across the console to kiss Atsushi. He reciprocated. While the kiss was short, it was enough to satiate Atsushi into dropping his complaint against Akutagawa.

 

Akutagawa drove them into town, the radio softly playing music from a playlist Atsushi had made for him halfway through the last semester. The streets were a bit busier, as people were going out for dinner or drinks at this hour. Atsushi worried that they’d see someone they both knew. Surely, none of them would be out right now… right?

 

“Jinko, where do you want to go?”

 

“Wherever you are,” Atsushi responded, trying to sound as corny as possible. The face Akutagawa made proved he was successful.

 

“Oh… God,” he responded, “maybe the two weeks away is needed.”

 

“Knock it off,” Atsushi said, “you coming here unprompted proves that you couldn’t do it.”

 

“Well, I knew you wouldn’t visit me.”

 

“I don’t have a car!”

 

Akutagawa shrugged. “Whatever you say Jinko.” He was teasing Atsushi now.

 

“At least it’s not six months,” Atsushi responded.

 

“Christ, why the Hell would you say that?” Akutagawa asked. Atsushi shrugged, a smirk on his face.

 

“Maybe I’ll study abroad in America,” Atsushi said, “you know, because you want time away from me.”

 

“You’re taking my joke and going too far with it,” he commented. Looking around, there were no spots to park. “Honestly, what the fuck? I know it’s a Friday, but everyone needs to go home.”

 

Atsushi pointed to an alley. “Can you park there? It says nothing about no parking.”

 

“I’ll check, but I typically tend to steer clear of alleyways,” Akutagawa commented.

 

“What?” Atsushi asked, dumbfounded, “can I ask why?”

 

“Oh, you know, I wear all black, am an orphan,” Akutagawa began, turning into the alleyway, “I might think the city needs me.”

 

“Alright Joker, relax,” Atsushi said. Akutagawa scoffed.

 

“Oh, what? You’d be Batman?”

 

“What? This isn’t even a conversation,” Atsushi said, feigning offense, “I’d be Spider-Man… duh .” Akutagawa let out a laugh that turned into a coughing fit. Thankfully at this point, he was parked. Atsushi patted his back, as if that were to somehow help him. “Sorry.”

 

“Don’t be sorry, it wasn’t really that funny,” Akutagawa responded after he got over the coughing fit, “just bad timing.”

 

“Alright, that was sort of mean!”

 

Akutagawa chuckled to himself. “Let’s just go get something to eat.”

 

The two got out of his car and before they left, Akutagawa grabbed Atsushi and pulled him to him. Akutagawa kissed him and Atsushi was more than happy to return the favor. The kiss was also an embrace, with Akutagawa wrapping his arms around Atsushi’s back whereas Atsushi rested his around Akutagawa’s shoulders. The kiss ended, but neither pulled back. They just rested their foreheads together.

 

“Just two days without me and this is how you’re acting,” Atsushi joked. Akutagawa grimaced.

 

“I can go back home.”

 

“No, please stay,” Atsushi said, his voice quiet. He moved his head to the crook of Akutagawa’s neck, moving his arms out of the way by wrapping them around Akutagawa’s torso. “I missed you too.”

 

Akutagawa sighed, rubbing circles on Atsushi’s back. “Can I be honest with you, Jinko?”

 

Atsushi swore that his heart stopped beating. It was unlikely that Akutagawa was going to break up with him right now, all things considered, but Atsushi had learned from a young age to always expect the worst. Just when he was at his happiest, it could all come crashing down.

 

“Yes, Ryuu?” Atsushi asked, moving his face from Akutagawa’s neck and looking at his face. Akutagawa looked a bit unsure.

 

“I… I kind of don’t want to hide our relationship anymore.” He sighed, now having his turn to put his head somewhere and resting it on Atsushi’s shoulder. “I know originally, we agreed it would be mutually beneficial to keep what we were doing a secret, but I think we’ve come far enough in the relationship to be a couple publicly. And to stop kissing in alleyways… next to dumpsters.” Atsushi laughed at the last bit, his hands at the nape of Akutagawa’s neck and toying with the ends of his hair.

 

“If you want people to know we’re dating, I don’t mind,” Atsushi said earnestly, “my issue is just… we already get clowned on for dating even though no one knows we’re dating, so I’m just worried that all the new stuff we’re gonna get from everyone will… you know, cause, uh, resentment.” He felt a bit embarrassed about it. Akutagawa raised his head, looking at Atsushi skeptically.

 

Resentment? ” He asked. Atsushi nodded. “Jinko, I don’t care about what any of your stupid friends say—no offense—and my friends know better than to voice any judgment they have of me.”

 

“Okay, then… we don’t need to stay a secret if you’re sure about it,” Atsushi said. In full transparency, Atsushi had only wanted their relationship to stay under wraps when they first started dating, worried about what would happen if they came out as a couple only to break up. Now that they’ve been dating for a little over six months, he wasn’t too worried about that anymore. Well, maybe he was still a little worried, but not as much as he was originally! “I do think we should wait until after you’ve moved back though.”

 

“Oh, of course,” Akutagawa said, “and I don’t want a big ‘coming out’ thing. I just don’t want to hide it anymore…” A smirk appeared on his face and Atsushi wasn’t very happy about it. Akutagawa had a few smirks—most that weren’t often seen—but this one was his evil smirk. “How about this?” He began, “we no longer hide our relationship, but we see how long it takes for everyone to catch on?”

 

Atsushi stifled a laugh. “Oh please, it’ll take nothing. Have you met Ranpo?”

 

Akutagawa’s smirk remained. “What if we made a bet?”

 

“A bet?” Atsushi asked, feigning astonishment, “alright, what do I need to do?”

 

“Nothing,” Akutagawa said, “we do absolutely nothing and whoever’s friend group figures it out first wins. The only rule is that neither of us can tell anyone anything.”

 

“Calling unfair immediately because I know Gin knows already!”

 

Obviously she won’t be included,” Akutagawa said, “and Lucy doesn’t count either.”

 

“I figured that,” Atsushi said, “what do I get when I win?”

 

“Whatever you want,” Akutagawa responded, “because you’re not gonna win. What do I want from you? You’ll find out when I win the bet.”

 

Atsushi grimaced. “That makes me scared.”

 

“Oh don’t be nervous, Jinko,” Akutagawa said, a fond (and rare!) smile on his face. “It’s nothing too bad.”

 

Atsushi was beginning to regret his deal.

 

the yokohomos gaygency

general-chat

Today at 8:32 PM

shadow.praiser:

guys i set off the fire alarm

what do i do

 

doppo_poet:

Is there a fire?

 

shadow.praiser:

no i just severely burnt my food lol

i was cooking and then the urge to pee overcame me

i thought i turned off the stove but i turned the knob the wrong way ahaahahaha 🙂

dont bully me too harshly guys i put out the og fire it wasnt hard the kitchen is just smokey

 

doppo_poet:

Open the windows, turn on a fan, and hope for the best.

You might need to call the fire department.

 

shadow.praiser:

i dont wish to do that

 

nothuman:

fire………

interesting

 

arahabaki:

Bro is thinking about killing himself via carbon monoxide poisoning

 

nothuman:

OMG

that just might be the perfect suicide!

 

arahabaki:

WELL DONT DO IT ANYTIME SOON

WE SHARE A HOUSE

 

nothuman:

ugh don’t remind me

that might make me just do it

 

arahabaki:

You’re such a loser

 

nothuman:

takes one to know one 🤗

 

alphatiger:

Damn cat fight

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

you are all idiots

 

butterfly:

Wow to just everything here

 

alphatiger:

WAIT JUNICHIRO ARE YOU OKAY???

AND IS OUR KITCHEN OKAY?!?!?!?!?

 

shadow.praiser:

DID U GUYS NOTICE HOW ATSUSHI ASKED ABT ME AND DIDNT PLOT HIS OWN DEATH?

BE LIKE HIM

thanks for worrying about me baby im all good

no dinner though pookie im not nara smith

 

animal_crossing:

I like her videos! They’re very calming!

 

goldendemon:

I’m sorry but if was 22 years old and had 3 kids under 3, I would simply not be making cheese its from scratch.

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Her kids names are crazy

Slim easy, rumble honey, and the new kid is named whimsey

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats fucking crazy

 

alphatiger:

Imagine naming your kid whimsey 😭

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

imagine naming your kid Atsushi Nakajima

 

alphatiger:

😐

Imagine being named Ryuunosuke Akutagawa 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

my name is superior to yours in every single way

 

butterfly:

You can fix his name by proposing

 

boydetective:

YOSANO?!

Lol that’s crazy

Imagine them getting married hahaha very funny!

 

PM

butterfly aka Yosano

boydetective:

STOP IT

 

butterfly:

THAT WAS YOU

I WAS BEING FUNNY

STOP BEING AWKWARD

 

boydetective:

UGH I HATE GAY PEOPLE

 

the yokohomos gaygency

general-chat

natnatsuko:

Um. ok.

Akutagawa why are you in yokohama

I have your location still

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i realized i had a final paper that had to be fucking handed in by the end of today

i couldnt submit it online because the professor is a moron

 

natnatsuko:

Which professor?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

that clown fukuchi

the old fuck needs to die

 

boydetective:

Damn 

 

butterfly:

What was the paper about

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

??

why the fuck do you care

 

butterfly:

Damn bro sorry for asking a question 😭

U pissy asf

What is with orphans and being pissy

 

alphatiger:

NOPE

NO

NOT THIS AGAIN

I WILL LEAVE THE SERVER

 

butterfly:

Hm.

Pissy.

 

alphatiger has left the server.



Notes:

idk i wanted to write sskk so i did. its probably ass im super tired LMFAO

i was like "oh they should make a bet like they do in the anime" but the fucking bet is about killing and not killing and the reward is to either kill or get killed so i have no idea what the end result of this bet will be

i need to add fyodor and all those fools at one point and i've alluded to them before (can u guys???) but i just dont know when/how im gonna stick them in but im at like 14 chapters... i need to get on it atp like goddamn

sorry this isn't religiously a chatfic im just mentally ill idk LMFAO goodnight guys see u tomorrow probably

Chapter 15: Appear and Reappear

Summary:

Dazai's ex-boyfriend reemerges while Ranpo and Akutagawa argue.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

PM

ratking.18 aka Fyodor

Today at 2:00 AM

ratking.18:

Hello Dazai ^.^

It’s been a while!

 

nothuman:

hi

i guess it has been

 

ratking.18:

Do you still go to Yokohama University?

 

nothuman:

yup

 

ratking.18:

Amazing!

I am transferring there this fall!

See you there! (:

 

nothuman:

awesome

 

the yokohomos gaygency

general-chat

Today at 2:11 AM

nothuman:

GONNA KMS

oh. wrong server.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

why

 

nothuman:

can someone cooler respond

 

goldendemon:

Why?

 

nothuman:

cooler part down but

i need someone i’m actually friends with

 

arahabaki:

STOP BEING PICKY

 

butterfly:

Why are you going to kill yourself this time?

 

nothuman:

fyo is transferring to our school 😐

 

butterfly:

BRUH…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

who is that

 

butterfly:

Spongebob Squarepants

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

I MEANT THE PERSON DAZAI IS BITCHING ABT

I KNOW WHO SPONGEBOB IS.

 

nothuman:

my ex lol

 

arahabaki:

So hard to believe someone willingly dated you

 

nothuman:

?!?!?!?!

i’ve dated so many people

 

blcklzrd:

Whore

WOAH? WHO SAID THAT?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

hahahaha 

 

nothuman:

ugh now that i’ve changed this server name i keep getting it confused with the other one

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

the one im not in

 

nothuman:

and you will never get into

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

if i asked atsushi hed let me in

 

nothuman:

brother what

my man atsushi would never do that

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

hold on

 

alphatiger just showed up!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

read up and give the answer

 

alphatiger:

I would

 

nothuman:

ok

that’s fucking insane but ok

maybe the orphanage needed to instill better values in you

 

alphatiger:

Oh they instilled something in me alright!

 

butterfly:

STOP

IF I HEAR YOUR TRAGIC, ANIME BACKSTORY AGAIN I’M GOING TO CRY AGAIN

 

animal_crossing:

?

What did they instill?

 

nothuman:

ok pushing past that

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

idk if thats something u can just push past thru

but ok

 

nothuman:

gin tell your brother to be speak when he’s spoken to

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

FIRST SHES NOT AWAKE

AND SECOND DONT DRAG HER INTO STUFF

I WILL RIP YOU APART LIMB BY LIMB 

 

boydetective:

Yeesh

Anyway, Dazai how do you know?

 

nothuman:

he just texted me and told me

 

butterfly:

LOSER LOSER LOSER

HOW DO U NOT HAVE THAT GUY BLOCKED

IM GOING TO BEAT THE FUCK OUT OF U

 

nothuman:

ugh baby girl don't threaten me with a good time...

 

arahabaki:

Wow ignoring that but

What did this guy even do that makes you all hate him?

 

nothuman:

lol 

nothing that i didn’t do back 

 

arahabaki:

When you die please donate your body to science

Cause they need to cut open your head and see what exactly was wrong with you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

fuck u dazai

 

boydetective:

Idk why Fyodor is texting you

He has a new boyfriend

 

butterfly:

Ok and how do you know that?

 

boydetective:

Ummmmmm bc I’m still following him on my burner instagram account?

Like a normal and completely sane individual?

Duh? Ahahaha 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

wait what

does ur burner acc just happen to be shadowbeast94?

 

boydetective:

No?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

WHY DID U START FOLLOWING ME ON THAT ACC?

 

boydetective:

Um…… I PLEAD THE FIFTH

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

THIS ISNT THE UNITED STATES THAT ISNT GOING TO WORK YOU SHORT FUCK

 

boydetective:

SHORT?!?!?!!?!??!

I'M ONLY TWO INCHES SHORTER THAN YOU, YOU SCRAWNY BITCH.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

SCRAWNY???? I COULD PUMMEL YOU INTO THE DIRT

 

boydetective:

YEAH I’M SO AFRAID OF THE GUY WHO HAS TO FIGHT THE AIR TO BREATH

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO??? COUGH AT ME???

COUGH ON THIS DICK BITCH!!!!

 

butterfly:

This is the wildest argument I’ve ever witnessed

And I’m kind of living for it

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

LMFAO SURE

BET U WOULD LOVE THAT WOULDNT U

PINING VIRGIN

 

nothuman:

this was supposed to be about me what is happening

not to say i’m not enjoying it though

 

boydetective:

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “PINING VIRGIN”?!?!?!?!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

SURELY U CAN DEDUCE WHAT I MEAN SINCE UR SO GOOD AT THAT

HOW ABT U DEDUCE THESE NUTS IN UR MOUTH

 

doppo_poet:

Now that just didn’t make any sense.

 

boydetective:

HERE’S A DEDUCTION FOR YOU;

[photo of Akutagawa and Atsushi]

MIC DROP FUCK YOU ID SAY SUCK MY COCK BUT IK YOU GOT ATSUSHI’S IN THERE AND WE WOULDN’T WANT YOU TO CHOKE ON COCK AND AIR

 

nothuman:

 

doppo_poet:

NO

FUCKING

WAY

WHAT

 

butterfly:

RANPO?!?!?!?!?

 

thegoldraven:

Wow

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Clearly a doctored image

😐

 

shadow.praiser:

im sure akutagawa appreciates ur effort gin but there is literally 0 shot thats photoshopped

nice try tho we all appreciate ur effort

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

🙁

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

ATSUSHI??????????

 

alphatiger:

Does this mean I win? @x..RASHOMON..x

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NO.

 

nothuman:

i’m breaking out in hives

i'm struggling to breathe...

i think this is it for me. i am dying.

 

goldendemon:

Speaking of winning, Kunikida…

 

doppo_poet:

Fuck.

What’s your venmo?

 

goldendemon:

Same as this username.

 

alphatiger:

YALL WERE BETTING???????

 

doppo_poet:

I really thought you and Dazai were going to end up together.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats fucking disgusting.

 

doppo_poet:

WELL, I THOUGHT YOU HATED ATSUSHI.

I’M HONESTLY NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THIS REVELATION.

I AM WORRIED.

 

nothuman:

i think i’m going to be sick.

i feel ill.

hold on

 

butterfly:

Oh my god.

I can hear him throwing up.

 

boydetective:

Well, anything to say???

 

alphatiger:

We’ve been dating for over 6 months lol

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yeah so the bitchless allegations were false

i do have a bitch.

 

butterfly:

Was I the bitchless one all along?

 

alphatiger:

IM GOING TO BED

 

nothuman:

NOT WITH AKUTAGAWA YOU’RE NOT!!

 

natnatsuko:

IM STILL IN SHOCK

 

butterfly:

I was in shock for like 12hrs when I found out

 

alphatiger:

Ranpo how did you even get this pic

 

boydetective:

I took it lol

You guys got sloppy ig?

#sniped

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

well my point still stands.

u can send all the pics u want

ur still a pining virgin lol

 

boydetective:

Like you’re any better????

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

well cant say i am pathetically pining

nor a virgin

 

butterfly:

Great thanks, I can hear Dazai throwing up again

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

🫠

 

nothuman:

ATSUSHI

ATSUSHI

MY LITTLE LAMB

HOW COULD U DO THIS TO THE FAMILY 

 

alphatiger:

I SAID IM GONG TO BED

GOODNIGHT EVERYONE GOODBYE

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

goodnight jinko

 

alphatiger:

Gn ryu :3

 

nothuman:

Notes:

#exposed

this was unplanned i just had ranpo and akutagawa start fighting and was like um ok i guess i can just put this here. i was going to prolong it but upon further thought, the sooner it was exposed, the better bc that means i can write more sskk BAHAHAHAHA

anyway yay fyodor is introduced (kind of) and nikolai is referenced (finally). idk i just black out and then the chapter is done LMFAO

hope you all enjoyed! see you next time hehe

ps if u read before i put the spongebob meme in no u didnt.... (I AM SORRY BAHAHAHAHA)

Chapter 16: Unheard Confessions

Summary:

NYT games and finally coming out.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

iMessage

Ryuu 🖤❤️

Today at 11:39 AM

Wordle 1,069 4/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜

🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I got it in four! Yippee!

 

impressive jinko

im very proud of u

 

Thanks!

You’re coming back to Yokohama today right?!

(please say yes)

 

like i told u last night over the phone

gin and i will be arriving around one

were driving rn

 

:0!

WAIT

DONT TEXT AND DRIVE!!

 

gin is driving 

she asked. she is trying to be more comfortable with driving 

 

That’s so nice that you let her!

I know how weird you are about your car lol

 

i hope she gets more comfortable with it

so when she graduates i will get her a car

 

Ok damn alright mr money I see you

 

relax jinko

im hoping by the time she graduates i will have a good job

and i will get her a car

 

And what about me 😐

JKJK

 

i wouldnt worry too much if i were u

i have other plans for u

 

That just makes me nervous 🥴

 

the yokohomos gaygency

general-chat

Today at 11:54 AM

doppo_poet:

I got the Wordle in three.

 

alphatiger:

FUCK

I GOT IT IN ONLY FOUR

 

boydetective:

Oh idc about the Wordle

I do the connections

 

thegoldraven:

I love Wordle !

I got it in two today 😀

 

boydetective:

Brb gonna go do the wordle

 

alphatiger:

If he gets it in one I’m going to scream

 

boydetective:

Lube up those vocal chords then bro

Wordle 1,069 1/6

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

 

alphatiger:

WHAT THE FUCK

 

nothuman:

haha it says 69

 

shadow.praiser:

haha i could hear atsu yelling

 

alphatiger:

We share a wall

 

shadow.praiser:

that we do pookie

 

nothuman:

watch out junichiro you might make akutagawa jealous

 

shadow.praiser:

they have only dated for like 6 months

atsu and i have been together for 2 yrs

weve been together since hs

we r forever

junatsu 4 life

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i will kill u

i will tear u limb from limb from limb.

 

butterfly:

What’s with Atsushi attracting guys who don’t know grammar and have sisters?

 

light_finder:

Wild

 

butterfly:

Not gonna argue against the sister comment?

 

light_finder:

You either believe it or you don’t, it’s not my problem

 

butterfly:

Alrighty then!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

OK HOLD ON

MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GIN IS NOT AT ALL WEIRD LIKE THE TANIZAKIS

UR CHILDHOOD FRIENDS? THEN WHY DO U HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME?

VERY ODD

THEY HAVE A PERVERSE AND INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WHILE GIN AND I HAVE NOT ONLY AN APPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP, WE ARE ALSO THE BEST

 

shadow.praiser:

hey! talk shit abt Naomi and i again and ur cough will be the last of ur worries! 😄

i will swat u! i know where ur moving to! LOL!

dont cross me u emo fuck! 🫶

 

doppo_poet:

Alright 2-1-1

 

nothuman:

what

 

doppo_poet:

That’s how many fights have happened in this server thus far.

The 2 is Akutagawa, the one 1 is Ranpo, and the other is Junichiro.

 

alphatiger:

Can we all just get along please 🙁

Also stop ganging up on Ryuu

 

nothuman:

DONT CALL HIM BY HIS FIRST NAME ATSUSHI

DONT LET THIS NIGHTMARE BE A REALITY

 

alphatiger:

What nightmare???

 

nothuman:

the nightmare that you and akutagawa are actually dating

 

alphatiger:

Can you relax

We are dating and nothing you can say will change that

 

nothuman:

what if i confessed my undying love for you

 

alphatiger:

That would scare me and only reinforce my feelings for Akutagawa.

 

nothuman:

ok that’s fucked up actually

 

animal_crossing:

Speaking of you and Akutagawa, how did that happen? :0!

Who confessed first??

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

dont ask such silly questions...

 

butterfly:

I’m gonna take a wild guess on who made the confession

 

shadow.praiser:

yeah im seriously having SUCH a hard time trying to figure out which 1 confessed

 

alphatiger:

Haha there wasn’t really any confession

It kind of just happened lol

 

nothuman:

what

 

shadow.praiser:

what

 

butterfly:

What

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

what

 

boydetective:

NO WAY

AKUTAGAWA CONFESSED AND NAKAJIMA DIDNT EVEN CATCH ON TO IT

WHAT

 

alphatiger:

WAIT HUH

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

atsushi…

😐😐😐

 

butterfly:

I’m so sorry but

🫵🏻🤣

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

KNOCK THAT OFF

 

alphatiger:

WHEN DID U CONFESS TO ME 😭😭😭😭

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

WHAT DO U MEAN

I CONFESSED TO U DURING THE FALL SEMESTER????

jinko…

 

alphatiger:

0 recollection

I thought we just naturally progressed into a relationship

 

nothuman:

yeah there’s no natural progression going from being enemies to putting his dick in your mouth atsushi 

 

alphatiger:

KNOCK THAT OFF

 

butterfly:

Awe they even say the same things <3

 

nothuman:

i’m gonna be fucking sick again

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

it wasnt a big confession or anything

i just told u how i felt

good to know how impactful that was 😐

 

alphatiger:

I’m sorry ☹️

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lol dont be sorry its ok

 

nothuman:

you guys should break up 👍

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i will slowly submerge u into skin eroding acid 👍

 

butterfly:

CHRIST

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

anyway

to spite dazai

im going to go see jinko

so go fuck urself ig

 

nothuman:

NOT IF I GO SEE HIM FIRST

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

HE PICKED ME NOT U GET OVER IT

I WIN

 

boydetective:

This is about Atsushi. Are we sure him picking one over the other is a win…

 

alphatiger:

Hard agree

 

boydetective:

You’re not supposed to agree with me now I feel bad 😭

Can you please have some more self respect so we can banter

 

alphatiger:

I disagree that my bangs suck

 

boydetective:

OH we are so back ty jinko

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

dont call him that only i get to call him that

 

boydetective:

UGH

I hate gay people.

It’s so hard being so straight all the time.

 

nothuman:

ugh you and kunikida with your straight pride

 

doppo_poet:

What? 

 

boydetective:

LMFAO!!!!!

Why do y’all homo sexuals get a month what about us VETERANS

 

thegoldraven:

Holy shit , I feel like I just teleported back into my uncle’s dining room .

 

boydetective:

LMFAO WHAT

 

thegoldraven:

That’s just some stuff he’d say .

He directed it at me too like I would know the answer .

 

butterfly:

Aren’t you gay?

 

doppo_poet:

YOSANO YOU CANNOT JUST ASK PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR SEXUALITY!

 

butterfly:

WHAT?!?!?!

I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL WORKING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION HE WAS FRUITY???

HE FITS IN SO WELL

 

nothuman:

poe, bad news buddy

if you didn’t know before, i’ll tell you now

you’re 💅🏳️‍🌈

 

boydetective:

YOU GUYS NEED TO LEAVE HIM ALONE

 

thegoldraven:

Lol 

Maybe

I never really thought about it .

I tend to focus my attention on more important things , such as my writing or Karl .

 

alphatiger:

That’s ok I never came out as bisexual, they all just assume that I am

 

butterfly:

Well…

Aren’t you?

 

alphatiger:

NO! 😭

 

nothuman:

HUH??

STRAIGHT?

AKUTAGAWA IS A MAN!

i think

akutagawa drop the pronouns rq

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

over/this

 

boydetective:

That’s really giving an American Republican energy…

 

animal_crossing:

They’re more like yee/haw

Cause none of them have an individual sense of humor

 

thegoldraven:

^^^

 

butterfly:

Atsushi what are you

 

alphatiger:

Pan

 

boydetective:

Awh! Chef! <3

 

alphatiger:

FUCK OFF LOL

 

thegoldraven:

Gotta be one of my favorite mythological greek entities 

#Capricorn

 

alphatiger:

Omg I’m a Taurus!

#earthsigns

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im gay

 

nothuman:

we can tell by looking at you.

but thanks for the confirmation anyway

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i hope u and ur exbf have all the same classes next semester

WITH CHUUYA.

 

arahabaki:

MAN WHAT DID I DO????

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

jinko open up

 

alphatiger:

It all started at the orphanage..

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NO IM AT UR HOUSE OPEN THE DOOR

 

butterfly:

I’m going to start drinking every time I hear about the orphanage.

 

alphatiger:

I hope you like alcoholism!

Notes:

guys would u be mad at me if i made the next chapter angsty be honest :(

anyway hope u enjoyed cause idk what even went on in this chapter everything that happened just... happened LOL

kk bye bye

Chapter 17: Car Accidents

Summary:

Atsushi is informed of a death via a Discord link.

Notes:

TW: implied childhood abuse, self-loathing, etc.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomos gaygency

general-chat

Today at 10:54 AM

nothuman:

anyone hear about the guy who got hit by a TRUCK and DIED THIS MORNING?

jealous.

 

animal_crossing:

Yes! I was actually there when it happened!

 

doppo_poet:

ARE YOU OKAY?

 

animal_crossing:

Yeah but the guy isn’t 

He dead dead

[link to article]

Someone already wrote about it! And I was interviewed!

 

shadow.praiser:

atsu u good bro? lol

just heard him yell 

 

alphatiger has left the server.

 

butterfly: 

????

Junichiro what did you do

You called him out and for what

 

nothuman:

omg junichiro killed atsushi 

bombed him 😔

 

doppo_poet:

ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO MAKE SURE HE’S OKAY OR GOING TO JUST KEEP CRACKING JOKES?

 

butterfly:

?

Is he not doing a bit?

 

PM

x..RASHOMON..x aka akutagawa

Today at 11:04 AM.

shadow.praiser:

akutagawa come over rn.

not kidding

atsushi locked himself in his room and is like freaking out we can hear him

but hes not letting anyone in

door is locked and if u dont come we r breaking it down 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

is he ok???

 

shadow.praiser:

idk

thats why im texting u

u need to come over 

hell probably let u in

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im on my way

ill be there in five..

 

Akutagawa doesn’t know if he’s ever rushed out of his house as fast as he did after receiving that message. Sure, he has a lot of unpacking to do, but with Junichiro’s messages stacked on the fact Atsushi himself wasn’t responding to his messages, he wasn’t going to just sit around.

 

He was surprised he wasn’t pulled over for how fast he was driving, but that's neither here nor there. He lived close enough to Atsushi that he wasn’t in the car long and the chances of being caught by a cop for speeding was close to none. He parked, hopped out of the car, a bit too fast that he wasn’t sure that he closed the door to his car or not. He got into the building’s first door, but needed to be let in. He saw Kyouka there and she let him in the moment she saw him.

 

“It’s worrying,” she commented simply as they walked to the elevator, “we can just hear him crying. He started yelling at us to all go away. We don’t know what’s wrong.”

 

“I’ll find out,” Akutagawa responded just as simply. Kyouka led him to her apartment, opening the door, and letting him in. She didn’t need to show him to Atsushi’s room. The other two tenants standing outside of the bedroom showed Akutagawa everything he needed to know.

 

“Move,” Akutagawa said, not bothering with greeting the Tanizakis. The two obeyed and Akutagawa stood outside Atsushi’s door. “Atsushi?” He called out, knocking on the door, “it’s me. Let me in.”

 

NO! ” He heard Atsushi yell out, “everyone needs to leave me alone! ” His voice was hoarse and Akutagawa could hear him hyperventilating inside.

 

“You guys can go,” Akutagawa said, patting down his pockets until he got his wallet, “I’ll take care of him.”

 

“Fine,” Junichiro said, though he hesitated, “just make sure he’s okay.”

 

“Obviously,” Akutagawa said with a scoff. He pulled out one of his card credits and slid it between the door and the frame. This allowed the door to open and Akutagawa just let himself in and closed the door behind him.

 

Atsushi’s room was a mess and anything that could’ve been pushed or knocked onto the floor was. Atsushi was standing next to his bed, eyes as wide as saucers as he stared at Akutagawa. They were red from crying. Akutagawa couldn’t help but notice he was shaking too—and it probably wasn’t from the cold even though he was wearing shorts. Clearly, something had triggered some sort of panic attack in Atsushi. And it was heartbreaking.

 

“Atsushi,” Akutagawa said quietly, as if talking normally would send him over the ledge. “What happened?”

 

Atsushi's mouth quivered, eyes watering yet staring intensely at Akutagawa. It was like he was some sort of caged animal, preparing himself to attack. Akutagawa didn’t know how to proceed; be vulnerable and open? Or be cautious?

 

“The man,” Atsushi whispered and Akutagawa nodded, hoping that would help Atsushi move forward, “the one Kenji saw die… he ruined my life!” The end of his statement had been a raw yell—the type of yell that even if you weren’t the person who was yelling could feel the way each word ripped and strained itself against your vocal chords, as if the words themselves were clawing their way out of your throat. The presumed hatred for some man was not just hatred; Akutagawa knew what hate was, but it was something else. It was fear and panic disguised as anger and rage.

 

“What did he do to you?” Akutagawa asked, daring to take a step forward. Atsushi’s hands were clenched into tight fists, looking as if he were about to swing. Akutagawa had made his decision. He would be open to Atsushi now, regardless of consequence.

 

“He ruined my life!” Atsushi yelled again, “he–he—I never had a chance! He ruined me !” Akutagawa flinched at his words.

 

“Atsushi, who was the man?”

 

The orphanage director!

 

His voice was raw, hurting, and full of despair. The words came out like vomit and followed up by sobs—the type that just wracks your body until you slump into nothing on the floor. Atsushi hugged himself, probably out of habit, and couldn’t face Akutagawa—probably another habit. Regardless of Atsushi’s habit of joking about his time at the orphanage, it was still an awful time for him. He had only told Akutagawa very briefly about the things he underwent and it was only told to him so Atsushi could “explain” why he did some things a certain way, like clean his dishes in freezing cold water or how he didn’t really have much clothes since he’s learned to wear the same things for days on end due to the orphange’s lack of funds (or rather, their neglect). The abusive treatment towards Atsushi was always implied, but it was never fully divulged. Akutagawa doesn’t even think Yosano, Dazai, Kunikida, or even Junichiro know what really happened to him.

 

Akutagawa kneeled down beside Atsushi. He didn’t want to hug him or even touch him right now, considering he didn’t want to upset him further. Atsushi calming down was his first priority. “He was the man that died today? By the truck?”

 

“Yes,” Atsushi said, face in his hands as he sobbed, “he died today.”

 

“And this upsets you?”

 

Atsushi moved his hands away from his face, the anger in his eyes immeasurable. “I’m angry that I’m upset about it!” He yelled, grabbing Akutagawa by the shirt. Akutagawa didn’t really expect this and was caught off guard and off balance, so the two fell to the side. Atsushi stared down at Akutagawa, being on top of him. The shock on his face replaced the anger and he quickly moved off of Akutagawa, hands over his mouth to try to cover his sobs. The apologies that spilled out his mouth were muffled, but Akutagawa could hear him.

 

“You’re allowed to be upset about it, Atsushi,” Akutagawa said, leaning towards Atsushi, “and you don’t need to apologize, we are already on the floor.” He was trying to relieve Atsushi’s guilt about that—it was clearly unintentional, and regardless, it didn’t hurt enough nor at all to really warrant such an apology. “Jinko,” Akutagawa began, holding his hand out to Atsushi, “I’m here for you. You can tell me everything.”

 

Atsushi covered his eyes with his hands, beginning to cry again. Selfishly, Akutagawa couldn’t bring himself to stay off of him any longer and embraced him. If Atsushi were to push him away, he’d stay off with no problem. Instead, Atsushi just cried onto his shoulder.

 

“I wanted to prove to him that I was worth it—that I’m not just a waste! I’m somebody! How can I prove that to him now? I haven’t done anything yet! I’m a nobody! I haven’t succeeded despite what that bastard has done to me! I—I wanted to show him that I deserved to live!” Atsushi took in a deep, albeit shaky, breath. “He’s dead. He’s dead now and now nothing I do will prove to him that I deserve to be alive! Everything I’ve done up to now has been for nothing… nothing at all.”

 

Akutagawa shook his head, his own feelings getting caught up in his chest making him feel heavier. This wasn’t about him at all, but he couldn’t stop the words coming out of his mouth. “You don’t need his approval to live, to be worthy . You deserve to live because you were born. You say you’re a nobody, imply that you are nothing, when you are everything to me . Nothing you’ve done has been for nothing; look around yourself. You have so many friends or acquaintances that care for you. Should one, awful man’s opinion outweigh the opinions of people who actually know, love, and care about you, Jinko?”

 

Atsushi let out a shaky breath. “You don’t get it, Ryuu,” he said, his voice soft but Akutagawa doubted he had actually calmed down. “When my parents abandoned me, he said that they threw me away in a trash bag. He—He would lock me up in a cell that he called the disciplinary room and he—” He stopped talking briefly, unable to get the words out so he just continued on by saying, “I just… I just needed to prove that despite everything that he did to me, I will never be like him. Now he’s dead and I feel like the same stupid little kid I was when I was at the orphanage.”

 

“But you’re so much more than that,” Akutagawa said and it came out sounding like a promise. He hugged Atsushi tighter, as if it was Akutagawa that needed the reassurance. “You have succeeded. You are successful. You proved him wrong every single day even at that awful place just by living despite him. Despite it all .”

 

Atsushi’s hug on Akutagawa was more like a cling, like he was worried Akutagawa was going to leave him. Maybe he was afraid he would.

 

“Can you stay here? With me? Please…?” Atsushi asked. Akutagawa pushed Atsushi’s bangs back, placing a kiss on his hairline.

 

“Of course I will stay, Jinko,” he responded, “you didn’t even need to ask.”

 

 

Akutagawa did have the two sit on Atsushi’s bed, wanting Atsushi to not be on the floor and be comfortable as well as try to regain the feeling in his ass, but he was going to stay with Atsushi for as long as he needed him. If Atsushi needed him forever, he’d stay right by his side.

 

Atsushi fell asleep at one point and he fell asleep in Akutagawa’s arms. Akutagawa rested his chin on the top of his head and just held Atsushi. His phone had long since fallen on the floor, so all he had was the empty walls of Atsushi’s room to keep him occupied. Would Atsushi want some posters? Pictures? To put on his wall? His room felt so sparse. There was not much else to think about.

 

There was a soft knock at the door, prompting Akutagawa to say a very brief (and quiet) come in. The door opened, thankfully with no creak, to show Junichiro and Dazai standing behind it.

 

“Is… he good?” Junichiro asked quietly, still standing in the doorway as Dazai walked in. Usually, Akutagawa would have something witty (in his humble opinion) to Dazai, but he opted for silence at this moment for Atsushi’s sake.

 

“He’s asleep,” Akutagawa responded because in earnest, he wasn’t too sure how Atsushi was right now.

 

“I looked into it,” Dazai began, standing next to Atsushi’s bed. He picked up Akutagawa’s phone and handed it to him. “The man who Kenji sent an article about today was the director of the orphanage Atsushi was raised in.”

 

“Yes, I know, he told me,” Akutagawa responded.

 

“Well, apparently he was here to see Atsushi,” Dazai stated, “an newspaper clipping was found in his hand when he died. It was about Atsushi and how he’s a national champ in track and field. Ranpo thinks that he was here to congratulate Atsushi on his studies and athletic accomplishments.”

 

“I don’t care,” Akutagawa responded simply, “because if that truck hadn’t killed him, I would’ve.”

 

Dazai shrugged. “It’s up to you if you want to tell him why he was here or not,” he said, “I just came by to check on him. I have to go check on Kenji now—he’s all torn up about sending that article and causing Atsushi to freak out.”

 

“I don’t care what you do, Dazai,” Akutagawa said, “you can leave now.”

 

The animosity was immeasurable, but Dazai knew it was time to take his leave and did. Junichiro peaked in at Atsushi one more time before Dazai shut the door behind him, leaving Akutagawa only to hear Junichiro ask if he should buy chazuke for Atsushi for later that night.

 

Chazuke sounded like a good plan, Akutagawa planned to steal that idea. As long as that’s what Atsushi wanted, anyway.

Notes:

this is not what i had in my head, but i started writing this while i was at work on mobile so i am sorry lol obviously this is based on when atsushi finds out the orphanage director died but I COULD'VE SWORN that atsushi was with kenji to see the director's body and NOT junichiro, which is why i made it kenji who was there to witness it!!!!! turns out it was junichiro, but i couldn't change it because junichiro is atsu's roommate and i needed that little incest freak home!!!!!!!!!

anyway at least i get to put angst in the tags now

off topic but here's some lore about me: i'm an english major, which means i read A LOT of literature... and i am plagued with ideas and concepts of authors currently not in bsd to be bsd characters lol like ok tell me why my girl mary shelley aint in this shit... emily dickinson??? jane austen???? ok new realization; more female characters please and thanks. tell me why each organization has like at max 2 female characters and at least ZERO. at least they all slay (yosano the woman that you are ily)

alright i am done yapping but perhaps i will write a bsd fic that features authors that i know about........... maybe i will embrace my cringe and write a bsd oc fic. what then????? who will stop me??????

ok ok bye bye for real i hope the angst was good and if not the real angst will be me crying myself to sleep over a bsd chatfic that really isn't that much of a chatfic anymore

Chapter 18: Party Hearty?

Summary:

Thin walls and planning parties.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 5:04 PM

nothuman:

i’m so eepy

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

grown ass man saying eepy

got the ick deadass

 

nothuman:

WHAT THE FUCK

 

arahabaki:

I’m on Akutagawa’s side

 

nothuman:

add my man atsushi back the server

he’ll back me up

 

Welcome alphatiger, say hi!

 

alphatiger:

Christ 

I did get the ick a little bit sorry

 

nothuman:

😐

 

lemongrab just landed!

 

butterfly:

NO

WHO INVITED HIM

WHAT THE FUCK

 

lemongrab:

Damn girl what

 

butterfly:

GET THIS CLOWN OUT OF HERE

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

 

arahabaki:

LMFAO????

Motojirou why does she hate you

What did you do

 

lemongrab:

NOTHING????

WHO IS BUTTERFLY

 

butterfly:

AKIKO YOSANO.

 

lemongrab:

Oh

FUCK HAHAHAHA

Um heyyyyyyyyy…………

 

butterfly:

It’s either him or me guys

 

nothuman:

who invited him

ugh it was def slug

 

arahabaki:

Gang am I slug?

 

butterfly:

Yeah

I think it’s because slugs are small and slimey 

And that’s what he thinks you are

Not me btw

I’m lesbian but I know a short king when I see one 💯

 

arahabaki:

WOW

Ok

So

Fuck you Dazai

And Yosano you’re cool

 

nothuman:

FUCK

OFF

YOSANO IS MINE

 

boydetective:

Um….

Bad news.

Yosano and I are actually in a lavender marriage rn :\

 

butterfly:

Yeah we married but I thought we could have side hoes?

 

boydetective:

We can but like… I need to approve of them

And tbh? Not rocking with Chuuya or Dazai

They should just be with each other

And leave you out of it

 

goldendemon:

Awe, how cute.

Imagine that; enemies-to-lovers.

Slow burn.

 

lemongrab:

Shawty talking in fanfic

 

butterfly:

Hey! Never speak again! Thanks!

 

shadow.praiser:

hey atsushi my beautiful prince

ik u have had a rough day today

but pls remember we share a wall.

u2 akutagawa 😐

 

nothuman:

NO.

NOT MY BOY!

AKUTAGAWA, YOU FILTHY PERVERT! LET GO OF MY ATSUSHI!

I’M COMING OVER.

 

alphatiger:

PAUSE

WE ARE WATCHING BRIDGERTON

WE ARE NOT FUCKING

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

:\

yeah unfortunately

 

butterfly:

Bro is watching Lady Whistledown when he really just wants his whistle downed.

 

nothuman:

AKIKO NO!

DON’T CONDONE, ENCOURAGE, NOR ENABLE THIS BEHAVIOR!

THIS IS DEVIANT!

MY SWEET ATSUSHI, DON’T LET THAT EVIL AKUTAGAWA CORRUPT YOU

MY SWEET INNOCENT SON!

 

alphatiger:

WE ARENT DOING ANYTHING!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

🙃

 

alphatiger:

STOP

 

light_finder:

Are you guys watching the new season?

 

alphatiger:

No ryuu hadn’t watched it at all so we’re starting from the beginning bc I wanna watch S3 with him :3

 

light_finder:

Oh slay!

I haven’t watched s3 yet but I’ve heard only good things!

I want to watch it with Junichiro, but he doesn’t have the time 🙁

 

shadow.praiser:

sorry Naomi i promise sometime soon!

 

arahabaki:

Guys I forgot

Are they actually siblings or not

 

light_finder:

DEAR FUCKING LORD

 

doppo_poet:

Oh my.

 

light_finder:

IF I HAVE TO PLAY SIBLINGS OR DATING WITH YOU CUCKS ONE MORE TIME, I’M GOING TO LOSE MY MIND.

 

nothuman:

you currently have it?

 

shadow.praiser:

watch it dazai

 

light_finder:

RIDDLE ME THIS GUYS

IF WE ARE RELATED WHY DO WE LOOK NOTHING ALIKE

WE SHARE NOTHING IN TERMS OF APPEARANCE.

NOTHING AT ALL.

THERE SHOULD BE SOME SIMILARITIES.

AND YET? NAME ONE

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ur last name.

 

light_finder:

You’re fucking finished Ryuunosuke Akutagawa.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

???

oh my god i can hear her.

 

shadow.praiser:

good luck king

 

nothuman:

nothing of value to be lost

go naomi go!

feminism! 

 

butterfly:

Omg wait I love feminism

Sorry Akutagawa I need to support Naomi. Girls supporting girls, you know how it is.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

I HATE EVERYONE HERE.

 

PM

nothuman aka dazai

Today at 6:30 PM

butterfly:

Food when what and where

Perhaps even how

 

nothuman:

you woman cook

 

butterfly:

AYO?!

 

nothuman:

teehee!

im jk

idc though

 

butterfly:

eel?

 

nothuman:

noooooooo

crab?

 

butterfly:

meh

pizza?

 

nothuman:

pizza

Today at 6:54

Should we throw a party

not tn

 

butterfly:

ummmmm yeah

Booze this bitch up

 

nothuman:

ok w

 

butterfly:

We would need to invite chuuya though

 

nothuman:

ugh ik

he’s in the server he’ll know

listen i’m a nice guy

 

butterfly:

Oh.

I was just saying that cause he’s the type of guy to snitch to the landlord abt it

 

nothuman:

can’t you be straight

just for me???

yosano i want you so bad

 

butterfly:

SHUT THE FUCK UP BAHAHAHAHAHA 😭

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 7:04 PM

nothuman:

party tmr at yoyo and me’s place

you all are invited

even slug and akutagawa ig

 

goldendemon:

Even me?

 

butterfly:

Yeah we need some bad babes at this party

 

goldendemon:

Alc?

 

butterfly:

Yeah

 

goldendemon:

I’ll come

 

butterfly:

W

No need to RSVP you either come or you don’t 

Idk what else to say

 

doppo_poet:

What about those not old enough to drink yet?

Like Atsushi?

 

alphatiger:

Shhhhhhhh kunikida…..

Shhhhhhh

 

doppo_poet:

Atsushi!!

 

nothuman:

don’t worry, i won’t let my sweet atsushi turn into a deviant!

i’ll stop ryuunosuke’s influence on him!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

STOP CALLING ME BY MY FIRST NAME 

WE AINT FRIENDS LIKE THAT

U FUCK

 

nothuman:

yeah yeah

you’re welcome for the invite btw 😐

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

and i will only be in attendance if atsushi goes

 

nothuman:

what if he doesn’t want to go but gin goes

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

what a stupid question

if gin goes i will go to ensure she is ok

fucking idiot what

arent u supposed to be smart put the puzzle pieces together dumbass

 

nothuman:

YOU ARE UNINVITED

GIN AND ATSUSHI YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME AND IT’S ENCOURAGED YOU COME

I HOPE AKUTAGAWA GETS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND CHOKES.

 

shadow.praiser:

i dont think getting struck by lightning has choking as a consequence

 

nothuman:

BOOM YOU JUST LOST YOUR INVITE.

 

shadow.praiser:

NOOOOOOOOOO

Notes:

hey gang sorry it's been a hot minute since the last update. i've decided to make bungo stray dog ocs and now im obsessed :D! also considering to making a twitter where i talk abt bsd. i have an anime twitter acc already but i haven't used it in a while and it was for Noragami (PEAK LOVE NORAGAMI) but i think creating a new acc overall might be more beneficial. anyone here use twitter (or x???) or like where do we bsd fans congregate at cause i wanna yap about it and my stupid ideas bahahahha (I AM NOT USING REDDIT BTW)

anyway im mad tired. retail + memorial day sales = my last nerve pushed. sorry this chapter is lackluster i am setting up something else.

i look forward to any comments, kudos, and etc. thank you for reading!! bye bye!

Chapter 19: Foster Fathers and Untold Feelings

Summary:

Dazai goes out late to meet a mystery man and Junichiro needs him to not be killed so they can run Overwatch together (a game Dazai does not have and will most likely never download).

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 2:32 AM

shadow.praiser:

anyone up?

 

nothuman:

hello! 

 

shadow.praiser:

sick

download overwatch

 

nothuman:

fuck no

 

shadow.praiser:

dazai pls

 

nothuman:

i am not touching that game for as long as i live

i have seen what it does to you, why would i want to go through that?

 

shadow.praiser:

pls i need to play so bad

 

nothuman:

solo queue then 💀

 

shadow.praiser:

oh

i see how it is…

u clearly hate me.

 

nothuman:

not true but keep telling yourself that

 

shadow.praiser:

if atsushi was awake rn he would play w me

but ofc he is w akutagawa

premarital bed sharing btw

yet im here

not premartially sharing a bed w anyone

esp not akutagawa

and i just asked my very best friend of all time if he wants to spend some time w me

cause we never hang out

its almost like u dont actually like me

do u value me dazai?

or am i just a means to an end for u

just a friend for the sake of having a friend

rather than being someone u care for

u can be honest.

 

nothuman:

oh my days

i’m not home BAHAHAHAHA

yosano could vouch but she’s asleep

 

shadow.praiser:

OH!

my bad! sorry!

why didnt u say that sooner tho

 

nothuman:

idk i wanted to see what you were gonna say

crazy is what you are btw

like you might need to be evaluated!

 

shadow.praiser:

yeah ive been told

is anyone else awake tho

 

thegoldraven:

I am!

I can play. I got my computer set up and Ranpo downloaded Discord on here for me.

 

nothuman:

FINALLY.

i hope you guys have fun

 

boydetective:

WOAH.

I’m awake. I can play too.

Dazai where you at though????

It’s 2am

Why are you out

 

nothuman:

it’s nothing to worry about

i’m going to be home soon

 

shadow.praiser:

home from where

 

nothuman:

i cannot say

 

boydetective:

Oh so you’re tempting me

You know I love a good mystery

 

nothuman:

and you will probably figure it out if you think too hard on it you annoying little genius

just let it be

it’s nothing important

i’m not out here killing myself though i wish i was

to drown with a woman by my side sounds like the perfect way to go right now

alas there are no women in sight

 

shadow.praiser:

r u good

 

nothuman:

i’m just waiting for someone

 

shadow.praiser:

is it a woman? let her live dazai

 

nothuman:

god i fucking wish it was

i need to leave this mortal plane ASAP

 

boydetective:

I know very well it isn’t your ex but for peace of mind it isn’t your ex is it

 

nothuman:

lmfao no it’s not fyodor

it’s someone else and he’s keeping me waiting and it’s pissing me off

 

boydetective:

Dms????

 

nothuman:

no need

i see him coming

i’ll talk to you guys in a minute

 

shadow.praiser:

not to worry u or anyone else but i literally have such a bad feeling in my gut

 

thegoldraven:

Same.

I don’t understand the urge to meet someone at 2am.

 

boydetective:

DAZAI

 

shadow.praiser:

dw i track him lol

he’s at the port????

Idk

 

thegoldraven:

Oh, do you guys have a Find My Friends or Life360 circle to track each other?

 

shadow.praiser:

no i just get worried dazai is actually going to kill himself so i put airtags on all his stuff

kunikida wouldnt let me chip him

 

boydetective:

LMFAO

Can we chip him I think it’d be so funny

 

shadow.praiser:

babe do u think were ever gonna see him again after tn???

im worried abt the fuck 😭

 

bookworm:

Hi guys.

He’s fine.

 

shadow.praiser:

OH??

r u the one he met up with?

 

bookworm:

No 

I’m just with him

Don’t worry about it

 

boydetective:

Sketchy

 

PM

nothuman aka dazai

Today at 2:54 AM

boydetective:

Hi

You can tell me anything you know that right

So…….. who did you meet under Odasaku’s supervision

 

Today at 9:23 AM

nothuman:

lol sorry went to bed after i finished up but 

i went to see my dad

i need some of my documents

and he wouldn’t let me have them unless we talked

it’s whatever

he brought my sister so can’t complain!

 

boydetective:

Ummmmmm good morning to you too pookie

But offensive question but you have a dad?

You act so fatherless.

 

nothuman:

HELP HAHA

we don’t have a good relationship because the moment i turned 18 i left and never went back! hehe 

do you want to guess who it is? hehe 

we’re not biologically related if that helps :3

he just took me in when i was a real young kid

he loved me like a son, i just think he’s a freak!

 

boydetective:

I can guess?

Like guess cause I know him?

OH MY GOD

It’s Dr. Mori isn’t it.

 

nothuman:

DING DING DING!

we have a winner!

 

boydetective:

Now the suicide thing makes sense!

 

nothuman:

alright relax

i got to see elise!

i don’t know why the stupid fuck took her with him but whatever

not like it was 2am, she's like 9, and has school today but yeah! bring her!

 

boydetective:

BRUTAL

Offended Fukuzawa never told me this info

 

nothuman:

cause real recognizes real

jk it’s cause by the time i met you, i had already left

there was no point

i don’t even think fukuzawa knows that i’m the kid that left

 

boydetective:

I’m going to ask him

 

nothuman:

NO DON’T

I HAVE FUKUZAWA AS AN ADVISOR I NEED HIM TO LIKE ME

 

boydetective:

WAIT

Is that why you got so defensive when Kunikida asked about you talking to him?

 

nothuman:

OH MY GOD YES

BUT THAT’S BECAUSE YOSANO HATES MORI SO MUCH

LIKE SHE

IDK

i don’t need her knowing i have some sort of relationship to him bahahahaha

 

boydetective:

Good call

She wants him dead high key

I also think she has him next semester lol

 

nothuman:

OH IM AWARE

like girl he’s a medical doctor sorry you are premed

you are going to get him as a professor

 

boydetective:

Lol literally

Like it doesn’t take us genius detectives to figure that out

But all things said and done I’m so obsessed with her :\

 

nothuman:

GOD I KNOW

me too

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 1:35 PM

alphatiger:

Dazai are you alive 🙁

I’m worried

 

nothuman:

yup!

you’re stuck with me still!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

pity 

 

alphatiger:

Ok good bc I was really worried!!!!!!

 

nothuman:

awe atsushi! :D!

you are so cute and kind!

dump that mean and nasty akutagawa and date me instead!

 

alphatiger:

No! :D!

I like him very much thank you!

 

boydetective:

Oh what you guys don’t say you love each other yet

Yawn I thought you were dating for like six months 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

over 6 months

but yeah wait what the fuck

why do u only like me

 

alphatiger:

I AM NOT SAYING IT FIRST

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

SAY IT FIRST

 

alphatiger:

NO YOU SAY IT FIRST

SAY IT FIRST AND WIN

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NO IM A GENTLEMAN U CAN SAY IT FIRST

PLEASE I INSIST

 

butterfly:

Hey Ranpo I figured out why they haven’t said I love you to each other yet

 

boydetective:

That is so interesting

If I were dating someone, I would want to be the first to say it

 

thegoldraven:

I get it.

I’d also wait.

 

arahabaki:

Really?

Why?

 

thegoldraven:

If the person I’m in love with says it first, that means that I can say it back and won’t have to worry if it’s reciprocated!

 

boydetective:

Oh, I see.

YOU ALL ARE INSECURE

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i asked this furry fucker out to begin with

AND HE DIDNT EVEN CATCH ON.

the least he can do is tell me he loves me first

 

arahabaki:

So you do love him?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

r u a fucking idiot

obviously i love him

what stupid question is that

 

arahabaki:

There you go Atsushi.

 

alphatiger:

LETS

FUCKING 

GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

THAT DOES NOT FUCKING COUNT

 

alphatiger:

I love you too Ryuunosuke <3!

 

nothuman:

god i wish i was fucking killed last night.

Notes:

the feminine urge to write a bsd oc centric fanfic versus the masculine urge to play fucking overwatch rn is insane. or rather i have two wolves inside of me; one is writing cringey fanfic and the other is playing the worst game in the world.

anyway i hope you guys enjoyed the lore. mori/dazai father-son duo is kind of everything to me even though mori is a freak and needs to be neutered. fun fact about mori! his english VA voices Torbjorn in Overwatch! (And Nathaniel Hawthorne's English voice actor voices Cole Cassidy!)

as always all comments and kudos are appreciated! see y'all on the flip

Chapter 20: Unwanted Guests and Unneeded Bets

Summary:

Dazai and Yosano make a bet on Ranpo and Poe that gets rudely interrupted.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohama gaygency

general-chat 

Today at 6:32 PM

alphatiger:

Can I bring a friend to the party

 

nothuman:

?

akutagawa is already invited

 

alphatiger:

A different friend

 

nothuman:

?

everyone in the server has been invited already

 

alphatiger:

I HAVE OTHER FRIENDS???

 

nothuman:

:0!

no way!

i’m so proud!

 

alphatiger:

Nvn I’m not coming anymore

 

butterfly:

Lol ofc you can bring a friend Atsushi

Don’t listen to Dazai

 

nothuman:

?!?!

he needs to listen to me

and start listening to me better too

cause why tf did he choose akutagawa… OVER ME?

 

doppo_poet:

And I was crazy for thinking he and Atsushi would end up together?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats fucking disgusting

never speak again kunikida

thanks.

 

doppo_poet:

RELAX.

 

animal_crossing:

Who’s your friend, Atsushi?! :D!

 

alphatiger:

He and I are in a summer course together

His name is Sigma

 

shadow.praiser:

SIGMA?

 

alphatiger:

Oh you know him

 

boydetective:

NO

NO

NO

WHY WHY WHY

 

alphatiger:

OH MY GOD??

HE IS A TROUBLEMAKER I THOUGHT HE WAS SO NICE???

 

boydetective:

ATSUSHI DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’VE DONE???

 

shadow.praiser:

THE UNIVERSE

THE UNIVERSE!!!

IT SINGS TO ME!!!!!!!!

 

alphatiger:

Oh no.

 

nothuman:

hey! what the fuck?

 

animal_crossing:

There is a character in overwatch named Sigma :3

 

nothuman:

jesus fucking christ dude

someone uninstall the game for him

 

shadow.praiser:

hahahahahahahahahahaha

RANPO

 

boydetective:

NO IM NOT HOME

 

shadow.praiser:

THEN GO HOME

BOOT UP UR PC

AND WE RUNNING COMP

 

boydetective:

NO WE ARE NOT

 

shadow.praiser:

YES WE ARE

POE! GET ON!

@thegoldraven

@thegoldraven

@thegoldraven

@thegoldraven

 

thegoldraven:

Oh my.

 

boydetective:

LEAVE HIM ALONE

 

shadow.praiser:

NO

 

boydetective:

GO OUTSIDE JUNICHIRO!!

I KNOW YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE SUN IN A WHILE

PLEASE LEAVE YOUR ROOM

WE ARE ALL WORRIED ABOUT YOU

 

arahabakai:

Bold statement

 

blcklzrd:

Overwatch is so dog shit bro lol

What the fuck bahahaha

 

shadow.praiser:

dazai kick these clowns out

 

nothuman:

on it 👍

 

butterfly:

I’ll just invite them back

So don’t

 

nothuman:

not on it 👍

 

shadow.praiser:

ranpo…..

u and poe r the only ones that i trust to play w me and not ruin my rank

 

blcklzrd:

What’s your rank

 

shadow.praiser:

master 2

 

blcklzrd:

Lol damn

I was top 500 back when I played overwatch 1

 

shadow.praiser:

yeah so u would probs be dogshit now damn sucks

anyway ranpoe pls

 

butterfly:

Bro did not just combine their names

 

shadow.praiser:

easier than typing them both out

they share so many letters

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

why dont u just play with your sister?

 

shadow.praiser:

not listening to the guy who plays on fucking xbox 🫵🤣

 

butterfly:

Damn lil bro got hit with my signature move

Thoughts and prayers

 

alphatiger:

I play on xbox 🙁

 

shadow.praiser:

yeah but ur broke

i dont expect much from u

 

alphatiger:

Gee thanks.

 

nothuman:

no more nerd talk

ending this

if you want to talk about a game, talk about it in another server

 

shadow.praiser:

i wont talk abt games in the server if these fools would queue up w me

 

nothuman:

you need psychological help

and that’s coming from me dude

yikes 

 

shadow.praiser:

damn.

 

arahabaki:

Do I need to bring anything tn?

 

butterfly:

Nooners 🙏

 

arahabaki:

LMFAO

Ok

 

butterfly:

We’ll have stuff too

I just want nooners

 

nothuman:

did i somehow lose the ability to understand what you guys are saying

what the fuck are nooners

what the fuck is happening

 

butterfly:

babe… high noons.

 

nothuman:

oh

 

alphatiger:

I’m so excited!

 

doppo_poet:

You’re not drinking.

 

alphatiger:

IM AWARE

 

nothuman:

oop

ra kunikida gonna write us up for partying

 

doppo_poet:

Just Atsushi.

 

alphatiger:

WHY AM I BEING TARGETED?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lol 

 

alphatiger:

DONT LAUGH????

 

butterfly:

ight

I’m gonna start prepping. Yall can come anytime after 10

 

boydetective:

Damn girl that’s late

 

butterfly:

???

You can come whenever you want Ranpo, how about that?

 

boydetective:

YIPPEE!

 

While Ranpo and Poe showed up two hours early and critised everything (mostly Ranpo—Poe is just guilty by association), the rest of the party goers showed up a little past ten. Chuuya and Kouyou were obviously, other than Poe and Ranpo, the first to arrive, since they lived literally under them.

 

“Booze?” Chuuya asked immediately when he walked in. Yosano pointed at the fridge.

 

“Jello shots in there just for you king,” she commented. Dazai was sprawled out on the couch, his legs resting on Ranpo’s lap (who looked incredibly displeased with it).

 

Not just for him, but okay,” Dazai said, typing away on his phone as if he had other friends, “where are Atsushi and Akutagawa?”

 

“Probably on the way,” Yosano responded, standing in front of Dazai’s legs. She took them off Ranpo’s lap, who let out a little cheer in response. Dazai scoffed and got up. “You’re pissy, knock it off.”

 

Dazai shrugged. “My bad.” That was the only response he gave her before he stalked off to the bathroom.

 

“What’s his deal?” Kouyou asked.

 

“Who knows?” Yosano responded, sounding defeated. Ranpo patted the now vacant spot next to him.

 

“Poe! Sit here!” He exclaimed cheerfully. Poe happily obliged, sitting next to Ranpo immediately.

 

“This party is great, thank you so much for inviting me,” Poe said.

 

“Awe, no problem!” Yosano exclaimed, “and it’s barely started. Hopefully, the others will come soon.”

 

“I haven’t been to a party before, so I think it’s great so far,” he said.

 

“Damn,” Chuuya said, knocking back a jello shot, “that sucks.”

 

“Hopefully Dazai gets out of his mood. He’s probably the most fun,” Yosano admitted.

 

“Nah, you’ve never been to a party with me,” Chuuya said with a smirk, already on his next jello shot. Yosano was beginning to worry if she made enough. Ranpo shook his head at her, as if he were answering her question. “I’m a good time.”

 

“Me when I lie,” Dazai said, emerging from the bathroom in seemingly better spirits. His response soured Chuuya’s mood, however.

 

“Oh, says who? You? What made you happier, huh? Rub one out before coming back out, freak?” Chuuya retorted. Dazai sat in an armchair, throwing his legs over the side and smirking at Chuuya.

 

“I’m the freak?” He asked, feigning concern, “I’m not the one speculating whether someone self pleasured themselves.”

 

Chuuya’s face burned red and he sputtered, causing Dazai to laugh. This one fueled the fire in Chuuya to get back at Dazai and fueled the fire in Dazai to keep pissing off Chuuya. An unfortunate, natural cycle amongst these two, or so it seemed.

 

“Shut it asshole!” Chuuya exclaimed, “you know that’s not what I meant!”

 

“Short physically and short tempered? Do you also have a short—?”

 

“Knock that off or I’ll knock your teeth in!”

 

“If only you could reach my mouth!”

 

“Ladies, ladies, let’s relax,” Yosano interjected.

 

“You two bicker like an old married couple,” Kouyou added on.

 

“What old married couples have you hung around?” Ranpo asked, sounding concerned, “cause they should not be arguing like that.”

 

A knock on the door interrupted their conversation. Yosano opened the door, seeing as Dazai was too preoccupied fighting with Chuuya to be of any help. Outside stood Atsushi and Akutagawa, hand in hand. Atsushi looked peppy, as per usual, and Akutagawa was somber… as per usual.

 

“Come on in,” Yosano said, gesturing to the two.

 

“Thanks,” Atsushi said, walking in to reveal a third person that Yosano hadn’t originally seen. “This is Sigma by the way.”

 

“Hi,” Sigma greeted politely, yet awkwardly.

 

“Oh hey,” Yosano said, “welcome. You guys can make yourselves at home.”

 

“Thanks,” Akutagawa said curtly.

 

“Where’s Kunikida?” Atsushi asked aloud. Even though he was holding Akutagawa’s hand, he was looking and talking to Sigma. She assumed that he was trying to make Sigma feel more comfortable, but it was most definitely pissing off Akutagawa who was trying to pretend he didn’t care.

 

“Kunikida texted me! He and Kenji are on the way!” Ranpo exclaimed, “they’re at the store or something? I dunno. I texted him to bring candy.”

 

“Oh!” Poe exclaimed suddenly, sticking his hand in his pocket and pulling out a piece of candy. “Here you go.”

 

Yosano and Dazai exchanged a quick look and then looked back to Poe and Ranpo. They had a bet wagering right now whether or not this party was going to bring the two together. While Yosano knew better than to bet on Ranpo and to bet against Dazai, she had a very strong inkling that this party would finally bring the two to become a couple. Dazai doubted this and believes that they will need more time. The bet is a pack of high noons, of which will be gifted to the winner at the end of the night.

 

Yosano held her breath. Will this be it? Will she win right at the party’s beginning? Ranpo grabbed the piece of candy and unwrapped it in a blink of an eye, eating it immediately.

 

“Thanks Eddie! You’re the best!”

 

Fuck. She didn’t win, but that’s fine. She had the whole night and alcohol to get the two to admit their feelings to one another. She was not going to owe Dazai—regardless if it was alcohol, money, or favor—she was determined to win.

 

“What about the Tanizakis?” Dazai asked suddenly.

 

“I don’t like that their last names are the same,” Chuuya stated simply, “they feel very incestuous to me and I don’t know about you guys, I don’t rock with incest.”

 

“Yeah, to be honest, they confuse me. Are they siblings or not? I know the girl one says that they aren’t, but I’ve heard her say, in person, that they are siblings,” Kouyou stated simply.

 

“Whenever I ask Kunikida, he tells me it’s best to not ask,” Atsushi responded simply.

 

“That’s fucking awful.” Chuuya stated.

 

“This has me afraid to meet them,” Sigma said, looking at Atsushi as if he could save him. He couldn’t even save himself, but beggars can’t be choosers.

 

“They’re great individually,” Atsushi stated. He pulled out his phone and looked down at it.

 

iMessage

junichiro

Today at 10:38PM

 

Where are you guys at? :0

 

LOL 

funny story actually

car accident 🤪

 

WHAT

 

lol yeah

we r fine but

the tanizaki whip is tanizaki totaled 😢

 

WHERE ARE YOU GUYS????

 

gamestop…….

 

Why

 

NAOMI WANTED TO BUY PRINCESS PEACH SHOWTIME RQ

CAUSE SHE JUST GOT PAID

IDK

WE GOT SLAMMED IN THE PARKING LOT

HEY FUN FACT

WE WERE PARKED!!!!!!

WE WERE IN THE STORE WHEN IT HAPPENED

ATSUSHI I AM IN DURESS.

 

DO U WANT ME TO GO THERE???

 

NO 😭

ENJOY THE PARTY

BC I CANT

IM JUST GONNA PULL A DAZAI AND FUCKING KILL MYSELF!!!!!!!!!!

 

JUNICHIRO

 

in reality i probs need kunikida

 

Why kunikida

 

idk

he looks like a lawyer

 

He’s a pwr major

Not law

Not even close

He minors in fucking math

 

I SAID HE LOOKS LIKE ONE

FUCK U

CALLING HIM

 

OKAY?!?!?!?!?

 

“What’s with that look on your face?” Akutagawa asked Atsushi as he furiously typed.

 

“Junichiro’s car got totaled and he and Naomi are fine, but he’s freaking out and being weird,” Atsushi responded simply because he didn’t know what else to say.

 

“What? Really?” Ranpo asked, hopping up from the couch and leaving Poe sitting alone much to Yosano’s dismay. Dazai smirked and Yosano was close to punching it off his face.

 

“Yeah. He said he’s going to call Kunikida because Kunikida ‘looks like a lawyer,’ but I think looking like a lawyer versus being one is a little different,” Atsushi said.

 

“Love that his car got totaled and your biggest issue is that he’s being weird ,” Yosano commented.

 

“He’s a sister fucker, I don’t think he can help being weird,” Chuuya stated. Kouyou snickered. 

 

Atsushi sighed. “Let’s just enjoy the party. I’ll let anyone who’s interested know about any updates.”

 

 

It wasn’t so much a party as it was just a bunch of friends (a term used lightly) hanging out together with fun lights, loud music, and plenty of alcohol. Kunikida had come with Kenji a little bit after Atsushi’s text exchange with Junichiro looking ever so stressed while Kenji seemed none the wiser.

 

Sigma got along with everyone pretty well, but when Dazai got one too many drinks in him, he took Sigma and began dancing with him around the room to his dismay. Sigma, to his credit, was very nice about it at first, but after a few, he was fed up. Though, he did not do much to get Dazai off of him.

 

“He looks sick,” Chuuya commented, trying to help Sigma escape Dazai. Though, like Dazai, Chuuya was not completely sober. Sigma, unfortunately, was. He had the very unfortunate position of being sober and still being forced to dance. Life was cruel.

 

“Yeah, sick of you ,” Dazai responded, chin up like he was going “hmph” at Chuuya. He continued to dance.

 

“Burn!” Ranpo called out from the couch, where he had been residing for most of the night. He mainly entertained Kunikida and Poe, though Gin had come just a few minutes prior and was enjoying the stories Ranpo had to tell. Akutagawa and Atsushi stood nearby, close enough for Akutagawa to hear if Ranpo was saying anything he shouldn’t to Gin, but far enough away he could focus on Atsushi.

 

“What a fun little party!”

 

Record scratch, freeze frame. Walking in (completely uninvited, mind you) was Dazai’s ex-boyfriend, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Fyodor’s boyfriend, Nikolai Gogol.

 

“I told you that Sigma had fun plans tonight!” Nikolai exclaimed cheerfully.

 

Sigma and Dazai froze on the dance floor, looking at Fyodor and Nikolai. Dazai didn’t know why Sigma was shocked and Sigma didn’t know why Dazai was either. Ironically enough, Yosano was the first to respond… throwing a glass at the two. She was a bit more (aka a lot more) drunk than the others.

 

“Get the fuck out!” She yelled out.

 

“That’s not very nice,” Fyodor said simply.

 

"You wanna see nice? I'll show you nice!" Yosano exclaimed, getting ready to go toe-to-toe with this guy, but Kouyou held her back.

 

“Who is that?” Atsushi asked, looking at Ranpo.

 

“I think that might be Dazai’s ex,” Ranpo responded. He squinted, making a face of disgust. “He’s a lot better looking in person than on Instagram.” Akutagawa snickered.

 

“Why are you two here?” Sigma asked, sounding nervous. Dazai let go of Sigma, his face contorting to something no one could really read. Sigma stumbled, but thankfully, didn’t fall.

 

“We have your location. We were worried when we saw you out and about and not home, all things considered,” Fyodor said, showing his phone and the location. Sigma swallowed thickly, realizing that he hadn’t thought about that at all. He shared his location with Fyodor because during transfer student orientation, he had convinced Sigma to share his location with him to “ensure” he was staying safe in a new city. Since Fyodor was older than him, he thought it was just his upperclassman looking out for him. Sensing the hostility between him and most people here, he figured that wasn’t really the case. 

 

“Well, it’s been real and it’s been fun, but it has not been real fun,” Dazai commented. He walked away and out the door, making sure to bodycheck Fyodor on the way out the door. Yosano called after him to stop, but he didn’t even turn around.

 

“What’s that all about?” Nikolai asked. Though it seemed innocent, the smile on his face was indicative of otherwise.

 

“Leave or this’ll be considered trespassing,” Kunikida commented, arms folded over his chest. Akutagawa leaned to Atsushi’s ear.

 

“I guess the lawyer in him is coming out.” Akutagawa’s comment caused Atsushi to turn away and try to stifle a laugh. Now wasn’t appropriate, but sneaking a few sips of Akutagawa’s drinks seemed to be getting to him.

 

“We never meant to interrupt,” Fyodor began as though he was trying to smooth this all over, “we were just making sure Sigma was okay. He was at a location we hadn’t seen before is all.”

 

“Usually you don’t walk into people’s houses uninvited,” Chuuya piped in, his eyes boring into Fyodor’s, “and texting exists. You knew what you were doing.”

 

“That’s not true,” Nikolai said, though his smile stayed and it was evident that they did. And it was fucking annoying.

 

“Well, now you know I’m okay… so you can leave,” Sigma stated, his voice sounding confident but his face showing anything but.

 

“Alright, alright, we won’t stay where we are not welcome,” Fyodor said, waving everyone off. “The hostility towards me, however, makes it feel as though you all have some preconceived notion of me. A pity, truly.”

 

“Unneeded last sentence buddy,” Atsushi said, pointing at Fyodor as if that could do anything. Fyodor and Nikolai said nothing before walking out.

 

The party was silent for a few moments afterwards, everyone shooting each other glances as if daring someone to say something first. Dazai’s disappearance and Fyodor and Nikolai’s exit left much to be desired. Before anyone could finally say something, Junichiro and Naomi walked in, holding a pack of white claws.

 

“Hey guys!” Junichiro exclaimed cheerfully, “what’d we miss?”

Notes:

WAHHH GUYS IM SORRY THIS UPDATE TOOK SO LONG I FUCKING HATE THIS CHAPTER ITS SO BAD I HAD AN IDEA AND ITS LITERALLY SHIT WAH WAH WAH

i actually hated writing this chapter so much i procrastinated it by taking over a month to update i know i suck but ITS OVER NOW so i'll try to hop back to it!!!

why did this chapter suck to write? well i will tell you. i am 22 years old. i went to a party school. have i ever gone to a party though? NO. WHY DID I THINK TO WRITE A PARTY? "well ghost why did you just change the plot when you realized you knew nothing about a party?" BECAUSE IM NOT A QUITTER IM JUST A CHRONIC PROCRASTINATOR. also i have a job now that im out of school for the summer #retail and idk i have a lot social battery so i leave work and im dead inside. i also have personal projects that i've been hyperfixated on because im a loser and the billie eilish album makes me think of it 3 listen to HIT ME HARD AND SOFT guys it's so good

anyway happy pride hope you enjoyed these clowns. i'll try to update in the next few days because i have A BETTER AND MORE FLESHED OUT IDEA I WISH TO EXPLORE AND I WILL FUCKING DO IT IN A TIMELY MANNER TRUST AND BELIEVE!!!!!

btw shoutout to ao3 user OpalsAndDiamonds for asking if i was ok bc of how long i took to publish this chapter. i am ok i'm just being a loser and sucking ass at writing but i love u so much.

love you guys see you on like thursday or friday (fingers crossed LMFAO)

btw if theres any mistakes just try to overlook it bc if i have to look at this clusterfuck of a chapter one more time i might actually lose my mind *sobbing loudly emoji*

Chapter 21: Osamu Dazai and Everything That Follows

Summary:

Another one of Dazai’s exes confront him and he faced with the realization that it’s he, hi, he’s the problem it’s him.

Notes:

TW; contemplation of suicide/(implied) suicide attempt

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

The boardwalk in Yokohama during the night felt like a dream.

 

Maybe it was partially due to the alcohol, but Dazai truly didn’t feel real. Maybe he had reached a higher state of being; the alcohol and the cool breeze of the boardwalk providing him a more lucid experience of living. An experience completely unappreciated to someone like him.

 

Fyodor’s entrance at his home was something he didn’t care to think about. It was unexpected, rude, and while he wasn’t too worried about Fyodor now as they were together ages ago, there was a small sting seeing someone that was once with oneself with another. Had Dazai been with others after their breakup? Of course. Did Dazai want to be with Fyodor, after everything? Absolutely not. He summed it up to not wanting Fyodor happy, at all. Though petty, he wasn’t one to pretend to be holier than thou. He wanted Fyodor absolutely fucking miserable.

 

Dazai sat on a bench, overlooking the water. The sound of the waves crashing over themselves soothed him, like it was caressing his soul. What a way to go out! What was stopping him from wading through those waters? Letting the waves overtake him and slowly drain the life out of him, until he was a part of the sea? The sea has already taken so many lives, since the beginning of the human experience, what was one more?

 

He contemplated. He did want to die, but not today, not after what happened. He didn’t want to give Fyodor the satisfaction of thinking he was the one to finally set Dazai over the edge—considering there really wasn’t an edge to send Dazai over to begin with.

 

“Gonna kill youself?”

 

That phrase certainly snapped Dazai out of his thoughts. He hadn’t realized someone sat next to him and what a surprise it was to see another one of his exes tonight. Was there a convention in town he was unaware of?

 

“Hello Sasaki,” Dazai greeted politely.

 

“Nice night tonight,” she said.

 

“Very much so.”

 

They sat in silence before she asked, “are you going to kill youself?” again.

 

“Thinking about it,” Dazai answered in earnest.

 

“But will you actually do it?” She inquired.

 

Dazai turned to look at her and there was no malicious look in her face nor malice in her tone. It was just a straight inquisition. Was he going to kill himself, yes or no?

 

“I don’t know yet.”

 

“For someone who says he wants to kill himself,” she began, her eyes fixed on the horizon beyond them, “you never do anything about it.”

 

“I don’t care for pain,” Dazai commented simply, “and I don’t want to die alone.” There was a pause. “Do you have any plans for tonight? We can kill ourselves together right now, if you’re up to it.”

 

“I’m quite alright,” Sasaki responded, “you just interest me very much Dazai.”

 

“And why’s that? Is it because of my incredibly good looks? My unmatched intelligence? My quick wit?”

 

“No, I think it’s your need for control.”

 

Silence enveloped them again. The crashing waves were the second loudest thing to Dazai next to his racing heart in his ears.

 

“And why’s that?”

 

“You say you’re going to kill youself, but then you don’t. First, it’s because you don’t like pain, then it’s because you don’t want to die alone, and it’s almost like you don’t want to die,” Sasaki said, her eyes still on the horizon and still not looking at Dazai. He wanted her to look at him. “But when we were together for that very brief moment, I felt as if everything was temporary. You were not, and are still not, a permanent partner. You’re like an anomaly. You acted in the way a boyfriend should, and yet, I could not allow myself to fall for you entirely. What if the moment I let myself go with you, you were just gone? It was like a game of Russian roulette. Though, no matter what happened, you did not actually kill yourself. You said you were. You had big plans, yet you’re still here.”

 

“Where are you going with this?”

 

She finally looked at him. “I don’t deny the fact that you want to die. I know you will kill yourself one day. I just wonder what’s stopping you now? It’s inevitable, isn’t it?”

 

“Are you telling me I should kill myself?”

 

“I think what I’m trying to get at is you need to make a choice of whether you want to live or if you want to truly die.” She went back to looking away from him and that seemed to hurt him more than the dissolution of their relationship. “You put off your death, but I don’t think it’s because you’re afraid to die. I think it’s because you’re afraid you’ll miss out on what it’s like to want to live. You watch from the sidelines, trying to decipher why people want to live and you hope that someday you will get to feel such desperation. You’ve never wanted something so bad than to be like the people who fight to live everyday. I don’t think you even want to die. You just want to want something and there’s nothing like craving death to end the need to want. You understand that the only thing you have a true control over in this life is yourself and you plan out every little thing so meticulously and painstakingly well that you also feel as though you need to control your death. You see yourself as something other than human and you believe that this control will have others perceive you as human, when you feel as though you are no longer human.”

 

“I see your psychology degree is coming into great use,” Dazai commented dryly, not a fan of the conversation.

 

“Answer me this Dazai,” Sasaki began, “if there is no point, then what’s the point?” She stood up. “If you keep living, you run the risk of something unexpected happening. Something that will take you out regardless of all your planning. Do you live in spite of having no will to live? What are you waiting for?” There was a pause between the two, neither speaking so Sasaki broke the silence. “It was nice talking to you.”

 

More like talked at me, he repressed the urge to say. “Goodbye, Sasaki,” he forced out.

“Goodbye Dazai,” she said, her back towards him, “and I’d advise you to make a choice and stop the suffering of yours friends."

 

She walked off. He glanced in her direction, seeing a man whose face was obscured in the distance. Probably her fiance. He didn’t know. Her words rang in his ears. He should’ve known better than to get with a psychology major. They all flocked to him, as though they could fix him. When he met Sasaki through Kunikida, he expected her to act the same, but she was so different from the others. He felt as though she got what he was on about, but it turns out he was just an experiment for her. He didn’t blame her though. It wouldn’t be the first time.

 

He stood up, walking to the wooden fence of the boardwalk, overlooking the water. He reflected on his life. He had wanted to do something at least worthwhile in what he wanted to be a relatively short life, but perhaps he didn’t need to do anything important. There were a billion people in the world and only a small fraction were ever known. Did he want to be known? Or did he want to live an authentic, human experience? Was he ever even human at all? He felt as though he was born broken and would be broken even after his death. The urge to control everything, as Sasaki so eloquently put it, was because he had no control. He wanted one thing for himself.

 

He put his foot on the bottom rail, attempting to hoist himself over the rail.

 

Fuck Fyodor, fuck Sasaki, and anything else who has attempted to know him as if they could ever figure him out. If he wasn’t honest with himself, he wasn’t going to be honest with anyone else regardless of the relationship they share. To be born was the cruelest punishment that had even been bestowed upon him. Everything that followed has been a consequence of said birth. And fuck it. Fuck Ougai Mori too for even allowing him the chance to keep living when it was so clearly done in vain. The only thing Dazai has done is live mostly as Osamu Dazai and then get to die as Osamu Dazai. That was his one and only accomplishment and good for him because anyone else would’ve kicked the bucket sooner.

 

He leaned over the rail and what follow was a grab, pull, fall, and thud.

Notes:

GOT THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS ONE!!! AND I FINISHED IT AT WORK. I write this entire fic on google docs and guys… it’s easily over 300 pages long and my app would not fucking open. I have 3 minutes to type this all out bc I’m on my 15 minute break BAHAHAHAHA

“Ghost! Isn’t this a chat fic?” IT WAS. IDK WHAT HAPPENED. The English major in me took over gang idk what else to say 😭😭😭

Writing this all on mobile btw and it will be posted on mobile VIA SAFARI NOT EVEN THE GOOGLE APP BC I USE SAFARI ON MY PHONE IDK

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this idea has been rotting in my brain SINCE I STARTED THIS FIC.

PLS IGNORE MISTAKES I HAVE 0 MINUTES LEFT TO READ IT OVER Ok byeeeee

Chapter 22: Boardwalk Brawl

Summary:

Where Dazai's suicide attempt is thwarted and he's forcibly reminded that he's alive.

Notes:

TW; talk of suicide/attempted suicide

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Dazai intended to fall forward, not backwards.

 

And yet, he fell flat on his back against the boardwalk—which, mind you, really fucking hurt—and was staring up in bewilderment at the person who grabbed him. Tonight was truly a rollercoaster of a night because why on God’s green earth was Dazai looking up at Chuuya of all people. Chuuya was someone Dazai needed to metaphorically and physically look down upon at all times. The urge to kill himself was much stronger now.

 

“What the hell do you think you’re doing, shitty Dazai?!” Chuuya questioned, chest rising and falling as he panted hard from the adrenaline of watching someone almost take their life.

 

Dazai's eyes were wide like a fish’s as he looked at Chuuya, trying to formulate a single thought in his head. He had accepted the fact he was going to die and a dead person doesn’t need to think.

 

“I was going to… become one… with the fish.” He had no idea what the fuck he just said but he also wasn’t going to allow himself a moment of emotional vulnerability with fucking Chuuya Nakahara—nope, no thanks!

 

“Huh?!”

 

“Become one with the mackerel and swim away.” Dazai sat up. “Glub, glub, and all that noise. Be a sexy merman and lure sailors to their death with my beautiful voice and stunning good looks.” He looked Chuuya up and down then proceeded to make a face. “Something you wouldn’t be able to do.”

 

The confusion that washed over Chuuya’s face was great and it was exactly what Dazai wanted. “Did you hit your fucking head?” He asked with as much sincerity as he could possibly muster.

 

“I’m fine,” Dazai responded.

 

“Really? ‘Cause I just had to make sure your dumbass didn’t go night swimming with sharks,” Chuuya said.

 

“I would’ve been fine.” Dazai said this, but he really wondered if he would’ve been fine. That’s subjective though. He would argue he’s the opposite of fine because he wasn’t able to kill himself.

 

“Fine my ass! All your friends are worried about you and I find you out here trying to kill yourself. You’re so dramatic. Your ex-boyfriend is fucking ugly and you were about to kill yourself over him. Grow up!”

 

Dazai felt his eyebrow twitch. “I was not about to kill myself over him, so get that through your thick skull, chibi. And second, he’s way better looking than you! Keep the attitude and I’m gonna take your stupid hat and hold it up really high so your dumbass can’t get it.”

 

“I can’t believe I just saved you,” Chuuya stated, his tone filled with disbelief which only furthered his statement. “You’re such a prick—always was and always will be! What about ‘thank you for saving my life Chuuya and stopping me from making a huge mistake’?”

 

“If I died, I wouldn’t know if it was a mistake or not, would I?” Dazai asked as if it were some sort of challenge. Chuuya made a face.

 

“I hate the way your eyes, like, go dark when you talk about killing yourself. It’s freaky,” he commented, “you need psychological help. Like a therapist. Fuck dude, watch a monetized YouTuber and use their BetterHelp shit because any help is what you fuckin’ need.”

 

“I don’t need help .” Dazai said the word help like it was some sort of curse. He didn’t need Chuuya’s help, a therapist’s help, or even Sasaki’s fucking help. “I’m absolutely fine.”

 

In Dazai’s eyes, there was no one more human than Chuuya. Sure, Dazai thought of Chuuya as a little bitch unworthy of love, respect, or positivity, but he couldn’t deny the humanity in Chuuya. Despite his flaws (being short) and quirks (being Chuuya Nakahara), he seemed to live life the way a person should—with it’s ups and downs, highs and lows, expected and unexpected—Chuuya encapsulated the human spirit, or so Dazai felt, because even when Dazai was his meanest, now or in high school, Chuuya fought back every single time. To be human is to fight. Dazai only ever antagonized. What did he fight for? Sasaki’s words rang in his head. He wants to believe he started off right, but he knew now he was no longer human. Just a vessel of a man that could be rather than a man that is.

 

“You need help bro. It’s time you get it. You’re causing all your friends to suffer with your bullshit.”

 

Dazai didn’t even remember getting up and he didn’t even remember hitting Chuuya. All he knew was that he was suddenly standing and that his hand throbbed. Chuuya stared at him, eyes wide in anger and a nose dripping blood. Dazai wanted to apologize, but he couldn’t bring himself to. ‘Sorry I hit you, I didn’t even realize I did that’ was not something a person who didn’t need a psychologist said.

 

“Are you fucking crazy man?! I’ll beat the fuck out of you!” Chuuya yelled and then proceeded to tackle Dazai. To Chuuya’s credit, he was much stronger now than he was in high school. Dazai blocked his face, not wanting a matching injury to Chuuya, but it didn’t stop Chuuya from hitting the top of Dazai’s head or literally anywhere else. “What?! So you’re one punch and that’s it?! Fucking fight back, wimp!”

 

When an opening presented itself, Dazai kicked Chuuya off of him and scrambled to get up. Chuuya got up rather quickly and Dazai blamed that on Chuuya’s already close proximity to the ground. What would he need to pick himself up for? He was already the size of a crumb. 

 

“Fuck off!” Dazai yelled, “you don’t get to tell me who I’m making suffer when all you’ve ever caused me is suffering with your incessant whining, short-temper, and being so puny !”

 

“I can’t help my height, bastard!” Chuuya retorted, seemingly ignoring the rest of Dazai’s critiques. “What’s your fucking issue man?! What’s crazy is that for a second, I actually gave a damn if you killed yourself ‘cause you’ve been pretty chill these past few days, but turns out you just fucking suck! It’s like you can tell when you’re likable and you gotta change it.”

 

“Well, no fucking shit!” Dazai exclaimed, “because if you don’t like me, then you get in the way of my plans to kill myself. Were you born stupid or were you dropped on your head as a baby? You can be honest.”

 

Chuuya stared at Dazai, seemingly in disbelief. “Oh my god. You’re such a control freak.” Dazai’s eye twitched. What was with Chuuya saying everything Sasaki had said? Had he overheard the conversation? “You can’t control how other people perceive you. If you die, I won’t give a fuck because I think you’re a piece of shit, but Yosano would care, Atsushi would care; you have friends—loyal friends!—the type of people who would drop everything and anything for you if you needed them to, but you’d run the risk of losing all of that for a half assed suicide attempt? Again, you need a fucking psychologist.” 

 

The “loyal friends” comment was definitely Chuuya projecting. His club in high school, “the sheep” had disbanded after Chuuya’s best friend, Shirase, turned the rest of the club against Chuuya. Dazai couldn’t say why, because he never cared much about Chuuya to begin with, but he did notice Chuuya hanging around the Akutagawas when graduation drew nearer and not his annoying ass friends.

 

“I just saw a psychologist,” Dazai responded, a long sigh escaping his lungs as he sat down on the boardwalk, his back against the wooden rail separating him from land and his would-be watery demise. “And she told me to kill myself.”

 

Chuuya narrowed his eyes. “And you were just gonna do it?” Dazai shrugged.

 

“Doctor’s orders.”

 

Chuuya scoffed, walking up to Dazai. Dazai thought for a moment that Chuuya was going to quite literally kick him while he was down. Instead, he held his hand out towards Dazai.

 

“Come on, let’s get you home. All your friends are waiting for you,” Chuuya said. Dazai looked at Chuuya’s hand, trying to comprehend all of what taking it could imply. Looking at Chuuya, he took his hand.

 

“Why’d you come and get me anyway? I know Junichiro tracks me,” he said as Chuuya pulled him off the ground.

 

“Tanizaki and girl Tanizaki did show up, so he wasn’t home to like, check your location. I guess he only has it on his laptop? I forgot what he said specifically,” Chuuya admitted, “I offered to find you because I was hoping to find you crying like a lame baby so I can snap a pic and use it against you, but instead I found you trying to kill yourself.”

 

“Becoming a merman,” Dazai corrected, as if he hadn’t already admitted he was going to take his life.

 

“Ok, sure Ariel,” Chuuya retorted. He began walking back towards their place, because all things considered, the house was technically both of theirs even if neither wanted to admit that fact. “Anyway, you can’t become a merman now,” Chuuya began, turning to look at Dazai with a smirk on his face, which was illuminated by the streetlights of the boardwalk. It made it seem as though his blue eyes were emitting a soft glow, like that of bioluminescence, at Dazai and he didn’t know how to feel about that. “I hear you have a bet to see through.”

 

With an eye roll and a scoff, Dazai followed behind Chuuya. “Not really much to see through,” he said, “considering that I’m gonna win.”

 

Chuuya shrugged. “They seemed real chummy after you left is all I gotta say.”

 

“Have you seen Poe?”

 

“Have you seen Poe drunk ?”

 

A scenario in which Dazai did not take into account.

 

“Holy shit, we need to get back right now.”

Notes:

ok i think next chapter will be back to regular chatting! i hope you guys have enjoyed this written out interlude lol

so.... dazai and chuuya... together on a boardwalk... they might kiss! but they also might (and more likely to) start fucking fighting.

soukokou will happen. slowly, but surely (i am crossing my fingers as if im not the fucking author LMFAOOOOO). also sorry that this chapter is so short??? I finished it and was like yup looks good and then actually looked it over and it's fucking SHORT?!?!?!?! idk i said everything i wanted to say i dont know what else to put. i dont have work tomorrow so maybe i'll be able to throw in an update tmr but don't quote me on that BHAHAAHAHAHAHA

alright! hope you guys enjoyed! see you next time :)

Chapter 23: Told and Untold Feelings

Summary:

Ranpo worries if his feelings was misinterpreted. Yosano takes the bull by the horns.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 11:32 AM.

doppo_poet:

How is everyone this morning?

 

bookworm:

I’m great. What about you?

 

doppo_poet:

Pretty good. Woke up a little earlier than I would’ve liked, but I just used that time to update my calendar and update some things.

 

bookworm:

Oh dude that’s awesome.

 

nothuman:

i have a gun to my head and this conversation is why

 

shadow.praiser:

GET UP COCK SUCKAS

SALUTE THE FLAG

GET UP

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

what

wtf are u blasting rn

 

shadow.praiser:

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 🫡

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

THATS NOT THE NATIONAL ANTHEM???

 

shadow.praiser:

IT IS FOR AMERICA

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

WHY ARE YOU PLAYING THAT

 

nothuman:

how do you know he’s playing it

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

😏

 

nothuman:

that’s fucking disgusting.

 

shadow.praiser:

I HEAR WHISPERS ABT 6V6 COMING BACK TO OVERWATCH

TANK WILL NO LONGER BE UNPLAYABLE!

YIPPEE!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im going back to sleep

 

nothuman:

NOT WITH MY ATSUSHI YOU’RE NOT.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

hes mine so suck one

maybe ur ex can come back over for it

 

arahabaki:

HAHA

Yikes.

 

boydetective:

Gm everyone

Dazai my beloved may I be honest with you

 

nothuman:

yeah what’s up

 

boydetective:

I get it.

I saw the undercut.

 

nothuman:

THANK YOU

 

arahabaki:

YOU GUYS ARE JOKING

HE WAS UGLY

 

butterfly:

Agreed

Fugly

 

boydetective:

NAH…

 

butterfly:

I don’t want to hear anything from you.

 

boydetective:

I ALREADY APOLOGIZED TO U

AND I OFFERED U HIGH NOONS

 

butterfly:

You couldn’t let me beat dazai.

I’m feeling ill.

I’m drawing up our divorce papers.

 

boydetective:

AKIKO PLEASE 😭

 

thegoldraven:

🤨

 

boydetective:

How are you feeling Poe?

 

thegoldraven:

👎

 

boydetective:

Oh god the hangover is so bad he can only communicate through emojis

 

thegoldraven:

😞

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

atsushi isnt doing much better

 

nothuman:

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY BOY

YOU HEATHEN

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

😏

 

nothuman:

STOP

NOT ONLY IS THAT FUCKING GROSS BUT USING THAT EMOJI IN GENERAL IS JUST SO OUT OF CHARACTER FOR YOU

ITS FREAKING ME OUT YOU MICRO BANGED FREAK

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

WHAT THE FUCK YOU DICK

 

alphatiger:

No fight

Friends <3

 

nothuman:

go back to bed 

 

alphatiger:

Ok

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

he actually listened to u and it makes me sick 😐

 

PM

Arahabaki aka Chuuya

nothuman:

question for you

 

arahabaki:

What’s up?

You good??

 

nothuman:

did you happen to overhear the conversation between me and a girl last night?

 

arahabaki:

No

I spotted you trying to drunkenly climb over the rail from a good distance away

And ran to rip you off of it

Do you even remember what happened last night

 

nothuman:

no lol

i just remember talking to a girl

 

arahabaki:

WELL YOU PUNCHED ME IN THE FUCKING FACE.

 

nothuman:

I DID???

 

arahabaki:

YEAH.

 

nothuman:

damn.

good for me!

 

arahabaki:

And you tried to kill yourself.

 

nothuman:

sounds about right

 

arahabaki:

I feel like you should be more concerned

 

nothuman:

about?

 

arahabaki:

you need to be scientifically dissected and studied

 

nothuman:

that sounds like it hurts and i don’t like pain! 🙁

 

PM

butterfly aka Yosano

nothuman:

so when should i expect my nooners? :3

 

butterfly:

They’re already outside your door 😐

 

nothuman:

yippee!

don’t be too hard on ranpo

 

butterfly:

BUT I COULD’VE WON!!!

 

nothuman:

yeah but then yk

ranpo would be annoying

 

butterfly:

Ok pause

My pookie Ranpo could NEVER be annoying.

 

nothuman:

yeah but you know what i mean

like poe VERY CLEARLY was going to kiss him last night had ranpo not stopped him

 

butterfly:

I get why he did it but

My high noons 😢

 

nothuman:

RELAX.

i’ll share them with you

i’ll allow this to be viewed as a tie.

 

butterfly:

YIPPEE!

 

Ranpo laid on his back, staring up at the ceiling as the events of last night rushed in his mind. Despite the small headache he was mostly getting over, the ache in his heart was incomparable. Poe had gotten really drunk last night as the issues with Fyodor and Dazai had stressed him out and he didn’t know what to do, especially considering he knew neither of them all too well. He wasn’t good in crowds and made a rash choice, Ranpo supposed, and drank more than he could handle. That was fine. Ranpo wasn’t going to judge him for it, it was a party and Poe wasn’t the only person who got shitfaced. Kouyou and Yosano had been obliterated by the time Ranpo had left because the two kept playing drinking games with only each other (the competitiveness was crazy, but they seemed to have had fun).

 

Though alcohol seemed to give Poe more confidence (or rather, confidence in general) and at one point of the night, he clumsily confessed feelings for Ranpo and wanted to kiss him. This is where Ranpo drew the line, stopping Poe from kissing him (much to Yosano’s dismay, who drunkenly called Ranpo a “pussy” to which he had to laugh). It wasn’t that he didn’t like Poe and didn’t want him to kiss him. In fact, it was the opposite. So, what’s the issue?

 

Ranpo wanted it to be real.

 

If Poe confessed and kissed Ranpo when he was drunk, it was because he was drunk. It wasn’t because he had actually wanted to confess. Ranpo was simple, but not that simple. Okay, maybe he wasn’t simple, but he is allowed to want a grand, romantic gesture! Now, however, he's worried that he totally blew it! What if Poe remembered the rejection? And misinterpreted it as Ranpo not reciprocating the feelings?! There was one person other than Poe that was almost as smart as Ranpo. Paired with one other person, the two could almost be as good as Ranpo.

 

PM

Yapologists Convention

boydetective:

Guys I need your help

 

butterfly:

????

Are you ok

 

nothuman:

is this about poe

 

boydetective:

When I rejected him yesterday I don’t want him to think I said no because I don’t like him

Because I do like him

FUCK YOU DAZAI DONT SAY IT

 

nothuman:

I WAS RIGHT

NO FUCK YOU YOU SENT THAT AT THE SAME TIME I SENT MY MESSAGE

YOU WERENT QUICK ENOUGH

 

butterfly:

Oh well I’ve been texting Poe all morning

 

boydetective:

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

 

butterfly:

I mean idk if you guys know this but I can translate emoji

 

nothuman:

that is so millennial core.

 

butterfly:

I heard from Chuuya you tried to kys last night and rn I’m wishing you did 😠

 

nothuman:

LMFAO

girl you are not the only one

 

boydetective:

Why do we always talk about Dazai

We need to talk about ME and MY WOES

 

butterfly:

Not my fault you didn’t kiss him

Aren’t you a boy kisser?

 

boydetective:

WHAT ARE YOU AND POE TALKING ABOUT

 

butterfly:

Oh lol

I was just checking in on him

 

nothuman:

how is he so hungover but you’re completely fine

like yeah i was drunk but nowhere near the level of you, poe, and kouyou

like how did you not blackout

 

butterfly:

Oh poe and kouyou def blacked

I’m just built different

 

boydetective:

WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED

Has Poe said anything about last night??

 

butterfly:

My love, can you read?

He has no memory of last night

Or from what I can translate

 

boydetective:

What does that mean?

 

butterfly:

Me: hey poe how are you holding up?

Poe: 👎

Me: oh no, do you need me to get you anything like aspirin or water?

Poe: 👎

Me: are you sure? I’m going to the pharmacy for Chuuya and Kouyou. I wouldn’t mind dropping anything off!

Poe: … 💊👍🙏

Me: lol ok. Do you remember anything from last night?

Poe: 👎😨

 

nothuman:

wow

truly a man of words he is

best pwr major yokohama has to offer

 

boydetective:

Watch yourself Dazai

 

nothuman:

i’m sick you gross in love people defending your lover can you do me a favor and be FUN again

ever since atsushi and akutagawa announced their relationship i’ve had a sick feeling in my gut

 

butterfly:

That’s called IBS babe

 

nothuman:

oh word?

 

boydetective:

FOCUS

DID HE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ME

 

butterfly:

No

Do you want me to tell him you feel bad and want a redo kiss

 

boydetective:

NO!

 

nothuman:

pause

rewind

aren’t you the guy that said you’d wanna be the first to say i love you in a relationship

what’s stopping you from being the one to do it now

 

boydetective:

Because I said I wanted to be the first to say it in a relationship, not to be the first to confess.

 

nothuman:

same thing.

 

boydetective:

It isn’t.

 

butterfly:

If you’re so concerned about Poe not knowing your feelings or misinterpreting or whatever

Maybe you just need to tell him yourself

It’s VERY CLEAR he likes you. So idk why you won’t just do it.

 

boydetective:

Cause I want him to do it.

 

nothuman:

have fun being single for the rest of your life, pining after poe

 

boydetective:

AKIKO DONT LET HIM TALK TO ME LIKE THAT!!!

 

butterfly:

He’s right though

Tbh

sorry 

But Poe doesn’t have the balls to confess sober. I was surprised he was going to do it drunk.

You’re gonna have to pussy up

 

nothuman:

do you mean grow some balls? 😭

 

butterfly:

Nope.

Pussy up.

I’m on my way to your house.

We’ll drop off his medicine together and you can tell him how you feel.

Go get ready, I’ll be there in five.

 

boydetective:

LORD HELP ME!!!!

Notes:

hi this chap took longer than expected because i actually wrote THIRTY PAGES. ORIGINALLY. AND THEN REALIZED I HATED IT. dw i didn't delete it i just took it out, put it in a different doc, and have it on the back burner if i need something (it's not even done yet btw!)

anyway, ranpoe! will it happen or will it not happen?!?!?! who knows!

until next time, i hope you guys enjoyed! bye!

Chapter 24: Yosano's Probing

Summary:

While Yosano only intentionally pushed Ranpo to bring his feelings to realization, she accidentally causes someone else to deny theirs... no matter how obvious it is.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Ranpo hated every moment of this miserable car ride, but he most of all hated the fact that Dazai was typing on his phone and chuckling away in the backseat, as if this was something to be giddy about. Perhaps if the roles were switched, Ranpo would find all the reason to be giddy too, but since it was him in the hot seat, he was the opposite of giddy. 

 

Yosano had already picked up the medicine for Poe, which didn’t allow Ranpo to make a run for it when she would’ve needed to stop at the pharmacy. He wrung his hands in his lap, looking out the window nervously. Was there any way to get out of this? He seemed to have dug his own grave, but so what?! Why was he being punished for things he said sooooo long ago?! Of course, fucking Dazai remembered. Dazai seemed to remember everything, no matter what or how embarrassing. Maybe instead of wringing his hands in his lap, he should wring them around the fucker’s neck.

 

“We’re here,” Yosano said as she parked in Poe’s driveway. Ranpo wanted to sprint away, but he knew that they’d catch him. She placed the bag of medicine on Ranpo’s lap. “Alright Prince Charming, go get your Cinderella.”

 

Ranpo grumbled a half-baked retort as he climbed out of the car and stomped up to Poe’s front door. He looked back at Yosano and Dazai with a pathetic glance, hoping they’d come to his rescue and say he didn’t need to do it, but all he saw was Dazai failing to climb into the front seat from the back and Yosano laughing at him. He sighed and then turned to Poe’s door, sucking a deep breath, “pussied up,” and knocked on the door.

 

It didn’t take a detective of Ranpo’s caliber to deduce that Poe had feelings for Ranpo. Everyone knew. Even Kenji, who had asked Ranpo multiple times if they were together. He just didn’t want to be the one to do it. There was something about Ranpo that wanted to be wanted so desperately that Poe would have to overcome his introverted-ness and ask him on a date or something. Of course, it was selfish and he knew Dazai was right that he would end up waiting forever if he went that route. He couldn’t help how he felt though.

 

The door opened slowly with a creek. Poe looked rough. His hair was messier than usual and he was in a baggy, navy crew neck that said BOSTON and light gray joggers, of which had the pant leg up on his mid left shin and the other around his right ankle, like it should be. Poe’s hair covered his eyes and at first, it seemed Poe thought Ranpo was Yosano.

 

“Thank you so much, Yosano,” he said. He paused, like he had been frozen alive. He must’ve realized, upon further inspection, that this was not Yosano and in fact, Ranpo.

 

“You good, Eddie?” Ranpo asked, forgetting his mission. Who cared about that when his friend (regardless of his feelings) was not well? “How’s the hangover?”

 

“Awful,” Poe responded dryly, “I don’t drink much to begin with. I don’t know why I drank so much last night.” He shuffled out of the way and gestured for Ranpo to come in. Ranpo turned to Yosano and waved her off. He could see her smirk and he repressed the urge to roll his eyes as he walked in and she pulled out of the driveway, assumingely driving her and Dazai home.

 

“Well, good thing I’m here to take care of you,” Ranpo said, smiling up at Poe. This might be the perfect excuse to get out of Yosano’s evil plan… it’s not like she’d know if he said anything. Ah yes, Ranpo’s good samaritan act will save him! “Let’s get you settled and situated.”

 

Ranpo led Poe to his couch and sat him down. He opened the bag Yosano gave him and took out the aspirin and the incredibly large water bottle she got him.

 

“Thank you,” Poe said, not even bothering to make a comment about the water. He was honestly grateful for it anyway. He opened the bottle of pills, took out two, and opened the water bottle. With a deep breath, he then took the pills and chugged the water.

 

“Don’t drink that too fast, you’ll throw up!” Ranpo fussed, holding his hands out to take the water bottle from Poe. Poe let him take it, smiling sheepishly at Ranpo.

 

“Sorry,” he said, “I don’t like swallowing pills.”

 

The two then sat in silence. It wasn’t like them—or rather, it wasn’t like Ranpo, who would talk at Poe, who’d listen to every word he had to say. Ranpo didn’t know what to do right now. He usually knew everything, but at this moment in time, he didn’t even know what to do, let alone say. Poe was hungover and Ranpo couldn’t deduce if he was heartbroken on top of it. He was much more awkward than usual and Ranpo knew that his silence was only making things worse for Poe, but he didn’t know what to do. Well, there was Yosano’s plan to confess. He could always do that. He already knew that the feelings were reciprocated, but would Poe believe him? Or think that he’s messing with him because of last night? Ranpo knew he wasn’t always the most serious person, but he wouldn’t play with someone’s feelings. He just didn’t know if Poe knew that about him... Did Ranpo want to even be with someone who couldn’t tell what type of person he was? Of course, Ranpo knew that Poe knew he wouldn’t joke about it, but the chance he did was always there. No, he couldn’t talk himself out of this. Yosano was right (no one tell her he even thought that). Ranpo needed to do it.

 

“I–” Both said in unison. Poe’s face burned red as he looked away. Ranpo just looked shocked Poe was going to say something.

 

“I apologize,” Poe said, “you can go first.”

 

“No,” Ranpo said, “you can go first, I insist.”

 

Poe’s gaze laid on his own hands, of which he was nervously picking at his hangnails. Had he not already bitten his nails down, Ranpo would assume he would’ve been biting them.

 

“Last night, I behaved inappropriately. I was not myself and I did and said things I would’ve not done in normal circumstances,” he began, voice wavering from nerves, “I… I heard that I said some things to you and I hope I didn’t make you uncomfortable or ruin our friendship in any way.”

 

“You heard?” Ranpo asked. Yosano did not mention telling Poe what happened. Poe let out a breath.

 

“Dazai told me, just before you came over.”

 

That fucker. That must’ve been what he was so giddy about in the backseat! He really wished he choked out Dazai now!

 

Poe turned to Ranpo. It shocked Ranpo to see how upset Poe was; his bottom lip had a slight quiver and his eyes were so sad.

 

“It’s okay,” Ranpo tried to soothe, hands up as if he was trying to show he was unarmed, “I’m not upset about it at all.”

 

Poe was quiet for a moment, eyes shifting around. He let out another breath.

 

“I fear I’m going to ruin friendship anyway,” Poe said quietly. This caught Ranpo’s attention and held it tight. “While I don’t know exactly what I said last night, I can’t help but agree with the sentiment that I do have feelings for you.” The words came out carefully thought out and slowly, as if his mind was trying to pull the words back into his mouth and force them to stay locked in there forever. He spoke faster now, “Do you remember when we talked about ‘Ligeia’ and I said I’d never felt I was ever close to someone to fall in love with them? Do you remember when I said there was never a time where I thought ‘oh, this must be love’? Or how I said I’d never pined over someone? Well, I found out what it’s like and I found it out with you and it feels as though my heart might just burst out of my chest.” He took in a ragged breath, as if he were about to cry. Ranpo’s eyes were wide, listening to Poe’s confession and Ranpo knew he wanted a romantic confession, but he didn’t realize that for Poe, it’d be at the expense of his own happiness. “I thank you so much for being my friend and being so incredibly kind, especially since I just moved here and you have welcomed me into your friend group with such warmth. I hate to think that I’ve corrupted that kindness in you to think that it will lead to someone selfishly developing feelings for you, but please trust me—” He pushed his bangs back, hand shaking. He was looking down at the couch and not Ranpo. He probably didn’t have the strength to. “Trust that it’s my fault. And I understand if you don’t wish to be my friend any longer or only remain friends. I will shelf my feelings and I’ll never—”

 

Ranpo put his hands on Poe’s face, caressing his cheeks gently with his thumbs. Poe’s eyes shot up, meeting Ranpo’s. They were watery and had his eyes glisten like amethysts. Even with the stressed expression from the confession or the eyebags from his horrible sleep schedule, Poe had to be the most gorgeous human Ranpo ever had the pleasure of looking upon.

 

“Don’t be stupid,” Ranpo said, smiling fondly at Poe, “you couldn’t tell I felt the same way? You’re supposed to be just as good of a detective as I am.” Poe’s lips still quivered, but at least they were now in a smile. He dropped his hand from his head.

 

“I suppose I need to work on my skills,” he responded, sounding relieved. His hands were balled into fists at his sides, but at least he wasn’t picking at his nails anymore.

 

“Poe,” Ranpo said as he scooched closer to him, “your feelings aren’t selfish. They’re shared. I feel the same way.” He pushed Poe’s bangs back out of his eyes. “I was worried that when you tried to kiss me last night and I said no that you were going to think I didn’t share your feelings. I do, I just didn’t want my first kiss to be with you drunk on Dazai and Yosano’s couch, especially because they were betting on whether or not we were going to get together.”

 

“I tried to kiss–?!” Poe exclaimed, face burning red in embarrassment. He turned away from Ranpo, hiding his face in his hands. Oh, Ranpo had thought Dazai would’ve told him that part, but he turns out he didn’t. “I’m never drinking again.” Ranpo laughed.

 

“Well, you know,” Ranpo began, trying to coax Poe’s head out of his hands like he was a turtle hiding in his shell, “if you tried to kiss me right now, I don’t think I’d say no.”

 

Poe took his head out of his hands, looking at Ranpo skeptically. “You think?” He asked shyly. Ranpo let out a laugh.

 

“More like I know I wouldn’t say no,” he responded. Poe sat up.

 

“Okay,” he said and Ranpo didn’t think saying ‘okay’ was something one would say before kissing someone, so he was suspecting that this was going to be a very interesting first kiss. He was excited though.

 

Poe leaned in and before he could even kiss Ranpo, he bumped their noses together. The hurt was minimal, but Ranpo suspected that the humiliation was maximal. “I’m–I’m sorry, I don’t—” He sputtered out, moving back and then forth and then back again, as if he couldn’t make up his mind on what to do. Ranpo laughed, which only had Poe look away in embarrassment. Ranpo cupped Poe’s face again, having him look at him.

 

“Don’t worry, I got this,” Ranpo reassured and then squished Poe’s face a little, forcing his lips to pucker. He moved in and kissed Poe. It was a small, simple kiss, which ended with Ranpo pulled back with an obnoxious “MWAH!”

 

Poe straightened his posture, his cheeks red but he had a goofy smile on his face, of which Ranpo squished.

 

“Can you do it again?” Poe asked.

 

Ranpo smiled, his own cheeks burning with a blush. Poe put his hands over Ranpo’s, giving them a slight squeeze. Ranpo leaned in and kissed Poe again, but he didn’t need to squish his face again. Poe had kissed him back on his own, something that made Ranpo happy beyond belief. This kiss was as sweet as the first, but lasted longer. When they finally pulled back, they looked at each other for a moment before they both laughed, reveling in each other’s company.

 

Ranpo shared Poe’s sentiment, the one where he felt like his heart could burst, and he wasn’t sure he’d be all too angry if it had. Poe looked at Ranpo so fondly Ranpo assumed that if his heart didn’t burst, he might just melt instead. Ranpo took the initiative and hugged Poe, causing him to fall backwards on the couch. The two laughed about it and neither moved, only once for Poe to wrap his arms around Ranpo.

 

Laying his head on Poe’s chest, Ranpo had to come to the unfortunate conclusion that Yosano was, in fact, right. He would have to text her later and admit defeat. Or buy her high noons.

 

 

“You don’t think anything bad is going to happen, right?” Yosano asked as she drove away from Poe’s house. Looking back at it, leaving Ranpo there when no one really knew where the two stood romantically wasn’t the best idea she’s had.

 

“Bad? With Poe? He looks like a gust of wind could blow him over. Ranpo is fine,” Dazai said, messing with her radio. “Why is Chappell Roan the only artist playing?”

 

“Because I’m a lesbian, Dazai.”

 

“Okay, so is Renee Rapp. If you’re gonna play Chappell Roan, where the fuck is ‘Red Wine Supernova’?”

 

Yosano quirked a brow, but kept her eyes on the road. "And how do you know so many lesbian artists, Dazai?"

 

He scoffed, raising his own eyebrow. "Girl, are you serious? You blast this shit everyday. I feel like a lesbian every time I hear you turn on your speaker."

 

Yosano drew her lips into a tight line. “Back to discussing Ranpo, please.”

 

Dazai sighed, leaning back in his seat. “Ranpo is smart. If anything bad happens, he’ll just text you to get him. Or walk out, though we both know he’d get lost.”

 

Yosano pulled up in their driveway and sighed. “I don’t know. I feel bad pushing him, I just couldn’t take anymore pining from him, you know?” She took the key out of the ignition and grabbed the other bag of medicine for Kouyou and Chuuya. “Alright, let’s drop this off.”

 

Walking inside, there was a small foyer that had a door to Chuuya and Kouyou’s apartment to the side and then the door for Dazai and Yosano’s straight ahead. Giving a prompt knock, it was only mere moments until the two were greeted by Kouyou, who looked absolutely fine despite the circumstances. Behind her was Chuuya, who looked worse for wear.

 

“Here’s the medicine I promised,” Yosano said, handing over the bag, “and I got you guys some waters, you know, just in case.”

 

“Thank you, Yosano, I truly appreciate it,” Kouyou said, “how are you two holding up?”

 

“Just fine,” Dazai responded, smirking at Chuuya who looked annoyed by Dazai’s very presence. “Guess the shorter you are, the harder the alcohol hits.”

 

“If I could feel my head, I’d yell at you,” Chuuya commented dryly.

 

“Dazai, leave him alone,” Yosano ordered, looking directly at Dazai, who looked away like he’d rather be somewhere else. Turning back to Kouyou, she smiled. “I hope you guys recover well. Maybe the next time we hang out, it’s a little less hectic, yeah?”

 

“Sounds good. I’ll be looking forward to it,” Kouyou responded, “see you guys later.”

 

“See you,” Yosano said. She grabbed Dazai’s arm and pulled him to their door, opening it, and walking him up the stairs. She worried that if he lurked around any longer, his mere presence would cause Chuuya’s symptoms to worsen. When they got back to their apartment, she sighed. “She’s so gorgeous.”

 

Dazai blinked. “Kouyou?”

 

“Um, duh, who else?”

 

Dazai shrugged. “I guess she is very pretty,” he responded, going to the couch and sitting on it. “I dunno. I never thought about it too much.”

 

“Oh, what? Come on,” Yosano said, sitting down next to him, “you have to notice when people are attractive. Like, I know you hate Chuuya, but you can admit he’s handsome—and that’s coming from me.”

 

“He is not handsome.”

 

“Oh my God, he totally is!”

 

Chuuya Nakahara and being handsome were not things that belonged together in a sentence, Dazai believed, even when his blue eyes looked so ethereal in the boardwalk lights to the point where Dazai briefly (and drunkenly) questioned if Chuuya was celestial in some way when he thought about it too long before going to bed last night. He was not handsome even though he had Dazai question how someone could look good with blood coming out of their nose. Chuuya had an awful haircut, as pointed out by Atsushi, so he could never be handsome despite it being a beautiful, orange color and looked soft to the touch. Dazai would never admit that someone with such a vibrant personality and unique features that complimented everything about him so well would be attracted.

 

“No,” Dazai reiterated quietly, “he’s not.”

Notes:

finished the last chapter -> took a shower -> thought of this whole span of events -> sighed and reopened my google docs. happy double update lol

I PROMISE.. FOR RN... I THINK I AM DONE WITH THE WRITTEN OUT FIC PORTIONS... listen guys I know you're here for a chatfic and that's what i signed up for. IDK WHAT ALL THIS IS!!!

anyway ranpoe supremacy. guys happy last day of pride month i gave the gays what they needed BAHAHAHAHAHA no but seriously if it's not good that's my bad i think romance is cute but i'm pretty sure im asexual so like writing romance (and smut i've written and that will stay hidden in the depths of my google docs) is kind of hard for me *crying emoji* CAN ASEXUALS DATE PEOPLE? YES BUT I'VE ONLY EVER HAD ONE BF AND WHEN WE BROKE UP I CRIED BC I THOUGHT DICK GRAYSON DIED IN YOUNG JUSTICE I DIDNT GIVE A FUCK ABT BEING BROKEN UP W LMFAOOOOOO

also i spaced this chapter out a little bit more and i think that's why my written chapters look so short bc in my docs they look longer bc i have everything DOUBLE SPACED SIZED 12 FONT TIMES NEW ROMAN and then here it's like imagine if we took your formatting right.... and threw it out. even with the chatfic part i have to fix the formatting with the gc title names bc it automatically puts everything to the right lmfao but whatever i make it work (i dont my shit sucks)

hope you guys enjoyed! idk when i will update next but it will probably be soon and not in a month LMFAOOOOOOOOO bye!!

Chapter 25: Another Red Head

Summary:

Junichiro's Overwatch addiction reaches a new low and a new member is added to the server

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 7:05 PM.

shadow.praiser:

RANPO POE ATSUSHI AKUTAGAWA GET ON OVERWATCH RN

 

alphatiger:

I’m not home I told you twenty minutes ago I was going out with Akutagawa 😭

 

nothuman:

gross.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

at least he has taste

 

nothuman:

i’d argue you have an alright taste in guys

atsushi, however, does not

my poor son

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

well it must be genetic

considering ur ex bf looks like he hasnt ever seen a bottle of shampoo in his life

 

alphatiger:

Can’t you guys get along :(

 

nothuman:

you made him sad

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i can make him feel better, dont u worry.

 

nothuman:

I'M KILLING MYSELF.

 

arahabaki:

I just heard a thud from upstairs and now I’m concerned.

 

butterfly:

I already checked on him, he just sad on the floor

 

nothuman:

atsushi 🙁😭

 

alphatiger:

We’re together whether you like it or not so please stop :( 

 

nothuman:

ugh fine

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

finally 

 

boydetective:

Speaking of people being together

 

butterfly:

GASP

 

nothuman:

:0

 

boydetective:

Take a guess y’all

 

goldendemon:

YOU AND THE AMERICAN????

 

boydetective:

His name is Poe, queen!

 

goldendemon:

Okay but am I right

 

boydetective:

Yeah

 

goldendemon:

Oh thank god

 

boydetective:

???

 

goldendemon:

It was so awkward seeing him try to kiss you last night only for you to reject him

I thought you two were over.

 

boydetective:

THAT IS VERY MUCH NOT THE CASE

 

thegoldraven:

Oh my god how many people saw that

 

nothuman:

everyone lol

 

thegoldraven:

 

boydetective:

DAZAI DON’T DRIVE HIM TO SUICIDE

SHUT UP NO ONE SAW ANYTHING

 

alphatiger:

To be fair, I did not see it

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

neither did i

 

nothuman:

not a fan of that implication

 

butterfly:

Zip your lips

 

nothuman:

i humbly apologize

 

arahabaki:

Happy for you Poe and Ranpo

 

nothuman:

i’m not

took way too long

y’all should’ve been fucking after you met in among us

 

blcklzrd:

WAIT LMFAO

WHAT

YOU TWO MET IN AMONG US?

Dead game guys

 

boydetective:

You’re mad because you’re single and lonely

 

blcklzrd:

:0

Wow

Ok

 

shadow.praiser:

dont let him talk to u like that

esp bc he never answered my question

get on overwatch

 

boydetective:

Junichiro please use context clues

I’m clearly not home

 

shadow.praiser:

and i clearly dont care 🤣

get home or i will swat ur home

i have been so patient and perfect

and no one ever plays w me

 

boydetective:

WE PLAYED A FEW DAYS AGO???

 

shadow.praiser:

i want to play w u every day 🙁

i refrain bc i am a good friend but what abt me

who is a good friend to me

 

nothuman:

kunikida he got out again

 

doppo_poet:

Why is he my problem?

 

shadow.praiser:

:0

oh

i see how it is.

no one cares about me

ill just go 

 

animal_crossing:

I’ll get on, Junichiro!

 

shadow.praiser:

KENJI

UR MY FAV OF ALL TIME

 

alphatiger:

Wow

The mood switch was crazy

 

doppo_poet:

Don’t point it out, he might revert back.

 

shadow.praiser:

i need 3 more people

 

boydetective:

Can’t you just duo with Kenji?

 

shadow.praiser:

i remember when u and i would duo together

looks like ur duoing with poe irl and forgot all about me

 

boydetective:

Holy fuck

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

I play on xbox but if you’re ok with not playing competitive, I can play (:

 

shadow.praiser:

akutagawa notice how ur sister is nicer than u?

maybe try to mimic that behavior

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

talk abt my sister again and i will skin u alive and feed it to wolves

sister fucker

why dont u ask ur sister to play

 

shadow.praiser:

IM GIVNG UP

DAZAI HAND ME UR NOOSE

 

nothuman:

currently using it but you can have it when i’m done!

 

shadow.praiser:

THATS FUCKING AWFUL STOP THAT

 

alphatiger:

Agreed

 

nothuman:

🙁

 

goldendemon:

I play Overwatch.

 

arahabaki:

WHAT

 

blcklzrd:

You’re serious?

 

goldendemon:

Yes!

I’m a gm 3 DPS

 

shadow.praiser:

so…… ur gonna play w us?

 

goldendemon:

Sure. I don’t see why not.

It’s not like we can play competitive and run the risk of you guys ruining my rank (:

 

shadow.praiser:

CAN I GET 1 MORE

 

light_finder:

I’ll play if you buy me pink mercy 🩷

 

shadow.praiser:

consider it done Naomi

 

light_finder:

Getting on <3

 

shadow.praiser:

YIPPEE!

YOU ALL ARE SO WONDERFUL AND GREAT!

I LOVE MY FRIENDS!

 

doppo_poet:

Sorry, if anyone needs me, I’m going to be too busy getting my jaw off the floor and reattaching it after the shock of that mood swing.

 

alphatiger:

LOL

 

nothuman:

overwatch cannot be that fun

 

bookworm:

I played back when it was 6v6. It was pretty fun, though incredibly toxic at times.

I enjoyed it for the most part, but I don’t like the 5v5 layout with 1 tank, 2 dps, and 2 support.

It just makes tank unbearable, considering how easy it is to counter one tank and tank being a vital part of the game.

 

shadow.praiser:

great news oda

theyre gonna b discussing 6v6 sometime soon

and im delusional enough to think theyre gonna bring it back

 

bookworm:

If they bring it back, I’ll try to get back into it.

I don’t have as much time as I did back when I played Overwatch 1, but I will definitely give it a shot if 6v6 returns with 2-2-2.

 

shadow.praiser:

bring back goats

 

bookworm:

LOL no goats fucking sucked.

Dive with Winston, D.Va, Tracer, Genji, Lucio, and Zen

Though I guess there are new supports that might work better with dive now, right?

 

shadow.praiser:

bap is crazy good rn and the new support illari is good i just dont think her pylon makes her good for dive

 

nothuman:

kunikida help

😫

junichiro infected Odasaku with nerd!

 

doppo_poet:

Maybe Odasaku has been a closetted nerd this whole time and you never knew.

 

nothuman:

ODASAKU YOU CAN’T BE A NERD!

 

bookworm:

Haha, sorry Dazai.

I just might be.

 

nothuman:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

animal_crossing:

Nothing wrong with being a nerd!

Also, when are we going to play Pokémon Go altogether?

I’ve been waiting 🙁

 

nothuman:

this is a conversation i’m excluded from right

 

butterfly:

Yeah

 

nothuman:

sick 

i’m gonna go take a walk and wallow

 

boydetective:

More like swallow haha

 

nothuman:

🙂

 

boydetective:

Stop that

 

nothuman:

nope

maybe i’ll find my soulmate on my walk and we can commit suicide together 🤩

 

alphatiger:

Dazai….

 

nothuman:

i mean

maybe i’ll find my soulmate on my walk and they won’t be crazy like my previous partners

 

alphatiger:

Better

 

arahabaki:

Well crazy finds crazy so

 

nothuman:

i am literally so mentally stable it’s insane

 

boydetective:

Me when I lie

 

arahabaki:

LMFAO fr

You’re insane and I think your lineage is the same

 

nothuman:

huh?

 

arahabaki:

Well like I know your dad is crazy

Idk about your sister

 

nothuman:

oh!

 

butterfly:

WAIT

PAUSE

REWIND

YOU KNOW DAZAI’S FAMILY????

 

arahabaki:

What?

Yeah…?

Again, we went to high school together lol 

And we fought A LOT so our parents were always called down to the office

 

nothuman:

no need to reminisce.

 

arahabaki:

I wasn’t reminiscing I was answering a question

 

butterfly:

Dazai I did not know you had a sister

 

nothuman:

um yup

there’s not really much to talk about on that front

 

thegoldraven:

I have a sister too!

And a brother!

 

nothuman:

awesome

 

thegoldraven:

How old is your sister?

 

nothuman:

probably 9

 

butterfly:

Bro doesn’t know his sister’s age 😭

 

nothuman:

not to be a debby downer but the minute i turned 18 i left and never went back

so i haven’t really kept track

she’s either 9 or 10

and then before anyone asks i have another sibling and he's either like 12 or 13

and that’s it on the lore

 

butterfly:

Damn

My baby girl has such intensive lore

What level do I gotta reach to unlock more

 

nothuman:

LMFAO

SHUT UP YOUR GAY ASS ISN’T EVEN A GAMER 😭

 

butterfly:

I’ll play you

😏

OK EW

I thought it was funny but it icked me out

I’m deleting it

 

alphatiger:

📸

Caught in 4k

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

interesting.

 

nothuman:

akutagawa……….

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

y dont u talk abt ur dad dazai

since u wanna talk abt ur siblings

 

nothuman:

guys don’t ever bully people

it’ll come back to bite you :\

 

doppo_poet:

You shouldn’t bully others because it’s morally wrong, Dazai, not because you might face consequences for your actions.

 

boydetective:

Love Dazai, but I don’t need to know the man of which he came from the balls of

It’s scary enough to think he was gestated for nine months and didn’t just spawn from hell

 

shadow.praiser:

dazai is the first sim that you make and place in world

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Sims?

I love the sims

 

alphatiger:

Hi Kyoka

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Hi Atsushi

I came because I thought we were going to talk about the sims, but if we’re not I’m entirely uninterested.

Have a great rest of your day everyone. Goodbye

 

light_finder:

That’s a girl who knows what she wants!

I, for one, respect it.

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

💗

Naomi, we should go out for another girl’s day 🙂

 

light_finder:

OMG yes

 

butterfly:

GAGGED

OFFENDED.

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

You can join if you’d like.

You too, Kouyou.

 

goldendemon:

I’d be delighted, Kyoka! <3

 

boydetective:

And me?

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Aren’t you supposed to be a detective, take a wild guess

 

boydetective:

YOSANO LET ME COME!!!

 

butterfly:

Nope!

When we hanging out ladies

 

alphatiger:

Can you guys invite Lucy please 🙁

I know you guys don’t know her that well, but Kyoka does and I want Lucy to have more girlfriends

 

nothuman:

lucy scares me

 

alphatiger:

????

Why???

 

nothuman:

for starters, she’s like the female version of you which is like a red flag

 

alphatiger:

I’m totally not offended by that, continue

 

nothuman:

and second

she looks like she bites

 

boydetective:

CANCELED LMFAO WHAT

 

thegoldraven:

Lucy Montgomery?

Does she work in a cafe?

Has red hair and braces?

 

alphatiger:

Yes!

 

thegoldraven:

I’ve met her!

Very, very nice.

I go to that cafe quite often. She always serves me and is incredibly nice.

 

boydetective:

Why don’t you invite her to the server?

 

alphatiger:

Because I don’t need you weirdos scaring her off 😐

 

butterfly:

WTF

Fair tbh

BUT WTF

AKUTAGAWA SEND HER AN INVITE.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im not going to go against atsushi’s wishes

 

butterfly:

Invite her and I’ll make sure Dazai never bothers you and Atsushi again

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

brb

 

alphatiger:

RYU NO IT’S A LIE!!

NO ONE CAN CONTROL DAZAI HE’S UNTAMEABLE!!

SPARE LUCY!!

 

Yay, you made it, countess..luanne!

 

butterfly:

Hi lucy!

 

countess..luanne:

Hi!

Wow, there are a lot of people in this server.

So nice to talk to all of you! \(^_^)/

 

boydetective:

That makes Lucy the fifth ginger to join the server

They could make a whole overwatch team with the red heads we have here

 

shadow.praiser:

overwatch…?

 

boydetective:

NO NO NO STOP

AREN’T YOU ALREADY PLAYING

 

countess..luanne:

Oh, I play Overwatch!

Atsu and I typically play together, but I like playing games like Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, The Sims, or Minecraft more.

 

animal_crossing:

Do you play Pokémon Go??

 

countess..luanne:

Yeah I have a chokehold on the university library’s gym.

Undefeated

#TeamValor

 

animal_crossing:

Oh man I’m team instinct

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

clearly team valor is the only correct team

 

alphatiger:

I picked mystic

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

???

WHY???

 

alphatiger:

Blanche hot

 

boydetective:

Fucking valid

I also picked Mystic because of Blanche

 

animal_crossing:

I picked instinct because it was yellow :D!

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

I picked valor because it was red

 

nothuman:

KUNIKIDA!!!

HELP!!!

THEY’RE SPEAKING NERD AGAIN!!!

 

doppo_poet:

I know, Dazai.

Unfortunately, we need to keep our strength and get through this until they talk about something else.

 

thegoldraven:

I picked Mystic too :)!

I liked what it stood for

 

alphatiger:

What do you mean?

 

thegoldraven:

Each team stands for something, so team Mystic is for Pokémon evolution, Valor is Pokémon strength, and Instinct is to rely on one’s instincts in battle.

I like the evolutionary concept of Pokémon, so I picked Mystic.

 

alphatiger:

CHAT DID ANYONE ELSE KNOW THIS

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u NEED to stop asking if the chat knows whats going on

there is no chat

r u hearing voices babe

 

nothuman:

BABE?

i’m committing

 

butterfly:

noo dont kill yourself your so sexy aha

 

nothuman:

oh wow.

Notes:

AND THE GOOGLE DOC HAS OFFICIALLY HIT 400 PAGES!!

lucy's name is a reference to real housewife of new york star, luann, who was known as "the countess" for a hot minute. I just combined lucy's name with her ability (anne's room) to make luanne and then i was like holy fuck wait LUANN FROM RHONY. her and kenji are the only two usernames that don't really reference anything abt the real author/something about them in the show (despite the anne reference in her name) lol sorry i really couldn't think of anything else when i thought of luann from bravo

i want to incorporate more dazai lore but i also want to get the fic back to be a little more light hearted. this fic was originally made to be a vessel for my procrastination during my intense finals week of college and all my papers so of course it started goofy, but my dramatic ass had to incorporate plot (you can boo me in the comments i'll accept it) so if the sudden shift was too much for anyone i very much apologize. i am having fun coming up with ideas about what i wanna talk about and what i wanna do.

i made my official return to twitter (x) and my entire feed is just bungo stray dogs even though my twitter is a noragami one LMFAO but its ok i enjoy it

i really don't know what to do for the next chapter. i want to focus more on dazai but also i feel like i focus too much on him (and yosano but have you seen her? ofc im gonna be obsessed with her) and i neglect other characters in the process. i'll figure something out i suppose. see you guys next time!

Chapter 26: Knowing Someone

Summary:

Dazai calls out Chuuya for spreading information.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

iMessage

nobuko sasaki

Today at 11:41 PM

Hello Dazai, it’s me Sasaki.

 

hi whats up

 

I would like to apologize for the other night. I was out of line.

I’m glad to know you’re well.

 

you’re alright

you shouldn’t message me anymore though

you should focus on your fiancé and not me

 

It’s ok.

He knows you aren’t a threat to our relationship.

What I said the other night was out of line. I feel bad.

 

ok…

then apology accepted i guess?

it’s no skin off my back lol

 

I heard that you tried to end your life that night.

 

???

from who?

 

That doesn’t matter.

My message to you wasn’t for you to actually commit suicide. It was miscommunicated.

I was urging you to think inward about what you’re doing and how it affects the people around you.

I didn’t want you to actually kill yourself.

So I am truly sorry.

 

i don't care

it’s all good

but i want to know who told you

and if you don’t tell me, i will just have to tell everyone want you said to me! the university included 😊

i don’t think they’d like one of their psychology majors telling another student to kill himself

and i can use the messages here to backup that claim 😋

so spill the beans please!

 

Fine.

It was Chuuya Nakahara.

 

PM

Arahabaki aka chuuya

Today at 12:03 AM.

nothuman:

did you talk to Nobuko Sasaki recently

 

arahabaki:

Yeah

I was thinking about how you easily lie to people in the discord server about who your dad is

And then I thought that it would be even easier to lie to me about what actually happened the other night

So I did some digging

Because when I told you I didn’t see you talking to a girl, I was telling the truth

But you didn’t ask if I saw the girl at all.

I passed her on the way to you

And I knew who she was

So after I figured out that you’re a liar I thought it was weird that you asked me about overhearing a conversation

So I sent her a message just saying something stupid about sending you support rn cause you tried to kill yourself

 

nothuman:

why the fuck would you do that

it’s not your business

 

arahabaki:

Are you kidding?

Why wouldn’t I do that??

You were going to kill yourself over whatever she said to you!

 

nothuman:

i wasn’t going to kill myself over her

 

arahabaki:

The fuck you weren’t

You freaked me out that night

You had such a fucking weird look in your face

If I hadn’t stopped you, you wouldn’t even be here right now so you’re welcome

 

nothuman:

why would i thank you for stopping me from doing something i wanted to do

 

arahabaki:

I don’t understand why you’d even wanna do that shit anyway

You have a good life even if you don’t see it that way

I don’t get why you don’t talk to Dr. Mori anymore considering the amount of times he saved your ass in high school from stopping you from getting expelled for the dumb shit you’d do

Or how he got you literally anything you wanted

But besides that you also have good friends and you’re smart and have good rapport with all your professors

You could easily make something of your life and you go to throw it all away and for what

Bc a girl you dated once said something mean to you? The guy you dated once showed up to your house?

Be so fucking for real dazai

 

nothuman:

it’s my life and if i want to be done with it i can be

you don’t know anything about me despite claiming you do.

we went to high school together YEARS ago. you need to get over it.

just because mori did shit for me means nothing.

 

arahabaki:

Well what about odasaku

I remember what happened to him

And then like months later you disappeared and didn’t even go to graduation

But here you are

Back to your old ways

Does he need to have another accident for you to realize that life is worth it or

 

nothuman:

DON’T talk about Odasaku

never talk to me about Odasaku

he is MY friend and not yours.

you didn’t know him back then and you don’t know him now.

what happened to him was fucking awful

how dare you bring that shit up to me

and try to use that against me in some sort of plot to get me to open up to you

you wanna know shit about me?

you don’t know the first fucking thing about me, chuuya nakahara.

no one does and they don’t need to.

mori isn’t my dad, my life isn’t privileged, and there is nothing to make of a life that has no value.

so you can fuck off.

 

arahabaki:

I know you more than you think I do, Osamu Dazai.

 

nothuman:

lol sure

here’s some advice for you since you want to act like a hot shot

if you’re going to tell someone you know them

you should at least refer to them by their real name.

Notes:

oup tea

Chapter 27: The Power of Deduction

Summary:

Junichiro's dreams finally come true just for them to come crumbling down

Notes:

TW: mentions/discussions of suicide/attempted suicide

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 9:49 AM

nothuman: she looks like she bites

countess..luanne:

HOW DO I LOOK LIKE I BITE

 

nothuman:

omg who would ever say that about you queen??

that’s just sooooo mean

 

countess..luanne:

I will make you the dirt I walk on.

 

nothuman:

and what if i like that

 

countess..luanne:

scared hamster

 

butterfly:

Man what the fuck did I just wake up and read

 

nothuman:

everyone is falling into relationships and i’m getting jealous and desperate

 

countess..luanne:

Yeah no offense I do not want you

 

nothuman:

?!

ok your loss then smh

 

butterfly:

The only people that have fallen into a relationship recently is Poe and Ranpo

Akutagawa and Atsushi have been together for a while

 

nothuman:

yeah but fyodor is dating that nikolai fuck

i can’t be single while my exes (sasaki is engaged btw) have significant others

Odasaku… hey…

 

bookworm:

Absolutely not.

For a plethora of reasons.

One of which, and arguably the most important, is I am too old for you.

 

nothuman:

you are 27

i am 22

it’s legal.

 

bookworm:

Dazai, knock it off.

 

nothuman:

fine. :(

kouyou?

 

goldendemon:

No thank you!

 

nothuman:

naomi

 

shadow.praiser:

and im gonna stop u right there

 

nothuman:

that doesn’t help with the rumors

 

shadow.praiser:

WE ARENT SIBLINGS.

 

nothuman:

gin!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

 

nothuman:

it’s only fair since you’re dating my atsushi

aka my backup plan

 

alphatiger:

WHAT 

 

nothuman:

what

 

alphatiger:

I hate it here

I’m gonna go watch superman

 

thegoldraven:

Speaking of Superman, it’s Fourth of July in the US right now!

 

shadow.praiser:

GET UP COCK SUCKAS

SALUTE THE FLAG

GET UP

IT’S FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND

 

boydetective:

What are you saying

 

shadow.praiser:

i just got 3 things to say

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS

GOD BLESS AMERICA

AND GENTLEMEN!

START! YOUR! ENGINES!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

boydetective:

Dude what

 

shadow.praiser:

u should b more knowledgeable 

considering ur bf is american

 

boydetective:

I’m truly at a loss for words

 

shadow.praiser:

get on overwatch i equipped grillmaster 76 skin 

USA USA USA USA USA

 

boydetective:

YOU AREN’T AMERICAN?!?!

 

thegoldraven:

Atsushi! Are you watching My Adventures With Superman or a different show?

 

alphatiger:

I AM

It’s kind of corny but I like it

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

do u watch it poe

 

thegoldraven:

Yes!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

doesnt atsu sound like lex

 

thegoldraven:

Let me look up what he sounds like.

 

alphatiger:

I DO NOT SOUND LIKE LEX LUTHOR.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

shhhhshhhhh

 

thegoldraven:

🙂

Um.

I’m going to plead the fifth.

 

alphatiger:

THIS ISN’T THE US SO SAY IT

 

shadow.praiser:

IT IS TODAY

USA

USA

USA

 

butterfly:

Junichiro what is this obsession

Do you want to go to the us

I’m sure Poe can show you around

 

shadow.praiser:

oh fuck no

i just like overwatch

 

nothuman:

how does everything go back to overwatch

how do you do that

 

shadow.praiser:

dazai im fucking tweaking out i need to play

 

nothuman:

then play 😭

 

shadow.praiser:

i HATE playing solo

 

boydetective:

NO

I AM NOT PLAYING

 

shadow.praiser:

EDOGAWA RANPO

GET ON RIGHT NOW

 

boydetective:

I’M NOT HOME I AM AT POE’S

 

butterfly:

Damn nice

 

boydetective:

RELAX YOU PERVERT I CAME OVER FOR BREAKFAST

 

nothuman:

lol and came you did that’s for sure

 

boydetective:

PERVERTED!

 

shadow.praiser:

EDGAR ALLAN POE

 

boydetective:

LEAVE HIM ALONE RN

 

thegoldraven:

Oh wow.

 

bookworm:

It’s okay guys.

 

thegoldraven:

?

 

bookworm:

Tanizaki, I will play Overwatch with you.

 

nothuman:

ODASAKU

NOOOOOO

 

shadow.praiser:

for real?

 

bookworm:

Yes, for real.

After our conversation the other day, I looked into it.

I decided to give it a try considering the time I have over the summer.

It’s been fun.

 

shadow.praiser:

LETS FUCKING GO

SEND ME UR BATTLENET PLS

 

nothuman:

if Odasaku is playing I GUESS i can give it a shot

 

shadow.praiser:

what

 

boydetective:

What

 

alphatiger:

ARE YOU KIDDING ME DAZAI

 

nothuman:

what 

 

shadow.praiser:

what happened to

and i quote

“fuck no”

and 

“i am not touching that game for as long as i live”

 

nothuman:

that was before i knew Odasaku liked it

 

butterfly:

And if Odasaku jumped off a bridge would

Actually

Never mind

 

nothuman:

IM JUMPING OFF BEFORE HIM WHAT THE FUCK

 

bookworm:

Stop that.

 

nothuman:

sorry 

 

alphatiger:

SORRY?????

Odasaku how do you do it

How do u get him to be

Not suicidal

 

bookworm:

I’d say I trained him very well.

But that's not very true.

 

nothuman:

i am not trained

 

shadow.praiser:

ur downloading overwatch bc the man said hed play

ur ass a dog woof woof

 

nothuman:

ugh i hate dogs

 

arahabaki:

WHAT

 

nothuman:

?

 

arahabaki:

HOW COULD YOU HATE DOGS

THEY ARE THE BEST PET

 

nothuman:

i don’t care much for pets

why would anyone want an animal in their house

and i’m not even joking by the way i’m being so honest

 

alphatiger:

What about cats 🙁

 

nothuman:

they’re fine ig???

i don’t care for them either

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i also do not like dogs

 

alphatiger:

AM I DATING AND FRIENDS WITH CRAZY PEOPLE?!?!?!?!

HOW DO U GUYS NOT LIKE DOGS OR CATS OR ANIMALS

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i like cats but i dont like dogs

 

alphatiger:

Oh ok!

 

butterfly:

Of course the furry has his panties in a twist about animals

 

alphatiger:

I will kill everyone in this server and then myself

 

nothuman:

me first! me first!

 

alphatiger:

KNOCK THAT OFF DAZAI

 

nothuman:

game downloaded

wtf tutorial?

guys i’m undownloading

 

bookworm:

Ok.

 

nothuman:

you’re supposed to want me to play :(

 

bookworm:

Dazai, you’re supposed to want to play.

Don’t play just because I am going to.

Do it because you want to.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

jinko this is how everyone sees u and dazais dynamic btw

 

alphatiger:

REALLY?

 

butterfly:

Yeah

 

alphatiger:

Someone say it’s not true

 

shadow.praiser:

i can

 

alphatiger:

:D

 

shadow.praiser:

if u want me to lie

 

alphatiger:

D:

 

nothuman:

alright i’m in

 

shadow.praiser:

ur still playing?

 

nothuman:

yeah

 

shadow.praiser:

LETS GOOOOOOO

 

nothuman:

i like the fox girl

 

alphatiger:

FURRY!

 

nothuman:

and who do you play atsushi?

 

alphatiger:

I refuse to answer

 

boydetective:

LOL

He plays Kiriko 

Aka the fox girl

 

nothuman:

alrighttttt and that’s what i thought

Odasaku invite me

 

shadow.praiser:

im the party leader

 

nothuman:

😐

junichiro… invite me ig

 

shadow.praiser:

i dont think i will

 

nothuman:

WHAT

 

arahabaki:

LOL

Deserved

 

nothuman:

i can see why you like dogs

you’re small and yappy like one

 

boydetective:

Holy shit relax 😭

 

arahabaki:

I don’t understand why you don’t like dogs considering you follow odasaku around like a little bitch lol

 

nothuman:

wow you are so funny and original!

 

butterfly:

Can you guys beef in dms

 

arahabaki:

He blocked me so I can’t

Idk how he can even see my messages rn

 

nothuman:

it says view message dingbat

 

boydetective:

Dingbat is new but appreciated

 

arahabaki:

Maybe I should block him too

 

doppo_poet:

Why did you block him, Dazai?

 

nothuman:

because he’s spreading rumors about me

 

butterfly:

???

Is this true???

 

arahabaki:

A rumor is something that usually ISNT true

What I’m saying is the truth

And I only told two people, YOU literally being one of them

 

butterfly:

Wait what

 

countess..luanne:

Atsushi, is the server always this tense???

 

alphatiger:

No it’s usually a lot more chaotic but like /pos

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

/pos???

like piece of shit???

 

alphatiger:

NO 😭

LIKE POSITIVE

Oh my days

 

nothuman:

he also likes to go into my dms and make random claims about me

so i blocked him

he’s lucky i’m letting him stay in the server

 

butterfly:

Let me read the dms

 

nothuman:

no???

 

butterfly:

I think having a third party read over the messages might help with finding a solution for the problem.

 

nothuman:

NO BITCH IK YOU

YOUR BITCHASS HAS FOMO

AND YOU WANNA KNOW MY BUSINESS

 

butterfly:

DAZAI I NEED TO KNOW SOOOOO BAD PLEASE LET ME READ YOUR DMS

 

nothuman:

BITCH NO!!!

 

butterfly:

Chuuya….

 

arahabaki:

😈

I could show you

 

nothuman:

nope.

 

arahabaki:

Then unblock me

 

nothuman:

why do you want to be unblocked so bad

 

arahabaki:

Bc I think you’re overreacting over someone actually showing compassion towards you

 

nothuman:

what you said was not compassionate

 

arahabaki:

Maybe what I said was harsh but you need to be realistic

 

goldendemon:

This conversation isn’t for the rest of us, I fear.

 

nothuman:

well i’m not unblocking him

 

arahabaki:

I have 0 issues rehashing everything out here.

 

nothuman:

well don’t because it’s none of their business.

you need to learn to shut the fuck up slug

 

arahabaki:

Ok mister merman I’ll keep that in mind

Stupid fuck

 

nothuman:

kys 😍

 

arahabaki:

I’d say you first but that’s the reason we’re beefing

 

alphatiger:

What do you mean?

 

nothuman:

christ chuuya good fucking going

 

arahabaki:

Oh? Did I do that?

My bad 🙂

 

nothuman:

fuck off

 

butterfly:

OH

I know what this is about.

 

alphatiger:

I’d love to be filled in

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i can help w that

 

nothuman:

EVERYONE PAUSE

EW AKUTAGAWA EW

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

can u go back to bitching to chuuya abt him yapping abt ur suicide attempt the other night

 

nothuman:

did chuuya tell you that?!?!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

no i heard from kenji

 

butterfly:

You and Kenji talk to each other?

What a weird duo

 

nothuman:

how does kenji even know

 

animal_crossing:

I heard it from Kunikida!

 

doppo_poet:

I said I HEARD that he did it, I didn’t say he actually did it.

I just assumed it was true.

 

nothuman:

and let me guess, you heard it from sasaki

who chuuya told

 

bookworm:

No.

I told him.

 

nothuman:

what 

and how do you know?

 

bookworm:

Ranpo told me.

 

boydetective:

Sorry Dazai

 

nothuman:

but you only knew because yosano told you

and that's only because chuuya told her

 

boydetective:

No

I knew before Chuuya told her

I could tell something happened between Chuuya and you when you came back that night

I mean, Chuuya had clearly been punched in the face and you looked rough

So at first I thought that you two had just fought each other

But then everything that followed afterwards like how you two acted made me think that something else had to happen

And let’s face it Dazai, it’s not like you’re keeping it a secret.

So I told Odasaku because I know you value him and what he thinks.

I figured he’d help you

I didn’t mean to overstep but there’s a difference between saying you’re going to do something versus actually doing it

Because even when we were roommates and you tried to “jump” out the window, you didn’t do it because you were like “oh it’s not high enough I’m just gonna hurt myself instead” so even though I knew you wanted to kill yourself I convinced myself you weren’t going to actually do it

So I got scared when I figured it out

I’m sorry for overstepping and making you uncomfortable but I’m not sorry for doing it.

 

nothuman has left the server.

 

shadow.praiser:

damn.

so i guess we arent playing ow anymore

 

butterfly:

junichiro 😭

Notes:

happy fourth of july cock suckas salute the flag get up its fourth of july weekend

to anyone not from the US, happy regular july 4th lol i hope this chapter gave enough giggles and angst bc i am working a long shift tomorrow and then i have my grad party/my cousins' grad party saturday so idk when i will be update next :(

before anyone calls me out i am so super aware that akutagawa's comment after atsushi's "can someone fill me in" is ooc but i physically couldn't not have him say something. it was the perfect set up. if someone said that to me irl i'd respond the same way. I NEEDED TO PUT IT!! I AM SORRY!!!

love how the tags for this fic promise skk but all i've done so far is have them fucking fight each other. guys i'm sorry i just think they're so silly and goofy.

anyway other than skk i do have plans for yosano/kouyou so :smirk: i just don't know where i'm gonna put it...

alright so happy fourth (to those that celebrate) and happy regular day to the rest of you whenever and wherever you're reading this! see you in the next update :)

Chapter 28: Secret Gamer

Summary:

Odasaku goes to talk to Dazai and Junichiro isn't happy.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency 

general-chat

Today at 3:01 PM.

butterfly:

Looks like I got the server in the divorce

 

boydetective:

Who divorced??

You and Dazai?

 

butterfly:

Nah, Dazai and Chuuya

 

arahabaki:

I just felt a chill go down my spine

Horrifying statement

 

butterfly:

lol

Btw Dazai is fine

So Atsushi you can stop spam texting me 🫠

He’s in his room 

 

alphatiger:

I am very worried!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

hes fine hes probably just being a baby

wah wah someone called him out for his shit

oh no i feel so bad 🫥

 

alphatiger:

Knock that off

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ok sry jinko

 

bookworm:

Yosano, would it be okay if I came over?

 

butterfly:

Sure that’s fine

Lmk when you’re here

I’ll leave and give you guys privacy

 

boydetective:

You can come hang out with me!

 

butterfly:

And Poe I’m assuming?

 

boydetective:

And what about it?? 🤨

 

butterfly:

IM JEALOUS

I WANT A GIRLFRIEND

 

boydetective:

Ok Dazai relax

 

alphatiger:

lol single people palace over there

 

butterfly:

Kys 🫵🏻🤣

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

watch it.

 

butterfly:

😱⬅️me rn

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

well suicide is the reason y there r such issues rn

 

doppo_poet:

I’m just going to be honest.

 

goldendemon:

Ok…

 

doppo_poet:

The blasé attitude we all have towards something so serious makes me question our moral integrity.

Regardless of Dazai’s words and actions, we should not chalk up his attempt to being “oh he’s Dazai.” We are his friends and should act accordingly.

Suffice to say the only ones who acted with such regard have been Atsushi, Ranpo, and honestly, Chuuya.

The rest of us, including myself, have been careless.

 

butterfly:

Crazy to say that I’ve been careless but go off

I live with him and I’ve been checking in on him 

Just bc I’m goofing off in the server means nothing

Bc at the end of the day, I’m actually doing stuff

But yeah! Put me on blast Kunikida! And what have you done for Dazai? Other than bitch about being his roommate, something I haven’t done once?

 

boydetective:

OKAY

NOPE.

We are not going to compare and contrast who has done what versus who hasn’t done what.

What matters is what we can do now.

So with that said, Odasaku is going to go over and talk to Dazai. Yosano will come hang out with me

And any support Dazai needs we will give

I believe our attitudes are only a reflection of Dazai’s, considering his attitude towards the scenario where he jokes about it

It only fuels him and therefore us more

We think it’s ok because he thinks it’s ok but it’s not ok and now we know better 

 

arahabaki:

It doesn’t matter what you do or say

He’s going to do it again

He said weird shit to me over dms 

 

bookworm:

Like what?

 

arahabaki:

Something about there not being any worth in trying to make something out of a life w no value

Also guys??? Is his name not Osamu Dazai???

 

doppo_poet:

Why would you think it’d be anything else?

 

arahabaki:

Cause when we were fighting I said that I knew him better than he thought I did and he was like well if you’re gonna say that to someone you should at least call them by their real name

So like is his real name not Osamu

 

thegoldraven:

Wait… I thought his name was Dazai?

 

boydetective:

That’s his last name pookie

Osamu is his given name

 

thegoldraven:

Oh!

Ok, I’m sorry!

 

shadow.praiser:

oh 

hi guys

erm this is awko taco but

 

boydetective:

Hated that phrase but what’s up

 

shadow.praiser:

dazai and i have been playing ow for the past few hours lol

 

alphatiger:

WHAT

 

shadow.praiser:

YEAH LOL

 

butterfly:

Omg I thought I heard him talking

I just thought he was on the phone with someone 😭😭😭

 

shadow.praiser:

yeah dude is a crazy kiriko player

he has never played this game in his life and hes fucking slaying

i bought him the battlepass 

 

boydetective:

where are you getting this money Junichiro

 

shadow.praiser:

🤐

anyway i didnt see these messages until now but

hes ok if that makes every1 feel better

 

alphatiger:

So this whole time we’re all worried about him, you’re playing fucking overwatch WITH HIM?

 

shadow.praiser:

yeah

bro is gifted

some1 get him in the league

 

alphatiger:

HAS HE SAID ANYTHING????

 

shadow.praiser:

abt u guys? no

i mean i asked him if he wants an inv back to the server

he said no

then he fucking did a god tier suzu

and ive been contemplating if i need to go over there and suck him off

but it makes sense y odasaku stopped playing

WAIT ODASAKU

DONT GO OVER

IM HAVING SO MUCH FUN

guys i will talk to dazai 🫡

 

butterfly:

YOUR ASS IS NOT DOING SHIT

LOG OFF THE GAME

 

shadow.praiser:

NEVER

WITCH! WITCH!

SOMEONE GET THE STAKE!!!

 

bookworm:

Yosano, I’m here.

 

shadow.praiser:

GO HOME AND LOG BACK ONTO OVERWATCH PLEASE IM FUCKING BEGGING

I CANT HAVE SHIT IN THIS HOUSE

 

arahabaki:

Dude be serious

 

shadow.praiser:

ok so heres serious

dazai clearly is not happy abt what happened and pushing him to deal w it is only going to push him away

u guys dont rly care abt how he feels abt it and just care abt how u feel abt it

not being mean but being honest

im upset learning dazai tried to commit the other night do not get that twisted but what can any of us realistically do

the best we can do is actually be there for him but u guys r actively pushing him away

y do u think he is actually playing w me? its bc i dont ask questions and im just here for him and the opportunity to talk is there but he doesnt need to take it if he doesnt want it

 

butterfly:

If I need to argue against Junichiro too I’m going to lose it

 

shadow.praiser:

no mama pls dont argue w me 💔

chuuya told me to be serious so i was 💔

sowwy 

anyway odasaku and dazai r talking now and i had to cancel the queue

dazai didnt mute tho so its mad awko

 

butterfly:

?

What are they saying

ALSO MAMA????? BE FOR REAL

 

shadow.praiser:

NAHHHH

UR FOMO IS KICKING IN

 

butterfly:

BASTARD

 

shadow.praiser:

PUT A GLASS AGAINST THE DOOR AND LISTEN IDK

 

butterfly:

I CANT I LEFT TO GIVE THEM PRIVACY

 

shadow.praiser:

oh what the fuck he muted

 

bookworm:

It’s like you guys forget I’m here.

 

shadow.praiser:

:0

oops

 

bookworm:

Okay, I will talk to you guys later.

Goodbye.

 

shadow.praiser:

sooooo

whats everyone up tooooooooo

 

boydetective:

Not home

 

alphatiger:

I’ll play

Just gonna have to play qp cause i’m on console

 

shadow.praiser:

YIPPEE!!!

Notes:

HI GUYS SORRY FOR SUCH A LONG TIME TO UPDATE. i started working on other projects and also watching the kardashians lol

funny enough i went to work on this and i already had half the chapter written. idk why i stopped. idk what happened. i know i haven't been doing much lately but i also feel like ive been super busy idk

idk when the next update is gonna come out but hopefully soon. sorry that i left y'all high and dry after fourth of july LMFAO but here i am.

until next time bye!

Chapter 29: Daddy's Home

Summary:

Mama and Papa reunite and the child custody issue comes to fruition.

Notes:

TW: mentions of attempted suicide

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 6:38 PM.

bookworm:

Dazai has requested split custody of the server @butterfly

 

butterfly:

After he walked out on us? To “get milk?”

My lawyer is gonna rake him over the coals

He can try his best though 

 

Everyone welcome nothuman!

 

nothuman:

daddy’s home!

did you kids miss me 😙

 

butterfly:

How dare you waltz back here!!!

Our children need stability!!!

 

alphatiger:

Hey wtf is happening

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

plz dont tell me on im one of the kids

 

nothuman:

hewwo wittle wyu papa missed you weast of all <3!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

😐

i cant even tell u to kys bc thats apparently a sensitive subject rn but know im thinking it

 

alphatiger:

DUDE

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

dont refer to me as dude

 

nothuman:

you should break up with him because he hurt your papa’s feelings atsu 🙁

papa missed you <3

 

alphatiger:

Papa is traumatizing me

 

boydetective:

Why are you playing along 😭

 

alphatiger:

I’ve been experiencing the worst anxiety for the past 3 hours over this

I’m coping

 

boydetective:

Fair I guess but damn lol

Hi Dazai

I’m not calling you papa

 

nothuman:

well because that would be fucking weird?

 

alphatiger:

EXCUSE ME?

 

nothuman:

well because he’s your stepfather obviously

he and yosano got together after she and i split

i just want split custody

the child support is way too much you little fuckers don’t deserve that much out of me

 

butterfly:

LMFAOOOOOO

I guess I could split custody… for a price

 

nothuman:

damn bitch what else you want from me???

i came back 😐

 

butterfly:

High noons

 

nothuman:

LMFAO YOU ALCOHOLIC 

JUDGE!!! GIVE ME FULL CUSTODY!!!

 

butterfly:

Ugh thank god

I did not want these bitch ass kids anymore

 

boydetective:

Who's the judge in this scenario???

 

nothuman:

:O

i’ve been bamboozled into gaining full custody of the children…

 

butterfly:

YUP

Welcome back papa

The server has missed you

 

shadow.praiser:

hello papa welcome back

pls play overwatch w me again

 

nothuman:

christ no 😭

 

shadow.praiser:

motherfucker u gave a mouse a cookie

now it fucking wants milk

boot up ur computer

 

boydetective:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

HOLY SHIT

You really did give a mouse a cookie

And his thirsty ass needs that milk

 

nothuman:

i was only playing because Odasaku was playing

and you guys were all being self righteous and annoying 

and i didn’t wanna deal with that shit to be honest

actually i’m just gonna clear the air while i’m here

yeah i did try to kms but honestly upon some self-reflection, i would not have died (unfort)

i was at the docks. i would’ve just fell in and then floated to the surface. i was drunk and guess what? drowning is one of the most painful ways to die

guys…….. you know me, you know my heart…..

i’m not trying to be in pain when i go that’d just suck for everyone

 

alphatiger:

Literally nothing you’re saying is making this better

 

nothuman:

ok here’s this

it’s my business ^_^

and it was unsuccessful ^_^

the only reason this is such a big deal is because of chuuya running his fat mouth

crazy bro is like a centimeter tall but has the biggest mouth lmfao

oh and ranpo being a snitch 😐

 

boydetective:

God forbid I care about you

 

nothuman:

he did forbid it it’s actually one of the commandments that moses dropped

 

boydetective:

Quick tell me the story of Moses in its entirety

 

nothuman:

um

ermmmmm

god said moses your vibe is so righteous and religious and whatever here are some stone slabs and moses was like thanks big g and then he dropped a few and kicked the broken pieces away so god couldn’t see and just talked about the ones he didn’t drop?

 

boydetective:

Ok cool and what about Egypt and the red sea

 

nothuman:

trick question the nile river is in egypt

 

boydetective:

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

if u hit him for real can u take a vid and send here?

 

butterfly:

Who is Moses

 

boydetective:

Religious figure in Abrahamic religions

 

butterfly:

Oh cool I literally know 0 about any of those

 

boydetective:

CLEARLY NEITHER DOES DAZAI

 

nothuman:

okay but how (or rather why) do YOU know about him

 

boydetective:

Poe and I watched the Prince of Egypt together waiting for you to come back papa

 

nothuman:

I’M NOT YOUR DAD.

 

boydetective:

:3c

 

nothuman: crazy bro is like a centimeter tall but has the biggest mouth lmfao

arahabaki:

DUDE GET OVER IT

PEOPLE CARE ABOUT YOU?!?!?!?!

 

nothuman:

none of you are my type so i don’t care 😐

maybe if you of you became semi suicidal and super duper hot (with fat tits) i'd gaf

but none of you don’t so i don’t :/

 

doppo_poet:

I’m glad you’re back in the server, Dazai.

I understand and respect that you don’t wish to speak on how you feel, but please know that we are all here for you regardless.

I can see that you’re goofing off and treating this as if it is nothing, but I feel it’s important to reiterate that we all care about you and your wellbeing.

 

nothuman:

yeah yeah yeah yap yap yap

Odasaku and i already talked about all that junk

i’m fine for real

we can drop this and move on 

quite honestly if i had known that trying to kms (DRUNK!) would’ve been this much of a headache i would’ve sobered up beforehand

all these mushy gushy touchy feely stuff is giving me the heebie jeebies

i don’t wanna talk about any of this garbage anymore. it’s over with, been dealt with.

i have other shit i gotta worry about and focusing on how you all feel about my suicide attempt is not helping.

i’m sorry that i upset you guys. wasn’t really my intent lol

okay awesome! we’re gonna move on now!

 

shadow.praiser:

um actually dazai.

 

nothuman:

christ not you now

 

shadow.praiser:

i cant drop this…

 

nothuman:

wtf why not

 

shadow.praiser:

bc u wont play ow w me 😐

play w me rn and i can promise u my silence

 

boydetective:

Bro is getting extorted over his own suicide attempt damn

 

nothuman:

damn you give a mouse a cookie and he blackmails you for milk

ok fine.

give me a few. Odasaku is still over

 

PM

boydetective aka Ranpo

Today at 7:03 PM.

butterfly:

Can I be real

 

boydetective:

You could be fake and I’d still eat it up lmao

Nah but what’s up

 

butterfly:

Him throwing a lowkey fit over Chuuya

And then coming back in the server and being like

“I don’t want anyone to talk about it”

Is kind of like… idk

I’m not a fan of the sweeping it under the rug

 

boydetective:

Neither am I…

But I don’t want to say anything because I was the catalyst before.

His apology saying it wasn’t his intent to hurt us and how he can’t focus on how his suicide attempt made us feel kind of… I mean, he did kind of have a point there though.

 

butterfly:

Care to explain that?

 

boydetective:

I mean idk

This whole situation has made me feel kind of like we all put our feelings over his well being?

Like what we care about is his well being, but there was most of a focus on how we’re affected by it and placing those feelings on him when he clearly hasn’t even thought of it as an issue.

When he and I were roommates, I stopped him from jumping out the window. At the time, I thought it had just been some weird bit, but now? Now I’m kind of haunted by it.

Cause he clearly was gonna do it. Had I not stopped him. But he didn’t even care. He was just mildly annoyed that I had stopped him, but then carried on with his day like nothing happened. He literally left to go to class like fifteen minutes later.

I had come back to the dorm because I forgot one of my textbooks too, so he thought I wasn’t gonna be there.

Idk.

I’m just gonna keep an extra on him. I hate to say this because I pride myself on being a master detective, but I don’t know how to navigate this situation.

But he just doesn’t care. I think he cares about us a lot more than himself which is why he’s so uncomfortable with us being upset with him over this

Cause to him it’s inconsequential 

But idk I’m speculating

 

butterfly:

Yeah I hear you

I dunno maybe we need to follow his lead, but keep a closer eye on him

You know that he and you are like literal brothers to me

So this is just really idk

 

boydetective:

Who are you? Junichiro? 🤨

Cause how are we married and Dazai your baby daddy if we’re your brothers?

 

butterfly:

HELP

LMFAO

GOODBYE

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Damn the bitching in here is hard to ignore

 

nothuman:

LMFAO real

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

You’re the bitching monarch relax

You’re your own biggest opp

Can you chillax

 

nothuman:

why is a toddler telling me to chillax

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Am I wrong

 

nothuman:

CAN WE PLEASE MOVE ON

 

alphatiger:

Yeah we’re moving on she just wanted to get a hit in

Anyway junichiro who’s playing overwatch

 

shadow.praiser:

god willing dazai is

probably ranpo

 

boydetective:

I’m literally not home

 

shadow.praiser:

[audio message]

Transcript: WHERE THE F*** ARE YOU THEN RANPO? NO BECAUSE WHY ARE YOU NEVER HOME? ARE YOU F***NG INSTEAD OF GETTING F***ED IN COMPETITIVE? WHAT HAPPENED TO US?! JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN JUST DITCH ME LIKE THIS. Why do you have to hurt me like this? Do you care so little for me that you can just leave me in the dust like this? Oh, how thou hast hurt me. Thine blade has pierced my hind for the last time. You Judas. How dare you kiss my cheek when it benefits thou. Where art thou when I needst you? In the arms of another. How I have been ridiculed and wrong for the last time.

 

arahabaki:

HAHAHAHA WHAT THE FUCK

OH MY GOD

 

butterfly:

Why did he turn british

 

alphatiger:

Wait damn that was kind of bars

Juni could write romeo and juliet but shakespeare definitely couldn’t have said all that shit

 

nothuman:

i actually have no words

 

shadow.praiser:

teehee thanks :3

so is any1 gonna get on :p

 

nothuman:

only if you talk like that in the comp chat

 

shadow.praiser

LMFAO

deal

Notes:

ummmmmm hi guys papa's home.......... sorry i have been gone for so long. no cooky or weird ao3 author excuse here, i had started my graduate courses and was super focused on getting through my first semester versus updating my fics (sorry!) but after multiple kind comments from OpalsAndDiamonds asking about my wellbeing I knew I needed to make my return and give you guys an update.

I can't promise that updates will be consistent, but I'm gonna put "update bsd fic" in my reminders on my phone to go off periodically and hopefully that reminds me i gotta update this fic every now and again

as for the dazai/suicide, it does come across as me pushing past it, however know that this isn't the last of this and to anyone who needs to hear this; suicide/suicidal ideology is not something to push past. if you are struggling, there are people out there willing to help and listen to you because you deserve to live. you are cared and loved for, even if right now you feel alone and are struggling. you are so much stronger than you think, so please give yourself the care and credit you deserve. <3

anyway, i joined bluesky for anyone that got that. my username is unknown-ghost.bsky.social if any of you have bluesky and want more mutuals :) would love the chance to chat with you guys about bungou stray dogs if you ever wanna yap about it or anything else! i watched arcane and cried my eyes out and i also listen to all of epic the musical (and guess what? cried my eyes out YUP) so perhaps we share interests outside of bsd and can talk about them if desired :3

i'll (hopefully) see you guys soon! take care of yourselves. love ya! *consensually gives you a goodnight smooch on your forehead*

UPDATE: i edited it so the spacing is normal again. it was bothering me.

Chapter 30: No Pet Play in the Server

Summary:

Dazai and Odasaku talk while the server continues to devolve.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Odasaku looked at his phone briefly before sliding it back into his pocket. Dazai sat on his bed, a frown etched on his face as he looked at his own phone. He looked up at Odasaku through his eyebrows, a look that Odasaku felt was akin to something a guilty puppy would look like.

 

“You know they only just care about you right?” Odasaku asked.

 

“It’s annoying and old. This was days ago. They need to get over it.”

 

“Not everyone is you, Osamu.”

 

A silence took over the room. Dazai absentmindedly picked at his hangnails, looking at Odasaku expectantly. Odasaku sighed, giving in.

 

“Just one final question and I’ll stop.” Odasaku sat himself down next to Dazai.

 

“Hm? Okay, sure, what’s up?” Dazai asked as he turned to face Odasaku, clearly intrigued.

 

Odasaku felt his own jaw click before he asked, “it didn’t have anything to do with Mori, did it?”

 

Dazai’s eyes briefly widened before relaxing. “Oh, God no. I wouldn’t give the fucker the satisfaction,” he responded, looking away and at the floor. He frowned, standing up. “Why does everyone keep asking me if it was because of someone? Like, everyone thought I was gonna kill myself over fucking Fyodor and then people guessed Sasaki and now Mori? Like, the only person I wanna kill myself over it myself . Not those fucking losers.” He pushed his hair back with his hand and took a deep breath. “There was really no thought in the attempt. Again, like I told you, I went for a walk because Fyodofuck showed up and I didn’t want to be in the same vicinity as him. When I got to the docks, Sasaki was there and talked to me because she thought I was going to kill myself and said I need to ‘make a choice’ to ‘stop the suffering of my friends’ or something along those lines because I was drunk and don’t remember it well which is also why I was going to jump off the dock. This wasn’t what I usually do, this isn’t what I usually do. I don’t like pain and I know drowning is painful.” He rubbed his wrist, his eyes glazing over, “that and burning are the most painful ways to die, you know.”

 

“Does Mori know about it?” Odasaku asked.

 

“I thought you only had one more question,” Dazai responded.

 

“Indulge me.”

 

“No, not that I know of,” Dazai answered, “not like it matters though. I’m an adult now. He’s not my… keeper anymore.” He exhaled. “Listen man, I’m fine, everything’s fine. I’m alive and considering how miserable this whole situation is, I’ll hold off on killing myself for a while.”

 

Odasaku stood up, putting a head on Dazai’s head and sighed. “Alright,” he relented, “but please know that no matter what someone says or does or anything that happens, I care about you and I care about you a lot. So if you can’t live for yourself, do you think you can live for me?”

 

Dazai stared at Odasaku, his brain processing the information he just received. Odasaku couldn’t read him—he was convinced no one could—as Dazai watched him momentarily. 

 

“Yeah,” Dazai responded, “I can try.”

 

Odasaku nodded. “Alright, good.” He grabbed his coat off of Dazai’s desk chair. “Listen, I have to go. Maybe you, me, and Ango will do something together in the near future, sound good?”

 

Dazai let out an awkward laugh, avoiding Odasaku’s gaze. “Um, yeah, maybe. I don’t think Ango likes me all too much right now.”

 

“He’ll get over it,” Odasaku reassured, “he knows you’re like my little brother.”

 

“Yeah, well, you better get going before Junichiro shows up to skin you alive for keeping me from playing that stupid game of his,” Dazai said, gesturing to the door. “I’ll talk to you later. You’re still going to come with me this weekend for…” He didn’t need to finish the statement before Odasaku responded.

 

“You know I wouldn’t miss it. We’ll talk later.”

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

 

Today at 11:28 PM.

shadow.praiser:

dazai ow plays r 5 booms on the boom meter

bro literally sent the enemy team to ohio

auramaxing the comp lobby chat with his rizz

 

doppo_poet:

Am I having a stroke?

What the fuck did he just say?

 

boydetective:

Dazai is making great plays in Overwatch

He destroyed the enemy team

He’s demonstrating his skill in the lobby chat by using his charisma

 

butterfly:

What the fuck

 

boydetective:

I’m bilingual

 

nothuman:

oh cool i’m bisexual

 

alphatiger:

We know we can tell :/

 

nothuman:

yeah and we can tell that you’re pansexual too we see that haircut queen

 

light_finder:

Diva down diva down

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

leave atsu alone u fuck

 

nothuman:

atsushi loves me more than you 

 

alphatiger:

Wtf is happening

 

animal_crossing:

You’re being fought over!

 

alphatiger:

Damn why couldn’t people have fought over me when I was an orphan 🙁

 

butterfly:

Sigh

Atsushi don’t make me do it

 

alphatiger:

Do what?

 

butterfly:

Ok I will do it…😞

🫵🤣

 

alphatiger:

MAN I CANT HAVE SHIT IN THIS HOUSE

 

butterfly:

It hurt me to do but it must be done

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i disagree

 

butterfly:

Well now u can make out with him to make him feel better

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

:0

 

nothuman:

NOPE

PAPA FORBIDS

 

alphatiger:

YOURE NOT MY DAD!!!

 

nothuman:

yes i am and i forbid the relationship between you two…

that’s your BROTHER atsushi….

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i cant believe we are being tanizaki’d rn

 

light_finder:

You’re still in my apartment and I know where the knives are so you best take that back

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lol k

 

shadow.praiser:

i will hunt u for sport.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats not helping w the rumors

 

shadow.praiser:

the rumors r baseless trust

k fuck it check this

NAOMI AND I R NOT SIBLINGS AND WE R NOT DATING

 

shadow.praiser pinned a message!

 

nothuman:

i wish i was dating someone :\

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

why so they can watch u kill urself?

 

alphatiger:

RYU.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

WHAT

i was asking a very fair question

 

goldendemon:

bianca del rio "let me ask you a very fair question"

 

alphatiger:

Stop please

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

only bc u asked so nicely

 

alphatiger:

Good boy :3

 

boydetective:

HLEP

NOT THE PET PLAY

 

nothuman:

thanks i just fucking vomitted

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

jaw dropping quagmire from family guy

guys plz believe me when i say i dont do all that shit………

 

light_finder:

Idk I did see you wear a dog collar earlier today when I bumped into you when I was going to the bathroom

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

THATS FUCKING FALSE?!?!

 

shadow.praiser:

r u calling Naomi a liar????? shed never wtf

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

atsushi clear my name rn or so help me god

 

alphatiger:

:3c

Clear your name from what? :3

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

DUDE

 

alphatiger:

Damn he called me dude it’s serious 😭

Guys I was jk

 

butterfly:

Why is him calling you “dude” serious

 

alphatiger:

Because, and I quote, “don’t call me dude when my tongue has been down your throat”

 

nothuman:

GROSS.

 

alphatiger:

I can’t call him dude or man or bro at all it’s torture

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i feel like its easy to not call me any of those things

why on earth would u wanna call me bro when we have fucked 😐

 

nothuman:

OKAY

STOP TALKING FOR REAL

I’M ACTUALLY SO OVER THIS CONVERSATION

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

no bc i wanna know the opinions here

 

boydetective:

Do you guys have pet names for each other?

 

alphatiger:

He calls me Jinko

 

boydetective:

And what do you call him

 

alphatiger:

Dude or bro or man

And he hates it

 

boydetective:

Bc those are so non affectionate Atsushi 😭

 

alphatiger:

IDK HOW TO BE AFFECTIONATE

It all started at the orphanage

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

its ok he doesnt need to refer to me w a pet name

just not dude or bro or man

those r too friendly

and we r not friends

 

alphatiger:

STOP TELLING PEOPLE WE ARENT FRIENDS!!!!

IM SORRY OK!!!!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

good boi :3c 

 

nothuman:

YALL SHUT THE FUCK UP!

Notes:

happy new years eve!!!! yay i updated again!!!

anyway not much left to say. hope everyone's 2025 is fantastic.

follow me on bluesky at unknown-ghost if you want :3 i've started posting when I update this fic too so you'll get a reminder when it happens hehe

alright happy holidays bye!

Chapter 31: Midnight Meetup

Summary:

Dazai meets up with a red-headed friend.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

 

Today at 2:26 AM.

nothuman:

who up

 

arahabaki:

Me 

 

nothuman:

alright chat can we get anyone cooler

 

arahabaki:

?!?!?!?!

YOU ASKED AND I ANSWERED?!

 

nothuman:

can’t a guy be disappointed

 

arahabaki:

I’d assume most guys you talk to are when they see you pull down your pants :\

 

nothuman:

that was almost funny!

 

shadow.praiser:

can u 2 flirt in dms

im getting jealous

#bitchless

 

arahabaki:

EXCUSE ME???

 

shadow.praiser:

ur excused

 

nothuman:

go back to playing overwatch you nerd

 

shadow.praiser:

LMAOOOO

im actually not playing ow rn

or any game

im awake

touching grass and whatnot

 

nothuman:

christ do i need to contact the police

ask for a wellness check

 

arahabaki:

Houseplants don’t count as touching grass

 

shadow.praiser:

lol no like im literally outside rn

 

nothuman:

FOR REAL?

junichiro if you’re being held captive you can let us know… send a code we can decipher it

actually retracting that statement

i’d figure it out. chuuya would just be there i guess

 

arahabaki:

I’m going to choke you with your own bandages.

 

nothuman:

that’d be threatening if you could reach any of my bandages let alone my neck :\

also choking lowkey hot what if i got turned on 🙁

 

arahabaki:

You need to seek religion at this point

Anyway why are you outside

 

nothuman:

i tried and god didn't help me

 

shadow.praiser:

grass called

 

nothuman:

wait… you… 🌿💨?

 

shadow.praiser:

NO LMFAO

I AM NOT SMOKING WEED

 

nothuman:

fuck.

hi gin i can see you lurking

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Hi Dazai (:

 

nothuman:

what’s a sweet girl like you still doing up!!

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Can’t sleep ): was going to watch some ASMR YT videos and hope they could lull me to sleep (:

 

arahabaki:

Wait how could you tell she was online

I don’t really use discord much other than this chat

 

nothuman:

are you on mobile or browser right now

 

arahabaki:

Phone

 

nothuman:

hit the word general at the top and it should take you to a menu that says all the people that have permissions in this channel and who’s online and offline

 

arahabaki:

Ohhhhh ok sick thanks

 

nothuman:

yeah no problem

 

natnatsuko:

Is this the twilight zone why are you guys being nice to each other

 

nothuman:

oh sorry my bad i forgot i can only ever be mean to him

chuuya you’re short and i’d tell you to suck my dick but you probably would do a bad job

 

arahabaki:

I’d say I’d bite it off but I fear there’s nothing to bite

 

nothuman:

AYO RELAX 😭

that’s TWO comments about my dick size

 

arahabaki:

Looks like someone is getting insecure 😈

 

nothuman:

nah motherfucker i’m getting WORRIED

it’s like an average size

but two comments? are we manifesting a dick disappearance???

how am i gonna pee

 

alphatiger:

Hi gm what the fuck is going on

 

nothuman:

have you seen my cock?

 

alphatiger:

NOPE

THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER SOMEONE CHANGE THE SUBJECT

 

arahabaki:

Yeah he saw it run that way!

 

shadow.praiser:

🏃🏃🏃

 

alphatiger:

Why are you outside juni

 

shadow.praiser:

needed 2 b 1 w nature

 

nothuman:

well here’s some advice, don’t go to the docks or else chuuya is gonna body slam you into the wood

 

arahabaki:

HAHAHA

So cathartic 

Dazai lmk when you’re free I’d love to whale on you again

 

nothuman:

gee let me check my calendar

maybe let’s wait for the bruises on my head to heal from when you kept fucking punching me in the head

 

alphatiger:

Wait you guys fought?

 

nothuman:

yeah it was a real cat fight

 

arahabaki:

I won

 

nothuman:

sure

anyway junichiro where you at

lowkey wanna meet up?

 

shadow.praiser:

lmfao shore

im at the playground

 

alphatiger:

WHY

 

shadow.praiser:

idk

needed to go outside

 

alphatiger:

I didn’t even hear you leave

 

shadow.praiser:

o thats probs cuz i went out the window :3

 

alphatiger:

CAN I ASK WHY?

 

shadow.praiser:

just want my manic pixie dream girl moment :p

 

iMessage

Junichiro Tanizaki 🤓

Today at 3:12 AM.

 

Are you ok?

 

LOL atsu my beloved

im fine rly

jus thinkin n shit

kinda didnt wanna wake anyway and my window is so convenient :3

 

If something is bothering you, you can tell me

 

i kno!

just stuff w my parents :3

didnt want u guys to hear me argue w them and whatever

esp bc it upsets Naomi

and that u and kyoka r orphans 

it kind of felt rude LMFAO

 

 Ohhhh

You shouldn’t feel the need to leave your own apartment tho :\

You’re allowed to talk to them

 

i didnt want 2 tho

idk its a rly complicated situation

idk where 2 even start w it

its messy

anywhosies im coming back soon :3

just waiting 4 dazai

dont worry abt me! 😛

 

the yokohomo gaygeny

general-chat

 

nothuman:

jun i’ve been meaning to ask but

what happened with your car

 

shadow.praiser:

o that was taken care of

my car was parked

there were cameras

and the driver was texting

so im gonna get a new car covered by insurance :p

 

arahabaki:

Get a motorcycle 

 

shadow.praiser:

lol no id fucking die

 

nothuman:

he’s also not a divorced dad of three going through a midlife crisis

 

arahabaki:

Ok wow, hurtful

 

nothuman:

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORCYCLE?

 

arahabaki:

YEAH I DO AND WHAT ABOUT IT ASSHOLE

 

nothuman:

🫵🤣

 

arahabki:

SHITTY DAZAI

FUCK OFF

MOTORCYCLES ARE COOL YOU JUST HAVE BAD FUCKING TASTE

YOUR EXES PROVE MY POINT

 

nothuman:

UGH don’t remind me

i can’t be single anymore

hey junichiro do you want to date

 

shadow.praiser:

i’m not into guys sorry

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

You’re not fruity????

 

shadow.praiser:

 

nothuman:

WOW okay.

 

shadow.praiser:

i mean i could b fruity idk

i just kno i like women lol

so why question it

 

nothuman:

bro really said “i like women no need to self reflect”

 

shadow.praiser:

i mean im ok ig

there's no point i think

 

arahabaki:

Cause it seems like the only person you have romantic interest in is someone everyone thinks is your sister

 

shadow.praiser:

Naomi and i arent related

we arent even cousins

no blood relation whatsoever

idk where or why that rumor is spreading here

hs it made sense but here it does not

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Sorry to ask but how does a rumor like that ever make sense

 

shadow.praiser:

its a lot to explain rn

and i see dazai

perhaps i share a diff time

 

nothuman:

yup sorry guys i’m gonna make tanizaki my bf  >:)

later >:)

 

alpahtiger:

Christ someone save Junichiro 😭

 

arahabaki:

Praying for the kid cause damn

Dating Dazai’s gotta be a fate worse than death…

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Why don’t you find out by dating him (:<

 

arahabaki:

EW why would you say that

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Sorry I’ve been reading a lot of enemies to lovers fanfic ):

 

arahabaki:

We need to stop teaching people how to read

 

alphatiger:

HELLO?!?!?!

Ok that’s enough I think we all need to go to bed

 

nothuman:

[attachment of him and Junichiro]

one of my favorite gingers :3

 

alphatiger:

Who’s your fav ginger??

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

It’s Chuuya

 

arahabaki:

Don’t rope me into this

 

nothuman:

oh hell no

chuuya is only my favorite ginger to make fun of

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

That makes him your favorite :3

 

nothuman:

someone tell this bitch to BFFR! 😭

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

TELL THIS BITCH TO WHAT?!

 

alphatiger:

Dazai rn:

 

nothuman:

HAHAHA REAL

jeepers it’s the creeper!

 

arahabaki:

How are you making a Scooby Doo reference I thought you didn’t watch tv

 

nothuman:

i don’t watch stuff on tv like now

i’ve watched cartoons or whatever

i watched them with my younger brother he really likes older cartoons

 

shadow.praiser:

[attachment of Dazai]

[attachment of Dazai]

[attachment of Dazai]

lowk may be fruity cuz he kinda hot in the moonlight 😊

 

nothuman:

omg babe stop…… 🤭

 

lemongrab:

 

shadow.praiser:

damn bro being homophobic and a weeb all at once crazy 🙁

 

nothuman: i watched them with my younger brother he really likes older cartoons

alphatiger:

Mf you have a little brother?!?!?!

What do I even know abt you /gen

 

nothuman:

atsushi i love you so much but i’m hanging out with my other twink friend right now so your questions will have to wait 😐

but i've also talked about this before dimwit

 

alphatiger:

DIMWIT???????

 

shadow.praiser:

chat did i read that right

TWINK friend?

we aint gonna work out pookie cuz i thought i was gonna top

 

nothuman:

YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA WHAT LMFAO?

have you seen yourself babe?

 

shadow.praiser:

have u seen URSELF?

98lbs soaking wet w rain boots on...

 

alphatiger:

God forbid I am a bit curious

 

arahabaki:

Well they say curiosity killed the cat

So maybe refrain furry

 

alphatiger:

I AM NOT A FURRY!!!!!!!!!!!

 

boydetective:

HOLY FUCK ALL OF YOU GO TO BED

MY PHONE BLOWING UP LIKE CRAZY

IF I EVER NEED A VIBRATOR I’LL JUST STICK MY PHONE UP MY ASS CHRIST

GOODNIGHT THANKS

 

alphatiger:

Yeesh

 

arahabaki:

I’d ask what’s up his ass but clearly it’s his phone LOL

 

boydetective:

I’m gonna get you.

Just you wait.

 

arahabaki:

Y’all just gonna let him say this shit to me?

HELLO?!?! GUYS???

Notes:

happy new years day!!

idk what to say lol hope everyone has a great 2025!

please ignore any mistakes i tried rereading this but most of this was written at like 1am LMFAO. this is more of a filler chapter i'll try to put more lore in the next chapter :3 i actually have some notes written down in my phone's notes app about plot routes i'd like to explore (they're all dazai focused except for 1)

ALSO looked up the bsd wiki yesterday and was distraught at finding out who's dead rn. i think you guys can tell who my fav bsd character is so im actually distraught over this lol

anyway bye :3

Chapter 32: An Overnight Guest

Summary:

Dazai takes care of an overnight guest.

Notes:

TW!!!: self-harm, implied child abuse, transphobia, homophobia, and Ougai Mori.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

PM

nothuman aka dazai

 

Today at 3:41 AM.

arahabaki:

Dude

There’s some kid knocking on your door

 

nothuman:

what?

 

arahabaki:

Yeah he’s been whaling on it for like five minutes now

 

nothuman:

i’m not home

 

arahabaki:

I know

But apparently neither is your roommate

Bc she hasn’t come out to stop him

 

nothuman:

yeah she was spending the night with ranpo

what does the kid look like

 

arahabaki:

From what I can see it’s like a little kid

Like maybe a middle schooler

White and black hair

Holding the ugliest mf doll I’ve ever seen in my fucking life

It's actually highkey haunting dude

 

nothuman:

oh shit.

i’m coming home now

can you just keep an eye on him until i get there

it’ll only be a few minutes

i’m hauling ass 🏃

 

arahabaki:

Sure but who is this kid

 

nothuman:

lol my little brother

obviously

 

Chuuya walked out of his apartment, into the foyer and opened the front door, opening it to the kid. If Dazai was going to take his sweet ass time, he wasn’t going to wait around and have the kid be kidnapped or something.

 

“Hey,” Chuuya greeted, “you here for Dazai?”

 

The kid looked up at Chuuya (it felt so nice to be the taller person for once). “Yeah,” he said, “is he here?”

 

“No, but he’s coming back now,” Chuuya responded, “you can hang out in my apartment until he comes back.”

 

“Oh wow, thanks mister!” The kid exclaimed, waltzing into Chuuya’s apartment as if stranger danger was just a concept and not a practice he should follow. Chuuya was momentarily stunned, but realized that this kid was related to Dazai. Of course he’s going to be a little freak.

 

“What’re you doing here in the middle of the night?” Chuuya asked, cutting to the chase.

 

“Just here to see my brother,” he responded simply, sitting himself on the couch and placing his creepy doll in his lap and hugging it. At least he was polite. “I found out this is where he lives. I’ve come to visit.”

 

“At almost four in the morning?” Chuuya questioned, brow raised in skepticism, “and what do you mean found out?”

 

“Our dad wasn’t supposed to know, but he found out, which means Elise found out, and now I know,” the kid responded. Chuuya grimaced. That shitty Dazai… he clearly had a loving family and he was just going to push them all away? “So, now I’m here!” The kid’s voice lowered, “I need to talk to him.”

 

“I texted him and he said he was on his way back. He should be here any minute,” Chuuya said, checking his phone to see any updates from Dazai, who hadn’t sent any. “Are you thirsty? Need a drink or anything?”

 

“No thank you, I’m okay,” the kid responded.

 

“What’s your name?” Chuuya asked. The kid gave Chuuya a look of bewilderment. Was Chuuya supposed to know? Or maybe he was shocked that Dazai never told him? Granted, he and Dazai weren’t friends, but he did find it weird that Atsushi also didn’t know about Dazai’s little brother. Was Dazai really that much of a dick?

 

“You can just call me Q,” the boy, Q, responded simply.

 

Before Chuuya could respond, there was a barrage of knocks on his door. He clicked his tongue in annoyance before turning on his heels to answer the door. “Alright, relax, relax!” Chuuya exclaimed as he opened the door to see an out of breath Dazai. “Took you long enough, mackerel,” he said instead of greeting him.

 

“Is he here?” Dazai asked, trying to peek in through Chuuya instead of bothering to say hi, ask how he was doing, or even greet him.

 

“Yeah, on the cou—  never said you could come in! ” Chuuya exclaimed as Dazai pushed past Chuuya and went straight to Q.

 

“Come on buddy,” Dazai said as Q’s face lit up upon seeing his brother, “you can come hangout at my place and we can… talk.”

 

“Um, hello?!” Chuuya exclaimed, “you can’t just waltz in here like you own the place, pal!”

 

Dazai turned to Chuuya and… he doesn’t know how to describe it. It felt like the smile Dazai had on was to mimic how he’d normally smile at Chuuya—like it was meant to be a smug, shit-eating smile, but instead it felt empty. There was something amiss here. Chuuya furrowed his brow, but pressed his lips together in a tight line and gestured to the door.

 

“Have a good night, guys,” he said instead. Dazai nodded and walked out with Q.

 

“Thank Chuuya for letting you hang out,” Dazai said, which honestly surprised Chuuya. Not only because he was telling Q to thank him, Chuuya, someone that Dazai is known to dislike, but also the fact that Dazai is aware of manners and capable of teaching said manners to children.

 

“Thank you, Chuuya!” Q exclaimed, one arm holding his creepy ass doll and the other waving goodbye. Chuuya looked at him and smiled.

 

“Yeah, it was…” His eyes looked at the sleeve of Q’s shirt. Something was amiss. “… a real pleasure…”

 

The two walked out of the door, leaving Chuuya to his thoughts and thoughts alone.

 

— — —

 

Walking into his apartment with Q, Dazai let out a sigh, running his fingers through his hair.

 

“Sit where you like, Kyu,” Dazai said as he cut through the living room to the kitchen, “want some water?” He asked as he didn’t bother to wait for Q to answer and started filling a glass from the Brita. “Want to tell me what you’re doing here at four in the morning?”

 

Q sat quietly, seemingly ignoring Dazai’s question. Dazai sighed again and walked over. Q reached up to grab the glass, but Dazai’s eyes narrowed on him. He placed the glass on the table instead and grabbed Q’s arm before he could put it back down.

 

“Kyusaku, what…?” Dazai didn’t finish the question because he was all too familiar with the answer. This was the punishment for being a child of Ougai Mori—to hate yourself. Dazai pressed his lips together in a fine line, worried that if he said something wrong he’d flip out Q. This was to be a situation treated with precision. That’s what he would’ve wanted, back when it happened with him. “Let’s… let’s clean this up, okay?”

 

Q began to relentlessly apologize to Dazai, who repeatedly reassured him that he wasn’t mad. How could he be? Luckily, Dazai lived with a pre-med student who was more than well stocked on various medical supplies. Dazai was able to sanitize and bandage the cuts all while keeping his composure and calming Q down.

 

“Does M—dad know?” Dazai asked, catching his mistake before he made it, as he sat Q back down on the couch and sat himself down next to him.

 

“I dunno,” Q responded, avoiding eye contact with Dazai. He didn’t make a fuss about it and grabbed the tv remote. He was going to, at the very least, give Q something to look at.

 

“Does dad know you’re here—?”

 

“We don’t need to talk about dad.”

 

The two sat in a moment of uncomfortable silence before Dazai spoke again.

 

“But… we do, Kyu.”

 

Q’s eyes fixated on the tv, the threat of tears forming again was very real and Dazai hated it, but he needed to know. “ Mori,” Q began bitterly, “probably knows I’m here. He tracks me, you know, and I can’t turn it off. So, if he’s awake and sees I'm gone, then yeah, he knows I’m here.”

 

“Did you sneak out?”

 

“Yes,” Q responded, frown on his face, “he’s… being unreasonable.”

 

Dazai repressed the urge to ask when Mori was ever reasonable? “Do you want to tell me what happened?”

 

Q bounced his leg, eyes glued to the screen as he picked at his lips. Dazai moved his hand away. “He… I think he wants me to replace you as this prodigal son… or something like that, you know, cause you left.” Dazai felt his blood turn cold at the comment. “But… I’m not you. I’m not this… prodigal son. Honestly, I don’t even think I’m a son, if you know what I mean.”

 

“No, do you want to explain that?”

 

“I… I told him that I don’t think I’m his son and I also don’t think I’m his daughter… I just wanted to be his kid, but he flipped!” Q explained, talking quite quickly through the explanation, like he hoped what he was saying would just go over Dazai’s head and he wouldn’t comprehend it. “He said that’s not possible, that he’s a doctor and he knows what he’s talking about and I’m just a kid and I don’t know anything, what I’m feeling is a phase.”

 

“So, you came out to him as what?”

 

“Non-binary,” Q responded, licking his lips nervously.

 

Dazai frowned, “and he gave you shit for that?” He asked that as if it was unbelievable, but it wasn't. It mirrored his experience of coming out as bisexual and being told to ‘pick a side’ by the same exact motherfucker. “I’m sorry Kyu, really. You didn’t deserve that. You have me in your corner, you know that right?”

 

“Do I, Osamu?” Q’s tone was more desperate than accusatory, “because ever since you left, I’ve barely seen you! I feel so alone—Mori spends all his time doting over Elise and giving her everything and I’m not even there. I feel like I’m trapped in my room because whenever I leave it, he’s so mean to me!” His lip quivered. “I don’t wanna be there anymore Osamu, I don’t wanna. Can’t I just stay here, please? I’ll be good—I promise!”

 

Dazai felt his own eyes tear up, but refrained from crying to make sure Q didn’t get upset. “I wish you could, but you can’t,” he said, trying to keep his voice from wavering, “I—” he cut himself off to take a deep breath, “I’ll talk to dad,” the word felt wrong to refer to the man as, “and I’ll try to convince him to be less of a dick, okay? Don’t take what he says to heart, the man may be a doctor, but he’s actually stupid.”

 

Q squeezed his doll, eyeing Dazai. “Do you think that’d work?”

 

Dazai didn’t really know. Mori was such a manipulative piece of shit that he wasn’t really sure how it’d all go about. He turned to look at Q, who was looking up at him in hope.

 

“Yeah, I think it’d work,” he responded, because fuck it. He’ll move mountains if he had to. “Anything else you want to tell me?”

 

“Yeah,” Q said, leaning against Dazai, “I wanna use they and them pronouns.”

 

Dazai nodded. “Alright, anything else?”

 

“Can we watch Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated?” Q asked, “you know Mori only has the Scooby-Doo Where Are You VHS tapes, but I heard Mystery Inc is really good.”

 

Dazai smiled. “Yeah, of course we can.”

 

— — —

 

“Sorry that my text didn’t go through when I asked about taking Kyu out this morning,” Dazai said as Ougai Mori darkened his doorstep with his presence. He came alone, unfortunately, as Dazai was hoping to check out Elise considering the state of Q. “But we had a great time. So, all’s well ends well or whatever the saying is.”

 

Mori was a calculating man, but he had raised Dazai, meaning he knew that his son was the same way. He smiled at Dazai and nodded. “Mistakes happen.” He glanced at Q, who was standing close to Dazai’s side. “I’m just so glad my sons are bonding with one another.”

 

Sibling bonding is important, which is why I wanted to hang out with them,” Dazai responded, “maybe next time Elise can join.”

 

“Oh, how wonderful that would be!” Mori exclaimed, clasping his hands together in glee. “It’s been so long since we’ve had a family outing. What a great idea, Osamu.”

 

Dazai repressed the urge to make a face of disgust.

 

“Well, I don’t wanna hold you two up any longer.” Dazai patted Q’s head. “The next time you come over, we’ll finish the show we started, okay?”

 

Q nodded. “Thanks Osamu. It’s been fun!” 

 

Mori looked at Q and frowned. “Q, what did I tell you about having dolls?” He ripped the doll from Q’s hands, who’s expression turned to panic. “It’s a girl's—”

 

“It’s mine,” Dazai interrupted, holding his hand out to receive the doll. Mori handed it to him suspiciously. “I originally bought it for Elise, but all my friends told me that this wasn’t a girl’s doll so I figured I’d give it to Q. I lost the receipt so I can't return it and didn't want to waste my money.”

 

“How… How kind of you, Dazai, but Q has enough toys, don’t you agree?” Mori asked, looking at Q expectantly. Q frowned and nodded, but in compliance—not agreement.

 

“Okay Kyu, it’s been awesome seeing you. Wanna give your brother a hug?” Dazai asked with some pep in his voice. Q opened their arms and waited for Dazai to hug them. Dazai leaned down and hugged them, but whispered as quietly as he could, “I’ll keep it safe.”

 

After the hug ended, Q left with Mori. Dazai stood in the foyer, watching them walk away. The bitter taste of defeat was in his mouth. He knew but also didn’t know why. He kept watching them—trying to think of anything to take Q back away from that fucking guy, but he couldn’t think of anything. Q was only thirteen, Dazai had no legal right to them. He was utterly useless in this situation.

 

“Dazai, glad I bumped into you.”

 

Startled, Dazai turned to see Chuuya with a grim expression on his face. He hadn’t even heard Chuuya open the door of his apartment, let alone approach him.

 

“Oh, hey chibi, what’s up?” He asked, trying to keep his composure.

 

“I just… Okay, look, listen.” This caught Dazai’s attention and he faced Chuuya, unsure of what to expect. “I know this isn’t any of my business and I don’t know the situation at all, but it’s been haunting me to not say something. When you took your brother last night, I noticed his arm was—”

 

“I saw it too, don’t worry,” Dazai reassured, turning his attention back to watching Q and Mori, “I… I dealt with it. Thanks for telling me though.”

 

“Oh, okay, cool. Thank God,” Chuuya responded, rubbing his forehead with his hand. He looked at Dazai, who smiled and nodded, but Chuuya could see him picking at his hangnails. “Are you okay?”

 

Dazai flinched, turning quickly to look at Chuuya, brow furrowed. “Yeah, I’m fine.” He was lying and Chuuya knew it. He’s known this fucker for a hot while now and unfortunately that means he’s learned quite a few things about it. Chuuya approached Dazai, grabbing his hand to stop him from picking his skin off. He raised a brow to Dazai, as if non-verbally communicating that he knew Dazai wasn’t okay.

 

Dazai wanted to be angry. He wanted to manifest that emotion forward, saying, “why don’t you—!” He had interrupted himself with the shock of his own voice wavering. Fuck. The worry for Q and subsequently Elise overrode any displaced anger he could find towards Chuuya. He was so tired. He pursed his lips together, trying to keep himself together. It was so easy to pretend that everything was okay when it came to himself. It was easier when it was him on the receiving end of Mori, but knowing that Q and Elise now had to deal with the brunt of Mori was indescribable.

 

And it was all his fault. He had left. He didn’t stay. He didn’t take them with him. He was the one who disappeared after high school and the Odasaku incident. Everything that was happening now was because of him. Q’s suffering, Elise being kept on a tight leash… all because he was no longer Mori’s precious, perfect son. All because he left.

 

He doesn’t remember starting to cry and he doesn’t remember Chuuya bringing him into a hug. All he knew was that he needed to calm down and quick, because God forbid! that Chuuya Nakahara (of all people!) sees him cry.

 

“Everything’ll work itself man,” Chuuya tried to soothe.

 

Dazai believes that this is the first (and most likely last) time he has ever willingly listened to a word that came out of the slug’s mouth… and he was really hoping he was right.

Notes:

alright here's some Dazai lore and angst put together with a bow for you all.

sorry for such a heavy chapter. the idea got stuck in my head and i literally couldn't shake it, so here it is. i know in BSD canon that Dazai is the one who traps Q after an incident where a bunch of people died and not Mori, but this is also a university/modern AU and believe it or not this was once supposed to be just a silly, goofy chatfic LMFAO guys i don't know what happened!!!

Some things to mention so you guys can understand my thought process: BSD Dazai's promise to Odasaku to take care of the orphans and the works leading to him Atsushi, the "Odasaku incident" referenced here a few times is also the reason why Dazai cares a lot for his younger siblings. Odasaku (obviously) isn't dead here, but i have him be a major influence and semi role model to Dazai. Q being referred to as "he" was because the chapter though in a 3rd POV was from Dazai's perceptive, who didn't know about their new use of they/them, but after Q tells him, Dazai refers to them as they/them which you can see when he's talking to Mori the next morning.

this chapter went through a bunch of changes as i wrote it too. originally it was going to be Yosano who comforts Dazai, but i decided the less players the better. i felt Chuuya would've worked better for this because he was the one who actually saw Q first and noticed something was wrong before anyone else did, therefore him comforting Dazai at the end made the most sense to me. i'll put a dazai/yosano moment soon because i truly love those two so much and considering how their adolescence in BSD lore (bc Yosano having ties to Mori here other than him being her professor wouldn't make much sense unfortunately sorry) was impacted by Mori, I view the two as siblings/having a sibling dynamic, which is why i have them living together as roommates, argue like siblings, and overall get along the best out of everyone. that's just a personal headcanon though, but since i'm writing the fic who is going to stop me?!?!?!

also i really contemplated having Dazai cry because he's not really a "crying character," but considering everything, i felt making him not cry would've been weirder and make him less personable and would go against the Odasaku thing i'm leaning into. if you feel like he wouldn't cry, i'm sorry i let you down, just from a narrative perspective it would be weird if he is shown to care about Q only to seemingly not GAF after handing them back to Mori after everything that happened.

this arc for Dazai is far from done but after this i'm going to be giving him a brief break. it just feels wrong to keep dog piling him with issues when this is a fic that incorporates everyone and all of them can be so angsty. i'm thinking of focusing on Junichiro next, but who knows??? all i know is that the next chapter will (HOPEFULLY GOD WILLING) be lighter and have epic the musical and sonic 3 references because those are things i like so i'm making these clowns like them too.

anyway i'm done over explaining myself LOL sorry!!! i'll try to pump out the next chapter soon. this one took a hot minute to write. please take care of yourselves guys and i'll see you later (gonna try to update later today??? so this isn't the last chapter anyone reads but alas i cannot make such a promise so just know i'll try my best). Bye!

Chapter 33: Live & Learn

Summary:

The global phenomena of Sonic 3 and how Dazai is still single.

Notes:

(minimal) SPOILERS FOR SONIC 3!!!!!!!!

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

 

Today at 5:21 PM.

alphatiger:

LIVE AND LEARN

 

shadow.praiser:

HANGIN ON THE EDGE OF TOMORROW

 

alphatiger:

LIVE AND LEARN!!!

 

shadow.praiser:

FROM THE WORKS OF YESTERDAAAAY–AAAY

 

alphatiger:

LIVE AND LEARN!!!

 

shadow.praiser:

IF YOU BEG OR IF YOU BORROW

 

alphatiger:

LIVE AND LEARN!!!!

 

shadow.praiser:

YOU MAY NEVER FIND YOUR WAAYYYYYYYY

 

alphatiger:

OOOOooooOOOOOoooo yeaahhhh

 

nothuman:

what the fuck

 

alphatiger:

WE SAW SONIC 3

 

shadow.praiser:

AND IT FUCKING

RULED

!!!MARIA!!!

 

nothuman:

?!

 

boydetective:

FUCK YOU

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU

YOU GUYS SAID WE’D GO TOGETHER

FUCK YOU

 

shadow.praiser:

NO FUCK U

WE CALLED U

UR TOO BUSY GETTING DICKED DOWN

 

boydetective:

:p

You’re just jealous

 

shadow.praiser:

K AND???

UR JEALOUS WE SAW SONIC 3

BE MAD

 

boydetective:

I already deduced Amy was in the post credit scene 

 

shadow.praiser:

o so i guessed u deduced the other 2 characters then???

 

boydetective:

Wait wym

Other TWO?!

IS ONE ROUGE

OR SILVER AND BLAZE?!?!?!?

LAWD PLEASE

 

shadow.praiser:

the only way 2 find out is if u see the movie

id be down to go again

 

alphatiger:

Same

 

nothuman:

what the fuck are you guys saying

 

butterfly:

Sonic the hedgehog babe

The blue fast hedgehog

 

nothuman:

not connecting

 

butterfly:

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games

 

nothuman:

OH

THAT SONIC!

 

animal_crossing:

Thats how u recognize Sonic?

Bc of Mario and Sonic at the olympic games?

 

nothuman:

yup

i don’t know how many times i gotta say it but i don’t really watch tv or listen to music or play games

 

doppo_poet:

Do you have any hobbies?

Just curious.

 

nothuman:

NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE HOBBIES??? THEY ARE JUST THINGS YOU DO TO PASS THE TIME???

 

alphatiger:

Dazai quick define what a hobby is

 

nothuman:

something someone does in their free time that gives them joy

 

alphatiger:

Fuck

Fair I guess

I hate you

 

nothuman:

don’t hate papa 🙁

 

alphatiger:

you're not my dad!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u saw that stupid hedgehog movie w/o me? 😐

 

alphatiger:

Yeah 

Bc you refused to watch the first two

So you’d have no idea what was going on

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

idgaf abt sonic

 

shadow.praiser:

says the shadow the hedgehog kinnie

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

?!?!?!?!

 

shadow.praiser:

spot the difference:

shadow the hedgehog

Akutagawa

all u need is red tips

 

alphatiger:

HOLY SHIT

:0

Ryu do you wanna…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh i hear gin calling gtg

 

alphatiger:

Dammit!!!!!!

 

natnatsuko:

Oh no furry fucker wanted to make Akutagawa the HEDGEHOG

ARE WE SHOCKED PEOPLE

WAKE UP

 

alphatiger:

SHUT UP IM NOT A FURRY!!!!!!!!!!

 

light_finder:

Atsushi…

 

alphatiger:

Naomi please be on my side idk if I could handle a betrayal from you 🙁

 

light_finder:

Sigh

Fine

Atsushi Nakajima is not a furry!!

So stop treating him like he is one!!!

hey ua!!

 

alphatiger:

BYE

I HATE THAT LMFAO

 

lemongrab:

AND I’M THE WEEB???

 

shadow.praiser:

yes!

hope this helps!

 

butterfly:

Ugh

Yuck.

 

lemongrab:

Oh… hello Yosano…

 

butterfly:

Don’t address me

 

lemongrab:

Damn ok

 

boydetective:

I’ll see sonic 3 with u bozos ig :\

Poe is gonna come with though

 

shadow.praiser:

wow

im shocked

thought u hated him

wow

who couldve seen this coming

 

boydetective:

EAT MY ASS????

 

thegoldraven:

I actually haven’t seen the first two movies…

 

alphatiger:

WHAT

 

shadow.praiser:

DUDE!!!

 

boydetective:

POE!!!

Okay I’m coming over

 

shadow.praiser:

pls remember the movie is pg…

no depraved acts…

thatll be blasphemous to the integrity of the film…

 

alphatiger:

Yeah tbh you need to focus on the film

All three are so good

And fucking during it would only distract you from the peak cinema that it is

 

nothuman:

jesus christ

god if you can hear me

make them stop.

 

butterfly:

Y’all got him talking to the christian god 😭

 

alphatiger:

GOD FORBID WE HAVE INTERESTS

 

shadow.praiser:

‼️REAL‼️

 

nothuman:

it’s for kids

 

alphatiger:

I’m healing my inner child

 

nothuman:

okay

i know if i say anything else that godforsaken orphanage will be mentioned once more

 

alphatiger:

Awe man you got my MO 🙁

 

nothuman:

YUP read your ass like a BOOK

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

stop talking to him

 

alphatiger:

🙁awh man…

 

nothuman:

akutagawa is so controlling you should dump him atsu!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i was talking to u dazai

leave atsushi alone

 

nothuman:

ugh god forbid i talk to jinko

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im going to end your bloodline

 

nothuman:

teehee promise? 🤭

 

blcklzrd:

Wait but

Sonic 3 was so heat

 

shadow.praiser:

OH I COULD KISS U ON THE MOUTH

 

blcklzrd:

😏

 

goldendemon:

🤨

 

butterfly:

🤔

 

blcklzrd:

Relax fujoishis

 

goldendemon:

Damn clocked

 

blcklzrd:

There’s too many gay guys here where the gay women at

You two need to get together to try to even things out

 

countess..luanne:

Hmmmmm

Idk how genuine that is

 

blcklzrd:

Who are you

 

countess..luanne:

?

Lucy Montegemory?

 

blcklzrd:

WHY DO WE HAVE 2 AMERICANS

 

countess..luanne:

I’M CANADIAN YOU FUCK

 

blcklzrd:

HELP?!?!

No way you’re Canadian I heard Canadians are nice 

And calling me a fuck is very mean

 

arahabaki:

Lol it was deserved though

 

blcklzrd:

Would it kill you to be on my side

 

arahabaki:

I get heart palpitations just thinking about it so I think it would

 

blcklzrd:

Us redheads gotta stick together

 

countess..luanne:

I’m literally a redhead

 

blcklzrd:

I’ve seen you

It’s like

More pinky

Magenta maybe 

The real gingers here are me, junichiro, kouyou, and nakahara

 

countess..luanne:

First this chat revokes Atsushi of his orphan card not too long ago and now mine of a redhead

 

alphatiger:

We can’t have shit 

 

countess..luanne:

Smh

I think he’s deflecting bc I called him out on his fetishizing lesbians 

 

goldendemon:

I’m not even lesbian lol

 

butterfly:

🤯

Could you reconsider

 

goldendemon:

LMFAO

Never said I wasn’t sapphic 😏

 

butterfly:

i used to pray for times like these

 

nothuman:

NO

NO WAY

GOD

I SEE WHAT YOU DO FOR OTHERS

WHAT ABOUT ME!!!!!!

I WANT A SUPER HOT GF!!!!!!

or a bf i guess :\

 

alphatiger:

Oh my god

I have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

which is?

 

alphatiger:

@nothuman

or a bf he's bi

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

HAHAHAAHAH LMFAO

 

nothuman:

tbh i forgot what this image is hopefully it's funny

 

doppo_poet:

HAHAHAHAHAAH

 

boydetective:

FINISH HIM OFF YOSANO

 

nothuman:

no… yosano… my queen…

 

butterfly:

I’m sorry that it’s come to this

 

nothuman:

NO

DON’T DO IT!

AKIKO PLEASE!!!

 

butterfly:

🫵🤣

 

nothuman:

shellshocked soldier meme

Notes:

sorry i didn't update yesterday like i said i ended up reorganizing my bookshelf, finding out i had "No Longer Human" by Osamu Dazai and read that and finished it today. it's a solid read and significantly less painful to read than Herman Melville.

Sonic 3 fucking ate btw. i was never rly into sonic until the movies came out but here i am at age 22 and a newly found sonic the hedgehog fan who would've thought.

i want to write sskk so bad it might happen in the next chapter i'm not entirely sure yet.

follow me on bluesky at unknown-ghost so you can see when i update :3

bye!

Chapter 34: Odysseus and Babysitting

Summary:

There is no way to surmise this chapter.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

iMessage

Ryuu 🖤❤️

Today at 2:33 PM.

 

Hey :3

Did u listen to epic yet :3

 

hi jinko

not yet

ive been a bit busy

but i plan to listen to it later :]

 

Ok!!!

I just think we are so Odysseus and Penelope coded :D

 

we are

ive read the odyssey before

so i can say that

 

Omg babe

Who is Odysseus and who is Penelope

 

clearly i am odysseus

love you jinko but… u would die to the cyclops LMFAO

 

WTF?!?!?!?!?!

I WOULD LIVE

I COULD SO BE ODYSSEUS

 

baby…

lying is bad even if its to urself…

 

RYU

 

U LITERALLY ASKED WHO IS WHO

I ANSWERED HONESTLY

did u want me to lie

fine ill lie

u would be odysseus

 

NAH

IM GETTING OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED

 

MEANING???

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 2:36 PM

alphatiger:

Hi guys important question

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh jesus christ

SPARE ME

 

alphatiger:

HUSH

Who here is familiar with the Odyssey/Epic: The Musical 

 

animal_crossing:

ME!!!! 

I love it :3

The animatics r so cool !!!!

 

butterfly:

I know of the Odyssey

I never read it but I know what happens

 

nothuman:

i’ve read both the iliad and odyssey

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

not the question

nerd

showoff 

 

nothuman:

you’re only calling me a showoff because you can’t read

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

DUDE?!?!?!

i read the fucking odyssey actually so go fuck urself

 

nothuman:

i'm shocked! :0

 

arahabaki:

I tried reading it but it was too fucking long and too boring

 

nothuman:

name of your sex tape

 

arahabaki:

DUDE?!

 

doppo_poet:

I have read the Odyssey and am aware of the musical!

My favorite song is Open Arms!

 

animal_crossing:

GASP

ME TOO KUNIKIDA!!!

 

boydetective:

I LOVE EPIC

WHEN DOES A MAN BECOME A MONSTEERRRRRRR

 

thegoldraven:

Ranpo got me into the musical but I have read the Odyssey before

 

shadow.praiser:

omg yes the odyssey

fucking LOVE that mario game

 

boydetective:

LMFAO

Dude no

The epic poem by Homer

 

shadow.praiser:

that shit WAY TOO long to be a poem

and it doesnt even rhyme

 

goldendemon:

Did not read the Iliad or Odyssey 

Vaguely aware of the musical

BIG Song of Achilles fan

 

butterfly:

SOA FAN????

You and I need to talk fr

 

goldendemon:

I live right under you so idk what the holdup is

 

nothuman:

can y’all have some decency

some of us are single and lonely

 

light_finder:

I FUCKING LOVE EPIC!!!!!!!!!!

IVE BEEN BEGGING JUNICHIRO TO GET INTO IT BUT HE WONT

FUCKING LOSER!!!!!!!!!

 

shadow.praiser:

yeOUCH

sry i draw the line at musicals

idk why people be singing and dancing like that

 

nothuman:

real

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

I enjoy epic the musical 

I think the thunder saga is the best one

 

boydetective:

You spelt underworld saga wrong :\

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

I will gut u like a fish.

 

boydetective:

HELLO?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

bookworm:

I’ve read the Odyssey a few times now.

Big fan.

 

nothuman:

insane

 

alphatiger:

Ok so the reason I ask is because I wanna know

Between Akutagawa and me, who is Odysseus and who is Penelope

 

nothuman:

akutagawa is the guy who gets drunk and falls off a roof on circe's and dies

you’re the infant odysseus kills in troy

 

arahabaki:

What the fuck is this story about

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

?!?!?!?

i am NOT elpenor 

 

nothuman:

literally crazy how you knew exactly who i was talking about

 

boydetective:

Ignoring Dazai’s usual insanity, I’d say Akutagawa is Odysseus and you’re Penelope

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

HAH

 

alphatiger:

WHY

 

boydetective:

Because you have suitors babe

Akutagawa, Dazai, Junichiro, probably your friend Sigma

And I’m not entirely convinced that they’d live to see another day if they pursued you seriously with Akutagawa around

He’d kill them like Odysseus killed the suitors

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

:]

i agree

 

butterfly:

Doesn’t Odysseus cheat on Penelope though

 

nothuman:

it’s up to interpretation 

some say he slept and had children with circe and calypso, others deny this

if akutagawa was odysseus he’d cheat on my poor atsushi

my poor pookums :(

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

I WOULD NOT

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU MUMMIFIED FREAK

 

animal_crossing:

I think Atsushi gives off more Telemachus vibes don’t you guys think?? :0!

 

shadow.praiser:

honest to god

akutagawa is shadow the hedgehog

and atsu is sonic the hedgehog

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

were not talking abt those stupid hedgehogs

 

shadow.praiser:

i take it back 

aku is maria and im G.U.N.

start running

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i dont get the reference so this means nothing to me

 

boydetective:

Maria is shot and killed by G.U.N.

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

If Ryu is Shadow that means I’M Maria

And that means I die ):

I don’t wanna die

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i wouldnt let anyone touch a hair on ur head

 

shadow.praiser:

i mean maria is shot so no one is touching a hair on her head

its kind of long range

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i will curb stomp u and shoot u 3 times.

 

shadow.praiser:

GIN ISNT MARIA UR MARIA

GIN WOULD BE SHADOW

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

:0!

I love Shadow the Hedgehog

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u like sonic?

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Yes!

Naomi and I went to see the third movie today!

 

light_finder:

YEAH

IT ROCKED

 

shadow.praiser:

wasnt aware of this

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

neither was i

 

alphatiger:

Ermmmmmm 

Can we get back to the matter at hand

Who thinks I am Odysseus

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

zero ppl

sorry baby

 

nothuman:

FUCKING EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW

BABY?!?!?!

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU, JUSTIN BIEBER?!?!?!

IM GONNA KMS

 

light_finder:

If I’m honest, neither of you lol

Atsushi love you to death but you’d never think of the Nobody bit and you’d sacrifice yourself for your men against the cyclops

And Akutagawa you’d probably be punished by the Gods in Troy so you wouldn’t even make it to the Odyssey

I think you’d both wait 20 years for the other one though

You’re both Penelope

 

alphatiger:

Awe

That’s cute

But I’m Odysseus

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ur smart friend said i was odysseus so suck one :]

 

alphatiger:

Maybe I will 😐

 

nothuman:

CAN YOU GUYS NOT FOREPLAY IN THE SERVER.

I’M BANNING NSFW

NSFW IS BANNED

 

butterfly:

I was abt to say smth and then I realized that was a private pm thing

 

nothuman:

???

OH

when i send you my nudes?

 

goldendemon:

HUH?

 

boydetective:

🕶️🤏🏻🤨

 

butterfly:

Relax 

I just rate them between 1 through 5 if he should send them out

Like any good friend would do

 

alphatiger:

Honest to god couldn’t imagine you naked

Without clothes? I’m sure that happens

But naked? No

In my head you’re just bandages

 

butterfly:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

arahabaki:

What’s with the bandages

 

nothuman:

i have a non-contagious skin disease called nunya

so i keep most of my body wrapped with bandages

 

arahabaki:

Nunya?

OH FUCK YOU

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU

YOU’RE A DICK

KYS IDC

FUCK OFF

FUCK YOU 

SHITTY DAZAI

DIE

I HATE YOU

 

nothuman:

:3c

 

iMessage

Ryuu 🖤❤️

Today at 3:02 PM.

 

That devolved.

 

lol yup

but ur smartest friend agreed i was odysseus

so i win :3

 

DANG IT

 

why did u want to be odysseus so bad

 

Bc I want there to be one instance where I’m the super cool strong guy in our relationship :(

 

jinko

im gonna say smth and i dont want u to make fun of me for it…

 

:0!

What is it??

 

between the two of us…

neither of us r a super cool strong guy :|

 

OH PISS OFF!!!!!

 

:]

anyway i’m coming over

 

Don’t get lost for 10 years and see some other hoes Odysseus

 

god no

i’d rather die.

 

the yokohomo gaygency

General-chat

Today at 6:32 PM.

doppo_poet:

Does anyone here know anything about children?

 

butterfly:

DID YOU KNOCK SOMEONE UP?!?!?!?!

LETS GO

GAYGENCY BABY!!!!!!!!

 

nothuman:

i do not care for children

 

arahabaki:

You don’t like animals OR kids?

What do you like????

 

nothuman:

adults? 

not a furry fucker (atsushi) nor a kiddie diddler (dr. mori)

 

alphatiger:

DONT LUMP ME IN W MORI?!?!?!?!?

ALSO NOT A FURRY FUCKER?????

 

nothuman:

akutagawa is basically a rabid dog and you fuck him so

furry fucker 😐

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats not true

sometimes i fuck him

 

nothuman:

STOP

FUCKING

TALKING

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u literally started it

and i was correcting u

 

alphatiger:

:3

 

butterfly:

Ok i’m changing the subject

Let’s turn the focus back to Kunikida

Can I be an aunt

 

doppo_poet:

I’m not having a kid.

 

butterfly:

BOOOOOOOOO

Could you?

I’m sure you’d have a cute kid!!!

 

doppo_poet:

Not now.

Also, I’m not dating anyone so that’s not happening for a little bit.

 

butterfly:

Can we find this man a gf???

 

goldendemon:

Do you date at all, Kunikida?

 

doppo_poet:

It’s not in my schedule right now.

May we focus back on the matter at hand?

 

butterfly:

shore what up

 

doppo_poet:

I promised Professor Stoker that I would watch his daughter, Aya, but I’ve come to realize I know nothing about children.

Does anyone have any advice?

 

nothuman:

back out

LOL

i’m jk i guess

i mean watching kids isn’t really that hard

just talk to her and whatever and she’ll tell you what she wants to do

if not just let her do her own thing

is she like a little little kid or like walking and talking

 

doppo_poet:

I think she’s around 10-12 years old?

I’m not sure of her age exactly.

 

nothuman:

oh yeah just let her do her thing

as long as she doesn’t kill you or herself it’s fine

i’d be more worried if she’s like a vampire or something

prof stoker a whole freak

def drinks and bathes in blood

 

doppo_poet:

Relax Dazai.

He’s a respected member of our university’s staff.

 

nothuman:

why are you watching his kid over YOUR SUMMER BREAK

 

doppo_poet:

Because I promised I would.

 

nothuman:

couldn’t be me

imagine fukuzawa asking me babysit his kid?

i heard that kid is a nightmare

 

doppo_poet:

Yeah, I’ve heard the same thing.

I heard he gets violent when he doesn’t get his candy.

 

nothuman:

yeah it’s crazy

couldn’t pay me a million dollars to babysit his kid

 

boydetective:

???

What the fuck are you guys talking about

WAIT

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ME?!

YOU GUYS SERIOUSLY SUCK

 

nothuman:

teehee 

 

boydetective:

hm.

Would be a shame if someone sent

goofy dazai pic

That of you in the group chat

 

nothuman:

no one hmu i’m actually committing suicide tonight

kouyou keep your dog on a leash.

 

goldendemon:

?

Do you mean Chuuya?

 

arahabaki:

BRO.

FUCK OFF.

Thanks for the new contact picture of him though :p

 

nothuman:

DIE.

Notes:

don't ask i don't know

bye

Chapter 35: High School and Family Ties

Summary:

Dazai, Akutagawa, and Chuuya reminisce about high school and some lore is revealed in the chat.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

iMessage

atsu naka

Today at 10:54 PM.

DUDE???

U GOOD??

RU CRYING?!?!?!??!?!?!?!

 

LOL

Hi Junichiro

Yeah

 

WHY RU CRYING

was it akutagawa

 

LOL NO

I’m watching a show

 

?????

wha t show

 

Will Trent

He’s an orphan

And I feel represented

 

o

#orphanrepresentation

 

LEAVEE ME ALONEEEEEE

 

dam

sry

forgot how pissy u orphans get 2 b

 

IM GONNA PUMMEL U INTO THE DIRT

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 10:59 PM.

shadow.praiser:

guiz :(

atsu threatened 2 hurt me

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

deserved

 

shadow.praiser:

man :\

 

nothuman:

LOL

atsushi would never

he’s a kind and gentle soul

😚😚😚

 

alphatiger:

:3

Ty Dazai

 

nothuman:

ofc pookie

love you <3!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NOPE.

atsushi is mine not urs hop off

u suicidal fuck

 

shadow.praiser:

um achtually ☝️🤓

atsu is mine

we r endgame

 

boydetective:

Poe and me are endgame :3

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

didnt ask dont care

L + ratio

 

boydetective:

I’m on Dazai’s side break up with this guy atsushi

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

U GUYS R FUCKING ANNOYING

 

alphatiger:

Even me? :(

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yes

ur not exempt jinko

i just like u more

 

boydetective:

Erm notice how he said “like” and not “love” ☝️🤓

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

I WILL SKIN U ALIVE

 

boydetective:

Can someone check if he’s said that before?

 

doppo_poet:

He’s threatened to drop Dazai in “skin eroding acid.”

I don’t know about skinning though.

 

boydetective:

Ah!

You’re getting less creative :\

 

thegoldraven:

Please don’t aggravate him further. I’d like you to keep your skin please 😭

 

boydetective:

So what I’m hearing is you wouldn’t find me attractive if I was skinless?

WOW

Yosano, would you love me if I was just a muscular system?

 

butterfly:

I’d arguably find you more attractive

 

boydetective:

Wow bit OVER! I hated that answer!

 

butterfly:

LMFAO

 

arahabaki:

muscular system

Yosano’s ideal partner

 

butterfly:

OMG…….

SO BEAUTIFUL…

 

nothuman:

you would love me with the bandages off

 

butterfly:

AYO?!

 

alphatiger:

I thought you send her your nudes???

So she’s seen you naked??

 

butterfly:

He sends me tasteful nudes

But not everything is shown

:\

 

nothuman:

NOT THE EMOTICON LOL

she has not seen osamu jr

well maybe like a little bit of him

 

butterfly:

Keeping it so honest and real I have zero recollection

Probably

I'm sure jr has made an appearance

We’ve been friends for a while

Like since freshman year

 

nothuman:

yeah <3

my yoyo

 

boydetective:

Ugh ick move on from this

 

goldendemon:

What are under the bandages Osamu

 

nothuman:

hey babe you know i think you’re so drop dead gorgeous beautiful and sexy but using my first name actually made me convulse

 

arahabaki:

Osamu

 

nothuman:

EW

 

arahabaki:

???

You call me by my first name???

 

nothuman:

yeah but everyone calls you by your first name

everyone calls me just dazai

 

arahabaki:

OKAY?? I DIDNT TELL THEM TOO

Also you gave me shit in dms and alluding that your name isn’t even dazai

Soooooo idk the issue

 

nothuman:

🤭

omg i forgot about that

that was crazy

 

butterfly:

UM YEAH

ACTUALLY

LET'S DISCUSS.

 

nothuman:

:p

nah im okay.

i need to stay enigmatic because a little mystery is sexy

and i’ve been too emotional vulnerable with a few of you

 

alphatiger:

LIKE WHO???

Cause I know it wasn’t me 😐

Even though it should be

Cause I’m your favorite

 

nothuman:

oh my poor pookie :(

actually pause

rewind

you’re too busy giving RYUUNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA SLOPPY to be around when i need you

so you’re not my poor pookie

i’m the poor pookie in this scenario

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

atsushi does not give me sloppy thats perverse

and hes also not good at it :\

 

nothuman:

L

M

F

A

O

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

🫵🤣

now break up with each other

 

alphatiger:

>:0

 

doppo_poet:

CAN WE HAVE A PG CHAT?

FOR ONE NIGHT?

EVERYTHING IN THE SERVER IS PERVERTED.

 

alphatiger:

Akutagawa check imessage rn 😐

 

animal_crossing:

Ooooooooooo

Someone is in troubleeeeeee

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

🫢

Deserved.

 

nothuman:

kyoka!!

how has the sims been treating you?

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

:0

Pretty well

I’m doing the black widow challenge rn and just killed geoffrey landgraab

Stupid fucker and his ugly ass house

 

nothuman:

wow

congrats

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

What’s all this about your name not being dazai

 

nothuman:

it’s a circulating theory

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Is it true?

 

nothuman:

who knows :p

 

butterfly:

Your name is dazai its the one on the lease!!!!!!!

That needs to be your gov name 

 

nothuman:

:3c

yeah you’re right

teehee

anyway is atsushi single yet

 

alphatiger:

No 

Stop praying for my relationship to fail 😭

 

nothuman:

it’s not that i want your relationship to fail

it’s just that

akutagawa?

really?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im a solid bf

 

boydetective:

As opposed to being a liquid or gas bf

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

nerd

 

boydetective:

>:0

 

alphatiger:

What’s even your problem with Akutagawa?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yes

lets dive into this

would love to know

 

nothuman:

i mean the answer is obvious

in high school, you clung onto me and followed me around all the time

it was annoying and no matter what i did you stayed.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yeah but i only ever hung around u bc u helped me when i was being bullied

only to bully me instead

 

nothuman:

i didn’t help you when you were being bullied

if i did that wasn’t my intent

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

that makes u sound like a dick.

 

nothuman:

i’m just being honest

i didn’t help you out for the sake out helping you out

you were being bullied by “The Sheep” and i hated them more than i found you annoying

so if they did anything around me in general i was going to do shit back

especially to that stupid shirase fucker lol

if you’re going to be upset with anyone for bullying you in high school, it should be chuuya

he was the “leader” of the sheep

 

arahabaki:

I never bullied anyone

And I told them all to knock it off, they just wouldn’t listen to me!!

 

nothuman:

yeah but that’s not my problem

they still bullied a whole bunch of kids and they felt comfortable doing so because they knew that you’d have their back if anything happened

anyway this is about akutagawa

and i just can’t unsee you as that pathetic, annoying kid who wouldn’t leave me alone no matter what

you kind of were like a sheep with me as the leader instead

and that just pissed me off.

 

butterfly:

Wow

I think you have a lot of deep rooted problems

 

countess..luanne:

Damn girl you THINK?

That’s a hunk of shit btw lmfao

I mean I wasn’t there so 

But you all sound like you suck

Aktuagawa less so but I know he gave Atsushi a lot of shit his freshman year here so 😐

Enemies to lovers type beat ig but 

 

alphatiger:

LOL

I forgot there was a time he and I actually didn’t like each other and it wasn’t a bit

 

boydetective:

LMFAO ATSUSHI

Never change

Except for the bangs

Please change them

 

nothuman: you kind of were like a sheep with me as the leader instead

arahabaki:

I didn’t ask to be their “leader”

And considering how they all didn’t listen to me and then fucking dropped me, I’d argue I was never their leader and just their pawn

So you gotta lay off of me because of that

The real bully in high school was you dude

 

nothuman:

???

that’s not even remotely true

the only person i gave shit to was akutagawa

and it was only for him to leave me alone and he didn’t.

shirase and his little girlfriend were rancid and i gave them back exactly what they gave me

and you and i beefed because you're a little dick (literally in two senses and a metaphorical third sense)

and anyway i stopped like senior year of high school because of mori

 

doppo_poet:

Mori as in Dr. Mori?

 

nothuman:

:0

gasp…

 

boydetective:

LMFAO

FUCKING MORON

 

butterfly:

Why dr. mori dazai…

 

nothuman:

i wish to not say

poe may i plead the fifth as a non-american

 

thegoldraven:

I want to say yes, but I’m more afraid of Yosano than you.

Sorry!

 

nothuman:

unfortunately incredibly valid and fair

alas it was to come out at some point…

but you can’t get mad at me.

 

butterfly:

What is it Dazai

 

nothuman:

he’s my “dad”

 

Goldendemon:

?!?!?!?!?

I just heard a scream from upstairs?!?!?!

 

arahabaki:

LMFAO

I THINK SHE’S FIGHTING HIM!!!

 

alphatiger:

Gravity Falls?

Chuuya we should talk more

 

arahabaki:

LMFAO real

But also do I need to check on them?

 

goldendemon:

No

If she kills him I think our rent will be cheaper

 

boydetective:

HAHAHAHA

Priorities 

 

nothuman:

WOW

none of you value human life i suppose

 

arahabaki:

Your username is literally “not human”

And I’m not entirely convinced it’s wrong

 

nothuman:

oh aha ouch.

 

alphatiger:

Wait sorry I was so focused on Gravity Falls I didn’t realize that THE DR. MORI IS YOUR DAD?!?!?!?!!?!?!

 

butterfly:

I can’t believe I’m living with his SPAWN.

 

nothuman:

i’m not his biological kid

 

arahabaki:

WAIT

YOU WERE ADOPTED?!?!?!?!

He chose you? 

That’s crazy

 

nothuman:

wait what the fuck that was actually funny what’s going on :(

i mean i don’t know what else to say

he took me in when i was like fourteen

 

arahabaki:

What about your real family

 

nothuman:

no

 

boydetective:

???

WYM NO???

 

nothuman:

nope.

nah.

no.

non.

nein.

nyet.

 

alphatiger:

Hmmm… 

I’m getting a sense he doesn’t wanna talk about it…

 

PM

butterfly aka Yosano Akiko

Today at 11:43 PM.

arahabaki:

He totally killed his real family

 

butterfly:

SHUT UP BAHAHAHAHA

I LIVE WITH HIM THATS CRAZY

Also was lowkey texting ranpo the same thing 😭

 

arahabaki:

Idk if he’d kill you though

He seems lowkey afraid of you

 

butterfly:

Omg…

So unfortunate I’m not into guys because you are the most perfect guy

You know how to flatter a girl…

 

arahabaki:

You’re saying all that shit because I said I think he’s afraid of you

 

butterfly:

Yeah

I like it when men fear me

 

arahabaki:

Fuck it

Who am I to yuck your yum

Notes:

hope you guys enjoyed :3

i need asagiri to drop dazai's backstory before i put in the one i made for him. cause idk if he was an orphan and i want atsushi to get his pissy orphan revenge

anyway follow me on bluesky to see when i update @unknown-ghost :)

kk baiiiiiii

Chapter 36: Who's Your Type?

Summary:

After trying to get more lore out Dazai, the group chat talks about everyone's type.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

gaygency

general

Today at 2:21 AM.

alphatiger:

Ok I’m sorry I can’t get over this

And I’ll text in here so it’s all people you like and not Akutagawa and Chuuya and whatever but

MORI IS YOUR (adoptive) FATHER?!

SINCE YOU WERE 14?!?!

HOW!!

WHY!!

 

nothuman:

gm to you too atsushi!

i dunno

not much to say

 

alphatiger:

I mean listen dude

I’m not going to force you if you don’t wanna talk about it

But you have to see how CRAZY this is

The most hated professor of ALL TIME IS YOUR DAD!!!

And no one knew

 

boydetective:

I knew :p

Ok I’m going back to bed

 

alphatiger:

Clearly you don’t count but gn princess

Anyway

THIS INFORMATION IS MIND BOGGLING!!!!

 

nothuman:

honestly dude

there’s not really much to say

and the story of how it happened would only upset you

 

alphatiger:

I’m a big boy

If you wanna share it

Don’t feel like you need to 

But don’t not share it because of my feelings

I’ll be ok

 

nothuman:

okay then so

when i was fourteen i tried to kill myself.

like kill myself for real

mori was the doctor that treated me so i didn’t die

he found out i was living in a shipping container or whatever 

took me in

at a price.

but yeah.

 

alphatiger:

Oh wow

I’m so sorry Dazai

 

nothuman:

there’s nothing to be sorry about

that’s just how things be

i hate the fucker

simple as that

 

alphatiger:

What about your other siblings? Are they also adopted?

 

nothuman:

kyuusaku is adopted. i was there when they were adopted

elise is his biological daughter from what i know

he had already had her by the time i came around, so he could’ve also taken her in?

but he treats her way better than he ever treated kyu and me

i don’t know if that’s because she’s a girl, but i took it as it’s because she’s his bio kid

i never asked because i never really cared enough to know

 

alphatiger:

Did you know your bio family?

 

nothuman:

yes.

i knew them.

i’m not going to talk about them, that’s a hard boundary

 

alphatiger:

Ok

I wasn’t going to ask

Damn who would’ve thought this whole time…

YOUR ASS WAS AN ORPHAN TOO!

 

nothuman:

BOOOOO

YOU DON’T KNOW FOR SURE!

 

alphatiger:

NAH

UR ASS WAS IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER

ORPHAN! ORPHAN! ORPHAN!

SOMEONE GET THIS MF A MEMBERSHIP CARD

 

nothuman:

UNLIKE YOU I WAS ADOPTED!!!

SOMEONE WANTED MY ASS!!

WHO WANTED YOU?!?!

 

alphatiger:

hm true…

Except let me check my notes here and oop!

YOUR ASS IS SINGLE?!?!

AND MY ASS IS TAKEN?!?!?!?!

 

nothuman:

GASP

HOW DARE YOU BRING MY RELATIONSHIP STATUS INTO THIS!!

 

alphatiger:

Also being adopted by Dr. Mori is not a flex

 

nothuman:

he’s the reason why i’m alive to be honest and fair

so i know one of the reasons i’m pissed at him is for that

maybe you should be grateful considering your ass wants me alive and whatnot

 

alphatiger:

Are you defending him

 

nothuman:

UGH LOOK AT WHAT YOU MADE ME DO

 

alphatiger:

Did you call him dad or like papa or what

 

nothuman:

????

it’s so clear you’ve never had parents a day in your life LMFAO what the fuck is that question

i called him mori

i only ever referred to him as dad when talking to kyu and elise

 

alphatiger:

And no mom?

 

nothuman:

you think mori fucks?

uh huh disgusting

 

alphatiger:

LIKE ELISE’S MOM???

 

nothuman:

OH.

no

again i don’t know for sure if elise is biologically his, i just assume she is

but if she is his biologically, her mom was never around

like she’s either dead or a bum

cause there was no mention of her whatsoever

 

alphatiger:

What was it like to be his son

 

nothuman:

it was fine for the most part

there was a weird expectation to be the “best person in the room” so everything felt like a performance like i was some clown entertaining the masses

there was no truth to what i did, no matter what it was, it felt like everything was a lie

he had people to impress and i was his prodigal son

i mean let’s be honest i’m not ranpo but i’m still pretty smart

people liked that and he liked that people liked it

and my quirks and habits were mostly ignored as long as i did them in private

and he wouldn’t get mad as long as i didn’t literally kill myself and sully his name

everything was about appearances

 

alphatiger:

Do you still feel that way now that you’ve left him?

 

nothuman:

yeah

i do

a lot of the time

but it’s different now because i choose it to be this way rather than having it forced on me

 

alphatiger:

What do you think you’re performing?

 

nothuman:

well, if i told you that

then the act would be over, wouldn’t it?

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 11:41 AM.

doppo_poet:

So Prof. Fukuzawa has Ranpo as a son and Dr. Mori has Dazai.

Anyone else a child of one of the professors that wants to come clean?

 

countess..luanne:

Yeah come clean

So we can become better friends

And I can get that easy A

 

boydetective:

Ugh please

Fukuzawa chose me out of every possible child in the world and he won’t cut me a break

I mean I had him as a professor before he nabbed me

#childprodigy

But still

I had to work for those As!!!

 

butterfly:

I’ve been known as Dazai’s best friend ever since we met and Mori still gets on my case

So these two are useless :\ 

Literally zero benefit in befriending either of them

 

boydetective:

YEOUCH

 

arahabaki:

Still can’t get over that Dazai and Mori aren’t related

They’re literally twins

 

butterfly:

I’ve never seen them in the same room together

 

arahabaki:

They both have that weird look in their eyes

Like that glazed over, non-caring look

I think Dazai is his illegitimate kid or something

And he just happened to reconnect with him when he was 14 somehow

And got custody

Cause mori has gotta be papa to dazai

 

boydetective:

No Dazai told Atsushi that he had a family before Mori

So papa was someone else

But it’s really interesting 

My parents died in an accident but my dad told me to come to this university if anything ever happened to him cause he’s friends with the university president

And then I ended up meeting Fukuzawa and he took me in

#slaying

I was also 14 when I met him too!

 

countess..luanne:

You were taking college classes at 14?

Why are you still here?!??!

 

boydetective:

I wanted another degree :p

My first time round I dual majored in criminal justice/criminology

Now I’m just here for a degree in literature :3

 

countess..luanne:

Nerd

 

boydetective:

I AM NOT A NERD?!?!?!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh great were still talking abt dazai

yippee.

 

boydetective:

Real

Let’s talk about moi! 

 

butterfly:

What is there to talk about

You’re a genius who has a bf and a dad

That’s more than atsushi

Who only has the bf

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

and lucky atsushi

:]

 

butterfly:

Where is my little furry king

 

shadow.praiser:

dude is dead asleep

 

butterfly:

How do you know for sure

 

shadow.praiser:

cuz i just went into his rm

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

???

why were u in there????!!???

 

shadow.praiser:

CHILLAX

atsu was borrowing my copy of pkmn scarlet

and i wanted it back

unclench dog

 

butterfly:

Wow the furry playing a game with animals I am shocked

 

alphatiger:

I

AM

NOT

A

FURRY.

Also sorry junichiro I totally forgot to give you that back last night

BUT HELLO??

WAKING UP TO SLANDE

SLANDER

I AM NOT A FURRY

NOR WILL I EVER BE A FURRY

 

countess..luanne:

Oh lord

 

alphatiger:

Akutagawa clear my name!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

remembering the time when u said my username was the “bitch pokemon” so i think im just gonna see how this all plays out

 

alphatiger:

Dick 😐

LUCY?!?!?!

VOUCH?!?!?!??!

 

countess..luanne:

I mean you’ve never discussed furry stuff with me

Idk about anyone else

 

butterfly:

Closeted furry 🫵🏻🤯

 

boydetective:

Wow no rofl emoji afterwards are we unlocking new emotes

 

butterfly:

I’m branching out

 

alphatiger:

I

AM

NOT

A

FURRY

WHY CANT A GUY JUST BE AN ANIMAL FAN WITHOUT BEING ACCUSED OF BEING A FURRY

 

butterfly:

It’s either furry or being one of the misogynistic “alpha” guys, alpha tiger

 

alphatiger:

Chat do I need to change my username

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

stop asking chat !!!

chat isnt real

ru hearing voices jinko pls be honest

 

alphatiger:

Yes but the chat thing is a bit

 

butterfly:

[link to campus mental health resources]

Hey babe maybe check this out :3

 

alphatiger:

LMFAO

 

nothuman:

what is going on right now

awe! you guys were talking about me!

you started talking about atsushi and ranpo?

yawn 🥱

 

boydetective:

Man I know you’re obsessed with me

 

nothuman:

ugh don’t you know it babe

 

thegoldraven:

🙁

 

boydetective:

KYS DAZAI!!!!

 

nothuman:

LMFAO?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

I DID NOTHING?!?!?!?!?!?!

I’M GOING TO KMS BUT FUCK YOU RANPO KYS TOO

YOU SHORT FUCK

 

boydetective:

IM GOING TO DRAIN THE BLOOD FROM YOU BODY

 

nothuman:

LOL IT’S AB BLOOD WHAT’RE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT??

 

boydetective:

YOU’RE AB?!!

YOU GREEDY FUCKER

 

nothuman:

😛

 

boydetective:

I’m type O I’m a universal donor

 

nothuman:

that implies you donate blood which you do not do

 

boydetective:

THAT’S NOT MY FAULT

 

nothuman:

you could’ve donate blood before dating poe

considering you were celibate up until then

but you didn’t :3

 

boydetective:

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU

 

butterfly:

I’m also type O and donate blood

Regularly

They pay you for it

 

boydetective:

THEY PAY ME FOR MY JUICE???

 

alphatiger:

Oh I hate that

I’m actually also AB 

 

nothuman:

for real?

guess you can literally say i’m your type…

😏

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i will shoot u dead

with a gun.

 

nothuman:

what’s your blood type?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

b

 

arahabaki:

Oh me too

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Me too.

 

boydetective:

So is Fukuzawa

Now I know who I need to take blood from if he shall ever need it >:)

 

nothuman:

?

yourself?

you are type O

 

boydetective:

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

 

thegoldraven:

I don’t know my blood type. :(

 

butterfly:

Typical American

 

boydetective:

LEAVE HIM ALONE HE’D HAVE TO PAY AN ARM AND A LEG TO GET HIS BLOOD TYPE IN AMERICA

 

nothuman:

isn't poe stupid rich though??

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats crazy

and i realized idc :\

 

boydetective:

FUCK

YOU

 

alphatiger:

Ranpo breathe

 

boydetective:

:0

>:0

I will kill you.

 

doppo_poet:

I’m type A.

 

nothuman:

ugh yeah you are.

 

doppo_poet:

Meaning?!

 

countess..luanne:

WHAT UP AB GANG‼️

 

nothuman:

OH

W.

 

light_finder:

I’m also AB :3

 

alphatiger:

Clearly AB is best because we have the most women

 

goldendemon:

I’m type A like Kunikida

 

shadow.praiser:

WHAT UP A GANGGGG

me 2

 

animal_crossing:

I am type O and donate regularly!!

I’m actually donating next week :3

Anyone want to come with? :0

 

boydetective:

Dazai definitely can go, he hasn't slept with any men in the past 6 months :)

 

nothuman:

lol bold assumption ;)

 

boydetective:

OK EW

 

nothuman:

:3

well, you started it

 

arahabaki:

Like who???

 

nothuman:

why do you care chibi?

 

arahabaki:

Because I think you’re lying

Haven’t heard anything from upstairs and your room is just above mine

You’re actually oddly quiet

 

nothuman:

ugh fucking narc

 

boydetective:

YOSANO DO IT!

 

nothuman:

STOP!!!!!

 

butterfly:

🫵🤣

Notes:

next chapter is gonna have chuuya lore trust

follow me on bluesky if you wanna see when i update :)! the username is unknown-ghost

bye!

Chapter 37: Less Tongue

Summary:

Chuuya gets a text and a confrontation from an old friend.

Notes:

TW: homophobia, biphobia, mentions of outing.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

PM

theshepherd aka Shirase

Today at 2:21 PM.

theshepherd:

hey Chuuya its me Shirase

I know its been a while

was hoping I could talk to you

 

arahabaki:

Hey man

No offense but after everything that happened between us

I don’t think I owe you the chance to talk to me

 

theshepherd:

listen man I know

Ive been thinking about it a lot recently

I hate how everything went down

Yuan and I have been talking about it all

we want to apologize

 

arahabaki:

I literally don’t care.

 

theshepherd:

please man

if not for me, for Yuan

she was innocent in the whole thing anyway

 

arahabaki:

If she was innocent and cared, she’d have reached out herself

And she would’ve checked in on me after everything happened.

Instead she stuck around you

So clearly she chose you over me

Which is fine

But that doesn’t mean I owe her or you my time

 

theshepherd:

please dude

we just want to talk to you

try to rectify everything

 

arahabaki:

There’s no rectifying anything.

You OUTED me.

TO MY DAD.

AND THE WHOLE SCHOOL.

Just because I told you and Yuan that I wasn’t going to back up your bullying anymore

You guys were bullying people and expected me to clean up your messes.

You guys used me and then betrayed me when I didn’t follow your lead

Even though “I was the leader”

Fuck you for that by the way

There shouldn’t be a leader of a group of friends

It should all be equal

But of course you and Yuan knew that

And I wasn’t a real leader

you guys just gave that title to me so I’d stay friends with you

And literally fight for you.

 

theshepherd:

I know.

and dude I am so sorry

Yuan and I wanna talk to you

in person

if possible

and apologize to you in person

 

arahabaki:

It doesn’t really seem worth it to me

I don’t really care for you guys anymore

And nothing you say will affect me

You can’t take back what you did and honestly it doesn’t even feel like you changed.

Cause really? The Shepherd?

Just unadd me on here dude

 

theshepherd:

no but we really need to talk man

I'll see you soon.

 

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 4:34 PM

arahabaki:

Man I fucking hate people

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

real

 

butterfly:

If this is because I’m being loud upstairs rn IM SORRY

I need to rearrange my furniture 

The vibes are no longer what I want

 

goldendemon:

Wait can I help

I love rearranging furniture

 

butterfly:

Omg YES

 

nothuman:

get a u-haul while you’re at it

 

butterfly:

😐

Maybe we should switch roommates 

I get Kouyou and you get Chuuya

 

arahabaki:

AGAIN I HATE PEOPLE.

 

blcklzrd:

Why do you hate people Chuuya

 

arahabaki:

My old friend from high school reached out to me today

 

nothuman:

shitrase?

sorry shirase

silly autocorrect

 

arahabaki:

Yeah him

And he’s like on my ass about meeting up with him and Yuan

But I don’t want to. I really don’t want to hear what they have to say after what they did.

 

alphatiger:

Can I ask what they did?

Only if you feel comfy sharing

 

butterfly:

I have fomo so idgaf if you're not comfortable just spill it

 

arahabaki:

HELP?!?!

I’m fine with sharing it because it’s been years and the outcome wasn’t that bad compared to what it could be

It’s just the fact they did it is gross

 

shadow.praiser:

what do

they*

what did they do*

sry playing over wat

overwatch 

hard 2 type

 

boydetective:

We need an intervention for you

Anyway chuuya floor is all yours

 

arahabaki:

They outed me

To like everyone

All because I wasn’t gonna stick up for them anymore if they started something

They told my dad, they told everyone in the school

My dad was fine with it, he didn't gaf 

He was actually angry they outed me cause he said he wished I just told him myself

But senior year of high school was tough bc not only did they do that, but they dropped me as friend and they were like my only friends

And then a lot of people would make fun of me

Cause you know God forbid someone is gay

 

butterfly:

Wait you’re gay?

JK

That’s fucked up though

I’m sorry that happened to you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yeah it was crazy

then he started hanging out w me so ppl would think we were gay together

bc i was out in hs cuz idgaf

 

nothuman:

can’t say i’m shocked

 

arahabaki:

Oh haha very funny you sensed i was gay

Hoorah dazai

 

nothuman:

not that you stubbed toe

 

boydetective:

Oh that’s a new one

 

nothuman:

they outed me to mori after i beat the shit out of shirase that one time

and right after they did that and they saw how that went down i think they did it to you

lol crazy

 

butterfly:

Damn these mfs suck why were you friends with them 😭

 

arahabaki:

We were childhood friends. I was blinded by nostalgia and the love I had for them I guess

I’m sorry they outed you though Dazai

Even though you suck you don’t deserve that

 

nothuman:

it’s whatever can’t change it

at the time it sucked because mori is very “you’re saying you’re bisexual because you’re secretly gay or just asking for attention” but now it’s funny because i don’t live with him

 

butterfly:

OH HE SO WOULD BE THAT WAY

THAT STUPID FUCKER!!!

I HOPE HE DIES!!!

No offense to you or your family Dazai

I’m sure your siblings are cool and normal

 

nothuman:

they’re little fucking ankle biters but they’re cool

 

alphatiger:

DUDE?!?!?!

 

nothuman:

what? just because i feel bad that they’re still in mori’s care doesn’t mean i can’t be honest

kyu used to bite me like ALL THE TIME

and they have this fugly ass doll that i currently have in my room and it freaks me out

 

arahabaki:

OMG YES THAT DOLL

IT FREAKED ME OUT SO BAD

 

nothuman:

IT’S SO CREEPY I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY HAVE IT

AND MORI WOULDN’T LET THEM TAKE IT HOME SO I TOOK IT

BECAUSE FUCK MORI YOU KNOW

BUT IT’S ACTUALLY CURSED

MY ROOM IS FUCKING HAUNTED.

i don’t believe in ghosts

but this doll is haunted

 

arahabaki:

Wait their name is Kyu?

I… thought it was Q.

 

nothuman:

😀

you think my sibling is a letter?

 

arahabaki:

Ok hear me out…

 

alphatiger:

No

Pause

Pause

Pause

Pause

Let’s rewind a little back

Rewind the tape please

You met Dazai’s SIBLING?!

 

arahabaki:

Not by choice

They came over and were banging on the door at 4am and I guess I was the only person home?!?!

Idk how Kouyou didn’t wake up

 

goldendemon:

I sleep with noise canceling headphones and an eye mask

I need to get my 8 hours uninterrupted.

 

nothuman:

you’re going to die in a house fire.

that’s not a prediction btw the god apollo just blessed me with a prophetic vision 

 

butterfly:

Stop putting that bad energy out there

LAME!

 

animal_crossing:

I thought we were talking about Chuuya?

 

arahabaki:

Thanks blond kid

We should be talking about me

Anyway

Shirase and Yuan want to meet up and talk to me and I don’t care about them or what they have to say I’m just really curious

Like what on earth could they possibly say to me?

 

nothuman:

maybe shirase is going to confess his love for you

and how he was too afraid to come out in high school after everything that happened

and would do anything to make it right with you if you’d have him <3

 

arahabaki:

GO HANG YOURSELF!

 

nothuman:

sir yes sir! 🫡

 

alphatiger:

Guys can we PLEASE stop telling the suicidal maniac to kill himself???

 

nothuman:

i wanna die beautifully

kind of like a firework

wouldn’t that be something

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

says the guy who tried to drown himself

they would’ve fished u out w a net

and put u in an unmarked grave

 

arahabaki:

STOP TALKING ABOUT SHITTY DAZAI

ME WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ME

 

blcklzrd:

You should meet up with them

And kill them.

 

arahabaki:

Hey maybe don’t speak for a while

 

blcklzrd:

Okay :(

 

goldendemon:

I agree with Tachihara

Unfortunately

 

blcklzrd:

Fuck you guys >:(

This is why I talk to my other friends more than you

 

arahabaki:

You have other friends?

 

blcklzrd:

YES!

 

arahabaki:

For real?

This seems unheard of

Wow

Um ok…

Anyway I guess I’ll maybe think about talking to them

 

blcklzrd:

BRO WHY’RE YOU ACTING LIKE THIS IS CRAZY?!?!?!!?

 

Chuuya snickered at his phone, amused by what the losers in the chat needed to say. The issue with Shirase and Yuan was such a headache… 

 

He laid himself on his back, starfishing himself across his bed, and looked up at the ceiling. Things were so much different now versus high school. He was so angry back then for a plethora of reasons, one of which was his sexuality. How much of a coward he was to be himself and how stupid he was to trust the wrong people… but he's since mellowed out. He’s happier now. Did he want to risk his happiness for Shirase and Yuan? Despite what they had done to him, they had been his first friends. They had stuck by him all throughout their adolescence. Yeah, they backstabbed him senior year, but did he need to keep icing them out like this?

 

His thoughts were interrupted by a tentative knock he could hear from the front door. He sat up, contemplating. Was Kouyou expecting someone? It didn’t make sense, considering she went to Dazai and Yosano’s… were they expecting anyone? It didn’t seem like that either. Other than the “party” they had (of which Chuuya refuses to call a party because it was lame as fuck), they hadn’t really had many people over. In fact, they were rather calm roommates except for times he could hear them get into heated political debates.

 

So, he got up and went to answer the door. When he opened it, he was surprised to see Dazai standing in the foyer face-to-face with Shirase and Yuan.

 

“What’s… going on here?” Chuuya asked.

 

“I could ask the very same,” Dazai said, smiling. Yikes. He was plotting something. Chuuya didn’t have to be Dazai’s best friend to see that the smile he wore was one of deceit and plotting. He was currently planning something with this. “What are you two doing here?”

 

“We came to talk to Chuuya!” Yuan exclaimed hurriedly, holding Shirase’s arm. “I didn’t expect a high school reunion with you of all people though.”

 

“Really?” Dazai asked, bewilderment in his voice but Chuuya knew it was fake. Chuuya himself was too bewildered to even speak, confused as to why Shirase and Yuan were there to begin with. He also wanted to see what Dazai had planned… “I mean, why wouldn’t you think I wasn’t going to be here? He and I live together, after all.”

 

“Wha—” Chuuya began to sputter out, but Dazai wrapped his arm around Chuuya’s shoulders and brought him in close, assumingely to keep him from spoiling the bit.

 

“Well, we’re here to talk to Chuuya, so you can leave,” Shirase said.

 

“ERNT—that’s the sound an extremely incorrect buzzer makes,” Dazai responded, “I wanna see what you have to say to him, all things considered. Anyway, you guys gotta have a lot of nerve showing up uninvited. So, come on, let us hear it!”

 

Shirase sighed, but relented. “Alright, listen,” he began, taking Yuan’s hand in his. Chuuya could’ve sworn Dazai’s eyes were gonna bulge out of his head and felt his grip tighten on Chuuya like he was bracing himself. “Yuan and I recently got together… for real this time… and after everything we’ve all been through together, we realized we don’t wanna go any further with anything until we made things right with you. We fucked up bad and we realize that… but we also realized that without you there is no us.”

 

Chuuya had mixed feelings about the whole thing, but everything was so weird and bizarre. He figured, fuck it, just say things are cool and slowly ghost them and have things return to relative normality. Except…

 

“That’s it?” Dazai asked, thwarting those plans before they could even come to fruition. “That’s all you have to say? For an apology, it’s very much ‘this is how I feel and what we want from you’ rather than a heartfelt apology prompted by deep regret and guilt.” Dazai’s giddy look was replaced by one of irritation and for the life of him, Chuuya could not figure out if it was authentic irritation or not.

 

“Well, what do you know?!” Yuan exclaimed, her cheeks reddening in either embarrassment or just from being upset (he couldn’t tell). “You were even worse to Chuuya in high school! And now you two are roommates! Anything is possible…”

 

Dazai made a tsk sound before speaking. “The issues Chuuya and I had in high school were nothing compared to what you two did and you know that. Chuuya and I beefed, yeah, but I didn’t weaponize our alleged friendship and then tell everyone something that he trusted me and me alone with like you two dunderheads did, isn’t that right?”

 

“W–Well, it’s different,” Shirase said, “and this is for Chuuya, not for you. Don’t act so all knowing just because you’re his roommate!”

 

Chuuya should’ve known Dazai’s plan was at his own expense. He should’ve told Dazai to kick rocks the moment he saw him talking to Shirase and Yuan. Instead, well, instead just sucked.

 

“Roommate?!” Dazai exclaimed, tone incredulous, “we’re not roommates , we’re together!" Chuuya felt Dazai curl his hair around his index finger. “Isn’t that ironic too? The two people you guys outed ended up together—hah! We bonded over how you attempted to ruin us socially by being a bunch of bigots!”

 

“Wh… You’re—You’re lying, Chuuya would never date you!” Yuan exclaimed and despite the years they haven’t been friends for, Chuuya would argue that she knew him pretty well.

 

“Oh, that we are though, right Chu Chu?” Dazai asked, his shitty smirk on his shitty face. Chuuya wanted out of this plan now—too many things were going on right now and everything seemed to overwhelm him. He was still trying to figure out how Shirase and Yuan got his address, but now he had to stress over Dazai saying that they’re dating even though they aren’t! 

 

“Wh—Dazai, knock it off!” Chuuya said through gritted teeth.

 

“Oh, you’re so shy,” Dazai commented towards Chuuya’s lack of response, “here, let’s give them a visual example.”

 

Shitty Osamu Dazai grabbed Chuuya’s chin and had him look up at him (something Chuuya already hates doing!). This fucking dick, this asshole, has the nerve, the audacity, and the fucking gall to kiss him on his mouth. And it wasn’t just a cute little kiss to “prove” they’re dating! It was a long one! And what’s worse is that Chuuya kissed back. He didn’t really know why he kissed back. He thinks it was because he wanted Yuan and Shirase to feel like stupid, dumb idiots for the stunt they pulled. It felt like choosing to go along with the bit was choosing to leave Shirase and Yuan in the past. They played their cards years ago, but now it was Chuuya’s turn to play his, regardless of Dazai forcing his hand.

 

They separated and were greeted to looks of shock by Shirase and Yuan. Dazai smiled warmly at them and gestured to the door behind them. “As you can see we’re busy… and you guys were uninvited. So, you can go out the way you came in. Bye!”

 

Shirase and Yuan exchanged a look with one another before wordlessly leaving, though Yuan stomping her feet and huffing was a telltale sign she was unhappy with what happened—with what happening being Chuuya’s lack of response or the gay kiss, he isn’t sure.

 

When they were finally out of the door and it closed, Dazai let go of Chuuya and had a content look on his face, as if playing with Chuuya, Shirase, and Yuan was just a normal activity for him, which one could argue was.

 

“Consider us even,” he said simply.

 

“Even?” Chuuya asked as his brain raked over the whole situation over and over again, trying to make sense of literally everything that happened. Everything was too overstimulating and went by too quickly, making it hard for him to make sense of what even happened. Did he just dream everything that went down?

 

“Yeah, for when you helped with Kyu and I got sappy and boohooey about it,” Dazai responded, “so you’re welcome.”

 

Chuuya’s mind went back to the kiss, trying to analyze and make sense of it. Why kiss him? Why do all that? He wiped his mouth uncertainly, not sure of what to even do right now except state what was at the forefront of his mind.

 

"You could’ve used way less tongue, man.”

Notes:

HERE'S YOUR SKK YOU'RE WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! see i am a good papa i am not starving you guys anymore daddy loves u (i'm daddy ig idk i need to drop this stupid bit it's cringe)

double update because this idea hit me like a bunch of bricks as i cleaned out my mom's pantry and i finished it before the next day yippee

i hope you guys are happy. if shirase and yuan seem ooc its bc i literally don't remember how they act i just remember them being rly fucking annoying oops

also this isn't rly a spoiler bc i dont rly plan to mention him at all other than this chapter (idk maybe he'll be mentioned or referenced agian) but chuuya's dad in this fanfic is paul verlaine. i figured i'd just put that out there lol

follow me on bluesky if you have it! my user is unknown-ghost yay!!!

buh bye

Chapter 38: Rumor Has It

Summary:

Secret's out!

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 5:21 PM.

alphatiger:

Osamu Dazai is a snake and a betrayer

 

nothuman:

DUDE.

RELAX.

 

alphatiger:

Osamu Dazai is the nastiest skank bitch I have ever met. Do not trust him, he is a fugly slut!!!!

 

nothuman:

STOP!!!!!

 

butterfly:

What is happening

 

boydetective:

Atsushi yelling at Dazai?

There is only one thing he could do that would lead to that

So LOL!!!!

HAHAHAHAHA

 

doppo_poet:

Can someone explain what’s going on?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i wish i could but atsu is just freaking

hes hushing me and trying to type

 

boydetective:

I’ll dm you Kida

 

shadow.praiser:

this is so twilight zone coded

 

alphatiger:

I just wanted to hang out with my best friend Osamu Dazai

As one would do

 

shadow.praiser:

dazai doesnt hang out w me so i can only imagine it

 

nothuman:

I HUNG OUT WITH YOU THE OTHER DAY???

 

shadow.praiser:

?

OH MY GOD

YOU DID

HAHAHA 

never mind

 

nothuman:

we got married under the slide and everything 😞

 

butterfly:

You’re cheating on me Dazai?

 

boydetective:

?!?!?!

THEN YOU’RE CHEATING ON ME YOSANO?????

 

thegoldraven:

I’m being cheated on? 🙁

 

goldendemon:

This server is so incestuous

 

arahabaki:

Lol @shadow.praiser @light_finder

 

shadow.praiser:

KYS?!?!?!?!?!?!?

SHORT FUCK?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?

 

arahabaki:

DUDE?????

 

light_finder:

Would say low blow but to chuuya that’s just a blow

 

nothuman:

AHAHAHAHA

 

alphatiger:

BACK TO ME

AND MY WOES

 

goldendemon:

Of course, so sorry to have interrupted.

 

alphatiger:

OSAMU DAZAI

IS SEEING

MY FRIEND SIGMA

 

countess..luanne:

NOOOOOOO

BREAK UP WITH HIM

LEAVE SIGMA OUT OF YOUR WEIRDO FREAK SHIT DAZAI

 

nothuman:

RELAX

i only just asked him out

it’s not that big of a deal

 

arahabaki:

Really?

Man, now I feel bad for him.

 

butterfly:

Are you sure it’s a good idea to date Sigma though?

Isn’t he friends with Fyodor?

Your EX???

 

arahabaki:

Oh wait yeah I forgot about that

Are you just using this guy to piss off your ex?

Kind of gross

 

nothuman:

no, he doesn’t even like fyodor

listen guys he and i have only been talking for a little while and i just asked to hang with him tonight

as you guys might have caught on, i’m unfortunately single

AND I’VE BEEN TRYING TO CHANGE THAT WITH NONE OF Y’ALL’S HELP MIGHT I ADD

ATSUSHI MAD ABOUT SIGMA AND ME BUT CAN DATE AKUTAGAWA?

talk about hypocrite 😐

 

alphatiger:

I’ve been silenced I fear

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ARE U BEING FR ATSUSHI NAKAJIMA

 

alphatiger:

😞

 

arahabaki:

So how did you two getting together even work

Cause when we all hung together he looked afraid of you

 

nothuman:

i dmed him cause atsushi told me he had the video of us dancing

and then we kept talking

 

blcklzrd:

He’s your type?

 

nothuman:

?????

i mean i guess????

why are you of all people questioning that

 

blcklzrd:

Ok relax my bad

I just didn’t know bottoms dated bottoms

You know like who all pants have shirts

All bottoms have a top

 

nothuman:

?!?!?!?!?

I’M NOT A BOTTOM???????

 

butterfly:

TWINK 🗣️🗣️

 

nothuman:

i’m a switch :\

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

me 2

 

nothuman:

STOP

FUCKING

TALKING

 

alphatiger:

Refusing to be a part of this conversation so changing the subject

Chuuya, did anything else happen with your old friends? :0

 

arahabaki:

Oh they showed up to my fucking house

Idk how they found my address btw

 

butterfly:

They did???

When???

 

arahabaki:

You and Kouyou were rearranging furniture

So idk if you heard them

 

nothuman:

lol i saw them

it was a shitty high school reunion

they’re just a bunch of losers :p

 

alphatiger:

You didn’t fight them did you 😐

 

nothuman:

naur

unfortunately not

did some psychological torture though

it was great

 

boydetective:

I love knowing things but I don’t wanna know

 

nothuman:

it wasn’t anything bad 🙄

 

alphatiger:

Lol shore

Well I’m sorry that happened to you Chuuya that sucks

 

arahabaki:

Thanks atsu

For being Dazai's friend, you’re actually a good guy

 

nothuman:

stop flirting with my atsushi 😐

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

UR LITERALLY DATING SIGMA

 

nothuman:

I’M NOT DATING HIM YET

 

arahabaki:

Lol “yet”

 

nothuman:

you never know

 

PM

goldendemon aka Kouyou Ozaki

 

Today at 9:03 PM.

arahabaki:

Bitch where are you

 

goldendemon:

With Yosano

We were shopping

Now we’re eating and getting drinks

Should be home soon

 

arahabaki:

Damn

You two have been spending a lot of time together recently

 

goldendemon:

God forbid girls are friends

 

arahabaki:

Just friends? 👀

 

goldendemon:

We’ll see where it ends up 🤭

Anyway what do you need me for

 

arahabaki:

Just wanted to talk to you about something but I don’t wanna bother you if you’re out right now

 

goldendemon:

You’re fine, what’s up?

 

arahabaki:

Well, don’t tell Yosano okay?

It’s about Dazai

 

goldendemon:

If he killed himself I will have to tell her

 

arahabaki:

The fucker is living

I know because I can hear him moving around with his friend upstairs

If you’re catching my drift.

 

goldendemon:

I knew Osamu Dazai fucks but to have evidence of it just feels wrong :\

Is that what I shouldn’t tell Yosano?

Are you telling me to keep her out of her apartment longer?

So kind of you 

 

arahabaki:

That isn’t what I wanted to talk about but yeah you probs wanna keep her out

You know how I said Shirase and Yuan swung by?

 

goldendemon:

Yeah and Dazai “psychologically” tortured them

What, did it affect you too?

 

arahabaki:

No, but it included me

So Shirase and Yuan were on our shit lists for outing us

So Dazai acted

You know

Gay

So he kissed me.

 

goldendemon:

Oh

Hahaha

Oh my god

You two kissed?

Kunikida owes me so much money.

 

arahabaki:

DON’T TELL HIM OR ANYONE????

 

goldendemon:

Dude you have to be kidding

We bet $500 on it

I would like to collect my payment.

 

arahabaki:

ARE YOU BEING SO SERIOUS

 

goldendemon:

I’m literally not kidding

But whatever I’ll hold off

What’s the issue? He’s a good kisser and you have a crush on him now??

 

arahabaki:

He’s an awful kisser

Way too much tongue

But

 

goldendemon:

But?

 

arahabaki:

☹️

Man

I don’t know

He’s such a dick and whatever

I don’t know what I’m feeling but the fact he kissed me and is going out with Sigma now

Kind of irks me

Again idk

Maybe i’m just too lonely and reading into all this too much 😐

 

goldendemon:

Chuuya you’re making this really hard for me.

 

arahabaki:

?

Why?

 

goldendemon:

Another bet.

An additional $300 if you’re the one who falls first.

Kunikida owes me $700.

 

arahabaki:

WHERE ARE YOU TWO GETTING THIS MONEY???

Also Kunikida betting??? That seems out of character for him

 

goldendemon:

We have a bunch of bets going on right now

 

arahabaki:

Anything other bet placed on me?

 

goldendemon:

Can’t tell you that lol

That’d be cheating

Just know I have faith in you :)

 

PM

boydetective aka Ranpo

Today at 9:12 PM.

butterfly:

RANPO

CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET

 

boydetective:

ABSOLUTELY

 

butterfly:

Remember when you sent me that pic of Akutagawa and Atsushi kissing

And told me I needed to keep it secret and not whisper it to a soul

You need to promise the same.

 

boydetective:

Holy shit yes ok

I’m ready

I’m mentally prepared.

 

butterfly:

CHUUYA AND DAZAI MADE OUT THE OTHER DAY

LIKE TONGUE AND ALL

 

boydetective:

YOU’RE BEING DEADASS?????

YOSANO AKIKO ARE YOU TELLING ME THE TRUTH

 

butterfly:

[attachment of photo taken of kouyou’s conversation with Chuuya]

 

boydetective:

HOLY

SHIT

 

butterfly:

I KNOW

DUE

DUDE

YOU CANT TELL ANYONE

LIKE NONE AT ALL

BC KOUYOU WASN’T ALLOWED TO TELL ME IN THE FRIST PLACE

 

boydetective:

YUP

Not a word will be spoken

 

butterfly:

Or read Ranpo.

 

boydetective:

Then I’ve already broken my promise

Bc Poe is next to me and he read the messages :p

 

butterfly:

RANPO

DUDE

 

boydetective:

I’M SORRY

HE’S JUST SO CUTE 🙁

 

butterfly:

But lowkey feel bad for Chuuya

Cause idk why Dazai fuck with him like that

 

boydetective:

I mean

Knowing Dazai he probably didn’t think it’d lead to anything

It’s Chuuya so he probably just assumed he’d get pissed before catching feelings

 

butterfly:

Yeah I’m lowkey shocked

Like Chuuya seems too proud to have feelings for Dazai

 

boydetective:

The issue for me is that

Dazai is going out with Sigma

Who is “friends” with Fyodor

Who is Dazai’s toxic ex

 

butterfly:

Dazai probably toxic too but I digress

 

boydetective:

I love Dazai with my whole heart

But I don’t think he has pure intentions with Sigma

 

butterfly:

Agree but disagree

I agree he has impure intentions

But I disagree with it being related to Fyodor

I just think bro wants his dick wet

Idk if he is dating because he’s lonely he likes being alone

 

boydetective:

Meh

Idk

Who knows

 

PM

countess..luanne aka Lucy

Today at 9:30 PM.

thegoldraven:

Dazai kissed Chuuya yesterday.

Or more like made out with apparently? Something about the use of tongue was mentioned.

 

countess..luanne:

NO WAY

HOW DO U KNOW

 

thegoldraven:

Yosano told Ranpo and I saw the messages :p

My issue is I don’t know why it’s a big deal?

 

countess..luanne:

They hate each other bad bc of shit in high school ig

That’s what Atsushi told me anyway

 

thegoldraven:

Oooooh

Ok don’t tell anyone :3

I just didn’t want to ask Ranpo and seem dumb lol

 

countess..luanne:

You’re fine!!

We’ll talk later

Are you still interested in becoming the secretary for the Guild btw?

 

thegoldraven:

Yes!

 

PM

alphatiger aka Atsushi Nakajima

Today at 9:32 PM.

countess..luanne:

DUDE

DUDE

GUESS WHAT I HEARD

 

alphatiger:

What?

Scared lol

 

countess..luanne:

CHUUYA AND DAZAI

KISSED

THEY MADE OUT

TONGUE AND ALL

DAZAI INITIATED BTW

 

alphatiger:

NO WAY

CHUUYA NAKAHARA?!?!

 

countess..luanne:

YUP.

 

alphatiger:

THIS IS UNHEARD OF…

 

countess..luanne:

OMG

Poe just told me not to tell anyone lol

So don’t go snitching

 

alphatiger:

Yeah ofc

 

PM

x..RASHOMON..x aka akutagawa ryuunosuke

Today at 9:35 PM.

alphatiger:

Dazai made out with chuuya yesterday

Probably smashed uglies or something

And now he’s with Sigma 😐

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ew

this is depressing

i owe gin like $20

 

alphatiger:

HELLO?!?! LOL

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i told u dazai is a bad guy

hes stringing sigma along bc he hates fyodor and hes messing w chuuya

 

alphatiger:

Idk i don’t know the context of why they kissed

Oh fuck I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone

Don’t tell anyone I told you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lol ofc

 

PM

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x aka gin!!

Today at 9:40 PM.

x..RASHOMON..x:

nightmare blunt rotation become reality

chuuya and dazai faced fucked yesterday

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Oh dang

What about Sigma 🙁

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im not telling him

if dazai is with sigma that means theyre both off atsus back

so dont tell him

or anyone ig

atsushi told me to not tell anyone

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Yeah of course

 

PM

light_finder aka Naomi

Today at 9:42 PM.

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Dazai and Chuuya fucked yesterday

Atsu told Ryuu who told me

 

light_finder:

NO WAY

LOL

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Yeah

Crazy because I thought they hated each other!!!

Anyway don’t tell anyone lol

 

light_finder:

Yes of course

 

PM

shadow.praiser aka junichiro

Today at 9:46 PM.

light_finder:

Dazai and Chuuya hooked up yesterday

 

shadow.praiser:

EW?!?!?!?!

cant talk tho im overwatching

will have a better response later

love ya

Notes:

rush posting this before i have to go to work love u guys bye

Chapter 39: Playing Overwatch!

Summary:

The crew picks up a game of Overwatch... things go awry.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

iMessage

Ryuu 🖤❤️

Today at 6:03 PM

Hey

Weird question

Please don’t get mad

 

ok?

is everything ok

i wont be mad

 

Do you think we can run some overwatch together :(

We haven’t played in so long

I just don’t wanna sound like Junichiro

 

LMFAO

u lowkey scared me

yes we can play some overwatch jinko

 

YIPPEE!!!!!

Can I invite others or do you want it to be just us

I only ask bc I know Junichiro will hear me play

We share a wall

 

hell probably b so annoying if he finds out were playing and didnt invite him

so sure ig

but im inviting gin to play so well only have one spot left

 

:0!

Okie!

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 6:11 PM.

alphatiger:

Gonna play ow with Ryu and Gin if anyone wants to play w us :3

 

shadow.praiser:

ME

ME

ME ME ME

IM ALREADY ON

 

goldendemon:

I’ll play

 

boydetective:

wait what the fuck

🙁

I wanna play too

 

alphatiger:

Uhhhh

Maybe can do a custom lobby?

If four more people wanna play?

And we can just mix and match the teams

 

shadow.praiser:

6v6 needs to permanent and put in comp

im SICK OF 5V5 GIVE ME TWO TANKS

but yeah i can do the custom

@nothuman play w us

 

nothuman:

okay

 

alphatiger:

Did he just agree?

 

nothuman:

HAHA yes i did

is poe gonna play

 

boydetective:

No he’s writing a story rn

Brotha is in the zone

 

blcklzrd:

I’ll play

I might have to get off though I’m planning to play marvel rivals with other friends

 

arahabaki:

Ugh that sounds so fake

 

blcklzrd:

KYS?!?!

 

alphatiger:

Chuuya you should get overwatch and play with us!! ^_^

 

arahabaki:

Ok sure why not

I can get it on PlayStation?

 

shadow.praiser:

yeah 

you can even play it on switch

its everywhere

 

boydetective:

Do you remember when there was a rumor that tracer was gonna be one of the last characters they were gonna put in smash

 

shadow.praiser:

o i thought the rumor was dva

but yeah i remember

fuckin scary

we should all meet up and smash tho

PLAY SMASH****

NOT HAVE AN ORGY

i mean

unless u guys want that :\

i wont yuck ur yums

 

nothuman:

what just happened?

 

alphatiger:

Ignoring all that 

So ryu, gin, me, tachi, juni, po, dazai, chuuya, and kou are playing?

we just need one more person :3

 

goldendemon:

Omg he gave me a little nickname 🥺

So cutie

 

countess..luanne:

I’ll play Atsushi 🫡

I want to be on Dazai’s team tho

 

nothuman:

OH???

 

countess..luanne:

I just think it’s gonna be interesting

 

alphatiger:

LETS GOOOOO

 

butterfly:

I’m not gonna play bc I can’t do shooter games but could someone stream it thru dis so I can watch

 

boydetective:

Yeah I got you

 

butterfly:

Thank <3

 

light_finder:

Glad you guys got all ten people 

I’d totally play but I just did my nails 🙁

 

butterfly:

Your nails always come out so cute can you send me a pic

 

light_finder:

Yes!

 

animal_crossing:

I’d play if I were better

I’m a Mercy one trick :(

 

nothuman:

i’m not good with gamer terminology can a nerd fill me in

 

countess..luanne:

I heard a rumor you filled in a nerd rather recently

 

nothuman:

😏

 

alphatiger:

EW

STOP NOW AND STOP FOREVER

 

shadow.praiser:

ok

so can everyone accept the invites i sent

nd chuuya if u could send me ur username when u finish the tut id appreciate it

 

arahabaki:

Finishing the tutorial now

 

shadow.praiser:

WORDDDD



“HI GUYS!” Junichiro practically screamed into the microphone as people started to join the voice channel, “I AM SO EXCITED!”

 

“Yeah babe, we can tell,” Yosano commented. She wasn’t playing the game obviously, but was in the Discord’s voice channel. “I’m waiting for Ranpo to stream the game, but he’s taking forever to join the call.”

 

“I’ll just do it,” Junichiro said and began streaming the game, “can you see?”

 

“Yeah,” Yosano responded, “what the Hell does PMO mean and why are Kouyou, Gin, and Akutagawa the only ones in it?”

 

“I’m splitting the teams based on everyone’s mains and how good everyone is,” Junichiro explained, “and I put Akutagawa in PMO because he mains Reaper and Kouyou mains Genji and that Pisses Me Off. Gin’s only there because I’m a good person and I kept the siblings together.”

 

Kouyou snickered into the mic. “Wah wah,” she responded smugly, “Akutagawa and I are gonna wipe the floor with you.”

 

“Yeah, sure girly,” Junichiro responded, “I think my team is gonna be me, Atsushi, Ranpo, Dazai, and I guess Lucy because I said she could be on Dazai’s team.”

 

“Thanks big guy,” Lucy said.

 

“Of course Red,” he responded, “I guess this means I have to put Tachihara and Chuuya on the other team too. Once we finish this game, I’m thinking the next match should be me, you, Chuuya, Tachihara, and Kouyou so we can show Atsu, Dazai, the Akutagawas, and Ranpo that gingers mean business.”

 

“REAL!” Lucy yelled right as Akutagawa joined the call.

 

“You’re so loud,” Akutagawa commented, “Tanizaki put Atsushi and I on the same team right now.”

 

“Fine, but then my team gets Gin,” Junichiro responded, “cause she’s a Kiriko main like Atsushi.”

 

“Wait, will that be an issue?” Dazai chimed in after unmuting himself, “because I also play that fox girl.”

 

“Oh shit, I forgot about that,” Junichiro muttered, “I mean, I know Atsushi doesn’t one trick Kiriko, so we should be fine?”

 

“What does ‘one tricking’ mean?” Yosano asked, “this is the second time someone has said that.”

 

“It’s when you can only play that one character,” Atsushi explained, “and no one else.”

 

“Oh, lame,” Yosano responded, “Dazai one tricks this character?”

 

“I guess?” Dazai replied, “I just like her abilities, but I’ve played the robot guys and thought he was chill.”

 

“Zen? He’s good,” Junichiro said, “where the fuck is Tachihara, Chuuya, and Ranpo?”

 

“Oh, Ranpo messaged me before. He’s taking a phone call really quick,” Yosano said, “just give him a minute.”

 

“Is it Poe?” Dazai asked teasingly.

 

“He didn’t say. I’m assuming though,” Yosano said, “you know they fall asleep on the phone together?”

 

“Ugh,” Akutagawa said, “that’s actually so cringe.”

 

“I think it’s cute,” Atsushi said.

 

“Break up.” This was whispered by Dazai.

 

“I’ll mute you,” Yosano warned, “you gave me rights when you left me to take care of the server all by my lonesome.”

 

“Oh Lord girl get over it,” Dazai said.

 

“Get over what?” Ranpo asked as he joined the call. Ironically, that’s when Tachihara and Chuuya joined as well.

 

“When Dazai left me and the server,” Yosano said.

 

“Can’t believe I was orphaned twice,” Atsushi said with a sigh. Ranpo laughed at him.

 

“What does PMO and ADA stand for?” Chuuya asked.

 

“PMO means Piss Me Off because of Akutagawa and Kouyou’s mains. ADA means Allegedly Dickless Agency. It’s a joke between Ranpo and me,” Junichiro said.

 

“Why are you streaming for my Kiki? I’ll stream for my queen,” Ranpo said.

 

“CAUSE YOUR PHONE CALL TOOK—?!” Junichiro yelled so loud his mic cut off, causing everyone to laugh at him.

 

“Okay, okay, let’s start you pissy baby,” Ranpo exclaimed.

 

“Great—finally! But before we start, I’m gonna say that you PMO mother fuckers gotta deafen and mute in here and talk in your team chat ‘cause I’m streaming to Yosano,” Junichiro said.

 

“I don’t know how to do that,” Chuuya said.

 

“When the game starts, hit escape then social, and then press the headphone icon next to team chat,” Dazai said, “to deafen on here, just hit the headphones at the bottom.”

 

“Oh. Thanks man.”

 

Akutagawa, Gin, Chuuya, Tachihara, and Kouyou all deafened in the discord chat, allowing Dazai, Atsushi, Lucy, Ranpo, and Junichiro to discuss what they were planning to do. Junichiro had placed them in a pseudo-comp match on Hollywood map. The ADA team was attacking first, meaning they needed to get to the objective and claim the point and unlock the payload to deliver it to its destination.

 

“Okay, so I have this open queue, but I think we should run 2-2-1,” Junichiro said.

 

“What’s that mean?” Dazai asked.

 

“Two supports, two DPS, one tank,” Ranpo said.

 

“What’s DPS?” Yosano asked.

 

Junichiro sighed into the mic. “Damage per second. DPS are all these characters here,” he said, circling his mouse around the damage character section. “Knowing the people on the other team, it’s likely Tachihara is going to play tank and he plays Wrecking Ball. Do you wanna one trick D.Va, Ranpo?”

 

“Would I wanna one trick D.Va? I would love to one trick my queen,” Ranpo said in a fake, nerdy voice. “But I don’t think Tachihara is gonna play tank.”

“I thought one tricking is bad?” Yosano asked.

 

“It typically is, but Ranpo is really good at D.Va so exceptions are made,” Junichiro responded, ignoring Ranpo’s other response, “and if Ranpo is going D.Va… maybe we should run dive?”

 

“I could play Juno,” Atsushi said, “and Dazai can play Kiriko.”

 

Dazai had already autolocked Kiriko. “What does dive mean?”

 

“Dive composition. It’s when your team is filled with high mobility heroes and you focus on the team’s backline,” Ranpo responded.

 

“I’ll play Sombra then,” Junichiro said, “unless you want to play her, Lucy?”

 

“Nah, I’ll play Echo,” she responded.

 

The countdown began, with the ADA ready to hop out the doors. Dazai actually liked the hybrid Overwatch maps. As long as they get the point and barely move the payload, they still have a solid chance of winning if they disallow the PMO to capture the point at all.

 

What was interesting was the PMO team composition. Instead of it being Tachihara on tank (like Ranpo predicted), it was Chuuya. He was playing Sigma. Akutagawa and Kouyou were on DPS; Akutagawa playing Reaper (cringe emo) and Kouyou playing Genji. On support was Tachihara on Baptiste with Gin playing Kiriko.

 

“Okay, I’m going to go for Tachihara first so he isn’t able to use immortality field. Lucy, you good to follow up?” Junichiro asked.

 

“Yep, flying over the top now,” Lucy responded, “but it looks like Kouyou is going for Atsushi and Dazai.”

 

“She killed me!” Atsushi cried, “I’m switching to Moira!”

 

“Lame!” Ranpo exclaimed, though he sounded giddy. He gasped, seeing Dazai kill Gin in the kill feed. “Dude, you have crazy aim!”

 

“Haha, thanks,” Dazai responded.

 

“How’d you snipe Gin from below but can’t fucking do card swipe in Among Us?” Junichiro asked.

 

“I have a benign tremor,” Dazai responded, “my DPI is low so it doesn’t really affect my aim in games. I play Among Us on my phone.”

 

“You do not have a benign tremor, you’re literally a liar,” Yosano said, watching Junichiro play. “You have scary steady hands. You just suck at Among Us.”

 

“Man, you guys are so mean to me,” Dazai responded. He gasped loudly. “Chuuya Nakahara just fucking TEABAGGED ME ARE YOU FUCKING—?!” His mic cut out and before anyone could say anything, he brought his mic close to his mouth, “ if he isn’t killed in the next five seconds, I am going downstairs and fucking killing him myself someone fucking kill him right now—KILL THAT STUPID MOTHERFUCKER!

 

“Hey Atsushi, what the fuck are you doing bro?” Lucy asked.

 

“Ryu and I are emoting near the spawn,” Atsushi said.

 

“DISGUSTING!” Dazai yelled, “FUCKING NASTY!”

 

“Holy shit Dazai is a rage gamer,” Junichiro said, “it’s kinda hot.”

 

“My brother in Christ, shut up!” Lucy exclaimed, “I got Chuuya down—yes, I teabagged him—let’s get the objective and roll out.”

 

“Ah shit, Kouyou is gonna use blade and Gin just used Kitsune,” Ranpo said.

 

“If only Atsushi could use coalescence, but no, he’s being gay with Akutagawa,” Junichiro said, “when he could be gay with me !”

 

“Are you Dazai?” Atsushi asked.

 

Game Chat:

(Tachihara) midwinter: lol u guys suckkkkkkk 

(Dazai) settingsun: tell chuuya to **** himself

(Dazai) settingsun: oh what the **** why am i being censored 

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: you have to turn it off in your settings

(Chuuya) taintedsorrow: lol heard u screaming dazai

(Dazai) settingsun: SHUT THE **** UP TAINT

 

“Moving with the payload, moving with the payload,” Ranpo said, “AYO DAZAI YOU JUST SNIPED KOUYOU ACROSS THE MAP!”

 

“Kiriko does critical headshot damage,” Dazai responded, “it’s pretty easy to land a headshot if I just keep my crosshair level and aim for damage or healers.”

 

“Um actually, it’s support not healers,” Atsushi corrected.

 

Dazai leaned in close to the mic again. “MAYBE IF YOU FUCKING SUPPORTED YOUR TEAM INSTEAD OF AKUTAGAWA’S FUCKING NUTS, ATSUSHI, I’D CALL YOU A SUPPORT BUT YOU’RE LUCKY I AM EVEN SAYING HEALER.”

 

“Holy crash out goddamn,” Atsushi said, “this isn’t even a real comp match.”

 

Banging was heard and it came from Dazai, but he said nothing. Ranpo and Junichiro laughed at it.

 

“You guys are laughing but I agree,” Lucy said, “Dazai, don’t worry king, I got you.”

 

“LUCY NO!!! STOP!!” Atsushi cried. The ADA saw Akutagawa die in the kill feed, prompting Dazai to cheer.

 

“Pushing payload. Chuuya, Kouyou, and Gin are contesting, but I don’t know where Tachihara is. Keep an eye out, he might be trying to DPS Bap.”

 

“This is so crazy. Nerds have such an intricate language,” Yosano commented.

 

“Thanks,” Junichiro said, “Ranpo, want to combine ults?”

 

“Yup,” Ranpo said, sending in his mech. Right as the PMO went behind Chuuya’s shield, Junichiro EMP’d, causing the shield to dissolve. The D.Va bomb killed Chuuya, Kouyou, Gin, and Tachihara. Ranpo emoted. “Heh, easy play of the—NO, FUCK YOU RYUUNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA, FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU!”

 

Much to the ADA’s dismay, Akutagawa took the opportunity to hop down from the ledge he was hiding on and hopped down, using his ultimate on the team. He got a team kill and basically cemented the fact he got play of the game.

 

“FUCKING KILL YOURSELF AKUTAGAWA YOU STUPID FUCK.”

 

Game chat:

(Chuuya) taintedsorrow: holy shit dazai relax

(Dazai) settingsun: SHUT THE **** UP YOU SHORT **** I WILL **** YOU IN REAL LIFE WITH A GUN YOU DUMB **** I HATE YOU

(Junichiro) lightsnow: bro is TWEAKING OUT

(Akutagawa) KAPPA: what is he saying 

(Atsushi) THEBEAST: he’s being an jerk :\

(Dazai) settingsun: K1LL YOURSELF ATSUSHI NAKAJIMA

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: oh no he’s getting around the censors!!!!

 

“Dazai, dude, relax,” Yosano said, “you’re going to rupture a blood vessel.”

 

“I HOPE SO, SO I FUCKING DIE AND DON’T SEE AKUTAGAWA FUCKING RYUUNOSUKE KILLING ME.”

 

“Guys, I don’t know about you, but I’m fucking loving this,” Junchiro said as they respawned, “are you and Sigma open to having a third? Cause you’re being really hot right now.”

 

“Ew,” Ranpo said and genuinely meant it.

 

“I can’t imagine you being a poly relationship,” Atsushi said in earnest, “you always seemed like you’d die alone, not with two other people.”

 

“MAN, WHAT?!”

 

“That’s what you get for upvoting that video of me falling down the stairs, dick!”

 

“Guys, can we please focus on this stupid, fucking game?” Dazai asked, exasperated, “we can win this easily. We just need to keep Tachihara and Gin in spawn by targeting them and then obliterating Chuuya. Akutagawa and Kouyou can’t do shit if they have no supports and zero tank.”

 

“You’re such a little strategist for someone that’s playing support,” Junichiro commented, “next game, I want you playing damage!”

 

“Okay, sure thing,” Dazai responded half-heartedly, “I’m going to switch to the healer-sniper lady. Atsushi, play fox girl.”

 

“What about your ‘benign tremor’?” Yosano asked sarcastically, “how are you going to play sniper when your hands shake.”

 

“AKIKO YOSANO I WILL FUCKING OBLITERATE YOU!”

 

Game chat:

(Kouyou) TearsRegrets: why are you bullying my girl akiko

(Kouyou) TearsRegrets: leave my queen alone!

(Akutagawa) KAPPA: what?

(Kouyou) TearsRegrets: I can hear Dazai yelling at her :(

(Kouyou) TearsRegrets: don’t let him get to you pookie! you can come downstairs and watch a winner play instead ;)

(Dazai) settingsun: SHE’S MINE YOU ******* HOMEWRECKING ***** 

(Chuuya) taintedsorrow: she’s not even playing why are you yelling at her

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: she’s making fun of him making up having a benign tremor

(Chuuya) taintedsorrow: LMFAO WHY WOULD U LIE ABT SOMETHING LIKE THAT?!

(Atsushi) THEBEAST: why can’t we all be nice to each other

(Lucy) REDABYSS: BC DAZAI AND I WANT TO WIN CAN WE STOP TYPING AND START DYING 

(Dazai) settingsun: I KNOW THAT’S RIGHT!

 

With their new team composition, which only means Dazai and Atsushi switched, the team regrouped.

 

“Okay, Lucy, you should use your ult and copy Akutagawa to get his ultimate,” Dazai said, “I’ll be behind you to heal while the rest go around and get their supports.”

 

“This feels way more intense than the usual game of Overwatch,” Atsushi mumbled, “but whatever, I got Kiriko back.”

 

Ranpo snickered. Then, everyone saw why.

 

Game chat:

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: akutagawa be careful

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: atsushi just admitted he’s like super in love with kiriko

(Atsushi) THEBEAST: i did not?!?!?!

(Akutagawa) KAPPA: ugh atsushi a victim of gooner bait :\

(Atsushi) THEBEAST: IM A VICTIM OF HWHAT?!?!

(Gin) ogin: :0 this is so sad

(Tachihara) midwinter: HAHAHAHHAA LOSER LOSER LOSER

 

As Atsushi typed away in chat to try to defend himself, Lucy took the opportunity to take down Tachihara and go after Gin. Gin was almost able to kill Lucy, had it not been for a sleep dart Dazai was able to hit on her, rendering her character immobile. Lucy was able to take down Gin and went after Kouyou, who had her sights set for Dazai. 

 

With two down and Kouyou distracted, Ranpo, Junichiro, and Atsushi went behind and diverted Chuuya and Akutagawa’s focus. With them all fighting, Dazai changed his position to be on the payload and moved it in the midst of the chaos. 

 

“Second objective secured—EASY.” Dazai was giddy about this. Despite gaining the objective, it didn’t stop Chuuya from attempting to use his ult. Once everyone was up in the air, Dazai’s sleep dart cooldown ended and he was able to sleep and then anti-heal Chuuya, which killed him as he was relatively low health to begin with. Once Chuuya hit the ground dead, Dazai ran over as fast as he could with Ana’s old lady legs and teabagged. He almost broke the shift button on his keyboard.

 

Game chat:

(Chuuya) taintedsorrow: very mature

(Dazai) settingsun: IDGAF!!!!!! IDGAF!!!!!!!! FVCK U LOSER!!!

(Dazai) settingsun: I’m wrestling with some insecurity issues in my life but thank you all for playing with me.

(Dazai) settingsun: ?!?!?!?! WHAT THE **** IS THAT?!?!?!

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: LMFAO it's what the game autocorrects ggez to

(Dazai) settingsun: that’s stupid this game sucks 

(Chuuya) taintedsorrow: thanks for opening up to us dazai, but we could all tell that ur incredibly insecure 

 

“I’M GOING DOWNSTAIRS AND I’M RIPPING OUT THE OTHER HALF OF HIS FUCKING HEAD!” Dazai raged.

 

“Relax, we will win,” Ranpo said.

 

“Oh, he said it, so you know it’s gotta be true,” Yosano said.

 

“Yeah, yeah, Ranpo is always right, I get it,” Dazai grumbled, “what’s the likelihood of us winning by a landslide?”

 

“If we lock in right now and Junichiro runs Symmetra and you keep running Ana, but Atsushi goes Illari, yeah, GG EZ,” Ranpo said.

 

“Word up, word up,” Junichiro said.

 

“Guys, I’m getting bloodthirsty. I’m going in,” Lucy said, “I’m going to go for Akutagawa. I see him trying to set up for another—ATSUSHI YOU SNITCH, STOP IT!”

 

Game chat:

(Atsushi) THEBEAST: ryu be careful lucy sees u :(

(Akutagawa) KAPPA: ty jinko <3

(Lucy) REDABYSS: i’m quitting.

(Kouyou) TearsRegrets: nooooo don’t quit please we just wanna win

 

Lucy wasn’t able to kill Akutagawa, but focused her sights on the other Akutagawa. While Gin was distracted, trying to defend herself from Lucy, Junichiro hacked and virused Chuuya, which led to Ranpo diving him and getting the elimination. Lucy was taken down by Gin, but without a tank, Gin was forced to fall back. Tachihara used his ult to try to hold point and Akutagawa assisted him. Kouyou went behind to ult. She was able to kill Atsushi and get Junichiro to half health, but Dazai was able to sleep her. Ranpo used his missiles to kill Kouyou before she woke up. This left Gin, Akutagawa, and Tachihara. As Tachihara’s window went down, Akutagawa was being pumped with heals from both Tachihara and Gin. Gin used her ultimate and boosted Akutagawa as well as herself and Tachihara, which had them de-mech Ranpo and kill Dazai. By the point, Lucy had come back with Atsushi. Chuuya came back and tried to use his ultimate again, but Junichiro used his EMP which canceled it. Lucy and Junichiro focused Chuuya, sending him back to spawn while Ranpo re-meched on top of Gin which killed Gin. Amongst the chaos, they were able to push the cart to the final point right as Dazai got back.

 

“LETS GOOOOOOOO,” Dazai cheered, “wait what the fuck does switching sides mean?”

 

“We’re going on defense now,” Junichiro explained.

 

“Ohhhh, nooooo,” Dazai responded, “I’m going to go out with Sigma, I can’t do another match.”

 

“BOO!” Atsushi exclaimed, “leave Sigma alone!”

 

“I’ll take over,” Yosano offered.

 

“WAIT FUCK YEAH,” Ranpo yelled, “Dazai, let Yosano play.”

 

“Okay, sure,” Dazai responded.

 

Game chat:

(Atsushi) THEBEAST: gr. Yosano is gonna take over for Dazai cause hes leaving us 

(Chuuya) taintedsorrow: ugh lame why

(Atsushi) THEBEAST: he’s going to go get his **** wet 

(Kouyou) TearsRegrets: wait i want akiko on my team :(

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: don’t we all?

 

Yosano walked into Dazai’s room, taking into account how tidy it is despite him being such a mess. “What up gay boy,” she greeted, standing in his door.

 

“Hey beautiful,” he said with a wink. She fake gagged, but then two laughed. “Alright, come here. Let me run through this super quick before you play. You use WASD to move forwards, backwards, and side to side. Mouse is to change where you’re looking. Punching is with this button on the mouse,” he pointed to the button, “and to crouch is control. You’re going to want to use E and shift for different abilities, depending on what character you play.”

 

“Got it, thanks man,” Yosano said. Dazai got up and offered her his seat and she sat down. She picked up his headphones and put them on and shivered. “Christ, these are warm dude.”

 

“I run hot, what can I say?”

 

“No you do not! I’ve felt your cold, clammy hands before—it’s horrid!”

 

“Is that my queen?” Ranpo asked over Discord, “I missed you so much pookie. Stop talking to Dazai and talk to me instead.”

 

Yosano laughed. “Okay, okay,” she responded, “who’s the easiest character to play?”

 

All of them, unanimously, responded, “Mercy.”

 

So, Yosano picked Mercy and headed off. Moving was way easier than she expected, but Dazai’s sensitivity was super low and she didn’t know how to fix it. She didn’t bother saying anything, considering she was just borrowing his game. She followed Ranpo out of spawn as he explained to her how to play Mercy, which led her to keep her blue beam on him. 

 

“Wait, she’s so pretty,” Yosano said as she messed around with the emotes and sprays, “guys I’m gay.”

 

Game chat:

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: can’t believe yosano playing mercy had her come out as gay

(Kouyou) TearsRegrets: fair. Rosalina from Mario was my gay awakening

(Tachihara) midwinter: REAL. 

(Kouyou) TearsRegrets: so she’s playing mercy?

(Yosano) settingsun: please dont target me idk what im doing

(Akutagawa) KAPPA: usually id say no but bc ur nice to jinko ill say yes

(Gin) ogin: i hope you enjoy playing yosano!!

(Yosano) settingsun: omg i love u guys!!! maybe ill play for real one day

(Yosano) settingsun: who is the sexy lady voice talking

 

“That’s Athena. She’s essentially AI, but she’s an NPC,” Junichiro responded, “but her counting down means the match is starting. Remember, blue beam is to boost and yellow beam is to heal. Try to heal us when you see how health bar go under half or if you see us on critical condition, okay? And rez when it’s safe. If you can’t get the rez, don’t risk it. If you can, but need additional cover and one of us is alive, let us know! Especially Ranpo, who can block for you!”

 

“Got it,” Yosano responded, “thanks!”

 

“I’ll suzu her if needed,” Atsushi responded, playing Kiriko. Now that Dazai left, their new team comp Ranpo said from the last match was not needed. They probably weren’t going to win. Nothing against Yosano, but they knew she didn’t play games.

 

“Here they come!” Lucy exclaimed.

 

The team was Chuuya playing Sigma (again), with Tachihara playing Brigitte, Akutagawa still on Reaper, Kouyou on Pharah, and Gin playing Zenyatta. Immediately, Kouyou flew in and over to Yosano, but didn’t shoot her. Instead she crouched over and over again to try to make friends with Yosano. Akutagawa copied this, but with Atsushi. Yosano was still blue beaming Junchiro, but also crouched in response to Kouyou.

 

“God, I fucking hate gay people,” Ranpo grumbled.

 

“Says you with your boyfriend,” Junichiro responded bitterly, “even Dazai has someone. DAZAI, DUDE. Chat, am I cooked?!”

 

Game chat:

(Yosano) settingsun: lol juni upset dazai has a bf before he has anything

(Chuuya) taintedsorrow: dazai and sigma are boyfriends?

(Yosano) settingsun: uuhhhh like fr? Idk. he left the game to go see him but idk if they’re like together together or just like fwb

(Gin) ogin: it’s okay junichiro you will find someone :)

(Junichiro) lightsnow: you?

(Akutagawa) KAPPA: no.

(Junichiro) lightsnow: silencing women? thats crazy

(Junichiro) lightsnow: id NEVER silence u gin plz give me a chance

(Gin) ogin: hehehe

 

Abruptly, Akutagawa left the game. Atsushi gasped in sadness, causing Ranpo to laugh at him. Junichiro felt himself sweat.

 

“Why are we laughing? I’m going to be killed,” Junichiro said, “bro knows where I live… Guys, I… Guys, I gotta go—bye, I’m not dying!” Junchiro left the discord and the game. Yosano almost doubled over laughing.

 

Game chat:

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: HOLY FUCK JUNI SCARED HE LET THE GAME

(Atsushi) THEBEAST: HE JUST RAN OUT OF THE APARTMENT THIS ISN’T FUNNY

(Kouyou) TearsRegrets: LMFAO I CAN HEAR YOSANO LAUGH

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: this was a flop

(Ranpo) shadowbeast: this is meaningless without junichiro im also getting off.

(Atsushi) THEBEAST: same i think i’m going to need to calm ryu down

(Yosano) settingsun: wait guys

(Yosano) settingsun: how do i turn off the game

(Kouyou) TearsRegrets: I’ll come over and show you, don’t worry

(Chuuya) taintedsorrow: GAY!

Notes:

this took forever to write and i lowkey hate it but i needed to put it in

turns out right after the party chapter, i had written an overwatch chpater already and put it in a different doc. I just fucking read it AND ITS FUNNIER THAN THIS CHAPTER. I JUST CANT USE IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN THERE IS OLD!!!!!!!!

all their battlenet names are based on their special abilities/different novels by the real author. i think i may need to rename some of their discord names?!?!?! idk

next chapter might introduce some other people who knows i started my final semester of grad school so idk how often i will be able to update 3

see ya :3c

Chapter 40: The Great Gossip

Summary:

The Great Gatsby and the West and East eggs? Let's scramble them instead!

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

The Guild

announcements

Today at 12:00 PM.

LittleBigWoman:

Hello everyone. I hope you’re all enjoying your break right now. As the semester draws closer, we just wanted to let everyone know that The Guild is currently looking for a secretary. If anyone is interested in the position, please reach out to me or Francis (@GreatestGatsby).

 

The Guild

general-chat

Today at 12:03 PM.

countess..luanne:

What does the secretary do exactly?

 

LittleBigWoman:

The secretary would take notes on all meetings, send out emails to different clubs/faculty/etc, and attend all meetings and events.

 

thegoldraven:

Are new students allowed to apply for the position?

 

LittleBigWoman:

Of course! You would just need to attend the first two weeks of meetings to be considered a member of The Guild. We’re holding the election for secretary during our third meeting. I’m currently acting as interim secretary and can assist the transition as well. 

 

thegoldraven:

I would be interested in applying, if possible.

 

LittleBigWoman:

That’s great. Also, before the next semester starts we are implementing a rule that all names in this server be the names we go by, just so people know who they’re talking to. I’m about to change my server profile, I figured I’d let you guys know.

 

Edgar:

Okay, did it!

 

Nakajima:

I did as well 🫡

 

lucy:

Hello Atsushi are you actually going to attend a meeting this semester or are you just gonna keep living in our discord /hj

 

Nakajima:

I have class 🫣

 

Louisa (Vice President):

That’s okay Nakajima :). You come to most of our events anyway, so you’re our honorary member!

 

Nakajima:

YAY!

Also I’m the reason why Poe is here

So be nice to me Lucy :p

 

lucy:

Meep merp mee

 

Nathaniel:

Classy, Lucy

 

lucy:

Suck one nate

 

Margaret:

😏

 

lucy:

She doesn't even go here!

 

Margaret:

I’m coming up to visit! I’m an honorary member like Nakajima!

 

GreatGatsby:

What is going on right now

 

Louisa:

Please change your server name to be the name you wish to be referred as.

 

GreatGatsby:

That’s stupid I won’t be doing that you should all know who I am

 

Mark:

LAME‼️

Franky Franky Frankyyyyyyy

 

Francis:

Kys Twain

 

lovecraft:

wow. 

 

Steinbeck:

Go back to sleep

 

lovecraft:

okay.

 

Margaret:

What events do you guys have planned this semester?

 

Louisa:

We plan on having a few writing workshops like we usually do, but also to bring a little “home away from home,” we plan to have a prom-like dance! There will also be small day trips to different places in the city. We’re hoping some more people join this semester :)

 

Nakajima:

YAY!!!!

I’M SO EXCITED

 

Francis:

You’re not even a member be quiet

 

Nakajima:

I’m gonna tell your faculty advisor that you’re a dick!!!

MR HERMAN MELVILLE!!! YOUR PRESIDENT IS AN ASSHOLE!!!!!

 

Francis:

LEAVE HIM ALONE YOU FURRY FUCK

 

Nakajima:

I’M NOTA FURRY YOU RICH DICK

 

Francis:

I AM RICH AND YOU’RE BROKE AND HAVE NO FAMILY

I GOT A BABE AND YOU GOT SHIT!!!

 

Nakajima:

SHUT IT SCOTTIE

 

Francis:

OH SHUT IT

 

Nakajima:

I’m gonna dm your gf on insta and tell her that you suck

 

Francis:

No don’t do that :(

 

lucy:

HELP YOU TAMED HIM!!!!

 

Francis:

She and I are going to get married and you losers AREN’T invited to the wedding

Fuckers

 

lucy:

Ok??? Who said we wanted to be invited???

 

Nakajima:

Wait :( franky please send an invite

 

lucy:

HELP?!?!?!?!?

 

Francis:

Wait ok I’m bored of this so I’m changing the topic

Are you guys still friends with that Diezai guy

 

lucy:

Dazai

Yeah

 

Francis:

Okay sick I was told something juicy

Is it true what happened to his friend

 

Nakajima:

I FALL DOWN THE STAIRS ONE TIME!!!!!!!

 

Francis:

NOT YOU YA SELF CENTERED FUCK!

The ginger one

 

lucy:

Chuuya?

They’re not really friends

 

Francis:

No. not his twink

The older one

Oddie Saki or whatever

 

Nakajima:

DO YOU MEAN ODASAKU?

Racist 😐

 

Francis:

IDK THIS GUY?!?!?!

I’M NOT FROM THIS COUNTRY?!?!?!?

I’M TRYING MY BEST?!?!?!?!

CUCK?!?!?!?!

 

lucy:

CAN YOU GET TO THE POINT

 

Francis:

Is it true that Dazai’s dad set up his family getting car bombed lol

 

Nakajima:

BRO

WHAAAAT

HIS DAD IS OUGAI MORI A DOCTOR AND PROFESSOR

HOW IS HE CAR BOMBING ODASAKU

 

Francis:

DR. OUGAI MORI IS DAZAI’S DAD?!?!

Wait why am I shocked I knew this already

 

lucy:

YOU DID??

 

Francis:

BITCH YOU DIDN’T?

DUMBASS OPEN YOUR FUCKING EYES THATS TWIN RIGHT THERE

Literally mirror images

Those two are a father and son if I’ve ever seen one

 

Nakajima:

Then you’ve never seen a father and son cause Dazai is adopted :p

 

Francis:

Nah that’s a lie

 

lucy:

He literally told us

 

Francis:

Oh yeah cause Osamu Dazai is a trustworthy individual

Makes zero sense for Mori to adopt Dazai cause who the fuck is picking DAZAI

He would’ve been better off picking fucking Nakajima

 

Nakajima:

Wow thanks buddy

 

Francis:

OKAY WELL ANYWAY

I heard from a reliable source that Mori tricked this Andrew or Andre guy (idk the name it’s unimportant) into thinking that where Odasaku’s family lived was where HIS family lived because bro was trying to kill him (as one does) and he only knew where Odasaku lived because of Dazai

So Odasaku becoming an orphan has him SENT OFF THE RAILS and he tries to light this guy up or whatever

Only turns out this guy wants to die anyway but obviously can’t kill himself because killing yourself invalidates your life insurance and he had beneficiaries 

So Odasaku shoots this mf dead ONLY TO BE SHOT HIMSELF!!!!!!!! And he was like comatosed for a hot while but I’ve seen him around campus so I guess he’s ok

But Dazai was the one who found him and whatever

 

lucy:

That’s fucking awful dude

Where did you hear this

 

Francis:

There’s these two clowns walking around and saying shit about Dazai to anyone who’d listen

And since I hate him by association I figured I’d listen

 

Nakajima:

You’re a dick

 

Edgar:

I don’t think this conversation is very appropriate for this server…

 

PM

boydetective aka Ranpo

Today at 1:02 PM.

thegoldraven:

Hi Ranpo.

I have a question for you, if you don’t mind me asking

 

boydetective:

HI POE!!!!!!!!!!

That makes me anxious so please type faster

I see you typing just hit send

Poe I’m going to vomit in anxiety

Are you breaking up with me

Oh my god it’s over

This is horrible.

PLEASE DONT BREAK UP WITH ME

 

thegoldraven:

I just heard some troubling information about Dazai is being spread around and wanted to know what you think should be done about it? F. Scott heard about some situation with Odasaku from two unnamed individuals, who are spreading rumors about Dazai, and I don’t really know what to do. He put it in a public server that Atsushi, Lucy, and I are in. It makes me uncomfortable that information about him is being spread. Do you have any advice? Should I reach out to Dazai? I just don’t know who the people spreading the rumors are.

Oh Ranpo, I would never break up with you! Please don’t be anxious!

 

boydetective:

OH SHIT????

FR???

What did they say?

Also I know I just need the reassurance :(

 

thegoldraven:

About something awful that happened in the past with Dazai and Odasaku.

 

boydetective:

GASP

THE UNSPOKEN ODASAKU INCIDENT

DO NOT TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

I need to talk to Kiko

Try to contain this

TELL ATSUSHI TO NOT SAY ANYTHING.

 

PM

butterfly aka Yosano

Today at 1:21 PM.

boydetective:

KIKO!

 

butterfly:

Oh perfect just the person I wanted to talk to

Do you think I should change my username?

 

boydetective:

Oh god yes butterfly is so unoriginal

BUT THAT’S NOT WHY I’M HERE

 

butterfly:

Oh

What up

 

boydetective:

Apparently Francis Fitz is spreading around info on what happened to Odasaku and Dazai back in high school

You know

The Odacident

 

butterfly:

OH

How does he know?

 

boydetective:

Apparently there are people spreading it?

 

butterfly:

Who would spread it though?

The only people that knew Dazai in high school was Odasaku, Chuuya, and the Akutagawas

And none of them have ever talked about it

Well not with us at least

 

boydetective:

That’s the thing.

I think it might have something to do with Chuuya’s old friends

And how they were confronted by Dazai when they wanted to speak to Chuuya

Maybe they’re mad?

 

butterfly:

That’s a good point

Should we warn Dazai?

 

boydetective:

I think I’m going to reach out to Chuuya first…

If anything, he may be able to shed some light on the situation

And if his old friends are the ones spreading the rumor, it may be a perverted version of what actually happened and I don’t want Dazai to hear it if he hadn’t already

 

butterfly:

Alright

Idk what to do so keep me updated I guess

 

boydetective:

Yes ma’am 🫡

 

PM

arahabaki aka Chuuya Nakahara

Today at 1:30 PM.

boydetective:

Hey

 

arahabaki:

?

Hi

What do you want

 

boydetective:

I think your high school friends are spreading rumors about Dazai

 

arahabaki:

Lol and saying what? He’s gay

Look at him. We know

 

boydetective:

No apparently it’s about what happened with Odasaku and Dazai back in high school

And I don’t want to know what happens, so don’t tell me. I only want to know if Dazai comes to me and tells me himself.

I just think you need to tell your old friends to knock it off because it’s clearly them spreading it

 

arahabaki:

Ok I get what you’re saying but the shit with Odasaku in hs isn’t really like an unknown thing?

It’s public record

Odasaku and Dazai were shot at and Odasaku was hit

That’s what I had heard at the time

 

boydetective:

Listen man I don’t know what’s been said because I didn’t ask

But the fact is that they’re spreading that

So nip it in the bud

 

PM

arahabaki aka Chuuya Nakahara

Today at 1:36 PM.

alphatiger:

Hey Chuuya I have a question

 

arahabaki:

Let me guess

It’s about Dazai isn’t it?

Ranpo already texted me about the rumor being spread

Listen man, I don’t know how I’d help you with this

 

alphatiger:

Well I was just wondering if the car bombing thing was actually true

That seems to far fetched

 

arahabaki:

The WHAT thing?

Car bombing???

 

alphatiger:

The car bombing??? That killed Odasaku’s family???

 

arahabaki:

WAIT WHAT?

No they died because of a faulty engine thing 

 

alphatiger:

Oh well the rumor that’s being spread is that they died to a car bomb

 

arhabaki:

No it was said that they died in a freak accident not car bombing

There was like a news thing on it

All of this is public record

It’s sad but what’s being said is crazy

 

alphatiger:

I guess that makes sense but that doesn’t explain why Odasaku was shot?

 

arahabaki:

Ok so I don’t know the full story behind that

But from what I know and what my dad told me

Dazai and Odasaku were at the wrong place at the wrong time

Odasaku got shot

 

alphatiger:

But Dazai went there AFTER Odasaku was shot

And that doesn’t explain why Dazai disappeared

And this Andre guy

 

arahabaki:

Honestly dude

I don’t know.

Maybe ask Akutagawa?

 

alphatiger:

I did.

 The only thing he knows about is the gang rivalry because this Andre guy went after him

Because he hung around Dazai a lot back then

And was targeted apparently

But Odasaku helped him out

So none of this is making sense

 

arahabaki:

Well this guy didn’t go after me

 

alphatiger:

Ok

Maybe i’m asking the wrong person

I just don’t want to bombard Dazai with all this because I know he’s with Sigma rn

 

arahabaki:

Are those two dating or what

 

alphatiger:

I honestly don’t know

I talked to Sigma about it, and he’s honestly unsure if he was to get serious with Dazai

He’s kind of trying to find himself right now and he thinks Dazai is flakey

He wants someone who’ll actually stay around :\

 

arahabaki:

That’s fucked

 

alphatiger:

Why do you ask 😏

 

arahabaki:

Why are you smirking

 

alphatiger:

Well I heard another rumor rather recently…

Pertaining to you two…

 

arahabaki:

Jesus christ 

This makes me think I’d rather talk about car bombings.

 

alphatiger:

Fine I won’t tell

I was made to swear to not say anyway

 

arahabaki:

WOAH

Pause furry boy

What’s the rumor

 

alphatiger:

Ok first of all

Not a furry

Second

A little birdie told me that you and Dazai were sucking face

 

arahabaki:

?!?!

AND WHO THE FUCK TOLD YOU THAT???

 

alphatiger:

OH MY GOD IT’S TRUE

YOU DIDN’T DENY IT!

Was it before or after Sigma be honest 😐

 

arahabaki:

Before sigma

THAT’S NOT THE POINT

 

alphatiger:

HOLY SHIT I THOUGHT LUCY WAS EXAGGERATING BUT THIS IS CRAZY

 

arahabaki:

LUCY?!?!?!

HOW DOES SHE KNOW?!?!??!

I’VE NEVER TALKED TO HER A DAY IN MY LIFE

I DOUBT DAZAI TOLD HER EITHER

 

alphatiger:

Why did you guys kiss

 

arahabaki:

To piss people off!!

He and I are NOT a thing

 

alphatiger:

I never said you two were a thing but it’s interesting you jumped to that idea

 

arahabaki:

DUDE??????

Listen man idk how Lucy found out about that

But the fact of the matter is Dazai kissed ME

And it wasn’t for any romantic reason

Cause clearly he has a thing for Sigma

He only kissed me to piss of Shirase and Yuan

Who Ranpo believes are the people spreading these rumors about Dazai and Odasaku

I told you what I know

So take it as you will

 

alphatiger:

Sorry

Just worried about Dazai

And also have fomo

But Dazai gets really defensive about Oda

So I’m nervous for when this all gets back to him.

 

arahabaki:

Yeah

I’ll talk to him.

It’s probably best if I talk to him rather than you or someone else does

 

alphatiger:

Can you keep me updated?

 

arahabaki:

Sure

Notes:

the long away odasaku incident... the odacident... one would say

"ghost your chapter summary doesn't make sense" i know. i just wanted to say something about scrambled eggs. stop hating!!!

next chapter is already almost done so that'll probs be out tomorrow hehe

idk why i wrote francis that way but i did. idk. i feel like he would be a wife guy but a genuine wife guy yk what i mean. and i wanted to add the guild bc i find them so interesting. regrettably i did not incorporate fyodor lore with nathaniel because i accidentally deleted that bit and now it just doesn't work womp womp. maybe i'll add that a different time

follow me on bluesky @unknown-ghost.bsky.social for updates

until next time (tomorrow or thursday) bye!

EDIT: i think i accidentally switch between calling fitzgerald "francis" and "frances" and it's hard to find where i did it (if i even did it in the fic LMFAO) so if you see it know i'm aware of it and that's my bad i just like dgaf about F. Scott Fitzgerald from BSD or real life enough to try and find and edit it oops

Chapter 41: Road of Darkness

Summary:

Dazai goes MIA and Odasaku is sent to find him.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

PM

nothuman aka dazai

Today at 2:00 PM.

arahabaki:

Hey wyd rn?

 

nothuman:

just chilling

why? what’s up?

 

arahabaki:

Are you alone or with Sigma?

 

nothuman:

UGH HOW DID YOU HEAR

 

arahabaki:

Hear what?

 

nothuman:

that sigma and me are no longer </3

 

arahabaki:

Oh

F

That’s not what I was texting you about but sorry I guess

 

nothuman:

i figured it’d just be nice if someone cared </3

 

arahabaki:

I mean we can definitely circle back to that but

Listen man Ranpo and Atsushi told me that someone is spreading rumors about what happened back in high school with Oda and you.

And Ranpo thinks it’s Shirase and Yuan.

I just wanted to let you know before it came around to you and it catches you off guard

 

nothuman:

what are they saying?

 

arahabaki:

Something about Oda’s family being killed in a car bomb and not that freak accident

That some guy named Andre was targeting you so he went after Oda

Idk I didn’t see what was said I only heard second hand from Atsushi

He heard it from Fitzgerald and asked Akutagawa about it

 

 nothuman:

well i don’t know what shirase and yuan think they know,

but i’ll deal with it.

thanks for the heads up.

 

arahabaki:

Well what they’re saying is total shit right?

 

nothuman:

they’re both total shit

and need to learn to not run their mouths about shit they don’t know a fucking thing about.

and for what?

cause we fucked with them?

i wouldn’t have kissed you if i knew they were this fucking crazy.

 

arahabaki:

I’m sorry man

 

nothuman:

not your fault.

 

arahabaki:

The way you’re responding is freaking me out

Is what they’re saying true?

You can tell me dude

 

nothuman:

what happened to Odasaku was awful. and still is.

all of it.

the fact they’re spreading that stuff around when he really only recently started to get better from everything that happened is disgusting.

 

arahabaki:

Is the car bombing thing true?!?!

 

Today at 6:32 PM.

arahabaki:

Hello?!?!?!

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 9:31 PM.

butterfly:

bbno$ in the jayvik cosplay… hey I think I understand straight women now

And fujoshis I guess

 

boydective:

Omg you’re finally accepting gay people as people I’m so proud <3

 

butterfly:

I’ve decided to stop my hateful ways

Maybe gays ARE people…

It just took a straight man to convert me

 

blcklzrd:

Yeah no

He ain’t straight straight

There’s no way you’re sucking face with a gay like that and aren’t a little fruity

 

shadow.praiser:

u wanna b fruity with me?!?!?!?!?!

 

blcklzrd:

I thought akutagawa was supposed to kill you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

he literally ran out of his house when i got there

i saw jinko and figured i had a better way to spend my time

😏

 

alphatiger:

Please let’s keep the chat PG 😭

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ugh whatever fine

its not funny when dazai doesnt respond and flip his shit

 

animal_crossing:

Where is Dazai 🙁

 

goldendemon:

Dead

Wait actually not funny

Sorry that was a reflexive response 

If it were anyone else it would be funny

 

butterfly:

You’re good queen

 

goldendemon:

Thanks queen

 

countess..luanne:

Is it finally happening

Are we finally getting some wuh luh wuh in this fucking server

 

butterfly:

You’re a woman go find a gf be the change you want to see!

 

countess..luanne:

Oh yeah sure let me go hit up a hottie–WAIT THE ONLY HOTTIES ARE YOU TWO ASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

goldendemon:

There’s other women out there.

 

countess..luanne:

Name one.

 

butterfly:

Naomi

Higuchi

Gin

 

blcklzrd:

Teruko 

 

countess..luanne:

Who the fuck is Teruko

 

blcklzrd:

My friend

She’s sick

In the head

But sick overall

 

countess..luanne:

WAIT…

Isn’t she the girl who’s allegedly having a relationship with that one professor?

 

blcklzrd:

WHAT?!?!?!??!

 

shadow.praiser:

LOLLL YEAH

fukuchi 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

EW

WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND LIKES THAT OLD FUCK?

 

blcklzrd:

… 👋

Me

I like him

He’s a good professor

And those two do not have a relationship like that 

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

When did you two become friends :0

 

blcklzrd:

She and I have been friends for a while

I’d know if she was banging our professor

AND SHE ISN’T.

 

doppo_poet:

We need to start having more appropriate conversations in this server.

 

butterfly:

I disagree this tea is piping hot

 

arahabaki:

Has anyone heard from Dazai?

I’ve been trying to get in touch with him but all my texts are going unanswered and when I call it goes straight to voicemail

 

butterfly:

I’ll go bother him lol

Brb

 

goldendemon:

What do you need Dazai for?

 

arahabaki:

Dw about it

 

butterfly:

Hey guys awkward but

He’s not in his room

Junichiro time for you to shine

 

shadow.praiser:

yup

damn babe he ditched all my airtags?!?!?!?

JK

he forgot 1

hes in an alley???

wait guys this isnt hehe funny anymore 🙁

this is ahhh scary 🙁

 

bookworm:

Send me his location.

I’ll find him.

 

shadow.praiser:

sent

gl mlord

 

Odasaku walked briskly to Dazai’s location. He had received a cryptic message from Dazai earlier, him telling Oda that he “doesn’t need to worry” and that he’d “take care of things.” Oda knows that Dazai is a schemer, always up to something one way or another, but it was concerning when he did his schemes when he was upset. After Oda stated he was going to find Dazai, Chuuya messaged him and came clean about what was going on. Despite Oda’s own feelings and trauma on the matter, he knew that he had progressed a lot better with coming to terms of what happened than Dazai had. He knew Dazai blamed himself for everything that happened and blamed himself. It took Oda so long to get Dazai out of the headspace only for this shit to happen now—just when he thought that Dazai was finally going to overcome it.

 

According to the location Junichiro had sent Oda, Dazai should be right around this corner… and there he was; slumped against the wall with a busted lip and a black eye forming on his right eye. There were deep scratches along his left cheek. He looked at Oda. He thought that Dazai would look defeated, hurt, or something along those lines, but instead? He looked content, smug even. Oda looked down at Dazai’s hands. His knuckles were bloody, red, and beginning to bruise. Clearly, Oda reluctantly realized Dazai had been the instigator.

 

“‘Ey Odasaku… what brings you ‘ere?” Dazai asked, words struggling to come out with his busted lip. He looked at Oda expectantly, like he wanted to be praised. Oda couldn’t help but look at him with pity.

 

“I was looking for you, Dazai,” Odasaku responded, “tell me what happened.”

 

Dazai rolled his eyes and scoffed, upset about the lack of praise for his actions. He looked away from Oda, to the side, and then sighed. “Well,” he began shortly, “if you must know, I handled the issue. You’re welcome, by the way.”

 

“I didn’t ask you to fight anyone for me,” Oda responded, offering Dazai a hand anyway and helping him up. “Who’d you fight?”

 

“Shitty ‘Rase. His stupid bimbo broad trying to get a few licks in too and she scratched me with her ugly ass nails,” he said, taking Oda’s hand, “but it’s fine ‘cause I won.”

 

“There’s no winning in a situation like that,” Oda responded firmly, “I know you have a mind of a steel trap, so why don’t you tell me what’s really going on and why you did that? It cannot have been just for me.”

 

Dazai was quiet, looking at Oda with eyes he hadn’t seen in a long time. Instead of the Dazai he knew now, it was the Dazai he met at fifteen, who seemed to be so angry at the world when he was just a crying child drowning in the darkness he was abandoned into. Dazai wasn’t going to say a single word now. Not when he was like this. He was stubborn as a bull and had Oda been anyone but himself, he would’ve been Dazai’s next opponent. Oda, however, knew that now, more than ever, he needed Dazai to understand something. And understand it well.

 

“You should know this, Dazai,” Oda began, placing his hands in his pockets. Dazai still looked at him—eyes almost empty except with a glimmer of expectation or maybe curiosity as to what he was going to say. “I know the way you feel and it’s never going to go away. That darkness you find yourself standing in, hoping for some light to show you the way out? It’s never going to come. No matter what you do, it’s all going to be the same.”

 

“I know that already,” Dazai said, voice small and he looked small, small like that little kid crying over Oda’s body, begging him to stay awake and stay with him, to not leave him alone.

 

“If being this way versus being a kinder person are the same, then be the better person, Osamu. If you don’t care whether you’re good or bad, just be good. It’s… better than whatever this all is. It hurts less.”

 

“I… I can’t be a better person.” He sounded convinced. “I don’t… I’m not even a person, Odasaku.”

 

Oda frowned. He wrapped his arm around Dazai’s shoulders and walked them out of the alleyway. “Does that matter?” He asked, “you’re alive, aren’t you?” The streets of Yokohama were dark, the only light came from a flickering street lamp. “And despite everything, I am too. If you want me to be happy, I need you to not fight other people and get hurt on my behalf… no matter how much they deserve it and how great of an asswhooping you can give them.”

 

Dazai snickered, only to take a sharp intake of air. “It hurts to laugh with this lip,” he grumbled bitterly.

 

“Want me to take you to the hospital to get looked at?” Oda asked.

 

“Ugh, absolutely not,” Dazai responded, “I fucking hate the hospital.”

 

“Alright, well, what about your friend Yosano? She’s a med student, right? Why don’t I take you home and we can hang out as she helps clean you up,” he offered.

 

“... Fine,” Dazai responded. He reached his hand into his pocket and took out an AirTag. “Now that you found me, I’m getting rid of this.”

 

Ah. Of course he knew about it. Oda should’ve figured that Dazai knew about it, but he had hoped to keep an eye on Dazai a little longer.

 

“Well, that’s up to you, not me,” he responded.

 

He watched as Dazai chucked into the Yokohama bay, slowly sinking and never being used again.

Notes:

heyyyy guys meant to post this yesterday but i (ALLEGEDLY) got the flu (WTF?!?!?!?!)

kind of a short chapter but guys i have the FUCKING FLU OKAY PLEASE BE NICE TO ME

the chapter makes sense to me i hope it makes sense to u i may be suffering from feverish delusions but i ate a good fucking soup as i banged this out

anyway my bday is tomorrow im turning 23 yippee!! lets hope i am not sick by then anymore bc this shit is BALLS

i haven't plotted the next chapter yet. idk when im gonna update idk when i will stop coughing either my ass is just like akutagawa rn not kidding

im done bitching here u can see me bitch on bluesky @unknown-ghost.bsky.social

ok byeeeeee

Chapter 42: This is "Girlhood"

Summary:

Yosano takes a break from Dazai's antics and speaks to someone else.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 11:53 PM.

shadow.praiser:

GUYS???!!?!?!?

DAZAI TRACKER IN THE OCEAN

WTF

IS HE DEAD

WHERE IS AT

 

nothuman:

i am alive

just a bad bitch going through some shit 🙁

 

shadow.praiser:

???

like deadass???

r u being vulnerable or am i being played

 

nothuman:

SIGMA AND I BROKE UP

 

boydetective:

You two were barely even together?

 

nothuman:

ugh i know that but still

he wanted someone “permanent” and i’m like

a guy tries to kill himself a few times and he isn’t permanent?

WOW OKAY

 

shadow.praiser:

so y is my airtag in the ocean dazai 😐

 

nothuman:

because i might have thrown it in the ocean…

 

shadow.praiser:

ok

 

nothuman:

lol sorry

NO WAY YOU JUST VENMO REQUESTED ME FOR THIRTY DOLLARS

 

shadow.praiser:

UM YES WAY I DID

BC NOW I NEED A NEW FUCKING AIRTAG TO TRACK U

 

nothuman:

DON’T TRACK ME?

 

shadow.praiser:

????

ru fuckin braindead?

im tracking u bc u do crazy shit

 

nothuman:

i literally don’t??

 

butterfly:

Guys he’s lying he walked back in here all beat up and i’ve been bandaging his fucking face for the past hour

YOU STRESS ME OUT

 

nothuman:

but you love me

 

butterfly:

GO TO YOUR ROOM AND HANG OUT WITH ODASAKU.

 

nothuman:

yes ma’am 🫡

 

Yosano let out an aggravated breath as she threw on her sweatshirt and walked out the door. Everytime she got anxious, it seemed like Dazai was always the catalyst. She hadn’t even heard him leave earlier! She had been home. She loved him (platonically, of course), but he was testing her patience. She wondered if she needed to buy him a dog collar he can’t take off… chip him? What other avenues could she take with him?

 

She walked down the stairs and stood on the porch of the apartment. She took in a deep breath of the night air. It was a beautiful night. It wasn’t unbearably hot out. There was a nice breeze. She stood under the light of the porch, eyes looking out onto the road, but her feet unmoving.

 

“Going somewhere?”

 

Yosano turned to see Kouyou sitting in her window, vape in hand. Yosano let out a laugh and leaned on the wall next to her window.

 

“You know that’s gonna give you popcorn lung, right?” She asked. Kouyou raised a brow.

 

“Oh really?” She asked, a smile forming on her face, “and what’d you come out here to do?”

 

Yosano rolled her eyes but smiled, taking out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket. “There's that one quote that’s like do as I say not as I do, right?” She asked rhetorically, “but also, your roommate isn’t Osamu Dazai.”

 

“Yeah, I was here when he walked in before. Dude was looking rough,” Kouyou commented, moving to the side of the window and gesturing for Yosano to sit opposite of her. “What did he do?”

 

Yosano sat and sighed. “Apparently he fought that Shirase guy,” she said, pocketing the pack of cigarettes, “and I needed to patch him up because he has a big thing against hospitals… I guess it makes sense, you know, now knowing that Mori is his dad.”

 

Kouyou nodded and offered Yosano her vape, which Yosano accepted and took a rip. “Oh yeah… that was a crazy revelation,” Kouyou said.

 

Yosano looked surprised. “You’ve had Mori as a professor before?” She asked as she handed Kouyou’s vape back.

 

Kouyou twiddled with her vape before answering. “I’ve… I’ve known him for a while, actually.” She looked uncomfortable and Yosano felt it pull on her heartstrings.

 

“You don’t have to tell me,” Yosano said.

 

“No, I want to tell you,” Kouyou responded simply. She straightened her posture. “When I was nineteen, I was with a guy. You know, I thought he was everything and whatever, but he didn’t really run with a good crowd.” She let out a shaky breath. “So, he got in trouble—a lot of trouble—and it ended with him losing his life.” 

 

Yosano gasped. “Oh, Kouyou, I’m so sorry,” she said. While she and Kouyou had gotten close since they’ve moved into the same house (different apartment though, obviously), they hadn’t really discussed anything this deep. Everything they’ve discussed in the past felt so superficial in comparison to this. Yosano reached over and squeezed Kouyou’s shoulder in reassurance. Kouyou smiled meekly at her.

 

“No need to be sorry. It’s all in the past,” Kouyou responded, placing her hand over Yosano’s. “There was a time where everything felt hopeless and that love felt like a joke. I was attending Yokohama University when it all went down. I had Mori as a professor—I dropped out because of everything, but he kept in touch. Made sure I was okay. He’d meet up with me, take me out to coffee, and check in.” She sighed. “I know he sucks, you know, overall as a person, but to me, Mori’s pretty nice. He was the one who got me to re-enroll and advocated to be my advisor despite him not being a professor in my major.”

 

“Wow,” Yosano said, “I… I don’t even know what to say. I always thought Mori was an asshole, ‘cause when I had him as a professor, he was so hard on me to the point I almost dropped out because of him. It’s kind of crazy to hear that he’s not always a bad person, just most of the time.”

 

Kouyou laughed. “Yeah, well, yeah ,” she said, “but knowing that Dazai is the son Mori always talks about makes sense. They have similar mannerisms—same quirks and whatnot.”

 

Really?” Yosano asked, leaning close with a smile, “quirks like how?”

 

“Well,” Kouyou said, smiling as well, “I’ve noticed that he and Dazai both think by resting their pointer finger on their chins, they smile similarly… sometimes Dazai stands the way Mori does. It’s just a bunch of things, really.”

 

“Oh, wow,” Yosano responded, “well, if he ever pisses you off, you should definitely tell him that.”

 

“Really? He’d kill himself for real this time,” Kouyou responded, “how did you and Dazai even meet? You’re pre-med and he’s a literature major, right?”

 

“We met through Ranpo, actually. I had like an actual lowkey breakdown over Mori and the pressure he was putting on me in the auditorium and Ranpo was hanging out in there, found me, and brought me to Fukuzawa. Fukuzawa convinced me that things would work out, switched me to another class that Mori wasn’t teaching, and Ranpo had me hang around.” Yosano smiled as she reminisced. “Then one day, Ranpo and I are hanging out and Fukuzawa has Dazai come around and tells us to be friends with him, because he, and this is a direct quote by the way, ‘needs to hang out with normal people who will teach him to be normal’.”

 

“I’d argue that Dazai’s abnormal ways are rubbing off on you and Ranpo—as well as everyone else in that server,” Kouyou said cheekily. Yosano rolled her eyes, but her smile persisted. “Hey, that includes myself.”

 

“Yeah, I guess, but enough about Dazai” Yosano said, “he’d never get over it if he heard that two women were talking about him.”

 

Kouyou gasped. “Oh my God, we totally just failed the Bechdel test, didn’t we?!” She exclaimed.

 

“Well, let’s talk about something else then,” Yosano responded. Kouyou nodded, standing and moving things out of the way from under her window.

 

“Come on in,” she said, holding out her hand to help Yosano in. Yosano took no time giving her hand to Kouyou who pulled her in. She pulled a bit too hard, causing Yosano to stumble when coming in through the window. She fell into Kouyou, who tried to catch her, but they both ended up falling down.

 

The two hit the ground with a loud thud with Yosano landing on top of Kouyou. Yosano scrambled to check Kouyou’s head—just to make sure she hadn’t hit anything on the way down.

 

“You good?” Yosano asked, hands at the sides of Kouyou’s head as she tried to observe her, “how’s your head?”

 

“No complaints yet,” Kouyou responded with a wink. Clearly she was fine. Yosano began to laugh which had Kouyou laughing too. It felt like they had been laughing forever until the door to Kouyou’s room swung over and their laughs turned to screams, which caused the person who opened the door (none other than Chuuya Nakahara) to scream as well.

 

“WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?!” Chuuya yelled, staring at Yosano in horror, “and–and what’re you doing?! Why are you—I heard a thud! Like a loud one! So I came to check on Kouyou. Is this some sort of weird, depraved sexual thing?”

 

“Jesus Chuuya, no,” Kouyou said, looking up at Chuuya, “I was pulling her through the window and we fell.”

 

“Why on earth would you do that?” Chuuya asked.

 

“It’s called girlhood, ever heard of it?” Yosano asked in rebuttal. Chuuya grimaced.

 

“Fine, next time you can DIE for all I care,” he said dramatically, “and keep it down! I’m trying to sleep!” He then slammed the door behind him. So much for keeping it down, right?

 

“You plan on keeping me pinned down here all night or do you wanna watch a something and talk?” Kouyou asked. Yosano felt her face redden, but she felt fortunate that there were only dim, string lights on in Kouyou’s room so she probably couldn’t see the blush etching across her face.

 

“Ye—Yeah, of course,” Yosano stammered, scrambling off of Kouyou. She stood and then helped Kouyou up. 

 

Once up, Kouyou sat herself on her bed and patted the spot next to her. Yosano sat next to her. The bed was horizontal to where her tv was, so the two had their backs against the wall. Kouyou turned on her TV, the once dark room illuminated by the white light of the powering up Samsung TV. 

 

“Any preference on what we watch?” She asked. Yosano shook her head.

 

“Nah, the last thing I watched with someone was Sonic with Ranpo, Poe, Atsushi, and Akutagawa to become ‘cultured’.” She finger quoted the word ‘cultured.’ “So as long as there isn’t an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog, I’ll be fine.”

 

“Perfect. Let’s watch The Vampire Diaries,” Kouyou responded, switching over to Max. “Have you ever watched it?”

 

“No, I have not.”

 

“Oh, you’re going to love it.”

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 1:13 AM.

nothuman:

???

chibi are you good down there

why are you screaming

 

arahabaki:

YOUR ROOMMATE AND KOUYOU WERE THE ONES SCREAMING???

THAT WAS CLEARLY TWO WOMEN SCREAMING

 

nothuman:

wait why is my princess yosano down there and not hanging out with me 🙁

 

arahabaki:

I don’t blame her for leaving you

 

nothuman:

kys short stack and take your gene pool off the table

 

arahabaki:

AYO?!

 

shadow.praiser:

thats actually CRAZY

 

arahabaki:

Yk what I’m shocked he didn’t say anything about me being a ginger

 

shadow.praiser:

probs bc he has a thing 4 gingers

 

nothuman:

?

i fucking what?

 

shadow.praiser:

have a thing 4 gingers

 

nothuman:

why would you think this

 

shadow.praiser:

i said probs its not for sure :\

 

goldendemon:

[picture of her and Yosano watching The Vampire Diaries]

Can you guys believe she’s never watched TVD????

 

nothuman:

um yeah because that’s a lesbian woman and that vampire show is for straight women

 

goldendemon:

I’m not straight and I love it

Oh wait ew I just read the messages 

I’m done talking to you because you might be getting your rocks off to having 3 gingers talking to you right now

 

nothuman:

WHERE DID THIS RUMOR COME FROM?????

 

Notes:

sorry for the short chappie guys im still flu-like but im mostly on the mend now

quick update before i go to bed bc BOY AM I TIRED

dont ask me anything about the vampire diaries i watched it very briefly in middle school and stopped. the only CW shows i watched were arrow, flash, and supergirl LMFAOOOOO

alright bye gang see u l8r

Chapter 43: Meet The Parents!

Summary:

Fukuzawa has the fortunate pleasure to meet Poe in a totally appropriate situation!

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Ranpo laughed softly as Poe trailed up and down the left side of his face with kisses. The two were currently at Ranpo’s, sitting on the couch, and watching Criminal Minds. Typically, they liked to watch and see if they could figure out what happened before the reveal, but today? They were a little distracted with each other. 

 

Ranpo liked it when Poe spoiled him like this, but it was safe to say that Ranpo liked to be spoiled period. Poe was quite conservative with his affection, but Ranpo knew that was because of his nerves. He was just a worried and anxious guy who didn’t want to overstep. Ranpo liked moments like this where Poe just laid it on thick.

 

Poe’s left hand rested on Ranpo’s right cheek, holding his face in place as Poe smothered Ranpo with love. Ranpo placed his hand over Poe’s, squeezing it. He was all smiles and laughs until he realized he wanted to share the love. He waited for his moment to strike—not to move too quickly, not too slowly. It needed to be just right. Timing it just right… and got him! As Poe was going to kiss him again, Ranpo turned and kissed him on the lips. The kiss didn’t last long, as it caught Poe off guard and he ended up smiling and unable to kiss Ranpo back.

 

“Stop that!” Ranpo whined, his lips still against Poe’s, “this is so unfair.”

 

“Unfair?” Poe asked, then laughing as Ranpo peppered kisses against his lips, trying to get Poe to kiss him back the way he wanted, “I can’t help it. You make me happy and when most people are happy, they smile. It’s your fault.”

 

“Well, become unhappy then.”

 

“Ranpo, dear, what are you even saying?”

 

Ranpo flopped over, laying his stomach down on Poe. Poe wrapped his arms around Ranpo and his head in the crook of Ranpo’s neck, then squeezed him, letting out a big sigh. Ranpo combed his fingers through Poe’s hair, stopping momentarily to curl a few strands with his pointer finger.

 

“You okay?” Ranpo asked.

 

“Yeah, you’re just the most perfect weighted blanket.” This made Ranpo smile.

 

“You think I’m perfect?” Ranpo asked, completely disregarding the last bit.

 

“Yes,” Poe responded simply, placing his lips against Ranpo’s neck. Ranpo felt Poe’s breath tickle the skin of his neck and he didn’t know if he should blush or laugh… so he did both. 

 

Poe trailed up Ranpo’s neck, then moved along his jawline, leaving kisses in his wake. He finally reached Ranpo’s lips, giving them a small kiss, which Ranpo then turned into a bigger kiss. He placed his hand on Poe’s right cheek, caressing it with his thumb. Poe left his left arm wrapped around Ranpo, but brought his right hand up to place on the back of Ranpo’s neck. He pulled him in closer, deepening the kiss. 

 

Ranpo raked his fingers through Poe’s hair again, but this time he pushed Poe’s bangs back and off his face. As much as he liked Poe’s hair, he liked his face more. Though, it could be argued he was too busy sucking on it right now than looking at it. Ranpo wanted more and honestly felt a little greedy about it. He just couldn’t help it. Poe had such soft lips and Ranpo wanted to feel them more… just maybe in other places.

 

There was a click noise and Ranpo immediately pushed himself off of Poe to look up. There, in all his glory, was Fukuzawa… who was staring directly at him and Poe (who had leaned his head back to see Fukuzawa standing there and was now pale in the face).

 

“What up, boss?” Ranpo asked casually, as if that’d absolve him from making out with his boyfriend on Fukuzawa’s couch.

 

“Are you going to introduce me to your… friend, Ranpo?” Fukuzawa asked. Ranpo looked down at Poe, who honestly kind of resembled Dazai right now as he definitely wanted to kill himself.

 

“I think I might have to talk him off the ledge first,” Ranpo answered in earnest, getting off of Poe and standing up. “What’re you doing home? I thought you had a conference thing today.”

 

“It got rescheduled for this weekend. I texted you,” Fukuzawa responded, arms crossed over his chest as he looked over at Poe, who Ranpo was beginning to suspect had actually died or was at least playing possum.

 

“Really?” He asked, pulling his phone out of his back pocket. Listen, he may have been preoccupied by Poe and his cute antics, but he knows for a fact that if Fukuzawa had texted him, he would’ve known. Tapping his screen, there were no new notifications. “You didn’t text me.”

 

“Yes, I did,” Fukuzawa said, sounding so sure of himself. He took out his own phone and showed Ranpo. Ranpo pursed his lips together.

 

“It’d help if you had hit the send button, old man,” Ranpo said teasingly. Fukuzawa turned his phone back around and looked at it.

 

“Oh. My apologies,” he said. He looked back at Poe. “Is he going to be okay?”

 

“Probably. I think he thinks you’re going to kill him.”

 

“Why? Because I caught him making out with my kid on my couch in my home?” Fukuzawa asked sarcastically. Ranpo smiled.

 

“Oh come on! Be nice!” Ranpo exclaimed. He walked back to Poe and grabbed his arms, pulling him up and off the couch. It’s almost like that reset Poe, who immediately (and almost robotically) stuck his hand out toward Fukuzawa and put his head down.

 

“My name is Edgar Allan Poe, sir, a pleasure to meet you!” His hand trembled and Fukuzawa looked at it with a bit of confusion. Wordlessly, Ranpo slowly put down Poe’s arm and his other hand on the back of Poe’s neck, patting him as if to say he needs to bow instead. Poe did bow, repetitively and very nervously.

 

“What are your intentions with him, Ranpo?” Fukuzawa asked, looking past Poe to Ranpo.

 

“Shouldn’t you be asking him what his intentions with me are? As my dad?” Ranpo asked, crossing his arms. Poe was just standing with his head down, arms at his sides, and seemingly very afraid to move.

 

“Ranpo… clearly, you’re the mastermind here. Look at him, he’s afraid,” Fukuzawa said, gesturing to Poe.

 

“That’s so messed up! He’s the one who asked me out!” Ranpo exclaimed, arms now at his sides and hands in fists like a child about to throw a tantrum.

 

Fukuzawa raised a brow, looking to Poe, then to Ranpo, back to Poe, and then right back to Ranpo. “Don’t lie son,” he said, walking to Ranpo and putting a hand on his shoulder, “it’s unbecoming.”

 

“I’m—I’m telling the truth.”

 

Fukuzawa’s eyes widened. “Really?”

 

“Um… yes,” Poe managed to say. Fukuzawa turned to him.

 

“My apologies,” Fukuzawa said, clearing his throat. Now that he was actually looking at Poe, he brought a hand to his chin. “Edgar Allan Poe, hm? Are you by chance from the United States? I feel like I’ve met you once before.”

 

“We have,” Poe responded, “we met at an event at the University of Virginia. We discussed the foreign exchange program.”

 

“Ah, yes, I do remember you. You were the student who had submitted all that poetry for the event, right?” Fukuzawa asked, much to Poe’s embarrassment.

 

Poetry?” Ranpo asked, clearly intrigued, “you only told me about your stories. You write poetry?”

 

Poe’s face burned red. “Sometimes… I dabble…” He muttered, embarrassed.

 

“I’m going to leave you two alone now,” Fukuzawa said awkwardly, “but please try to keep it… PG in the common spaces, will you?”

 

“Ugh, yeah, yeah, we weren’t going to do anything anyway,” Ranpo responded defensively. Fukuzawa raised a brow at him, as if to say he knew that wasn't the case, but said nothing and walked out of the room. 

 

Ranpo walked in front of Poe, grabbing both of his hands, and looked up at him. The look on his face was etched with embarrassment and concern. Ranpo reached up and pushed Poe’s bangs back once again, leaving his hand on his forehead to keep them from falling back down. His stormy eyes were laced with sadness. He didn’t look like he was going to cry, but Ranpo wouldn’t be surprised if he had.

 

“What’s wrong?” Ranpo asked, his voice at a level so soft that it could only be used when talking to Poe.

 

“I wanted to make a good impression. I believe I failed. I apologize,” Poe said, closing his eyes in what looked like shame and he sighed.

 

“You already made a good impression,” Ranpo said, “didn’t you hear him? He remembered you and your writing! That should make you so happy!”

 

“I mean make a good impression as your boyfriend,” Poe clarified, “I… I wanted him to like me because he’s your dad and I care about you. I messed it up though. I got too nervous. I’m sorry if I embarrassed you.”

 

“Embarrass me? You didn’t embarrass me,” Ranpo said. He intertwined their fingers together with the hand that was still holding Poe’s. “You’d never embarrass me.”

 

“That was very embarrassing though,” Poe said stubbornly.

 

“No, I thought it was endearing—honest!” Ranpo exclaimed cheerfully. He went on his tiptoes and planted a chaste kiss on Poe’s lips. “Now, c’mon! Let’s go to my room! I wanna read the poetry you’ve been holding out on me with.”

 

Poe smiled, unable to deny Ranpo’s charms. “Alright, my dear Ranpo,” he responded. Ranpo cheered momentarily before dragging Poe to his room.

 

— — — — —

 

Ranpo sat at the kitchen table as Fukuzawa stood at the stove. Poe had gone home hours earlier, needing to take care of some work and Karl. Ranpo was watching Fukuzawa, to try to read what he was thinking. For the most part, the old man was predictable—especially because he rarely strayed from his routine. Though, Ranpo watched him now, trying to gauge what he was thinking to ensure that he didn’t have any negative thoughts on his beloved Poe.

 

“I see you watching me,” Fukuzawa said simply, eyes focused on his cooking

 

“I know,” Ranpo replied.

 

“Well, ask what you want to ask.”

 

“What do you think of Ed—of Poe?” Ranpo asked, “because he’s scared you don’t like him.”

 

“I think he’s a fine young man,” Fukuzawa responded, bringing a plate of food to Ranpo.

 

“... but?” Ranpo asked, taking the plate and briefly thanking his father.

 

“No buts,” Fukuzawa said in earnest as he sat across from Ranpo. “He’s a fine young man. I heard what he said to you when I left the room. It’s nice you found someone who cares so deeply for you, Ranpo.”

 

Ranpo felt… giddy at the praise. “Wow, really?” He asked, unable to contain his smile.

 

“Yes, really,” Fukuzawa said, “all any father wants for his child is to know that his child is loved. Poe clearly cares deeply about you. Do I wish you two were more appropriate in my living room? Yes. Other than that, I’m very happy for you.”

 

Ranpo ate his meal in silent glee.

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 9:32 PM.

boydetective:

Poe and Fukuzawa met today and they like each other!!

Yippee!!

Happy Ranpo!!

 

shadow.praiser:

awe so cute !!

WHEN WILL IT B MY TURN?!?!?!??!!

GOD GIVE ME A BADDIE PLS!!!!!!!!!

IM SDO SINGLE AND ALONE PLES IM SO DESPERATE FOR LLVE 

 

boydetective:

Shut up pleb no one wants to hear your whines!

 

nothuman:

i’d offer myself to you junichiro but you’re spreading rumors about me being into redheads

 

boydetective:

Are you not into redheads?

 

nothuman:

name ONE person i’ve dated with red hair

 

butterfly:

I mean like your longstanding crush on odasaku says otherwise

 

nothuman:

WOAH

HOLD ON

PAUSE

who WOULDN’T have a crush on Odasaku, red hair or not?

please be realistic next time

 

boydetective:

Okay anyway back to Ranpo

 

doppo_poet:

Stop referring to yourself in the third person.

 

boydetective:

Refer this dick in your mouth

Anyway

 

doppo_poet:

WHAT?!

 

boydetective:

Fukuzawa also complimented me on my fantastic taste 😊

 

alphatiger:

Where is Poe

 

boydetective:

Writing POETRY

MY MAN’S A POET!!!

BE JEALOUS AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

butterfly:

OMGGGGGG

I love poetry :(

 

nothuman:

poetry is ass

 

arahabaki:

Poetry is great stfu loser

 

nothuman:

HELP?!?!?!?!?!?!

poetry is so mid

 

alphatiger:

You’re a literature major

 

nothuman:

yeah and

i fucking hate poetry

 

shadow.praiser:

poetry mid

ranpo u h8 poetry

u told me that like 2 years ago

 

boydetective:

SHUT UP

I LIKE IT A LOT NOW

 

shadow.praiser:

CALL THIS BOY CREAM CAUSE BOY IS HE WHIPPED!!!!!

 

nothuman:

junichiro you astound me with the shit you say

/pos or whatever the kids use

 

arahabaki:

Seeing you use a tone indicator is insane

 

x..RASHONON..x:

…?

piece of shit?

 

alphatiger:

No baby we’ve been over this

It means positive

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh

ty

 

alphatiger:

Anytime :)

 

nothuman:

sigh

that was just so disgusting

logging off for the night </3

 

arahabaki:

@nothuman rn:

dhmu streaks

 

butterfly:

LMFAO CHUUYA RUN I HEARD HIM LEAVE HIS ROOM HES GOING DOWNSTAIRS

 

arahabaki:

THE DOOR IS LOCKED HE’S NOT GETTING IN >:)

 

goldendemon:

Aha

Um

He just climbed in through my window

 

arahabaki:

And now I’m climbing out mine

See ya!

Notes:

shoutout oomfie cherry aka luci-pupp on bsky for telling me to write ranpoe cause now u guys have ranpoe

if the romance is lame im sorry guys i dated one person one time for four months and that was rly it pls be understanding!!!!

idk what else to say i procrastinated a discussion board post to write this and now i have to do that and it's going to be soooooooo buns

if u want updates follow me on bluesky unknown-ghost thanks

OH i obliterated the flu in only 3 days. dominated that fucking pathogen like it was a bitch.

ok bye!

Chapter 44: Secret's Out!

Summary:

Junichiro reveals the truth and then finds out he was privy to another.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 10:36 AM.

shadow.praiser:

gm gamers

happy last day of summer vacay

 

alphatiger:

WAHHHH

WAHHHH

I WISH IT WAS LONGER 🙁

 

shadow.praiser:

ik 

this is so buns

ur telling me i have 2 become an academic weapon again

life is so cruel 💔

 

doppo_poet:

You can hardly spell. How are you an academic weapon?

 

shadow.praiser:

ask my 4.0 gpa cuckikida 

 

doppo_poet:

WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?

 

shadow.praiser:

4.0 as a compsci major btw

cuz ik ur major is just reading books

 

boydetective:

No my and Dazai’s major is just reading books

Kunikida is in professional writing 

And minor in math

 

shadow.praiser:

wtf kunikida

 

doppo_poet:

???

What’s the problem with my area of study?

 

nothuman:

you can’t like BOTH english and math

you can only like one

 

alphatiger:

Dr. Mori when he sees a bisexual be like:

 

nothuman:

HAHAHA ok that was funny

 

boydetective:

Math is lame

 

shadow.praiser:

💔

i like math

 

alphatiger:

Yikes

 

butterfly:

UGH DONT REMIND ME CLASSES ARE TOMORROW

9AM BRIGHT AND EARLY AND I GET TO SEE DAZAI’S STUPID DAD

 

nothuman:

not my dad

 

butterfly:

YOUR PATRON IDK BRO LET ME BITCH!!!!

 

nothuman:

sorry continue

 

butterfly:

Poe you’re american get me a gun so I can kill Mori

 

thegoldraven:

LOL ABSOLUTELY NOT.

 

butterfly:

DON’T YOU CARE ABOUT ME???

 

thegoldraven:

GUNS ARE SO ILLEGAL HERE!!!

 

nothuman:

mori has a gun too

so it’s kind of pointless to try to shoot him when he’ll just shoot you back

 

boydetective:

HELLO MORI HAS A WHAT

BRO IS STRAPPED?????

 

nothuman:

hahahaha yeah

pew pew

 

thegoldraven:

I’m actually very excited and nervous for class tomorrow, considering this is my first semester here!!

 

boydetective:

OMG I TOTALLY FORGOT THAT YOURE NEW

I’ll give you a tour of campus!!!

 

butterfly:

Omg you’re going to get so lost

Are you gonna need me to tag along??

 

boydetective:

No bc to keep it real I’m planning to give sloppy in the men’s locker room when I take him to the gym and it’d be awkward knowing you’re waiting outside

 

butterfly:

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH

 

thegoldraven:

RANPO?!?!?!?!

 

nothuman:

ranpo you keep it so real

 

alphatiger:

That doesn’t constitute an “EW” from you????

 

nothuman:

no, why would it?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

kys

 

nothuman:

👍

 

doppo_poet:

RANPO.

 

boydetective:

Awe geez the fun police is here

 

doppo_poet:

THAT GOES AGAINST STUDENT CONDUCT ON SOOOOOO MANY LEVELS.

 

boydetective:

RELAX. I WAS KIDDING.

Mostly anyway

 

nothuman:

i can’t imagine poe letting you do that

 

thegoldraven:

BECAUSE I WOULDN’T.

 

boydetective:

Omg I can’t believe I’m dating a fun police officer 🙁

 

thegoldbug:

Am I really being the fun police or just reasonable? 🙁

 

boydetective:

Ugh sigh you’re lucky you’re cute

 

nothuman:

can you guys flirt in dms some of us are going through a breakup

 

alphatiger:

YOU AND SIGMA WERE BARELY TOGETHER

 

nothuman:

UGH I JUST WANT TO DATE SOMEONE

preferably a woman this time

to keep an even ratio

 

shadow.praiser:

LMFAOOOOO

real

actually guys theres smth i need to talk to u all about

like being fr 🙁

 

alphatiger:

What’s up juni :0

 

shadow.praiser:

idk

ive only discussed this w Naomi out of everyone in the server so far

shout out Naomi 1 time

 

light_finder:

Woohoo shout out to me!!

 

shadow.praiser:

ik u guys r gonna clown on me for this but i want 2 be honest

 

butterfly:

You’re concerning me just say it

 

shadow.praiser:

im bisexual

or i at least like guys n girls

i probably like enbys idk

maybe pan like my main man atsu but idk

and b4 u guys say the closet was glass pls be nice :(

ik it was

was just trying 2 figure it out on my own

 

boydetective:

Dude we won’t clown on you for that

In fact I think it’s respectable that you’re coming out to us

After saying you didn’t see the point in self reflection since you knew you liked girls

 

shadow.praiser:

well yea

that was mainly out of self preservation

cuz my parents r like homophobic lol

 

thegoldraven:

Yeah, I understand that. 

 

shadow.praiser:

i mean i know u guys would accept me no matter what

its just weird yk

i didnt wanna say anything cuz i was scared my parents would somehow find out

but i dont need to worry abt that anymore :3

 

butterfly:

Meaning???

 

shadow.praiser:

i recently cut contact!! \(^_^)/

 

nothuman:

good for you!

 

light_finder:

Woah wait pause I didn’t know this

You only told me that you wanted to come out to everyone

 

shadow.praiser:

o

well i cut them off

sors

 

light_finder:

They didn’t tell me anything either

 

shadow.praiser:

probs bc they think im lying

but im not 👻

 

arahabaki:

Why would his parents tell you about him cutting them off

 

shadow.praiser:

its a whole long story but the point is

im free from the burden of trying to be the son my parents want me to be and can be the person i wish to be!! yippee!!

 

boydetective:

Does this person involve you being not addicted to overwatch?

 

shadow.praiser:

OVERWATCH????????

do u wanna play edo

 

boydetective:

FUCK I SHOULDN’T HAVE SAID ANYTHING

Fine but @thegoldraven needs to play too

 

thegoldraven:

I’m turning on my computer right now :)!

 

arahabaki:

Feels weird to change the convo like this

 

shadow.praiser:

do u wanna play

 

arahabaki:

Christ absolutely not

 

nothuman:

i’m not playing don’t ask

 

bookworm:

Hey, I’ll play.

 

nothuman:

ugh nevermind i’ll play

 

shadow.praiser:

yippee!!!

 

nothuman: UGH I JUST WANT TO DATE SOMEONE

countess..luanne:

Well chuuya’s right there buddy!

 

nothuman:

are you on drugs babe?

 

countess..luanne:

No??

But you two were sucking and fucking a little while back 

 

nothuman:

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

 

countess..luanne:

WHAT

I KNOW IT’S TRUE

 

nothuman:

CHUUYA AND I DID NOT SUCK OR FUCK???

 

countess..luanne:

That’s simply not true I heard you two were making out

 

nothuman:

🧍

from whom?

 

countess..luanne:

It’s interesting that you’re not denying it

 

nothuman:

cause i mean

we did kiss like a few weeks ago

but that wasn’t for anything romantic it was a bit

 

countess..luanne:

I have it on good authority that you used tongue

 

nothuman:

I MEAN YEAH????

who doesn’t kiss and do a little :p

someone had to make it look convincing and it wasn’t going to be virgin chuuya

 

arahabaki:

VIRGIN?????

AND WHY ARE YOU SPREADING THIS IN THE SERVER IT’S BAD ENOUGH YOU TOLD ATSUSHI

 

countess..luanne:

WAIT HOW DID YOU KNOW I TOLD ATSUHSI

 

arahabaki

CAUSE HE TOLD ME U TOLD ME

 

nothuman:

how did YOU of all people find out about that

chuuya talking to atsushi is something that will be discussed later btw

 

countess..luanne:

I will NOT rat out my source

 

arahabaki:

It had to be yosano

Because I told Kouyou about it

 

nothuman:

why would you tell kouyou about it

i didn’t even tell yosano about it

 

arahabaki:

Unlike you I actually like my roommate???

 

nothuman:

it feels like such a none thing to discuss but whatever

cause i know i didn’t tell anyone 

 

butterfly:

PAUSE

I DIDN’T SNITCH

I DID NOT TELL LUCY

 

nothuman:

OMG HAHA

YOU TOTALLY TOLD RANPO DIDN’T YOU!!

Ranpo, you and Lucy are friends like that?

 

boydetective:

I mean like

Lucy love you to death

But I did not tell her that lol



thegoldraven:

Aha…

Um…

It was me…

 

boydetective:

BE SO FUCKING NICE TO HIM RIGHT NOW DAZAI OR I SWEAR TO GOD I’LL RIP OUT ALL YOUR FUCKING HAIR

 

nothuman:

OF COURSE THE NORTH AMERICAN ALLIANCE FUCKING BLABBED TO EACH OTHER

alright atsushi totally told akutagawa who told gin

gin who did you tell

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

I told Naomi :3

She’s my best friend !! ^_^

 

light_finder:

Omg <3

You’re my best friend too!!!!!!

 

shadow.praiser:

WOAH

NAOMI YOU HEARD HOT GOSS LIKE THAT AND DIDNT TELL ME?!?!?!

 

light_finder:

BE SO FUCKING REAL JUNICHIRO

I LITERALLY TEXTED YOU AFTER I HEARD

 

shadow.praiser:

NO????????????????????

IM GOING THRU OUR MESSAGES NOW

YOU NEER

oh

haha

wow

i had been overwatching

 

light_finder:

Fucking clearly

 

shadow.praiser:

ok anyway continue

 

nothuman:

chuuya and me kissing was to spite shitrase and his fugly gf

because they’re homophobic

so i was like this would be so funny

and chuuya and i may hate each other but we recognize a good bit when we see it

 

alphatiger:

Idk I wouldn’t kiss someone I thought I hated

 

blcklzrd:

You and Akutagawa are literally dating

 

alphatiger:

Yeah but I never hated him he hated me

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u thought i hated u?

 

alphatiger:

Babe I didn’t think I knew

You told me straight up you hated me and wanted to kill me

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

haha i totally did

 

alphatiger:

Now you like me! I’m pretty sure!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i dont like u jinko

 

alphatiger:

STOP!!!!!!!!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

😈

 

nothuman:

fucking gross

 

butterfly:

What if you and chuuya pulled an atsuryu

 

alphatiger:

Horrible ship name

 

nothuman:

trust me when i say we will not

 

goldendemon:

never say never

 

nothuman:

relax justin bieber

chuuya and i are not compatible

he’s a taurus i’m a gemini

earth signs and air signs are not compatible womp womp

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Why are you an astrology girly

 

nothuman:

i defy gender expectations and norms

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

literally can’t argue

Goodbye

 

bookworm:

Wait, you and Chuuya kissed?

Congrats buddy!

 

nothuman:

Thanks Odsaku.

 

doppo_poet:

DAZAI, ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?

 

nothuman:

???

why are you mad?

jealous? hehe 

 

doppo_poet:

NO.

I JUST NOW OWE KOUYOU MONEY.

BECAUSE YOU CAN’T KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS!

 

nothuman:

YOU BET ON ME AGAIN?!?!?!

 

doppo_poet:

YES.

I WAS SURE IT WAS A SAFE BET TOO.

FUCK YOU, YOU SUICIDAL MANIAC!

 

goldendemon:

Hahaha

I accept payment through venmo, zelle, and cashapp.

 

doppo_poet:

😐

I hope you’re proud of yourself, Dazai.

 

nothuman:

MAN WHAT THE FUCK?

Notes:

junichiro is my fav bsd character idgaf y'all can have chuuya or dazai i'm gona have my little pookie

i posted a ranpoe canon-compliant fic last night so if you want a ranpoe fic i have supplied!

bluesky: unknown-ghost.bsky.social

and yeah :0 bye!

Chapter 45: Compatibility and Kickability

Summary:

No one wants to talk about zodiac signs with Dazai :(

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 9:54 AM.

butterfly:

GET ME OUT OF HERE

RN

MORI’S OLD FUCKING ASS

 

nothuman:

🫵🤣

 

butterfly:

It’s not funny when you do it :\

 

nothuman:

i’m going to break no contact with him just to tell him to be harder on you

 

butterfly:

ACTUALLY KYS

IDGAF DO IT

 

nothuman:

:D

 

alphatiger:

ABSOLUTELY NOT NO

 

nothuman:

D:

 

doppo_poet:

How’s the tour going Ranpo? Keeping everything appropriate?

 

boydetective:

Yes dad everything is PG over here 😐

 

shadow.praiser:

happy fdoc!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

what

 

alphatiger:

First day of classes

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh

why couldnt he just write that out

 

alphatiger:

Leave him be

But guys I’m sad

No classes with Ryu ☹️

This sucks cause we had like two classes together last semester

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

actually

great news

i had to switch into one of ur classes :]

my schedule sucks now but whatever

 

alphatiger:

GASP

REALLY???

You’re messing with me aren’t you ☹️

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

nope

i just finished meeting w my advisor

gonna be in ur last tuesday/thursday class

love u but why is it at 4 in the fucking afternoon 

 

alphatiger:

I’ll make it bearable I promise!!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i dont doubt it but

philosophy…

do i look like fucking socrates???

this fucking blows

 

alphatiger:

No bc that’s the one class I was dreading but now I’m so excited to go!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

:]

ur too cute…

 

butterfly:

FUCK YOU GUYS

Sorry sorry I love gay men

It’s just you guys get to be happy and cute in your class together and I’m stuck in Mori’s class

A fate worse than death </3

 

goldendemon:

He’ll be good to you this semester queen dw

I got you

 

butterfly:

HUH????

 

goldendemon:

;)

 

butterfly:

If you do something and he doesn’t suck I’ll take you out to dinner.

And pay for you.

 

light_finder:

Your gay ass was gonna do that anyway

 

butterfly:

Now I have an excuse duh

 

doppo_poet:

Don’t pay for her.

Lord knows she has enough money.

MY MONEY.

 

goldendemon:

It stopped being your money the minute you bet wrong

And I’ll take you up on your offer Yosano

 

nothuman:

???

i could also talk to him

 

butterfly:

And break nc?

 

nothuman:

it’d be worth it for you <3

 

butterfly:

Wait guys I’m crying in class rn

I have to log off LMFAO

I LOVE YOU GUYS WHAT THE FUCK 

I LOVE MY FRIENDS

OK BYE BYE YBE

 

alphatiger:

That was so nice <3

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

who knew dazai could b fuckig nice

not i

 

nothuman:

i’m nice all the time

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

no ur a dick

 

nothuman:

like i said yesterday, i’m a gemini

there are two sides to me 🥰

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

which one is the pretty one

ugly old ass

 

nothuman:

ATSUSHI CONTROL YOUR DOG

 

alphatiger:

He don’t bite

 

nothuman:

YES HE DO

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Happy first day of classes everyone!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

@shadow.praiser notice how she spelled it out

 

shadow.praiser:

notice how i breathe w/o coughing up blood

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

notice how my sister and i dont have an incestuous relationship

 

shadow.praiser:

notice how i dont let atsushi nakajima top me :\

 

alphatiger:

YOU TWO STOP

 

nothuman:

oh i’m feeling queasy 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

he doesnt

not always

 

alphatiger:

DUDE STOP

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ugh u know i hate when u call me dude

 

alphatiger:

Sorry ☹️

 

nothuman:

break up!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i thought yosano was going to deal w u since i put lucy in the server

 

countess..luanne:

OMG my invite to the server was condition based?!?!?!?!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yeah and she failed

so idk why ur still here

 

countess..luanne:

Man I can’t have shit in this house

 

animal_crossing:

Kyoka and I are in the same writing studies class!!

Woohoo!!

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

\(^_^)/

 

nothuman:

ranpo and i are in literally all the same classes lol

 

boydetective:

Can’t wait to be the smartest guys in the class

AGAIN.

 

nothuman:

that’s cause we actually read and do the work

 

shadow.praiser:

“do the work”

u guys read and talk abt what u read

u r in a glorified book club

 

nothuman:

still smarter than you though

could easily code and do whatever bullshit you do

 

shadow.praiser:

im not arguing w u bc ik u could

kunikida couldnt tho

 

doppo_poet:

JUNICHIRO TANIZAKI.

 

shadow.praiser:

NOOOOO NOT THE FULL GOV

IM SORRY KUNIKIDA PAPA I LOVE U 

 

doppo_poet:

PAPA?!?!

 

shadow.praiser:

yeh

in world where dazai/ranpo r papa i pick u as my dad

esp now that im an orphan

 

alphatiger:

YOU’RE NOT AN ORPHAN IF U WILLINGLY BECOME ONE

 

shadow.praiser:

WHAT

IM TRYING TO FIT IN N UR TELLING ME IM NOT AN ORPHAN??????

WHAT THE FUCK

 

arahabaki:

What is happening in here

Like why is it always chaos

 

nothuman:

because atsushi and akutagawa are clearly incompatible

which has the server devolve into chaos

 

alphatiger:

No I’m a taurus and Ryu is a pisces

We’ve actually really compatible star sign wise

I’m incompatible with YOU though and you admitted that yesterday when you said you and chuuya were incompatible because of your zodiac signs

Because Chuuya and I are both Tauruses

 

nothuman:

astrology is a hoax

surely we are compatible atsushi

 

alphatiger:

Be compatible with Chuuya I’m already very content with the relationship I’m in

 

nothuman:

why are you guys so obsessed with chuuya and me being together

it’s weird

 

arahabaki:

Yeah like guys come on

I have standards

 

nothuman:

i’m not the one who kiss and told 😭

 

arahabaki:

I ACTUALLY TALK TO MY ROOMMATE

Idk why you have your panties in a twist over that

It was out of the norm why would I not tell her

 

nothuman:

like i said yesterday it’s just such a non thing to talk about

 

alphatiger:

"Non thing to talk about"

You used tongue

 

nothuman:

atsushi i promise you that if given the opportunity to kiss you i’d use tongue and more

 

alphatiger:

Hello police I’d like to report suspicious activity

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lets settle this now

atsushi picked me over u

so its honestly about time u got over it.

cause im not breaking up w him ever and hes not breaking up w me

hes off the market. forever.

hes not ur pet, not ur backup plan, nothing

hes a person AND hes mine

so drop this bullshit now

there will NEVER be an opportunity

 

nothuman:

damn kitty got claws

me-ouch

 

blcklzrd:

Damn I’m not Atsushi but that got me blushing lowk

 

shadow.praiser:

me 2 :\

r u guys looking for a 3rd?

 

alphatiger:

Aren’t you in class????

 

shadow.praiser:

yeh

oh no my major is computers and im online

😱

 

alphatiger:

God I hate you

 

shadow.praiser:

man what :(

 

alphatiger:

STOP NOW I FEEL BAD

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

crazy how u guys only want jinko when hes in a committed relationship

ill literally kill all of u if u try anything

 

arahabaki:

Take a deep breathe and relax

I’m sure most of them except Dazai are joking

 

nothuman:

you guys: “dazai don’t kill yourself, dying is bad”

also you guys: *want someone to kill me*

can we pick if i can die so i can act accordingly

 

alphatiger:

You need to live and no one is going to kill you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

no wrong

you cant kill ursef u can only die by my hands

slowly and painfully

 

nothuman:

UGH

i’m going to class

 

boydetective:

See you there!

 

Today at 10:56 AM.

boydetective:

FYODOR IN OUR CLASS

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

AND HE’S SMART

 

nothuman:

well duh

i’d never date an idiot

 

arahabaki:

Yosano where are you

 

butterfly:

I’m right here

Hold on I know what you want I’m just on my laptop so I have to look for it

 

arahabaki:

Take your time

 

butterfly:

🫵🤣

 

nothuman:

yosano baby girl why are you doing what he wants </3

 

butterfly:

Being nice to my future brother in law

 

nothuman:

why are we being SHIPPED

 

arahabaki:

I’m gay but not that type of gay

What does shipped mean

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

It’s like a fandom thing where if you “ship” two characters together it’s because you want them in a relationship

Like relationSHIP

So you ship them

 

arahabaki:

Oh

I hate that actually

Kind of dumb

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ill end ur fucking life.

 

arahabaki:

I WASN’T SAYING GIN WAS DUMB I WAS SAYING THE CONCEPT OF SHIPPING IS DUMB

NOT HER

I’D NEVER BELITTLE A WOMAN?????

 

nothuman:

i’m not understanding the appeal of chuuya and i ending up together

like what’s the point

or is it just because we’re conventionally attractive and you guys are being weird

 

goldendemon:

So you agree Chuuya is attractive

 

nothuman:

sure

which means we won’t work out because i like my dudes a little ugly

 

butterfly:

I feel like you’re grasping

You two already kissed!!

How was that???

 

nothuman:

normal????

guys stop

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh so its ok to keep going when its u but when ur uncomfortable everyone has stop?

 

nothuman:

yes ♥️

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i hope u and chuuya fuck for real and he tops.

 

arahabaki:

WHY AM I GETTING DRAGGED INTO THIS 

 

nothuman:

ugh in class goodbye

 

butterfly:

Honestly lowkey offended he didn’t tell me and I had to hear from an outside source

No offense beautiful

 

goldendemon:

None taken

 

nothuman:

I DIDN’T TELL YOU BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS TOMFOOLERY

OK GOODBYE FOR REAL

 

butterfly:

BUT COME ON IF YOU HAD TOLD ME YOURSELF I WOULDN’T HAVE TOLD RANPO

 

boydetective:

Woah WHAT

No way

You would’ve told me

 

butterfly:

Baby please be quiet

 

boydetective:

Silencing gay men ok I see how it is

I will say no matter what I would’ve told Poe

 

thegoldraven:

:)

 

arahabaki:

Arguably this is all Poe’s fault

Cause he told Lucy

Who told Atsushi

Who can’t seem to keep his mouth shut

 

alphatiger:

MAN WHAT

I ONLY TOLD YOU AND AKUTAGAWA

that akutagawa being ryu btw

I didn’t tell Gin

BUT COME ON

THATS MY BOYFRIEND WOULD YOU NOT TELL YOUR BF JUICY GOSSIP LIKE THAT

 

nothuman:

OKAY GUYS HONESTLY

not a big deal anymore

it’s out there whatever

chuuya and i made out

i was the best kiss he ever had

and he was like maybe fourth best for me

 

arahabaki:

You were NOT the best kiss I’ve ever had

 

nothuman:

being the only kiss = being the best kiss

 

arahabaki:

I’VE KISSED PEOPLE OTHER THAN YOU BEFORE?

 

nothuman:

unlikely

 

arahabaki:

And honestly for a first kiss between us that was way too much tongue

I thought you were gonna cannibalize me at one point

 

boydetective:

“At one point” implies it was quite the long kiss

 

nothuman:

we literally made out obviously it was a long kiss

and because we were MAKING OUT i had to use tongue TO SELL IT

chuuya nakahara has never lied a day in his life or done a silly goofy bit

i had to sell it

 

blcklzrd:

What were you even selling

 

nothuman:

that chuuya and i were gay lovers and lived together lol

shirase and yuan were pissed

it was totally fucking worth it at the time

but the headache follow up with those two and now this honestly makes me regret it

i thought it was going to be a funny little thing but idk

like chuuya and i are incredibly incompatible

 

arahabaki:

Not disagreeing but kind of getting offended that YOU keep saying that

Like you dated that sasaki chick AND fyodor

I cannot be worse than those two

 

nothuman:

you piss me off so bad

 

arahabaki:

You’re no peach either

 

nothuman:

i’m aware that my taste is not good i fear i date too many water signs

sasaki is a cancer (in more than one way) and fyodor is a scorpio (awful person)

 

alphatiger:

STOP mentioning zodiac signs

 

nothuman:

i need a fire sign in my life…

 

butterfly:

Lol i’m a sagittarius 

 

nothuman:

I KNOW

WE WOULD BE SO COMPATIBLE IF YOU LIKED MEN </3

 

bookworm:

I’m a Scorpio.

 

nothuman:

your one fatal flaw

 

bookworm:

I have other flaws but okay.

I will say none of my other flaws include believing in astrology.

Perhaps you should look beyond the stars and at the person themself.

 

nothuman:

i don’t think i will

 

alphatiger:

I have a scorpio moon placement

 

nothuman:

JESUS CHRIST WHAT THE FUCK

okay i’m moving on from atsushi

i don’t do scorpios after fyodor and i fucking hate aquarians

 

doppo_poet:

None of this shit is real.

 

nothuman:

spoken like a true virgo

 

goldendemon:

I’m a capricorn!

 

butterfly:

Guess you can say you’re goated

 

goldendemon:

LOL that was awful

 

butterfly:

Awe man :(

 

goldendemon:

Cute effort though

 

countess..luanne:

FUCK OFF SCORPIOS ARE COOL

SCORPIO GANG RISE UP

 

bookworm:

Haha, thank you!

 

shadow.praiser:

wait

omg

guys…

DAZAI IM A LEO

I LOOKED IT UP ITS A FIRE SIGN

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

light_finder:

You want to be with Dazai?

 

shadow.praiser:

not emotionally but he is hot

 

nothuman:

man when will someone want me for me </3

 

blcklzrd:

When you stop trying to kill yourself?

 

nothuman:

i feel like having one silly little quirk shouldn’t impede my ability to get laid

 

blcklzrd:

It’s kind of a big issue dude lol

No one is ever going to view you as a partner if you’re just gonna kill youself at the drop of a hat

You should probably seek professional mental health before seeking a partner

 

arahabaki:

^^^

 

nothuman:

not happening

but thanks for the unsolicited and useless advice 👍

 

blcklzrd:

🤷

Don’t get pissy I just said what no one else dared to say

Cause they don’t wanna upset you

 

nothuman:

lol ok

 

blcklzrd has left the server.

 

arahabaki:

DUDE

DID YOU JUST KICK HIM???

Pussy 😐

 

arahabaki has left the server.

 

nothuman:

it feels good to be king 😊

Notes:

i'm an aquarius

idk where i'm going with all this im ngl but whatever hope you guys enjoyed

bluesky: unknown-ghost

ok bye

Chapter 46: Coming Clean

Summary:

Dazai has A LOT to answer for.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

PM

nothuman aka dazai

Today at 11:11 AM.

arahabaki:

Ok what's your problem 😐

Put me back in the server

 

nothuman:

who are you to demand things from me?

 

arahabaki:

That sentence sounds so old like

You’re about to die of consumption

“Who art thou to make demandst of thine” sounding ass

 

nothuman:

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING DUDE 😭

 

arahabaki:

I’m speaking my truth now give me an invite back to the server or I’m going to undermine your authority

 

nothuman:

I’M NOT INVITING YOU BACK IF YOU’RE GOING TO THREATEN ME

yosano may like you but she’ll never give a man the satisfaction of giving him what he wants so there’s no undermining me

you and tachihara need to be put in time out

this is the time out

 

arahabaki:

For what though

Like dude… come on let’s call a spade a spade

You’re smart enough to realize that no one is going to want to date a suicidal maniac

 

nothuman:

yeah but that wasn’t really what was bothering me

 

arahabaki:

Is it people messing with us because they know we kissed?

Dude I’m sorry I told Kouyou 😐

I really didn’t think she’d tell anyone I was just sharing cause I know she had bets with Kunikida

 

nothuman:

semi-off topic but that’s crazy

kunikida needs to stop better cause he's swinging and MISSING BAD

back on topic i just fail to see the big deal about it

it’s not like we kissed because we like each other

arguably we don’t like each other

 

arahabaki:

I mean I thought we were becoming friends :\

But whatever

 

nothuman:

did you?

 

arahabaki:

Yeah.

But if that’s not shared then my bad

 

nothuman:

i dunno it’s not like i didn’t see you that way

i just figured after what happened you’d cut your losses

 

arahabaki:

What? Like that being the kiss?

Or when I stopped you from killing yourself at the docks?

Or whatever shit in high school?

 

nothuman:

no none of those

when you saw me after kyu left

it was really lame.

 

arahabaki:

That???

Why would I care about you caring about your brother???

Do you think that low of me dude

 

nothuman:

sibling but

no, it’s hard for me to explain though

and it’s not really something i want to get into

 

arahabaki:

Not trying to be antagonistic but then you can’t really blame me or be mad at me about it

Like kicking me from the server (invite me back) and whatever

Just because you can’t get over something I already forgot about

 

nothuman:

i know

i’m sorry.

 

arahabaki:

YOU’RE SORRY?

Oh fuck dude please don’t kill yourself

 

nothuman:

I’M TRYING TO BE GENUINE ?!?!?

 

arahabaki:

It’s weird

Like you’re upset about what specifically with Q

That has anything to do with me

Cause all I did was let them inside

 

nothuman:

but no i’m not upset that you let them inside i’m glad you did

i’m not even upset

i just feel weird about it

and that you saw me get upset about it

 

arahabaki:

YOU’RE UP IN ARMS

PISSY WAH WAH

BECAUSE I SAW YOU CRY ONE TIME????

I’M GOING TO FUCKING KICK YOUR ASS

 

nothuman:

WHAT HAPPENED TO VALID HUMAN EMOTIONS

 

arahabaki:

NAME HOW THAT’S VALID SHITTY DAZAI

 

nothuman:

IT’S WEIRD!!!

I DON’T WANT TO GET INTO IT EITHER YOU SHORT FUCK

 

arahabaki:

OK WAH WAH BOO HOO YOU CRIED

LIKE A BABY MIGHT I ADD

GET OVER IT

THAT WAS FOREVER AGO

LIKE ACTUALLY SO LONG AGO

 

nothuman:

IT WAS LIKE A MONTH AGO???

 

arahabaki:

YES FOREVER AGO

I LITERALLY FORGOT ABOUT IT

I BARELY EVEN SAW U CRY

YOU CRIED FOR LIKE A MINUTE, LET ME HUG U, AND THEN U PUSHED ME OFF

SAID I WAS SHORT AND BONY (UNCALLED FOR BTW ESP FROM UR TWIG ASS)

AND THEN SAID AND I QUOTE BTW

“This doll is killing this vibe”

AND THEN WALKED AWAY AND UPSTAIRS WITH THE DOLL

 

nothuman:

“I literally forgot about it”

*PROCEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST OF EVENTS*

 

arahabaki:

You have me reminiscing

Your fault btw

 

nothuman:

okay i’m in class we’re going to have to talk about this later i guess

 

arahabaki:

Ok

WAIT

SEND ME AN INVITE BACK

 

nothuman:

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO

FUCKING LOSER HAS FOMO!!!

🫵🤣

SO SAD

BAHAHA

jk

[ discord server invite link ]

behave yourself

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 11:36 AM.

arahabaki hopped into the server.

 

arahabaki:

What up

 

goldendemon:

How did you manage to weasel your way back in here

Tachihara is still begging Yosano for an invite back

 

butterfly:

I’d love to let him back in but doing anything for a man hurts me </3

I can’t give a guy the satisfaction of giving him what he wants

Which is why I’m kind of confused by how you got back in here

 

arahabaki:

I paid Dazai $100 to let me back in

 

butterfly:

SERIOUSLY??

 

arahabaki:

LOL no 

 

alphatiger:

Welcome back Chuuya!

 

arahabaki:

Thanks!

 

boydetective:

Guys I got kicked out of class ☹️

 

nothuman:

turn around pookie make that we 😈

 

boydetective:

GASP!

Dazai, my long lost lover

 

thegoldraven:

☹️oh

 

boydetective:

NO NO NO BABY IT’S JUST A REFERENCE

NO PLEASE UR MY ONE AND ONLY

I DON’T LIKE DAZAI LIKE TH

i love dazai so much he rocks

my best friend and love fr lief

STOP HE TOOK MY PHONE 

THAT WASN’T ME

I HAD TO GRAB IT BACK

EDDIE PLS

EDDIEEEEEEE

 

butterfly:

Holy shit lol

 

thegoldraven:

I was messing with you before. Please don’t be sorry! I was trying to be funny!

 

doppo_poet:

Why did you two get kicked out of class?

 

boydetective:

Well I got kicked for being disrespectful idk why Dazai got kicked

 

nothuman:

it’s because i said that kicking out ranpo is stifling for class discussion and that he brings a unique perspective to our discussion.

i also might’ve said the professor was an idiot to his face

it was a pretty eventful five minutes i’m unsure what happened truly

something about me calling fyodor a meat rider? i can’t recall

 

boydetective:

UGH I MISSED YOU CALLING HIM A MEAT RIDER THIS SUCKS

Whatever do you wanna drop the class and join a different one with me

 

nothuman:

yeah

just nothing with fukuchi cause lol

can’t handle him kicking us out again

 

doppo_poet:

You guys need to be serious.

 

boydetective:

Kunikida you know i love you but you do not understand me

I’m not trying to sound harsh when I say this but it’s genuinely so hard for me to deal with stupid people

And I think I’ve been pretty well behaved for the most part

Today was just my breaking point

I think surrounding myself with smart people (you guys… ig) has left me incredibly intolerable to the general masses

 

nothuman:

the only class with openings is women’s literature

 

thegoldraven:

Oh! I’m in that class!

 

countess..luanne:

Lol me too

 

arahabaki:

I’m also in that class

 

boydetective:

EDDIE AND ME IN THE SAME CLASS??????

W

Dazai we’re joining that class

 

nothuman:

who teaches it

 

countess..luanne:

Dr. Shelley

 

nothuman:

the chick or her fuckass husband

 

countess..luanne:

Mary 😭

 

nothuman:

ugh phew

he’s WAY too into poetry

he’s writing like a whole thing about the importance of poetry like what

 

boydetective:

NO BC IT’S SO FUNNY TO ME

YOUR WIFE IS WRITING BANGER MONSTER FICTION AND U WRITE POETRY

Nothing wrong with poetry by the way I LOVE poetry <3

 

doppo_poet:

Poetry is great. >:(

 

boydetective:

I just said I love poetry can’t you read

 

nothuman:

no because you didn’t put it in iambic pentameter

 

arahahabki:

Jesus Christ nerd alert

 

nothuman:

i recollect telling you that you need to behave when i invited you back to the server

 

shadow.praiser:

speaking of invites what abt tachi

is he coming back or

 

butterfly:

He’s begging me in dms

He’s sending me photos of him pouting it’d actually be endearing if I was straight

Why does little bro always got a bandaid on his nose

 

nothuman:

botched nose job

 

arahabaki:

Botched nose job

 

butterfly:

Hahaha you two are so mean

 

shadow.praiser:

says u 😭let bro back in‼️

actuall y honestly off topic but can i have server rights

methinks itd be beneficial 

 

butterfly:

Yeah sure

Can you add bots

Like the music bot and stuff

Idk how to do that and dazai won’t do it

 

nothuman:

i don’t listen to music so i see zero point

 

alphatiger:

That’s WILD

You should listen to Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard And Soft

 

nothuman:

um

okay?

why 

 

alphatiger:

Because I like it therefore you should like it too

 

arahabaki:

Wait you like actually don’t listen to music???

I thought you only said that shit to be annoying when we were doing that project

WAIT SO WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR FREE TIME

BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU DON’T WATCH MOVIES OR TV EITHER

YOU JUST PLAY GAMES???

 

nothuman:

i don’t really play games either

i just have a computer because i like having a desktop over a laptop

 

butterfly:

You have a Nintendo switch

 

nothuman:

Odasaku gave that to me for my birthday so i would play breath of the wild

which i did actually really enjoy

 

alphatiger:

Dazai what do you do in your free time

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

be a public nuisance 

 

nothuman:

LMAO good guess akutagawa

fucking dickhead

i mostly just read

 

alphatiger:

Sigma told me that when you guys hung out you guys mostly watched movies???????

 

nothuman:

well i mean

movies were definitely playing when we hung out but i wouldn’t say we watched them

 

alphatiger:

Oh god I think I’m going to be sick

 

nothuman:

YOU ASKED LMFAO

 

shadow.praiser:

so u never experienced the religious experience of watching sonic 1-3

is what im hearing

 

nothuman:

no

 

countess..luanne:

Bro didn’t listen to BRAT by Charli XCX </3

 

nothuman:

i did not

 

animal_crossing:

So you don’t know about epic the musical 🙁

 

nothuman:

i know of it but i read the actual odyssey 

 

goldendemon:

Omg he didn’t watch Arcane </3

This is so sad

You would love it

 

shadow.praiser:

eugh……….

league of legends……

my biggest opp….

jayvik 4 life tho 🤪

 

nothuman:

speaking a different language

 

alphatiger:

What did you do in high school when you weren’t in school

 

nothuman:

???

guys i read books

i be reading books

all i do is read books

 

alphatiger:

THIS IS CRAZY TO ME

HOW DO YOU DO ANYTHING

 

nothuman:

STOP IT’S NOT THAT DEEP 😭

 

alphatiger:

Actually fuck you

Meant to ask this yesterday but

 

nothuman:

???

 

nothuman: which means we won’t work out because i like my dudes a little ugly

alphatiger:

So you think I’m fucking ugly?

YOU THINK I’M UGLY DAZAI?

 

nothuman:

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

LOL LMFAO LMAO ROFL

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

no i said A LITTLE ugly

not completely

 

alphatiger:

Guys can you believe ts 😐

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i think ur very handsome jinko :]

 

alphatiger:

Do you mean it fr? 🥲

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yes lol

dazai is the ugly one.

inside and out.

 

nothuman:

I WAS KIDDING WHEN I SAID THAT YESTERDAY

ATSUSHI YOU’VE VERY HANDSOME

guysssss i’d never call atsushi ugly

 

alphatiger:

Feelings? Hurt

 

nothuman:

i’m sorry like for real i was being goofy i didn’t actually mean to imply you

especially because…

guys… here’s a reveal…

i actually *don’t want* atsushi and never did

😱😱😱

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

BULLSHIT

U FUCKING LIAR PIECE OF SHIT SCUMBAG

U LITERALLY WANT HIM SO BAD AND HARASS US

 

nothuman:

i harass you because i think it’s funny lol

but atsushi is not my type

like… at all...

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

FUCK OFF

KEEP HIS NAME OUT OF UR MOUTH

 

boydetective:

 

alphatiger:

Ryu it’s ok this is actually quite relieving

But why do you always say ew about ryu and me??

 

nothuman:

cause you’re still my friend and akutagawa is still a little bitch 

i just wish you had better taste 🙁

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

OH THATS IT IM FUCKING KILLING THIS GUY.

 

shadow.praiser:

DAZAI RUN HE TOOK MY PHONE AND I PUT THE AIRTAGS ON MY FIND MY APP

 

nothuman:

I DITCHED ALL YOUR AIRTAGS

DID YOU PUT MORE ON ME?????

 

shadow.praiser:

🤯

perhaps…

 

nothuman:

HOLY SHIT I SEE HIM COMING.

FUCK YOU JUNICHIRO

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

COME BACK HERE U TRASH

 

animal_crossing:

Why does it always feel like Dazai is running for his life

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Because he keeps pissing off people that make him run for his life

 

animal_crossing:

Oh okay! ^_^

Notes:

i literally didn't forget about tachihara i just didn't think it'd fit to put him back in this chapter. it might be an "off screen" thing when he gets his server privileges back because i already started the next chapter AND ALL OF U CHUUYA FANS DO NOT GIVE A FUCK ABT TACHIHARA BEING BOOTED LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO Y'ALL BEGGING FOR CHUUYA TO COME BACK 0 OF YOU SAID ANYTHING ABOUT TACHIHARA IM DEAD AS FUCK!!!!!!!!!!

i feel like dazai would be really weird abt anyone seeing him cry. idk. womp

i tried making him more likable this chapter but feel like i failed. there's something about dazai being annoying and antagonistic that i love writing about. he sucks but like sucks /pos

anyway bye bye

Chapter 47: Let's Go Lesbians!

Summary:

Who knew The Vampire Diaries could be so sexy?

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

“What the fuck is a doppelgänger and why is it the main focus of this show?”

 

Kouyou stifled a laugh, trying to not encourage Yosano’s criticism of The Vampire Diaries

 

“It’s like a ghostly, bad omen,” Kouyou tried to explain, “Elena is a doppelgänger of Katherine, a vampire who died, and also has a tumultuous relationship with the brothers.”

 

“That sounds like my nightmare. Girl couldn’t pick any other guys?” Yosano asked, crossing her arms, “or her friend? That’d be way more interesting.”

 

“The show came out in 2009, that wasn’t exactly a time of ‘gay rights,’” Kouyou explained, “it came out a year after the first Twilight movie came out. They needed to pump out a vampire, love triangles story ASAP to ensure viewer retention.”

 

“You know, I never got into Twilight,” Yosano said simply, playing with the throw pillow Kouyou had laying on her bed, “and not because, you know, I’m not into guys, but because it just… I dunno. I think it’s love triangles that ruin stuff for me.”

 

“Really?” Kouyou asked, interested piqued, “why’s that?”

 

“I think it’s redundant. It’s always the two, most boring white guys going after an average woman—which is not me bashing women, but let’s call a spade a spade, right? Like, in Twilight, isn’t Edward, like, rich? And he’s beefing with the wolf guy, over Bella. I didn’t watch the movies or read the books, but for real?” Yosano said as she still watched the show, despite it all.

 

“You’ve never watched Twilight?!” Kouyou asked, astounded. She turned her attention to Yosano. “When we finish this episode, we are going to watch that damn movie.”

 

Yosano turned to face Kouyou back, a smile on her face. “I’m sure you’d make watching that movie bearable, so sure, why not?” She asked rhetorically. Honestly, she couldn’t think of a better way to spend the rest of her first day of classes. “Though, I think it’s kind of… ironic that you like these shows and movies so much.”

 

“Really?” Kouyou asked, intrigued, “and why’s that?”

 

“Well, cause you told me that you gave up on hope and love and all that jazz that these shows rely on,” Yosano said bluntly, “sorry if that’s presumptuous.”

 

“No, you’re okay,” Kouyou said, smoothing her blanket on her lap, “I don’t know. I guess when everything was happening and I felt everything spiraling, I used these shows and movies as a way to comfort myself, I guess? To see love happen when I felt loveless? Is that silly?”

 

“No, of course not,” Yosano responded quickly, “I don’t even know why I asked. It was rude of me. I just… I don’t know. I was curious, I guess.”

 

Kouyou shrugged. “I mean, I told you about it all. It’s fair to have questions,” she said, “and I don’t mind telling you anything—honest.” She smiled at Yosano. “It’s nice to have someone to rely on, talk to, you know?”

 

“Yeah, I get it,” Yosano said, feeling kind of honored to be someone that Kouyou thought she could rely on and talk to, “I feel the same way about you.”

 

Kouyou smiled. “Well, since you asked a personal question,” she began, pausing the show. Yosano quirked a brow. “I feel like it’s only fair that I get to ask you one as well.”

 

Curiosity and intrigued were evident in Yosano’s face as she seemed to rack her brain to try and figure out what she could possibly question. “Alright, I’ll bite, what is it?” She asked.

 

“Am I ugly?”

 

Yosano sputtered, unsure of why Kouyou would ask that and also why that would be a personal question.

 

“Wha— no! You’re gorgeous! What are you going on about?!” Yosano exclaimed, stunned.

 

“Well, not to stereotype, but you are a lesbian, yet you haven’t made a single move on me even though I’ve been dropping hints left and right. So, you’re either blind or you don’t like me that way,” Kouyou said. Yosano took a deep breath in.

 

“Well, you know…” She began slowly, her mouth suddenly feeling very dry, “I haven’t gotten my eyes checked… in a few years…” Kouyou laughed, though she was a bit nervous too. She essentially just confessed to Yosano.

 

“So that means…?” Kouyou asked, trying to figure out where this was going to lead.

 

“Depends on you,” Yosano said, regaining her confidence. She sat up and leaned toward Kouyou. “Do you still think love is a joke?” Their faces were dangerously close now.

 

Kouyou looked down at Yosano’s lips and then in her eyes. “I’ve got a pretty good sense of humor now,” she replied. Yosano seemed to like that answer and before Kouyou could do anything, Yosano kissed her.

 

Well, now she owed Kunikida $250USD, considering she bet him that she’d kiss Yosano first, but whatever. It was worth it. Yosano had her hand placed on Kouyou’s waist, pulling her in closer. Kouyou wrapped her arms around Yosano’s shoulders, but that wasn’t enough. She pushed Yosano onto her back, deepening the kiss. She’s waited this fucking long—what’s the harm? Yosano was clearly into it. Kouyou felt her undo her hairclip, letting her long red hair fall all around them, curtaining them from the world basically. 

 

Kouyou pulled back, the two panting ever so slightly. Yosano looked at Kouyou’s pupils dilated beyond all belief, a blush evident on her face despite the dim lights. Kouyou would’ve laughed, said something witty to try to fluster Yosano even more—just to tease! Nothing malicious. Yet, Yosano beat her to the punch. She had grabbed the tv remote and unpaused the show. A smirk on her face.

 

“We wouldn’t want Chuuya to overhear us… would we?”

 

Kouyou felt herself blush at the implication, but didn’t bother to verbally respond. She leaned back down and started where they left off…

 

PM

Yapologist convention

Today at 12:45 AM.

butterfly:

Either of you guys awake?

 

nothuman:

yeah

where are you 💔

 

boydetective:

I’m awake

What up koko

 

butterfly:

😏

I’m gonna tell you guys something but you gotta keep it a secret~~~

 

boydetective:

IS THIS…

 

nothuman:

… WHAT I THINK IT’S ABOUT?

 

butterfly:

WELL…

Don’t say anything to anyone in the server cause it’s new

BUTTTTTTT

Ehe

Let’s say Dazai’s not the only one into redheads 😏

 

nothuman:

ignoring that bit about me because it’s not true

BUT FUCKING FINALLY!!!!!!!

 

boydetective:

FELL TO MY KNEES

IM SO HAPPY

I LOVE TO SEE WOMEN WINNING

As a feminist of course

 

butterfly:

Oh yes of course as a feminist

 

boydetective:

Does this mean you’re divorcing Dazai and I though

 

butterfly:

Unfortunately I think our marriages have to come to an end

Know that you guys have never made a woman more happy

Even though I’m sexually and romantically not turned on by either of you in the slightest

And Dazai did leave me briefly with our fuckass kids

 

nothuman:

 

boydetective:

So like

What’s the word on all that though

Between you and Kouyou

 

butterfly:

It’s like brand new

I’m just now leaving her place to go back to mine </3

 

nothuman:

ours

 

butterfly:

But I mean we definitely…

✂️

As one would

 

boydetective:

GOODBYE

I HATE YOU LMFAO

 

butterfly:

YEAH BUT THIS IS NEW

SO DONT SAY ANYTHING TO ANYONE YET

IM ONLY TELLING U GUYS BC UR MY BEST FRIENDS 🙁

I don’t wanna say smth too soon and then it doesn’t work out and i’m the lovesick loser

 

boydetective:

It’s totally gonna work out but ok

I won’t say anything

 

nothuman:

i obviously won’t say anything

i’d be worried about her telling chuuya cause mf may be short but he has a big mouth

 

butterfly:

LOL

How are we gonna talk about me but you manage to bring up your bf?

 

nothuman:

OH KYS KNOCK THAT OFF

 

PM

doppo_poet aka Doppo Kunikida

Today at 12:45 AM.

doppo_poet:

Which bet did I win for the $250?

 

goldendemon:

Don’t say anything to anyone

As we both agreed to but

Yosano kissed me

So I owe you money

 

doppo_poet:

She kissed you?

 

goldendemon:

Yes!

 

doppo_poet:

I mean…

I’d feel bad taking your money, but as you said, “It stopped being your money the minute you bet wrong.”

 

goldendemon:

Oh my gosh not the cited source haha

Please just keep this on the DL. Yosano and I want to see where this goes first before telling anyone.

 

doppo_poet:

Of course. I respect your wishes and won’t say a word. I promise.

I will say, however, that she definitely told Ranpo and Dazai already.

 

goldendemon:

LOL I figured as much

I plan to tell Chuuya anyway

It’s not a secret-secret, it’s more so an omission thing, you know?

 

doppo_poet:

I am rooting for you guys!

 

goldendemon:

Want to bet on it?

 

doppo_poet:

Absolutely fucking not.

Goodnight.

 

iMessage

Lil bro

Today at 12:53 AM.

You awake?

 

Yes Kouyou.

You guys are not as quiet as you think you are

Don’t bother telling me cause I already know

 

Well don’t spread the rumor then please 💀

It’s brand new so we don’t want to rush anything

 

LOL I won’t

Suggestion though

Maybe next time turn up the volume instead of just keeping the tv on

Cause it did not help

 

Noted 😭

Goodnight Chuuya lol

 

Goodnight !! 

Notes:

SHOUTOUT LUCYFAN THIS ONE IS FOR YOU!!!! i've seen your bookmark. here is the kousano you've been begging for FOR MONTHS

sorry the chapter is so short it was actually SOOOOOO hard to write. they're just too powerful and i'm a weak vessel i fear. i love them so bad though

next chapter will probably be sskk they are plaguing me so badly

Kouyou's contact name for Chuuya is a reference to the fact he calls her big sister in the series. i didn't have him refer to her as that just because i didn't want to confuse anyone about their relation (they're not siblings in this au) and i know calling someone "lil bro" is a meme. she's just an epic memer XD (THAT WAS CRINGE ON PURPOSE BTW)

anywayyyyyyy yeah. all that's left is skk to get together (MAYBE tachitani too... i recently found myself enjoying those two together.... idk i just fucking love tanizaki. if his other 3 fans are reading this fic maybe lmk if you want me to do that HAHAHAHAHA)

alright goodnight guys. PAPA LOVES YOU!!

Chapter 48: Insults and Pet Names

Summary:

Akutagawa wants to make up for the times he insulted Atsushi before they got together.

Notes:

slight NSFW warning????? nothing too freaky deaky happens but it's implied

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Atsushi was not used to waking up and staying up all day. Sure, over the summer break he kept up with his running—of course he did! He’d wake up at 7, get in a quick run, come home and shower, then go straight to bed. Now, however, he had to go to class. By the time his second class started, he felt dead to the world. And that was only at noon!

 

Luckily, it was now about three in the afternoon and he was nestled up against Akutagawa, who luckily was free to come over and hang out. He had his head against Akutagawa’s chest, who’s arm was under his neck and supporting his head like a pillow as well as holding him close. He felt kind of bad that Akutagawa had come over just to watch him sleep basically, but Atsushi was so tired. He could barely keep his eyes open. And Akutagawa didn’t make it easier, mind you! He was so cozy… even though he ran kind of cold, Atsushi liked it. It was nice. What’s even nicer than that is the fact he played with his hair. It was so soothing and so relaxing… he could feel as Akutagawa twirled the long bang strand around his pointer finger, doing it over and over again…

 

“Jinko,” Akutagawa whispered quietly. Atsushi was only half-asleep, so he heard it, but didn’t have the energy to respond. He just tried to shimmy closer, though he was unsure if he actually moved or if that was a figment of his imagination. “I love you.”

 

Oh no! He was way too tired to say it back, but he wanted to tell him he loves him too! Akutagawa pulled in Atsushi gently. Oh, did he think Atsushi was fully asleep? He wishes he was, of course, but he did like being conscious to the affection Akutagawa was giving him when he thought he was asleep. Akutagawa placed Atsushi on top of him as gently as he could. With his head now on Akutagawa’s chest, his hand was free, but rested on the back of Atsushi’s head. He felt Akutagawa snake his other arm around his abdomen, holding him tightly, like he was scared Atsushi was going to disappear somehow. Atsushi was content like this and he probably would’ve fallen asleep happily had it not been for what Akutagawa said next that woke him up.

 

Taking in a deep sigh, Akutagawa said, “I’m so sorry.”

 

The words were a whisper and honestly, at first Atsushi thought he had misheard him… but the anxiety in his chest that overtook his being at the utterance of those words unfortunately knew better. His eyes opened, tired as they may be, and he shifted to try to look at Akutagawa.

 

“Wha—What’re you sorry ‘bout?” Atsushi asked, voice rough from fatigue. Akutagawa looked shocked momentarily, but then rested his forehead on Atsushi’s.

 

“Don’t worry about it,” he said, voice calm and steady “forget I said anything.”

 

“No,” Atsushi responded rather quickly, “what’re you sorry about?”

 

He sighed again. “How I…” He paused, pondering how to say what he was feeling, “the way I treated you when we first met—the way I would insult, degrade… belittle you has been on my mind lately.”

 

Atsushi frowned. “That was so long ago,” he said quietly, rubbing his nose against Akutagawa’s. “And you say nice things to me now.”

 

“I do now,” Akutagawa said, bringing his hand up to Atsushi’s cheek and cupping it. His thumb traced Atsushi’s eyebag. “I wish I was kinder to you sooner. You didn’t deserve me being so mean to you, Jinko.”

 

“It’s not—” Atsushi tried to argue.

 

“It is a big deal,” Akutagawa interrupted, “I hear the way you speak about yourself. It’s an echo of what I said to you once.” Atsushi frowned. Well, he thought, it wasn’t like he was all that wrong or even the first to say it. He’s heard that he’s worthless, a waste of space, and had no redeeming qualities from more than just Akutagawa. “I want you to know that I was wrong.”

 

Atsushi rested his hand on the side of Akutagawa’s jaw, his fingers playing with the bottom of Akutagawa’s ear, mainly pressing his finger against the hole where a piercing would be if he actually wore his earrings. “If you want me to forgive you, I’ve forgiven you a long time ago,” Atsushi muttered.

 

“I don’t want you to forgive me,” Akutagawa said, “I honestly want you to be mad at me and tell me off for it.”

 

Atsushi furrowed his brows. “I won’t be doing that,” he said simply, “I’m not mad about it. It was a long time ago.” He smiled a little bit at his next thought. “Anyway, you said all those things and for what? You’re dating me now. I think I won.”

 

Akutagawa looked stunned for a minute before laughing and laughing so hard it sent him into a coughing fit. Atsushi laughed as well, then adjusted himself to pat Akutagawa’s back as he coughed as if that would actually help him.

 

“I definitely won,” Akutagawa commented once he calmed down. He brought his face close to Atsushi’s, their lips grazing. “I’m definitely the winner,” he reaffirmed quietly just before he kissed Atsushi. Atsushi very happily kissed back. It was like it healed him—he could feel the fatigue wither away as Akutagawa kissed him. Oh, who gives a fuck about the shit he used to say? Atsushi knew he didn’t care. All he cared about now was having Akutagawa by his side. The only mean thing Akutagawa says to him now is that they’re “not friends” (which kind of hurts Atsushi’s feelings because Akutagawa is both his boyfriend and best friend!), but right now was not the time to discuss that… it was more so the time to just accept the love Akutagawa was offering.

 

“Ryu,” Atsushi whispered as his lips rested against Akutagawa’s, his hand now in Akutagawa’s hair and playing with it. Akutagawa moved himself away from Atsushi’s lips and began to kiss his cheek, letting him speak. Atsushi was blushing, still so shy about receiving so much love and giving it back. “You know I love you, right?”

 

“The feeling is mutual, Jinko,” Akutagawa responded against Atsushi’s skin, “though, I’d argue I love you more… so…” 

 

Atsushi scoffed. “Uh huh, yeah, sure,” he said sarcastically. Akutagawa pushed himself off Atsushi, who gave him a bizarre look up until Akutagawa pinned his arms over his head. Atsushi felt his face burn beet red. He just looked so handsome that Atsushi felt bashful looking up at him.

 

Akutagawa’s hands slid from Atsushi’s wrists into his hands, interlocking their fingers together as he leaned down to kiss Atsushi again. He was a bit rougher this time, but it wasn’t anything Atsushi couldn’t handle. Akutagawa had stuck his tongue in Atsushi’s mouth, reminding Atsushi why he should not be calling him “dude” (as if he’d stop, unfortunately). Akutagawa pulled back, leaving Atsushi with his own tongue sticking out and panting, his face flushed red. Akutagawa thought he looked perfect. He leaned back down, but to Atsushi neck, kissing and sucking on it (probably—no, definitely—leaving a mark or two). He moved his hand down from holding Atsushi’s to the collar of Atsushi’s sweatshirt, trying to move it out of his way. After a few moments of frustration, he sat up, looking down at Atsushi, who looked at him quizzically.

 

“Take this fucking thing off, aren’t you sweating?” He asked in a huff, lifting up Atsushi’s sweatshirt from the bottom. He gaped at the shirt Atsushi’s was wearing underneath. “Atsushi Nakajima, what the fuck are you wearing?”

 

Stop!” He cried out in embarrassment. He planned on wearing the sweatshirt all day, meaning he could wear whatever t-shirt he wanted under it! He didn’t know Akutagawa was going to want to get freaky deaky and see he was wearing an Among Us t-shirt!

 

“This is—” A laugh escape his lips, interrupting him, “fuck, you’re so lucky I find you so endearing, love.”

 

Atsushi felt his face burn bright red again at the term of affection. He was so used to being called Jinko or just his name that in the rare moments Akutagawa switched it up, it often left him bashful. Akutagawa noticed, unfortunately, and leaned back down next to Atsushi’s ear.

 

“Did you like that, honey?” He asked, planting a kiss next to Atsushi’s ear, “hm, did you, dear? I know I liked it, baby.” Atsushi couldn’t handle it!! He covered his face with his hands, trying to save himself the embarrassment of being seen. Akutagawa tsked and took Atsushi’s hands over from his face. “Don’t hide yourself from me, my love.” The emphasis Akutagawa put on the word “my” was going to be the death of Atsushi. He felt his heart racing in his chest, scared it’d burst. He was so worked up about the things he used to say about Atsushi, but what about what he was saying now? Sure, what he said in the past had hurt his feelings at the time, but the lovely words he spoiled Atsushi with now were going to make his heart explode!

 

Akutagawa looked down at Atsushi, who’s flushed face and bashful expression were doing more to him than words could even attempt to describe. He wanted more than anything to have this view forever; to have all this forever. He brought his hands back to Atsushi’s sweatshirt.

 

“Sit up. I’m taking this off,” he said simply, “and the shirt too… and maybe even burning it.”

 

“Please don’t burn the shirt, it was a present!” Atsushi cried out, but obeyed anyway. He sat up and Akutagawa wasted no time pulling the sweatshirt and shirt off of Atsushi in one fell swoop. He threw the two off to the side. “Who the fuck would buy you that?” He asked.

 

“Junichiro—but that doesn’t matter! I’m cold now,” Atsushi whined, his arms open and waiting for Akutagawa’s embrace. Just because Akutagawa ran cold doesn’t mean he had no body heat. And he wanted Akutagawa to embrace him so badly now. Akutagawa laid himself down on Atsushi (though, held himself up with one of his arms so as to not crush him) and went back to kissing his neck. Atsushi’s skin was smooth and sensitive—he could hear Atsushi’s little gasps.

 

“Warmer?” Akutagawa asked.

 

“Ye—nngh— yes,” Atsushi responded. Akutagawa had bit him (gently) as he responded, catching him completely off guard. Oh God, this guy was going to be the death of him. He can’t go from living a life completely devoid of love and affection to being absolutely drowned in it. He didn’t want it to stop though. He, however, wished he was as good at giving affection as Akutagawa was… just because he knows Akutagawa deserves the same amount of love too.

 

Akutagawa’s cold hands trailed down Atsushi’s chest and stomach, leading him to make another noise. Obviously, Akutagawa was relishing it as Atsushi wanted to die in embarrassment. He couldn’t help it!! Akutagawa grabbed the waistband of Atsushi’s pants, propping himself up a bit. He looked like he could devour Atsushi.

 

“Why don’t—”

 

Before Akutagawa could finish what he could say, a loud, repetitive bang on the wall caught both of them off guard. Atsushi jolted forward, bonking his head on Akutagawa’s. He gasped loudly, apologizing profusely whereas Akutagawa clenched his jaw in annoyance—obviously, not at Atsushi, but at where the knock came from… Junichiro’s room.

 

Thin walls guys!” Junichiro called out from the other side, “if you guys are gonna get freaky with it, turn on some music or the fucking tv! I got homework I need to do!

 

Akutagawa stared at the wall as if he was going to burn a hole in it. He went to get off Atsushi’s bed, assumingly to go kill Junichiro, but Atsushi stopped him… even though Junichiro dying would save him from some of the overwhelming embarrassment he was feeling right now. Akutagawa grimaced, but stayed with Atsushi, opting to go back to holding him in his arms as the mood had been absolutely murdered.

 

“We’re hanging out at my house next time,” Akutagawa grumbled bitterly, his hand on top of Atsushi’s head with his chin resting on top of it. He pulled up Atsushi’s blanket to cover him as he was now shirtless. “Your roommates fucking suck.”

 

“It’s just the one,” Atsushi responded.

 

I can hear you guys!

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 3:43 PM.

shadow.praiser:

aku said that i fucking suck and atsu agreed w him 🙁

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

STFU

u cock blocked me so hard

do ur stupid fucking hmwk

dick

 

shadow.praiser:

IM TRYING TO DO MY HOMEWORK

AND I HEAR U 2 GETTING FREAKY

ITS NOT MY FAULT WHEN U GUYS GET FREAKY W IT U GO ON FOR YEARS DUDE

I NEED TO GET THIS SHIT DONE!!!

FUCK AT UR HOUSE!!!!

 

nothuman:

LMFAO???

junichiro what did you do?

 

shadow.praiser:

i knocked on the wall & told them to turn on music or the tv if they were gonna get hot n heavy

id rather hear atsu’s bad music than atsu getting dicked down

SORRY AITA?????

WE SHARE A WALL

IM ALREADY SO STRESSED

dazai did u just pay me for cockblocking them

 

nothuman:

yeah 

 

shadow.praiser:

LMFAO?!?!?!??!?!?

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

How much did he pay you?

 

shadow.praiser:

crisp 50

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

You’re telling me that if I cock block I’ll get paid

 

alphatiger:

OH MY GOD

STOP

STOP 

STOPSTOP

PLEASE STOP

OH MY GOD IM G ONNA DIE

IM GOING TO DIE

AND ITS ALL OF YOUS FAULTS

 

doppo_poet:

Yous?

 

alphatiger:

DONT CORRECT ME PLS OH MY GOD

IM GOING TO DIE

ME RIGHT NOW

OH MY GOD

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh my god fuck u guys

we were having a moment and everything

junichiro tanizaki keep an eye out.

 

shadow.praiser:

HELP IM BEING THREATENED IN MY OWN HOME!!!!!!!

 

boydetective:

Getting cock blocked is a doom on the doom meter

Happened recently to me

RIP akuatsu praying for y’all

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thnx

u guys embarrassed atsu. its over for u all idgaf

ill hunt u all down like the filthy animals u r

keep an eye out not kidding

 

butterfly:

Man what I do

Notes:

i wanted to write sskk so bad i'm so obsessed with them being soft with each other because they need love so bad 3 i have atsu get super flustered and nervous just bc i know his insecure ass subconsciously believes he doesn't deserve love and happiness and i NEED someone to prove him wrong oh my god my sweet son PLEASE

guys please dont have on junichiro 3 lets be honest u wouldn't wanna hear your roommate get freaky at almost 4pm when you JUST FINISHED A FULL DAY OF CLASSES COME ONNNNNNNNN

anyway this chapter took years off my life bc i realized halfway through that i'm celibate and that the images i see in my head i don't have the words to articulate. i'm just a silly goofy little guy idk sex and shit is lame stay celibate

my bluesky: unknown-ghost

anyway two chapters away from 50 maybe i'll have skk confess? or maybe i won't HAHAHA guess you'll have to keep reading and find out LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ok goodbye i have to get ready for class #wompwomp

Chapter 49: IF YOU'RE NOT A BROTHER OR FUCKING ONE, GET THE FUCK OUT!

Summary:

Junichiro is having a rough week (two days into it) and needs the opportunity to get white girl wasted. Tachihara provides.

Notes:

CW: (underage) drinking, (fake) gun, frat-like party, american politics are briefly mentioned (i also don't know why but it's there)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 10:09 AM.

shadow.praiser:

GUYS SOMEONE PLS THROW TN

OH MY GOD 

I NEED TO GET DRUNK I FUCKING HATE IT HERE

 

doppo_poet:

You’re not old enough to drink???

 

shadow.praiser:

LITERALLY STFU FUN POLICE 😭😭😭

OMG IM SO OVER TS

 

alphatiger:

Are you okay????

 

shadow.praiser:

NO!!!!!!!!

THIS STUPID BS IM DOING ISNT WORKING I NEED TO GET WHITE GIRL WASTED

LIKE TN IDGAF ITS TUESDAY

 

animal_crossing:

Happy turtwig tuesday!

 

alphatiger:

Awe that’s so cute!

 

arahabaki:

It’s syllabus week

Syllie week one would say

How are you already freaking

 

shadow.praiser:

i fucking h8 computers im literally going to get rid of all electronics and live in the woods

 

boydetective:

But then you can’t play overwatch!!

 

shadow.praiser:

I CANT EVEN FUCKING PLAY

OH MY GOD 

OH MY GOD 

AHAHHAHAHAHAA

IM LOSING IT IM IN TEARS IM CRYING

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

no offense but good

 

shadow.praiser:

IM GOING TO FUCK ATSUSHI BETTER THAN U EVER COULD FUCKU

 

alphatiger:

LEAVE ME OUT OF THIS

 

nothuman:

oh my

you know it’s bad when someone mentions overwatch and he isn’t jumping on the chance to play

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im going to fucking kill u tanizaki

 

shadow.praiser:

OH MY GOD IM ALREADY DEAD

GIVE IT UR BEST SHOT U EMO VICTORIAN ASS CHILD

ILL SHOW U A FUCKING HOT CHEETOH UR BOOHOO ASS IS DONE

 

butterfly:

Naomi you gotta help this guy 😭

 

light_finder:

Idk where he is!! He isn’t home!!

 

nothuman:

junichiro buddy… where are you

 

shadow.praiser:

:(

 

nothuman:

junichirooooooo budddyyyyyy where are yewwwww

 

shadow.praiser:

the library 

im being quiet dw

suffering in silence

 

boydetective:

You’re so kicked puppy coded awe :(

Do you want a treat buddy???

 

shadow.praiser:

can the treat pls be alcohol :(

 

blcklzrd:

Hunting dogs are throw a first week of classes party tn at their house lol

It’s open house u should go

Cause fuck knows you need it

 

shadow.praiser:

GASP RLY?!?!?!

 

blcklzrd:

Yeah just don’t be a fucking loser 😭

All of you can come it’s open house

Please go actually

Cause I’m gotta be there but I wanna see people I actually like

If I’m stuck with a bunch of halfwits I’m gonna get kicked out for fighting

Btw I fucking live there so I’m gonna get kicked out of my own house.

 

shadow.praiser:

how do i not b a fucking loser tho 🙁

 

butterfly:

OMG STOP YOURE NOT A LOSER 😟

I’ll go with you to ensure that no one thinks you’re a loser

 

goldendemon:

I’ll tag along!

If you go with two sexy hot girls you can’t be a loser!

 

shadow.praiser:

FR???????

I LVOE MY FRIENDS!!!!!!

 

nothuman:

i’ll go

 

shadow.praiser:

dazai when i get hammered can we kiss

 

nothuman:

is bro pre-ordering a drunk make out

 

shadow.praiser:

i didnt say MAKEOUT BUT I MEAN…

u made out w chuuya i think its my fucking turn

CUZ U DONT EVEN LIKE HIM???

i thot we were friends </3

 

nothuman:

OH MY GOD

every time someone mentions that an orphan dies

 

alphatiger:

Oh my god guys please stop mentioning it I don’t want to die 💔

 

natnatsuko:

Wait can I go too

 

blcklzrd:

Yes

BUT ALSO

WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?

 

natnatsuko:

LOL

I took a social media break

Which included discord oops

 

butterfly:

Damn girl you’re stronger than me

I need my tiktoks and shit

 

natnatsuko:

Tiktok stresses me out so bad

I went outside and touched grass 

I told Akutagawa to tell you guys that I was going offline???

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ohhhhhh

oops

i forgot

 

natnatsuko:

DUDE?????

 

alphatiger:

Glad you’re back, Higuchi!!

 

natnatsuko:

Thank you pookie <3

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

hop off????

 

natnatsuko:

You’re supposed to be my best friend but your bf is nicer to me wtf

This is crazy

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

hes nice to a lot of ppl

its so unfortunate

 

alphatiger:

Everyone needs to like me or else I’m going to crash out

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i dont like u

 

alphatiger:

STO STOP STOP

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

:]

im jk u know that

 

arahabaki:

What the fuck is the hunting dogs house

Why are they called that

 

blcklzrd:

I mean its unofficially called the hunting dogs house but called that bc everyone that lives there is in that club

Including myself

 

arahabaki:

What dumbass club is called the hunting dogs

 

blcklzrd:

Sports club for shooting

 

shadow.praiser:

U SHOOT???

 

blcklzrd:

Recreationally yes

 

shadow.praiser:

dam bro ur fucking auramaxing

 

blcklzrd:

OH MY GOD STOP TALKING

 

nothuman:

can you shoot me dead

 

alphatiger:

😐

 

nothuman:

i mean…

 

alphatiger:

Yup and that’s what I thought

 

nothuman:

should we make a club

 

butterfly:
And what would we do

 

nothuman:

i don’t know maybe like a writing/literature club

 

countess..luanne:

Congrats that’s the guild

 

nothuman:

yeah but the guild is for international students mostly

you guys have an outside organization that gives you funds and whatnot

 

countess..luanne:

WE DO???

 

nothuman:

LMFAO YES???

how do you not know this

 

countess..luanne:

I'm a general board member not executive

Poe is running for secretary though!

 

boydetective:

MY MAN A SECRETARY LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO

 

thegoldraven:

I didn’t win any sort of election just yet! I don’t even know if I will win.

 

boydetective:

What!!

You will win

I’ll rig the election if I have to

 

countess..luanne:

Who are you?

Elon Musk?

 

goldendemon:

Not understanding that 

 

countess..luanne:

Idk either tbh I’m Canadian

Something something presidential election rigged in the us

 

thegoldraven:

😐

I don’t wanna talk about it…

 

shadow.praiser:

us politics weird

 

thegoldraven:

I have strong feelings on the matter, but it’s not really relevant to discuss here.

 

shadow.praiser:

ok but justin trudeau kinda hot

 

countess..luanne:

DUDE?????

 

shadow.praiser:

what were talking abt american politics can i not say my feelings

 

countess..luanne:

AMERICAN POLITICS???

HE’S THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER DUDE

 

shadow.praiser:

OH FR?

isnt america gonna buy canada or smth

 

countess..luanne:

Not if I have anything to do about it

 

natnatsuko:

???

What will you do

 

countess..luanne:

Dw about it

 

alphatiger:

IM WORRYING ABOUT IT

 

nothuman:

wow atsushi… are you worrying because she’s a woman and you don’t think she can do anything?

i support you lucy, i’m a feminist

 

countess..luanne:

What’s crazy is the only thing I find not true in that statement is that you’re a feminist

 

nothuman:

HOW AM I NOT

I HAVE WOMEN FRIENDS

YOSANO SPEAK UP

 

butterfly:

I’m his one (1) woman friend

 

nothuman:

take that

 

countess..luanne:

I just feel like you dgaf about any sort of movement

 

nothuman:

what? like i’m uncaring or something?

 

arahabaki:

Lol yes

 

countess..luanne:

No… more like

Idk I’m not saying this to be mean but

 

nothuman:

???

 

countess..luanne:

You give off like reddit guy energy

 

alphatiger:

I actually just gasped out loud 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

HAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

FUCKING INCEL

MLADY LOOKIN HEADASS

jinko lucy is my fav of ur friends

 

nothuman:

.

 

nothuman has left the server.

 

butterfly:

Oh jesus christ you guys 😭

I’ll get him back

 

nothuman just showed up.

 

nothuman:

i’m not happy.

 

countess..luanne:

I’d apologize but why should I be punished for speaking my truth

 

butterfly:

Dazai please don’t kick her there’s only so many women in this server

Prove her wrong! Keep her in!

Let feminism prevail!

 

nothuman:

no i’m a misogynist now

that was probably in the top five things said in this server that actually hurt my feelings

 

countess..luanne:

WAIT LMFAO IM SORRY I’LL APOLOGIZE

 

doppo_poet:

There were other things said in this server that hurt your feelings?

I’m shocked.

 

nothuman:

guys i’m like an onion i have layers

 

arahabaki:

What has the number one spot for meanest thing said to you in the server

 

nothuman:

i’m not saying what the fuck??

are you braindead lol

 

shadow.praiser:

lol i almost just got hit by a car

i wish it hit me </3

 

light_finder:

:(

 

shadow.praiser:

NO NAOMI I WAS KIDDING

I WAS ABT TO MAKE A JOKE ABT GETTING FREE COLLEGE

IT WASNT A DYING THING

 

light_finder:

Oh!

Fair

 

shadow.praiser:

going 2 my next class tho

hashtag not happy

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

so u can spell the word hashtag out but not write out first day of classes

 

shadow.praiser:

omg im sry i cockblocked u yesterday plz get over it

 

the hunting dawgs

chit-chat

Today at 5:35 PM.

blcklzrd:

At the store rn

Do we need anything

 

soulgasp:

Yesssss.

I ran out of moisturizer.

 

blcklzrd:

Teruko girl I meant for tn…

 

soulgasp:

I am gonna need it tn????

 

blcklzrd:

Jouno do we need anything?

 

moneytears:

No! Suehiro and I already got everything we need for tonight!

 

snowplum:

we good 👍

 

blcklzrd:

Awesome

 

soulgasp:

So who is getting me my moisturizer ?

 

blcklzrd:

Not I

 

soulgasp:

Oh so you want me to look old & wrinkly.

You are so useless & lame.

 

blcklzrd:

This is why I like talking to my other friends more than you

 

soulgasp:

You have other friends?

That is wild.

 

blcklzrd:

WTF

 

moneytears:

Did you guys invite anyone?

 

blcklzrd:

Yeah I invited the friends Teruko thinks I don’t have

 

soulgasp:

I dropped our address on yikyak & hoping for the best.

 

snowplum:

😮

what…

 

soulgasp:

What?

 

snowplum:

feels unsafe 🫤

 

soulgasp:

We strapped.

 

moneytears:

No we aren’t???

Teruko do you have a fucking gun?

 

soulgasp:

🤭

No…

 

blcklzrd:

Oh my god someone is going to die

 

soulgasp:

WE ARE A SHOOTING CLUB.

It is not real obviously…

It is a BB gun.

Babies.

Wah wah.

Grow up!

 

blcklzrd:

Says the loli looking ass

 

soulgasp:

Bro called a real living person a loli…

Gooner! Gooner!

 

blcklzrd:

I’m moving out

 

soulgasp:

Good riddance!

 

— — —

 

The music was so loud Junichiro could feel it pulsing through his body. He stood next to Yosano and Kouyou, who kept their promise to hang out with him at the party so he wouldn’t come off as a “loser,” and he was going to accomplish his goal of getting white girl wasted.

 

“We just got here,” Yosano said, eyeing Junichiro as he took a swig of his drink, “slow it down.”

 

“I’ve had a rough week,” Junichiro stated.

 

“It’s tuesday.” That statement came from Tachihara who approached the three. “Ladies… and Junichiro. Having fun?”

 

“So far, so good,” Yosano answered, “Kouyou and I are ensuring Junichiro doesn’t come off as a loser. Is it working?”

 

“Honestly? You two look like two moms dropping your kid off to kindergarten for the first time,” he answered in earnest. He stood next to Junichiro, wrapping his arm around his shoulders. “I'll look over him—if he’s with me, he won’t look like a loser.”

 

“Me when I lie,” Kouyou mouthed to Yosano, who understood her and laughed. Tachihara didn’t see and neither did Junichiro. 

 

“Let’s get you—what’d you say before in the discord? White girl wasted? ” He asked.

 

“Yep,” Junichiro answered, “I need to get fucked up and get a drunk makeout.”

 

Tachihara rolled his eyes and chuckled, “Well, you’re at the right place.”

 

— — —

 

“Don’t you have anyone else to bother?” Atsushi asked, exasperated. Dazai gasped in shock.

 

Bother?” He asked, indignant, “I thought we were besties, Atsushi. I can’t believe you think of me as a bother!”

 

“You’re hanging off of me!” He exclaimed and wasn’t wrong. Atsushi was sitting down and Dazai was basically on top of him.

 

“I’m making sure you stay safe! Parties can be so unsafe for little orphan boys like you,” Dazai said. Atsushi grumbled something incoherent, the music making it impossible for Dazai to make out what he said. Before he could antagonize Atsushi over what he said, he was pulled off of him. Now sitting on the sticky floor (ew), he looked up to see none other than Akutagawa glaring down at him. “Awe man, it's the fun police!”

 

“Get lost,” Akutagawa basically ordered, standing next to Atsushi as the spots next to him had been taken by some random. “Don’t you have other friends to annoy? Or do you just focus on Nakajima because he’s too kind to tell you to go fuck yourself?”

 

Dazai let out a loud groan. “Atsushi, tell your boyfriend to be nicer to me!” He whined out, slumping over the couch’s arm and grabbing Atsushi by the shoulder. Atsushi did laugh at this, patting Dazai’s head much to Akutagawa’s dismay.

 

“You can’t seriously be enabling this,” Akutagawa said in disbelief.

 

“This is just who he is,” Atsushi said with a sigh. Akutagawa’s lips were drawn in a tight line. He was not at all happy about seeing his boyfriend being “affectionate” with the guy who antagonized him for most of his high school career. He didn’t blame Atsushi for being Dazai’s friend—he was allowed to have friends, but Akutagawa knew he didn’t need to like all of them. Well… his face of disdain quickly turned to one of a smirk as he got an idea. Leaning down, he met his lips with Atsushi’s, turning Atsushi’s attention away from Dazai very quickly. Akutagawa heard Dazai fake gag and he cracked an eye open to see Dazai moving away from the two, clearly unhappy. 

 

Akutagawa pulled away first and stood back up. As much as he loved Atsushi (and pissing Dazai off), leaning down like that was hurting his back. He grabbed Atsushi’s hands, however, and pulled him off the couch. He wrapped an arm around Atsushi’s waist and smiled at him.

 

“Let’s find someplace quieter, yeah?”

 

— — —

 

“This is my first party,” Higuchi admitted nervously to Gin, Lucy, and Naomi, “I don’t really know what to do!”

 

“You just drink and avoid loser guys trying to hit on you,” Naomi said simply, “the fun part is dancing!”

 

“Won’t dancing garner attention?” Gin asked, sounding worried, “I kind of… didn’t tell Ryuunosuke I was going to come. If he sees me, he’s going to freak!”

 

“I doubt he’ll see you,” Lucy said, a bit too confidently. She was already a little tipsy. “He’s probably with Atsushi doing something he wanted to do yesterday but couldn’t because of—” She looked at Naomi pointedly, “your brother.”

 

Naomi let out a sigh. “Well, at least that will keep him busy,” she said, deciding not to comment on the brother bit. Lucy, however, didn’t relent.

 

“Naomi, I gotta know… why do people think you’re related?” She asked candidly, “like, was it a bit that got too big? What’s going on with you two?”

 

“Yeah, honestly, it’s something I’ve been wondering about too,” Higuchi admitted.

 

“Well, I mean…” Naomi shrugged, “I don’t really wanna kill the mood guys. I have no problem telling you what happened, but it’s, like, a pretty heavy story!”

 

“We’re your friends!” Gin exclaimed, “we’re here for you!”

 

Naomi smiled widely. It was so nice to have a group of girlfriends! “Okay, well…” She began, “Here's what happened…”

 

— — —

 

“This music is loud and bad,” Kunikida commented. He was standing in the backyard, in arguably the quietest place of the whole party.

 

“I mean, are you or are you not the baddest in the club?” Chuuya asked rhetorically, echoing the song’s lyrics. Both of them were designated drivers, leaving them both to stay sober for the night. It was an awful game of rock, paper, scissors for Chuuya as Dazai won both games with ease. He should’ve figured Dazai’s stupid super intellect would’ve had him win! That shitty bastard…

 

“I figured I should go to one college party, but…” Kunikida’s voice trailed off as he shrugged, “I should’ve known that this wasn’t going to be for me.”

 

“I mean, there’s a bunch of girls eyeing you,” Chuuya stated and he wasn’t lying. Kunikida is hot and he is going to attract attention from women. “You could have a pretty good night tonight, if you know what I mean.”

 

Kunikida’s face burned red at the implication. “Ah… no, I don’t—it’s not in my plans,” he muttered, pulling out his planner (why did he have that at a party??) and flipped through the pages. Chuuya scoffed, but almost laughed at the whole ordeal.

 

“Alright man, whatever you say. I’m going to head inside and check on Kouyou and Yosano,” he said. Kunikida raised a brow and then sent Chuuya a knowing look. Chuuya sent back the same knowing look.

 

Nodding, Kunikida replied, “have fun—or, more fittingly, Good Luck, Babe!

 

— — —

“Dazai, so fancy seeing you here,” Fyodor said, his fake smile on his face. Dazai, who was admittedly actually sober, wished he drank copious amounts of alcohol to deal with this interaction.

 

“Fyodor!” He greeted with an equally fake smile. “I hope you’re not too mad about me calling you a meat rider in Fukuchi’s class—I was just defending my good buddy Ranpo and your comment about him really upset me. No hard feelings though, right?”

 

“Of course not Dazai,” Fyodor responded, eyeing him briefly, “are you here alone?”

 

“Nah, I got buddies all over the place,” he responded and actually wasn’t lying, “they were annoying me though so I decided to walk around and see what the quote unquote ‘hunting dogs house’ had to offer. Gotta say, the way it’s set up, furnished, the works? Kind of ugly.”

 

Fyodor laughed and perhaps it was genuine. “Ah, your observational mind… I had missed hearing your quips,” he said and Dazai wanted to shoot Fyodor and then himself dead with a gun, “well, I heard about you and Sigma. I’m sorry it didn’t work out.”

 

“It’s not the first relationship of mine to fall short,” Dazai said, making direct eye contact with Fyodor. “It’s no skin off my back.”

 

“Such a shame, really,” Fyodor said, trying to egg on Dazai. Dazai wondered if it’d actually work. “I mean, it makes sense though. He’s a sensitive guy. You don’t really have the capacity to deal with such an emotional being.”

 

Hm. Question answered; it was working. “I can be fairly sensitive,” he remarked, “I mean, when we were together, I thought we understood each other fairly well.”

 

“That’s because you and I are birds of a feather,” Fyodor responded in confidence, “I believe that is why we didn’t work out.”

 

No, Dazai thought, we didn’t work out because you’re a freak. “Perhaps,” Dazai said, “I’d argue that our fundamental difference of what we want in life was what led us astray.”

 

Fyodor looked intrigued. “And what do you think I want in life?”

 

Dazai narrowed his eyes. “To hurt any and all people you surround yourself with.”

 

Fyodor let out a laugh. “Interesting theory, Dazai,” he replied, “though, I’d argue that you do a much better job of that than I ever could.”

 

The party felt hotter and brighter and louder at this moment. What the fuck could he mean? Rage burned in him. He wanted to beat the shit out of this guy. Why did he bother talking to him? “And what would you know about that?”

 

“Well, simple,” Fyodor said, approaching Dazai. He stood close, smirk on his stupid fucking face. “You’re a man with no care, no desire, no nothing. While we are the same in intellect and other mental capacities, our most fundamental difference—the difference you believe that led us apart—was not because of what I want, but the lack of what you want. Tell me, Dazai, what is it that you want in your life?” He paused, watching Dazai’s expression. “Or, rather, what’s left of it anyway? What was it that you said when we dated? You’d be lucky to get to twenty-five? And how old are you right now?”

 

Dazai moved on instinct. He could feel himself reel his arm back, getting ready to punch Fyodor and knock the guy’s fucking lights out, but he couldn’t stop himself. Not that he’d want to, anyway. Fyodor needed his shit rocked and to be humbled. Sure, Dazai was one to say that, but at least he was aware.

 

A hand grabbed his elbow, stopping him from knocking Fyodor’s teeth in. Dazai snapped his head back to see Chuuya fucking Nakahara foiling his self destructive tendencies once more.

 

“Oh, what’s up guys?” He asked casually. He eyed Fyodor up and down. “Come to a party you were actually invited to this time?”

 

“Ah, Nakahara! So fun to see you!” Fyodor exclaimed, “here to help Dazai again? I heard about what happened after the last party you attended and I—oh, Nikolai is waiting for me. I must go.” He gazed at Dazai momentarily, “it was great talking to you again.” He then turned his attention back to Chuuya, a smile plastered on his face. “And to you as well! Keep Dazai in check, would you? Such a loyal friend—like a dog!” He walked off to his boyfriend who stood across the room, who looked just as smug as he did.

 

Chuuya scoffed, hands on his hips as he watched Fyodor walk off. “Seriously dude,” he began, still watching the Russian walk away, “what did you ever see in that… guy…” He trailed off as he turned his attention to Dazai and an all too familiar look was on his face—the very look he saw that night on the boardwalk, the look he saw all the time in high school. There was no light in his eyes, his face was like stone. It was hard to read what he was feeling because that’s what he wanted to be—indiscernible. He wanted no one to understand him.

 

“Thanks,” Dazai said lamely, his hands in his pockets, “I’m…” He trailed off like he was thinking, “I’m going to go find Kunikida.”

 

“He’s in the back,” Chuuya said, trying to be helpful. Dazai walked off without another word, in the opposite direction of Kunikida.

 

— — —

 

“Alright buddy, I’m cutting you off,” Tachihara said as he had to hold Junichiro upright with one arm and using his free hand to take away Junichiro’s cup, “you look like you’re about to blackout.”

 

“M fine,” he slurred out, his eyes half open, “wanna… sleep forever though.”

 

“Well, let’s get some water in you first, alright?” Tachihara suggested, patting Junichiro’s back. Junichiro held onto Tachihara, wobbling as they walked.

 

“I wanna make out with someone,” Junichiro said bluntly. He looked up at Tachihara, who felt his own face burn. Did he…? “Ya know where Dazai’s at?” Tachihara frowned. What was so good about fucking Dazai anyway?

 

“No idea,” he answered in earnest, walking Junichiro to the kitchen and pushing past the people gathered there. “Move the fuck outta the way! Christ people, move!” When he got to the fridge, he leaned Junichiro against the counter, watching momentarily to make sure he didn’t fall like a Jenga tower. He opened the fridge and grabbed a water bottle. Closing the door, he saw Junichiro peering out the kitchen window.

 

“I wish it was snowing,” he said. Tachihara opened the water bottle and held it out towards Junichiro, who was none the wiser. “I like snow.”

 

“Dude, snow blows,” Tachihara responded, grabbing Junichiro’s wrist and placing his hand on the water bottle. “Don’t chug it, sip it.”

 

Junichiro looked offended. “You don’t—snow? Snow sucks? I fuc–fuckin’ love snow.”

 

“Snow?” A girl asked behind Tachihara, which felt like she was implying for something else.

 

“Girl, get fucking lost,” Tachihara responded rudely and she scoffed, walking away. He turned back to Junichiro. “You sound like you have a drug problem, man. Stop talking about snow.”

 

“Should I get another piercing?” Junichiro asked, “I think I should.”

 

“Sure dude, whatever you want,” Tachihara said, though he did take a peek at the piercings Junichiro was rocking. They were pretty cool, he wouldn’t lie. “Where would you get it though?”

 

“Hmm, I dunno,” Junichiro responded, resting his head on the counter. “This is sticky.” He did not, in fact, remove his head after that statement.

 

“Dude, let’s—” The sound of a bang and glass breaking interrupted him as he felt his stomach drop. He turned to look at Junichiro, who hadn’t heard it or didn’t care. People were rushing into the other room to see what was happening—Lucy, Naomi, and Gin, however, rushed out of the room. “Hey!” Tachihara called out, “what’s going on?!”

 

“A fight broke out between Dazai and Chuuya,” Lucy said, who Tachihara would define as the aforementioned white girl wasted, “they’re totally dukin’ it out!”

 

“Is anyone stopping them?!” Tachihara asked. Holy fuck, their safety depoist is totally gone.

 

“No, people are egging it on,” Gin responded, “I think Atsushi tried to stop it, but he got punched in the face.”

 

Oh great. Not only are Chuuya and Dazai fighting, but the furry kid got his shit rocked too… WAIT, fuck. This means Akutagawa is going to get involved too, doesn’t it?

 

“Watch him,” he said, gesturing towards Junichiro. He rushed out of the kitchen to the living room where everything was going down. Pushing through the surrounding circle of people, he found Kunikida holding Dazai back while Motojiro and Higuchi held back Chuuya. Akutagawa was more focused on helping Atsushi with his bloody nose than hopping in, which Tachihara appreciated… he guessed. Whatever. 

 

“You shrimp! You tiny fuck! Fuck you!” Dazai yelled, trying to worm his way out of Kunikida’s grip.

 

Fuck me?!” Chuuya yelled out in disbelief, “nah man, fuck you! Selfish, self-serving bastard! Shitty Dazai!”

 

“Shut up!” Tachihara yelled, but the two bickered over him. Oh my god. He wanted to kill himself. And as if the night couldn’t get fucking worse, the music was killed and three loud bangs ran through the room, scaring the shit out of Tachihara. He turned around quickly to see Teruko holding her pellet (MIND YOU, NOT BB) gun. Lucy, Gin, and Naomi rushed in to see the commotion and Tachihara swore he could see Akutagawa mentally tweak out at seeing his sister here.

 

“If you ain’t a hunting dog or fucking one, GET THE FUCK OUT!” She yelled. No one wanted to mess with the chick holding the gun . She walked up to Tachihara. “These are the friends you’re so proud to have? Yikes, dude, yikes.” 

 

“Oh, shut the fuck up! At least I’m not fucking Fukuchi!” Dazai yelled. Teruko gasped in offense.

 

“Get him fucking out of here before I shoot him,” she warned Tachihara, turning on her heels and walking away in a huff. Tachihara just felt tired, man. Why can’t these dunderheads behave?

 

Dazai pushed Kunikida off of him, but instead of attacking Chuuya, he let himself out and walked away in a huff. Yosano rushed out of a room she was in and her shirt being thrown on was not lost on Tachihara. He just hoped she hadn’t come from his room.

 

“Is he fucking serious–?!” She was distraught, but she turned to Tachihara and apologized anyway. “Dude, I’m so sorry. I have no idea what happened—honest.”

 

“I’m…” He pinched the bridge of his nose in agitation, “I think it’s best if you guys all leave, if I’m honest. I don’t really give a fuck what happened, I just want everyone out.” Kouyou walked out from where Yosano emerged, fixing her hair. Well, that answers that question he supposed. “Get out, get out, I’ll talk to you guys tomorrow or whatever.”

 

“Oh yikes,” Kouyou commented, but she listened along with everyone else. Akutagawa and his sister helped Atsushi out, who seemed a little disorientated (but hopefully fine). Motojiro and Higuchi released Chuuya, who unlike Dazai, didn’t fight against them. He mumbled an apology to Tachihara as he let himself out, with Motojiro following close behind, probably attempting to calm him down.

 

Once everyone left, Tachihara let out a sigh. The place was basically trashed, but cleaning up was going to have to be a fucking tomorrow problem. Whatever. He was pissed—obviously—that Chuuya and Dazai couldn’t put their problems aside for one night, but that was neither here nor there. He walked out of the living room to check out the damage in the kitchen as it was now vacant; or rather should be

 

Walking in, he saw Junichiro slumped over the counter, half asleep and only a few sips of his water bottle missing. Tachihara wanted to rip his hair out and cry, but he refrained. Arguably, a drunk Junichiro was his smallest problem, which was crazy considering he was his responsibility all night long. 

 

“You good buddy?” Tachihara asked, approaching Junichiro. He cracked open an eye and nodded lazily, attempting to wave him away but just ended up weakly hitting him. “Alright, let’s get you to bed.”

 

“But the paaarty,” Junichiro whined as Tachihara pulled him off the counter.

 

“The party’s over,” he responded. Junichiro gasped.

 

“Noooooo,” he whined, “I didn’t get my drunk make ouuuut. This suuuuucks.”

 

Holy fuck, not this shit again. He had been bitching for a drunk make out all night and he didn’t get it when he had three girls watching over him? Tachihara did not have the mental capacity to deal with this and acted on an annoyed impulse. He leaned down, kissed Junichiro (who tasted like straight booze), and then pulled back.

 

“There?” He asked, “happy?”

 

“Mmmmm,” Junichiro mumbled as Tachihara took him out of the kitchen, “your lips be chapped as fuck brotha.”

 

Tachihara, for the first time all night, laughed.

Notes:

oh my god so much has happened. this chapter is long so i hope you guys enjoyed it. it's not edited btw as are none of the other chapters but i seriously didn't reread this at all i don't got that dawg in me

getting this out of the way: i don't drink, I don't go to parties, I've never been drunk. I based everything i know based on stuff my sister has told me/what I've experienced being the sober one taking care of drunk people

ok so my thoughts:
--the hunting dogs are military in BSD so I had them be a shooting club because i couldn't make them ROTC i feel like that's super american, but militaries use guns... so do hunters and they're the hunting dogs???
--i'm american (SHOCKER!) i barely understand how american college parties work i will not understand how they are in japan. guys i'm not a cultural expert i'm just writing what i know 3
--i don't know how popular "white girl wasted" is as a term i jsut know that i fucking love it so i put it in. "white woman wasted" has a better alliteration, but woman has too many syllables and girl has just the 1 which makes it roll of the tongue better
--i know about drunk makeouts i hear about them quite often and i needed an excuse for those two to kiss so don't bully me
--i skipped doing an assignment to finish writing this. i need professional help
--kunikida saying good luck babe like that is because he's so dad coded oh my god he's the dad of the friend group no matter how much dazai/yosano/ranpo say they are papa it's kunikida
--i looked up frat guy impressions on tiktok just because I NEEDED someone to say something similar to "IF YOU'RE NOT A BROTHER OR SLEEPING WITH A BROTHER GET THE FUCK OUT" that shit is SO FUNNY TO ME which is why it's also the name of the chapter
--names that i would've named the chapter but didn't; "White Girl Wasted," "Drunk Make-Outs," "A REAL Party," and "Getting Silly During Syllie Week."

i have to make a new google doc. this one exceed 450 pages just like the first one.

idk what else to say. i don't really have anything else to explain. i hope you liked the chapter and the next one coming out soon? maybe?

bluesky: unknown-ghost

ok bye. hope you guys enjoyed this and see you in the next one!

Chapter 50: Girl, so confusing featuring lorde

Summary:

Dazai and Chuuya work it out on the remix.

Notes:

TW: mentions of suicide, suicidal thoughts, etc.

 

ALSO YOURE WELCOME YOURE WELCOME YOURE WELCOME

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

The fight at the party had been Chuuya’s fault. There was no one else to blame. He should’ve left Dazai alone, but instead, he followed him. Dazai wasn’t going to do anything bad, he just needed a minute—a minute Chuuya didn’t give him.

 

Well, here’s what happened:

 

“I’m going to go find Kunikida,” Dazai had said. In reality, he wasn’t going to find Kunikida or anyone. He was going to leave. He was going to walk out the door and never come back. This party sucked anyway. There were too many people he didn’t know, didn’t care about, and didn’t even like. Even one of the people who lived here, Saigiku Jouno, was someone Dazai considered an annoyance at best and worthless at worst.

 

He pushed through the crowd, not bothering to excuse himself or be polite about it. Everyone was drunk—not like they’d remember Dazai being rude. Even if they did remember, it didn’t matter much. He wasn’t well liked by his peers anyway. Nothing mattered. He didn’t care about them and Fyodor was right—he didn't have the capacity to care.

 

He grabbed the door handle to the side door, ready to walk out and just keep walking until his legs gave out, when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned. Chuuya stood, looking up at him with a sympathetic look. That look plunged Dazai into a rage. Why the fuck would he look at him like that? He knew Chuuya had heard what Fyodor said and what? He thought that he was going to get Dazai to open up? Talk about his fucking feelings? There was no understanding between these two. They stood at different ends of a spectrum—a spectrum that Dazai could never traverse. He shook Chuuya’s hand off his shoulder.

 

“Don’t touch me.” His words came out bitter because he was. How in the world is the only person who could ever understand Dazai be Fyodor Dotoevsky…?! 

 

“Dude, don’t let that guy get in your head,” Chuuya tried to reason and all it did was piss off Dazai more. What gave Chuuya the right to dictate what he does and doesn’t do?! “He—”

 

“I didn’t ask,” Dazai interrupted dryly, “stay out of business that doesn’t pertain to you.”

 

“It does pertain to me,” Chuuya argued, getting irritated himself.

 

“It doesn’t,” Dazai argued, getting heated. He pointed his finger in Chuuya’s face. “You don’t get to tell me to do anything! If I want to leave this fuck ass party, I’m gonna leave and you can’t do shit about it!”

 

Chuuya slapped Dazai’s hand away, gritting his teeth, “stop being a baby about what your fugly ass ex-boyfriend says and grow a pair!”

 

Dazai pushed Chuuya away from him. He was feeling too crowded (even though Chuuya was a head shorter than him). He needed space and Chuuya wasn’t going to give him that, so he needed to make it himself. He should’ve known better, he figures that now, considering that Chuuya stumbled back and then darted forward and attacked Dazai. 

 

The two fell against the door, breaking the window, but Dazai didn’t give a fuck. He threw Chuuya off of him and then tackled him. The fight moved into the living room where most of the people were. At first, no one attempted to stop them, which good because Dazai was going to show this little shrimp that he meant what he said. He punched Chuuya, who returned the favor. Dazai was so focused on beating the shit out of Chuuya that he hadn’t realized Atsushi was trying to stop their fight until he felt his elbow come into contact with Atsushi’s nose. At that point, who gave a fuck? Atsushi should know better than to intervene. Dazai was pushed over, by who he assumes was Akutagawa, and Chuuya was ready to pounce on him until he was grabbed by Motojiro and then Higuchi, who stepped in to help Motojiro hold back Chuuya. Dazai would’ve still went after him, as him being restrained made it much easier for Dazai to land a solid hit, but Kunikida involved himself, holding Dazai from under his elbows and his hands on the back of his neck, making it impossible for Dazai to move away.

 

“You shrimp!” Dazai insulted, the anger in him boiling over. Why did Chuuya look at him like that before?! He didn’t need pity! He wasn’t pitiful! Don’t pity him! Stop it! “You tiny fuck! Fuck you!” He wanted out of Kunikida’s hold. He didn’t want to be held. He didn’t want to be touched! 

 

Fuck me?!” Chuuya cried out in disbelief, “nah man, fuck you! Selfish, self-serving bastard! Shitty Dazai!”

 

Tachihara had shown up, Dazai doesn’t remember seeing him even enter the room. He yelled at them shut up, but Dazai didn’t listen and he didn’t fuck care. Well, he hadn’t, until Tachihara’s crazy roommate showed up with a gun and shot it off. He didn’t really hear what she had to say clearly, the ringing of the pellet gun in his ears. He did hear her say, “these are the friends you’re so proud to have? Yikes, dude, yikes.” That shit pissed him off too. Who was she to say that shit? Had she met herself? He couldn’t keep his fat mouth shut.

 

“Oh, shut the fuck up!” He yelled out, his voice rasp, “at least I’m not fucking Fukuchi!” And she looked offended. Good. He hoped he hurt her feelings. Whatever. He reached up and grabbed Kunikida’s hand, forcing them off his neck and was able to push Kunikida off. He looked at Chuuya, who was still being held by Higuchi and Motojiro, but it was done. It was over. He didn’t care. He walked out the front door in a huff. 

 

Now, he sat at the beach; Dazai hated himself for getting so worked up, how he mulled over Fyodor’s words in his head at the party and even now. He found himself sitting on a bench, overlooking the water. He thought the sounds of the waves crashing over themselves would soothe him, but it did nothing for him. 

 

What perplexed him was Chuuya Nakahara, who stopped him time and time again. He stopped Dazai from punching Fyodor at the party and then he followed him after Dazai lied about needing to see Kunikida. Why did he fucking follow him? Why couldn’t he just leave him alone?

 

Dazai’s thoughts were plagued. Why hadn’t Chuuya just left him alone? They weren’t friends—they had never been friends, so what was this obsession? This need to “help” Dazai, when he didn’t want his help? He didn’t have a “HELP ME” sign plastered on his forehead, did he? Why did Chuuya always try to white knight him? Oh, he was so pissed. He could feel his rage burn within him. It was the only thing keeping him warm this cool summer night… had he even felt the cold.

 

What’s worse is that he knew this anger was going to dissipate and leave him with nothing . He knew that no matter how hard he tried, he was never going to get what he wanted. Fyodor had asked Dazai what he wanted out of life and Dazai couldn’t answer. Not because he was suicidal, not because he planned on ending it early, but because he can’t want something out of life if he didn’t have one to begin with. 

 

His fingers drummed on the seat of the bench, his gaze intense on the horizon. Why was he ever even born? It was a question that he couldn’t find the answer to. He wanted to find his purpose so bad, but he didn’t think he’d ever find that purpose. You can’t find something that doesn’t exist.

 

“Are you going to fucking kill yourself or what?”

 

Dazai stood up, turning slowly to the person who spoke to him and of fucking course, the person who plagued him, who he understood the least in this world, was standing right behind him. His hands in his pockets, his cheek bruised, and his face irritated; Chuuya Nakahara. Why didn’t he just give up?! Why was he so persistent?! Like a fucking dog, Chuuya kept coming back no matter how much Dazai tried to push him away. There was nothing to gain from attempting whatever it was he was trying to do. Dazai had nothing to offer him. He needed to get that through his fucking head. He needed to demonstrate that—at the expense of himself, at the expense of Chuuya, and at the expense of everything he’s ever done.

 

Dazai approached Chuuya wordlessly and he thinks that Chuuya knew what he was going to do. He punched him again. He was going to beat Chuuya’s need to “save him” out of him. He wanted to make it abundantly clear that he didn’t need Chuuya, his savior complex, or anything. He wanted to make it clear that he was alone and he will always be alone!

 

At first, Dazai was nervous Chuuya wasn’t going to fight back. He took the punch and didn’t do anything, but when Dazai went to punch him again, he grabbed his fist and pushed him forward, sending them both to the ground. The two whaled on each other, wrestling each other on the sand. Why did Chuuya keep fighting?! Why didn’t he just leave him alone?! Everyone else knew to leave him alone, but not Chuuya. What could he do to get him to piss off?

 

Dazai ended up with his back against the sand. Chuuya was on top of him, gripping his shirt and a fist up and ready to land square in his face. Dazai was panting, but he then asked himself the big question; why was he fighting? What was he fighting for? He’ll let Chuuya have this. He can finally win against Dazai and maybe that’ll have him leave him alone. He just wanted to be alone.

 

Chuuya’s fist trembled over Dazai, his gaze intense on Dazai. Why was he fucking hesitating?!

 

“Do it,” Dazai spat out, “fucking do it, pussy.”

 

Chuuya tsked, but put his arm down and let go of Dazai’s shirt. This isn’t what Dazai expected. Chuuya stood, dusting himself off, trying to get the sand off of him. He looked down at Dazai, who didn’t bother to get up.

 

“I’m not going to do it, so save your breath,” he said, “I can see what you’re doing and I’m done giving into you and your bullshit. You’re going to tell me what your fucking problem is and you’re going to tell me what it is right now.”

 

“I don’t have to do anything,” Dazai replied stubbornly, “go home, Nakahara.” Fatigue was creeping into his bones. What if he lied here and waited to die? Surely, that would be a slow and agonizing death… though he wouldn’t enjoy that, he’d enjoy being dead more.

 

“I’m not going home,” Chuuya said just as stubbornly, “not until you tell me what your problem is.”

 

“You’re my problem,” Dazai said rudely, “you keep thwarting everything I do and for what? ‘Cause I was a meanie in high school?”

 

“Is that really what you think?” Chuuya asked, “you think I do all this because of the beef we had in high school?”

 

“There’s no reason to care about me,” Dazai said, “I’m not nice to you. I’m not really nice to anyone. Can’t you give up? Why don’t you leave me alone?” Chuuya looked at him with that same look and oh God he hated that look! Look away, look away!

 

“If I give up and leave you alone, I know they’d find your dead body floating right there,” Chuuya responded, pointing at the ocean. He kneeled down next to Dazai, who turned his head away. He couldn’t take that sympathetic, pitying look. He’s already seen that look so many times by so many people… he couldn’t handle it. He didn’t want to be pitied. He told himself he wasn’t pathetic.

 

“If you leave right now,” Dazai began, inhaling deeply to let out a shuddering breath, “I’d wait. So that when they find my body, they don’t connect it to you. You have nothing to worry about.”

 

“I’m not worried about getting ‘mixed up’ in your death, I’m worried about you dying in general,” Chuuya said, “is it that hard to think that people care about you? That they want you alive? Can you live for—?!”

 

Dazai sat up and grabbed Chuuya’s shirt with a trembling hand. His eyes were wide and wild, looking into Chuuya’s. His expression was almost manic. “Why do I have to live for other people?!” He asked rhetorically, his voice cracking, “Odasaku made me promise to live for him, but do you know how hard it is to keep that promise? It’s—” His breathing was erratic, “—such a burden! I can’t keep it, Chuuya, I—I really, really can’t. I shouldn’t have to live for other people, but then I have no reason to live at all!” There. All the cards were on the table.

 

Chuuya was entirely too human to understand Dazai’s woes. Dazai had to deal with being an empty vessel, one that was completely devoid of life. Chuuya was vibrant and beautiful. He fought and lived every day with the drive to see the next day. Dazai envied him. He couldn’t understand why anyone would go to bed and wake up happy to have woken up, but Chuuya did. That’s why he won’t give up on Dazai. He was human and Dazai wasn't human. He'd never been a person. What was he?!

 

“Dazai, you have so much to live for other than people wanting you to live,” Chuuya tried to argue, but Dazai wasn’t having it. He shook his head and Chuuya could see sand coming off of him.

 

You have so much to live for—not me. I have nothing! I was born empty. All I ever feel is bored, annoyed, and angry.” He was spilling his guts out. Whatever. It didn’t matter. He didn’t plan on living any longer than tonight. After he confesses everything to Chuuya, he’ll just kill himself and won’t have to deal with the burden of someone knowing one of his deepest, darkest secrets. “I’m performing. I’m, like, some sort of clown! I barely feel anything. I’m a husk of a person. I never feel hot or cold or even hungry. I… If I die, then maybe, just maybe, I’ll be reborn as a person who knows his purpose. Maybe I’ll live as someone normal, one who can handle the burden of life and see the beauty in it. I feel like I’m in some pitch black tunnel with no end. There’s never any sort of life. I’m just… an observer. I can see what the human experience is for people, but it’ll always—” He said ‘always’ so bitterly, so hatefully, so angry, “—be out of my reach. No matter how hard I stretch my arm. No matter what I do. I’ll always be empty. I can’t fill myself. There is a hole. I am not a person, I am not a human, I am nothing. Not like you. You are a person, you are human, you are something.

 

Chuuya placed his hand over the hand Dazai had gripping his shirt, squeezing it gently as if to try to ground Dazai. “I shouldn’t tell you how you feel is wrong, but I will because you are wrong.” He brought his other hand up to Dazai’s, trying to steady it. He could feel his hand trembling. He leaned in towards Dazai. “Have you always felt this way?”

 

“Yes,” Dazai admitted, “but it’s not a feeling. It’s the truth.”

 

“It’s not the truth.” Chuuya’s voice was soft, softer than Dazai had ever heard it and it made him feel queasy. He should be disgusted, think Dazai is some sort of freak, and leave. Leave him to die. “You gotta realize that everyone is searching for their purpose, dude. You say I have so much to live for, that I’m human, but I have no idea what I’m doing! Most people don’t either! The whole point of living is not knowing, to figure it out as you go. You’re so smart Dazai, but do you think maybe it’s not emptiness you feel but fear instead? You act like you know everything, and I hate to admit that most of the time you fuckin’ do, but not knowing where life is going to take you is what scares you?”

 

Dazai covered his eyes with his free hand, a choked sob coming out of his mouth. “Please don’t psychoanalyze me,” he said, voice pathetic and small, “it’s not fear. I wish it was fear. That’d give me a purpose, to live in spite, but I can’t. I’ve been given every opportunity to have purpose and not one worked… it’s not worth it. I see no value. There’s no value at all. It’s prolonged suffering.”

 

“Dying’s not going to give you the purpose you’re looking for,” Chuuya said, “you’ll never find that purpose if you’re six feet under ground, Osamu.” He took one hand off of Dazai’s and moved Dazai’s other hand away from his face. He could see fat tears running down Dazai’s cheeks and this worried him. “You said before that you can’t live for other people, but that’s a purpose—a reason to live. Prove yourself wrong. Live for all your other friends. Live for your siblings. You promised Odasaku that you’d live for him right? You made a promise. The only time you will not be human is when you break that promise to him. As long as you keep that promise, you are a human, Osamu Dazai. Believe me when I tell you this. Only if you break that promise is when you are no longer human.”

 

Chuuya really couldn’t believe the inner turmoil Dazai had felt all this time. All the time from high school until this moment he just thought Dazai was antagonistic for the sake of it, because he derived pleasure from causing pain, but everything made more sense now. Everything clicked and Chuuya didn’t like that he understood it. Dazai had accepted himself as othered long ago and acted accordingly. Chuuya wanted nothing more than to reel him in, ground him, and prove he was human. He’s seen Dazai bleed before. His blood was red. He was a person, a human being, and he wished that he could see himself the way Chuuya saw him.

 

“There’s no hope for me,” Dazai replied, “Fyodor was right. He always—” Chuuya interrupted him.

 

“Fyodor is a fucking idiot,” Chuuya said, “and you know that. Weren’t you the one who broke up with him? You could see that he fucking sucks and you didn’t stick around ‘cause you know that you deserved better.”

 

Dazai had broken up with Fyodor long ago because he found him too sadistic. He felt that the life he longed for was something Fyodor had and abused. He had everything Dazai didn’t and he exploited it, abused it, right in front of him. It disgusted him and made him envious. That he had the opportunity to pervert life.

 

Dazai didn’t respond to that with words. He just looked pathetically at Chuuya. What was there to even say? Did Chuuya really think he could help him? Did he not realize the potential consequence of this?

 

“If I stay around, I’ll infect you.” Dazai saw him as a disease. “And when you’re void of life, the only thing you’ll have left is to blame me. Just give up on me. Let me go.”

 

“No,” Chuuya stated sternly, “‘cause what if my… humanness infects you? Have you ever thought of that?”

 

Chuuya placed his hands on Dazai’s face, cupping his cheeks, and wiping away his tears with his thumbs. He looked so docile, but so sad. Chuuya felt bad for being relieved his eyes weren’t devoid of light, just watery and sad.

 

Dazai swallowed thickly, studying Chuuya’s face despite his tears. “I’ll ruin you,” he said simply, eyes settling on Chuuya’s lips, “I’m not worth that.”

 

“I’ll take my chances,” Chuuya responded, “and that’s for me to decide.”

 

“When you learn to regret it,” Dazai began, subtly moving in closer. His lips were dangerously close to Chuuya’s and Chuuya could feel Dazai’s words against his skin. “Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

 

No other words were spoken as they didn’t need to be. Dazai kissed Chuuya, reminiscent of the time prior, but this time with no audience. Seeing as it was now their second kiss, the use of tongue was a bit more appropriate. Chuuya kissed Dazai with a tender and fondness that he seemed a stranger too and Chuuya noted that despite Dazai saying he never felt hungry, he kissed like he was. Maybe he was trying to find his purpose, in this moment, through Chuuya. Maybe Chuuya’s purpose is to help Dazai find his. 

 

Chuuya was the one who broke the kiss, making another note of Dazai’s still puckered lips as he moved away, as if he hoped Chuuya would come back. He would, but not right now.

 

“Let’s go home, okay?” He asked, tracing his thumb over Dazai’s lips. It was weird to see Dazai so bashful, but he kind of liked it. He ran his hand across Dazai’s back. “You’re covered in sand, dude.”

 

Dazai let out a whine, putting his face in the crook of Chuuya’s neck (which caught him completely off guard, but he played it cool… for sure…). “I hate sand,” he grumbled, “this is so annoying. I really am gonna kill myself.”

 

“There, there,” Chuuya said, patting his back, “I’m covered in sand too. It’s mostly your fault, so you should deal with the consequences. Now get up.”

 

Dazai got up and then extended a hand to Chuuya, who took it. Dazai pulled him up and then in close. Chuuya felt himself blush.

 

“Don’t tell Kouyou that we kissed, okay?” Dazai requested, voice quiet. Okay, ouch, whatever. He nodded, albeit reluctantly. “Oh, don’t look so sad. I just know she bet big with Kunikida over us and I need to figure out who bet what before anything is said, okay?”

 

Chuuya looked at Dazai in disbelief before letting out an airy laugh. “Alright, sure,” he agreed, “but only if you agree that we find out which way she bet and have her win. If she’s rich, then I’m rich.”

 

Dazai hummed softly, as if mulling over Chuuya’s offer. “Fine,” he relented. He stared at Chuuya for a moment, unable to believe the next words that were to come out of his mouth. He was so convinced he was going to die tonight, it felt surreal to say, “now, let’s go home.”

Notes:

papa provides.

i hope everyone is happy. skk finally happened! yay! for real this time!

i was originally planning for them to be canon the 55th chapter but what's five chapters early?

a lot of dazai's issues are based on the ones mentioned in Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human. his character in this fic is based heavily on that book bc i read it LOL

anyway i hope i did them justice if not my bad

bluesky: unknown-ghost

BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

ps: edited this chapter and changed the "no longer human" reference from something dazai thinks to something chuuya says for effect bahahahahaha

Chapter 51: Chapstick

Summary:

Junichiro and Tachihara meet up as Junichiro needs to give him something of the utmost importance...

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the hunting dawgs

chit-chat

Today at 1:03 PM.

moneytears:

Tachi, did you clean up before going to class?

I would’ve helped!

 

snowplum:

me too 👍

 

blcklzrd:

No?

I was going to do it when I came back from class

No offense but my class is at 10am I’d rather kms than wake up any earlier to clean

Is the house like clean–clean??

 

moneytears:

I mean all the trash is in garbage bags by the back door and the counters have been wiped down

Floor needs a good mop but other than that, yeah, it’s fairly clean

There’s even cardboard tapped to the broken window.

But I didn’t do any of it and neither did Suehiro… So if it wasn’t you, then who?

 

soulgasp:

Offended none of you thought it was me.

 

blcklzrd:

Bc we know you didn’t

 

soulgasp:

Fair assessment I guess.

Because I did not.

 

moneytears:

Well again, if none of us cleaned, then who?

 

blcklzrd:

Idk

Hold on I’ll try to figure it out

 

PM

shadow.praiser aka junichiro tanizaki

Today at 1:07 PM.

blcklzrd:

Did you clean my house

 

shadow.praiser:

gm to u 2

o wait

good afternoon to u 2

 

blcklzrd:

Oh my god

Good afternoon Tanizaki

Did you clean my house

 

shadow.praiser:

i tidied up b4 i left :3

it was lowk rancid

nd i felt bad u were stuck hanging w me last nite

so yeh

 

blcklzrd:

Man you didn’t have to do that

And why do you feel bad???

I offered to hang out with you last nite

NIGHT

Oh my god your illiteracy is rubbing off on me.

 

shadow.praiser:

im not illiterate fr i just choose to b </3

 

blcklzrd:

You’re so interesting.

But shouldn’t you highkey be dead rn

You were fucking obliterated last night

 

shadow.praiser:

i chillin

my head kinda hurtsss but

other than im okie :3

 

blcklzrd:

How

You drank way more than I did and I’m struggling to exist academically rn

 

shadow.praiser:

:0

ur on campus rn???

 

blcklzrd:

Yeah why

 

shadow.praiser:

PERFECT

i have smth to give u

 

blcklzrd:

?????

Did you take something from my room

 

shadow.praiser:

LMFAO U THINK ME A THIEF???

the only thing i want is ur mattress

so comfy

mine is like a prison slab

BUT NO

i have smth for u so ru on campus

 

blcklzrd:

Yes

What do you have for me

 

shadow.praiser:

omg y do u have sm questions????

its a little present :3

now drop the location

 

blcklzrd:

You got me smth???

Why

 

shadow.praiser:

OH MY GOD STOP BEING A PUSSY

WHERE

U

@

 

blcklzrd:

The science building.

 

shadow.praiser:

FINALLY

see that wasnt 2 hard was it

 

blcklzrd:

Im leaving

 

shadow.praiser:

NO PLS IM ALREADY OMW

 

Tachihara wasn’t actually going to leave the science building. He had already set himself up, looking over the syllabus for this class (which he would’ve done last night, had he not been so occupied…). He saw Junichiro walk in, looking around for Tachihara. He contemplated if he should just let him look around or if he should wave him over, but Junichiro spotted him and rushed over.

 

“Hey man,” Junichiro greeted. Sober and in person, Junichiro was actually a lot more polite and Tachihara supposed normal while online and/or drunk, he was a little weirdo. Junichiro placed his bag down on a chair and opened it, fishing around for something inside.

 

“Should I be nervous?” Tachihara asked.

 

“Didn’t your mom ever tell you to be grateful when someone gets you a gift?” Junichiro asked rhetorically. Tachihara rolled his eyes.

 

“You got me a gift? Why?” He asked.

 

“Oh my God, who hurt you? Why are you so untrusting?” Junichiro asked, “I got you something out of the goodness of my heart because I saw it and thought of you—oh, here it is.”

 

It was a fucking Aquaphor lip repair. And Junichiro held it out to him with his hands cupped like he was making an offering to God. Tachihara took it, almost in disbelief. Not because Junichiro bought him chapstick basically (though, he supposed it was funny), but that means he remembered last night and all he got out of it was Tachihara’s chapped lips.

 

Oh, he was fuming.

 

“I’m gonna kill you,” Tachihara warned. Junichiro laughed so hard he held his stomach as he doubled over. Tachihara couldn’t help but crack a smile, but he remained strong and didn’t laugh. “I gave you what you were bitching and moaning for all night long and I’m getting bullied for it? This is ridiculous.”

 

“Um, actually,” Junichiro said, pointer finger up in the air like a nerd (which made sense because he is one), “I asked for a drunk make out and you just kissed me very briefly.”

 

“I was just trying to get you to shut up about it,” Tachihara responded. He looked down at the chapstick and you know what? Fuck it. He unscrewed the lip and applied it. “And out of the goodness of my heart, I guess, being charitable.” He screwed the lid back on and slipped it into his pocket then crossed his arms over his chest. “All night you wanted it to be Dazai, but I had to kick him and Chuuya out for fighting.”

 

“In my defense, I pre-ordered that drunk make out hours prior,” Junichiro said, taking his bag off the chair and sitting down himself, “but I honestly didn’t want to make out with someone I didn’t know and I figured Dazai would be the only person down to kiss me so that’s why I asked him. Though, him and Chuuya fighting should’ve been expected. Those two can barely co-exist in the server without beefing. I-R-L? No shot they’re getting along.”

 

“Yeah, but they kissed ‘I-R-L,’” Tachihara responded, also saying every letter of IRL and feeling like a loser for saying an acronym out loud.

 

“Don’t mention that! Remember that Dazai said that any time someone talks about it, an orphan dies! I can’t have Atsushi die, I’d have to find another roommate and the semester has already started!” Junichiro exclaimed with false worry. Tachihara snickered.

 

“You’re such a dick,” he commented.

 

“I’d respond with something witty like ‘you are what you eat,’ but given you had to pity kiss me last night, you’d know it isn’t true and it’s less funny,” Junichiro said, hopping up from his chair. He smiled at Tachihara so brightly that with his orange hair and violet eyes, he felt like he was looking at a sunset. “Alright, well, that’s all I wanted to give you. I thought it’d be funny. We’ll talk later, right?” He picked up his backpack, threw it over his shoulder, and turned to walk away.

 

Tachihara didn’t know what came over him. He’s usually a pretty thoughtful, premeditative guy… to act on impulse like he did as he grabbed Junichiro’s arm to stop him from walking away and saying, “it doesn’t need to be pity” felt a little out of character even for him, but he did it. The hand holding Junichiro’s arm suddenly felt heavy—like it weighed a billion tons suddenly. Junichiro’s face turned a shade of red, blushing. Tachihara released Junichiro’s arm and retracted his arm. Holy shit. What was he doing? Was he being serious right now? “If… if that’s something you’d want—I don’t know, I don’t know what I’m even saying right now, aha, you can just—”

 

“Are you asking me out?” Junichiro asked bluntly, his cheeks becoming redder as he asked, “‘cause if you are I’ll say yes. If you aren't, then I’m just kidding. I’m not gay, I’m straight. Unless you’re asking me out. Then I’m fruity.” He realized he was rambling and stopped talking, just looking at Tachihara, who let out an airy laugh at Junichiro’s reaction.

 

“You’re so weird, Tanizaki,” he said with a laugh, unable to help the smile on his face, “if you’re fruity, then yeah, I’m asking you out. Unless you’re straight, then I’m not ‘cause we’re just two bros, you know? But if you’re gay, then yeah, let’s go out.”

 

“O–Okay,” Junichiro said breathy, a sheepish smile on his face. He was twiddling with the strings of his sweatshirt. “I really gotta go to class, but we’ll text later right?”

 

“Yeah, I’ll text you later,” Tachihara promised. Junichiro nodded, a goofy smile plastered on his face, and he rushed out (almost knocking into a girl, but swerved at the last second thankfully). Before he left the building, he looked back at Tachihara with the same smile on his face, then walked out the door.

 

Tachihara stayed where he was, hiding his smile behind his hand and looking back at his syllabus, but not really reading it. He accepts that what he did was risky, but what’s the quote? High risk, high reward? Or, all gamblers quit right before they make it big? Whatever. Those were irrelevant. He couldn’t dwell on quotes when he had a date to plan.

 

iMessage

atsu naka 🐯

Today at 1:54 PM.

NAKAJIMA ATSUSHI

ANSWER ANSWER ANSWER

IK UR ASS IS NOT IN CLASS

 

TANIZAKI JUNICHIRO

ANSWERING ANSWERING ANSWERING

IM NOT IN CLASS IM HOME WHATS UP

 

guess :3

 

People stopped saying Naomi is your sister??

 

no

lol

i had a prof ask me abt that today actually 😐like wtf

WAIT IRRELEVANT

guess again

 

Is it Overwatch related

 

bro im abt to go to class dont tempt me w that seductress…

 

Bro⁉️

Can I have a hint

 

uhhhhhh

bandaid

 

Bandaid?

OH MY GOD

NO WAY

 

YEPPPPP

 

YOU FELL DOWN THE STAIRS IN THE EDU BUILDING TOO DIDNT U

Send the yikyak vid now so I can upvote it >:)

 

oh what

bruh

no… thats still just u…

 

Awe man :\

Your hints suck

You suck

Fuck you

 

akutagawa give atsu his phone back. 😐

 

LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

Thanks for clocking that I just got $5

 

only $5 is crazy dude u gotta raise ur prices know ur worth

BUT CAN U GUESS

 

One more hint

I’m going to channel my inner Ranpo

 

dog

 

Bandaid… dog…

SMTH WITH TACHIHARA

WAIT U TWO KISSED LAST NIHGT RIGHT

SO HE KISSED YOU AGAIN????

 

close enough

he asked me out 

couldnt handle my charm

 

pathetic charm

 

akutagawa bro ive apologized so many times for cock blocking u the other day

u gotta learn to forgive man

im not even home rn u guys can fuck like damn :\

 

There was no bet on that one but again

Feeling so honored that you can tell when it isn’t me

 

yeah yeah

gotta do class stuff now

but we will talk l8r

 

Yup :3

ttyl!

Notes:

LMFAO I FUCKING POSTED THIS WITHOUT PUTTING A TITLE OR ANYTHING

to my 2 tachitani shippers i see u i hear u this one is for u...

I edited the whole fic so if you reread it you may see some new tidbits and less mistakes! yippee!

ok bye

Chapter 52: DDR and Deduction

Summary:

Tachihara and Junichiro go out on their date while someone dating a redhead is revealed to another.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

PM

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x aka Gin Akutagawa

Today at 4:03 PM.

x..RASHOMON..x:

boy tanizaki is going out with bandaid face on a date

probs tn

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

0:!

How do you know?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

he texted jinko

i saw it

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Interesting…

Thank you for the hot goss ryu!! (:

 

x..RASHOMON...x:

ofc :]

 

NO BOYS ALLOWED

yapping-zone

Today at 4:10 PM.

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Tanizaki (Junichiro not Naomi) and Tachihara are going out tonight on a date

 

light_finder:

Thanks for differentiating lol

But… 

WHAT????

HE DIDN’T TELL ME WTF

IM GONNA KILL HIM 

Oh wait nvm he just texted me the news hehe

He can live… for now…

How did you find out?

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

He texted Nakajima and Ryu is with him rn (:

Anytime Ryu hears anything he tells me hehe

 

countess..luanne:

Ugh I wish I had a brother wtf

Actually pause

Poe and I are pretty close

I’ll force him to be my brother lmao

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Oh no

Now we’re gonna have two couples in the apartment.

This sucks.

 

light_finder:

Ugh I know

At least we have our side of the apartment :3

 

goldendemon:

Do you know who asked who out by any chance?

 

light_finder:

I can ask!

 

butterfly:

Damn girl ask faster

 

light_finder:

HE’S TYPING OK

Ok it was Tachihara who asked him

 

goldendemon:

YAY!

 

butterfly:

Another bet with Kunikida? LOL

 

goldendemon:

No actually

Chuuya

Little fucker has to buy me my grocery next week! >:)

 

natnatsuko:

He bet on Tanizaki?

(Naomi no offense when I say this btw)

But Tanizaki is like really wimpy and shy?

 

countess..luanne:

Yeah you said it girl 

When I told him I’d kiss him last night he got to red in the face lol

Good thing Teruko shot off that gun bc if I had kissed him I think his little heart would’ve given out

 

light_finder:

Well Tachihara kissed him last night so

 

butterfly:

WHAT

 

goldendemon:

WAIT FOR REAL?

 

light_finder:

LOL YES!

He told me this morning

He calls me when he walks to class because he doesn’t want to look like a loser lol

 

butterfly:

What’s with him and thinking he looks like a loser oh my god

 

light_finder:

I know ☹️ it makes me so sad tbh like he’s so insecure of how other people see him

Guys he really is so great!!!!!

But anyway he told me that Tachihara kissed him last night bc he didn’t get kissed at all

Said Tachihara is a good guy for being so charitable 😭

 

butterfly:

He’s just a little guy omg

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

He’s very nice

 

countess..luanne:

So Tachihara kissed Tanizaki last night and Tanizaki didn’t die from shyness?

 

light_finder:

What Juni told me is that he just did it

And Juni didn’t know what to do because it was all so fast

And so he told Tachi that his lips were chapped as fuck 😭

 

butterfly:

OMG STOP

He’s so fucking funny

 

light_finder:

What’s worse is that he doubled down on it

He was getting coffee before class and saw chapstick and bought it and gave it to him



countess..luanne:

NOOOOOO 😭😭😭

NAOMI WHY DIDNT U STOP HIM HAHAHAH

 

light_finder:

I MEAN IT WORK IG???

THEY’RE GOING ON A DATE

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Good for them

Anyone else dating anyone that wants to come out

 

light_finder:

Do you know something Kyoka??

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Yes I do

Kouyou…

 

goldendemon:

 

natnatsuko:

KOUYOU????

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

:3c

This is a safe space

 

light_snow:

Yeah this is a safe space

Spill spill spill

 

butterfly:

LOLLLLLLLL

🤨

 

goldendemon:

🤔

 

butterfly:

🙂‍↕️

 

goldendemon:

😏

Ok so

 

natnatsuko:

Not the hieroglyphics oh my god

 

goldendemon:

I mean we were going to keep this on the down low for a while just to be cautious since it’s new

But Yosano and I are seeing each other

 

countess..luanne:

WUH LUH WUH

WINNERS WIN BABY WINNERS WIN

 

butterfly:

Yes wuh luh wuh but lucy my beloved

Be the wuh luh wuh you wanna see in the world

 

countess..luanne:

We’ve had this convo before I fear

I will not being doing that

I need to convince Poe to take me in as his adoptive sister though

Cause have you seen his bank acc???

CHA-CHING! 🤑

 

light_finder:

How rich is Poe like do you know for real

 

countess..luanne:

Let’s just say the number in his bank account could be a fucking phone number.

Including the area code btw.

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Oh wow 0:

That’s crazy!

 

butterfly:

FOR REAL????????

FUCKING RANPO DUDE

 

countess..luanne:

Idk why bro is in college

If I had that type of money???

I’d be chilling on a yacht rn full of babes

😎

Me with the huzz

 

goldendemon:

Oh lord

 

light_finder:

UPDATE!

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

:0!

I feel like I’m watching Reddit Stories

 

x..SPIDERSTHREADS..x:

Omg yesss hahaha

 

light_finder:

Tachihara texted Junichiro

They’re gonna go to the arcade

 

goldendemon:

Omg awe that’s so cute and perfect for them!

 

butterfly:

Which arcade and at what time

 

light_finder:

That’s sus

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Sus

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

😂

 

light_finder:

Yosano are you going to crash their date 

 

butterfly:

Omg no 

Just wanna stalk it

 

light_finder:

Oh fair!

We should leave the first date alone but the second date is fair game

 

butterfly:

Ok but seriously what time are they going on their date

 

light_finder:

At like 6:30

 

butterfly:

Are they getting dinner too???

 

light_finder:

I don’t know I don’t think so

Juni will probably be too nervous to eat lol

 

countess..luanne:

Everything I’m learning about this kid just makes me feel bad for him

 

light_finder:

LMFAO dw I take good care of him

 

Junichiro sat at his desk, Naomi on his bed, playing on his switch. He fiddled with the clips in his hair, trying to make them look better. He was nervous—very nervous. He was happy that Tachihara had asked him out, but he couldn’t help but be beyond nervous! What if Junichiro wasn’t what Tachihara thought he was? What if he was more fun drunk than sober?

 

“Stop being worried,” Naomi said, not even looking up from her game. Wow, geez, thanks for the wisdom… “You two are going to have a great time and he’s going to think, ‘oh wow! Tanizaki is actually super cool when he’s not crashing out over Overwatch, the worst game ever!’”

 

“Don’t mention Overwatch to me right now,” Junichiro grumbled, finally deciding that his hair clips looked as fine as they were gonna get. He sighed. “Do I look okay?”

 

Naomi hopped off Junichiro’s bed, placing his switch down on top of his dresser, and walked over to him. He turned around in his chair, looking up at her pathetically.

 

“You look great!” She exclaimed ecstatically, pulling her phone out of her back pocket. She pointed it at Junichiro. “Smile so I can send it to the girls.”

 

“Do not take a photo of me.”

 

“Junichiro Tanizaki, let me take a photo of you or so help me God, you will regret it!

 

Junichiro knew to pick his battles. He smiled wearily and put two thumbs up. Naomi smiled and snapped the pic, the flash momentarily blinding poor Junichiro. He blinked, then pulled out his phone to check the time and see if he had any texts. Tachihara offered to drive, making a joke about the last time Junichiro went to do something game related, his car had gotten hit. 

 

“Is he here?” Naomi asked, trying to sneak a glance at Junichiro’s phone.

 

“No he—oh, wait, yeah, he just texted me.” Junichiro looked at Naomi nervously. “Do you think I’m gonna mess it up?”

 

Naomi took his hand in hers and smiled at him fondly. “You’re going to be just fine. Both of you are going to have so much fun! Trust me, I wouldn’t lie to you, Junichiro.”

 

Junichiro smiled back at her, though his was one of slight uncertainty. He was going to trust Naomi, however, as he always did. He could always rely on her to lift him up when he needed it… he hoped he did the same for her too.

 

“Now get going!” She exclaimed, basically pushing him out of his room and to the front door of the apartment. “Don’t make him wait!”

 

Junichiro nodded, hurriedly typing that he was on his way down, and rushed out. He walked briskly down the hall, went down the elevator, and out the doors of the apartment complex to see Tachihara’s car right outside. He heard Tachihara unlock the doors and Junichiro let himself in.

 

“Hey,” Tachihara greeted coolly. Junichiro smiled at him, mentally declaring that he too would be cool! He had the capacity, right? He must, as he had a bunch of friends that liked him… right?!

 

“H–Hi.”

 

Oh God he stuttered. He was such a lame, stupid, idiot loser who couldn’t be cool to save his life! He did not have the capacity to be cool, he was a nervous dumb idiot. He was going to open the door and roll out in front of it so Tachihara could run him over and then back up over him over and over again. Ls in the chat, he was cooked, and whatever other gamer lingo for loser he could think of played in his head.

 

Tachihara turned to him, saying nothing and that made Junichiro all the more nervous. Was there something on his face? Was he being judged?! Oh God, let the suffering stop!

 

Junichiro doesn’t really know what he was expecting, but if you were to say Tachihara is just gonna scream, he’d be a bit hesitant to believe you. That’s what he did though and Junichiro screamed too; both because it caught him off guard and because he didn’t know what was going on. Tachihara stopped and Junichiro shot him a look of what the fuck? only for Tachihara to start laughing.

 

“Sorry dude, you just look so uptight. I figured if I scared you, you’d loosen up,” he said and Junichiro had never heard anything make less sense in his life, which made him laugh as well, cause what the fuck? What the fuck. Hey, what the fuck??? Tachihara turned and began to drive, chuckling to himself still… fucking dick.

 

“You’re such a dick,” Junichiro said, punching his arm. Tachihara scoffed.

 

“Excuse me, dweeb, don’t punch me while I drive.”

 

“Dweeb?! I’m gonna—who started the fight yesterday? Dazai or Chuuya? Who do I wanna be right now?”

 

Tachihara hummed, trying to think. “From what I heard,” he began, a bit too excited to be sharing the drama, “Chuuya tackled Dazai, but only because Dazai pushed him. So, take from that as you will.”

 

“Who do you think won?” Junichiro asked.

 

“Neither, but I can tell you the true loser was Nakajima. How’s his nose by the way?” Tachihara asked.

 

“Oh, whoever hit Atsu in the face gave him a black eye—he’s been miserable all day about it,” Junichiro said, taking his sweatshirt string and playing with it to keep his hands occupied. Tachihara chuckled, but shook his head.

 

“That’s awful,” he said, “I honestly hope he’s alright. He’s always getting hurt somehow.”

 

“Yeah he is,” Junichiro said, thinking back to when they moved in, Atsushi managed to drop two boxes on his one foot and then walk into a wall… the guy was just too clumsy, he feared. “He heals fast though. He’ll be fine within the week.”

 

Tachihara pulled into the arcade’s parking lot, finding a spot relatively close to the entrance, and parking. He turned to face Junichiro as he unbuckled his seatbelt. “Alright,” he began, looking cocky, “what game am I beating you at first?”

 

— — —

 

Tachihara had the unfortunate realization that Junichiro Tanizaki was incredibly talented at all fucking video games and uncharacteristically competitive when it came down to it. He thought that he was chill, considering when they played Overwatch as a group, he hadn’t been trying and Dazai had been the one to rage but… turns out, he is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He’s shy and unassuming, just to dominate Tachihara at every fucking game. Mario Kart? Junichiro overlaps him and he’s in second place! Shooting games? That should be Tachihara’s thing, but no! Junichiro’s score seemed to go up exponentially while Tachihara’s was linear. Tachihara is convinced that Junichiro is cheating somehow, but he couldn’t figure out how… Yeah, sure, this is just a first date, but he was getting suspicious.

 

He was almost reading to admit defeat—cause honestly? At this point, what could he do? He was running low on tokens and confidence! He looked around and by the grace of God spotted the DDR machine in the back. He was going to (and by the way, he says this with all the kindness in his heart) obliterate this twink.

 

Holding his spoils of war (tickets), Junichiro turned to Tachihara. “What next?” He asked, the gleam in his eye all too cocky, all too happy… he momentarily felt bad about wanting to destroy him, but remained strong. He had to remember Junichiro pointing and laughing at him for losing at the shooting game. He needed to use that as fuel!

 

“DDR,” he said, pointing at the machine. Junichiro looked over, a bit of panic on his face. Oh, thank God. He was going to win something, anything! Please!

 

“Uhhh, sure, we can play that, but you gotta remember I don’t work out or do anything physical ever,” he said, a smile reappearing on his face despite that.

 

“It’s the only game we haven’t played yet,” Tachihara said, feigning innocence. He was impure with this, that he knew, but he needed one win. God, please… just one.

 

“Okay, okay, let’s go then,” Junichiro said. Tachihara took him by the hand and rushed them over to the DDR—there were some fuckass little kids looking like they were going to head over there. Junichiro followed, not like he had a choice. It wasn’t unnoticed by Tachihara that Junichiro held his hand back, but it would go unsaid until he beat Junichiro at this stupid ass game.

 

“You can pick the song,” Tachihara said, watching as Junichiro took off his sweatshirt and placed his spoils of war (tickets) on top of it. He hopped on the free platform next to Tachihara, then read through the songs until he picked one at seemingly random. Oddly, he picked the setting to be on hard rather than normal, but Tachihara chalked that up to him figuring he was the type of guy to always play games on a higher difficulty setting.

 

The game began and the two started dancing. Tachihara was locked in, focusing mainly on himself. He figured if he looked at how Junichiro was doing, it might trip him up… but by mid-song, curiosity got the better of him and he took a peek. No fucking way that Junichiro was doing just as well as him! He had to have hacked the arcade or something! Well, that’s impossible and Tachihara knew that, but whatever.

 

By the end of the song, Junichiro was totally winded. Tachihara, at the very least, got to feel physically superior if he couldn’t have the win cause he was fine, but—what’s this?! He won! Oh Lord, he won! Yeah, sure, but like 12 points, but fuck it! He beat the bastard!

 

“Hey, good game man,” Tachihara said coolly, like he didn’t give a fuck about his win… but he GAF. Junichiro laughed breathlessly, giving Tachihara’s arm a solid punch, and taking in a few breaths before responding.

 

“You jerk,” he said, a smile on his face despite his fatigue, “you totally wanted to play this because you knew you’d win.”

 

“What—me? Scheming? I’d never,” Tachihara said, feigning offense, but he was smiling too. “Alright man, what’s next?”

 

“I think we’ve played everything,” Junichiro answered honestly, regaining his breath, “is there anything you want to—?”

 

“Oh, fuck no ‘cause there’s nothing else I’m going to win other than this,” Tachihara responded. Junichiro laughed again and it sounded so sweet.

 

“I see! You want to end on a win! I get it!” He said enthusiastically. Tachihara couldn’t help but think he looked so cute standing there, the lights of the screens reflecting on him, making him look ethereal somehow. Was this all real? He questioned, unsure, but he didn’t want to try to figure that out. Just live in this moment. “Well, how about we spend these tickets?” He asked, hopping down and picking up his sweatshirt and all his spoils of war (fucking tickets). “I’ll get you whatever you want, baby girl” He winked. 

 

“Pfft,” Tachihara said, getting off the platform as well and wrapping his arm around Junichiro’s shoulders, “you spoil me.”

 

— — —

 

Tachihara picked out a huge Shadow the Hedgehog plush, of which Junichiro requested they have split custody of. Tachihara reluctantly agreed, supposing it was only fair since Junichiro was the one who won those tickets…

 

They placed Shadow in the back of Tachihara’s car, sitting him up like he was an actual person and not filled with stuffing. Junichiro even buckled him in, finding it hilarious. He closed the door, Tachihara standing right behind him.

 

“So,” Tachihara began, leaning close. Junichiro looked up at him, his back now flush against the car. Tachihara placed his forearm against the car, next to Tachihara’s head. “You have a good time?”

 

Junichiro smiled. “Yeah, for the most part,” he replied cheekily. Tachihara smirked.

 

“For the most part?” He asked, face close to Junichiro’s, who was blushing, “and what would’ve made it a good time for the whole time?”

 

“Well, I didn’t… um.” Junichiro was growing shy, the confidence he originally had faltering. He brought one of his hands up to the neckline of his shirt, fidgeting with it, a habit Tachihara was catching onto.

 

“Didn’t what?” Tachihara asked, taking Junichiro’s hand with his free one, daring to lean in closer, “didn’t get to see if the stupid chapstick you got me worked?” if Junichiro wasn’t going to be a cocky little shit, Tachihara would be. Junichiro did smile at the statement, even rolling his eyes.

 

“Did it?” He asked.

 

“Let’s find out,” Tachihara replied, finally kissing Junichiro. He didn’t taste like booze like he did last time. It was ironic, really, it was, that the night before, Junichiro wanted a drunk make out and got a drunk kiss, while tonight he probably expected a sober kiss but got a sober make out instead. It started off innocent enough, but Junichiro felt himself lose his inhibitions when Tachihara stuck his tongue in his mouth. Fuck it, right? He let go of Tachihara’s hand, arms moving around his shoulders and pulling him close. Tachihara brought his hand to Junichiro’s waist, grabbing it. Junichiro let out a small whine at the sudden grab, which only seemed to stroke Tachihara’s heightened ego more. 

 

“So?” Tachihara asked, breaking the kiss briefly and moving back a bit—just so he could see Junichiro’s flushed face. “Better?” He could feel Junichiro twiddling the ends of his hair (and it actually felt kind of nice).

 

“Can you… um, can you do it again? I couldn’t tell,” Junichiro responded, the blush on his face growing redder and making his violet eyes stand out more. Tachihara let out a low chuckle.

 

“No need to ask,” was all he said as he leaned back in.

 

— — —

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 6:43 PM.

light_finder:

[picture of Junichiro she took]

Baby’s first boy date

 

butterfly:

AWE

OMG

I feel so maternal looking at him 

 

alphatiger:

He looks good!

 

light_finder:

OMG

WRONG CHAT

OMFG

HES GONNA KILL ME

 

butterfly:

He’s so tails from sonic 

Wait tails is the little fox right

 

boydetective:

Yes

I honestly appreciate that comparison btw

 

thegoldraven:

I hope they have a good time together!

 

goldendemon:

Two gingers together, it’s Dazai’s wet dream

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

I can’t sit on this information any longer…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

????????

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Tachihara is a fake redhead.

He dyes it…

 

butterfly:

DEAD AND ASS????

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Ass and dead I fear ):

 

arahabaki:

I KNEW THAT FUCKER WAS FAKING IT.

 

butterfly:

Strong feelings over here

 

arahabaki:

Redheads only make up like 1-2% of the population

We are a dying breed

And mf Tachihara over here is cosplaying us

 

goldendemon:

You know at first I was going to say you’re overreacting but I actually agree now reading all that

 

goldendemon: Two gingers together, it’s Dazai’s wet dream

nothuman:

someone please tell me where this rumor spawned from cause what the fuck 😭

 

boydetective:

But you do have a thing for gingers?

 

nothuman:

i’ve never in my entire life said i had a thing for gingers

if anything i’d argue that someone else here has a thing for redheads…

 

butterfly:

Who

 

nothuman:

are you deadass asking me that right now

 

butterfly:

GASP

How dare you…

 

boydetective:

LOL

 

alphatiger:

I’m not following

 

nothuman:

atsushi! how’s the schnoz?

 

alphatiger:

I have a black eye. 😐

[picture of Atsushi with a bruise nose and black eye]

Thanks a lot btw

 

nothuman:

it wasn’t me it was Chuuya!

 

boydetective:

Huh?

 

arahabaki:

HUH?!?!?!?!

NO IT WAS NOT YOU PIECE OF SHIT BASTARD

YOU DID IT

 

nothuman:

that doesn’t sound like something i’d do 😙

my sweet little atsushi…

i could never hurt him

 

alphatiger:

YOU ELBOWED ME IN THE FACE DAZAI IT WAS YOU

Someone got it on video and put it on yikyak ☹️

 

nothuman:

🤯

are you gonna send the post or do i have to look for it

 

alphatiger:

YOURE SO MEAN TO ME

 

nothuman:

well, i’m not seeing any evidence so it was Chuuya and not me 😛

 

boydetective:

What is going on rn

 

nothuman:

what are you tweaking out about dude

 

boydetective:

I’m dming you

 

nothuman:

okay??? 

oh my god guys i think i’m in trouble

 

arahabaki:

GOOD

 

alphatiger:

^^^!!!

 

PM

nothuman aka dazai :p

Today at 7:01 PM.

boydetective:

What happened between you and Chuuya

 

nothuman:

between Chuuya and i?

we fought lol

OH you weren’t there i kind of forgot oopsie

he and i duked it out at tachihara’s party

cause he’s a nosey mf

 

boydetective:

Ok but then what

 

nothuman:

then what nothing

 

boydetective:

You’re lying to me

 

nothuman:

and what’s leading to this deduction?

 

boydetective:

Chuuya.

 

nothuman:

what?

did he snitch about something again?

he’s lying i didn't do anything 

 

boydetective:

No, the way you’re typing Chuuya

Though... "I didn't do anything" kind of sus we'll discuss that later...

Anyway you only ever capitlize Odasaku’s name but you’re capitlizing Chuuya’s

So something happened between Chuuya and you and I’m assuming it wasn’t another fight

 

nothuman:

😦

hehehe

thanks you just got me $50

 

boydetective:

Oh my god what

 

nothuman:

something might’ve happened later on

details i’m not privy to giving out at the moment but

i bet him $50 you’d figure it out ten minutes into me talking in the server

and all i had to do was one small little thing

 

boydetective:

Ok I do think this server has a gambling problem that needs to be address

But lowkey offended you only gave me ten minutes

I figured that shit out in like two but ok

 

nothuman:

HELP HAHAHAHA

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 11:03PM

light_finder: [attachment]

shadow.praiser:

OH WHAT THE FUCK 😭

Notes:

gasp i finally updated.

this took me forever to write idk why. maybe bc i actually left my apartment this weekend what?!?!?!?!??!!?!?!

anyway i really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! i've become the CEO of tachitani for leadership opportunities and currently loving my position

ok hopefully i feed y'all the skk you are foaming at the mouth for but i do have a sskk idea in mind but i'll hold off

bluesky: unknown-ghost

kk bye see you next time

Chapter 53: Holy Crashout Atsushi!

Notes:

CW: mentions of suicide/suicidal thoughts and the girls (Atsushi and Dazai) are fightinggggggggg

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

PM

butterfly aka Akiko Yosano

Today at 7:30 PM.

boydetective:

WYD

 

butterfly:

I’m taking a shower

 

boydetective:

?!

Damn girl without me?

 

butterfly:

IM SCREENSHOTTING THAT HAHA

 

boydetective:

LOL

Ok well real shit

I’m here to share and spread some information

As I tend to do

Because sharing is caring

 

butterfly:

Ok…

Should I be scared?

 

boydetective:

Let’s just say it’s ginger kink headquarters over there because

Chuuya and Dazai are together

[screenshot of his conversation with Dazai]

 

butterfly:

GASP

WHAT

HOW

WHEN????

THEY WERE LITERALLY FIGHTING LAST NIGHT

Did you see my poor little atsushi he has a bruise nose and black eye bc of their fight ☹️

It’s actually a lot more gnarly in person I was helping him last night

 

boydetective:

IDK I DIDNT ASK

THAT’S JUST WHAT I WAS TOLD

 

butterfly:

How can I spread this if I don’t have all the info…

 

boydetective:

You live with him??

Go ask

And then tell me

 

butterfly:

Yeah but getting Dazai to open up IS SOOOO HARDDDD

Did you see how long it took him to tell everyone who his dad was?

And that was by accident!!!

He doesn’t like me :(

 

boydetective:

Omg stop

Hold on

 

PM

Yapologist Convention

Today at 7:43 PM.

boydetective:

Dazai anything you’d like to share with the class

 

nothuman:

damn you took longer than i expected

 

butterfly:

Is it true

 

nothuman:

is what true

 

butterfly:

That you and Chuuya are smashing uglies

 

nothuman:

lol what

Chuuya and i are not smashing uglies

 

boydetective:

UM EXCUSE ME??

 

nothuman:

what?

 

boydetective:

YOU TOLD ME YOU AND CHUUYA WERE A THING

 

nothuman:

i mean we kissed but we didn’t smash uglies

teehee 

 

butterfly:

I already know about the kiss ☹️

 

nothuman:

no, no, different kiss

 

butterfly:

DIFFERENT KISS?

 

boydetective:

Care to share the details

 

nothuman:

no…

you guys will get mad at me…

 

butterfly:

Did you try to kill yourself again

 

nothuman:

well no

i was thinking about it though

 

butterfly:

When aren’t you though :\

 

nothuman:

PLEASE HAHAHA

okay well being honest when i say this

i really wasn’t going to kill myself

like please believe me when i say i wasn’t going to kill myself last night

cause you guys got weird last time ☹️

 

butterfly:

God forbid we care

 

boydetective:

Imagine caring for your friend's wellbeing 😭

 

nothuman:

okay so i don’t know how to say this without sounding crazy

 

butterfly:

You gave Atsu a black eye you’re already crazy

 

nothuman:

okay actually off topic but

 

boydetective:

GOOD GOING AKIKO

 

butterfly:

FUCK I’M SORRY

 

nothuman:

I’LL BE QUICK

i actually feel bad about elbowing atsushi in the face 🥶

but also why the fuck is he standing directly behind me when i’m beating the shit out of Chuuya?

like dude come on

 

butterfly:

Wait what the fuck

 

nothuman:

what

 

butterfly:

🫵🫵🫵

What is that???

Capitalization???

 

boydetective:

Oh my god my detective skills have finally rubbed off on you

 

nothuman:

pointing out capitalization is crazy

 

butterfly:

You only do that for Odasaku!

Not even me!

Which is fucked up btw :\

 

nothuman:

LMFAO

to be fair i was trying to win $50

but now my phone keeps autocorrecting Chuuya to be capital because i had to put it in my shortcuts

cause i knew i’d forget to do it

 

boydetective:

You’re so interesting dude

Anyway can we please go back to the topic at hand

 

nothuman:

Chuuya or atsushi?

 

butterfly:

Chuuya you baked bean

 

nothuman:

um ouch lowkey

but whatever

basically after he and i fought at the party, i left and went to the beach. i just wanted see the ocean. i, again, was not going to kill myself. i was thinking about it but i didn’t do it.

 

butterfly:

Ok Dazai to be honest and real we are not mad you don’t have to keep prefacing you weren’t going to kill yourself

Like even if you were going to, we wouldn’t be mad. We’d just wanna get you the help you need ok??

 

boydetective:

Yeah we’re just here for you dude

 

nothuman:

awe

gay :\

anyway

 

boydetective:

HELP HAHA

 

nothuman:

as i’m trying to calm myself down

because i don’t think anyone knows this but i actually almost fought fyodor

 

butterfly:

HE WAS THERE??

 

boydetective:

Haha was he actually invited this time

 

nothuman:

it was open so yeah technically

but anyway

i got ready to fight fyodor but Chuuya stopped me. which pissed me off but whatever. so i told Chuuya i was going to go look for kunikida and he followed me and wouldn’t leave me alone. i don’t know why but i pushed him. i guess i was just too overstimmied at the function

 

boydetective:

As one would be

Not me btw

I don’t get overstimulate but I’m known to be overstimulating to others

 

butterfly:

Poor Poe bro

 

boydetective:

Dazai cover your ears

KYS BITCH

 

butterfly:

AHAHAHAHAHA

 

nothuman:

telling me to cover my ears is INSANE WORK LMAO

but anyway yeah so i guess when i pushed him off he thought i was trying to fight and since i had so much pent anger from talking to fyodor i just whaled on him or whatever

but when the fight broke up i just left. i went to the beach. thought about killing myself, but it wouldn’t have been there. it was more about thinking about ending it all in general

Chuuya comes up behind me and asks if i’m going to kill myself so i punched him and we fought again

 

butterfly:

Jesus christ 

Maybe I don’t want you two together

 

boydetective:

Why are you two always fucking duking it out

 

nothuman:

i don’t know. i see him and i think how great it’d be to pummel him into the dirt

 

butterfly:

I CAN’T EVEN MAKE THAT A SEXUAL DOUBLE ENTENDRE THATS JUST BAD DAZAI

 

nothuman:

OH MY GOD STOP INTERRUPTING FEMALE

 

butterfly:

🤯

Ok whatever continue

Just know I’m gonna get you for that and you’ll never see me coming

 

nothuman:

so we fight and whatever and then we talk and blah blah blah shit is said and we kissed

 

butterfly:

What did you guys talk about

 

nothuman:

how it’s literally such a shame you’re a lesbian and neither of us can have you 💔

 

butterfly:

Hahahah omgggggg stawppp ittt

No but seriously what did you guys talk about.

Unrelated btw but I do have a unregistered firearm hahahahah

 

boydetective:

JESUS FUCKING CHIRST

 

nothuman:

but yeah we kissed and whatever then we came back home

we did not smash uglies though. i was covered in sand because he tackled me again into the sand and i needed a shower and i was tired

we talked this morning though

i don’t know we’ll see what happens

 

boydetective:

Why do you sound so unsure

 

nothuman:

i mean i don’t have the greatest dating track record clearly

and the only person i’ve ever dated for real was fyodor.

i literally never gaf about sasaki 

 

butterfly:

Awful thing to say

 

nothuman:

we dated for two months i can say that

she was fine but she was boring and we were each other’s rebounds

she got back with her ex which is why we broke up

 

boydetective:

How long did you and Fyodor date for?

 

nothuman:

uhhhhh

for a year i think

from 18-19 

 

butterfly:

one year too long

 

nothuman:

yeah

but whatever

 

butterfly:

What did you guys talk about this morning

 

nothuman:

well i’m not gonna lie i’m unsure about the whole thing just because of how i am as an individual

oh no dazai is self realized this sucks 😔

 

butterfly:

I mean may I ask a weird question

 

nothuman:

you’ve seen me tastefully nude i don’t know if you can ask a weird question but go off

 

boydetective:

Stop reminding me about that neither of you are allowed to be naked

 

butterfly:

I’m literally taking a shower rn and I’m naked

 

nothuman:

damn girl without me?

 

butterfly:

Screenshotting that as well

2/2 btw

 

nothuman:

HAHA NO SHOT

ranpo you hoe…

 

boydetective:

COMING FROM YOU??

 

butterfly:

Back to me please

 

nothuman:

oh right sorry forgot the woman was speaking…

 

butterfly:

STFU

ANYWAY

So like what was you and Sigma together about

If you’re so unsure about being with someone?

 

nothuman:

oh that’s actually a valid question

i thought you were gonna ask something stupid like who tops

 

butterfly:

LMFAO????

Obviously Chuuya he topped you like three times in the three fights you had

 

nothuman:

YOU SAW NONE OF THE FIGHTS WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT BRO

 

butterfly:

ANSWER MY QUESTION FUCKWIT

 

nothuman:

sigma and i didn’t date. we were talking though because i wanted the video he had of us dancing when i got drunk 

he seemed interested in me when we started talking in dms and i was like okay let’s see where this goes but i wasn’t emotionally invested lol i kind of kept doing it because atsushi got mad and it made me giggle

 

butterfly:

BRUHHHHH

 

boydetective:

I’m ngl I thought you were talking to Sigma to get back somehow at Fyodor

 

nothuman:

nah sigma doesn’t like fyodor and has been actively trying to stop being friends with him

though we stopped talking because he said that although he knows i’m a good person (debatable) i’m too much like fyodor and he just can’t keep messing around with me 🧍

that’s why i got kicked tachihara and Chuuya when they were saying shit about me being suicidal and temporary being the reason sigma and i didn’t work out because that was literally not the only reason

it was a reason i guess because apparently that’s what he told atsushi or so i hear i don’t know

i lowkey also don’t give a fuck like i don’t care

i HATE when motherfuckers talk on a subject they know nothing about and spread misinformation

 

butterfly:

You spread misinformation all the time

 

nothuman:

no baby cakes i spread disinformation

i’m spreading info i know is wrong 😈

and mostly to kunikida because he’s such a stick in the mud that it’s funny

 

boydetective:

Agreed. Messing with Kunikida is actually my favorite past time

 

nothuman:

literally my favorite hobby

but yeah hope that answers your question pookie

 

butterfly:

So what’s different about Chuuya

 

nothuman:

i dunno

 

boydetective:

THATS SUCH A NON ANSWER

 

nothuman:

THAT’S THE TRUTH THOUGH I DUNNO

i mean we talked last night and a little bit this morning but

🤷

who knows

it’ll probably blow over.

i genuinely doubt he’ll wanna be with me long term.

 

butterfly:

😬

I know something you don’t know……

 

nothuman:

🤨

 

boydetective:

Wait am I included in that

 

butterfly:

No you know cause I sent it to you eons ago

 

boydetective:

Oh okay so I’m assuming once you share I’ll reremember

 

butterfly:

That’s not a word but yes

 

nothuman:

CAN YOU GET TO IT

 

butterfly:

Ok so remember when you guys had your fake out make out

 

nothuman:

none of you guys will ever let me forget it so yes.

 

butterfly:

OK WELL…

Chuuya told Kouyou as we all may now know

 

nothuman:

yeah cause she knew she has bets with kunikida

 

butterfly:

Is that what he told you?

Also sidebar: the bets those two have ARE INSANE. She organizes their bets in a google sheet and it’s fucking crazy

We can discuss that later though

 

boydetective:

That’s so good for a resume though

Ok anyway

 

nothuman:

that is what he told me, yes

 

butterfly:

WELL

That was a lie

He told Kouyou because after you kissed him he had like a lightbulb moment

Realized that he may have some sort of feelings for you

 

nothuman:

LMFAO DEADASS?

bro needs to go outside and talk to people what the fuck 😭

 

boydetective:

DAZAI DUDE 💀

 

nothuman:

wait can i make fun of him for this

this is so funny

he has a crush on me oh my god what a loser lol

 

butterfly:

DAZAI STOP IT

YOU KISSED HIM TWICE!!!!

 

nothuman:

so he was totally lying when he said i was not the best kiss he’s ever had 😏

 

boydetective:

Definitely in his top 2!

 

nothuman:

OKAY SO I WAS RIGHT THE LITTLE FUCK HAS ONLY EVER KISSED ME

 

butterfly:

This is so interesting

Where would you rank him

 

nothuman:

solid 3

he’s too shy about it every single time

the first time, sure made sense cause he had no idea i was going to do it but

he knew i was going to kiss him last night

 

butterfly:

How did he know

 

nothuman:

i was like two inches away from his mouth as he was talking to me

and he was literally holding my face

there’s no way he couldn’t piece that shit together

 

butterfly:

Ok no offense that was actually tmi

Your nudes I can handle but this was just descriptive

 

nothuman:

glad to see you defy the fujoshi allegations every time you can

 

butterfly:

HELP HAHAHA

 

boydetective:

Idk some people don’t get it

Cause I could be staring into Poe’s eyes and telling him I love him forever and he’ll be shocked when I kiss him

 

butterfly:

YALL SAY I LOVE YOU????

 

boydetective:

WE’VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS NOW???

We began dating like mid may it’s now like end of august

 

butterfly:

I’ve had my shawty for like four days

Is it incestuous that Dazai and I are dating the tenants below us

 

nothuman:

ok i wouldn’t say Chuuya and i are dating

we did not go on a date

hence we cannot be dating

 

butterfly:

Kou and I haven’t been on a date?

But we’re dating

 

nothuman:

you two watch your little show together and giggle and whatever girls do i’d say that’s a date

 

butterfly:

I’m gonna start taking shots every time you say something misogynistic

 

boydetective:

You will die.

 

nothuman:

I’M NOT BEING MISOGYNISTIC??? I’M A FEMINIST

 

butterfly:

Me when I lie

Anyway thanks I have to spread my wings and go spread this information like I’m Paul Revere and the British are coming

RANPO PLS SHOW THAT TO POE BTW HE’S GONNA FIND IT SO FUNNY

 

boydetective:

?????

Ok????

Why’s it funny?

YOSANO WHY IS HE LAUGHING

WHAT DOES IT MEAN

Oh it’s an American revolution thing

Why are we making references to the American revolution

 

nothuman:

DON’T SPREAD MY BUSINESS??

 

butterfly:

Sorry it’s too late I already told the girls in our server

 

boydetective:

You girls have a server I’m not in????

 

butterfly:

Yup

 

boydetective:

INVITE ME?

 

nothuman:

and me

 

butterfly:

Nope!

 

NO BOYS ALLOWED

yapping-zone

Today at 8:13 PM.

butterfly:

Big news 

Dazai and Chuuya kissed.

AGAIN

 

goldendemon:

Lol Chuuya told me already

 

butterfly:

Awe man what I just found out from Dazai bc of Ranpo

 

goldendemon:

To be fair Chuuya is a piss poor liar and he came home absolutely covered in sand and I asked him about it and he like… couldn’t lie

 

butterfly:

I mean this kindly but

LOSER HAHAHA 🫵🤣

 

light_finder:

ARE THEY DATING

 

butterfly:

Oh my god I asked that and Dazai is such a literal fuck he said to me “we’re not dating because we haven’t gone on a date which means we aren’t dating”

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Uh oh

 

natnatsuko:

Uh oh?

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Atsushi and I were watching a youtube video on my phone and he saw the messages…

Prepare for the gaygency server to erupt.

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

0:

Kind of excited…

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 8:17 PM.

alphatiger:

OSAMU

FUCKING

DAZAI

 

nothuman:

ok how did you find out

are you in the girls’ server?

 

doppo_poet:

There’s a girl’s server?

 

countess..luanne:

Yup

 

alphatiger:

DONT YOU DARE TRY TO DEFLECT

 

nothuman:

I’M NOT I ASKED A VALID QUESTION

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i dont know whats happening but jinko yelling at dazai makes me incredibly happy

 

natnatsuko:

If this makes you happy you need to up your standards in life

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

god forbid a guy support his bf but ok

 

alphatiger:

YOU GIVE ME SHIT FOR BEING WITH AKUTAGAWA BC YOU DONT LIKE HIM BUT YOURE SUCKING FACE WITH CHUUYA???????????????

AGAIN???????????????

ARE YOU SHITTY ME YOU MUMMY FUCK

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

omg i feel like a kid on christmas

or what i imagine a kid on christmas feels like

 

arahabaki:

Oh my god

 

alphatiger:

SHUT UP CHUUYA THIS AINT ABOUT YOU

Ok wait I’m sorry you can speak

I’m sorry

 

doppo_poet:

Oh my.

 

alphatiger:

BUT YOU DAZAI

EXPLAIN YOURSELF

YOU SAID

↪️ nothuman: chuuya and i are not compatible

↪️ nothuman: i’m not understanding the appeal of chuuya and i ending up together

↪️ nothuman: which means we won’t work out because i like my dudes a little ugly

↪️ nothuman: like chuuya and i are incredibly incompatible

↪️nothuman: you piss me off so bad

Message to Chuuya btw

↪️nothuman: every time someone mentions that an orphan dies

Message about their kiss btw

↪️ nothuman: are you braindead lol

Message to Chuuya btw

ALL OF THAT TO OR ABOUT CHUUYA

Work Cited

Dazai, Osamu. Texts About Chuuya . Discord, 2025.

BY THE WAY THESE ARE JUST FROM THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

I CAN FIND MORE.

 

nothuman:

holy fuck not the cited sources and work cited page

holy shit atsushi

i’m genuinely at a loss for words

 

arahabaki:

Damn dude you do not fucking like me.

 

nothuman:

OH MY GOD RELAX

why are your panties in a twist atsu

 

alphatiger:

Because you give Akutagawa and me shit for being together

Well actually mostly Akutagawa shit

Me indirectly because what you say to him affects me too

But I digress

You’ve hated both Chuuya and Akutagawa since high school over the pettiest reasons ever

But you can overlook Chuuya’s shit with you but not Akutagawa’s???

Like no offense Chuuya but

I’m done with the shitting on Akutagawa and me

 

nothuman:

wow

 

alphatiger:

That’s all you have to say???

 

nothuman:

i mean what else do you want me to say

 

alphatiger:

That you’re sorry????

 

nothuman:

in your research of when i said shit about Chuuya, did you skip over when i said i was kidding when i was messing with you guys?

 

alphatiger:

No I saw it and I also saw it when you followed it up with saying that I have bad taste in men and Akutagawa is a little bitch

Which he isn’t btw

 

nothuman:

ok 👍

 

alphatiger:

That’s it?????

 

nothuman:

you want a response? i’ll give you a fucking response.

what i’m not understanding is why a. what Chuuya and i are up to is any of your concern, b. how any of it relates to you and akutagawa, c. why you’re doing this shit in the server and not in dms, and d. why this is the first i’m hearing of this actually bothering you.

and honestly akutagawa too.

both of you could have dmed me and said that shit was making you upset or uncomfortable and asked me to stop.

instead you’re bitching about how i’m mean and a hypocrite because of what happened with Chuuya?

you had no problem telling me to stop talking about killing myself in the server over dms and while i’m not perfect and sometimes i say something, you respond and i change what i say.

read up. tell me i’m lying about that. would love to see it.

you’ve only ever gone along with it in the server and i was under the impression that it was fine to joke about because no one said anything to me about it being genuinely hurtful or uncomfortable.

so i will say that i’ll stop and that i’m sorry because i just thought i was joking but

i’m not going to argue with you here because it’s genuinely a waste of my time and i’ve come to realize that i don’t fucking care.

so fuck you.

 

nothuman has left the server.

 

alphatiger:

☹️

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

damn thats crazy lol

 

arahabaki:

I’ll go talk to him dw

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

I wonder how that will go

 

alphatiger:

Sorry guys

Idk what happened 

 

boydetective:

I was afk for like five minutes…

Holy crashout Batman

But did you seriously never hit him up in dms? Lol

 

alphatiger:

I mean it’s not like Ryu and I haven’t said anything in here before about it!!

 

boydetective:

Listen man I’m not picking sides but also this server is full of bits and jokes so it’s not really insane for Dazai to think that he was just being funny haha with you guys at the expense of being annoying instead of hurtful

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

sounds like ur siding w him

 

butterfly:

I’m not talking because I will get in trouble

But since I’m once again the single mother of the server let’s try to cement down some server rules to avoid conflicts like this in the future?

 

countess..luanne:

No bc why will talking get you in trouble?

 

butterfly:

CAUSE IM THE ONE WHO BLABBED IN OUR SERVER AND HE FOUND OUT AND CRASHED OUT 😭

 

countess..luanne:

Ohhhhhhhh

 

butterfly:

Yeah I’m gonna go offline and reflect on my actions now

I can’t believe sharing information has done me so dirty

 

alphatiger:

Yosano I’m sorry 😭

 

butterfly:

Lol no need to apologize to me atsu but I need to apologize to Chuuya and Dazai so I’ll talk to y’all later

 

Today at 11:03PM

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shadow.praiser:

OH WHAT THE FUCK 😭

wait wtf happened

literal war

 

blcklzrd:

Oh my god we can never go on dnd again it turns out we’re the only people who can hold this fucking server together

 

shadow.praiser:

i cant believe were discord daddies :(

this is a big jump in our relationship… 🤭

 

blcklzrd:

LMFAO STFU

Notes:

i have concepts of a plan writing this and this is what happened. had an actual crashout over bluesky because i thought i fucked up the timeline because all the shit happens DURING the tachitani date but i used my brain for once and figured it out. idk elapsed time guys i fucking failed that shit in the fourth grade idk

Atsushi doesn't bring up the black eye and bruised nose just because he cares more about Akutagawa than himself. that was intentional guys please trust LOL

the og concept of this chapter was much nicer but cherry (luci-pupp.bsky.social) discusses dazatsu angst with me and that got stuck in my head heavy........ so this is not my fault i'm just a product of my environment!!!

anyway i'm on bsky @unknown-ghost.bsky.social if you want to read my crashout or my stupid posts about me bitching about my life idk

bye and i hope you enjoy!

AND BTW NOT EDITED THIS WAS 40 PAGES AND I HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE LITERALLY RN SO BYE

Chapter 54: Second and Third Double Black

Summary:

Dazai realizes what's really important and Atsushi cries a whole fucking lot.

Notes:

CW: discussion of medical issues, lots of crying

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Dazai didn’t care. Atsushi could say whatever he fucking wanted. Why should he care? If Atsushi had such an issue with Dazai, he didn’t understand why he didn’t tell him sooner. Dazai had been receptive and listened to Atsushi when he had an issue with Dazai talking about fucking killing himself. Where was the faith in him? Did Atsushi see Dazai as so inhumane that he’d be unable to stop doing something that was making him uncomfortable? So he had to air his dirty laundry for everyone to see? Well, whatever. He didn’t care. He decided he didn’t care. Agan, why should he? After pulling that stunt by showing all the messages he sent recently about Chuuya, why should he even give a fuck?

 

He sat at his desk, book in hand. He was reading The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway as he had recently taken an interest to American writers. There was a knock on his door. He assumed it was Yosano, so he didn’t bother to get up and open the door. She was fully capable of doing that.

 

“Come in,” he said as he turned to the next page. Whatever she wanted to talk about he had no interest. Atsushi can suck one for all he cares.

 

Instead of Yosano walking in, it was Chuuya, which caught him off guard. He didn’t know why it caught him off guard this much or why his stomach felt like it was in knots now, but all he knew was that this was an entirely new feeling for him and he didn’t like it.

 

“Hey,” Chuuya greeted, closing the door behind him. He walked over to where Dazai sat, hands in his pocket, and looked down at the book he was reading. “American author?”

 

“Yeah. It’s Hemingway.”

 

“Is it good?” Chuuya asked, seeming to be actually interested.

 

“For an American writer, this shit does not take place in the United States,” Dazai said simply, “apparently Paris to Americans is just about food, sex, and alcohol.”

 

Chuuya let out a chuckle before speaking. “Imagine asking Poe what he thinks of Paris and that’s what he says.”

 

Dazai let out a short laugh, placing a bookmark to keep his place, and shutting the book. He placed it down neatly on his desk before turning to Chuuya in his chair. “If he said that, I think I’d lose it.”

 

Chuuya smiled and nodded in response, blue eyes watching Dazai as if they were studying him. He probably was. He wasn’t unfamiliar with these types of looks. He grew up with them—the look that likes to spot cracks in a performance, seeing how an actor messes up. Dazai decided a long time ago that his performances would be flawless.

 

“Atsushi didn’t really hold back before, did he?” Chuuya asked, his smile being replaced with a face of neutrality. It was Dazai’s turn to study Chuuya; to see what tricks he was plotting. 

 

“No, he didn’t,” Dazai said, his face neutral as well. He didn’t care. “Not my problem though. I apologized and left the server, so he won’t have to deal with me any longer.”

 

Dazai liked seeing a brief moment of surprise on Chuuya’s face as he comprehended what Dazai said. Dazai liked seeing the wheels turn in Chuuya’s head as he tried to formulate a response. Did he stump Chuuya? Conversations were about exchanging information or winning. There was nothing for him to learn right now. All he had was to win.

 

“You’re not going to be friends with Atsushi anymore?” Chuuya asked.

 

“Well, who’d want to be friends with a mean hypocrite?” Dazai asked rhetorically, but he watched for Chuuya’s reaction or response. 

 

Chuuya didn’t skip a beat. “I agree that he should’ve taken it up privately with you. Airing his grievances in the server against only you must’ve been shitty and I don’t blame you that it hurt your feelings. I think not being his friend anymore is pushing it though.”

 

“Hurt my feelings?” Dazai asked aloud, eyeing Chuuya suspiciously. “I don’t care about what he said. This whole situation is beneath me.” He got up out of his chair, forcing Chuuya to look up at him to keep eye contact.

 

“He hurt your feelings, dude,” Chuuya said again, reinforcing his point, “if he didn’t then why defend yourself?”

 

“To set the point straight,” Dazai said, like it was obvious. Why on earth would he let Atsushi spew shit that was wrong without saying anything in response?

 

“You apologized to him,” Chuuya responded, “and sure you followed it up with that you didn’t care and also a fuck you, but that just proves that you do care and that he hurt your feelings.”

 

Dazai felt himself get mad. “Atsushi Nakajima is not able to hurt my feelings,” he stated simply, turning away from Chuuya and walking to his bed, where he laid down, back to Chuuya. Whatever. Who gives a fuck about this conversation anyway? Not him, that’s who. “It’s getting late. I’m going to bed. We can talk tomorrow.”

 

There was silence for a hot minute where Dazai actually believed that the conversation would be dropped. Instead, Chuuya chose to walk to where Dazai was facing and sat down on his bed next to him, looking down at him. Dazai didn’t look at him, keeping his eyes to the wall. Why the fuck did Chuuya care so much? It’s not like the shit Atsushi had sent Dazai saying about Chuuya was shit Chuuya hadn’t already seen. He should’ve just killed himself last night—no, fuck it, he should’ve just kill himself that night on the boardwalk. Life for everyone else would be so much easier if he was dead. All he did was cause suffering, whether directly or indirectly. It didn’t matter. He was a calamity, wreaking havoc and—

 

Chuuya placed his hand on Dazai’s cheek, his thoughts dissipating at the touch. Dazai’s eyes didn’t listen to his body to keep looking ahead and moved to look at Chuuya, who looked at Dazai so fondly.

 

“You’re allowed to be upset about what he said, regardless of if he’s in the right or not,” Chuuya said, “being upset isn’t a bad thing, Dazai.”

 

Dazai wanted to sit up and yell at Chuuya, ask him what the fuck did he know about feelings and being upset?! Instead he laid there, looking up at Chuuya, unable to get angry at him when all he was doing was drowning out the awful thoughts he always had somewhere in his head. Chuuya was always the last person he’d want to be vulnerable around, but now? He felt like Chuuya was the only person who could draw it out of him. Was that crazy? Was he crazy?

 

“I don’t…” Dazai’s words trailed off as he stopped himself, licking his lips as he tried to formulate his thoughts. “I don’t understand other people.” Chuuya had won this conversation, Dazai thought, which only furthered his statement because he knew other people didn’t converse to win something. “I knew I was being annoying, but I thought I was being… funny? I guess?” He wanted to sit up but didn’t want to run the risk of Chuuya moving his hand, so he just stayed laying down. “I feel like I only ever made jokes about them breaking up, not so much about Akutagawa himself anyway. I know Ranpo joked about it too. It’s just… is it me? Like, if I were someone else it’d be okay? I don’t understand any of this at all.”

 

“It’s probably because you guys have a history together. You bullied Akutagawa in high school and Atsushi probably views it as you still bullying him,” Chuuya said bluntly. Dazai rolled his eyes.

 

“Well, if we’re going to talk about bullying, here's a piece of information people seem quick to forget; Akutagawa bullied Atsushi his freshman year,” Dazai said simply, sitting up. Chuuya moved his hand to his own lap and Dazai was glad. Suddenly, he didn’t want to be touched anymore. He sat next to Chuuya, feet planted on the floor. “And I was there for Atsushi and defended him. Junichiro and Naomi too because Akutagawa and Higuchi got into it with the three of them. Akutagawa would shit on Atsushi all the time and say way worse shit to Atsu than I ever said to Akutagawa, but suddenly Akutagawa is cool and a victim and I’m just the asshole? I really don’t get it.” Dazai clenched his jaw, reminiscing.

 

“They had to have worked everything out before they started dating,” Chuuya said, “and Akutagawa must’ve apologized to him. Have you ever apologized to Akutagawa about high school?”

 

“No, and I won’t,” Dazai said. He looked Chuuya dead in the eyes. “And I won’t apologize to you either.” He doesn’t know why he said that. He doesn't know why he’s like this. This wasn’t because of the incident with Odasaku, being raised by Mori, or his life before Mori. He can’t help but push anyone who wants to be there for him away or at least keep them at arm’s length. He’s afraid of what people will find, if there’s something under all the walls he puts up and the layers he wears that are unbeknownst to him. He wishes he was a normal, human person. That is his one desire. Yet, he stops himself every. single. time.

 

“I don’t want an apology,” Chuuya said genuinely, “and I really don’t need one either. I’m over it. And honestly I think Akutagawa is mostly over it too. The person who cares is Atsushi because he cares about Akutagawa. Is that making sense?”

 

“No,” Dazai answered, “cause Atsushi wasn’t even there. I don’t know why he fucking cares!”

 

Chuuya pat the top of Dazai’s head, laughing a bit at the small outburst and Dazai didn’t know why. “Atsushi is a sensitive guy,” Chuuya said, “of course he’s going to care even if he wasn’t there. He’s the biggest crybaby ever, dude.”

 

“He’s not—” Dazai stopped himself from defending Atsushi. He clicked his jaw and he saw Chuuya smile at him again.

 

“He’s not what, Dazai?” Chuuya asked, as if he was an instigator and Dazai was beginning to believe he was.

 

“Oh, can it, shortstack,” Dazai grumbled, crossing his arms and looking away.

 

“Lay off about my height, asshole,” Chuuya said as Dazai chuckled. Chuuya stood up, standing directly in front of Dazai. He put his hands on the sides of Dazai’s face, tilting his head to look upwards and at him. “It’s kind of cute that you’re so protective of him even when you are upset with him.”

 

Dazai felt himself blush—another new feeling he was unhappy about experiencing, mind you. He shifted his focus to the side, away from Chuuya, feeling some sort of way about looking him in the eyes right now. “I’m not…” he muttered, trailing off, unable to finish the sentence over the feeling in his chest. He didn’t know what he was going through right now, but he hoped it killed him.

 

“You’re not what? Cute or protective?” Chuuya asked smugly. Dazai knew now that they were… a thing, he supposed, he couldn’t punch him in the face.

 

“Are you just gonna talk cocky or are you actually gonna do something?” Dazai asked, his brown eyes boring into the sky blue eyes Chuuya had, “cause I’m beginning to think you’re kind of a pu—”

 

Chuuya pushed Dazai over, pinning his arms over his head, and hovered right over him. Chuuya was kneeling over Dazai, his one knee on the other side of one of Dazai’s legs and the other in between them. His lips dangerously close but not touching, much to Dazai’s dismay. Did he have to do fucking everything? He leaned upwards, trying to kiss Chuuya himself, cause God forbid Chuuya do it, but the stupid short fucker moved away from him.

 

“Man, what’s the point of this?” Dazai asked, irritated.

 

“Sorry, just remembering when you said that when we kiss an orphan dies… can’t have that on my conscience.” Ugh. Dazai scoffed.

 

“No, actually, I said that if people mentioned us kissing in front of Shirase and Yuan an orphan would die,” he corrected.

 

Chuuya was still smug. “Say one nice thing about me and I’ll kiss you.”

 

“Say one—?!” Dazai didn’t like to be blackmailed, but he grimaced and racked his brain for anything he could say to Chuuya and mean. He opened his mouth to say something, but all he let out was a shuddering, reluctant breath. Dazai was bad at being nice and saying positive things that he meant to people. Was it pride? Shame? Or was it fear? The fear of being vulnerable or the fear of it coming back and being used against him? He learned a long time ago that when people find out his true feelings on things or people, it will be used against him. 

 

He wanted to be different though, from how he used to be. Out of Mori’s grasp and his influence. He just wanted to be… him. Whoever that was. 

 

“You’re beautiful.” He had said it a bit quietly, but he meant it. He knew he meant it because it wasn’t a lie. Sure, when Yosano said three months ago that Chuuya was handsome, he denied that claim… but he had known that Chuuya was beautiful that night on the docks, no matter how badly he wished at the time he wished he wasn’t. 

 

“Geez, thought that was gonna kill you,” Chuuya said cheekily, but fulfilled his end of the deal. He leaned down and kissed Dazai, who kissed him back. This kiss made Dazai realize that Chuuya wasn’t so much a shy kisser, but just a gentle one. He kissed Dazai like he was glass, scared that any sort of roughness was going to shatter him completely. Dazai wasn’t sure if he could deny the glass allegations, but he knew he wouldn’t mind being shattered right now as long as it was Chuuya shattering him.

 

That was something Dazai was certain he’d never tell Chuuya.

 

— — —

 

“Ranpo saying holy crashout is kind of funny, Jinko.”

 

Atsushi laid next to Akutagawa, whose head was on Atsushi’s chest as he tired scrolled through the discord, rereading it and chuckling. His chuckles were interrupted by coughs that had Atsushi look down in worry.

 

Right before the semester began, Akutagawa learned and then told Atsushi that his condition was not getting any better and has a probability of getting worse. Akutagawa told Atsushi as soon as he heard that his chances of living a long life were slim, and that if he wanted to leave him now before he gets worse, he’d understand. Atsushi doesn’t know if he’s ever cried so hard in his life. The idea of losing Akutagawa killed him, but what killed him more is that Akutagawa saw himself as a burden of some sort on Atsushi. How could he even feel this way? 

 

With everything happening, finding out about Dazai and Chuuya just seemed… insane. Dazai has consistently hated Chuuya as well as Akutagawa. Why did Chuuya get a pass? Dazai and Chuuya were known to butt heads in high school, but all Akutagawa did with Dazai was look up to him! See him as someone who has helped him! Just for Dazai to hate and insult and besmirch Akutagawa even now… but no, Chuuya is okay. Something inside of Atsushi snapped at the news, but now he was beginning to regret the way he had gone about it.

 

“I didn’t mean to go crazy,” he said softly, his cheek resting on top of Akutagawa’s head. “I just… I don’t want him to be mean to you anymore.” His voice wavered. He didn’t want to cry, but he couldn’t help it. He felt Akutagawa shift under him, moving to look Atsushi in the face.

 

“Jinko,” Akutagawa said. Atsushi hid his face in Akutagawa’s pillows. He didn’t want to make this about himself. “Atsushi.” He ran his hand through Atsushi’s hair. “Let me see you.”

 

Atsushi obeyed, albeit reluctantly, and turned to Akutagawa with glossy eyes. Akutagawa pulled Atsushi in towards him, embracing him.

 

“Everything will be okay, alright Jinko?” Akutagawa reassured, kissing the side of his head, “I’m still here and I’m not going to die tomorrow or anything. Start feeling this way when we hit thirty-five, okay?”

 

Atsushi didn’t find that very funny, but it wasn’t his place to tell Akutagawa how to deal with his own illness and prognosis. “Who says that you’re even gonna be with me at thirty-five? What if you find someone cooler?”

 

“Oh Jinko, I talk to cooler people everyday and I will always pick you,” Akutagawa teased, then turned away to cough into his handkerchief. He turned back and kissed Atsushi’s head again. “I’ll always pick you.”

 

Atsushi sniffled, “and I’d pick you every single time too. You know that, don’t you?”

 

“I do,” Akutagawa replied, tucking Atsushi’s long bang behind his ear, “which is crazy, by the way, cause I was nothing but mean to you when we first met and then when I’m finally nice to you, I get bad medical news.”

 

“Stop that,” Atsushi said.

 

“Don’t worry about any of it, okay?” Akutagawa said, hugging Atsushi tightly, “I’m on top of it.”

 

“I don’t want you to worry about me, I want you to worry about you,” Atsushi replied.

 

“Well, I am worried about you because all you do is worry about other people and take on their suffering,” Akutagawa said simply, “don’t take on my suffering.”

 

“Too late,” Atsushi said, “I will take it all on if I need to.”

 

“You don’t need to.”

 

“I do.”

 

“No,” Akutagawa said, placing his hand on the back of Atsushi’s head and holding him tenderly, “do you know how much I care about you, Jinko? If I am the reason you suffer, then it’ll cause me suffering, which will then create this never ending cycle of suffering. You just humbled the fuck out of Dazai—which he needed, but I digress—even though you don’t have a mean bone in your body. I know you’re worried about me, but Jinko…” He squeezed Atsushi, taking in a deep sigh as he closed his own eyes to stop his own tears from forming. “I want you to stay sweet and uncorrupted. I’m still talking to doctors… I’m doing what I can. Don’t take the brunt of it just so I don’t have to.”

 

Atsushi hugged onto Akutagawa too, his face buried in his chest. “I can’t get what you said out of my head,” Atsushi said, voice muffled and Akutagawa could feel his warm tears, “when you said that I can leave and you wouldn’t be upset because you’d understand. Why on earth would I wanna leave you, Ryu?! I could never! I don’t like that you gave me an out because I don’t want an out! I want to be with you forever—no matter what!”

 

Akutagawa felt his lips quiver, unable to stop his tears from falling. He grabbed Atsushi’s shoulders and pushed him back so he could see his face and so Atsushi could see him. “I didn’t want to be selfish,” Akutagawa tried to explain, doing his hardest to keep his voice steady and not get himself sucked into the sad, teary expression (with a black eye still, mind you) of his boyfriend who looked so heartbroken when there was no reason to be. “I wanted to make sure that you knew if you needed an out for your happiness, it was there for you.”

 

“You are my happiness,” Atsushi argued, voice wavering.

 

“My Jinko,” Akutagawa began fondly, hands moving from his shoulders to his face. He wiped Atsushi’s tears. “I was just looking out for you the way I know you’d look out for me.” He kissed Atsushi gently, then pulled back just so he could kiss Atsushi’s cheek. He rubbed his thumbs on Atsushi’s cheeks, as if to try to soothe him. “Don’t be sad.”

 

Atsushi placed his hands over Akutagawa’s, sniffling, and trying his hardest to hold back his tears. “I love you,” he said and meant every word, every syllable. He would burn it onto himself; he meant it that much. “Please don’t push me away.”

 

“Never, Jinko, never,” Akutagawa replied, his look fond yet sad, “I really didn’t mean to cause you such strife, Atsushi.” He took in a deep breath and rested his forehead against Atsushi’s. What he said next shocked Atsushi. “When you graduate, let’s get married.”

 

Atsushi’s eyes widened, almost bugging out of his head. “Ma–Married? You’d wanna marry me?” He asked, bewildered. Akutagawa let out a laugh.

 

“Yes, why would I ask you if I didn’t?” He asked.

 

“We can’t legally get married though.”

 

“I know that, but who cares?” He asked, genuinely. He pushed Atsushi over so he was laying down again and Akutagawa laid next to him. “I said on the first day of classes that you were mine forever and you just said now that you want to be with me forever, I feel like the only logical thing left to do is get married.”

 

Atsushi was smiling now; a big, goofy smile was plastered on his face that he wouldn’t be able to shake off despite the growing and reddening blush on his face. “But we’ve been dating less than a year… how do you know that you’re still going to—”

 

“Jinko, be serious. We’re a month shy of being together for a year,” Akutagawa said, flicking Atsushi’s forehead. Atsushi whined.

 

“I already have a black eye! Please don’t hurt my face worse!” He cried out. Akutagawa chuckled, leaning over and kissing Atsushi where he had flicked him.

 

“I’m sorry, I won’t do that again,” he promised. He very gently kissed under Atsushi’s black eye. “Let’s watch something.”

 

— — —

 

Talking to Fukuzawa about literally anything was enough to incite fear into Dazai. While he spoke to Fukuzawa about his current plans for the semester and things he needed to do to graduate, it was still… kind of scary. He had such an intense look all the time! He didn’t know how Ranpo lived with him twenty-four seven!

 

Since today was Thursday, Dazai had no more classes for the day and was free to head out. He figured he could try to get some work done early, but he also wanted to finish reading that book… Chuuya had kept him rather preoccupied the night prior, meaning he was unable to read again. 

 

As he walked towards the door, he saw Atsushi turning the corner towards him, probably just getting out of class. He paused momentarily, but remembered he was going to stay out of Atsushi’s way—just like he wanted, right? He felt bitter about it, but whatever. He resumed walking.

 

“Dazai!”

 

He turned to see Atsushi rushing to meet him, face desperate. His black eye was already beginning to clear up, which was good considering it was only the second day of having it. He always healed pretty fast. 

 

“What do you need, Nakajima?” He asked casually and coolly, like he didn’t care. That’s because he didn’t.

 

“Can we talk—please?” Atsushi asked. Dazai wanted to ask how he had the gall to even bother, but seeing the black eye on his face and knowing he got that because of Dazai had him bite his tongue.

 

“Yeah,” Dazai replied, “sure.”

 

— — —

 

The two stood in a typically unused stairwell, as when the building was renovated a few years ago a new set of stairs was created that was much more popular with students. Dazai stood, back against the wall, watching Atsushi, waiting for what he had to say. He looked nervous, uncomfortable, but Dazai didn’t have it in him to feel bad for him. He wanted to get this over with and go home.

 

Atsushi took in a deep breath, seeming like he was going to say something deep and profound, but instead he bowed his head down and said, “I was out of line and totally mean yesterday when I was arguing with you! I should’ve talked to you privately and not in front of anyone! I’m really, really sorry!” He spoke too fast, his hands were clenched so tightly at his sides Dazai was surprised he didn’t see blood, and was shaking like a leaf. 

 

“Um…” Dazai began, unsure of what to say, “it’s okay…”

 

“No, it’s not!” Atsushi said. He looked up at him and oh God, he was going to cry! Dazai was so bad when dealing with crying people—especially Atsushi who cried all the time! “I… I don’t want to say anything because it’s Akutagawa’s business, but things are just… not good with his health right now and I’ve been totally freaking out about it and when I saw you were ‘getting along’ well with Chuuya, everything just felt like it bubbled over and I got mad because I can’t do anything to help him so I took it out on you like it was going to do something and I—”

 

He was rambling, tears streaming down his face and Dazai wondered why Atsushi thought he cared about what—wait, no! Atsushi was right to tell him all this because Dazai did fucking care! Oh my God… Dazai cared about Atsushi. He cared about Atsushi a lot! This was that nervous, shy orphan kid he befriended and took under his wing two years ago! It didn’t matter that he was with Akutagawa or not—the only issue he got so upset yesterday is because he actually gives a fuck about what Atsushi thinks of him!

 

Dazai couldn’t even wait for Atsushi to stop rambling, he hugged Atsushi mid-ramble, interrupting him, and tried to make it up to him by patting his back. Atsushi was clearly surprised—this is probably the first time they ever hugged. “I forgive you, Atsushi,” he said and he meant every word he said, “and I’m sorry too. I really didn’t think I was being offensive, but I won’t do it anymore, okay?” Fuck. He felt his eyes sting.

 

Atsushi was sobbing like a little baby and Dazai didn’t really know what to do. For as smart as he was, human emotions were really a mystery to him and Atsushi was the most human someone could get. Other than Chuuya, obviously, but damn. Atsushi felt every damn thing ever.

 

“Even though I’m not yours, you’re my best friend, Dazai! I shouldn’t have said what I said! You’re not mean! Most of the time, anyway.” Dazai felt himself laugh at the second part, but felt honored by the first part.

 

“You are my best friend, Atsushi,” he said, giving Atsushi a squeeze, “let’s go talk this over some bowls of chazuke, okay? And stop the tears.” He pulled back from the hug and wiped the corner of his own eyes.

 

Atsushi saw this and just cried harder, basically jumping onto Dazai, toppling over to the ground, and hugging him tight. Well, the chazuke could wait, Dazai supposed as he hugged Atsushi back. His best friend needed him.

Notes:

Dazai reading Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises is because the name reminds me of Osamu Dazai's The Setting Sun

Atsushi canonically heals fast because of the weretiger but since this is an au he just heals fast because he's built different

Dazai cared the entire time. Dazatsu is so Sonic and Tails coded :(

Dazai's dynamic with Atsushi is the "leave me alone baby... *sobbing* YOURE MY BABY YOU'RE MY BABY AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !!!!! O GOD"

akutagawa still has his fuck ass illness even in this fic sorry guys 3

ok bye

Chapter 55: New Rules

Summary:

Junichiro and Yosano make edits to the server in Dazai's absence. Junichiro becomes a topic of conversation.

Notes:

CW: throwing up?? it's reference it's not explicit

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

rules

Today at 10:45 AM.

shadow.praiser:

Hi guys! I know we want to be silly and have fun, but after the events of last night, Yosano and I made the executive decision to make some server rules to adhere to, just to ensure that there isn’t a repeat!

 

1. Any private issues need to be dealt with in DMs and not the general chat or any other chat in the server.

2. If issues arise in the server with someone else, it’s both of your responsibilities to deal with it yourselves. We are adults so please act accordingly.

3. If you’re having issues with someone that’s either Yosano, me, or Dazai, reach out to one of the three you don’t have an issue with. If you’re having an issue with all of us, reach out to Kunikida.

4. No one is going to be banned but timeouts and kicks will be implemented if you’re being openly hostile.

5. No one, not even myself, Yosano, or Dazai, are above the rules so if we’re acting out, call us out if we’re not enforcing the rules. If there’s still issues, reach out to Kunikida.

6. Invites need to be okayed by Yosano, Dazai, or I. Rule by Yosano who, and I quote, says, “we can’t be fucking with lames.” So just ask before inviting someone.

7. GUYS PLEASE BE NICE IT MAKES ME ANXIOUS WHEN YOU’RE NOT 😭

 

 

general-chat

Today at 10:48 AM.

boydetective:

Ew it feels wrong to see Junichiro type correctly

 

shadow.praiser:

LMFAO!?!??!?!

now thats just mean </3

i can type w grammar i jus choose not 2

its not who i am

it removes my whimsy nature

 

doppo_poet:

Why do people need to reach out to me?!

We never discussed that!

 

shadow.praiser:

ur the most emotionally intelligent person in the server :(

i figured that made the mst sense

sry

 

butterfly:

LMFAO

Wait bc we would abuse power

I know I abuse power in this server all the time

 

shadow.praiser:

giving kouyou server rights isnt abusing your power bc i removed her rights

sry

but to b fair she did delete sum roles by accident 

 

goldendemon:

I already apologized why must I be punished more

 

shadow.praiser:

its less of a punishment and more of that  im aware of ur strengths and weaknesses sry

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

I love that the rules are very much “work it out yourself or talk to Kunikida” 

 

shadow.praiser:

2 b fair i gave kunikida server perms

 

doppo_poet:

YOU DID???

I don’t know how to use them.

 

shadow.praiser:

thats ok dw abt it its only if yosano and dazai r being dicks and im somehow also being a dick

which is unlikely

bc i am so afraid of all of u all of the time

its like american checks & balances or whatever

 

thegoldraven:

That’s what it’s called. Not sure if they practice it.

😐

 

boydetective:

Guys stop mentioning the united states you’re giving him trauma

 

shadow.praiser:

HELP HAHAHHAHA

 

natnatsuko:

Dazai left the server and hasn’t come back though?

 

shadow.praiser:

that he did but he will b back

 

countess..luanne:

Invite dazai back so I can ask him a question abt the server

 

shadow.praiser:

u can ask me????

 

countess..luanne:

I’m undermining your authority bc ur bf insulted me a long ass time ago for not being a true redhead when we all found out he isn’t a NATURAL GINGER.

 

blcklzrd:

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

shadow.praiser:

ok

 

blcklzrd:

Why are you listening to her

 

shadow.praiser:

women scare me 💔

 

nothuman has just landed!

 

nothuman:

papa has come back

 

butterfly:

Well well well

Look who came crawling back…

 

nothuman:

oh hello akiko…

fancy seeing you after…

after our divorce…

 

butterfly:

Hm.

Interesting you haven’t asked about the kids

 

nothuman:

oh yes the children…

how are they

 

butterfly:

Smh.

Do you know anything about our kids?!

 

nothuman:

i think one of them is name june

 

butterfly:

Junichiro!

 

nothuman:

ah yes she’s a cute kid

 

butterfly:

That’s our son!!!!

He had to take over as man of the house in your absence!!! 

 

shadow.praiser:

omfg what

i mean

yeah i had to step up where were u >:(

 

blcklzrd:

Dude are you seriously joining this fuckass roleplay

 

shadow.praiser:

god forbid i b whimsical

 

nothuman:

wait… that’s not my kid.

 

butterfly:

Excuse me?

 

nothuman:

that’s kunikida’s fuck ass child.

 

doppo_poet:

Yeah, no I’m putting an end to this.

 

butterfly:

ARE YOU CALLING ME A CHEATER, DAZAI?!

 

nothuman:

YEAH, I AM!

THAT’S NOT MY KID! I’D NEVER HAVE A GINGER KID, BUT KUNIKIDA SO WOULD!

THAT’S KUNIKIDA’S SON!

 

shadow.praiser:

@doppo_poet papa? 🥺

 

doppo_poet:

WHAT THE FUCK STOP

 

nothuman:

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

JUNICHIRO

 

butterfly:

So much lore in this family

Who knew I cheated

Not I

 

boydetective:

Really?

 

butterfly:

SHUT UP

 

nothuman:

i can’t believe atsushi’s crashout made junichiro write something out with correct spelling and grammar

 

shadow.praiser:

im a victim

 

nothuman:

CHILLOUT???

in case anyone is wondering atsushi and i made up

 

doppo_poet:

That’s good.

 

nothuman:

yeah

anyway i’m back and i see my reign of terror is being quelled by yosano and junichiro

i can no longer be the dictator i wish to be

 

boydetective:

Dicktator

 

nothuman:

man.

 

boydetective:

Men.

 

nothuman:

yeah you would say that wouldn’t you

gay boy

 

boydetective:

HELP?!?!?!?!?!

JUNICHIRO IM HAVING AN ISSUE WITH DAZAI!!!!

 

shadow.praiser:

thats yosanos territory not me

 

butterfly:

Dazai be nice to Ranpo he’s my pookie :(

 

alphatiger:

Wow

I…

Can I be honest? I genuinely thought Junichiro didn’t know how to spell

OH MY GOD I CAN HEAR HIM YELLING HE’S SEND A VOICE MESSAGE

 

shadow.praiser:

[audio message]

Transcript: ATSUSHI NAKA FUCKING JIMA I CAN SPELL OKAY?! I’M A GREAT SPELLER ACTUALLY. I’M ONE OF THE BEST SPELLERS IN THE WORLD. I’M, I CAN’T BELIEVE NONE OF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY F**KING FAITH IN ME. CAN’T A GUY JUST HAVE A TYPING QUIRK? AKUTAGAWA TYPES THE SAME AS. Actually, I will not mention Akutagawa. Atsushi please don’t expose me. Please. I didn’t mean to mention him. Oh my God I am shaking I am scared. Please spare me Atsushi.

 

alphatiger:

OMG SHUT UP 😭

You guys do type the same kind of

He shortens words and doesn’t use punctuation or anything but idk I feel like he’s easier to understand

Reading your texts sometimes is like decipher hieroglyphics 

 

shadow.praiser:

HIEROGLYPHS???

surely u r the only 1 who feels this way…

 

butterfly:

Junichiro…

 

boydetective:

I can understand it, against my will though

 

thegoldraven:

It’s kind of hard for me to understand sometimes

 

shadow.praiser:

well u dont count obv

 

boydetective:

EXCUSE ME

 

shadow.praiser:

HES AMERICAN HELP IM NOT BULLYING

 

nothuman:

i think junichiro is fine

 

shadow.praiser:

but?

 

nothuman:

for someone healing from a lobotomy

 

shadow.praiser:

I MADE THIS SERVER A HOME AND THIS IS THE THNX I GET!!!

I HATE ALL U HOES

 

light_finder:

Awe man :(

 

shadow.praiser:

not u Naomi

 

blcklzrd:

?

 

shadow.praiser:

WHORE

🫵🏻🤣

 

blcklzrd:

OK LIAR

LYING

YOU ARE A LIAR

 

arahabaki:

Context?

 

shadow.praiser:

no context

figure it out

:p

 

nothuman:

did you two fuck last night?

 

shadow.praiser:

O MY GOD NO

UR PERVERTED

 

blcklzrd:

HE WANTED TO!!!

 

shadow.praiser:

GASP?!?!??!1

ME????

HOW DARE U TRY 2 DISHONOR ME…

[audio message]

Transcript: I am a child of the Lord, you guys, I am not some sexual deviant! I am pure and good and kind and OH MY GOD YOSANO! YOSANO! MARINA JUST DROPPED A NEW SONG CALLED BUTTERFLY! YOUR GAY ASS IS TOTALLY EATING THIS UP RIGHT?!

@butterfly

@butterfly

@butterfly

@butterfly

@butterfly

@butterfly

 

butterfly:

OH MY FUCKING GOD WHAT 

Gasp…

Oh my god.

OH MY GOD

OMG

YES

YES

WINNERS WIN

WINNERS FUCKING WIN

 

blcklzrd:

Who is marina

 

shadow.praiser:

ur a boy kisser how do u not know

 

blcklzrd:

EXCUSE ME???

 

shadow.praiser:

o my god guiz watch bro deny the boy kisser allegations

as if his tongue wasnt in my mouth less than 24hrs ago

down my throat 1 could say

 

blcklzrd:

YOU LIKED IT???

 

shadow.praiser:

yeah but i also know who marina is so me kissing boys makes sense

 

blcklzrd:

boy*

 

shadow.praiser:

???

 

blcklzrd:

You’re a boy kisser singular

Cuz I’m the first dude that’s ever kissed you

 

shadow.praiser:

atsushi where ru

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

not happening dont think about it

 

shadow.praiser:

man

i cant have shit in this house

 

blcklzrd:

Whore

 

shadow.praiser:

IM NOT!!!

 

nothuman:

you begged me to drunk make out with you on the way to tachihara’s on tuesday and now you’re going on dates and making out with him

i’m so sorry but you’re a slut

 

shadow.praiser:

FUCK U DAZAI

CUZ I ONLY ASKED U BC I KNOW U HAVE A GINGER FETISH

 

nothuman:

WHERE DID THIS FUCKING RUMOR COME FROM

 

shadow.praiser:

IS IT WORNG?!?!?

REMIND ME WHAT COLOR IS CHUUYA’S HAIR

 

nothuman:

i don’t want to play this game anymore.

 

shadow.praiser:

FUCK U

CUCK

COCK SUCKER

SUCKING DICK

AND LIKING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!

 

doppo_poet:

JUNICHIRO TANIZAKI.

 

shadow.praiser:

Dazai, I’d like to apologize if my words have hurt you in any way. I let my anger get the best of me and took it out on you. Please forgive me for my lack of judgement and hostility.

 

nothuman:

EW

STOP

STOP

NEVER DO THAT AGAIN

 

shadow.praiser:

man :\

i cant do shit in this house

 

butterfly:

JUNICHIRO THE SONG IS SO GOOD

THNAK YOU

 

goldendemon:

Who is Marina?

 

butterfly:

Oh… I’m about to change your life

 

shadow.praiser:

[audio message]

Transcript: guys I have to go to class and I don’t want to go. I’m walking, I’m huffing, and I’m puffing. What if I turned around and went home to my comfy bed and slept for the rest of my life? That’d be so cool. That would be. Oh, hi! No, I’m on the. No, I’m on the phone. With? With my. Yeah, Dazai. Um… no, I gotta go, sorry! Aha, yeah! Okay, bye! Haha, yeah see you later man, great talking to you! … Oh my God oh my God oh my f**king God that was Fyodor, I don’t know why he was talking to me guys but I’m about to throw up I’m so anxious. Oh my God. Guys I’m not kidding this isn’t a bit. I’m literally shaking.

 

nothuman:

???

DID HE ASK ABOUT ME??

 

shadow.praiser:

YES DUDE 😭

GUYS IM NEROVUS LIKE RLY BAD

HE FRAKS ME OUT

 

blcklzrd:

I’ve never met this dude

 

arahabaki:

Lucky you

 

blcklzrd:

He’s just a guy don’t get nervous over him Tan

 

shadow.praiser:

NO IM NERVOUS 

IM GONNA GO VOM IN THE LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING BYE

TTYL

 

doppo_poet:

Are you being serious?

Tanizaki?

I’m in the building, I’ll go look for him.

If it’s a “bit” though I will kill him.

 

alphatiger:

He’s probably not kidding

WHY DID HE SAY SEE YOU LATER TO FYODOR

JUNICHIRO DUDE…

 

nothuman:

i feel bad cause he’s freaking but i can’t stop playing the message the way he interacts with real living people is so funny

“great talking to you” PLEASE I’M LAUGHING SO HARD HAHAHA

 

shadow.praiser:

U GUYS STOP IT

STOP IT RN

I THREW UP

 

doppo_poet:

He did.

 

nothuman:

oh my god buddy no…

go to class don’t worry about fyodor he’s a loser

 

shadow.praiser:

hehe thats the thing tho…

guess who was peeing at the urinal when i went in to yuke

 

boydetective:

Yuke is crazy

 

shadow.praiser:

MY PROFESSOR!!

HE TOLD ME TO GO HOME!!!

YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!

HE SAID ITS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE!!!!!!

I LOVE ANXIETY IM GONG BACK TO BED!!!!

 

alphatiger:

JUNICHIRO

 

shadow.praiser:

see u in a few minutes atsushi nakajima 😈

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

STOP.

Notes:

i literally don't know.

bsky: unknown-ghost

ok bye see you later

Chapter 56: Cooking with Chuuya

Summary:

Chuuya and Dazai cook together... things get heated.

Notes:

implied/referenced NSFW warning idk

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

iMessage

slug

Today at 6:04 PM.

Hey

 

hi

 

Are you hungry

 

not really

 

What did you have for dinner

 

???

 

Ok cool coming over

 

Dazai didn’t bother getting up from his bed. He knew Yosano was in the living room and she would let Chuuya in. He was too busy laying face down on his bed and being tired to get up. He heard the front door open and Yosano spoke to Chuuya briefly. After a moment of nothing, he heard his door open. He was too busy rotting to pick his head up, but he’s confident in his detective abilities that it was Chuuya.

 

“What are you doing?” Chuuya asked, closing the door behind him. He walked to Dazai’s bed and stood next to it. Dazai didn’t want to move.

 

“Relaxing,” Dazai responded simply, voice muffled by his pillow.

 

“Well, get up. It’s time to cook dinner,” Chuuya said, poking Dazai’s side. Dazai groaned loudly.

 

“Noooooo,” he whined, trying to move away from Chuuya but his bed was only so big, “I’m not hungry.”

 

“I’m hungry, so now you’re hungry.”

 

“Chibi is sooooooo bossy,” Dazai whined as he rolled over to his back and looked up at Chuuya with a smile. Chuuya couldn’t help but smile back at him, reaching over and pushing his hair back and out of Dazai’s face. “Why do I gotta do what you wanna do?”

 

“‘Cause if you did what you wanted to do, you’d do absolutely nothing,” Chuuya responded. Dazai sighed.

 

“Fine, Chuuya wins,” he grumbled. He sat up and stretched, his shirt lifting and exposing his bandaged stomach. Chuuya raised a brow and poked Dazai’s stomach in the middle of his stretch, causing Dazai to whine. “What are you doing?”

 

“Why are you actually mummified?” Chuuya asked bluntly. Dazai scoffed, turning away from Chuuya and crossing his arms.

 

“I told you I have a skin con—”

 

“That was a lie! You only said that to make a ‘nunya business’ joke, you asshole!”

 

Dazai snickered, flopping back down on his back, though this time he laid horizontal to his bed frame, meaning he was looking up directly as Chuuya. “It was funny though, wasn’t it?” He asked and Chuuya didn’t know if he was acting cute on purpose or if it was just how he was naturally. Chuuya sighed, kneeling down, and putting his hands on the sides of Dazai’s face, who was upside down. 

 

“Sure,” Chuuya responded, pinching the sides of Dazai’s face, “you’re a very funny clown.”

 

Dazai’s eyes seemed to gleam. “Wow Chuuya! You’re the nicest human being ever!”

 

Chuuya leaned over, resting his forehead on Dazai’s, and laughed. Dazai smiled, chuckled even, but he didn’t laugh as hard as Chuuya did in fear he’d laugh louder and wouldn’t be able to hear him laugh over his own.

 

“I’m hungry,” Chuuya stated, unmoving from Dazai. Dazai didn’t move away from Chuuya—he didn’t want to.

 

“Then go eat something,” Dazai responded, akin to that of a smartass.

 

“I don’t wanna eat alone,” Chuuya whined, “eat with me. I know you didn’t eat dinner.”

 

“You don’t know that,” Dazai responded.

 

“Yes, I do. I asked Yosano and she said no and then said you eat at three in the morning,” Chuuya said, bewildered, “why?

 

“It’s usually when I remember I need to eat something or else I get… like, shaky? And weak. I guess? It’s weird.”

 

“That’s ‘cause you have low blood sugar, idiot!” Chuuya lifted his head off of Dazai, “is that why you’re laying down right now? Because you’re shaky?”

 

“I’m not that shaky right now. I’m mostly fine,” Dazai said, “I also don’t have any food. So, I don’t know what you think we’re gonna cook except for my two Oreo cakesters that I stole from Yosano.”

 

“Wow, you really know how to treat yourself,” Chuuya said blandly, tracing Dazai’s jawline with his thumb, “I have food. What do you like?”

 

“Crab,” Dazai said all too quickly. Chuuya smiled.

 

“Okay, well, I don’t have crab. I was thinking something a bit more simple, yeah?” He asked rhetorically, thumb now tracing over Dazai’s lips. Dazai just watched him, gaze almost entranced on Chuuya and it made Chuuya feel a bit bashful. He’s only seen Dazai look at him with either neutrality or contempt. He welcomed this new look and did so with open arms.

 

“What do you have?” Dazai asked.

 

Chuuya leans in and Dazai thinks he’s going to kiss him. Instead, however, he slid his arms under Dazai’s arms that were spread out. He brought his arms up, lifting Dazai who whined in protest but didn’t do anything. Chuuya pulled Dazai off his bed, taking his comforter with him (sacrifices needed to be made for the greater good). Unfortunately, he tripped over one of Dazai’s fuck ass shoes and fell backwards, with Dazai falling on top of him.

 

“Ho-Holy shit, you good?” Dazai asked, leaning back to look at Chuuya. It was so obvious he was trying to not laugh.

 

“Yeah, yeah, I’m fine, you fucking—” Chuuya didn’t even get to finish his insult before Dazai started full on cackling. He was laughing so hard (at Chuuya), he was kicking his feet! Chuuya felt like he should be pissed at Dazai laughing so hard at him, but all he could feel was… oddly happy? Even though it was unintentional, he was able to do something that made Dazai laugh so hard his laugh had gone silent. He felt himself begin to laugh too only to laugh harder when he heard Dazai snort, which caused Dazai to somehow laugh even harder. He covered his face with his hands. He was laughing so hard it sounded like he was fucking crying.

 

“Stop laughing at me!” Chuuya exclaimed, the smile on his face apparent.

 

“St–Stop! Holy shit, HAHA!” Dazai took in a shuddering breath, exhaling a shaky, laughing one. “Dude, you fucking folded like a chair—oh my God, that was fucking awesome.”

 

“I wouldn’t have fallen if you had just gotten up like a normal person!”

 

Dazai leaned his head back, his hands off his face, and looked at Chuuya. He was still chuckling, his face red from laughing hard, and tears pricked his eyes. Chuuya was temporarily stilled. This was the most beautiful he’d ever seen Dazai. Regaining control of himself, he smiled. He placed his hands on Dazai’s cheeks and squished, making him look like a guppy.

 

“Why is my literal downfall so funny to you, huh?” He asked, “I thought you liked me now.”

 

“I do like you now,” Dazai responded, voice muffled by Chuuya squishing his face, but Chuuya understood him all the same. 

 

“Gee, thanks, you really know how to show it,” Chuuya responded sarcastically. Even though his face was squished, Chuuya could see Dazai smirk and an evil, evil look in his eyes. He placed his hands on Chuuya’s knees.

 

“I can show you,” Dazai said smugly, pushing Chuuya’s knees even more far apart (Dazai was already in between the guy’s poor legs). Chuuya felt his face burn red.

 

“Knock that off, shitty Dazai!” He exclaimed, feeling a bit embarrassed. Dazai laughed again and Chuuya wished it wasn’t at his expense anymore.

 

“Alright, I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” he said, taking Chuuya’s hands off his face, and actually getting up. He offered a hand to Chuuya, who took it. Dazai pulled him up—albeit, a bit too hard, causing Chuuya to stumble and trip onto Dazai, who caught him. “Oh, sorry. I genuinely didn’t mean to do that.” He patted the top of Chuuya’s head, “you’re so lithe. Maybe we do need to get some food in you.” He opened the door and walked out. Chuuya felt his eyebrow twitch.

 

“Did you just insult me, you shitty Dazai?” He asked, following Dazai out. Yosano and Kouyou were standing in the kitchen, watching as Dazai and Chuuya walked in.

 

“Are you guys good?” Kouyou asked with a quirked brow. Yosano had her hands on her hips, but was smiling.

 

“Yeah, could’ve sworn I heard Osamu Dazai of all people laughing his skinny little ass off in there,” she said. Dazai rolled his eyes.

 

“Well, yeah, it would be a shock for you to hear me laugh considering that women aren’t funny,” he responded, a bit too fast in Chuuya’s opinion. Was this guy a misogynist for real?!

 

“What are you talking about?” Yosano asked, “your mom is the greatest comedian. Look at yourself.” Chuuya let out a “HAH!” but quickly covered his mouth and looked away when Dazai sent him a look.

 

“She was the greatest comedian,” Dazai said. He smirked and Chuuya felt nervous about it. “She's dead.”

 

“FUCK YOU!” Yosano yelled, which surprised Chuuya, “you can’t just drop the ‘my mom is dead’ card! You’re a rat bastard for that, you maniac!”

 

Dazai let out a laugh. “Okay, relax, relax, calm down lady,” Dazai said and Chuuya swore he could see steam come out of Yosano’s ears, “Chuuya and I are leaving.”

 

“To do what?” Kouyou asked, feigning innocence. 

 

“We’re gonna fuck,” Dazai said. He was clearly joking, but Chuuya’s face burned bright.

 

“Oh gross. Chuuya’s gonna be topping Dazai and all we’re going to hear for two minutes straight is when a skeleton gets hit in Minecraft,” Yosano said. She eyed Dazai up and down before adding, “skinny bitch.”

 

Dazai’s jaw dropped. He was unable to defend himself, so he just grabbed Chuuya’s arm and walked out. Chuuya was trying so hard to not laugh—maybe Dazai was valid for laughing at him before, because it was so hard to not laugh at each other it felt like.

 

Dazai walked them outside his apartment, down the stairs, and to Chuuya’s door. “Let us in, Chuckles,” he said, clearly able to see the fact Chuuya wants to laugh. Chuuya turned his key into the door and let them in, covering up a laugh by coughing.

 

The layout was basically the same as upstairs, so Dazai just walked straight to the kitchen, waiting for Chuuya. Chuuya followed, then opened the fridge to see what he had to eat.

 

“I have broc—”

 

“Ew.”

 

Dude.”

 

“I’m not hungryyyy,” Dazai whined, leaning on the counter, “and I can’t cook.”

 

“You can’t cook?” Chuuya asked, bewildered.

 

“I’m sure I could figure it out, I just… never do it. It’s not really worth it,” Dazai explained lazily, “it’s a lot of effort for something that doesn’t do much for me.”

 

“You’re so interesting, dude,” Chuuya responded, taking food out of the fridge (broccoli included, despite Dazai’s ew from before). “So, what I’m hearing is that I’m going to teach you how to cook?”

 

“Ugh, don’t,” Dazai responded, “it’s a waste of time. I’m never going to do it.”

 

“Genuinely, what do you eat? Just like… snacks and shit?”

 

“Hm? No, I mean, when Yosano cooks, she’ll make a lot and offer me some, but other than that I kind of just eat whatever.”

 

Chuuya felt his eyebrow twitch. “Well, you should learn to cook! It’s a basic life skill and not knowing and having Yosano cook for you is just weaponized incompetence!” He chastised. Dazai whined again.

 

“But it sucks! I don’t wanna have to do it everyday!” He exclaimed, “I have other things to do!”

 

“Really?” Chuuya asked, hands on his hips, “like what?”

 

“Like schoolwork and reading and… uh… I think that’s all I do,” Dazai answered somewhat earnestly, “I… I did play video games a few times, so I guess that too.”

 

Chuuya rolled his eyes, but chuckled. “You gotta get out more,” he said, approaching Dazai, “now, I’m gonna show you how to cook!”

 

For someone who talked such a big game about cooking, Chuuya wasn’t that good of a cook. Dazai, for his credit, was receptive and listened to Chuuya’s instruction quite well despite his reluctance. They made a simple dish of pasta and broccoli (no meat—Chuuya realized halfway through that he didn’t have any and it was too late to go to the store, so they made do). 

 

“My hands smell like garlic,” Dazai grumbled as Chuuya plated up the food.

 

“Wow, maybe it’s because you were cutting up garlic,” Chuuya responded sarcastically. Dazai took their plates and moved them to the table.

 

“Yeah, yeah… smart ass,” Dazai said, going back to Chuuya who was putting the pasta pot in the sink. He turned to be met with Dazai standing directly behind him, an innocent (and totally faking it!) smile on his face.

 

“What?” Chuuya asked, not trusting Dazai in the slightest. Dazai leaned down, forehead on Chuuya’s.

 

“Maybe Chuuya was right about me being hungry,” Dazai said, (evil) smile still on his face, “but I think I’m hungry for something else.

 

“It better be for the food that’s on the—” Chuuya was interrupted by Dazai kissing him and he (begrudgingly) kissed him back. Ugh, fine, whatever, Shitty Dazai got what he wanted. He felt as Dazai lifted him up and put him on the counter—which was kind of embarrassing, since Chuuya knew Dazai only did it because he’s so… (small), but he didn’t stop him or anything. 

 

The way Dazai was kissing him right now was different to how he had previously kissed him… he said he was hungry, but this was soft, warm. There was nothing ravenous about this kiss as the previous ones. Chuuya wrapped his arms around Dazai’s shoulders, placing his one hand on the back of Dazai’s head and playing with his hair. Dazai’s arms rested on the counter, wrapped around Chuuya’s waist. He could feel Dazai’s one hand on the small of his back, as if to hold him upright. He pushed Dazai’s head towards him more and felt Dazai let out a large exhale. Dazai moved in more, dragging his hand up Chuuya’s back, and holding the back of Chuuya’s head. His other arm hugged his waist, his hand going where his other hand had been. He pushed Chuuya back, his hand on the back of his head being what made sure Chuuya didn’t hit his head on the cabinet behind him. He was beginning to kiss Chuuya how he did previously; hungrily, greedily, like he wanted more . He licked Chuuya’s bottom lip, trying to get him to quite literally open up… which he did, of course. Chuuya embraced Dazai more—fuck the dinner, who gave a shit? They could always eat later. 

 

The two briefly separated, a string of salvia being the only thing that kept them connected. Dazai looked at Chuuya, eyes wistful. Chuuya wondered if he looked the same back, because he felt the same way. Chuuya leaned back in swiftly, kissing Dazai and catching him off guard. Dazai had made him hungry for something more and it wasn’t him fault. Chuuya grabbed Dazai’s shirt, pulled back from him, and looked at him. There was something so pathetic about the yearning he could see in Dazai’s eyes and the lack of communicating it that Chuuya almost wanted to play with him. He, however, decided to be nice.

 

“I want you,” he told Dazai simply, voice rasp with desire. He watched as Dazai’s cheeks pinkened, as if unexpected, and his confidence momentarily faltered, until he regained it and leaned back in close to Chuuya, his lips against his.

 

“How do you want me?”

 

— — —

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 8:43 PM.

goldendemon:

There’s something so welcoming about coming home and seeing two people fuck on my kitchen counter.

 

arahabaki:

STOP IT

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ew thats disgusting

 

alphatiger:

Huh?

OH

OH

OH NO

 

goldendemon:

Something so interesting about it all

I feel like my bond has both strengthened and weakened with Chuuya

 

butterfly:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA

For educational purposes who was topping

Not like I have an ongoing bet with Junichiro or anything

 

boydetective:

GUYS STOP BETTING

 

shadow.praiser:

but 90% of all gamblers quit right b4 they make it big!!!!!

 

arahabaki:

DO NOT ANSWER THAT KOUYOU I SWEAR TO GOD

 

boydetective: GUYS STOP BETTING

butterfly:

You’re just upset no one is going to bet against you

 

boydetective:

You guys are excluding me and I don’t like it >:(

 

thegoldraven:

Awe, poor Ranpo. :(

I’ll bet against you :)

 

boydetective:

GASP

REALLY??? <3

 

thegoldraven:

Yes, I can afford to lose haha.

 

boydetective:

I bet that I love you more than you love me :3c

 

thegoldraven:

Oh no! You’re actually wrong for once. This is so sad! :(

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

can u guys b gross in dms

 

boydetective:

I’ll kill you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

jinko get this guy

 

boydetective:

OH MY GOD NO

IM JK

Fucking whatever…

 

butterfly:

Anyway Kouyou…

Ahem…

 

goldendemon:

Genuinely don’t know

 

shadow.praiser:

how do u not kno???

 

goldendemon:

I think my mind is forcing me to forget so I’m not traumatized by it

I can’t remember

It’s like it’s a blur

 

nothuman:

oh my god relax

it wasn’t that crazy

you guys were all the ones to egg us on and now your panties are in a twist that it happened?

 

boydetective:

Yeah because it was funny when you guys hated each other

Now it’s like ugh two more people in the server got together

We got atsushi and akutagawa, kouyou and yosano, tachihara and juni, eddie and me, and now you and chuuya like…

Alright!! WHO’S NEXT!!!! COME OUT COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE!!!!

 

nothuman:

okay well i don’t know what to say so :p

i had a good time 👍

also i told kouyou we would fuck i don't know why she's so shocked

 

goldendemon:

I THOUGHT YOU WERE KIDDING

 

arahabaki:

Yeah so did I

 

goldendemon:

SHUT UP 😭

 

blcklzrd:

You’re never beating the whore allegations

 

nothuman:

WHO IS SPREADING THESE RUMORS ABOUT ME DUDE

 

shadow.praiser:

ginger fucker 🫵

or ginger fucked?

 

nothuman:

i’m not saying a word i hope you and yosano stay broke

 

shadow.praiser:

WTF!!

atsu get this guy again >:(

hes being mean to ur best friend

 

alphatiger:

A guy crashes out one time…

Notes:

hi me again

idk what happened they were actually supposed to cook and then i realized cooking sucks

hope y'all enjoyed the skk

 

bsky: unknown-ghost

BYEEEEEEE

Chapter 57: Secrets Secrets Are No Fun Unless You Tell Everyone!

Summary:

The server finds out about another relationship...

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 4:08 PM.

boydetective:

Who’s going to Francis’ darty tmr

 

shadow.praiser:

me

im gonna get wasted

 

nothuman:

are you okay dude

 

shadow.praiser:

NO IM A FUCKING COMPSCI MAJOR AND MY FAV GAME IS FUCKING OVERWATCH DUDE

PH MY GOD 

SAVE ME!!!!!!

 

nothuman:

tachihara go help this guy out

 

blcklzrd:

We’re already hanging out 

Guys he’s so normal in real life

Idk why he acts like this in here

[picture of Junichiro]

Look at him

He’s just like an average guy

You’d never suspect he’s illiterate and crazy

 

shadow.praiser:

man…

 

blcklzrd:

Oh actually Dazai and Chuuya

Wanna congratulate you guys getting together

 

nothuman:

thanks

 

blcklzrd:

And now I’m asking you guys to send me money to repair the window you broke or I’ll kill one of you and make the other watch

 

nothuman:

BRUH LMFAO

this guy a murderer and poor junichiro is dating him

 

shadow.praiser:

thats crazy

 

nothuman:

have you two boinked

 

shadow.praiser:

o like how u and chuuya got freaky deaky in the kitchen ?

u know ppl eat in there right?

smh

 

arahabaki:

STOP STOP STOP

STOP STOP STOP

STOP STOP STOP

 

alphatiger:

Just wanna know the thought process

 

shadow.praiser:

atsushi nakajima i literally dont wanna hear that from U of all ppl

 

alphatiger:

?????????

What are you talking about…

 

shadow.praiser:

I KNO ABT U AND AKU IN OUR SHARED BATHROOM.

 

nothuman:

bruhhhh ahahahaha

 

alphatiger:

SHUT UP

OH MY GOD

STOP

THAT’S NOT TRUE

 

boydetective:

You’re all perverted…

 

nothuman:

you’re fucking in fukuzawa’s house i don’t wanna hear it

 

boydetective:

IN MY BEDROOM???

 

butterfly:

No Dazai has a point

Still Fukuzawa’s house

 

boydetective:

WHY ARE YOU DEFENDING HIM IT COULD BE YOUR KITCHEN NEXT!!!!

 

butterfly:

It won’t be

Cause that involves Dazai actually going into our kitchen

 

nothuman:

i was in there this morning

 

butterfly:

Yeah

STEALING MY DRINKS!!!

 

nothuman:

you have the cute little coffees i wanted to try one :(

 

butterfly:

Omg ur so cute i just wanna squish you in my hands 

 

nothuman:

like good or bad?

 

alphatiger:

Probably /pos

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ok so i know weve talked abt this but

its in reference to dazai

is it piece of shit

 

alphatiger:

Baby… no…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

:[

 

alphatiger:

Don’t be frowny

 

nothuman:

what’s with the pda in this server

 

alphatiger:

It’s called the “yokohomo gaygency” 

We’re gay, in Yokohama 

 

butterfly:

Well we’re gay in Yokohama

Some people…

(Kunikida)

Are just here

 

animal_crossing:

I thought it was gay to kiss a man?

 

doppo_poet:

KENJI, STOP RIGHT NOW.

 

boydetective:

WOAH

WOAH 

WOAH 

WAOH 

WOHA

NO KENJI KEEP GOIONG BUDDY

WYM

 

nothuman:

DOPPO KUNIKIDA

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW

 

doppo_poet:

STOP.

 

shadow.praiser:

wow my coming out mustve influenced u

 

doppo_poet:

I AM NOT COMING OUT.

I’M DENYING ALL ALLEGATIONS.

 

butterfly:

WHAT ALLEGATIONS KUNIKIDA

ARE YOU KISSING MEN????

🫵🧚⁉️

 

nothuman:

yosano that’s an INSANE combo oh my god

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

What did you see Kenji :0

 

animal_crossing:

Well Kunikida is my RA and when I went to use the bathroom on… I think Tuesday night? It was the night of the party you guys went to

 

nothuman:

yeah tuesday

 

animal_crossing:

And Kunikida was talking to one of the other residents on our floor!! I think they were talking about the party!!

When I came out of the bathroom, I saw Kunikida and him kissing and then they both went back to their rooms.

 

nothuman:

FUCK YOU KUNIKIDA

FUCK YOU

 

doppo_poet:

FOR WHAT?!

 

nothuman:

YOUR ASS WAS FRUITY THIS WHOLE TIME???? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????

Chuuya take no offense to this by the way

WE COULD’VE BEEN TOGETHER?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

doppo_poet:

I’M DENYING THE ALLEGATIONS.

AND NO, WE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN TOGETHER. NEVER.

 

nothuman: Chuuya take no offense to this by the way

arahabaki:

Nah I get it

#Would

 

doppo_poet:

We’re not having this discussion.

 

boydetective:

No because I said last night for people to come out why did that not prompt you?!?!?

Kunikida come out

Pspspspspspsp

 

nothuman:

kenji who’s the guy

 

doppo_poet:

Kenji, do not answer that because they will bully him.

 

alphatiger:

Oh so there is a him

What happened to denying the allegation?

 

doppo_poet:

STOP FUCKING HANGING OUT WITH DAZAI, HE’S CLEARLY A BAD INFLUENCE ON YOU.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i agree w that

 

shadow.praiser:

WAITTTT HAHAHAAHA

i think ik who it is 

 

countess..luanne:

He didn’t even say anything…

But you should take him to Fitz’s darty

 

doppo_poet:

Guys…

 

nothuman:

what?

cheater.

 

doppo_poet:

:(

 

butterfly:

Ok wait guys this is actually bullying

Like we are bullying Kunikida

 

nothuman:

no offense to Chuuya when i say this

 

arahabaki:

I feel like I’ll understand

 

nothuman:

but i could be with KUNIKIDA right now

if he had come out sooner

so :\ 

 

arahabaki:

You couldn’t pull him even if he had handles

I could though

 

nothuman:

WOAH WOAH

kunikida you’d pick me over Chuuya right?!

you call me every morning to check in on me!

 

butterfly:

Kunikida do you fr?

 

doppo_poet:

Obviously I call him! I need to make sure he’s alive!

 

butterfly:

Wow that’s so nice

Sometimes I go into his room and watch him sleep.

 

nothuman:

you do NOT fucking do that…

 

butterfly:

Can you say that confidently that I don’t?

 

nothuman:

atsushi we’re having an indefinite sleepover i’m scared :(

 

alphatiger:

:0!

Ok!

I’ve never had a sleepover before!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats literally not true

 

alphatiger:

You don’t count 😭

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i should count were getting married

 

boydetective:

Pause

What

 

butterfly:

There’s too much going on let’s focus on Kunikida and circle back to this

 

alphatiger:

LOL

 

shadow.praiser:

kunikida check dm i sent u a name is it him

 

doppo_poet:

Yeah, actually.

 

shadow.praiser:

im not shocked but im also SO shocked

 

boydetective:

Also texting a name

 

doppo_poet:

HOW ARE YOU GUYS FIGURING IT OUT?

 

boydetective:

Just being honest rn but…

This guy?

Over Dazai?

 

nothuman:

i don’t know who it is but thanks ranpo

thank you.

 

doppo_poet:

I don’t like what you’re trying to imply. He’s a good guy.

 

boydetective:

Yeah I mean I don’t know him personally I just know of him and what Juni has said abt him

And from what I hear he’s like… super lazy and introverted

You’re like straight laced and very type A

Not being mean just making a statement

 

doppo_poet:

Well, it is mean and it is also none of anyone’s business.

And you guys being rude is exactly why I didn’t say anything.

 

nothuman:

excuse me for being heartbroken </3

 

goldendemon:

Guys stop harassing Kunikida

If he doesn’t want to talk about it, then don’t force him

 

arahabaki:

Okay but I asked Kunikida at the hunting dogs house about him getting a partner and he said it wasn’t in his plans

 

doppo_poet:

No, that’s not actually true.

You implied I could have sex with a girl at the party and I said that wasn’t in my plans.

Because it isn’t and wasn’t.

 

nothuman:

cause the plan was to get a boyfriend?

 

doppo_poet:

I’m going to shoot you dead with a gun.

 

nothuman:

HELLO?!?!?!?!

HELP?!?!?!?!?!

 

shadow.praiser:

hes a good guy

i like him

he helps me out all the time w school stuff

cuz i be a dummy 😵‍💫

 

nothuman:

he’s a compsci major?

 

blcklzrd:

Stop saying you’re dumb

 

boydetective:

Aren’t you with him say that shit irl to him

 

blcklzrd:

HES SITTING AT HIS DESK PLAYING FUCKING OVERWATCH.

 

nothuman:

JUNICHIRO BRO

LOG OFF THE GAME

 

shadow.praiser:

GUYZ HES FUCKING LYING IM NOT PLAYING RN 😭IM DOING HMWK

OMG

HES LITERALLY LYING I SWEAR

 

boydetective:

Battlenet says you're online.

 

shadow.praiser:

BC I HAVE THE APP OPEN

IM NOT IN GAME

STOP GUYS PLZ I AM NOT GAMING RN U HAVE TO TRUST ME

ITD SAY IT ON HERE IF I WAS PLAYING

IM NOT!!

 

blcklzrd:

Lol yeah I was lying

But notice how believable it was?

He has a problem

 

shadow.praiser:

i havent played literally all week.

u guys need to trust that pls

im being a good boy 🙁

 

alphatiger:

Ok ew stop

 

shadow.praiser:

wait so who is going 2 the darty tmr

 

butterfly:

Wait pause we have to circle back to Akutagawa and Atsushi

Wym you’re getting married

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

do u not understand the concept of dating and marriage

he and i are going to get married.

 

boydetective:

Can you be gross and gay in dms

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im not being gross and gay im being honest

 

nothuman:

can i be the maid of honor?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

bold to assume ur getting an invite.

 

nothuman:

ATSUSHI!

INVITE ME TO YOUR WEDDING!

 

butterfly:

When and where was this proposal and why wasn’t I there

 

boydetective:

You two legally cannot get married

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ok and

who gaf abt the law

also u cant get married either so stfu

 

boydetective:

Poe is American so we could technically get married in the US so take my dick and eat it

 

countess..luanne:

Given who tf those mfs voted in I’d say UNLIKELY

Can’t relate #canadian

 

thegoldraven:

Please do not remind me…

I’m not happy about it.

 

boydetective:

Did you even vote 😭

 

thegoldraven:

Yes, I sent an absentee ballot.

Not like it counted much.

My uncle’s vote definitely canceled it out.

 

countess..luanne:

Cancelled

 

thegoldraven:

I’m American. I don't do that extra L.

 

shadow.praiser:

u gave that shit to the british‼️

 

thegoldraven:

HAHA

 

boydetective:

Don’t make him laugh that’s my job junbitchro

 

shadow.praiser:

then start being funny :\

congrats atsu and aku we all knew

after aku basically said u guys were gonna b together 4ever like 4 days ago

idk i have eyes

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thanks.

 

shadow.praiser:

ok awesum so darty

who

pls

 

nothuman:

i’ll be there

 

shadow.praiser:

ok but i dont want a drunk makeout w u this time :\

 

nothuman:

i don’t plan on making out with you

you missed your chance

 

shadow.praiser:

MF ME??

NO U!!!

U WERE BUSY FIGHTING CHUUYA

and breaking tachi’s window 

that u still need to pay up on

 

blcklzrd:

Agreed

 

arahabaki:

I sent you money

 

blcklzrd:

Thanks

Dazai?

 

nothuman:

you can kill me and have Chuuya watch idgaf

 

arahabaki:

DAZAI???

 

blcklzrd:

I wouldn’t kill you you want to be dead

Which side note… crazy that you’re dating this guy Chuuya but ok

I’d kill Chuuya and make you watch

 

arahabaki:

You’re sick in the head

 

blcklzrd:

And you’re willingly dating Osamu Dazai

A real pot calling the kettle black moment

 

thegoldraven:

I will be attending that party tomorrow, Junichiro.

Fitzgerald is throwing it and all Guild club members will be there.

 

shadow.praiser:

POE AT A PARTY?

cant wait 2 see it

 

boydetective:

I will also be there

 

alphatiger:

Fork found in kitchen

 

boydetective:

KYS 😭

 

butterfly:

If Ranpo and Poe are going I guess I’ll go too

 

nothuman:

oh so fuck me I guess

 

butterfly:

Oh, are you in the kitchen right now?

 

nothuman:

you’re not funny 😭

 

alphatiger:

I’ll be there obviously

I’m an honorary guild member

Thanks lucy

 

countess..luanne:

Lol ofc ofc

I’ll be there

 

nothuman:

is it open invite

 

countess..luanne:

Yeah

 

nothuman:

ugh fyodor is totally going to be there maybe i won’t go

 

shadow.praiser:

PLS THE FEAR THT JUST STRUCK ME

 

nothuman:

why was he even talking to you by the way

cause i heard you say my name

 

shadow.praiser:

oh it was smth abt his bf

idk ive only talked to nikolai like 1 or 2 times

 

nothuman:

weird

maybe he wanted you to be their unicorn 🦄

 

shadow.praiser:

idk what that means and i dont wanna kno

EWWWWW

DAZAI UR NOT FUNNY

FUCK U 

TACHIHARA TOLD ME WHAT IT MEANT

 

blcklzrd:

Lol

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

b a third so he can cock block?

 

shadow.praiser:

u gotta get over that shit bro

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

we r not brothers

i see the way u treat ur sister i dont want to be ur brother…

 

shadow.praiser:

NAOMI ISNT MY SISTER

 

nothuman:

also weird how he’s going after the redhead his height

that could be mistaken as his brother…

i dunno seems freaky 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

Dazai it hurts to say but u r absolutely right

so tanizaki when did u become a freak or were u just born like that

 

shadow.praiser:

u and dazai calling me freaky/a freak is rly ironic

all things considered

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

???

 

nothuman:

chillax 

 

shadow.praiser:

erm anyway kunikida u should go 2 the party tmr and bring ur friend :3

 

doppo_poet:

No.

 

shadow.praiser:

ok well

im gonna inv him lol

so hell be going

 

doppo_poet:

He’s going to say no.

 

shadow.praiser:

crazy bc i alr asked and he alr said yes 

 

doppo_poet:

You’re awful.

 

shadow.praiser:

IM FRIENDS W HIM 😭

 

nothuman:

yay!

gonna see my competition.

 

arahabaki:

Again, you have literally 0 chance ever with Kunikida

 

nothuman:

and what does that say about you?

 

arahabaki:

It says that Kunikida has a good head on his shoulders and I have extremely questionable taste

 

doppo_poet:

I can’t stop you guys from being yourselves, but I will ask that you don’t make fun of him or rip on him like you all do each other. I know you all have your senses of humor, but he doesn’t share it. I don’t want you to make him uncomfortable or upset. I’m being serious when I say if I see any of that, I will have to think over my friendships with you.

 

butterfly:

Yessir 🫡

 

boydetective:

Ugh i’ll keep Dazai away from him

 

nothuman:

I CAN BEHAVE.

kunikida you have my word i will be on my best behavior!

 

doppo_poet:

I feel a headache coming on…

Notes:

wow i wonder who kunikida is hooking up with omg it's totally not obvious...

i'll add them in the tags when i actually introduce the guy lol

i have class in 10 minutes and i am so bone tired lord have mercy ok

bsky: unknown-ghost

see you later!!!!

Chapter 58: Freaks, Fighting, and Good Big Brothers

Summary:

The server goes to Fitzgerald's party where multiple issues arise, but at least no one breaks on of Fitzgerald's expensive ass windows this time.

Notes:

CW/TW: drinking, partying, homophobia, mentions of incest??????????? idk honestly just read at your own risk but ITS NOT incestuous the tanizaki "siblings or dating" game is just finally put to rest but i know people (aka me) DONT fuck with incest

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Fitzgerald’s house wasn’t so much a house, but an over the top mega mansion that was so extravagant that pissed Dazai off beyond anything else. There was no need for something this big. Fitzgerald was just a college student who was showboating and for fucking what? He did not need this big ass house—he was a transfer student from America and lived alone. 

 

Standing in Fitzgerald’s kitchen with the marble countertops, walk-in fridge, and heated floors, Dazai had never felt so out of place before in his life. There was a time in his life where he had encountered and benefitted from the spoils of wealth, but he never encountered anything like this. It was completely ostentatious—there is never a need for all of this. It was just pure greed… and he didn’t know why, but it really ticked him off. The kitchen alone was decorated as if no one actually lived or used it—which he was certain no one did. It was crowded. He was certain that not just Yokohama University students were here, but people in town as well. Maybe out of town too. He didn’t know and he didn’t care. There were so many people in this fucking kitchen and Dazai wanted to scratch his fucking skin off.

 

“What’s with the look on your face?” Yosano asked, finally having found him. She held a drink in her hand. “Upset it’s so crowded in here that you and Chuuya can’t do it?”

 

Dazai scoffed and rolled his eyes, taking a sip of his own drink before speaking. “It’s gaudy,” he commented.

 

“Oh, absolutely,” Yosano responded, “way too excessive. Especially because it’s just him living here.”

 

“It’s so lame,” Dazai muttered bitterly. He represses a memory of a life he once knew in a similarly large, but not as large kitchen. Before he could continue on being a party pooper, Ranpo waltzed over with poor Poe following right behind him like a lost puppy.

 

“Howdy party people!” He exclaimed, also holding a drink and Dazai could tell it was some sugary shit. “This place is huge! I’m scared I’m gonna get lost!”

 

Yosano let out a loud laugh, one that caught the attention of the people around them, but she didn’t care. “Oh my God, you totally will! Dazai, got one of Junichiro’s AirTags on you that you can lend to Ranpo?” She asked, jokingly, but Dazai checked his pockets anyway. Junichiro was a slippery guy and half the time he found the AirTags by chance. He didn’t know how Junichiro planted them, they didn’t meet much in person, so he was kind of impressed by how well he did it.

 

“No, I think I’m clean,” Dazai answered, which worried him a bit. Surely by the end of the night, he’ll find one. Junichiro was going to be here… he needed to keep an eye out.

 

“Don’t worry, I got Poe! He’s going to make sure I’m alright, right?” Ranpo asked, leaning back onto Poe and looking up at him. Poe looked down at Ranpo, bringing his hand to Ranpo’s face and cupping his cheek.

 

“Of course I will,” he said fondly.

 

“Where are Kouyou and Chuuya?” Ranpo asked, attention back on Dazai and Yosano, though he had his hand over Poe’s.

 

“They should be on the way,” Yosano said, pulling her phone out from her pocket and checking it. “Last I heard from her was that they were going to be leaving soon, but I haven’t heard anything since.”

 

“Same,” Dazai responded, not bothering to pull his phone out.

 

“Well, damn. Sucks,” Ranpo said smugly, “well, I’m going to take a look around and if I spot anything worth stealing, I’ll shoot you a text Dazai.”

 

Dazai stammered. “St–Stealing? ” He asked as if that was the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard. It wasn’t. He did plan on swiping something. Tachihara had extorted money from him over some fuck ass window and he planned to get reimbursed one way or another.

 

“Look at him play innocent, it’s kind of cute,” Ranpo said plainly, but then tilted his head back to look up at Poe again. “Not as cute as you though, obviously.” Poe’s face burned red and he looked away but not without thanking Ranpo sheepishly. Ugh, ew. No, wait, Dazai was going to be a nice person. He was happy that Ranpo was happy in a good relationship. 

 

“Poe, you plan on getting drunk again?” Yosano asked, a smirk on her face as she brought her drink to her lips. “‘Cause the last time was so fun.”

 

“I don’t plan to drink, no,” Poe answered earnestly. Dazai watched Poe gently caressed Ranpo’s cheek with his thumb and Ranpo looked content. “I barely survived after the first time getting drunk, I cannot imagine a second time.”

 

“Awe, let loose!” Dazai exclaimed, “I didn’t get to see drunk Poe last time! I was to busy trying to kill myself.”

 

Ranpo laughed but Yosano punched Dazai in the arm. “Not funny, fucker,” she scolded. He rubbed his arm and whined.

 

“Ranpo laughed!” He exclaimed, “and it was supposed to be funny.”

 

“If I find out that you for some reason tried to kill yourself tonight, I’m going to ensure you live a very long life,” she threatened.

 

“I don’t like that’s a threat for him.” The speaker was Atsushi, who walked up to the small group with Akutagawa, who was holding Atsushi’s hand. “Also, I heard your joke and it wasn’t funny.”

 

“God forbid a guy be a bit whimsical,” Dazai mumbled.

 

“I thought it was funny,” Akutagawa said simply, “but I’m a bigger fan of physical comedy. Maybe you should give killing yourself another go, you know, for the bit of it all.” Atsushi sent Akutagawa a glare, of which he responded by coughing into his handkerchief and stating a very half-hearted, “just kidding.”

 

“You guys are giving me a headache,” Dazai responded dryly. He watched as Akutagawa pulled Atsushi closer to him, whispering something in his ear, and then two laughing to themselves as if they were the only people in the room—which was crazy, considering the kitchen was basically bursting with people.

 

“Oh, awesome, Kouyou and Chuuya are here,” Yosano said, looking down at her phone and typing away. Dazai sipped away at his drink, before furrowing his brow. He turned to face Atsushi.

 

“Where the Hell is Junichiro?”

 

— — —

 

“I’m going to get this in—trust.”

 

Junichiro was all too confident in his ability to land the ping pong ball into a cup, considering that Mark Twain was his opponent and Junichiro had managed to get 0 (zero) balls into any cups on the other side of the table.

 

“You’re not going to man,” Twain said a tad bit too confidently, “sorry.”

 

“What? Tachi, tell this guy he’s wrong,” Junichiro said. Tachihara looked at him, bewildered, before laughing and shaking his head.

 

“Nah Tan, you’re losing this. Honestly, don’t bother throwing the ball,” Tachihara responded. Junichiro gasped, but stuck to his guns. He tossed the ball and it—! Yeah, he totally missed. Well, oops. Tachihara was laughing and Junichiro figured he won all the same.

 

“Damn dude, don’t quit your day job,” Twain said with a laugh as he picked up the ping pong ball from the ground. “Well, that was your chance at redemption and you… failed. Miserably. It was fun though, honest.”

 

“Thanks man,” Junichiro said, unsure if he should feel complimented or insulted. Tachihara wrapped his arm around Junichiro’s shoulders, planting a kiss on his cheek.

 

“You tried your best. That’s all that matters,” Tachihara said, trying to ease the loss. Junichiro just smiled.

 

“I did try my best,” Junichiro responded, “anyway, I see Dazai is here which means that Yosano is here too!” He showed his phone to Tachihara and it showed Dazai’s location.

 

“You still have AirTags on Dazai?” Tachihara asked skeptically. Junichiro looked at him all the same.

 

“Um, yeah, he makes me extremely anxious,” Junichiro replied, “and anyway, I also have Ranpo, Naomi, and Atsushi’s locations as well but that’s because they share their locations with me.”

 

Tachihara dropped the skeptical look and looked down at Junichiro’s phone. “So when are you going to request my location?”

 

He liked seeing Junichiro blush. It was kind of funny, if he were honest, as Junichiro was so boisterous in the server or just online in general to be such a shy, mostly quiet guy in real life.

 

“When we date for longer than a month,” he responded, playing with the aglet of his sweatshirt string and placing it near his mouth. Tachihara smirked and took the string out of his hand and away from his mouth so he could lean in and kiss him briefly. He also held Junichiro’s hand.

 

When?” Tachihara questioned light-heartedly, “you’re very optimistic.”

 

Tachihara had never seen Junichiro’s face turn so red in the brief time they’ve been together, but he really enjoyed seeing him squirm. Junichiro rubbed his thumb on Tachihara’s hand. He wonders if the alcohol he’s already drunk was inhibiting a quick-witted response or if he was really at a loss for words as Tachihara watched him stammer and trip over his words. He smiled and waited, wanting to see what he’d say, but Junichiro drew his lips in a tight line and looked at Tachihara sheepishly, like he was worried he was going to say the wrong thing.

 

“I’m optimistic too,” Tachihara said genuinely, “now, let’s go find your friends.”

 

— — —

 

Kunikida was not optimistic.

 

He genuinely loved his friends and thought the world of them, but he was aware that they were all terrible, awful people who would burn down Yokohama at a moment’s notice for the fun of it. Okay, well, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but that’s how he felt. Dazai was the biggest troublemaker, sure, that was obvious, but he was only that way because of the instigators and enablers that surrounded him… Yosano and Ranpo. Atsushi was a good person at his core, but he was also incredibly insecure and needed everyone to like him, therefore he did whatever the group did. And Junichiro? He acts innocent, sure, but Kunikida didn’t gloss over the fact that he invited Katai to this party under the guise that Kunikida was going to be there, so now he had to go or else he ran the risk of Katai being put in a situation where he was uncomfortable and he didn’t want that.

 

Him and Katai had started seeing each other a little bit before the semester started. Kunikida had to move onto campus earlier than others, considering his job as an RA and Katai had requested early move in for one reason or another. With him being his own resident for a brief moment, Kunikida took it upon himself to befriend Katai and help him out—as an RA would! Though, talking became helping which became hanging out which then became… something more. For a man all about his schedule and planning everything to a T, this was unprecedented.

 

Kunikida always imagined himself getting through college, finding a good job, and then finding a woman to settle down with and have a family with. Dating (a term he was using loosely right now) another man in college with no future prospects lined up and the uncertainty of it all had him feeling some sort of way. All he knew, for sure, was if his friends made Katai uncomfortable, upset, or unhappy in any way tonight, he’d go against more of his plans for the future by beating them senseless.

 

Kunikida and Katai stood in a less populated room; one of Fitzgerald’s ten billion living rooms. He looked nervous—which made sense. He had confessed to Kunikida when they first met that he wasn’t very good in social situations, preferring the comfort of his own solitude and online persona. Kunikida, at the time, wanted to do more to get him out of shell, but now? Now he just wanted to be a person that Katai considered being with solitude.

 

“This is my first party,” Katai admitted, hugging Kunikida’s arm, “I’m… I’m not too sure about what I’m supposed to do.”

 

Kunikida looked down at him, smiling fondly. “It’s okay,” he reassured, “people usually just come to these things to get drunk with their friends.”

 

“I don’t really drink…” Katai said quietly and Kunikida could tell Katai was regretting his decision to come here.

 

“That’s okay,” Kunikida responded, “I don’t either. We don’t have to stay here if you don’t want to be here.”

 

Katai shook his head. “I… Um, well,” he said, now really thinking about Kunikida’s proposal, “maybe we say hi to Tanizaki and then we leave? He was the one who invited me.”

 

Kunikida nodded. “Sure. Let’s go find him.”

 

— — —

 

It was weird to be at a party and not getting into some sort of altercation with Chuuya.

 

Dazai stood next to Chuuya and watched as he spoke with Yosano and Kouyou. Once the two redheads got to the party, Yosano and Dazai had left their small group to seek them out. They stood a little ways from the door, chatting amongst themselves over trivial things like the party or stuff about their house. Dazai wasn’t really paying attention to the conversation, but rather to Chuuya himself.

 

Did he reach out to Chuuya like Poe did with Ranpo? Did he bring Chuuya in close like Akutagawa did with Atsushi? He didn’t know what he was supposed to really do. How do people in healthy relationships act? Were they even in an actual relationship? His mind was being flooded with questions that he couldn’t seem to break the surface and answer. He only ever knew what it was like to be with Fyodor, someone who wasn’t exactly affectionate as he was manipulative. Dazai didn’t know what to do—so he did nothing. If he’s learned one thing in life it’s that if he doesn’t have the answers, he has to keep watching, observing, until he finds it.

 

“You okay, Dazai?” Chuuya asked casually, looking up at him. Dazai raised his eyebrows, a bit surprised Chuuya even bothered to ask that.

 

“Yeah,” Dazai responded anyway, “I think the alcohol is just getting to me.”

 

“Well, fight back! Cause I wanna play flip cup and I wanna win!” Yosano exclaimed, pointing at Dazai, who laughed in response.

 

“Yes, yes,” Dazai said, “I’ll be able to play flip cup, trust me.”

 

Chuuya was still looking up at Dazai and Dazai could see he wasn’t looking for something, but more so trying to find something. There wasn’t really anything to find, at least, he didn’t think there was. Or maybe, he wasn’t trying to find something… maybe expecting something? Chuuya was a pretty touchy guy, right? He was always holding Dazai’s face, touching him somehow… Maybe he wanted Dazai to do that too? Dazai leaned down and kissed the side of Chuuya’s head, concluding he wanted some sign of affection. Kouyou and Yosano cooed and jeered.

 

“Kissing Chuuya at a party instead of trying to hurt him. This is new territory for you guys, huh?” Yosano asked rhetorically. Chuuya was blushing, but not because of the kiss, but more so the embarrassment of Kouyou and Yosano gushing over him and Dazai.

 

“Knock that off you two! So fucking weird. I’m getting myself a drink,” he scolded and then stomped off, away from Yosano, Kouyou, and Dazai.

 

There was a gnawing thought in the back of Dazai’s head telling him that he concluded the wrong answer.

 

— — —

 

“I don’t like that my baby sister is at this party,” Akutagawa said, a look so mean and nasty on his face that Atsushi was almost certain that it could kill someone if they looked directly into his eyes. “What if some loser guy tries to feel her up or something, huh?! She’s a nice, good person and she’s not going to want to start any issues—you’ve seen her—she prefers to be quiet.”

 

“Yeah, but she’s with Lucy, Higuchi, and Naomi,” Atsushi responded. The two stood in Fitzgerald’s backyard, Akutagawa leaning on the mansion’s wall and watching Gin, who stood with her group of girls across the way. “And she has you as her big brother. She’s more than capable of handling herself.”

 

Akutagawa took in a deep breath through his nose and then exhaled through his mouth as if he was trying to soothe himself. “I know that she can handle herself… I just… I don’t like that she might have to.” Akutagawa grit his teeth. “You never know what type of scumbags are around because they look like regular people.”

 

Atsushi nodded, “I agree, but I think she’d want you to enjoy yourself.” He stood next to Akutagawa, resting his head on his shoulder, and grabbed his hand. “How about; you have fun and I’ll keep an eye on her?” Atsushi intertwined their fingers. “So that way you don’t worry and can have a good night tonight, okay?”

 

Akutagawa looked straight ahead and Atsushi thought it was a lost cause until he heard him sigh. “Fine,” he said, “but only because I trust you.”

 

Atsushi smiled and kissed Akutagawa’s cheek gently. “I won’t let you down,” he promised.

 

— — —

 

Kunikida and his boyfriend—Tachihara didn’t catch his name and it was honestly really awkward to ask—were chatting away with Junichiro. Since Kuni-bf was a computer science major like Junichiro, it felt like the two were bitching in a different language. Kunikida, to his credit, seemed to be following the conversation, but Tachihara felt a bit too sober to try to listen in. Though, he was impressed by Junichiro’s ability to yap along with Kuni-bf, considering he was basically one sip of alcohol away from being “white girl wasted” yet again.

 

Tachihara found a cooler full of drinks and helped himself to one, figuring that they were out here for him to enjoy anyway.

 

“Hey man, can you grab me one?”

 

Tachihara didn’t bother to turn around and see who was talking to him and just grabbed the guy a drink. When he handed it to him, he vaguely recognized him. He’s pretty sure this guy was in the Guild. Whatever it may be, the guy definitely recognized Tachihara.

 

“You’re the guy going out with that Tanizaki kid, aren’t you?” He asked. Tachihara narrowed his eyes and nodded.

 

“Um, yeah… what’s it to you?” Tachihara asked.

 

“Just morbid curiosity,” he said, “cause, well, you know, everyone thinks he and his sister get freaky with it.”

 

Tachihara felt his eyebrow twitch. “They’re not siblings though,” he responded. He didn’t talk to Junichiro about his relationship with Naomi, considering it’s not his business, but also because he’s seen their billions of messages in the server denouncing the sibling and dating rumor.

 

“Really?” He asked, “then why do they have the same last name?”

 

Tachihara was stumped. Like, yeah, he knew they had the same last name, but he didn’t really know why they did. He hadn’t bothered to ask. Should he have?

 

“I don’t know, I never asked,” Tachihara admitted, “but why are you even asking? Why do you even care?” He turned back to the cooler to reach down and grab himself his own drink because, again, he was too sober to have this sort of conversation.

 

The guy grimaced and Tachihara wished he knew who this guy was. “‘Cause that’s just gross,” he responded simply, “I mean, isn’t it weird how everyone thinks they’re related and dating. I have a little sister—I actually have a few—I couldn’t imagine being a victim to a rumor like this. I know the rumor didn’t start here. There are people that go here that went to high school with him and that’s where it started. He’s known about this rumor since high school and he’s done nothing to stop it?” The guy opened his can of beer. “I mean, he’s weird in general. I can tell you that much, but he’s extra weird if he’s that much of a fucking freak and doing it with his sister while also doing it with you. Maybe you should start asking him questions.”

 

Tachihara wanted to knock this guy’s lights out and was going to, until he turned around and saw that he was gone and the only person standing there was a very dejected-looking Junichiro. Before Tachihara could get a word out, Junichiro spoke.

 

“Do you think that shit’s true?” He asked, but he didn’t let Tachihara answer, “do you also think I’m some fucking freak? Like everyone does?” His eyes were pricked with tears, his face turning red. Tachihara could see Junichiro’s hands tremble as they reached up and grabbed the collar of his own sweatshirt, tugging it away from his neck as if it was trying to choke him.

 

“No, Tan, I don’t think that,” he tried to convince, but Junichiro wasn’t having it.

 

“Well, you—I heard you two talking,” he said, words spilling out of his mouth. He was three sheets to the wind and Tachihara was worried he misinterpreted what happened. “The rumor—!” He began loudly, but Tachihara moved in swiftly, grabbing his arm and pulling him away from the people beginning to watch them argue. He was not allowing Junichiro to be subjected to more rumors.

 

“Let go of me!” Junichiro said, trying to pry Tachihara’s hand off of him and to Tachihara’s credit, he did let go. Only after he got them somewhere more private, however.

 

“I don’t think—” Tachihara couldn’t even get the words out.

 

“Don’t lie to me ‘cause I already know that everyone else thinks I’m sort of a perverted freak! Chuuya and Ranpo both call me a sister fucker and so has Yosano! Akutagawa mentions it all the time too and yesterday he and Dazai both ganged up on me and implied that I’m with you because we ‘look alike’ which we don’t even—” He interrupted himself to take in a deep, shaky breath, “and now I hear Steinbeck talking shit about me to you and it’s like, I can’t win, right?” He was crying. “Just like—fuck, man, fuck! Everyone thinks I’m such a fucking weirdo freak, even my friends!”

 

“Tan, I don’t think you’re a freak!” Tachihara tried to convince.

 

“That’s not true!” Junichiro yelled and it caught Tachihara off guard. There was no way this blowup was just about Steinbeck talking shit—there had to be more. “‘Cause if you don’t think it now, then you’re going to think it soon enough! Everyone thinks I’m some sort of weirdo and I try so hard for people to like me but it’s like—there has to be something wrong with me!” Tachihara reached out to Junichiro, who swatted his hands away. “Maybe it’s better for you if we just stop this now. Save your reputation from whatever social suicide it is to go out with me, of all people.”

 

“Tan…” Tachihara said, but Junichiro walked away from him and cried as he did so.

 

— — —

 

Ranpo was really feeling these fucking drinks, man.

 

He was a guy who liked eating sugary sweets and drinking sugary sweet drinks. As it would turn out, the sweet drinks he’s been drinking so far were a bit higher in alcohol percentage than that of the beers everyone else was drinking.

 

He stood next to Yosano—Poe had gone off somewhere with Fitzgerald, if he was remembering correctly, and hadn’t come back yet—so he was with Yosano cause that’s his best friend. He didn’t really mind third wheeling her and Kouyou, but their conversations were boring. They sat outside on one of the outdoor couches, yapping away as Ranpo studied everyone around him. People watching was fun, usually, but the people watching that he was doing right now was not so much fun as it did infuriate him for some reason.

 

He was watching Fyodor, who stood next to the obnoxiously large and very clearly heated pool Fitzgerald had rocking in his backyard. He was talking to Nikolai, which obviously made sense considering they were together, but their dynamic confused Ranpo.

 

After much probing, Dazai had admitted to Ranpo the relationship dynamic he and Fyodor had back when those two dated. Fyodor was very limited in his affection and Dazai was in a very vulnerable spot, having just left his family and his only real friend in the hospital. Ranpo didn’t like what Dazai told him, mostly because Dazai (like Yosano) is his best friend and yeah, having two “best” friends isn’t really possible because of what the word “best” means but Ranpo didn’t care. They are his best friends. Anyway, Dazai had told him that Fyodor had a habit of using love as a tool to keep Dazai complicit (or rather, that’s what Ranpo inferred from the blasé way Dazai had originally put it) or Dazai had to use affection as a way to reel Fyodor back in whenever he’d push Dazai out. So now? Watching the way Fyodor smiled and looked at Nikolai so fondly… grabbed Nikolai’s hand and played with his fingers… how he laughed at whatever shit Nikolai had to say… Ranpo felt some sort of rage grow within him. Why’d he treat Dazai so shitty but can treat this guy so much better? It was clear it was a mutually beneficial relationship. Nikolai looked happy and even worse, so did fucking Fyodor.

 

Ranpo doesn’t remember getting up from the couch and he honestly doesn’t really know how he got over to Fyodor, but he did. He does remember, however, pulling his arm back and decking Fyodor right in the face, causing him to stumble over and fall into the pool. It was an unintended coincidence, but he was happy with the outcome. He was very unhappy with the other outcome of Nikolai retaliating and punching Ranpo in the face as well, sending Ranpo to the ground like a sack of flour. That sobered Ranpo up real quick.

 

“Holy shit! Ranpo!” Yosano exclaimed, rushing over to Ranpo’s side and checking him, making sure he didn’t hit his head all too hard on his way to the ground. Fortunately, his head was fine.

 

“I… have no idea what just happened,” he said to her, semi-earnest. He knows what happened and he’s kind of proud of himself for doing it, but how he got here was kind of a blur.

 

As Nikolai helped Fyodor out of the pool, Yosano and Kouyou helped Ranpo up and moved him away from the scene of the crime. There were a bunch of people watching and while Ranpo’s cheek throbbed, he found this to be fucking hilarious. He, of all people, got to rock Fyodor’s shit. Oh, Dazai wasn’t going to believe him!

 

“Where the Hell is Poe to make sure you behave?” Yosano asked as she tried to give him a stern look, but Ranpo saw the smile on her face. He shrugged, pushing himself off of Yosano and Kouyou.

 

“Good question—I’ll go look for him,” he said, “while you guys… um… make sure I don’t get kicked out, mkay?”

 

— — —

 

Dazai watched Chuuya most of the night.

 

Chuuya didn’t seem mad at Dazai, even after Dazai’s wrong conclusion. Maybe he doesn’t like affection in front of other people? Dazai figured that might be the case, as Chuuya was only ever fond with him when they were alone, but what counted as affection? He couldn’t figure it out and he hated not being able to figure out shit. He waited for a hint, a clue, maybe even an opening, but he couldn’t figure it out. He even stopped drinking at one point just so he’d keep a better eye out for what he was looking for, but he couldn’t find it.

 

All Dazai noticed was that in front of other people, Chuuya wasn’t touchy at all. In fact, he didn’t even stand close to Dazai. He was social, interacting with so many people that Dazai found it hard and tiring to keep up with him, but had to for the sake of his study. The only thing Dazai noticed that was of any use was whenever anyone said anything funny, Chuuya would look at Dazai, probably to see if he was laughing too. He tried to keep up and laugh, but most of the jokes weren’t even funny. He hoped Chuuya would accept his smile, but he knew his smile was fake and ugly. He didn’t know what to do and at this point, he didn’t know why he bothered.

 

Now they stood, mostly alone, in a gallery room that was wall to wall with expensive art pieces, floor littered with marble statues, and some fuck ass weird sculptures that are probably contemporary, but the meaning was lost on Dazai.

 

“Rich guys will spend their money on anything,” Chuuya said, circling one sculpture in particular. Dazai watched him, nodding in agreement even though he didn’t really listen. Chuuya noticed this and sighed. “Are you okay?”

 

Dazai blinked. “Um, yeah.” Why was Chuuya questioning him?

 

“You’ve been quiet and like… I don’t know, nervous? All night long.” Chuuya started to walk towards Dazai, hands in his pockets. “Is something bothering you?”

 

Dazai looked down at Chuuya, trying to study his face, get any sort of idea of what to say or do. Dazai was always the smartest guy in the room. As long as no one was making some sort of modern media reference, he knew what they were talking about, but this? How was he supposed to navigate any sort of relationship with Chuuya, someone he didn’t like all that much up until a few days ago when he had been convinced otherwise. Was this all some sort of mistake? Did Dazai have the capacity for this? Did Chuuya know this? Was this all some sort of test Dazai was failing?

 

“Talk to me, man,” Chuuya said, interrupting Dazai’s thoughts and standing close to him for the first time all night. Dazai didn’t understand him. Not one bit. Not at all.

 

“What do I do?” Dazai asked. Chuuya sent him a look of confusion so Dazai continued to speak despite his mind screaming at him not to. “How do you want me to act when we’re with other people?”

 

“What are you talking about?” Chuuya asked. Dazai didn’t want to talk anymore.

 

“Never mind,” he dismissed. This was utterly embarrassing. He felt like he was admitting defeat and he hates losing.

 

“No, no,” Chuuya said, voice soft. He cupped Dazai’s cheeks, a move that only confused Dazai more until he remembered this room was virtually empty. “What’s wrong? You can talk to me.” He felt like the pieces of the puzzle were beginning to connect, but he was worried about arriving at another incorrect conclusion.

 

“You don’t want to be with me anymore, do you?” Dazai asked, arriving at his final conclusion. It seemed like a jump, but it was the only thing that made sense. Ranpo and Poe, Atsushi and Akutagawa, those guys were attached at each other’s hips. They were a couple and all it took was once glance to see it. Dazai felt like a ghost that was haunting Chuuya at this stupid party, just floating behind him with looks every now and again. Perhaps he wanted to create distance to ensure no one thought they were together so by the end of the night, he could end it before it could ever really start. Dazai had to give him props. It was a good plan. It was something he’d do too. 

 

Chuuya narrowed his eyes, looking at Dazai like he had said the most ridiculous thing in the world. “Are you a fucking moron?” He asked and Dazai was taken aback by the bitterness. “Why would you think that?”

 

“Well, I…” Dazai had been wrong twice in one night? “Everyone else that’s together are doing couple-y stuff and when I tried, you got mad and walked away.” He saw Chuuya blush and momentarily look away before looking back at Dazai.

 

“I got embarrassed by those two making a big deal out of it,” he mumbled, “and I didn’t really expect it, so it caught me off guard…” He went on his toes, trying to get closer to Dazai’s face. “Is that what you’ve been doing all night? Watching other people?”

 

“Mostly watching you,” Dazai answered honestly, “and comparing it to what I saw from other people earlier today.”

 

Chuuya smiled, even laughed a little. “Are you feeling insecure?” He asked bluntly.

 

“No… I don’t think so, anyway,” Dazai responded. He didn’t know if this was insecurity. “It’s just confusion. I don’t really know what to do.”

 

“I’m not your first relationship,” Chuuya said, “and yet, you don’t know how to be in one?”

 

“This is my first normal one, I guess,” Dazai said, “Fyodor and I never went to any parties or anything, but I also knew where I stood with him.” Chuuya made a face to that which Dazai didn’t understand. “With you, I guess I don’t really know my place.”

 

“There is no place or standing. We’re… you know, together. I wouldn’t really say boyfriends or anything cringey considering we haven’t been together all that long,” Chuuya said, “I haven't been like… annoyingly PDA with you because I hate when couples are sucking face in front of me and I also didn’t know what you wanted, so I figured that I’d give you space. I thought if you wanted something, you’d just tell me, but I should’ve figured you’d overthink it.” He was done standing on his toes. He tried to force Dazai to lean down so he could stand normally. “I want to be with you. What do you want me to do?”

 

Dazai’s mind went blank. He really didn’t know. He never really wanted anything from anyone; not Fyodor, Sasaki, or even Sigma. No one ever really asked either. What did he want from Chuuya? Could he even want anything from Chuuya? He was trying to perfect his role as someone’s significant other. 

 

“I don’t… I don’t know,” Dazai said. He very slowly brought his hands to Chuuya’s waist, who let him hold him.

 

“That’s okay,” Chuuya reassured, “let’s find out what we can both do, together.”

 

— — —

 

Atsushi was so fucked.

 

He looked away from Gin for like two minutes just so he could very briefly make out with her brother! Atsushi was a weak, weak man and a drunk Akutagawa had him fold faster than a lawn chair. Arguably, it could be said that it’s Akutagawa’s fault that Atsushi lost track of Gin, but also? She was slippery! And quiet! He didn’t think things would go so quick to shit the literal one second his eyes were off her, but alas, she was gone.

 

Discreetly, when Akutagawa went to use the bathroom for the billionth time, Atsushi called Lucy… his one saving grace.

 

“What up furry boooooooy,” Lucy cooed through the phone. He didn’t even need to see her to know she was wasted. Also, the music was mad loud where she was he could barely hear her.

 

“Is Gin with you?” He asked, panicked and looked around in all directions to make sure Akutagawa didn’t sneak up on him. If Gin was slippery, Akutagawa himself was moreso.

 

“Gin? Nope. She went to talk to some fuck ass loser dude,” Lucy responded and FUCK! Atsushi felt his stomach drop.

 

“Do you know what guy?!” He asked, panicking more.

 

“Nope. Gotta go!” Lucy hung up. Atsushi felt his relationship shrivel and die right in front of him. Akutagawa was going to break up with him and probably beat him up for letting him down like this.

 

“Atsushi, are you okay?”

 

Did Atsushi scream? Um, yeah, he did. Yes. He’s man enough to admit he screamed like a little girl when Gin Akutagwa, the very girl he was looking for, had been able to sneak up behind him and talk to him in her sweet and quiet voice. She looked at him bewildered for a minute before attempting to not laugh at his reaction.

 

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you,” she said, “I just heard you on the phone. I’m right here. Sorry I disappeared, I went to use the bathroom and ran into the girls, but I tried to come back fast enough that you didn’t freak out when you noticed I was gone.”

 

“Sorry you—?! You know I’ve been keeping an eye on you?” He asked.

 

Gin gave him another bewildered look. “Um… yes, Atsushi, I would be very stupid not to… you made eye contact with me over a hundred times and even waved at me once.”

 

Atsushi felt his face redden in embarrassment. “Well, it was because we made eye contact and it would’ve been awkward not to wave…” He tried to defend. Gin just smile again and nodded.

 

“Well, I really appreciate you keeping an eye on me so Ryu can enjoy himself, but I’m very much fine,” she said, “I’ve been mostly sticking with the girls and I can handle myself. I know Ryu is worried, but I’m okay, really.”

 

“Try telling him that,” Atsushi said in an exhale. She nodded.

 

“I am, don’t worry. You deserve to relax and have fun too,” she said, “I’ll see you later. Also, don’t listen to Lucy when called you a ‘fuck ass loser dude.’ She was just messing with you.”

 

It hadn’t fully connected that Lucy knew that Gin was going to talk to Atsushi. He let out a sigh. Well, that was one of his best friends. He couldn’t even be mad. She got him.

 

Gin walked off. Atsushi stayed where he was, as he promised Akutagawa he would stay here just so he’d be able to find him when he came back. A few minutes later, Akutagawa approached him but… was he crying? Atsushi immediately embraced him, fearing the worst.

 

“What happened?” Atsushi asked, voice riddled with worry.

 

“Gin... she—” Akutagawa sniffled, but then let out a sob he tried to disguise as a cough. Atsushi began to walk them into a quieter room. Atsushi was rubbing his back and sat them down on one of Fitzgerald’s fancy couches. Akutagawa hid his face in the crook of Atsushi’s neck and Atsushi could feel his warm tears. “She said I was the best brother ever and she loves me.” He cried against Atsushi, like full on cried.

 

“That’s a good thing though?” Atsushi asked, unsure. He didn’t know! He didn’t have siblings! He was crying like someone died!

 

“She’s so cool, but she still loves me!” Akutagawa’s cries were muffled against Atsushi. Listen, Atsushi wasn’t Ranpo, but he was going to deduce that Akutagawa crying was more so because of the alcohol rather than what Gin told him.

 

He rubbed Akutagawa’s back, attempting to soothe him. Well, Atsushi thought, there are worse things to cry about.

 

— — —

 

“Poe?” Ranpo’s voice called out. He just entered Fitzgerald’s fucking library. “Are you in here?”

 

Walking in, he turned to the side and could see Poe sitting in a leather armchair, looking at Ranpo sheepishly, like a kid who was caught trying to steal a cookie from the cookie jaw. Ranpo turned to Poe fully. Poe immediately gasped, standing up.

 

“Ranpo, my dear, what happened?” He rushed over to Ranpo, gently cupping his face and looking at his bruised cheek. “Are you okay?”

 

“Yeah, I punched Fyodor in the face, but Nikolai got me back.” Ranpo sounded a bit too proud, but he didn’t really care much. He deserved the confidence. “Is this where you’ve been holed up?”

 

“You punched—?!” Poe was aghast. “Why would you do that?”

 

“Don’t avoid my question,” Ranpo said as he avoided Poe’s question, “was it too overwhelming downstairs? What’s wrong? Why are you hiding?”

 

Poe frowned, looking away from Ranpo and sighed. “Yes, I guess… I did,” he said. Ranpo could feel that Poe was embarrassed about it and he didn’t know why he would be. He just wished Poe had told him he wanted to go some place quieter—he would’ve been happy to tag along! “I just feel so out of place down there. I only know you and your friends… I didn’t want to stop you from having fun—though now, perhaps I wish I had…” His eyes were on Ranpo’s bruise and Ranpo had never seen Poe with that type of look before. A look filled with disdain. He wondered if he should be worried about Poe trying to fight Nikolai… or more worried that he probably wouldn’t stop it to see what happens.

 

“You wouldn’t have stopped me from having fun,” Ranpo said. He put his hands over Poe’s. “You and I could just be sitting in a room, doing nothing, not even talking to one another, and I’d still have fun! I have fun as long as I’m with you!” Poe leaned down, kissing Ranpo very gently before resting his forehead on Ranpo’s.

 

“We hang out all the time though,” he began quietly, “I wanted you to have fun with your friends, even if it meant without me.”

 

“It’s not really fun without you though,” Ranpo answered somewhat honestly. Punching Fyodor was pretty fun, he feared. “Or at least,” he corrected, “it’s not as fun. Like, it’s a different kind of fun where it’s like ‘oh this is fun, but could be way better if Poe were here.’ Am I making sense? I’m kind of drunk.”

 

Poe let out a laugh and nodded. “Yes,” he responded, “you’re making sense. I just… it’s all too much for me down there. I… I don’t know when I’m going to go back down. I’m sure Yosano or Dazai want to hang out with you. Or, what about Kunikida and that secret boyfriend of his? I don’t want you hidden away with me when you shine so brightly.”

 

“There’s really no reason to shine if you’re not there to see it,” Ranpo responded, taking Poe’s hands off his face and then guiding him to the leather couch adjacent to the chair Poe originally had been in. “Anyway, I think I might be at risk of getting kicked out for starting a fight, so staying with you here is my best bet.” He sat down and patted the spot next to him repeatedly so Poe would sit down. He did and Ranpo leaned on his shoulder. “So what were you doing in here?”

 

Poe smiled, wrapping his arm around Ranpo. He held his phone in his hands and showed Ranpo the screen. “Well, surrounded by all this literature, I was beginning to feel inspired to write something of my own,” he said, opening his phone’s notes app. “Want to read what I have so far?”

 

— — —

 

Tachihara spent most of this party looking for Junichiro. Thanks to Fitzgerald for buying the biggest fucking house ever, it took forever to find Junichiro. Though, after hearing a girl talk about a “sad, ginger boy in one of the bedrooms,” Tachihara was able to find him.

 

Junichiro sat on the floor with his knees against his chest, hugging them with one arm while he was on his phone with his other hand. The room was dark, the only light coming from his phone screen. He was sitting right next to the bed, but not on it. He looked up briefly at Tachihara as he let himself in, but looked back down at his phone, saying nothing. The frown he wore, however, was prominent.

 

Tachihara closed the door and locked it behind him, not wanting anyone to interrupt them for their overdue chat. He sat down in front of Junichiro. He definitely sobered up in the time they were separated. He even had a water bottle with him.

 

“I don’t think you’re a freak,” Tachihara began, immediately getting to the point, “or a weirdo, or a wacko, or abnormal, or any sort of synonym you plan to throw my way. I don’t think that way of you.” He reached over and wiped the tears that were already coming out of Junichiro’s eyes. “And I wouldn’t think that way of you. Ever.”

 

Junichiro sat up straight, sniffling, and looked away from Tachihara as he tried to gather his thoughts. “I just..” His voice wavered, “I don’t talk about the situation between Naomi and me because what happened to Naomi was really awful and I don’t like talking about her business… but Naomi and I aren’t related and we aren’t dating.” He took in a deep breath and wiped his own tear away. “Naomi and I were childhood friends. Like, her parents had been friends with her parents before either of us were born. We were always together, you know? And in middle school, I had a crush on her, so… you know, I asked her out but it was a middle school relationship, right? And she said yes, so I had told all my stupid ass friends at the time and showed them her ‘cause we didn’t go to the same school.” Junichiro placed his phone on the floor. “Well, her parents died when we were in the eighth grade. Car accident. My parents took Naomi in and basically adopted her, giving her the last name because ‘it would be easier’ and… they’re the ones who treated her like a daughter so I needed to treat her like a sister, and then we ended up at the same high school…”

 

“So all the friends you showed her picture to started the rumor that you and Naomi were siblings and dating,” Tachihara said.

 

“Yeah, but we weren’t together at that point—honest! When her parents died, we broke up, obviously, because it was a middle school relationship and her parents died!” Junichiro exclaimed.

 

“Is that why this all has you upset? Because you feel bad for Naomi?” Tachihara asked. Junichiro looked at him, a guilty look across his face.

 

“Not… entirely,” he answered, hand at his lip and picking at it nervously. Tachihara reached over and grabbed his hand and then his other one, bringing them together and then bringing his hands closer to him so he could kiss his knuckles. Junichiro blushed, looking to the floor. “It’s…” He let out another sigh, though this one was accompanied by a sniffle. “It’s my parents. They… they know I’m not exactly straight. That’s why I stopped talking to them and why I came out to everyone. It’s not stopping them though.” He hiccuped. He was trying to stop crying. He took his hands from Tachihara, wiping his face and putting his hood up to try to conceal his face from him. “It’s so dumb, it’s so stupid. I got upset with you when it’s all my fault. I’m really sorry man—like, seriously, I’m so sorry.” He was rambling now. “Hearing Steinbeck call me gross and a weirdo and a freak… I just… I mean, everyone is saying it. My friends, strangers, and my parents too. I gotta be a problem, right?” He turned to Tachihara.

 

Even though the room was dark, Tachihara could see the look on Junichiro’s face and he could feel his heart breaking. He thought Junichiro was a good guy. He’s funny, nice, clearly cares about his friends, and fun. He wasn’t a freak, and he clearly thought so little of himself and held what people said to him even when their words were thorny. He’d hold onto those words as his hands bleed because he puts more value into what other people think of him than what he thinks of himself. 

 

“Tanizaki,” Tachihara said, voice steady and serious, “you’re not a problem at all. You’re a good guy and you’re not weird. Whatever lame ass shit anyone says, friends, family, or whatever, know that the shit they’re saying is dumb. You should just listen to me when I say that I don’t think, but I know you’re a good non-freaky guy.” He reached out and grabbed Junichiro’s shoulders. “And if it’s social suicide for me to go out with you, then fuck it, I’ll kill myself—or my reputation, I guess?—cause I’d rather be going out with you the be some fucking loser who calls you some fuck ass name without knowing the story behind it or because of some homophobic bullshit, which no offense or anything cause they’re your parents, but they’re dumb as fuck for judging you especially cause they’re the ones who adopted the girl you were dating and basically had her become your sister which is fucking wild dude, that shit is wild!”

 

Junichiro let out a small laugh as he wiped his eyes. “You’re a good guy too, Tachihara,” Junichiro said.

 

“Michizou,” Tachihara corrected. Junichiro furrowed his brow.

 

“What?”

 

“Call me Michizou or whatever nickname you want to give me,” Tachihara said, smiling at Junichiro. He grabbed Junichiro’s hands again, moving them away from his face. “I want you to call me by my name.”

 

Junichiro looked surprised. “O… Okay, I will,” he said, “you can—I mean, you already gave me a nickname so I dunno if you’d even want to, but you can call me by my first name—Junichiro, I mean, that’s my name.” Tachihara laughed.

 

“I know, ‘Chiro,” he said, already giving him a nickname. “So, are we back together or what?”

 

Junichiro let out a small laugh before nodding. “Yeah,” he said, looking at Tachihara a little bit guiltily, “if you’d take me.”

 

“I’d be more than happy to,” he responded, leaning in and kissing him.

 

— — —

 

“What’s wrong with him?” Dazai asked, pointing at Akutagawa who was on top of Atsushi, eyes red and face flush, but at least asleep.

 

“Gin told him he was the best brother ever and he cried so hard he knocked himself out,” Atsushi responded honestly and bluntly. Dazai snickered, looking around the room.

 

“Gin’s here? Where’s that sweet girl at?” He asked.

 

“Leave the Akutagawas alone for once, Dazai,” Kunikida said, walking over with Katai. They hadn't left yet as Kunikida knew that if Dazai didn't meet Katai, he'd be insufferable. Dazai’s eyes almost bugged out of his head, but he promised he’d be on his best behavior.

 

“Okay… Kunikida…” He said slowly. Kunikida was staring daggers at Dazai. “Are you going to introduce me to your friend here?”

 

“Dazai, this is Katai. Katai, this is Dazai,” Kunikida said, placing a certain emphasis on Dazai’s name that would have a normal person worry that Kunikida had been talking shit about him, but Dazai wasn’t a normal person (arguably not even person) and he knew that Kunikida talked shit about him to Katai.

 

“Nice to meet you,” Dazai said. Katai nodded.

 

“Same to you.”

 

“Perfect, now that you and Katai met and Ranpo is nowhere to be found, we’re leaving,” Kunikida said, “goodbye and have a good night.”

 

“Um, wow! Nice to see where I stand with you, Doppo Kunikida!” Ranpo’s voice rang throughout the room. He waltzed in (with Poe tailing close behind), a bit too confident in Dazai’s opinion, with some sort of bruise on his face. This wasn’t unnoticed by Kunikida either.

 

“What happened to your face?” He asked immediately.

 

“I am so glad you asked,” Ranpo said, pulling out his phone, “you and Dazai come hither. There is a YikYak I’d like you both to see!” 

 

Dazai and Kunikida approached Ranpo as Poe walked past them to introduce himself to Katai. Dazai assumed that there would be a video of Ranpo falling over or something posted on YikYak, but his jaw dropped seeing someone had captured Edogawa Ranpo of all people rocking Fyodor’s shit.

 

“Ranpo! That is completely inappropriate—” Kunikida’s scolding was interrupted by himself laughing as he saw Fyodor fall into the pool. He wordlessly played the video back to rewatch Fyodor fall in. Dazai was laughing so hard there were tears in his eyes.

 

“Oh my God, send this to me right now. I’m going to go show it to Chuuya when he gets out of the bathroom,” Dazai said, wiping a tear from his eye. He and Kunikida made eye contact and then devolved into laughter again. Dazai had to lean on Kunikida, who was basically doubling over.

 

“What’re they laughing about?” Tachihara asked, approaching Atsushi with his arm around Junichiro’s shoulders. Junichiro looked down at Akutagawa.

 

“Is he good?” He asked, despite his face looking literally the same.

 

“Are you?” Atsushi asked and rightfully so. He opened his arm on the side Akutagawa wasn’t, ready to give Junichiro a hug too. Junichiro laughed and sat next to Atsushi and copied the way Akutagawa was.

 

“Damn, Atsushi and the huzz,” Lucy Maud Montgomery, Atsushi’s current archnemesis, said as she took out her phone. “Tanizaki, copy Akutagawa. This is going to be such a good picture.”

 

“Awe, family photo,” Naomi commented jokingly. She turned to Tachihara. “Why was Junichiro crying?” Her voice was hushed and serious. It kind of took Tachihara off guard for a moment.

 

“I’ll tell you—” His eyes landed on someone. “Um, actually, you’re about to find out.” He walked past Naomi. “Yo, Steinbeck, dude!” John Steinbeck stopped walking and turned to face Tachihara, who immediately landed a punch to the side of his head. 

 

Steinbeck immediately fought back. Kunikida had to pull Tachihara off of Steinbeck whereas Lovecraft of all dudes had to hold back Steinbeck. Tachihara wanted to hit him again. He never wanted to see Junichiro cry like that fucking again.

 

“Talk shit on Junichiro Tanizaki or Naomi again and me punching your thick fucking skull is going to be the least of your worries, you dumb fuck!” Tachihara yelled, trying to get out of Kunikida’s grip, but the dude was fucking strong . “Also, real fucking funny that you’re coming at Junichiro for being a freak, when look who your fuckin’ buddy is!”

 

“Man, fuck you!” Steinbeck yelled, “if you were me you would’ve asked the same shit!”

 

“Thank God I’m not you, you fucking—!”

 

“Oh my God, poor people are fighting in my fucking house,” Fitzgerald said, making his first fucking appearance all night. “Party’s over. I can’t risk one of you losers breaking something I know you couldn’t afford to replace. Everyone get out!”

 

Atsushi looked around awkwardly. Junichiro had gotten up and off of him, but Akutagawa was still fast asleep on Atsushi despite the rowdiness.

 

“Can I… Can I get some help here?” 

Notes:

THIS WAS FORTY GOOGLE DOC PAGES AND 9K WORDS. IF U DONT LIKE THIS CHAPTER IDK WHAT TO TELL YOU WAIT FOR THE NEXT UPDATE THEN IDK WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING

um anyway steinback is the "antagonist" of this chapter just because he and lovecraft tracked down naomi and whatever during the guild arc

akutagawa crying over gin is a reference to that tiktok trend where older sisters are like "i can't believe my cool younger sister put me on her insta close friends story like she thinks i'm cool?" but i thought it would be funny if he got so emotional over it he literally cried himself into utter exhaustion lmfao

lucy my beloved no one bully her for calling atsushi a loser she's just keeping it real /hj

i wanted to do more with kunikatai but i also like didn't have that dawg in me guys. enjoy the crumbs i'll add him to the server or smth

skk is in here just cause i know that's what you all want from me 3 i'm nothing more than you skk slave /hj

AND YEAH RANPO FUCKING PUNCHING FYODOR BC IM THE AUTHOR AND I CAN WRITE WHAT I WANT. AND HE WOULD. HE SOOOOO WOULD.

bsky: unknown-ghost

ok i'm going the fuck to sleep gns if you see any mistakes know i proofread this shit and zoned out for most of it so just ignore it maybe i'll notice it 1 day bye

Chapter 59: Bagels and BoJack

Summary:

The server recaps the party and then are forcibly reminded that Dazai is modern pop culture illiterate, so they try to change that.

Notes:

SPOILER WARNING FOR END OF SEASON ONE WILL TRENT!!!!!!!!

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 10:23 AM.

boydetective:

head hurty

 

nothuman:

because of a hangover or because nikolai rocked your shit

 

boydetective:

both

im hiding at poes house bc i dont want fuku to see me

and give me a stern talking 2

 

butterfly:

Omg he became junichiro

Spell Ranpo! Spell!

 

boydetective:

words… r so hard rn

 

nothuman:

i’m so hard right now

okay hm wait pause

not funny after i hit send

i meant hard in the context of going hard

 

butterfly:

Hey buddy maybe stop talking <3

 

nothuman:

good idea

 

countess..luanne:

Guys I am so fucked

 

nothuman:

yeah girl you were nuts last night

 

countess..luanne:

Ok not in that context but I was having a good time

But no

I um…

Ok so it’s better if I show you

[picture of an expensive item stolen from Fitzgerald’s house]

I DONT REMEMBER TAKING THIS

 

nothuman:

oh my god

 

countess..luanne:

HOW FUCKED AM I?

 

nothuman:

[picture of matching expensive item]

not that bad i did the same thing

 

arahabaki:

WHEN DID YOU TAKE THAT SHITTY DAZAI

 

nothuman:

don’t worry about it

 

boydetective:

omg i totally called it………

i m a genius…

 

doppo_poet:

You two better return those items.

 

countess..luanne:

I will I will

Idk about Dazai

 

nothuman:

i’ll really have to think about it

i doubt these were the only things stolen last night

 

alphatiger:

ARE YOU TWO TRYING TO GO TO JAIL AND KILL ME?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

countess..luanne:

Gm prince charming

 

alphatiger:

Gm Lucy :3

Do you hate me

Cause I feel like if you loved me you wouldn’t steal stuff and risk going to prison for grand larceny

 

countess..luanne:

I DONT REMEMBER TAKING IT

IT WAS JUST IN MY BAD

Genuinely think someone put it in there to either frame me or just mixed up their bag w mine

 

butterfly:

Atsushi is Akutagawa ok

 

alphatiger:

Yeah? Why?

 

butterfly:

I saw him crying last night but I’m not close with him so I didn’t want to bother him abt it 😭

But I just wanted to make sure bc he looks like the type of guy to never cry

 

alphatiger:

Oh lol yeah he’s fine

He was a little (lot) drunk and Gin complimented him and it made him cry

 

butterfly:

Omg awe that’s so wholesome

 

nothuman:

lol lame

if either of my siblings complimented me i’d just assume they want something from me

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

fuck off

my sister is significantly superior to both of ur siblings combined

 

nothuman:

you don’t know either of my siblings so shut the fuck up

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

jinko get this guy

 

alphatiger:

You started it 😭

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

wow… so ur not here 4 me for better and for worse

noted

 

alphatiger:

STOP!!!!!!!!

 

nothuman:

best part of the night was ranpo punching fyodor

but why did you punch him pookie

 

boydetective:

idk

drunk

 

doppo_poet:

How’s your head?

 

boydetective:

uhhh idk no complaints yet

think poe is more equipped to answer

 

thegoldraven:

What?

 

butterfly:

LMFAOOOOO

 

thegoldraven:

???

 

alphatiger:

Forget Ranpo

Tachihara went fucking nuts last night on Steinbeck

 

countess..luanne:

Watching Tachihara smack Steinbeck straight on the dome felt like an early Christmas present

 

butterfly:

Why did he fight Steinbeck

 

goldendemon:

Who even is Steinbeck

 

nothuman:

guild member

 

arahabaki:

Wait I thought Steinbeck was chill?

 

nothuman:

you’re thinking twain

 

countess..luanne:

Omg my ginger twin Marky Mark

 

arahabaki:

Ohhhhhh

Why did you fight Steinbeck? @ blcklzrd ?

 

blcklzrd:

He was talking shit

 

alphatiger:

About Naomi and Juni right?

Cause you yelled something abt it when you were whaling on him

But I was busy with the huzz

 

countess..luanne:

[picture of Atsushi between Akutagawa and Junichiro]

Family Christmas card!

 

blcklzrd:

Yeah

 

alphatiger:

What was he saying

 

blcklzrd:

It’s not my business to spread

I just shut him up

Idk if Chiro wants to me to talk abt it

 

alphatiger:

Is he with you rn?

 

blcklzrd:

Yeah he just left my house why

 

alphatiger:

Cuz I’m gonna ask him to get me a bagel LMFAOOOOOO

 

alphatiger: Cuz I’m gonna ask him to get me a bagel LMFAOOOOOO

shadow.praiser:

👍

 

alphatiger:

Thanks beloved

I’ll send you money

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

beloved??

 

alphatiger:

/p

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

idk what that means

 

alphatiger:

Omg it’s a tone indicator… /p means I mean beloved platonically

Like P for Platonic

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh ok :]

 

nothuman:

so kunikida how did katai like the party

 

doppo_poet:

He had a good time for the most part. He wasn’t a fan of the fighting, so he was pretty glad when we all got kicked out.

 

nothuman:

so when are you going to ask to invite him to the server?

 

doppo_poet:

Never if I can help it.

 

butterfly:

BOOOOOOOOOOOO

INVITE HIM

 

doppo_poet:

No!

 

boydetective:

@shadow.praiser add him pls

 

doppo_poet:

Do not!

 

thegoldraven:

I found Katai to be very nice when I spoke with him yesterday! He seems like a good person, Kunikida. :)

 

doppo_poet:

Thank you, Poe. He also enjoyed talking to you too.

 

boydetective:

Invite him to the server please I didn’t even speak to him I was too busy flexing my physical prowess

 

butterfly:

Omg you learned how to spell again

 

boydetective:

I opened my dictionary and whatnot

 

doppo_poet:

I’ll ask him if he wants to join, but I’m not going to make him.

 

nothuman:

winners win

 

arahabaki:

Ok relax Dazai

 

nothuman:

man :(

 

alphatiger:

Bagel acquired

Life is good

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

I wish I had a bagel ):

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

we can go get bagels :]

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Yay! :D

 

doppo_poet:

Okay so here’s how this is going to go.

 

arahabaki:

LMFAO

 

doppo_poet:

If one of you says anything out of line, I will kill you.

Unless you’re Dazai.

There I tie you to the back of my car and drive around Yokohama with your body dragging.

 

nothuman:

DUDE?!?!?!?!

 

arahabaki:

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I mean wow that’s totally uncalled for…

 

nothuman:

kill yourself 😭

 

butterfly:

DON’T KYS CHUUYA

HE WANTS TO DUAL SUICIDE

 

nothuman:

nah i’d only dual suicide with a woman

 

arahabaki:

I’m offended which scares me

Why only with a woman

 

nothuman:

for the message of it all

a death of heteronormativity and whatnot

 

butterfly:

Bruhhhhh

Kind of deep but bruhhhhh

 

boydetective:

IGNORE DAZAI INVITE KATAI

 

doppo_poet:

Okay…

 

futon.computer is here.

 

doppo_poet:

Hello Katai.

 

futon.computer:

Hello Doppo.

 

nothuman:

why are you two so formal with each other

 

doppo_poet:

Oh shush.

 

futon.computer:

Are we too formal with each other?

 

doppo_poet:

No, we’re fine. Dazai doesn’t understand what being polite is.

 

nothuman:

DAMN. okay kunikida

 

futon.computer:

It was very nice meeting all of you yesterday.

 

thegoldraven:

The pleasure was all ours. :)

 

futon.computer:

:)

I will say, I am very surprised you have a Discord account, Doppo!

 

doppo_poet:

Really? Why’s that?

 

futon.computer:

Discord was originally created for people playing video games and is mostly used for that same concept.

I know you don’t play any games, so I find it interesting you have an account.

 

doppo_poet:

Well, I only really have it because of Dazai.

He created a different server a while ago and invited me, so I made an account.

I do admit that it is rather useful!

 

boydetective:

Kunikida I promised to be on my best behavior but holy fuck

This is like watching paint dry

Give us details about y’all’s relationship or stfu 😭

 

doppo_poet:

I will kill you.

 

boydetective:

THIS CONVERSATION IS KILLING ME ALREADY IM ALREADY DYING

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

[picture of him and Gin]

we got bagels :]

 

alphatiger:

WOOHOO!!!!!

We’re matching :3

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yes we are jinko

 

blcklzrd:

Damn now I really want a fucking bagel

But I won’t do it

 

light_finder:

Get that bagel Tachihara!

You deserve it!

 

blcklzrd:

You’re so fucking right.

 

butterfly:

Too bad Junichiro already went and got Atsu a bagel and probably one for himself you guys could’ve had a cute little bagel date ☹️

 

blcklzrd:

Womp womp

He’s definitely sick of me lol

 

light_finder:

That’s not true!

But yeah he also gave me a bagel too

They had no sesame seed bagels </3

 

countess..luanne:

Praying for you queen

 

boydetective:

Why isn’t Juni speaking

Pspspspspspspssppspspsp

 

nothuman:

he’s not a cat 😭

 

butterfly:

He’s offline⁉️

Is my little lamb ok

Do I need to go over there

 

doppo_poet:

He’s probably dealing with a hangover.

 

nothuman:

damn junichiro is your little lamb and atsushi is mine

their apartment is like a herd and we’re the shepherds

oh god chuuya cover your eyes i made a sheep reference

 

arahabaki:

It’s so hard talking to you bc my instincts are screaming at me to say kys but my brain knows better than to enable you

 

butterfly:

Hit him with a eyl

 

arahabaki:

EYL????

 

butterfly:

Enjoy your life

 

nothuman:

KYS‼️

WITCH!! WITCH!!

🫵🫵

 

butterfly:

🧙🏻‍♀️

 

alphatiger:

He’s watching a show

 

butterfly:

What show

 

alphatiger:

Girl idk I just hear it

 

butterfly:

Wtf are you sassy for

Bruh sassy man apocalypse hit and Atsushi is the first victim 💔

 

alphatiger:

Because I

Oh wait he’s watching peak

BoJack Horseman

 

nothuman:

what

 

arahabaki:

Oh my god bro’s never watched BoJack Horseman

Wait I should make him watch it

 

boydetective:

Oh god no bc he’s gonna kin BoJack 

 

arahabaki:

LMFAO STFU HAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA

 

nothuman:

i don’t get it

i looked it up and it’s weird i’m not watching it

 

thegoldraven:

It’s actually pretty good!

 

boydetective:

Who’s that dawg? MR. PEANUT BUTTA

 

butterfly:

Y’all are speaking a different language 

 

goldendemon:

You’ve never watched it either?

 

nothuman:

and you have?

 

goldendemon:

Um, yes?

Dazai you need to watch this show like immediately

I genuinely need to know your thoughts specifically on The View from Halfway Down

 

boydetective:

KOUYOU THAT’S SO FUCKED UP

But now that you’ve said that I agree

Dazai please I don’t ask much of you

DON’T LOOK IT UP BTW

YOU NEED TO WATCH IT FULL 

 

arahabaki:

I’m not agreeing but I’m also not disagreeing

 

nothuman:

can’t i just watch the episode 

 

boydetective:

No silly goose

It has an overarching plot you need to start from the beginning and The View from Halfway Down is the second to last episode of the series and genuinely a masterpiece

Arguably one of the best episodes of fiction ever created

 

nothuman:

you said the same thing about that show with the bald kid i still haven’t watched

 

bookworm:

Dazai, you haven’t watched Avatar: The Last Airbender?!

 

boydetective:

OMG

GET HIM ODASAKU

 

bookworm:

Reading books can only make you so cultured…

Avatar: The Last Airbender was generation defining.

You have to watch that.

Also, yes, you should watch BoJack Horseman as well.

 

nothuman:

what the fuck is happening

genuinely 

 

futon.computer:

Arcane is also very good.

 

goldendemon:

I agree. Arcane is fantastic!

 

butterfly:

I just watch Grey’s Anatomy on repeat

And Kardashians sometimes

 

nothuman:

okay i’m not going to lie when you watch the kardashians in the living room, sometimes i go in the kitchen and pretend to do stuff to listen

 

butterfly:

I KNEW YOU WERE DOING THAT

BUT IT’S SO CAPTIVATING 

We should watch Vanderpump Rules together

 

nothuman:

no 😭

 

alphatiger:

I’m watching Will Trent right now

 

boydetective:

ATSUSHI FUCKING YES SIRRRRRRRRR

YESSSSSSSSSSS

 

alphatiger:

I’m getting close to the end of season one rn

 

boydetective:

😀

Oh my god it’s going to destroy you.

 

alphatiger:

HELP?!?!?!??!?!?!?!

 

boydetective:

What episode are you up to rn?

 

alphatiger:

Like episode 9

I plan on finishing the season today

 

boydetective:

@x..RASHOMON..x when you finish your bagel go to Sush’s cause he’s gonna need u

 

alphatiger:

HELP?!?!?!?!?!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ok

 

alphatiger:

IS IT THAT BAD???

 

boydetective:

No I just know you

 

alphatiger:

I think I’ll be fine

 

boydetective:

You won’t

 

alphatiger:

I beg to differ

 

Today at 2:07 PM.

alphatiger:

FUCK YOU RANPO

OH MY GOD

IM SOBBING

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Yeah I can hear you from my room

 

boydetective:

DUDE I WARNED YOU

 

alphatiger:

AMANDA FOUND HIM IN THE GARBAGE OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD

DUDE

ME 

HE’S LITERALLY ME

WHAT THE FUCK

I THREW UP IM CRYING SO HARD

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

he did

 

alphatiger:

I’M NEVER WATCHING TV AGAIN

I CAN’T STOP CRYING

FUCK U RANPO

 

boydetective:

I LITERALLY WARNED YOU

HELP!!!!!!!

 

nothuman:

so i take it that i shouldn’t watch this show?

 

alphatiger:

Oh my god no you absolutely should

What the fuck

Dazai i will spam pics of me crying to you until you watch this show

 

nothuman:

WHAT THE FUCK

 

alphatiger:

Anyway

FUCK YOU RANPO

 

boydetective:

MAN WHAT!!!!!!!

Notes:

i genuinely didnt have plans to update this shit for a few days and look who's back. literally uploading a chapter at the same time as i did last night. free me from the shackles of this fic....

erm anyway I think The View from Halfway Down would be so interesting for Dazai to watch. BoJack Horseman is genuinely a masterpiece of a show, but so is ATLA and Arcane idgaf

this chapter was very much silly goofy haha cause i needed a breather from the chapter before

no junichiro this chapter (only SUPER briefly) kind of hurt me. he's so fun to write and he's my pookie wtf :(

bsky: unknown-ghost

ok bye see you whenever!

Chapter 60: Orphans and Their Parents

Summary:

Atsushi talks to Junichiro about what he's going through.

Notes:

TW: homophobia, parent issues, and self-loathing

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

iMessage

Tanizaki Junichiro

Today at 5:41 PM.

Hey Junebug are you okay dude :(

 

hi ranpo yeah im fine why

 

You haven’t been talking in the server all day

Other than to let Atsu know you were getting him a bagel

 

been busy

watching tv n dealing with hangover

 

So this has nothing to do with whatever Steinbeck was saying about you and Naomi last night?

 

no.

im fine.

 

You can talk to me dude, I’m your friend

 

i rly cant talk to u abt it dude like i cant

tho if u wanna help me in sum way can u pls stop with the sister fucker jokes

i tried to b a good sport abt it but i rly cant do it anymore.

its not true and the jokes r not funny

 

Omg of course

I’m sorry I made you uncomfortable that was never ever my intent

Do you want me to tell the others to stop too???

 

yeah thx

 

Of course

But please keep in mind that I am here for you if you need me

And it’s not just me. Everyone in the server is here for you too.

I don’t want you to feel alone if you’re going through something :(

 

i appreciate the concern ranpo

but this shit is smth i cant tell u guys abt

im going to have to figure it out on my own

 

Jun… :(

 

ill ttyl 

bye

 

PM

Ranpo, Yosano, Akutagwa, Dazai, Atsushi, Kunikida, and Chuuya

Today at 4:00 PM.

boydetective:

Guys no more incest jokes with Junichiro

 

alphatiger:

I literally never joined in on that joke

I never really found it funny

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

not me bruh wtf

this sucks

why

its a good bit

 

nothuman:

is this because of steinbeck?

 

boydetective:

I think it might be but he won’t tell me anything

He literally told me he can’t tell me what’s bothering him

 

butterfly:

Do you guys want me to talk to him?

 

nothuman:

FUCK NO LMFAO 😭

 

butterfly:

What!!!

I love my little Junie ☹️

 

alphatiger:

I can talk to him if you’d like?

 

boydetective:

Yeah maybe try?

But also guys seriously no more sister jokes

Esp you Akutagawa cause you get rly mean with it

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ok but r they siblings or not

 

alphatiger:

Babe no they’re not siblings

Well like not biological siblings

Naomi told Lucy at the hunting dogs party that her parents died in an accident when she was in middle school so Junichiro’s parents took her in

She’s his adopted sister ig? But they were childhood friends before that

 

arahabaki:

Ok but if his parents adopted her that makes her his sister

It’s not like biologically incest but it’s like socially wrong

 

boydetective:

Ok but clearly they aren’t dating? Lol wtf

 

arahabaki:

Sorry to be clear I’m just saying that they are siblings

Just because she’s adopted doesn’t mean they’re not

But I am not saying those two are incestuous 

 

doppo_poet:

I understand what you’re saying, Chuuya.

 

nothuman:

invite tachihara to this gc and see what he has to say about all this

 

boydetective:

Ummmm idk I don’t wanna go over Juni’s head

 

blcklzrd joined the group.

 

boydetective:

Oh ok so fuck me and what I say right :D!

 

nothuman:

sorry i did it before you responded

:p

 

blcklzrd:

Is this some sort of loser club cause it’s ok I don’t wanna be a part of it

 

arahabaki:

Says the guy in the hunting dogs

 

blcklzrd:

sigh

Fucking fair

What up

 

nothuman:

what’s wrong with junichiro

 

blcklzrd:

Oh I’m not gonna spread his business

Ironically this is the group of people who are part of the problem but lol

 

butterfly:

Wym?

 

blcklzrd:

😐

Alright well since you guys have forced my hand

 

doppo_poet:

No one forced anything?

 

blcklzrd:

Each and every one of you had made Chiro feel like a fucking weirdo because you think it’s funny to joke about shit that has Chiro look like a fucking pervert

Like seriously? Fucking his sister?

And it’s literally crazy how you guys hopped on the sister fucking thing without asking any questions

He was fucking bawling his eyes out last night because he’s convinced everyone thinks that shit is true and then some and he thinks that no matter what he does, he’ll always be seen as some sort of weirdo

Cause he’s also have issues with his parents rn too and it’s only amplifying these feelings

Like he even broke up w me last night because he was convinced that me dating him was some sort of social suicide FOR ME.

Also fuck you Dazai and Akutagawa specifically because you both ganged up on him on friday and implied that he was only dating me because we look similar and akutagawa you LITERALLY asked him “when did u become a freak or were u just born like that” so you guys fucking suck and Junichiro deserves more than an apology from all of you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

if he had such an issue to the point hes bitching and moaning idk why he never said anything other than whine that they werent dating or siblings

he neve said stop he never said shit

never 

im not gonna sit here and be painted as the villain when i didnt even know there was an actual issue

 

butterfly:

OK OK OK OK OK STOP

NO NO NO NO NO 

 

alphatiger:

I’ll go talk to Junichiro rn

 

blcklzrd:

Good luck idc what you do but maybe train your dog better

 

blcklzrd left the group.

 

Atsushi knocked on Junichiro’s door and waited for his quiet “come in.” Atsushi walked in and closed the door behind him with a quiet click. Wordlessly, he walked to Junichiro’s bed and, not bothering to ask, he hopped up and laid down next to him. 

 

Junichiro looked tired, but he was too focused on watching BoJack Horseman to bother trying to go to sleep. Atsushi knew about this habit of his—where he just watches episode after episode of a show because if he thinks about anything else, it’ll make him too upset.

 

Atsushi hugged Junichiro from the side, patting his head, trying to soothe him. Junichiro held onto Atsushi’s arm that went across his chest with both his hands, as if that was his way of hugging him back. He didn’t look at Atsushi though and Atsushi didn’t want him to.

 

“Are you okay buddy?” Atsushi asked, keeping his voice soft and level. Junichiro nodded in response, but the frown on his face contradicted it. “You can talk to me dude. You’re one of my best friends. I’m here for you.”

 

“I can’t talk to you about it,” Junichiro said, his lips quivering.

 

“Yes you can,” Atsushi responded, “I’m here for you whenever you need me and that includes now.”

 

“Yeah and if it was about literally anything else, I’d tell you about,” Junichiro said, “but this is something I can’t talk to anyone about.”

 

“Well, I know it’s not about John Steinbeck,” Atsushi said, pushing back Junichiro’s bangs as he was not wearing his usual hair clips. “Ranpo just messaged a bunch of us and told us to stop the jokes about you and Naomi, but also said that you’re dealing with something you feel like you can’t talk to him about. And now you're saying you can’t talk to me either… but that’s not true. You can talk to me about anything.”

 

“Not about this,” Junichiro said stubbornly, “I can’t talk to anyone about this. Not you, Kyouka… Ranpo or Dazai… not even Naomi. I have to deal with it on my own.”

 

“But you’re not really dealing with it, you’re avoiding it and it’s making you miserable,” Atsushi said. Junichiro let out a pathetic laugh, turning his head the opposite direction of Atsushi.

 

“Well, yeah, that’s how I deal with my problems,” Junichiro said.

 

“Well, learn how to deal with it differently,” Atsushi said, “and talk to me.”

 

“No,” Junichiro responded stubbornly, “I can’t.”

 

Atsushi sat in silence for a moment, his brain racking over why he used Kyouka, Ranpo, Dazai, Naomi, and himself in his example. Thinking of what Tachihara had texted earlier and how the last time Junichiro had been upset like this, there was only one thing he could think of…

 

“Are you upset with your parents and feel like you can’t talk to any of us because we don’t have parents?”

 

Oop. Bingo. Junichiro froze like a statue for a moment before taking his hands off of Atsushi’s arm and covering his face with them.

 

“I can’t complain about my parents to you man,” he said, his voice wavering, “do you know how awful that’d be? Me, complaining to you about my mommy and daddy hurting my feelings when you went through fucking hell because of the lack of yours?”

 

“My experience, or I guess lack of experience with my own ‘mommy and daddy’ doesn’t mean you can’t have issues with yours!” Atsushi exclaimed, letting go of Junichiro and trying to have him turn to look at him. He was able to turn Junichiro to face him and place his hands on Junichiro’s shoulders, but Junichiro had his face still covered. “I’m telling you it’s okay. Just like I told you it was okay to talk to them when you left the apartment over the summer to talk to them because you didn’t want to fight with them over the phone because you felt bad for arguing with your parents in an apartment full of orphans.”

 

Junichiro began to sob, catching Atsushi completely off guard. “It’s just so awful,” Junichiro cried, “to think that I’m lucky enough to have parents and they totally hate me!” Atsushi felt his own eyes tear up, but he was going to try his hardest to keep it calm. “I—Like, I just—I’ve tried so hard to be a good son, but I always fall short. Before coming out, before coming to college, before they adopted Naomi… I’ve been a fuck up since the start and I’m their only kid—other than Naomi, I guess.” Atsushi hugged Junichiro, patting his back. Junichiro hugged him back, face against his chest and Atsushi could feel his tears soak through his shirt. “I just wish they loved me no matter what, like unconditionally, you know? But they only ever like me when it’s convenient or makes them look good. Right now? Right now liking me isn’t a good look since I told them I wasn’t exactly straight.”

 

“Is that why you cut contact with them?” Atsushi asked.

 

Junichiro nodded, gripping Atsushi’s shirt. “I couldn’t take the daily phone calls from my mom, telling me that there were things that could fix me or the texts from my dad where he called me… awful things…” He let out a sigh. “And it’s just like… everyone asks me about the Naomi thing and it’s like no one has any faith in me!” He moved his face from Atsushi and looked at him and Atsushi couldn’t help but cry seeing him like this. “I can’t escape this notion that I’m some perverted freak. Friends, strangers, even professors think I’m some sort of sick pervert and the people responsible for the rumor—my parents!—think I’m a sick pervert because I just so happen to like dudes! Like, holy shit! I can’t believe—I can’t understand how I’m such a fucking loser to literally everyone who meets me!”

 

“Junichiro, you’re not a loser or a freak—trust me, I wouldn’t lie to you,” Atsushi began, “but you are a good person, a great person, actually.” He gave Junichiro a squeeze. “You were one of my first friends ever. When I got kicked out of my orphanage, you were the first person to befriend me and treat me like a real life person and show me what it’s like to be actually cared about!” He took in a deep, shaky breath. “And if everyone thinks you’re a freak, know that I don’t think that way! In fact, if you’re a freak, then so am I and I’d gladly be a freaky weirdo with you then to be liked by anyone who gives you any sort of shit based on a dumb rumor and your parents hatred!”

 

Junichiro cried louder, but Atsushi, with maybe some delusion, thought it sounded relieved. “Thank you, Atsushi,” he sobbed, “you’re my best friend.”

 

“And you’re mine,” Atsushi responded through his tears, but Junichiro shook his head.

 

“Nah,” he began, light-heartedly, “I know you have Dazai as your best friend.” He moved his head from Atsushi’s chest and wiped his face with his sleeves. “But I know I won’t have to wait long to usurp his spot given his track record.”

 

“Not funny,” Atsushi whined with a laugh anyway.

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 8:21 PM.

boydetective:

Who here has ever watched CW Arrow

 

countess..luanne:

Me

 

boydetective:

Why is season 4 so fucking bad

 

countess..luanne:

The literal only good thing abt season 4 is that he stops going by Arrow and goes by Green Arrow

I like that he finally refers to himself as the colour 

 

boydetective:

Lol coloUr

 

countess..luanne:

SHUT UP!!!

I use british english spelling which is the REAL way to spell!!!

UR CANCELLED!

 

boydetective:

Double L is crazy

 

shadow.praiser:

WE TOOK OUT THE U SO WE CAN GIVE U THE L

🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🏈

 

boydetective:

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO

My favorite ameriboo

 

shadow.praiser: WE TOOK OUT THE U SO WE CAN GIVE U THE L

thegoldraven:

This is beautiful…

 

countess..luanne:

FUCK U JUNICHIRO

I KNOW WHAT U R!!!

 

blcklzrd:

Fucking watch yourself

 

countess..luanne:

?????????

What

I was going to talk about me going to give him the drunk make out HE WANTED AT UR PARTY and he got so red in the face I thought he was going to die

so I was gonna say he's a pussy :\

 

blcklzrd:

DUDE? @shadow.praiser

You bitched about not getting a drunk make out when someone literally offered to do it!!

 

shadow.praiser:

women scare me

 

alphatiger:

sigh

Yeah

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u shouldnt be afraid of women when u have a bf jinko

 

butterfly:

I thought you guys were engaged

 

alphatiger:

We’re not officially engaged 

 

boydetective:

Well that’s bc legally you can’t be

#CantRelate

Poe and I could get married

 

butterfly:

Junichiro my sweetie pie 

How are you :(

 

shadow.praiser:

im ok i promise

 

butterfly:

I’m here for you forever my sweetums

 

nothuman:

why are you so nice to him but so mean to me?

 

butterfly:

I LITERALLY COOKED U DINNER STFU

 

nothuman:

ehehehehehehe

 

shadow.praiser:

sushi and me r hanging out rn

we watching bjhm

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

is that some sort of secret code

 

boydetective:

He abbreviated BoJack Horseman

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh

 

blcklzrd:

Sick invite

 

shadow.praiser:

tbf atsu walked into my rm and hopped on my bed and weve just been chilling

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

JINKO UR IN BED WITH HIM?????!?!??!?!?!??!??!?!?

 

alphatiger:

He has his bed in front of the tv he doesn’t have a couch in here

His bed is mad uncomfortable though

 

shadow.praiser:

I KNOW lets go lay on ur bed >:)

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im coming over.

 

shadow.praiser:

oh and im the cock block?

 

butterfly:

GET HIS ASS

 

iMessage

boy tanizaki

Today at 8:30 PM.

hi

im sorry abt being mean abt the sister thing

 

oh hey akutagawa

this is unexpected

but thanks for the apology

 

yeah yeah

tachihara let me have it

anyway if u touch atsushi in any way that isnt platonic i will kill u.

/srs

 

oh jesus christ not u finally figuring out tone indicators to threaten me

Notes:

idk i've had this idea for a while but i didnt execute it the way i wanted it to but bleh

next chapter will be funny i think

bsky: unknown-ghost

okie bye

Chapter 61: Woop Woop! It's The Sound of The Police.

Summary:

Chuuya plays designated driver as Dazai doesn't have a car and is unfortunately at his mercy.

Notes:

CW: homophobia, implied assault, also short chapter lol

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

iMessage

Gin Akutagawa

Today at 2:32 AM.

 

Hi Dazai, it’s Gin

 

hello gin!

what’s a sweet girl like you doing up right now?

 

Do you remember back in high school when you would bully Ryuu but were so nice to me and promised to help me out when I needed it?

 

uhhhh yeah?

are you okay?

 

Yes!

I just need your help ):

 

that makes me worry that you’re not okay

 

I am okay. I just need you to pick me up from the police station. (:

 

why are you at the police station

 

Because I was put in holding briefly for “assault” ):

 

did you assault someone?!

 

I’m not at liberty to say but can you please come get me ): I don’t want Ryu to know

 

yeah yeah

i’m going to have to bring Chuuya along though

 

hahahaha gay 

 

GIRL.

 

Dazai sighed. He didn’t think he was going to sleep tonight regardless but picking up the little sister of a guy who doesn’t particularly like him all too much wasn’t something he thought he’d lose sleep over.

 

He got out of bed, rubbing his face because despite not being able to sleep, he could still feel fatigue in his bones and on his face. He threw on a sweatshirt and picked up his phone, calling Chuuya. He didn’t pick up, so Dazai called again. He answered on the third ring.

 

“Hello?” Chuuya’s voice was groggy and tired. Dazai almost felt bad for waking him up.

 

“Hey Chibi,” he greeted, “I need your help with something.”



Chuuya stood outside on the porch, waiting for Dazai. He was so tired, rubbing his eyes and trying to wake himself up as Dazai walked outside as if he had been awake for hours—and probably because he was. 

 

“Awe, Chibi,” Dazai cooed as he approached Chuuya and put his hands on his face, pinching his cheeks. “You’re so cute when you’re sleepy.”

 

Chuuya was too tired to fight back and just hummed in response, looking up at Dazai. “What’d you need?” Chuuya asked, leaning into Dazai’s touch.

 

“I need a ride to the police station,” Dazai said, “I don’t have a car and if I woke up Yosano, she’d stab me and I know I want to die, but she’d make it really painful.”

 

“And how do you know I won’t?” Chuuya asked as Dazai squished his face.

 

“Because you like me in a different way than she does, Slug,” Dazai replied, “so pretty please?” He kissed Chuuya gently and briefly before pulling back. “There’s more where that came from if you help me.”

 

Chuuya placed his hands over Dazai, still looking up at him, but with a tired, content smile. “No need for payment,” he said and then yawned, “let’s just get this over with quickly.”


— — —

 

Chuuya, despite his fatigue, was good to drive. Dazai sat in the front seat, obviously, and Chuuya handed Dazai his phone.

 

“Play whatever music you want,” he said, “the password is 0429.”

 

Ah, his phone password. Dazai would be so honored with receiving such a high level of trust from Chuuya had he not internally cursed himself for not knowing any music. He doesn’t know if Chuuya doesn’t remember that little tidbit or if he was just too tired to remember.

 

“What app do you use to play music?” Dazai asked.

 

“Apple Music.”

 

Dazai nodded, opening the little application, and went to Chuuya’s songs and just hit shuffle. He didn’t know. He listened to music that other people listened to. He knew what Yosano listened to—Chappell Roan, MARINA, occasionally Big Time Rush—but he didn’t seek music out himself. He knows Atsushi wants him to listen to Billie Eilish for some reason, but he hasn’t gotten around to it.

 

“Isn’t Spotify better?” Dazai asked, making small talk as he dicked around on Chuuya’s phone. Chuuya had Snapchat—something Dazai never bothered to download—but he opened it anyway and sent a pic of himself to the last people Chuuya spoke to.

 

“Fuck no,” Chuuya responded, side eyeing Dazai, “and what are you doing?”

 

“Sending a pic of my beautiful face to your little friends on Snapchat,” he responded, taking another pic of himself. Surprisingly, Chuuya spoke to Yosano a lot through Snap and he sent her a pic of him. “Why is Yosano one of your best friends on here?”

 

“I talk to her all the time,” he responded, “why? Jealous?”

 

“I would be if I had this app I think,” Dazai responded, “do you have Atsushi?”

 

“Yeah, but I don’t snap him often.”

 

Dazai changed that and sent a pic of himself to Atsushi. “Okay, I think I’m done doing all that,” he said as he put Chuuya’s phone down in a cup holder.

 

“Why are we going to the police station again?”

 

“Oh, right, I didn’t tell you,” Dazai said smugly, “I’m going to turn myself in.”

 

Chuuya almost crashed the fucking car.

 

“Turn yourself in for what?! ” He basically screamed.

 

“I’m kidding! We’re picking up Gin, she’s there because was put in holding for assault, but they let her out I guess,” Dazai said, as if what he said made any more sense.

 

“Gin?” Chuuya asked in disbelief, “but she’s so nice.”

 

Dazai shrugged. “I mean, do you remember that dude who’d hang around Akutagawa in high school?”

 

Chuuya was silent for a moment. “Are you about to rip on me for hanging around Akutagawa in high school?” He asked, voice small. Dazai wasn’t aware he had the capacity to feel guilty, but he did after hearing Chuuya ask that.

 

No, ” he stressed, “the guy with the hair in the ponytail in that raggedy ass coat.”

 

“The one who wore the mask?” Chuuya asked, “cause if that’s who you’re talking about then yeah, I remember him.”

 

“That was Gin.”

 

Chuuya stopped short and thankfully, no one was behind them.

 

“You’re fucking kidding!” Chuuya yelled, pointing at Dazai, who was just laughing.

 

“No, I’m being so serious!” Dazai exclaimed, “that was Gin! She had an emo phase.”

 

Chuuya scoffed, but at least he resumed driving. “I would’ve never guessed.”

 

“Yeah, I mean, it’s obvious now looking back, right?” Dazai asked, “she hung around Akutagawa and whenever I was mean to him, he just kept coming back to me, but the one time I said something not nice to her, he totally flipped.” Dazai pulled out his own phone, to see if Gin texted him again. “But yeah, then I realized who she was so I was nice. Being mean to girls just isn’t really something I like being.”

 

“You’re mean to Yosano,” Chuuya retorted.

 

“That’s different,” Dazai said smugly, “she’s my roommate, not a girl.”

 

Chuuya let out a low chuckle as he turned into the parking lot of the police station. “I might as well just leave you here,” he began, “because once she finds out you said that, you’re going to need all the protection you can get.”


— — —

 

Gin climbed into the back seat of Chuuya’s car. She didn’t look like someone who’d get put into holding for assault, wearing a white dress with her hair down. She smiled sweetly as the two in the front.

 

“Thank you for picking me up,” she said, her voice soft and sweet as usual, “I don’t want to worry Ryuunosuke about this, so if we could keep this our little secret, I’d really appreciate it.”

 

“Only if you tell us what you did and why,” Chuuya stated, backing out his spot, “also am I taking you home? Where am I taking you?”

 

“Yes, to my house please,” Gin said, “Ryu is with Atsushi so I’m good to sneak back in without worrying about waking him.”

 

“Okay, blah blah, why’d you get arrested?” Dazai asked, wanting to get to the nitty gritty.

 

Gin sighed and looked out the window. “Well, I had gone out tonight with Lucy and Higuchi because they wanted to get t-shirts from the bar and I thought it’d be fun to tag along. So, we’re at the bar and Higuchi and Lucy are drinking, but since I had drank on Saturday at Fitzgerald I thought it’d be best to not, so I’m at this bar, sober, and then I hear these two guys talking.” She clenched her fists. “They’re making fun of these two other guys at the bar, who are clearly a couple, and calling them weird and stuff. I pointed this out to Lucy and Higuchi, so they called the guys out and the guys started ripping on them, you know, as douchebag frat guys do, calling them ‘ugly’ and ‘fat,’ until one guy I guess recognized me? And he started absolutely ripping on Ryu, calling him slurs and stuff, and said the reason why he’s sick is because God is punishing him. So… So I beat the shit out of him. And I don’t regret it.”

 

“Well, it looks like you won,” Dazai said, gesturing to her and how she didn’t have a scratch on her.

 

“Well, obviously. I got arrested for it, but the charges were dropped because I think he didn’t want people to know a girl kicked his shit in,” Gin said, a bit triumphantly.

 

“Do you know who the guy is?” Chuuya asked.

 

“Um, no. I didn’t really catch his name,” Gin said, her confidence faltering a bit, “I didn’t really ask. Should I have asked?”

 

“No, but now we don’t know who we should beat the shit out of,” Dazai said sarcastically.

 

“Oh, you’ll know who it is,” Gin began, smoothing out the skirt of her dress, “I gave him two beautiful matching black eyes.”

 

“How do you plan for Akutagawa to not hear about this?” Dazai asked, “Higuchi is Akutagawa’s best friend, but Lucy is the biggest fucking blabbermouth ever.”

 

“They swore themselves to secrecy.”

 

Dazai sent Chuuya a look and then turned to look back at Gin. “Girl, you’re fucked.”


— — —

 

It was around three-thirty in the morning by the time Chuuya got Gin home.

 

“Thank you for the pickup,” she said again kindly, “I really appreciate you two going out of your way and helping me out.”

 

“Anytime Gin,” Dazai said earnestly, “next time you beat the shit out of someone though, get it on video so I can watch it, yeah?”

 

Gin let out a laugh and nodded. “Of course. I really owe you guys, so if there’s anything you need, please let me know,” she said, “and I’ll send you gas money, Chu—”

 

“Don’t worry about it,” Chuuya said, waving her off, “just glad to have been of help.”

 

Saying goodbye once more, Gin climbed out of the car. The two watched to make sure she got inside alright. Chuuya turned to look at Dazai, who turned to look back at Chuuya and tilted his head, trying to figure out what Chuuya was thinking before he said it. Chuuya leaned over the car’s center console and kissed Dazai. He kissed Chuuya back, briefly, as Chuuya moved back and then began to drive again.

 

“What was that for?” Dazai asked.

 

“Just ‘cause,” Chuuya responded simply as he drove them home.


— — —

 

Chuuya parked like shit but Dazai couldn’t tell him that as he a. Had done him a favor and b. Dazai didn’t have a car to say shit. Yeah, sure, he could drive, but he hadn’t driven in so long he felt like he had no right to say anything about it.

 

Once the two got to the porch, Dazai grabbed Chuuya and embraced him. He didn’t really know why he did it, he supposed he was inspired by Chuuya’s “just ‘cause.” Chuuya said nothing, embracing Dazai back and basically deadweight on Dazai.

 

“I’m so tired,” Chuuya grumbled against Dazai’s chest, “are you?”

 

“Very,” Dazai said and though true, he knew he wasn’t going to be able to fall asleep.

 

Chuuya took in a deep breath and let out a long sigh. “You’re lying.”

 

“I’m not lying, Chibi,” Dazai said.

 

Chuuya was silent, just letting Dazai hold him. Dazai didn’t realize that Chuuya was someone who really needed his sleep, but he thought a docile Chuuya was very cute—something he wouldn’t tell Chuuya, but not because it was embarrassing but because he knew Chuuya would kill him.

 

“Do you want to sleep with me?” Dazai offered, resting his cheek on the top of Chuuya’s head and rubbing his back.

 

“Mmm, sure,” Chuuya said, “that’d be nice.”

 

Dazai planted a kiss on the top of Chuuya’s head. “Alright, who’s room?



Chuuya’s room was much nicer than Dazai’s, in Dazai’s opinion. While Dazai’s room is organized and neat for the most part, Chuuya’s room looks like it belonged to an actual person/ He had decorations; posters of bands he liked, bookshelf that had more than just books on it, and little knick knacks. Dazai felt like his room in comparison was so lifeless, but he supposed it was a reflection of his own lack of life.

 

He laid on Chuuya’s bed with Chuuya snuggled against him. Dazai envied the fact that when Chuuya’s head hit his pillow, it was lights out, whereas Dazai was still awake, left to only look around Chuuya’s room, but unable to do much else. He played with a lock of Chuuya’s hair, zoning out. Chuuya was warm and comforting. Lying next to him was kind of relaxing, if anything. Typically when Dazai couldn’t sleep, his mind was flooded with awful, deafening thoughts that seemed to plague him, but right now? Dazai felt content.

 

He closed his eyes. He knew he wasn’t going to fall asleep, but at least right now it was quiet enough to try.

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 8:23 AM.

arahabaki:

[selfie of himself and a sleeping Dazai]

Fucking bastard won’t let go of me and I have class

 

doppo_poet:

Wake him up, he also has class.

 

butterfly:

NOOOOO LET HIM SLEEP

HE HASN’T SLEPT IN LIKE TWO DAYS LMFAO

 

alphatiger:

WHY HASN’T HE SLEPT IN TWO DAYS YOSANO

Also how do you know

 

butterfly:

Cause I haven’t been able to watch him sleep bc he’s been awake duh

 

goldendemon:

You HAVE to stop saying that

It’s getting hard to defend you

 

butterfly:

LOLLLL

No but I know he hasn’t been sleeping bc I’m a light sleeper and I hear him walking around at night

Like some sort of fucking ghoul

 

alphatiger:

Why don’t you help him

 

butterfly:

Girl how am I supposed to get him to go to bed?

You want me to knock him out???

Get a fucking bat and knock his lights out??

 

alphatiger:

Nvm I’m sorry :(

 

butterfly:

As you should be.

 

shadow.praiser:

is he a lite sleeper

 

arahabaki:

Not at all

I’ve tried getting up three times now and he keeps grabbing me and not even waking up

 

countess..luanne:

Bruh deep in a rem sleep rn

Skip class it’s the second week u probably won’t miss anything important

 

arahabaki:

Don’t say that bc I am so tired rn that I will listen to you enable me

 

countess..luanne:

Dazai dead asleep in your bed… you dead tired… in your bed…

Hey at least it isn’t the kitchen

 

arahabaki:

We didn’t have sex you freak

 

alphatiger:

Well you guys went out last night right

 

arahabaki:

How the fuck do you know that

 

alphatiger:

He snapped me a pic of his face from YOUR phone in YOUR car

 

arahabaki:

Ohhhh I forgot about that

Yeah we went out last night

 

alphatiger:

Why

 

arahabaki:

Don’t worry about it

Anyway he’s not letting go of me

And it’s getting too late for me to get ready and go to to class

So I guess I’ll skip… begrudgingly

 

butterfly:

Keep it PG 

 

arahabaki:

SHUT UP

Notes:

sorry for the short chapter this took forever to write and i am getting back... into my overwatch phase..... and i was also watching smosh reddit stories as i wrote this oopsie sorry

bsky: unknown-ghost

i didn't edit this chapter btw i just need it to be posted bc i feel like this is a roadblock in my life and once it's published i can cook with a diff chapter

bye!

Chapter 62: Longing and Yearning

Summary:

Dazai admits a yearning and longing for something no longer available to him.

Notes:

TW: NSFW??? I GUESS???????? nothing explicit it's all jokes and jeering i just don't know if this counts. i feel like it doesn't but i'd rather be safe than sorry

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 10:26 PM.

nothuman:

i still have kyu’s doll in my room and it’s freaking me out bad

 

alphatiger:

Send a pic of it

 

nothuman:

no it’s fucking cursed

 

arahabaki:

Can vouch it’s freaky

 

butterfly:

Dazai let me in I wanna see it

 

nothuman:

walk in bitch it’s unlocked

 

butterfly:

Bout to give that doll a human soul to eat cause I’m gonna kill Dazai

 

nothuman:

i am not human i do not have a soul

 

butterfly:

Me when I was 13 and emo:

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

LOL

I’m 13 and this is deep

 

goldendemon:

Dazai, you would’ve been so popular on Tumblr in 2012.

 

nothuman:

i’d be popular now

 

butterfly:

[picture of Q’s doll]

Heebie jeebies alert bro

 

nothuman:

it’s fucking awful

 

alphatiger:

OH MY GOD?!

Wait I’m so scared rn

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

do u need me to come over and keep u safe <3

 

alphatiger:

Yes

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lol ga

gay

hahahahaha

 

alphatiger:

Nvm I forgot I’m straight

I love women

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats not rly funny bc ur pan

itd be funny if i said it tho

i love womn

women

see thats funny

 

butterfly:

It’s funny because you can’t spell women lol

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

kys?

lol

 

alphatiger:

Guys am I not funny 🙁

 

butterfly:

😬😬😬

 

alphatiger:

Oh man 🙁

Not the funniest person in here telling me I’m not funny

 

butterfly:

You think I’m the funniest person here?

 

alphatiger:

Yes

As a self proclaimed lover of women yes

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

stop saying u love women

 

butterfly:

Nvm atsushi you’re so funny and cute when I see you I experience cute aggression on a level that isn’t normal

 

alphatiger:

You think I’m cute?!?!?!?!

 

butterfly:

Are you being deadass asking me that

 

alphatiger:

Well you are a lesbian so 

 

butterfly:

I don’t find you cute like cute guy cute but cute like AWWWWWW YOU’RE SUCH A CUTIE PATOOTIE AWWWW ATSUSHI UR SOOOOOO CUTE AWWWWE I WANNA SQUEEZE YOU

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

she finds u cute like someone would find an animal cute

 

butterfly:

Basically yeah sorry

 

alphatiger:

I feel like it has something to do with the furry allegations but I’m just happy someone other than akutagawa finds me cute

 

butterfly:

ATSUSHI STOP ☹️

 

nothuman:

why did you refer to akutagawa by his last name i thought you two were pre-engaged

 

alphatiger:

Literally no idea why

I meant Ryu

Oopsie

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i see what i mean to u jinko

 

alphatiger:

STOPPPPPP

It was an accident </3

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

its ok ur just getting used to ur new last name

 

shadow.praiser:

smooth

kudos

 

alphatiger:

Wait what abt MY last name??

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

what abt it

 

alphatiger:

What if I wanted you to take my last name

 

nothuman:

i promised to be a better person but this conversation is pushing my limits guys like i’m already being haunted by a doll can this not be done in dms

 

boydetective:

Wait shuddup I wanna see the outcome

 

nothuman:

YOU ALREADY KNOW THE OUTCOME.

you’re betting with poe aren’t you

 

thegoldraven:

Yes, he is. Just a little bit.

 

nothuman:

how much you betting

 

thegoldraven:

I’m not at liberty to say.

 

nothuman:

FUCKING

EW!

 

boydetective:

IT’S NOT PERVERTED

KITCHEN FUCKER!!!

 

arahabaki:

more like kitchen fucked 

 

shadow.praiser:

AKIKO YOSANO

FORK OVER THE DOUGH

 

butterfly:

DAZAI ARE YOU KIDDING ME

OSAMU FUCKING DAZAI

YOU FUCKING TWINK

 

nothuman:

are we being so for real right now?

 

shadow.praiser:

yup

 

nothuman:

and you bet against me?

nice to know yosano had faith in me

 

butterfly:

Poorly placed faith yeah

 

nothuman:

i’m not discussing my sexual preferences in this server

 

blcklzrd:

But the kitchen is the perfect place to do it right?

 

nothuman:

shut up you’re dating a virgin

 

shadow.praiser:

man i told u that in confidence ☹️

and ive been with girls so stfu

 

nothuman:

not boys!!

 

blcklzrd:

I can change that

 

doppo_poet:

Just one day.

One day.

One day we will act appropriately in this server.

Is that too much to ask for?

 

nothuman:

how do i get this doll back to Kyu

cause i really can’t stand to look at it anymore

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Why do you even have it?

 

nothuman:

long story

tldr is mori didn’t want them to have the doll because dolls are for girls so i took it for safe keeping but i feel unsafe having it

 

doppo_poet:

Not condoning breaking and entering, but can’t you just go to Mori’s house when he’s working and place the doll in Kyu’s room?

 

nothuman:

that involves me going into his house.

and i cannot do that.

 

arahabaki:

Why not

 

nothuman:

i don’t wanna talk about it

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

pussy

 

nothuman:

asshole

 

boydetective:

You are what you eat

 

nothuman:

BRUH WHAAAAT

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

DUDE

 

goldendemon:

Interesting 

I mean like Dazai’s dating Chuuya so idk about the pussy thing

 

boydetective:

He’s dated a woman

 

nothuman:

i’ve done more than date a woman but ok

 

doppo_poet:

STOP. STOP. STOP.

 

nothuman:

also Chuuya and i aren’t dating we haven’t been on a date

 

arahabaki:

STOP SAYING THAT

 

nothuman:

IT’S TRUE?

 

arahabaki:

I FUCKED YOU IN A KITCHEN.

HOW ARE WE NOT DATING?

 

doppo_poet:

I HATE THIS FUCKING CHAT SO MUCH.

YOU GUYS ARE DEPRAVED.

 

light_finder:

Y’all crazy

And horny 

Damn

 

animal_crossing:

I’m not going to read all this 👍

 

alphatiger:

Don’t

 

nothuman:

can we STOP talking about the kitchen debacle

like PLEASE

 

alphatiger:

I mean it’s just gross

Poor Kouyou 

 

nothuman:

it’s not really that bad

i’ve done worse

 

alphatiger:

DUDE

EW

 

nothuman:

WHAT!!

anyway this doll

i need to get rid of it

who likes creepy dolls and wants to hold onto it

 

arahabaki:

Why don’t you just invite Q over and give it back to ‘em

 

nothuman:

cause i don’t want mori to come back over

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Real

I don’t like Mori either

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

daddy issues

 

nothuman:

at least i have a dad

fatherless!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ur dad is ougai mori ru serious… 

id rather be fatherless

 

nothuman:

and you are

orphan

 

alphatiger:

Man…

 

nothuman:

do you two bond over being orphans ever?

 

alphatiger:

Um… no?

I don’t think so?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

no

what a dumb question

do you bond with ranpo bc u two were adopted orphans?

 

boydetective:

We do bond over that 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

theres no way u have to be lying

 

boydetective:

LOL I am lying

Dazai and I bond being super smart and beautiful though

 

nothuman:

it’s crazy how beautiful and sexy and smart we are

 

boydetective:

I KNOW THAT’S RIGHT!

What was the consensus on you and atsushi’s last name predicament btw

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

hes taking my last name

 

alphatiger:

I didn’t agree to that

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u have too :[

 

alphatiger:

Why do I have to though why can’t you take mine :(

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

bc if i take ur last name gin is all alone :[

 

alphatiger:

OMG

Wait but she can just get married and take her partner’s last name

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

shes too cool to take some loser’s last name :[

shell be the only akutagawa and that makes me sad :[

 

alphatiger:

OK OMG

I’ll take your last name I guess

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Welcome to the family!

 

shadow.praiser:

what happened to atsu taking the tanizaki last name

thats MY pookie hes been MINE for years now

but akutagawa swoops in w his nice car and gothic chic and im suddenly NOTHING?!?!

 

alphatiger:

We did recently premarital bed share

 

shadow.praiser:

and premarital bing watch bojack horseman

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i hope u both enjoy going to hell.

 

goldendemon:

Yosano, are we going to Hell too 🙁

 

butterfly:

Omg…

We’ve premarital bed shared and binged……

 

goldendemon:

It’s so over for us.

 

butterfly:

Chat are we cooked

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

OH MY GOD

WHO THE FUCK IS CHAT

ATSUSHI SAYS THE SAME SHIT

 

alphatiger:

Chat clip that

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

WHAT RU FUCKING SAYING

 

alphatiger:

Chat do u think he has a crush on me omg… 😳

 

butterfly:

Show feet.

 

alphatiger:

YOU RUINED THE BIT

 

butterfly:

NOOOOOOOOO

So no toes?

 

shadow.praiser:

so no head?

 

nothuman:

remember when i summoned you all to discuss my woes

about kyu’s god forsaken doll?

the one yosano sent a pic of and she’s now laying on my bed btw

 

butterfly:

His bed is so comfy and his blankies r so soft and warm

 

nothuman:

she’s tucking herself in

what the fuck

 

butterfly:

Sooooooo cozy rn

 

arahabaki:

His bed isn’t that comfy

 

butterfly:

Have you ever used his bed?

I know y’all be getting freaky with it in your kitchen

HELP HELP HELP

HE JUMPED ON ME

HES CRUSHING ME

HELP HIS BONY ASS

IT HURTS

OW

OW

OW

HELP ME HELP

SOS!!!!!!!

 

nothuman:

my ass is not bony

 

goldendemon:

It is

 

nothuman:

Chuuya go jump her

 

arahabaki:

 

butterfly:

he’s like a weighted blanket actually

I’m chilling

 

nothuman:

this is surprisingly really comfortable

i’m also chilling

 

butterfly:

Y’all ever snuggle with the homies

 

nothuman:

it’s not straight my socks are on

 

butterfly:

LMFAOOOOO STFU!!!!

 

nothuman:

[selfie of him and Yosano]

it’s such a shame she’s a lesbian we look so good together

 

goldendemon:

Stay jealous!

 

nothuman:

i mean i’m doing pretty alright if i do say so myself

but i will admit something to you guys… to be vulnerable with you all…

 

arahabaki:

Why do I feel like he isn’t gonna be…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats ur fucking man 

 

arahabaki:

Don’t remind me

 

nothuman:

i miss boobs

i miss boobs so much 

Chuuya you’re great but damn

i miss titties

the last few people i’ve been with have been men

i haven’t seen a women’s bosom in many moons

i miss them so bad

 

shadow.praiser:

fucking real.

 

nothuman:

awe it’s so cute that you’re pretending you’ve ever seen boobs in real life

 

shadow.praiser:

KYS BUT ITS KEEP YOURSELF SAFE

 

nothuman:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

no but i need to motorboat bad

 

butterfly:

IM FUCKING OUT OF HERE

BYE

PERVERT

 

nothuman:

sigh.

 

animal_crossing:

Do I even want to ask what that means

 

doppo_poet:

NO.

 

boydetective:

No

 

butterfly:

NOOOOOO

 

arahabaki:

No

 

alphatiger:

wait can someone dm me I don’t know what that means either

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im gay and i know

actually

nvm

forgot who i was talking to lol

this guy’s never seen boobs in his life

 

alphatiger:

AND YOU HAVE????????????

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

wouldnt u like to know

 

alphatiger:

Notes:

i don't know i genuinely don't know this just devolved so bad but it's ok i had fun writing it

bsky: unknown-ghost

until next time lol bye

Chapter 63: Birds, Reptiles, and Weretiger Love

Summary:

Junichiro shares a fun fact which somehow cultivates a conversation where he ends up cyberbullying Dazai.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 1:37 AM.

shadow.praiser:

did u guys kno the birds r reptiles :3

 

alphatiger:

Yes!

 

butterfly:

What

How are they reptiles they are birds

 

boydetective:

They’re considered reptiles

 

butterfly:

You guys are pranking me

This isn’t funny

 

nothuman:

why are we all awake

also @butterfly they are reptiles

 

butterfly:

NOW I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE MESSING WITH ME

 

arahabaki:

What the fuck?

Birds are birds

They have feathers and stuff

 

nothuman:

wow 

Chuuya really got us there guys!

 

arahabaki:

SHUT UP

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

jinko why ru engaging with this stupid bit

 

alphatiger:

It’s not a bit, birds are considered reptiles

 

doppo_poet:

GO TO BED.

 

boydetective:

Are birds reptiles though Kunikida can you answer

 

doppo_poet:

They’re birds. What else do you want me to say?

 

futon.computer:

They’re reptiles.

 

doppo_poet:

Are you being serious?

 

futon.computer:

Yes, I am.

 

doppo_poet:

Wow.

 

nothuman:

you two fucking must be so boring.

 

butterfly:

DAZAI?

 

nothuman:

i was going to say something else but he called me and said things i don’t think needs repeating.

kunikida and katai i am very sorry for being inappropriate.

 

futon.computer:

You’re forgiven, Dazai.

 

bookworm:

Dazai, have you watched BoJack Horseman yet?

 

nothuman:

suddenly i’m tired and going to bed

 

bookworm:

😔

 

nothuman:

STOP!!

DON’T GUILT ME, ODASAKU!

I DON’T WANNA WATCH A SHOW ABOUT A HORSE!!!

 

boydetective:

Stop being a bitch and watch it 

 

doppo_poet:

I also haven’t watched it.

 

boydetective:

I can see the way you and Katai text each other… babe I know you haven’t

 

futon.computer:

I’ve watched it

 

thegoldraven:

I find the show to be very well done!

Fuck Bob Saget.

 

nothuman:

THE DAD FROM FULL HOUSE???

 

boydetective:

HOW

DO YOU KNOW FULL HOUSE 

AND BOB SAGET

 

nothuman:

wait no this is so embarrassing i refuse to answer

 

arahabaki:

Oh my God please answer

 

nothuman:

sigh

mori would let me watch full house

and john stamos was my bisexual awakening

 

alphatiger:

Idk what full house is but I looked it up

Why an american sitcom

 

nothuman:

because he thought that having me watch it would teach me lessons about family and dealing with problems i was having

fun fact guys but that didn’t work!!

 

butterfly:

What the fuck problems were you having that he thought FULL HOUSE would help you with

 

nothuman:

he thought that if i was consistently exposed to a show that demonstrated a dynamic of a single father with three kids, i’d understand that our “family” was unconventional but still a “family”

and there was some other stuff specifically he wanted me to see but that’s neither here nor there

 

boydetective:

Ok snooze but what’s interesting is the crush on John Stamos

 

nothuman:

why

 

boydetective:

Leather wearing motorcyclist 

Hmmmmmm

Sounds familiar…

 

arahabaki:

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

YOSANO DO IT

 

butterfly:

OMG hold on sry i w was falling sleep

🫵🏻🤣

 

doppo_poet:

Go to sleep please.

I will be going to sleep as well.

 

futon.computer:

Good night, Doppo!

 

doppo_poet:

Good night, Katai. :)

Everyone else, go to bed as well please.

 

shadow.praiser:

ok papa

 

doppo_poet:

I’m not even going to entertain that with a response.

 

Today at 11:53 AM.

boydetective:

Gm gays

Can I invite a friend to the server

 

shadow.praiser:

who

 

boydetective:

His name is Mushitaro Oguri and we’re in detective novel lit together

 

nothuman:

euuugh his name is kind of similar to mori’s but i’ll allow it

 

butterfly:

idk who that is but sure juni send Ranpo the invite link

 

shadow.praiser:

okie dokie

 

the.perfect.crime has just landed!

 

the.perfect.crime:

Oh Christ I can never escape Ranpo

 

shadow.praiser:

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO

 

butterfly:

Happiness is temporary, Ranpo is forever

 

boydetective:

Call me Kody Redwing and the Broken Hearts because I will never die

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

fucking what

 

nothuman:

jesus christ immorality my biggest fear

 

boydetective:

Poe showed me this american comedian who does song genre parodies and I fucking love it

DJ CRAZY TIMES

 

butterfly:

You speak in strictly brainrot.

 

boydetective:

You don’t get it smh

 

thegoldraven:

I really didn’t know what I was doing when I showed him Planet of the Bass.

 

arahabaki:

It kind of goes hard though

 

shadow.praiser:

i agree

 

alphatiger:

Life it never die

 

boydetective:

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Women are my favorite guy

 

alphatiger:

SEX I’m wanting more

 

boydetective:

Tell the world stop the war 🖐️😔🛑

 

alphatiger: SEX I’m wanting more

x..RASHOMON..x:

ok

 

alphatiger:

I mean I was quoting the song but ok

 

nothuman:

i just fucking sighed

 

blcklzrd:

Kitchen fucker lol

 

the.perfect.crime:

Okay so Ranpo being the way he is 

Is beginning to make sense

 

boydetective:

Teehee thank you :3c

 

thegoldraven:

In what way?

 

shadow.praiser:

answer carefully poe is ranpos bf and american

hes prob has his hand on a gun rn

ready to take the shot

 

blcklzrd:

Poe: What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.

 

thegoldraven:

I’m at a loss for words.

 

the.perfect.crime:

LMFAO????

I’ll make sure to watch my back goddamn

Sorry bro

 

boydetective:

GASP

GUYS

STOP

EDDIE IS A GENTLE GIANT :(

He’d never hurt a soul

 

shadow.praiser:

tell that to his 300+ confirmed kills ranpo

 

the.perfect.crime:

Yeah and his guerilla warfare training

Americans are truly a different breed

 

nothuman:

real 

not an america fan

 

the.perfect.crime:

The real crime is who they voted for LOL

WHEN WILL YOU LEARN

THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

 

boydetective:

LMFAO

LMFAO 

LMFAO LMFAO LFMAO

I LVOE THAT VIDEO

That kid is so me at age 15 

 

butterfly:

Elaborate please

 

boydetective:

I think people are dumb and a lot of their opinions are bad

 

the.perfect.crime:

I just sighed irl

The superiority complex is insane

 

boydetective:

But not unfounded!

 

the.perfect.crime:

Unfortunately true

 

boydetective:

See? I’m right again!

 

the.perfect.crime:

Surely someone can humble you

 

nothuman:

me

and probably his papa

 

boydetective:

Fukuzawa would never humble me he loves me way too much

He brags about me to everyone it’s crazy

 

nothuman:

mori used to brag about me

probably

i had good grades

 

butterfly:

Gay

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Can we discuss the bird are reptiles thing again

Because I’m confused if that’s a bit or not

 

boydetective:

Google exists babe

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i will kill u.

slowly and painfully.

 

alphatiger:

Birds are reptiles!!

Chickens are the closest living relative to the t-rex!!

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Oh wow!

That’s so interesting!

Thank you Atsushi!

 

alphatiger:

Np!

 

goldendemon:

Omg that wasn’t a bit?

That’s crazy actually

I thought birds were their own thing

 

shadow.praiser:

ur so lucky ur pretty

 

butterfly:

BRUH STFU CUZ I THOGUHT THE SAME THING AS HER

 

shadow.praiser:

stupid attracts stupid

 

blcklzrd:

But I’m smart?

Lol

That’s crazy

 

shadow.praiser:

STOPPPPPP U WANTED ME SO BAD ☹️

 

blcklzrd:

You’re supposed to argue that you’re smart Chiro

 

shadow.praiser:

sigh

im rly not

 

butterfly:

Yeah but you’re pretty and that’s all that matters

 

shadow.praiser:

GASP!

do u mean it 

 

butterfly:

Omg yes

Like w Atsushi I also experience cute aggression with you

You just look so squeezable I wanna grab you with my hands and squish you

 

blcklzrd:

Fucking relax

 

butterfly:

Jealous

 

blcklzrd:

No but you should be cuz I actually squish him

 

shadow.praiser:

he grabs me by my face 

 

blcklzrd:

THAT SOUNDS SO BAD

 

nothuman:

i’ve done that to slug

 

arahabaki:

Chat am I still slug?

Also when

 

nothuman:

when you basically fell asleep standing up the other night lol

when we went to the police station

 

butterfly:

Why were you going to the police station

 

arahabaki:

To turn in Dazai

 

nothuman:

to turn me in

OH BOOOOOOO

FUCK YOU

STOLE MY JOKE

 

alphatiger:

Why were you at the police station

 

nothuman:

turning Chuuya in for stealing my fire fucking jokes

also agree with yosano for the cute aggression thing with atsushi

i see you and i think wow maybe life is worth living because atsushi nakajima is so adorable

 

butterfly:

RIGHT!!!

I SEE HIM AND I THINK WOW WHAT A GREAT DAY I SAW ATSUSHI NAKAJIMA

 

doppo_poet:

I don’t know if you guys are being serious or not, but I genuinely agree.

 

alphatiger:

What is happening

Why are you guys being nice to me

Knock it off

 

shadow.praiser:

atsushi nakajima is my best friend

 

nothuman:

fuck off ginger he’s my best friend

 

shadow.praiser:

HES MY BEST FRIEND IDIOT

IM NOT SAYING I AM HIS BEST FRIEND

DUMBASS

LITERATURE MAJOR AND U CANT READ

FUCKING IDIOT

 

nothuman:

dude holy shit LMFAO

 

shadow.praiser:

sry i got too into it

 

the.perfect.crime:

I don’t know what just happened here

 

thegoldraven:

Yeah, that’s the norm here…

Notes:

FINALLLYYY UPDATEDDDDDDDDDDD

happy bday to cherrie!! dedicating this chapter to you kiddo :3

to everyone that bookmarks on this fic just know that i do go thru the bookmarks and i do read what y'all have to say... so many still say 28 IM SORRY I LEFT FOR SIX MONTHS I FEEL LIKE I MADE UP FOR IT THOUGH????????? DO WE DISAGREE CHAT

anyway i'm on spring break and already have a lot written for the next chapter slayyyyy

bsky: unknown-ghost

see you next time

Chapter 64: Nerd Alert!

Summary:

Kyouka questions Dazai and a truth is revealed.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 6:26 PM.

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Dazai, question for you.

 

nothuman:

LOL what’s up

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

You say you don’t follow modern pop culture and only read and whatever but

You know a lot about Pokémon.

You even have a favorite (Eevee) and a favorite eeveelution (Leafeon) because you know it’s stats.

Do you have something to confess??

 

nothuman:

oh my god

my deepest darkest secret… it’s out.

 

arahabaki:

YOURE A POKEMON NERD?!?!?!

 

nothuman:

i was really hoping that no one was going to catch on when i made that little mistake…

 

butterfly:

Bruh…

 

boydetective:

I caught on but I didn’t ask about it because I don’t care

You just need to watch BoJack Horseman

 

bookworm:

True^

But also I knew as well.

Dazai, I see your Pokémon hours on switch…

 

nothuman:

ODASAKU YOU ARE NOT HELPING.

 

alphatiger:

SWITCH FRIEND CODE RIGHT NOW DAZAI

 

nothuman:

NO.

 

arahabaki:

DROP IT IN CHAT RN

 

nothuman:

FUCK YOU GUYS I’M NOT GIVING IT TO YOU

 

bookworm:

What’s your favorite gen?

 

nothuman:

gen four

completing the dex to get an eevee though is actually suicide inducing though

 

butterfly:

Then why the fuck is it your favorite

 

boydetective:

Cynthia

 

nothuman:

cynthia

LOLLLL

i knew she was a baddie when i saw her at the ripe age of five years old on a nintendo ds

also the BEST champion of all time being the first woman champ introduced?? ok 

 

arahabaki:

Oh so I bet you were happy when the remakes were put on switch 

 

nothuman:

they suck but i play them

 

bookworm:

Dazai, you’re aware you have over 200 hours on PLA, right?

 

nothuman:

my breath of the wild hours are higher

 

bookworm:

And so are your hours on Hades.

 

thegoldraven:

I love Hades :3

 

nothuman:

fire

i wish i was zagreus

 

arahabaki:

Who

 

boydetective:

CAN I GUESS WHY!!!!

YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO DIE OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!

 

nothuman:

yep.

 

alphatiger:

DAZAI.

 

nothuman:

HE COMES BACK TO LIFE RELAX

 

alphatiger:

I AM NOT DAZAI-ING OVER THAT

I AM DAZAI-ING OVER YOU NEEDING TO GIVE ME UR FRIEND CODE

HAND

IT

OVER

DROP

IN 

CHAT

Do you have scarlet/violet??

 

bookworm:

He does.

His hours aren’t that high on that one though.

 

nothuman:

i have like ninety hours.

all my pokémon are level 100

 

alphatiger:

Wait

 

nothuman:

what

 

alphatiger:

Last semester when we talked about Pokémon Go and you cried to Kunikida we were speaking nerd that was you pretending… wasn’t it

BECAUSE U MADE UR BATTLE.NET NAME SETTINGSUN AND IRONICALLY THATS THE SAME NAME AS THE TRAINER AT LIBRARY’S GYM WHO ALWAYS KICKS ME OUT WHAT I TRY TO TAKE IT OVER

THATS FUCKING YOU ISN’T IT DAZAI

 

nothuman:

gasp!

hahaha yeah that is me

 

boydetective:

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU

WHY ARE YOU ON TEAM VALOR YOU NO GOOD DIRTY FUCKING CHEATER

KYS!!!!!!! FUCK YOU

 

nothuman:

why the fuck would i pick mystic 😭

 

countess..luanne:

YUPPPPPP

YUP

YEPPPPP

 

alphatiger:

DID YOU KNOW

 

countess..luanne:

YES LMFAO

I see Dazai coming to the library wayyyyy too many times when I’m working my shift there and he’s just on his phone

And then suddenly u get kicked from the gym and I haven’t battled it yet

And I put my pokemon in

 

alphatiger:

I’ve been conspired against…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

jinko…

u picked wrong.

lucy, kyouka, me, and even dumbass dazai picked valor

switch teams

 

alphatiger:

NO

I REFUSE

IM STICKING WITH MYSTIC

 

boydetective:

I KNOW THAT’S RIGHT!!!!!!

 

thegoldraven:

I’m also on Mystic :)

 

boydetective:

We know and as you should be

Clearly good taste

 

the.perfect.crime:

LOL back when this game was popular I had picked mystic as well

But I haven’t played it since 2016 because I have a life

 

boydetective:

Me when I lie

 

the.perfect.crime:

I will kill you and no one will find your body

Certainly because I won’t leave it intact.

 

boydetective:

This is giving that reddit minecraft parkour tiktok video I sent you where the girl broke up with her bf bc he kept threatening to kill her

And turns out he’s like FORTY

 

the.perfect.crime:

Yeah ngl I have not been watching the tiktoks you’ve been sending me

You send me so many

 

boydetective:

Okay??? Fuck you????

Poe watches all the ones I send him

 

the.perfect.crime:

CUZ HE HAS TO??

HES YOUR BF LMFAO

 

boydetective:

OK AND

I SEND ONLY BANGERS

 

alphatiger:

You send me weird ones at like 3am

 

boydetective:

That doesn’t count because I sometimes fall asleep watching tiktok and for some reason I always end up sending you a bunch of weird ones

Like you specifically too

 

alphatiger:

YEAH BUDDY I’VE NOTICED

 

boydetective:

I send Poe cutie tiktoks because he’s so cute

BUT ANYWAY

Junichiro Tanizaki what Pokémon Go team are you on

And Naomi bc I know Naomi loves pokemon go

 

light_finder:

Mystic :3c

And I think Juni picked mystic too though I don’t remember

He doesn’t play it anymore :(

 

shadow.praiser:

i switched to valor a min ago

sry

 

alphatiger:

what the fuck…

 

shadow.praiser:

IM SORRY

I LIKE THE COLOR RED

 

light_finder:

ARE YOU KIDDING

 

shadow.praiser:

NO LMFAO

 

blcklzrd:

I’m on instinct 

 

shadow.praiser:

are u fucking mental

 

animal_crossing:

I’m also on instinct :(

 

shadow.praiser:

AWWWWWWEEE

KENJI SO CUTE

 

blcklzrd:

HELLO?!?!?!?!?!

U SHOULD BE REACTING THAT WAY ABT ME

 

shadow.praiser:

u called me a twink 20 mins ago

so no according to u actually shld b saying that abt me

 

blcklzrd:

Babe do me a favor and look into a mirror.

 

shadow.praiser:

BRUHHHHHHHHH

GUYS CAN U BELIEVE THIS

 

nothuman:

yes

 

arahabaki:

100% yes

 

butterfly:

Yup

 

boydetective:

Bro… yes.

 

alphatiger:

Uh yeah lol

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

is this some sort of bad joke?

 

light_finder:

Juni…

 

shadow.praiser:

OK STOP IT 

FUCK YOU GUYS

back to dazai and pkmn

who did u pick for ur starter gen 4

 

nothuman:

piplup

 

animal_crossing:

So you hate Turtwig is what I’m hearing

Wow.

 

nothuman:

NO

i just like steel type pokemon

and i knew if i picked turtwig then i couldn’t put a leafeon or gastrodon on my team because i hate to have the same typing on my team

 

alphatiger:

WHATS UR TEAM

 

nothuman:

empoleon, leafeon, gastrodon, staraptor, gallade, pachirisu

 

shadow.praiser:

HOLY FUCK

PACHIRISU TRUTHER

 

nothuman:

AYEEEEEEEEE

 

arahabaki:

Lame

My team was infernape, luxray, lucario, garchomp, drifblim, dialga

 

nothuman:

oh my god dude has a legendary on his team everyone point and boo

 

butterfly:

Idk anything about pokemon but wouldn’t you want a legendary on your team

 

nothuman:

it’s lame

 

arahabaki:

IT’S TOTALLY NOT LAME

 

nothuman:

junichiro drop your team

 

shadow.praiser:

no.

 

nothuman:

WHY NOT

 

shadow.praiser:

cause ur gonna call me lame :(

 

nothuman:

no fucking way share with the class

 

shadow.praiser:

sigh

dialga, manaphy, mew, rotom, mamoswine, infernape

 

nothuman:

dude are you fucking serious

 

shadow.praiser:

LISTEN

I HAVE POKEMON LETS GO EEVEE SO I GOT THE EGG IN FLORAMA TOWN

 

alphatiger:

I’m ngl I gave shining pearl a shot but then PLA came out and I played that instead

 

butterfly:

#nerdy-gamer-shit

Please go to this channel guys I can’t handle this anymore

 

nothuman:

LMFAO

ok ok i’m done 

 

arahabaki:

WAIT but the friend code

 

nothuman:

IM NOT GIVING IT OUT

 

arahabaki:

I’M NEVER HAVING SEX WITH YOU AGAIN

 

nothuman:

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

 

doppo_poet:

All I ask is for you people to be normal and I can never get that, huh?

 

alphatiger:

TELL HIM OFF CHUUYA

 

arahabaki:

GIVE

THE

FRIEND

CODE

 

nothuman:

no

because you guys are going to make fun of my games and my hours on them

 

alphatiger:

You should see my animal crosisng hours

 

butterfly:

Furry

 

alphatiger:

Remember when you loved me

And you were so nice to me

 

butterfly:

If I saw you irl it’d be different

 

alphatiger:

[selfie of him sad]

 

butterfly:

OMG STOP IM SORRY

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

:[

jinko do u need me to kill these ppl

 

alphatiger:

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im not kidding.

 

nothuman:

me first! me first!

 

doppo_poet:

KNOCK IT OFF, DAZAI!

 

nothuman:

awe jeez :(

Notes:

can you guys tell i just finished the indigo disc ?!?!

anyway pkmn gen 4 is my fav of all time. it's so fucking FIRE AND CYNTHIA IS SO HOT

um anyway yeah. i do have some stuff planned for the future but i'm spacing things out rn so lots of goofy silly stuff until then, like god intended for this fic anyway. just know there are two (2) prose chapters in the works rn so hopefully you guys are excited LMFAOOOO if not idk what to tell you other than i am sorry

bsky: unknown-ghost

until next time bye bye

Chapter 65: Breakfast and Omegaverse

Summary:

Dazai and Chuuya FINALLY go on a date, but now everyone wants breakfast. Yosano assigns everyone an A/B/O role based on vibes.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

iMessage

Mackerel

Today at 8:08 AM.

Gm

 

holy shit

early

gm though chibi

 

Do you want to get coffee

 

:0!

sure!

 

If you give me your switch friend code I’ll pay for you

 

LMFAO

ok fine

don’t give it out to anyone and don’t let atsushi know i gave it to you

 

DEADASS?

 

SW-3215-9381-7264

 

SICK

Add me back right now

 

okay hold on

added you back

nice splatoon player icon loser

 

YOURS IS PRINCESS ZELDA

WTF

HOW AM I A LOSER

 

zelda a baddie idc

 

holy shit dude your game hours…

when do you play this shit

 

when i can’t sleep

 

I’m going to let you in on a secret and tell you that’s why you can’t sleep

 

i'm on that fucking GRIND 

 

Ok I’m not walking up to your apartment so you’re going to have to meet me downstairs

 

okie 

putting my sweatshirt on now

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 8:27 AM.

nothuman:

[picture of Chuuya driving]

okay guys we’re finally going on a date so i guess we’re dating

 

boydetective:

OMFG UR SO ANNOYING HAHAHA

Chuuya break up with him

 

nothuman:

rude goddamn

 

alphatiger:

Whatcha guys gonna do :0!

 

nothuman:

coffee 

 

goldendemon:

Sick invite smh

 

butterfly:

AGREED

COULD’VE DOUBLE DATED RN

 

nothuman:

Chuuya’s fault he’s the only who asked me out

he excluded you guys because he’s one of those misogynistic gay guys

ugh okay jk he saw the last message and yelled at me. Chuuya LOOOOOVES all women and respects them so much he can’t bring himself to be attracted to one out of respect

 

blcklzrd:

Bottom

 

nothuman:

why are you awake

i thought degenerates slept in

 

blcklzrd:

INSANE that you OF ALL PEOPLE are calling me a DEGENERATE

 

countess..luanne:

What coffee place are you going to…

 

nothuman:

>:)

you already know

 

countess..luanne:

FUCK

NOOOOOOO

IM NOT SERVING YOU COFFEE ID RATHER KMS!!!

 

nothuman:

start brewing girl we’re almost there

 

countess..luanne:

IM QUITTING!!!

I STILL HAVE MY JOB AT THE LIBRARY

ILL MAKE IT WORK

 

nothuman:

tsk tsk tsk lucy

on your phone while on the clock?

i’m leaving a bad review!!

 

thegoldraven:

No please don’t I like this place :(

 

alphatiger:

Poe! Are you there?

 

thegoldraven:

Yes! I go most mornings :)

 

countess..luanne:

He comes bc I’m his sister and he’s supporting me

 

thegoldraven:

I am supporting you but we are not related

 

countess..luanne:

SHUT UP

IM YOUR SISTER

PUT ME IN THE WILL

 

nothuman:

oh FUCK is ranpo with you?

what am i asking of course he is

 

boydetective:

LMFAOOOOOO fair assumption but I’m actually at the library with Mushitaro

We’re doing extra credit work for our detective lit class

 

nothuman:

oh

weird but okay i guess

 

boydetective: Chuuya break up with him

arahabaki:

Seeing how this goes I might

 

nothuman:

AYO?!

 

nothuman: ugh okay jk he saw the last message and yelled at me. Chuuya LOOOOOVES all women and respects them so much he can’t bring himself to be attracted to one out of respect

arahabaki:

That’s also why I’m so short btw

I refuse to look down on a woman so I’ve kept myself short

 

butterfly:

LMFAOOOOO

MY KING!!!!

 

countess..luanne:

Fav honorary lesbian Chuuya Nakahara

 

arahabaki:

Big fan of lesbians and they love me back

I’m like Chappell Roan

We’re the same height and red heads

 

goldendemon:

Omg

Release Subway you fucking asshole

 

shadow.praiser:

speaking of releasing stuff

yoyo…

 

butterfly:

What…

 

shadow.praiser:

new marina song

cupid’s girl

banger

 

butterfly:

OMG SHUT UP

BRB NO ONE TALK TO ME

ILL BE BACK

 

countess..luanne:

Guys if I have to serve Osamu fucking Dazai coffee it’ll have the feminist movement regress decades

Guys please save me

Poe save me please

I SEE UR ON UR COMPUTER WHY DO IGNORE MY PLEAS

 

boydetective:

He’s probably writing a banger story that I’m gonna read later trust!!!!!!!

 

alphatiger:

Not to be a baby but ryu is asleep rn and I miss him 😞

 

shadow.praiser:

i wish i was asleep

ive been up all night

 

alphatiger:

Ew

 

shadow.praiser:

WYM EW I WAS HOME ALL NIGHT I WAS DOING SHIT

 

alphatiger:

Omg I was kidding LMFAOOOO

Go to bed please pookie

 

shadow.praiser:

no

 

blcklzrd:

Go to bed Chiro

 

shadow.praiser:

GUYS I HAVE CLASS I CANT GO TO BED LMFAO

i took a 5 hour energy i will have energy for 5 hour

 

blcklzrd:

Five hour

 

shadow.praiser:

SHUT UP

my limbs feel like jelly lol

9am classes need to be illegal LOLLLLLLLL IM GONNA KMS

dazai i dont mean that btw pls look away i didnt say that

keep myself safe thats what i meant

ok bye bye bye bye bye bye bye

 

blcklzrd:

Oh my god 

Atsushi stop him from leaving

 

alphatiger:

Already grabbing him

Getting nervous cuz he’s a biter

 

blcklzrd:

Is he?

 

natnatsuko:

Gross tachihara

 

blcklzrd:

WHAT DID I DO HIGUCHI

 

natnatsuko:

Sigh

 

alphatiger:

I threw him into his room I didn’t know what to do

He’s angry with me I’m so scared

 

shadow.praiser:

ATSUSHI NAKAJIMA

MOVE AWAY FROM THE DOOR

 

alphatiger:

NO!

 

shadow.praiser:

hm.

fine.

 

alphatiger:

GUYS

IM SCARED

 

nothuman:

oh my god i have to pause my date to come here and help you out.

atsushi my sweet lamb, he’s going to climb out the window.

AGAIN.

 

alphatiger:

JUNICHIRO TANIZAKI

 

shadow.praiser:

GUYS I ONLY HAVE 2 UNEXCUSED ABSENCES IN THIS CLASS LIKE I LITERALLY NEED TO GO

IM ALREADY OUTSIDE BTW

SO BYE SEE U AT 5PM

 

alphatiger:

You guys can’t say I didn’t try

 

blcklzrd:

Probably could’ve tried harder

 

alphatiger:

IM NOT YOU I DONT WANT HIM TO BITE ME

 

blcklzrd:

I NEVER said I wanted him to bite me

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

It was alluded

 

blcklzrd:

It wasn’t

 

countess..luanne:

Guys Dazai just catcalled me!!

 

nothuman:

NO I DIDN’T I DIDN’T I DIDN’T

SHE’S LYING I DIDN’T

 

butterfly:

what the fuck happened while I was gone

@shadow.praiser cupid’s girl is a banger omg I’ve ascended

Also please go to bed. At least take a nap at some point in between classes.

And Dazai…

 

nothuman:

CHUUYA PLEASE FUCKING VOUCH FOR ME

I DIDN’T CATCALL LUCY I SWEAR ON MY LIFE

 

boydetective:

Wow, Dazai swearing on his life… so convincing…

 

arahabaki:

LOL

I’m not gonna confirm or deny

 

nothuman:

i’m breaking up with you

 

arahabaki:

No you’re not

 

nothuman:

sigh

whatever

 

alphatiger: Not to be a baby but ryu is asleep rn and I miss him 😞

x..RASHOMON..x:

gm :]

pls dont miss me im right here

 

alphatiger:

YAY!!!!!

Gm Ryu!!!!!!! :3

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

gm jinko

 

shadow.praiser:

gm akuta

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

hi.

 

shadow.praiser:

BRUH

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Gm Ryu!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

gm gin :]

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Are you feeling better?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yes

 

alphatiger:

Wym by feeling better…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i was unwell last night

mostly better now

 

alphatiger:

Oh ok!

Unrelated but I’m coming over btw :D!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

LOL

oh yeah ur sooooooo slick

 

shadow.praiser:

average alpha and omega conversation

 

alphatiger:

FUCKING 

WHAT

 

shadow.praiser:

OMG

IDK WHY I SAID THAT

THAT WASN’T ME…

BRUH

LMFAO

who said that shit omg

 

boydetective:

Not omegaverse

Please

I can only handle so much

 

goldendemon:

What is omegaverse

 

boydetective:

An erotic subgenre of fanfiction

Personally not a fan because I feel like despite it typically being used for queer relationships, it’s utilized in order to perpetuate and reinforce traditional gender roles with the alpha being the “man” and the omega being the “woman”

 

the.perfect.crime:

What the fuck is this chat

Why are you discussing your issues with a/b/o

Though honestly valid

 

butterfly:

I think a man being pregnant is fun

Dazai is so omega coded

 

nothuman:

HELP?!?!?!?!??!?!?!!?!?!

 

shadow.praiser:

LMFAOO

 

butterfly:

Idk why you’re laughing slick shady

You’re the biggest omega in the world

 

shadow.praiser:

im in class im over this

 

butterfly:

How’s your date dazai

 

nothuman:

it’d be better if you guys stopped calling me an omega

 

arahabaki:

Does this mean I’m the alpha

 

butterfly:

Nah you’re a beta

I’m an alpha for sure though

I took an online quiz and it said I was

 

alphatiger:

Can we change the subject I’m uncomfortable

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yes

did u run today

 

alphatiger:

Yes!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

did u eat

 

alphatiger:

rummaging thru my fridge rn

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ok lets go get food together then :3

 

alphatiger:

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

 

countess..luanne:

Please don’t come here

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

um no i wouldnt i actually want good food

and seeing dazai would ruin my appetite

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

Atsushi can you get me something

 

alphatiger:

Sure!

 

thegoldraven:

I like the food here. :(

 

arahabaki:

Poe where the fuck are you

 

thegoldraven:

Hiding.

 

boydetective:

LEAVE POE ALONE!!!!

THAT’S MY MAN!!!!!

 

nothuman:

you’re hanging with another hoe right now i don’t wanna hear that from you

 

boydetective:

I BEG YOUR FINEST PARDON

WE’RE DOING EXTRA CREDIT WORK FOR A CLASS

IM A ONE MAN GUY

 

nothuman:

lol sure jan 

 

butterfly:

Fuck you guys I want breakfast now

Kouyou come upstairs we should make breakfast together 🥰

And keep it PG in the kitchen btw

 

goldendemon:

Phew

I’m still scarred…

 

arahabaki:

STOP STOP STOP

GET OVER IT!!!!

 

goldendemon:

I can’t I’m recovering from being blinded by Dazai’s pale ass

Like the fish seeing King Neptune’s bald ass head in the Spongebob movie

 

nothuman:

man what…

Notes:

guys im so busy sorry this is shit hopefully this will hold y'all over in the mean time

shoutout thatbitchrosemary YES i see ur bookmark AND TY UR SOOOOOO KIND!!!!!

idk what else to say hopefully i'll find more time to update this soon

bsky: unknown-ghost

bye!

Chapter 66: Kissing in the Rain

Summary:

Akutagawa takes Atsushi out for breakfast.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Blood splattered in the sink, Akutagawa’s hand covered his mouth. It was late—or rather, early , in the morning. He took in a ragged breath, only to cough violently again. He tried to calm himself quickly, so as to not wake Gin, but he felt as though he couldn’t stop. He was worried he was going to cough so hard he was going to gag, or worse, but thankfully, his coughing fit lessened.

 

He moved his hand off his mouth. He didn’t bother to look at it. He could feel it was warm and wet with blood. He didn’t know what was wrong other than the obvious. He had felt… not great, but not entirely bad recently until now. Well, yesterday he didn’t feel great, but he didn’t think it’d end up like this.

 

He turned on the sink, washing his blood away. Whatever. There wasn’t really a lot he could do at two in the morning. All he could do is wash it all away and hope that he’s able to fall asleep and wake up feeling better.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

Akutagawa stiffened. He should’ve expected Gin to wake up, she had always been a light sleeper. She wordlessly placed her hand on his back, rubbing up and down. She knew he wasn’t okay, but knew better to treat him like he wasn’t.

 

“I’ll be fine,” he answered, turning on the sink. He leaned down and took water into his mouth, swishing it around, and spitting it out. He hated the lingering taste of blood after one of these episodes. He could feel Gin’s eyes on him. “I’m fine.”

 

“I know.” He knew she was just saying that. “But when the stores open tomorrow and you want something, let me know, okay? Just take it easy.”

 

“I’m fine,” he said again, “I don’t need to be coddled.” He looked at her and she looked right back at him.

 

“I’m not coddling you,” Gin responded, “I’m just looking out for you like you do me.” She leaned against the wall, closing her eyes for a brief moment. “What if the roles were reversed? Would you not be worried about me?”

 

Akutagawa was silent for a moment. It was unfair of her to ask this—he is the older brother. It’s his job to worry about her and make sure she’s okay. “That’s different,” he responded simply, refusing to elaborate and looking away from her. He turned the sink back on, pushing the water towards his blood splatters in an attempt to clean it. “Go back to bed, Gin, you have class tomorrow.”

 

She didn’t respond, just stayed quiet. Akutagawa had to look back to her to realize she had walked away. She had always been too quiet. Now, however, wasn’t the time to ponder. He had class tomorrow (or technically later) too and figured he’d try and sleep as much as he could before his class…

 

— — —

 

Akutagawa woke up later than he would’ve liked, but at least he had been able to fall asleep. Seeing the shit ton of Discord notifications, however, stemming from Dazai at eight in the morning made him unhappy. That fucker should go back to bed and never wake up again—something he would think if Dazai’s life didn’t unfortunately mean so much to Atsushi.

 

After briefly messaging on the server and getting exposed by Gin (who totally did it on purpose), he got out of bed and got himself ready for the day. He might as well go get breakfast with Atsushi, who was going to come over anyway, and would rather his boyfriend not be starving. 

 

He drove to Atsushi’s. He wasn’t entirely hungry, but knew it was best to eat something now rather than deal with the consequence of not eating later. He saw Atsushi standing in the lobby and immediately perked up seeing Akutagawa pull in, rushing out. He opened the passenger door and hopped in, leaned over the center console, and hugged Akutagawa. A bit stunned, Akutagawa laughed, putting his hands on Atsushi’s arm. Atsushi kissed the side of Akutagawa’s head.

 

“What’s with you?” Akutagawa asked, but definitely not complaining. Atsushi smiled fondly.

 

“I’m just happy to see you,” Atsushi said, now sitting normally in the passenger seat and buckling up. “Let’s go get breakfast!”

 

— — —

 

The two sat in a small diner. It was relatively empty, considering most people were at work or in class. Atsushi, of course, got a big breakfast. For as skinny he is, he eats a lot . Akutagawa, at times, envied the ability to eat so much considering half the time he could barely finish his food (to which Atsushi would finish for him).

 

“So you didn’t feel well last night?” Atsushi asked, attempting to do it subtly but Akutagawa caught on immediately. He was not as graceful as he thinks he is.

 

“Yeah, but I’m better now,” Akutagawa responded and it was the truth, “treatment is not linear. Sometimes there are hiccups.”

 

“Yeah, but I mean…” Atsushi was playing with his food a little bit. “You could’ve told me.”

 

“It was two in the morning, you were asleep.”

 

Atsushi shrugged. “I would’ve woken up.”

 

“I had it handled,” Akutagawa said, “it wasn’t really that big of a deal. After it was all said and done, I just went back to bed.”

 

“You promise?”

 

“I swear .”

 

Atsushi beamed and went back to eating his breakfast. Akutagawa ate as much as he could, but he just really wasn’t all too hungry and didn’t feel like quite literally biting off more than he could chew. He was just happy to be there with Atsushi.

 

Finishing up and paying (he didn’t allow Atsushi to pay at all), the two headed out. Instead of going straight to Akutagawa’s car, they walked around the city a little bit. It was Atsushi’s idea and Akutagawa didn’t have it in him to say no. Not because Atsushi was all too convincing, but because he couldn’t conceive any possible reason why he’d ever say no to doing something with Atsushi.

 

They walked along the bay, looking out onto the water. Atsushi was all too happy looking at the boats and told Akutagawa a story where he, Lucy, and Kyoka snuck onto different boats one night his freshman year which led to him falling into the bay. Akutagawa laughed, but didn’t find the part where Atsushi laughed about his foot getting stuck in an old anchor chain all too funny.

 

As Atsushi was pointing to where he got stuck and where Lucy had to jump from to save him and laughing about it (to Akutagawa’s absolute horror, mind you), it began to rain. It was a drizzle, at first, but it quickly turned to a downpour! Atsushi scrambled out of his sweatshirt, trying to get it off to cover Akutagawa, but it did nothing.

 

“We gotta get you outta this rain,” Atsushi said, which pissed Akutagawa off. They both needed to get out of the rain. Just because he was sickly didn’t mean Atsushi could first, neglect his own health and second, coddle Akutagawa like he was helpless.

 

We should get out of this rain together ,” Akutagawa stressed and corrected, looking at Atsushi irritably. Atsushi noticed this and began to stammer, tripping over his words in an attempt to defend himself. Akutagawa wasn’t going to paint himself as some sort of saint… he liked seeing Atsushi get all nervous and stutter-y. It was funny. Though, he cut the show short as he felt the cold rain seep through his shirt and make contact with his skin. Sensory nightmare.

 

Instead of being normal and telling Atsushi to shut up so they can get going, he grabbed Atsushi by the face and kissed him. He’s always wanted to kiss him in the rain anyway, so figured that this was the perfect opportunity to do so. Atsushi kissed him back, just as impassioned. He placed his arms around Akutagawa’s neck as Akutagawa moved his hands from Atsushi’s face and wrapped his arms around Atsushi’s waist. Even if the rain was so fucking cold and coming down on them so hard it kind of hurt the top of Akutagawa’s head… he was enjoying this a lot

 

Separating, Atsushi smiled at Akutagawa so fondly, Akutagawa feared he’d melt despite how fucking cold he was. “We should get out of this rain,” Atsushi said despite leaning in for another kiss. Akutagawa kissed him back, but the kiss didn’t last long overall. Atsushi started laughing, hugging Akutagawa tightly and spinning them around in the rain. Akutagawa laughed as well, letting Atsushi do as he pleased. Atsushi stopped dead in his tracks, however, after hearing a boom of thunder. The two exchanged a look before totally booking ass, running through the rain and laughing as they did so. Usually, lightning followed thunder and neither of them felt like getting struck.

 

Atsushi was much faster than Akutagawa and had way more stamina. Akutagawa began to lag behind much sooner than he anticipated though. It was probably because he still wasn’t one hundred percent (or rather, his one hundred percent). He didn’t mind Atsushi running ahead—it wasn’t like he’d be able to get into his car. He reveled in the fact Atsushi would beat him to his car only to be locked out. Something was funny about it and he knew he had a good sense of humor.

 

Akutagawa will give Atsushi credit where credit is due. The minute Akutagawa fell behind, Atsushi slowed down. Did he have some sort of Akutagawa sense?

 

He ran back and stopped in front of Akutagawa, turning his back to him and leaning down. “Hop on!” He said way too excitedly. Akutagawa, on a normal day, would say Hell no! But the rain was really coming down, he was getting really cold, and Atsushi was abnormally cute that saying no to him felt like a crime punishable by death.

 

Wordlessly, he got onto Atsushi’s back and Atsushi took off. The two laughed as Atsushi ran, the cold rain splashing on their faces. Akutagawa hugged onto Atsushi tightly. It was moments like these he felt like everything he’s ever gone through was worth it. Having stupid fun with Atsushi… he thinks that if he’d died right now, he’d be content. He would’ve died doing what he loved most—being with Atsushi.

 

Atsushi got them to Akutagawa’s car, who unlocked it. Atsushi carefully put Akutagawa down and then turned around quickly to kiss him again. Caught off guard, Akutagawa laughed, but then kissed Atsushi back, pushing the wet hair sticking to Atsushi’s face away. He loved him so much. He loved Atsushi so much that it hurt. If this disease didn’t kill him first, he’d be happy if it was how much he loved Atsushi.

 

“I’m getting cold,” Atsushi whined against Akutagawa’s lips.

 

“What a baby,” Akutagawa teased, but he couldn’t deny that he was beyond freezing right now. “Alright, let’s go.” He opened the passenger side door for Atsushi, who quickly hopped in. Akutagawa went to the driver's side and hopped in as well. He started the car and drove them both back to his place.

 

— — —

 

“Oh no, did you two get caught in the rain?” Gin asked as she was near the front door as the two walked inside, still dripping wet from the downpour. The rain had lightened up a bit, but it was still raining hard outside.

 

“Yeah, it was crazy,” Atsushi said, taking off his shoes, “it came out of nowhere! It was fun being in it for the first few minutes, but then when you get all cold and soaked it loses its appeal.”

 

“I enjoyed myself,” Akutagawa commented.

 

“Yeah, cause I gave you a piggyback ride,” Atsushi said, though he was smiling.

 

“Well, what can I say? You’re a good ride.” Akutagawa smirked as he saw Atsushi beam at the compliment, but then his face turned red at the double entendre. 

 

“That’s disgusting,” Gin chastised, “I don’t need to hear that.”

 

“What? He gives a good piggyback ride. He should give you a turn sometime.”

 

“Pass.”

 

“Stop talking,” Atsushi said, embarrassed beyond all belief and hiding his face in his hands. Akutagawa simply laughed.

 

“Let’s get out of these wet clothes, hm?” He asked, taking Atsushi’s hand. Gin sighed.

 

“I see that it’s time for me to hide in my room and turn my tv on very loud,” she said, turning on her heels and walking out of the room towards hers. Atsushi sputtered, embarrassed, but Akutagawa pulled him in the opposite direction of Gin’s room and towards his own.

 

“Alright, take off your clothes,” Akutagawa ordered once they were in his room and the door was closed.

 

“That’s not very sexy,” Atsushi commented, “and you didn’t even say please.”

 

“This isn’t to be sexy, this is so I can give you a change of clothes, you pervert. Get your head out of the gutter.”

 

“Wha—Me?! The pervert?!” Atsushi looked bewildered at the statement. “You’re the perv!”

 

“Me?” Akutagawa asked, feigning innocence, “I’m so pure.”

 

“Pure my ass.”

 

“Very vulgar language, Jinko,” Akutagawa commented. Atsushi grumbled as he peeled off his wet clothes. Akutagawa grabbed a towel of his that was hung up behind the door and wrapped Atsushi in it, trying to dry him off a little bit before lending him clothes.

 

“You should also get naked,” Atsushi said.

 

“Get naked? Again, you’re perverted.”

 

“Stop that and put on some dry clothes! You’re gonna get sick!”

 

Akutagawa smiled and relented, but not without first grabbing some clothes for Atsushi to put on. He took off his own wet clothes and took the towel Atsushi used on himself after undressing. Akutagawa eyed Atsushi as he got dressed.

 

“You cold?”

 

Atsushi turned to Akutagawa slowly, face neutral as he spoke, “I fucking hate you.” Akutagawa couldn’t help but start laughing and then laughed harder as Atsushi began to dress himself faster to keep out of Akutagawa’s prying eyes.

 

“That’s not true,” Akutagawa said definitively.

 

“Yeah, yeah, you know I’m madly in love with you, blah, blah, but fuck you.”

 

Now dressed, Akutagawa approached Atsushi and wrapped his arms around his waist. “I’d say sure, go for it, but I think—”

 

“Watch yourself!”

 

Akutagawa kissed Atsushi’s cheek gently. “My poor Jinko. I know cats hate water so now you’re cranky.”

 

“I’m going to kill myself and it’s going to be your fault.”

 

Akutagawa grimaced. “Oh Christ, you sound like Dazai and it’s a major turnoff.”

 

“Wow, I really feel the love.”

 

Akutagawa pecked Atsushi’s lips gently. “You know I love you,” he stated simply. “So very much, actually.”

 

Atsushi smiled. “I love you too.” He rubbed his nose against Akutagawa’s fondly. “Even if you are cold hearted.”

 

Akutagawa scoffed. “Alright relax.” He flicked the side of Atsushi’s head much to Atsushi’s dismay. “Let’s lay down and maybe skip class.”

 

“Oh, I already decided to skip class,” Atsushi said, laying down on Akutagawa’s bed and making himself comfortable, “but you’re free to go if you want.”

 

Akutagawa laid down next to Atsushi, putting his head on his chest and let out a low chuckle. “You’re a funny guy,” he said as Atsushi wrapped his arms around him and rested his head on top of Akutagawa’s.

 

“Well, Yosano agrees with that.”

 

“Didn’t she say you were not funny?” Akutagawa asked, lifting his head. Atsushi pushed his head back down.

 

“Shh… Shh… don’t ruin it.”

 

Akutagawa couldn’t help but laugh.

Notes:

sorry for the mini hiatus im gonna graduate my masters program soon and have had to lock in academically i fear. also i hate this chapter so much and didnt want to write it but alas here i am

anyway hopefully i'm able to crank out the next update soon. idk i have a lot of stuff coming up so idk sorry gang LOLLLLL

i started watching smallville though and tbh that shit is flames CLARK KENT U WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!!!!!

bsky: unknown-ghost

see y'all on the flip!!! bye!!!

Chapter 67: Messages of Love and TV Show Preferences

Summary:

Atsushi gets emotional watching CW's Smallville.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 3:41 PM.

shadow.praiser:

atsushi nakajima ru fucking crying over smallville rn

 

alphatiger:

CAN U SHUT UP

 

shadow.praiser:

yall this mf crying over superman rn

from a show from the early 2000s

r we being fr

 

alphatiger:

HES AN ORPHAN

 

shadow.praiser:

girl WHAT

superman isnt an orphan

 

alphatiger:

Oh my god u don’t know anything

He’s CLARK KENT

NOT SUPERMAN

NOT YET

AND HE’S TOTALLY AN ORPHAN???? HIS PARENTS ARE DEAD

 

shadow.praiser:

BRO HE CLEARLY HAS LOVING PARENTS

MARTHA AND JON KENT

IDIO

IDIOT

 

alphatiger:

But like his bio parents :(

He’s the last son of Krypton it makes me so sad

He has no idea where he’s from or what his purpose is

He’s all alone and no one understands him 

And he just wants to be normal :(

His parents sent him away to save him from the destruction of Krypton because they love him so much but he doesn’t know

 

shadow.praiser:

ok still not an orphan???

mf was adopted

since when did u become the big superman fan

 

alphatiger:

I’ve always been a superman fan

 

shadow.praiser:

bc u sound like lex luthor from my adventures with superman

 

alphatiger:

I LITERALLY DONT SOUND LIKE HIM

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u absolutely do

 

alphatiger:

I like Lex in Smallville so far but everywhere else he’s so awful 

I like Clark Kent

 

shadow.praiser:

do u think ur clark kent

 

alphatiger:

When I was a kid I would sneak away to the library and watch the superman dvds they had and I convinced myself the reason why my parents were gone was because they actually sent me away to save me from a dying planet and the reason why everyone hated me and treated me like a freak was because I’m an alien from another planet

 

shadow.praiser:

dude can i b honest w u

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

be so fucking careful rn.

 

alphatiger:

Sigh sure what

 

shadow.praiser:

ur life rly sucks :(

 

alphatiger:

LMFAOOOOO

It used to but it’s much better now

I have you guys now and I feel much less like an alien and more like a real person with great friends!!!!! :3

 

butterfly:

Hi i’m in tears

My sweet little Atsushi

I LOVE U

 

alphatiger:

LOL hello Yosano

I love you too

 

nothuman:

you’re stronger than me lol

 

alphatiger:

Aw thanks!

Do NOT follow that up with “i would’ve killed myself if I were you”

 

nothuman:

damn okay then i won’t

 

arahabaki:

He was totally thinking it

 

nothuman:

i absolutely was

 

arahabaki:

You are NOT seeing the gates to heaven when you die dude 😭

 

doppo_poet:

Yeah, he will not be.

 

nothuman:

KUNIKIDA?!

 

boydetective:

And how’d you get to that conclusion genius

 

nothuman:

bent over

 

boydetective:

SLUT!!!! 🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵

 

nothuman:

oh yeah cause you’re the one doing the bending in your relationship

for sure…

🤣

 

boydetective:

What are you implying Dazai…

 

nothuman:

you’re a bottom bro

 

boydetective:

SO ARE YOU???

 

nothuman:

no i’m flexible

you’re a greedy, greedy pillow princess

 

boydetective:

WHAT THE FUCK???

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT????????

Eddie tell this dude what’s good

 

thegoldraven:

I am not getting involved with this.

 

boydetective:

Oh my god what happened to loving me and defending me

 

thegoldraven:

I refuse to discuss anything explicit!

 

doppo_poet:

We should all take a page out from Poe’s book and follow his lead.

 

butterfly:

I can’t imagine you guys having sex

 

nothuman:

they probably don’t 

i imagine ranpo would rather receive than give 

and poe is too nervous and awkward to start anything

 

boydetective:

YALL ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOO NASTY

And wrong

First and foremost

I’m very giving

 

thegoldraven:

PLEASE STOP.

 

boydetective:

At the request of my beloved I will be stopping but know that I can say more

 

alphatiger:

Sorry but

“I’m very giving”

Bruh you stabbed me with a pencil because I ASKED for a piece of candy

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

damn thats crazy

 

alphatiger:

Can you pretend to love me

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i dont need to pretend but ok

 

alphatiger:

Could’ve fooled me

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ru being deadass

 

blcklizrd:

You all are so hostile today relax

 

nothuman:

should Chuuya and i fight too

 

goldendemon:

You guys have fought ENOUGH

 

nothuman:

yeah but not a lovers’ quarrel and i’m feeling left out

 

arahabaki:

What are you on about bro only nakajima and akutagawa are beefing rn

How are you feeling left out

 

nothuman:

poe’s giving me pissy vibes lowk

 

boydetective:

LEAVE MY MAN ALONE CUNT

 

nothuman:

YOOOOO CHILLAX BROTHER

 

boydetective:

KEEP MY MAN’S NAME OUT YOUR MOUTH

SLUT!!!

 

nothuman:

WHY DO YOU GUYS ALWAYS GO TO SLUT SHAME ME

I’M NOT A WHORE

 

butterfly:

You dated Fyodor

 

doppo_poet:

And Sasaki.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

isnt the lore w that he cucked u?

 

doppo_poet:

Osamu Dazai did not make a cuckold of me.

 

alphatiger:

Yeah cucking implies that they were together and she cheated on him

Sasaki only picked Dazai over Kunikida

 

arahabaki:

Imagine picking Dazai over Kunikida yikes

 

blcklzrd:

YOURE DATING HIM????

 

arahabaki:

Yeah but only because Kunikida wasn’t an option

 

nothuman:

valid.

i’ve been barking up that tree for a while

no dice

 

arahabaki:

If he wasn’t dating Katai now he’d be dating me trust and believe you loser

 

nothuman:

yeah okay and now you’re stuck dealing with me so who’s the real loser

fucking moron

 

shadow.praiser:

atsushi do u come w a remote i need to lower ur crying volume

 

alphatiger:

MARTHA KENT LOVES CLARK SO MUCH DUDE

THATS HER BABY

I wish I had been loved like that 😭

 

shadow.praiser:

bruh now i feel bad

 

alphatiger:

Sry

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u fucking should be

asshole

 

shadow.praiser:

u r what u eat

 

nothuman:

you are what you eat

AYYYYYYYYY

 

shadow.praiser:

LMFAOOOOO LETS GOOOOOOO

 

blcklzrd:

You dont eat ass

 

shadow.praiser:

u dont know that for sure

 

nothuman:

have you two still not smashed uglies

 

shadow.praiser:

not for a lack of trying

 

nothuman:

HOW DO YOU TRY? LMFAO?

sit there and look at him

 

blcklzrd:

He sent me a text when we were in the same room

Cuz he was too nervous to ask me verbally

 

nothuman:

YOU’RE KIDDING

AHA

HAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHA

DUDE

 

shadow.praiser:

KYS KYS KYS KYS KYS

FUCK U FUCK U FUCK U

 

nothuman:

what emojis did he send

 

blcklzrd:

No emojis

Message was literally

“do u wanna do it ?”

“no pressure”

 

arahabaki:

Tanizaki… dude

 

shadow.praiser:

KYS KYS KYS

BYE

GOING ON DND

U GUYS SUCK

 

nothuman:

and evidently, you do not

 

arahabaki:

AHA nice

 

nothuman:

thank you thank you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh my god.

now i know what it feels like to b u dazai

cuz ew u guys should break up

and go back to fighting each other 

cuz wtf

 

nothuman:

atsushi! tell him off!

 

alphatiger:

Why do you capitalize Chuuya’s name and not mine

Let’s discuss the favoritism here

 

nothuman:

BRUH

wrong thing to focus on dude smh

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

he loves me more than he likes u to do what u want

 

boydetective:

Lowkey bars

 

arahabaki:

Wym bars he stole that from avatar the last airbender

 

boydetective

HOW

 

arahabaki:

“No, you miscalculated. I love Zuko more than I fear you” (The Boiling Rock, Part 2, S3E15)

 

boydetective:

Citation is wrong but the effort is appreciated

 

arahabaki:

STFU!!!

 

butterfly:

Ladies ladies relax you’re both beautiful

 

boydetective:

Ok but i’m prettier right

 

blcklzrd:

She’s dating the female version of Nakahara what do you think genius boy

 

boydetective:

Can’t I have blind faith in my friends?

 

nothuman:

evidently no

 

boydetective:

STOP saying evidently

 

nothuman:

awe man

at least i’m not an ugly little man

 

boydetective:

UGLY?

That, I am not

 

nothuman:

uggo little boy

nerd too

ugly ugly ugly

 

boydetective:

STFU!!!

Eddie help me out here!!!!

 

nothuman:

NO ONE CAN HELP YOU

 

boydetective:

HE’S TYPING FUCK YOU!!!

 

alphatiger:

He’s taking a while to type…

 

boydetective:

LET HIM COOK

 

butterfly:

LMFAO??

 

nothuman:

any day now buddy

 

boydetective:

LEAVE HIM ALONE YOU WHORE

 

thegoldraven:

There is no need for me to help you. You’re the most beautiful person here! Anyone who disagrees with that may need to seek an optometrist to help get their vision corrected. It’s just a simple fact that you are so beautiful, Ranpo, that my defense of you will be futile. No one can hold a candle to the beauty that you possess and the baseless claims that you are ugly are pitiful at best and slander at worst. You possess such a rare and unattainable beauty so naturally and effortlessly that at times, I feel inadequate being in your presence. Your beauty is comparable to gemstones with your shining, emerald eyes that are the door to the priceless diamonds that are your thoughts matched with your onyx hair so perfectly and yet I am blinded by the shimmering gold of your heart. God crafted you so carefully, crading you in His hands as He placed you among us to perhaps demonstrate that He is real as perfection should not be possible but alas, here you are.

 

alphatiger:

Damn who let bro cook

There’s tears in my eyes

 

nothuman:

 

boydetective:

Ok wait that kinda got me

Ahahahhaha

Eddie where are you

I am potentially crying like a little bit like just a teeny bit

Also FUCK YOU Dazai!! Eddie wrote something beautiful and that’s how you react ?!?!?!?! This is why I don’t let you losers read what he writes!!!

 

alphatiger:

He occasionally sends something in the guild server so I have read his writing before actually

 

boydetective:

I WILL KILL YOU ATSUSHI NAKAJIMA

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ill kill u first u wont touch a hair on his head

 

boydetective:

It’s uneven enough I think I’ll snag a strand easy

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

drop ur location to fight if u wanna talk such high shit

 

boydetective:

Eddie!!! Help!!!

 

thegoldraven:

I’m not much of a fighter, but I will try my best!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

he wouldnt be much of a fight for me

 

boydetective:

Bruh a solid gust of wind could knock you over, Eddie will do just fine against you

 

alphatiger:

Ryu is pretty strong so idk

 

boydetective:

doubtful

 

alphatiger:

No, he really is!

 

nothuman:

and how do you know that atsushi

does he hurt you princess 😔

 

alphatiger:

PRINCESS?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

thats what u have an issue w?

fr?

 

alphatiger:

I think the idea of you harming me is preposterous and could never happen ever

 

arahabaki:

There’s a world out there where you two hate each other

remember that 

 

alphatiger:

Same for you and Dazai????

 

nothuman:

yeah it’s this one

 

arahabaki:

yeah this one

DUDE

 

nothuman:

we have to breakup because we’re talking the same and i’m scared

we’re not dating we’re fusing

 

goldendemon:

Terrifying

 

nothuman:

you’re telling me girl

 

butterfly:

Hi Kouyou :3

 

goldendemon:

Hi Yosano <3

 

countess..luanne: 

and WLW

Winners love winning

 

goldendemon:

Anyone who’s WLW is a winner

Sapphics stay winning that’s what Sappho wrote about in her poetry of course

 

countess..luanne:

You guys want a third

 

butterfly:

I don’t share sorry!

 

countess..luanne:

Ugh sigh that’s okay

Akuatsu y’all want a third??

 

doppo_poet:

You’re into men?

 

countess..luanne:

LMFAO YES?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Unfortunately but yes

 

doppo_poet:

This is news to me.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

id rather deepthroat the barrel of a gun than to share jinko with anyone

i cant imagine the things id do to keep him from u lucy.

 

countess..luanne:

BRUH WHAT I DO

I TREAT ATSU SO WELL

Atsu vouch for me or i’ll make your life a living nightmare.

 

alphatiger:

Lucy is so nice to me and treats me so well

 

boydetective:

What Atsushi sees rn

 

countess..luanne:

Smh no one understands our bond atsushi

Kill them for me

 

alphatiger:

 

nothuman:

well i know what to say to change the subject back to me and lighten the mood

i started the horse show

 

goldendemon:

BoJack Horseman or my little pony

Cause you give brony vibes

 

nothuman:

i don’t know what that is and yet somehow i’m offended

bojack horseman

 

alphatiger:

I LOOK UP SMALLVILLE SPOILERS AND A;EF;AJFEIWA;E DIES?!?!?!?!

I’m not spoiling in case anyone wants to watch

 

goldendemon:

YES!! FINALLY YOU’RE WATCHING BOJACK!!!

Also Atsushi honey, no one will be watching Smallville I am so sorry

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

wtf?

ill watch it jinko

 

alphatiger:

Oh you don’t have I don’t think you’d like it :(

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i watched the cartoon one w u surely ill be fine watching this one too

 

alphatiger:

Yay!

 

arahabaki:

Dazai, what do you think of BJHM?

 

nothuman:

i don’t know why you guys think i’ll like it but i’ll watch the full thing before giving you guys an opinion.

give me like two days.

 

arahabki:

two days???

 

nothuman:

it’ll take roughly 20 hours to watch the show

i’ll watch it straight through and only to maybe sleep 

 

butterfly:

“maybe sleep” being the operative phrase here

 

nothuman:

i won’t sleep

i haven’t slept a full night in a hot minute

 

butterfly:

I know baby

So sad

 

nothuman:

thanks mommy

 

butterfly:

EUUUGH

 

nothuman:

if junichiro or atsushi called you mommy i bet you wouldn’t bat an eye

 

butterfly:

It's because I’m their mother

I birthed them and everything

 

alphatiger:

Ok so why’d you give me up then

😐

Kind of fucked up

 

butterfly:

STOP

 

alphatiger:

In the garbage too like :/

 

butterfly:

You were found in the garbage!?!?!?!?!?1

 

alphatiger:

That’s what I was told but I don’t actually believe it

For my own piece of mind I guess

I’ll never know

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u werent found in the garbage

 

alphatiger:

I could’ve been

You never know

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

maybe

one mans trash is another mans treasure 

♥️

 

alphatiger:

AAHHHH

wait i feel like how ranpo felt before

 

boydetective:

Eddie wrote me a beautiful message

Akutagawa said seven words.

We are not the same

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

looks like a little goes a long way

i didnt need to overcompensate like poe did

bc i love jinko more than poe loves you

and thats fact

 

boydetective:

You’re about to love my unregistered firearm 

 

doppo_poet:

RANPO, NO!

Notes:

i have so much to do but wanted to update so bad

idk im watching smallville rn

bsky: unknown-ghost

okie dokie bye

Chapter 68: Plans For The Beach and Viral Laryngitis

Summary:

Atsushi and Lucy go to student health services and Lucy wants to go to the beach for a celebratory good bill of health.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 11:31 AM.

alphatiger:

I’m sick

Allegedly 

 

nothuman:

like sick as in wow atsushi nakajima is so cool he’s sick as fuck

or sick like yikes

 

alphatiger:

Sick like yikes

 

nothuman:

yikes

 

alphatiger:

Thank you </3

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

omw

 

alphatiger:

I’m not home

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?

ur sick but not home

make that make sense

 

alphatiger:

With Lucy

At student health services

Cuz my throat hurts baaaaad

 

shadow.praiser:

ru sure thats bc ur sick

it could be a result of ur deviant activities

 

alphatiger:

Deviant activities you wish to take part in

 

nothuman:

DAMN

atsushi be sick more often you’re so funny

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

why did lucy take u i couldve taken u

 

alphatiger:

She didn’t take me we went together because she also doesn’t feel well

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

still u shouldve told me i wouldve came with

 

alphatiger:

But you’re in class

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ok and whats ur point??

 

alphatiger:

I wasn’t going to ask you to SKIP class to hang out with us in the nurse’s office 😭

 

butterfly:

You guys should’ve just came to me wtf

Perfect practice >:)

 

countess..luanne:

Ignoring how menacing that is I did actually say maybe we should go to you

But convincing him to see anyone was hard enough as it is

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

she had to convince u to go???

 

alphatiger:

I’m built different

I thought I’d feel better by now

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

what do u mean “by now”?????

 

alphatiger:

I didn’t feel well yesterday either

Figured it’d be like a 1 day thing cuz I heal up pretty fast

But my immune system didn’t immune

Wtf 

 

countess..luanne:

That’s probably because you did all your normal shit plus you did manual labor for the guild event and help Louisa and Poe set up a literal stage and also took over a tour guide group and yapped your little ass off

 

alphatiger:

I mean yeah

They needed the help

 

countess..luanne:

I hate talkign to u.

 

alphatiger:

WHAT I DO

 

countess..luanne:

TOO MUCH

CLEARLY

 

shadow.praiser:

whats crazy is that they r sitting next to each other rn at health services

and texting each other here

 

countess..luanne:

UM ACTUALLY

ATSUSHI SHARE WITH THE CLASS THE REASON WHY UR THROAT HURTS AND I FORCED U TO COME HERE AND WHY WE ARE SPEAKING VIA TEXT AND NOT IRL

 

alphatiger:

No

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

jinko…

 

alphatiger:

Ok fine

I have no voice

It’s gone

Bye bye 

Like I’m Ariel in the little mermaid

 

shadow.praiser:

wow ok so

quick question of how ru sick “allegedly”

if ur fuckass voice is gone

just wondering how that works

 

alphatiger:

I’m not sick until a dr tells me I’m sick

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

U HAVE NO VOICE.

 

alphatiger:

Yeah ain’t that funny

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i cant believe that im dating a stupid moron

 

boydetective:

I can

But that’s because everyone that isn’t me is a stupid moron

 

nothuman:

POE

POE!!!!

RANPO CALLED YOU A STUPID IDIOT

 

boydetective:

UM WRONG DUMBASS

FIRST AND FOREMOST I CALLED EVERYONE A MORON SO WRITE THAT DOWN FUCKHEAD

AND SECOND POE IS OBVIOUSLY EXEMPT

 

butterfly:

Actually he’s not obviously exempt I fear

Cause I also thought it was crazy you didn’t exempt him

 

boydetective:

Y’all…

Why would I diss my man…

You guys are so dumb…

 

shadow.praiser:

i cant believe im a stupid moron </3

 

boydetective:

You’re actually deceiving smart considering that you’re an avid overwatch player but yeah you’re still a stupid moron

 

shadow.praiser:

genuinely thats probably the nicest thing u have ever said to me

 

boydetective:

HELLO????

I am not a monster I have said nice things to you

 

shadow.praiser:

when & what

 

boydetective:

Fukuzawa calling me gtg

 

shadow.praiser:

BRUHHHHHHHHH

 

blcklzrd:

You’re not a stupid moron

 

shadow.praiser:

u have to say that

 

blcklzrd:

Well yes but I don’t mind saying it because it’s true

 

thegoldraven:

Compared to Ranpo, yes, I believe I would be a “stupid moron.” I try to keep up with his intelligence though.

 

boydetective:

Oh fuck you guys now I feel bad 

POE

YOU’RE SMART

THEY’RE NOT!!!!

 

bookworm:

I don’t know, Ango is fairly smart.

I wouldn’t call him a stupid moron.

 

nothuman:

ango name drop

rare 

he hates me right now

 

bookworm:

Why?

 

nothuman:

did he not tell you?

 

bookworm:

Tell me what, Dazai…

 

nothuman:

oh

you know…

why dwell on the past when the present is a gift?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh my god who gives a fuck about what dazai has done

it was probably smth awful

anyway

atsushi

 

alphatiger:

Wait I’m not ignoring you but I just got called in

So BRB BEAUTIFUUUULLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!

pls dont be mad at me.

I LOVE YOU

BRB

 

countess..luanne:

Watching him type that in real time was humbling

 

nothuman:

him calling you beautiful is crazy

no offense but fucking you’re eyebrowless 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

can u stfu ever

like actually

no one can ever speak wo u popping in being fucking aggravating

annoying ass

idk why chuuya even bothers w u

not like ur gonna live long enough to have a meaningful relationship

i doubt u can even feel love for another human being

 

nothuman:

DAMN BITCH!

that’d hurt my feelings if i actually cared how you thought of me lol

 

arahabaki:

Akutagawa dude relax

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

dont defend him cuz idgaf

the fact ur dating him is actually funny cuz what

but whatever

 

nothuman:

you can tweak out over atsushi all you want, but insulting Chuuya and me is just going to upset him

so maybe unclench

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

u started it.

 

countess..luanne:

Ok bitches stop fighting cuz I’m sitting in the waiting room alone and it’s annoying me

Changing subject

When Atsu gets better we should go to the beach :3

 

nothuman:

ew no

i hate the beach

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

said the mf who tried to drown himself in the bay LMAOOOOOOO

 

nothuman:

ermmmmmmm

okay to be honest you clocked me there

 

arahabaki:

I think the beach would be fun considering that it’s gonna be cold soon

The sooner we go the better

 

alphatiger:

Guys I have laryngitis 

What the fuck is laryngitis

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

jinko its when u lose ur voice

fucking duh

 

alphatiger:

This is so awful how am I going to talk to you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

finally

silence

 

alphatiger:

Where is the love

Why don’t you love me

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh my god relax

 

iMessage

Jinko 🐯🤍

Today at 12:03 PM.

Are you mad at me

 

???

jinko why would i be mad?

 

Idk I just feel like you’re mad that I went to health services with Lucy and not you

I didn’t want to go to begin with she made me

I just feel like you’re mad 

 

im not mad at u jinko

im ngl im upset that i found out u have laryngitis over DISCORD

but im fine im not mad

 

Okay I’m really sorry

Lucy was already not feeling well so she was gonna cancel on us going to the gym

So I was like lol same here I have no voice

And she was like ok come to health services with me

And I said no

But she was like yes I’m gonna come over and get you

And then she pulled up with Poe who drove us to health services

And then he left to go do work on stuff

 

jinko

please know im not mad at u

u dont need to explain urself

 

ok I’m sorry I just feel like I need to

Cuz it felt like you were mad

And I never meant to upset you

Like never at all 🙁

 

jinko baby where is this coming from

 

Idk I’m just really nervous

Like I feel like you’re mad even though you say you aren’t

 

no im just upset that u overexert urself and ignore when u dont feel well

but ur the first to make someone else relax and take care of themselves when they dont feel well

like ur allowed to relax too and yeah it angers me that u dont listen to the advice u spew

but im not mad at u baby

i just want u ok like u want me to be ok

 

I don’t typically get sick very often though :(

So I thought when I went to bed I would wake up ok

But then I woke up with no voice

At least you won’t hear me yap about superman for SEVEN DAYS

 

haha

now were just gonna sit in silence its going to be so awkward

 

YOU CAN TALK THOUGH

I ACTUALLY VIVIDLY REMEMBER U SAYING TO ME

“I DONT RECALL INTRODUCING MYSELF AS A MUTE”

WHEN WE BEEFED

 

LOL

yeah but 

and no offense jinko

u talk A LOT

but i like to listen

so this is gonna suck

 

Awe do you mean it 

 

yes jinko

now lmk when ur done at health services

ill come get u and we can get u chizuke

surely that will be good for u

 

YAY

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY

YAY OMG

CHIZUKE

YAY

YA

YAY

 

u r too easy to please lol

someday someone else is gonna promise u chizuke and itll be over for me

 

NOT TRUE

NO NO NO NO NO NO

Chizuke always tastes best when I’m with you :3

But we can’t kiss

Cause I have viral laryngitis and that’s contagious 

 

well surely i can kiss u

 

NOT RISKING IT

NO KISSING FOR SEVEN DAYS

 

thats fucking ridiculous

now im mad at u

 

STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 12:21 PM.

alphatiger:

Ryu is mad at me bc I can’t kiss him because I have VIRAL LARYNGITIS

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

its a hoax created to stop men from kissing each other

homophobia at its fucking finest

 

alphatiger:

BYE HAHAHAHAHA

 

countess..luanne:

Just got back from seeing the dr I have chlamydia </3

 

nothuman:

BRO WHAT HAHAHAHAHA

NO FUCKING WAY

WHO DID YOU FUCK??

AND WHO WOULD WANNA FUCK YOU?????? LMFAOO!!!!!!!

 

countess..luanne:

Okay so I was lying but DAMN DAZAI WHAT ISSUE DO YOU HAVE WITH ME

SLUT!!!

 

nothuman:

oh so what’s wrong with you

other than the normal things wrong with you

 

countess..luanne:

YO???? HELP AND HELLO????

 

thegoldraven:

Be nice to Lucy, please!

 

countess..luanne:

Buy his kindness

 

thegoldraven:

Ranpo told me I’m not allowed to give Dazai any sort of money.

 

nothuman:

WHAT WHY

 

boydetective:

Cause you’re fucking GREEDY

 

nothuman:

i’m killing myself.

 

alphatiger:

STOP

 

nothuman:

oh my god now that atsushi can’t speak i can finally discuss my suicide in peace

 

alphatiger:

KNOCK IT OFF YOU JERK

 

butterfly:

Lucy, what’s wrong?

 

countess..luanne:

Thanks for ACTUALLY CARING ABOUT ME YOSANO

It was gastrointestinal problems from the fuckass food here 

Apparently I’m not the first person to come in with issues lol

She told me that if I’m not better in three days to come back

So clearly the school is trying to kill me

 

butterfly:

Omg oh no!!

You’ll be okay though

And I like your beach idea. I think we should all go!!

@doppo_poet plan it out

 

doppo_poet:

Why me?

 

butterfly:

Cause you have a bajillion planners and plan everything to a T

Duh

 

doppo_poet:

I can’t argue with you over that, but I wish I could.

Alright. Everyone let me know who’s interested in going.

I will text Higuchi separately seeing if she’d like to come, considering she’s taking another online break.

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh oops

lol

forgot to tell u guys she was going to be offline 

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

Ryu…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

relax its ok shes fine

 

alphatiger:

I’ll go to the beach kunikida!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NO U WONT

 

alphatiger:

I WILL BE FINE IT’S JUST LARYNGITIS 

 

doppo_poet:

We’re not going today. I was thinking about next Saturday since it’s supposed to be warm that day.

 

alphatiger:

I should be fine by then!!!!!!

Ryu please come to the beach :(

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ugh fine

i will go

 

x..SPIDERSTHREAD..x:

I will also attend (:

 

countess..luanne:

Same

 

animal_crossing:

I love the beach!!! Count me in!!!!!!!

 

xX.demonsnow.Xx:

I will also attend

 

arahabaki:

I’ll be there for sure

And so will Dazai

 

nothuman:

nope

 

arahabaki:

Yep or we break up

 

nothuman:

HELLO???

um okay i guess i’ll go after some deliberation

 

goldendemon:

I will be there for sure

This is actually the perfect excuse for me to take advantage of the bathing suits going on clearance right now so thanks

 

butterfly:

OMGGGG

Wait, can I go with you???

We can get matching bathing suits hehe

 

goldendemon:

Omg yes!!!

That’d be so cutie 

 

thegoldbug:

I’ll have to get back to you, Kunikida, as I promised Louisa and Francis that I would assist them in club activities if they needed me.

 

doppo_kunikida:

That’s fine, just let me know by Thursday if possible.

 

the.perfect.crime:

Am I invited

 

doppo_kunikida:

Yes.

 

the.perfect.crime:

Okay, I’ll be there

 

doppo_poet:

Honestly, just text me privately if you’re going to come so I can keep better track of it.

I’ll make an itinerary and send it here the day before.

 

shadow.praiser:

does anyone want to play overwatch

 

boydetective:

NO.

 

shadow.praiser:

ru being fr

log on cunt

overwatch stadium time

 

boydetective:

WOAH WOAH WOAH

WHAT HAPPENED TO U NOT SAYING THAT WORD???

I VERY VIVIDLY REMEMBER THAT YOU SAID

and I quote, mind you,

“id rather not???”

When Dazai told you to say the word cunt many moons ago

 

shadow.praiser:

omg sry

idk what happened

my inner misogynist is coming out

 

butterfly:

Bruh

 

shadow.praiser:

never sexist towards u cuz ur my mom

 

butterfly:

Omg I can’t believe I’m a boy mom 

Like definition boy mom where I raise misogynistic sons

 

alphatiger:

I love women wtf

That’s why I let Lucy abuse me

 

countess..luanne:

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABT

YOU JUST DITCHED ME

IF ANYTHING IM THE ABUSED ONE

 

alphatiger:

Ryu promised me chizuke I had to go

 

countess..luanne:

You’re such a slut for chizuke 

 

alphatiger:

Yeah a little bit

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

hes going to leave me 1 day for the next guy who promises him chizuke

 

alphatiger:

STOP saying that it isn’t true

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lol

 

nothuman:

pspspspspspspspspsp atsushi pspspspspspsp

 

alphatiger:

Omg chizuke

 

nothuman:

🪤🪤🪤🪤🪤🪤🪤🪤🪤

 

alphatiger:

NO FUCKING WAY IT WAS A TRAP

 

nothuman:

LMFAO

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ik u guys are joking but i think this is smth that would actually happen with u

u would leave me for a bowl of chizuke

 

alphatiger:

OKAY STOP NOT TRUE

 

the.perfect.crime:

Chizuke mid

 

alphatiger:

Alright Yosano, Dazai, and Junichiro I’m having an issue with this guy 🫵

GUYS DONT GET VIRAL LARYNGITIS 

I CANT KISS RYU

 

nothuman:

i’m contracting it right now so i don’t have to kiss akutagawa

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

YES

OH MY GOD YES

HELL FINALLY STFU 

 

nothuman:

to get it, i’m going to kiss atsushi on the mouth

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

a small price to pay to ensure u stay away from me and cant speak

 

alphatiger:

WOAH

HOE RELAX

Wait this sucks I want to talk so badly

 

butterfly:

Stay silent LITTLE BOY

Anyway Dazai I just met with your father 

 

nothuman:

not my dad

but why

 

butterfly:

He’s my fuck ass advisor

He told me to tell you he said hi btw

 

nothuman:

WHY ARE YOU RELAYING THE MESSAGE

 

butterfly:

He was so polite about it

He’s being eerily nice to me now

Not like my freshman year

 

boydetective:

Probably bc Fukuzawa instilled him with the fear of god when I told him all about it

 

butterfly:

AYOOOOOO

Ngl I think he has a crush on Fukuzawa

Cause I saw them talking and the way Mori looks at him…

IDK…

 

doppo_poet:

Don’t be ridiculous.

Fukuchi is the one that has a crush on Fukuzawa lol.

 

boydetective:

GROSS

STOP TALKING ABOUT MY DAD

 

bookworm:

Ignoring this conversation as I refuse to believe that professors have lives outside of work and don’t just live in their offices and the fact I also vehemently hate Ougai Mori, but can I invite Ango to the beach trip?

 

boydetective:

FUKUZAWA HAS A LIFE!

IT'S ME!

 

doppo_poet:

Yes, you can invite him.

 

bookworm:

Awesome, thanks!

 

shadow.praiser:

so r we overwatching or what

 

boydetective:

Oh my god my computer is turning on

This is so awful

 

shadow.praiser:

YAY!

Notes:

next chapter is chap 69.... so its gonna be a beach chapter yay!!!!!

shoutout to Fin for the idea of the gang making plans in the gc!! hopefully these plans follow thru and make it out hehe

finished my thesis and am going to present it on tuesday so pls wish me luck idk

bsky: unknown-ghost

BYE!

Chapter 69: Beach Episode

Summary:

The group goes to the beach; Akutagawa and Dazai have a heart-to-heart, Lucy tries to out detective the detective, Chuuya doesn't get a bathing suit, and Dazai grows an affinity for MARINA's new album.

Notes:

TW: suicide mention

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

If you had told Dazai that he’d actually be taken to the beach, currently sitting in the sand as Katai or Kunikida blasted a subpar playlist from the smallest JBL speaker he’s ever seen in his goddamn life, he’d say you were kidding. There’s no way that one of these losers—much less Chuuya “The Slug” Nakahara—could have convinced him to actually go outside, at sundown, in the cold and the wet, to just… hang out with people. Despite all that, here he was, sitting on the scratchiest blanket ever. You could even call him Sandy Cheeks cause that’s what his ass was rocking. There was, at the very least, a bonfire that kept him warm, even though he didn’t sit all too close to it. He wasn’t the biggest fan of fire.

 

Chuuya was sitting next to him. They weren’t touching, but it was fine, Dazai supposed. Akutagawa and Atsushi sat across the fire from them, basically on each other’s laps, but Kunikida and Katai kept things PG. They brought their own beach chairs and sat next to each other, which Dazai kind of envied. Surprisingly Ranpo was here without Poe, but he sat next to Mushitaro in his own beach chair he somehow convinced Kunikida to bring while Mushitaro sat on a towel on the ground next to him.

 

Sitting on a beach blanket next to Dazai and Chuuya were Kouyou and Yosano. Dazai was not envious of their matching bathing suits, but he did still miss boobs—something he planned to say to Yosano later, as soon as they weren’t close enough to a fire that she could throw him into. He wanted to die, but burning was so painful! On the other side of them was Ango and Odasaku, who were mostly quietly speaking to each other about things Dazai couldn’t give less of a fuck over even if he tried his hardest. Also, Ango was still unhappy with Dazai over Dazai’s incredibly hilarious and super funny prank! Life was so unfair.

 

The girl group—or The Gaggle, as Dazai mentally referred to Lucy, Gin, Naomi, and Higuchi as—sat on a towel next to Atsushi and Akutagawa. Dazai couldn’t hear what they were saying, but considering that Gin of all people looked shocked… he was fucking jealous. No one near him was saying anything interesting. He couldn’t give a single rat’s ass on whatever the fuck Mushitaro and Ranpo were talking about but he had a sneaking suspicion based on the somewhat irritable or even angry look on Lucy’s face as she side eyed the two that it must be about how chummy those two are especially in Poe’s absence and Dazai needed to hear what the fuck was being said.

 

“Hey, sorry we’re late,” Tachihara said as he approached the group with Junichiro not far behind, “my roommate got awful food poisoning and we were stuck babysitting him while his boyfriend went to get him medicine.”

 

“His boyfriend?” Yosano asked, eyebrow quirked as if she wasn’t literally dating a woman, “do we legitimately know any straight people?”

 

“Is this the roommate who eats stuff as long as it’s the same color?” Ranpo asked, “like he puts sugar on white rice?”

 

Yes,” Tachihara responded, exasperated, “and it’s actually so fucking nasty too. When he eats, I have to leave the room. The shit he’s created has made me gag by smell alone.”

 

Dazai grimaced. “That’s fucking nasty,” he whispered to Chuuya, who nodded in agreement.

 

“Does anyone want to swim before it gets super cold?” Yosano asked, getting up and then helping Kouyou up. Atsushi’s arm shot in the air.

 

“Me!” He exclaimed, “me, me, me!” He hopped up from where he was sitting and raced to the water. Yosano and Kouyou laughed and tailed behind him, though not as fast.

 

“Where’s Kenji?” Junichiro asked, looking around, “I thought he was coming?”

 

“I think he’s coming later,” Naomi responded, “when we left, he was helping Kyoka build a dresser because her other dress broke.”

 

How do you break a dresser?” Tachihara asked, bewildered.

 

“One of the legs broke I think,” Naomi said, trying to think what actually happened. “I think Atsushi and Junichiro broke it, if I’m honest.”

 

“That’s not true, I did not break Kyoka’s dresser, that was all Atsushi!” Junichiro exclaimed defensively.

 

“Then why did you go halfsies with him on a new dresser for Kyoka?” Naomi asked, clearly enjoying him trying to defend himself against such allegations.

 

“Because the kid’s broke! I felt bad for him!” Junichiro exclaimed. Akutagawa scoffed. “Wh–What was that for?!” Junichiro asked.

 

“I’m sure that he didn’t just break a dresser for fun,” Akutagawa responded, being forever Atsushi’s biggest defender. He stood up, dusting sand off his lap. “I’m going to go make sure he doesn’t drown.”

 

“Oh, God forbid,” Junichiro responded dryly as Akutagawa gave him a dirty look before walking away. Once Akutagawa was out of ear shot, Junichiro let out a deep sigh. “I did break the dresser, but it was Atsushi’s fault. We were just guys being dudes.”

 

How? ” Chuuya asked.

 

“I don’t want to know,” Kunikida said, “I really, really don’t want to know.”

 

“It wasn’t anything bad, you pervert! We were carrying it for Kyoka and we were trying to be macho and we maybe dropped it down some stairs…”

 

“You have to stop because it causes me physical pain to hear about incompetence,” Kunikida said, hand on his chest. Katai snickered, but patted his shoulder in support.

 

“So how’d you survive being Dazai’s roommate?” Chuuya asked in a way that was very, very mean and not at all kind to someone who he called his boyfriend. Dazai momentarily considered smacking Chuuya on top of the dome, but ultimately decided against it as the last time he did that, he ended up covered in sand… and that was a particularly annoying shower.

 

“I’m not listening to this slander!” Dazai exclaimed, standing up dramatically, “I’m going to go play lifeguard and hope Yosano needs some CPR!”

 

“Me and you both,” Ranpo said, interrupting himself and his conversation with Mushitaro to interject, “me and you both.”

 

“Cheating on Poe isn’t a good look for you,” Dazai commented as he walked past. Ranpo scoffed.

 

“And what of you cheating on Chuuya?!” Ranpo called after him. Dazai chuckled to himself.

 

“He gets it!” He exclaimed back. He was fairly certain that Chuuya was now telling Ranpo that if he could, he would as well—or at least something in that vein. The unfortunate truth was the better Dazai got to know Chuuya, the more he realized they shared a sense of humor. Though this would mean nothing to high school him, university him found it… endearing? He supposed?

 

He reached the shore and stood next to Akutagawa. Neither said anything and it was kind of awkward… especially with Akutagawa being so snippy with him in the server recently. Dazai questioned if he should say something, but what the Hell would he say? He’s not particularly sorry about bullying him in high school, which he feels like should maybe feel a semblance of guilt over (but that’s a human thing to feel).

 

A wave hit their feet and it caused Dazai’s skin to tingle. He guessed that meant the water was cold. Seeing as Akutagawa made a face of discomfort, he supposed he was right. Akutagawa let out a breath before turning to Dazai.

 

“I’m sorry.”

 

Dazai blinked. “Excuse me?”

 

“I’m not repeating myself. I said it clearly. I know you heard what I said.”

 

“Well, yes, but what for?”

 

“Atsushi said I was being too mean to you. So, I’m apologizing.”

 

“Oh.” There was an uncomfortable pause. “I forgive you?”

 

“If you’re going to sound so unsure about it, don’t forgive me. I don’t care.”

 

“I’m just really confused.”

 

Akutagawa sighed, turning to watch Atsushi swim with Yosano and Kouyou. Lucy ran past Dazai and Akutagawa to get in the water with the three with Gin, Higuchi, and Naomi walking behind to put their feet in the water a little ways away from the two men.

 

“I used to look up to you, I think,” Akutagawa began, “and I thought you being mean was something to aspire to be, so I just kept being mean, hoping that it’d have people like me the way they liked you.” Dazai was more confused—no one liked him, especially in high school, but he didn’t interrupt. “There was something about you that drew people in and something about me that pushed them away, so I tried to emulate you, but it only pushed them away harder. Now, I’m trying to be different. Be my own person. So, I’m sorry for being so mean to you in the server and in general. I think I’m still bitter, but that’s my own problem.”

 

That was profound, or at least Dazai believed so. He didn’t know. He figured people found him charmer, but once they saw the rotted core, they never really stayed long. He supposed that Akutagawa, someone so desperate for belonging and friendship, would ignore that rot in hopes of acceptance. He didn’t know. He also didn’t know how to respond, so he just said the first thing that came to mind.

 

“Awwwww, I forgive you Ryu~!” He cooed and he honestly doesn’t know why he can’t be normal. Seeing Akutagawa grimace was kind of funny though.

 

“Ugh. You’re lucky Atsushi holds you in such high regard or else I wouldn’t have bothered,” Akutagawa grumbled, “especially because I knew you were going to respond like that.”

 

“It’s very becoming of you to apologize!” Dazai exclaimed as if he had any authority on the subject.

 

“Yeah, well, one of us needed to,” Akutagawa said and it was catty. Dazai knew it was shady, but he couldn’t decipher the smile on Akutagawa’s face as he watched Atsushi swim towards them. “I’m happier now, so an apology from you would be useless anyway.” He walked a bit more into the water to meet up with Atsushi, who was now on his back floating towards them.

 

“Dazai, are you gonna get in?!” Atsushi asked, his voice a bit raspy—probably due to him recovering from laryngitis still. His eyes were wide like saucers as he hoped Dazai would join him.

 

“Oh Atsushi!” Dazai exclaimed, almost squealing as he clasped his hands together. “Absolutely not!”

 

With his hopes and dreams shattered, Atsushi pouted and looked up at Akutagawa, who stood directly above him. “Well, I know you won’t.” Akutagawa shrugged.

 

“Maybe I’ll get in a bit deeper, but it’s really cold,” Akutagawa said, leaning down a bit to push Atsushi’s bangs out of his eyes.

 

“It feels nice though,” Atsushi argued.

 

Akutagawa made a face, which basically said he didn't believe that, but responded, “Oh, I’m sure.”

 

— — —

 

“Oh my God, I’m freezing,” Kouyou commented as she and Yosano walked out of the water. “I’m glad we went in before the sun fully set though.”

 

“Yeah, me too,” Yosano commented, though her eyes drifted to her natural enemy… Osamu Dazai… who was walking towards them with a smile on his face. “Oh Christ, he's smiling. What did you do?”

 

“Can’t a guy be happy?” He asked as he approached them, looking as innocent as ever. “I just wanted to say hi to my favorite girl kissers!”

 

“Considering the friend group only has gay guys, we’re probably the only girl kissers you know,” Kouyou commented, hands on her hips.

 

“Nice bathing suits. They match, it’s cute,” he commented, ignoring Kouyou’s comment. Kouyou looked taken aback for a moment.

 

“Oh. Wow, thanks,” she said, sounding surprised at the compliment and for good reason.

 

“don't thank him. He’s just saying that so he can stare at your tits,” Yosano said with a sigh, also looking at Kouyou’s bathing suit

 

Kouyou quirked a brow. “And so are you.”

 

Yosano couldn’t hide her smirk. “Ohhh come on…” she said, trying to feign some innocence. She was unsuccessful, but her effort was appreciated.

 

“So did you guys forget about me when you bought these bathing suits? ‘Cause I would’ve enjoyed matching,” Dazai commented, now looking at Yosano’s bathing suit and she kicked water at him.

 

“Are you even wearing a bathing suit right now?” Kouyou asked, “wearing pants to the beach is lowkey criminal behavior.”

 

“I was raised by Ougai Mori, I feel like I have more serious criminal behaviors than wearing pants to the beach,” Dazai argued and neither woman could provide an argument against that statement. Unfortunately, and much to Yosano’s chagrin, Dazai had a point.

 

“Aren’t the ankles getting wet bothering you?” Yosano asked.

 

“No.”

 

“You cannot be human,” she said jokingly. Dazai thought that was funny.

 

“I’m not,” he said in earnest. She rolled her eyes.

 

“Christ, I forgot, you’re a walking Tumblr edgy guy.” She rubbed the sides of her head. “I’ve seen you bleed and enough of your tasteful nudes to know that you’re unfortunately human.”

 

Before Dazai could respond, he felt his knee go out. Chuuya, the fucker, snuck up behind him and had kicked the back of his knee in.

 

“That’s pretty human to me,” Chuuya commented as Dazai had kept himself from falling. He sent Chuuya a dirty, nasty look he could muster, but Chuuya didn’t care and just laughed at him. “I’ve also seen him untastefully nude.”

 

Kouyou’s lips drew into a fine line before she dryly responded, “yeah, so have I.” Chuuya’s face burned bright red, even visible in the sun’s final rays, and it almost made Dazai laugh if he wasn’t so peeved at Chuuya trying to get him to fall.

 

“It’s time to get over that!” Chuuya exclaimed, “that was so long ago!”

 

“Dazai’s pale ass burned my retinas,” Kouyou said, wiping away a fake, non-existence tear. Dazai rolled his eyes.

 

“You were blessed,” he commented, crossing his arms.

 

“Was he wearing his bandages?” Yosano asked.

 

“Yes!” Chuuya and Kouyou exclaimed in unison.

 

“What's under the bandages, Osamu?” Kouyou asked, taking a step towards him while he took a step back with his hands up in defense.

 

“Nothing I wanna show someone who won’t show me what’s under her bikini top,” he joked, but walked back into Chuuya, who caught his waist to make sure he didn’t fall backwards into the water.

 

“Stop asking him weird questions,” Chuuya scolded. Dazai looked down at him, surprised that he wasn’t hopping on the what-is-Osamu-Dazai-hiding train. “Anyway, where’s my matching bathing suit?”

 

“Oh God, not you too,” Yosano said with a sigh, “they didn’t have mens!”

 

“Bullshit, I know an ‘Old Navy Match the Fam’ pattern when I see one!” Chuuya exclaimed, pointing at her top. Dazai looked to where he pointed until Chuuya reached his other hand up and covered Dazai’s eyes. Dazai let him do it and just sighed.

 

“Yeah, but it was on clearance dingbat, so there were no mens!” Yosano argued.

 

“I bet you didn’t even look!”

 

“Oh sorry, should I have checked the boys section?!”

 

“I’m not that short, you bitch!”

 

“What’s happening? I can’t see,” Dazai said, Chuuya’s hand still in front of his eyes.

 

“Akiko is lowkey cooking Chuuya. You might have to defend him, Dazai,” Kouyou stated.

 

Dazai grimaced. “We ain’t that deep into the relationship yet.”

 

Chuuya moved his hand away from Dazai’s eyes to punch him on the arm. Dazai whined out.

 

“Ow, that really fuckin’ hurt you chibi!” He exclaimed, rubbing his arm.

 

“Oops, my bad,” Chuuya said, a smug look not hidden at all, “I was aiming higher.”

 

“He hits me,” Dazai said, pointing to Chuuya, “that’s why I wear the bandages.”

 

“Oh, knock it off!”

 

— — —

 

“Kenji! Stop setting your marshmallows on fire or so help me God—”

 

Even when they weren’t at the dorms, it seems Kunikida’s RA tendencies couldn’t go away so easily. It was dark now and everyone surrounded the bonfire Kunikida and Katai had set up earlier and were making smores—though Kenji was obviously a bigger fan of setting the marshmallow ablaze.

 

“Kyoka likes it the marshmallow burnt though,” Kenji said as if that was a defense that could hold up in Kunikida’s court.

 

“It’s true,” she concurred like a character witness. It was not holding up.

 

“I don’t care! We need to be safe! Katai also likes the burnt marshmallows, but he’s not setting them on fire, is he?!”

 

“Yeah, but his marshmallows are taking forever. It’s faster if you set them on fire.”

 

“Knock that off!”

 

Lucy snickered, but then turned to eye Ranpo and Mushitaro. As Poe’s unofficial sister, she was very unhappy about the closeness of the two. Whenever she could, she would discreetly take a pic of the two while they were deep in conversation. It didn’t help that Mushitaro and Ranpo were not really engaging with the rest of the group, which was really infuriating Lucy. Poe was a good guy, and she was not happy about this situation at all! Ugh, she felt her blood boiling. She already voiced her concerns to the girls, who reassured her that Ranpo would never do that, which, hey, fair. They knew Ranpo way better than she did, but it did nothing to quell the rage she was feeling. She stood up, stalking away to try to calm herself down. If she continued to see that shit at the moment, she feared she’d run her mouth and get herself in trouble.

 

Standing at the shore, she had her feet in the water and watched as the waves washed over her feet. She took in a deep breath and let out one.

 

“You alright?”

 

Atsushi, her best friend, seemed to appear next to her. She could’ve laughed at how bad his voice still sounded, but at least he could talk. She shrugged.

 

“Yeah, I guess,” she said, “I just don’t like how chummy Ranpo is with that mushroom guy.” Atsushi let out a snort.

 

“I think you mean Mushitaro,” he corrected, “and I know. Naomi texted in our roommate group chat that you were pissed about it.”

 

“Well, am I wrong?” Lucy asked, “look at how they’ve been acting all night! Ranpo is acting the way he does with Poe!”

 

“No, he’s much more all over Poe in an obnoxious PDA way. He literally has Mushitaro sitting on the ground,” Atsushi argued.

 

“Doesn’t matter, I’ve been updating Poe.”

 

Atsushi was silent for a moment. “And what’s he saying in response?”

 

“No idea, he’s only been reading the messages,” Lucy said, “I don’t know. It doesn’t feel right! How would you feel if this was Akutagawa?”

 

“I mean, I’m not going to lie. If I saw Ryu hanging around someone like that, I’d be jealous, but that’s because he doesn’t really like people. Ranpo is much more outgoing,” Atsushi said calmly. He put his hand on her shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze. “I understand the need to be protective of Poe, but maybe relax a bit before jumping on the unfaithful bandwagon.”

 

“I don’t think Ranpo is being unfaithful, I just think he’s teetering the line a little too much,” she said.

 

“Their relationship isn’t really up to what you think though,” Atsushi argued, “I know you hate cheaters, but give Ranpo some credit. He had a crush on Poe way before he ever even saw the guy and they met through Among Us.” Lucy snickered, then shrugged again.

 

“I dunno. It just feels icky to me, you know?”

 

“Yeah, but it kind of comes across as shit stirring, so maybe relax,” Atsushi suggested, “only call it out if it actually crosses the line rather than teeters it, because teetering is really up to what Ranpo and Poe agree to, you know?”

 

“Okay, but if Poe got this close to someone else, don’t you think Ranpo would be pissed?”

 

Atsushi paused because she lowkey had a point, but still… it wasn’t really their business until it was, he supposed. “Yeah, but Poe’s more calm than Ranpo,” he tried to argue, though it was a weak argument, “I dunno, but what I do know is Poe and Ranpo are going to have to navigate this themselves rather than you getting upset on Poe’s behalf. He’s probably thankful he has such a good friend that cares for him, but he isn’t here and he can’t do anything.”

 

“Okay, but if I’m right about this, you’re going to become my bitch for six months,” Lucy said, pointing at Atsushi accusatorily, as if he had literally anything to do with any of this.

 

“And if you’re wrong?!” He exclaimed, worried.

 

“Well, it just proves that I care soooooo much for Poe.”

 

“Okay, WOW!”

 

— — —

 

Dazai wasn’t much for cleaning up, so when Kunikida did that thing where he clears his throat and slowly gets up, he knew it was time to slink away for a “walk” while everyone else dealt with sandy blankets, marshmallow residue, and putting out the fire. He found himself near some big rocks and leaned against one. The moon reflected against the water. It was nice to look at the water and appreciate its beauty rather than contemplate drowning himself. While the urge to end it all was still something that lurked deep in his chest, it’s been rather silent lately. He didn’t know why. It was a bit worrying, as it’s the only thing that’s ever kept him much company, but he supposed not wanting to die as more of a positive than a negative.

 

“You’re not thinking about killing yourself, are you?” Chuuya’s voice rang clear as he approached Dazai and walked in front of him arms on his hips as he glared up at Dazai. His eyes were as blue as the waters, but rivaled its beauty. Months ago, Dazai would’ve denied that Chuuya was beautiful, but now? He didn’t really have much fight in him to go against it. There was nothing wrong with accepting a fact. Chuuya was gorgeous. If Dazai were human, he thinks he’d envy such beauty. He himself was rather plain; brown eyes, brown hair, pasty. Chuuya was, for lack of a better term, ethereal. Maybe in another life, one where he has less extreme things of whether he is human to worry about, he might worry about his looks.

 

“No, not today. Kind of the opposite,” he admitted.

 

“You’re thinking about living?” Chuuya asked, shocked.

 

“Well, no, not that. I guess not the opposite then,” Dazai said, “just thinking about how weird it is that I wasn’t thinking about killing myself.” Chuuya rolled his eyes, but let out a small laugh.

 

“You’re ridiculous,” he said, placing himself next to Dazai, “but whatever, it’s better than the last two times I caught you near water.”

 

“I wasn’t going to kill myself the second time,” Dazai said with an eyeroll of his own, but turning to look at Chuuya next to him

 

“Uh huh, sure,” Chuuya said, not believing a word out of Dazai’s mouth. He looked up at him and smiled. The two stood in silence for a moment, the music still playing from the speaker. Dazai recognized the song currently playing as one that Yosano was listening to on repeat in their apartment. He must’ve missed the first part.

 

So obsessed yet so undercover

Maybe we're both as bad as each other

Heartbreak is hard, but loving is tougher

When cryptic people mirror each other

 

“Weird, isn’t it?” Dazai asked, turning away from Chuuya. He didn’t know how to say what he was thinking if he was going to look at Chuuya.

 

I don't care what they say, I don't care what they do

'Cause I've never been loved by somebody like you

 

“What’s weird?” Chuuya asked, also turning away from Dazai. Maybe he knew that Dazai wouldn’t be able to say what he wanted to say if he knew Chuuya was looking at him.

 

You've got that je ne sais quoi, je ne sais quoi

I'm falling for you, don't know who you are

Je ne sais quoi, je ne sais quoi

I'm so into you, you're hotter than God

 

“If you had told me months ago—no, weeks ago that you and I would be standing here with me not contemplating either killing you or myself, I wouldn’t have believed you. In fact, I’d probably beat the shit out of you for saying something so goddamn stupid.” Chuuya scoffed.

 

Je ne sais quoi, you kiss me et voilà (Oh-oh)

Je ne sais quoi, you kiss me et voilà (Oh-oh)

 

“Oh, yeah, cause you clearly have the greatest track record of beating the shit out of me,” Chuuya said, “oh wait… not true! I’ve always won!”

 

Maybe you're not mysterious, just a little insecure

Acting, oh, so serious, don't know who you do it for?

Maybe you're not what you seem

You're not the man of my dreams

But I just love the uncertainty

 

“Cause I let you win,” Dazai said, though he wasn’t sure how true that was. He just said it anyway. Even if they were dating, he still enjoyed riling up Chuuya. He was very fun to instigate. “I’m just such a giving boyfriend, of course.”

 

Je ne sais quoi, je ne sais quoi

I'm falling for you, don't know who you are

Je ne sais quoi, je ne sais quoi

I'm so into you, you're hotter than God

You've got that je ne sais quoi, je ne sais quoi

I'm falling for you, don't know who you are

Je ne sais quoi, je ne sais quoi

I'm so into you, you're hotter than God

 

“Oh, we’re boyfriends now?” Chuuya asked, mostly joking, “I thought we weren’t dating.”

 

“You took me out on a breakfast date the other day, so we’re dating,” Dazai argued, a smile on his lips. Chuuya placed himself back in front of Dazai, but much closer this time. He leaned up and Dazai leaned down.

 

“You’re so hard to please,” Chuuya grumbled.

 

Je ne sais quoi, you kiss me et voilà (Oh-oh)

Je ne sais quoi, you kiss me et voilà (Oh-oh)

 

“I think I’m rather easy,” Dazai argued, which only proved Chuuya’s point. He intended that, obviously. He thought pushing Chuuya’s buttons was funny, but there were new things he was learning about now that they were together that he liked more. He liked that as Chuuya finally kissed him, he placed his hand on the side of Dazai’s face, as if to hold him gently. Despite all the fighting they’ve done in the time they’ve known each other, now that they’re together, Chuuya was gentle with him—the only person who's ever been gentle to him, he supposes. He can’t remember a time someone treated him with such care.

 

He tried to reciprocate, kissing Chuuya back with a gentleness that was foreign to him. He wanted to do things right this time. Maybe Chuuya could infect him with humanity, or at least Dazai would get to be human by association. Who knows? For once, he didn’t.

 

In the distance, the group talked, but their words were a jumbled mess against the song ending.

 

Je ne sais quoi (Don't break my heart)

Je ne sais quoi (Don't break my heart)

Don't break my heart

Don't break my heart

Don't break my heart

Don't break my heart

Notes:

hi im alive!!! sorry this took over a month to be published, but i finally graduated my english masters!! yippee!! my final weeks of grad school were focused on doing final papers, then graduating, and i've been since accumulating to life back home lol. also this chapter took forever to write cause i literally didn't know what to say, but here we are! happy pride month !! LOLLL

anyway, the song at the end is from MARINA's newest album Princess of Power. It's "Je Ne Sais Quoi" and it is a banger. the album literally just came out today so perhaps i can safely say i am the first person to use the lyrics in a fic??? maybe??? who knows!!!

anyway i saw what happens in the newest bsd chapter. i wont spoil but im not happy. in fact, im very unhappy. it was fucked up and asagiri hitting post on that shit during pride month was homophobic. WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not spoiling, but the conversation between dazai and akutagawa in this chapter was kind of a reference to what was shown, but i instead had akutagawa be the one in control because fuck am i mad. OH BOY AM I MAD WHAT THE FUCK WHAT IF I CRIED MY STUPID FUCKING EYES OUT I HATE IT HERE.

anyway, my bsky is unknown-ghost. i don't really know what else to say other than IM FREE!!!!!! NO MORE FORMAL EDUCATION FOR ME!!!!!! YIPPEEE!!!!!

ok now that this chapter is out of the way, i'm hopeful that i'll be able to pump out chapters more consistently. idk. i'm not promising anything because the last time i said that i then went on a six month hiatus LMFAO lowkey so fucked up i fear............ anyway bye bye

also i didnt edit this. i looked it over briefly. if there's a mistake look away i got my english masters i know what im doing!!! /j

anyway bye for real love ya

EDIT: FUCK FORGOT TO MENTION HAPPY CHAP 69 OK GOODBYE FOR REAL FOR REAL BYE

Chapter 70: Accidental Pictures

Summary:

Dazai accidentally sends a picture into general and now the server is in a heated debate.

Notes:

TW: NSFW

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 9:54 AM.

alphatiger:

I showered last night but I’m still sandy

 

nothuman:

you were going nuts in the water dude

i thought cats were supposed to hate water?

 

alphatiger:

SHUT UP IM NOT A CAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

butterfly:

Me-ouch

 

alphatiger:

I’m so unloved it’s actually ridiculous

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

the fuck?

ok.

 

alphatiger:

You’re obviously exempt

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

:]

 

alphatiger:

For the most part

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

]:

now wtf does that mean

 

alphatiger:

You hated me in the past

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ive since matured

i love u now cant that be all that matters

 

alphatiger:

Yes ofc 

 

shadow.praiser:

gm gm gm its gay in here

BUT

Yosano…

Akiko even

 

butterfly:

Oh christ what

 

shadow.praiser:

fav song on new marina album go

 

butterfly:

Princess of power obviously

 

shadow.praiser:

oh wow crazy

 

butterfly:

Wtf what do you mean crazy

That’s obviously your fav song too RIGHT????

 

shadow.praiser:

im a metallic stallion believer

 

butterfly:

Fire but princess of power is so good

 

shadow.praiser:

it is

 

nothuman:

i liked the french one

 

butterfly:

Ofc ur frenchaboo ass liked the french one

Bonjour oui oui baguette

 

shadow.praiser:

GET HIM

 

nothuman:

WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS

ITS THE ONLY SONG I LISTENED TO

 

butterfly:

Ok so listen to more???

It’s a great album

Idiot

 

nothuman:

i’m gonna kill myself and make you watch

 

butterfly:

HELLO???????

 

doppo_poet:

Okay, I’m just ignoring him now.

Congratulations, you guys have broken me.

 

alphatiger:

Oh god not the only guy with empathy

 

blcklzrd:

I exist I have empathy

 

butterfly:

Two years ago you told me to eat shit and die cause I accidentally flat tired you

 

blcklzrd:

THAT WAS YOU????

LMFAOOOOOOO

Ok and I stand by it

 

butterfly:

JUNICHIRO DONT LET HIM TALK TO ME LIKE THIS

 

shadow.praiser:

omg… this isnt u… pls stop 💔💔💔

 

butterfly:

Thank you

 

nothuman:

[attachment of his own tasteful nude]

 

alphatiger: 

HELLO 911???

 

butterfly:

Wrong chat but beautiful lighting damn

Imagine if you had your windows open more often

 

doppo_poet:

DAZAI??????

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

r we kidding

why

 

nothuman:

oh fuckkkkkkkk

well that’s on me. my bad guys

 

alphatiger:

HOW DID U ACCIDENTALLY SEND THAT TO THE SERVER???

AND WHY ARENT U DELETING IT???

 

nothuman:

well i mean i was gonna send it to Chuuya but he’s in this server so

let’s wait for him to see it then i’ll get rid of it

but jun, yo, and i have a locked channel just for us that i’ve been sending my tasteful nudes to see if they’re good

 

shadow.praiser:

solid 7

 

nothuman:

sick

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yeah sick to my stomach

 

arahabaki:

DAZAI DUDE

 

nothuman:

you have two minutes to save it before i delete it from chat and i’m not resending it 

 

arahabaki:

DUDE????

 

nothuman:

god forbid i’m giving

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lowk giving nothing

4/10

 

alphatiger:

8/10

I think the lighting is good and it’s a good pose

 

blcklzrd:

@shadow.praiser Dazai sends u his nudes ???? What the fuck??????

 

shadow.praiser:

its for shits and gigs 

 

blcklzrd:

Yeah but you wanted to make out with Dazai a few weeks ago so sorry so I’m not liking that you’ve seen him naked on multiple occasions

 

butterfly:

It’s more so tastefully nude and Junichiro gives harsh critiques if that makes you feel any better

 

shadow.praiser:

im like michelle visage

 

butterfly:

Omg so I’m RuPaul?

Let’s gooooooooo

 

blcklzrd:

😐😐😐

 

shadow.praiser:

wait omg ru actually upset i thought we were doing a bit 

 

nothuman:

i don’t want him if that helps

 

shadow.praiser:

AS IF I WANT U

AS IF U COULD BE SO LUCKY

 

nothuman:

i could’ve been so lucky but did not want to hear “am i doing this right? is this okay?” every time you’d suck my cock

 

shadow.praiser:

HELLO???????? WHAT????????

nah id tap the top like its a microphone and then say “is this thing on” 

 

nothuman:

wait fuck that’s funny

 

blcklzrd:

Can confirm he does the former and not the latter

 

nothuman:

oh damn yall get freaky deaky with it?

 

blcklzrd:

Yah

 

nothuman:

the way you’re talking makes it sound like it was not good

 

blcklzrd:

No it’s great he just doesn’t stop

 

nothuman:

what do you mean he doesn’t stop??

 

blcklzrd:

HES INSATIABLE

IM TIRED

MY SHIFT IS UP

 

shadow.praiser:

DUDE SHUT UP OH MY GOD

 

blcklzrd:

HE WAS TRYING TO GET MY FUCKING SOUL DUDE IDK

 

nothuman:

oh christ yeah i don’t want him i hope that makes you feel better

i’m a one and done kind of guy

 

goldendemon:

The hours you two were in my kitchen says otherwise

 

nothuman:

every time someone mentions the kitchen a child go unadopted and becomes Atsushi Nakajima

 

alphatiger:

I should be offended but he capitalized my name so I’m feeling kind of honored

 

boydetective:

NOPE

NOPE

SOTP

YALL CANNOT TALK ABOUT BEING FREAKY DEAKY IN HERE I DISALLOW IT

 

butterfly:

Weren’t you the one who said you were gonna give poe sloppy in the men’s locker room 

 

boydetective:

Yeah but that was a lie and it was incredibly funny

I did not do that

 

thegoldraven:

According to Bill Clinton, a blowjob does not count as sexual intercourse.

 

boydetective:

TRUE

But I again did not give Poe brain in the men’s locker room

 

thegoldraven:

He did not.

 

the.perfect.crime:

WTF???????

 

nothuman:

oh my bad forgot to delete it

lol

it’s gone now everyone relax

 

arahabaki:

WHY are you being so chill about it

 

nothuman:

cause it was just a little oopsie and i wasn’t fully naked

just tastefully so

and i got some high ratings!

also we’re all friends here

 

the.perfect.crime:

I don’t know you

 

nothuman:

okay but rate the nude

 

the.perfect.crime:

Out of 10?

 

nothuman:

Yeah

 

the.perfect.crime:

Probably an 8/10

Good lighting

It also doesn’t help you’re not ugly

 

nothuman:

nice

 

arahabaki:

Why don’t you ever just send me normal pics of you

 

nothuman:

?

do you want normal pics?

 

arahabaki:

YES??????

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

does he only send u nudes?

 

arahabaki:

No most of the time he sends me pics of the stupidest shit ever

A lot of selfies of him on the toilet

 

nothuman:

i have ibs

 

alphatiger:

Do you actually???

 

nothuman:

lmfao no

 

arahabaki:

The worst is when he sends me pics of him just fucking gripping food

Oh my god it pisses me off

 

nothuman:

oh my god it’s so funny

 

alphatiger:

LMFAOOOOOO

That’s my fault

I started it

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

WHY

 

alphatiger:

Cause I was like what’s something so stupid to send dazai

I was eating a hot dog and i just fucking gripped it and sent him the photo

And then like an hour later he responded with gripping a bowl of spaghetti

It was totally awesome

 

light_finder:

What's wrong with men?

Genuinely 

 

arahabaki:

DONT lump me in with them

Also he sends me a bunch of pics of ants and just says “you”

He never sends me a normal pic of his face or what he’s doing

 

nothuman:

i’m never doing anything

 

arahabaki:

You’re literally playing breath of the wild rn

 

alphatiger:

PAUSE

 

nothuman:

OH FUCKING CHUUYA

I TOLD YOU TO NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT

 

alphatiger:

SEND YOUR SWITCH FRIEND CODE TO ME DAZAI

 

nothuman:

NO.

 

alphatiger:

WHY DOES CHUUYA GET IT???????

 

blcklzrd:

Well his dick has been in him so

 

shadow.praiser:

LMFAO

 

butterfly:

Send the kid the stupid code thing dazai

 

nothuman:

i don’t have nintendo switch online and i’m not getting it we can’t play together 

 

bookworm:

That’s not true, I pay for your membership

 

nothuman:

ODASAKU.

double betrayal by two redheads life is actually so fucking tragic

it’s so over i’m ending it all

 

alphatiger:

SEND ME THE CODE RN

FUCK YOU

CHUUYA NAKAHARA CODE NOW

 

arahabaki:

ummmmm

What’s in it for me

 

alphatiger:

What do you want

 

arahabaki:

A normal picture of Dazai

 

alphatiger:

Omg deal

 

nothuman:

THATS SUCH A LIE I DONT SEND NORMAL PICS OF MYSELF TO PEOPLE YOU’RE LYING

 

alphatiger:

They’re pics I TOOK OF YOU

I HAVE SO MANY

 

arahabaki:

Omg sick

Dm me

 

alphatiger:

Kk

 

nothuman:

BITCH WHAT THE FUCK

Notes:

guys idk i wrote most of this at work so my bad

bsky: unknown-ghost.bsky.social

next chapter may be better i just need to get back into it ykwim??? gotta get my feet wet before jumping back in

anyway buh bye until next time

Chapter 71: The Biting Sun

Summary:

Dazai gets philosophical while Akutagawa attempts to monetize Atsushi's cuteness.

Notes:

CW: i reference blowjobs like twice unfortunately. idk. i thought it was funny in my defense.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 4:32 PM.

countess..luanne:

I hate to ask but I gotta know

Did chuuya end up saving the nude

 

arahabaki:

HELLO?

 

nothuman:

yup

 

arahabaki:

DUDE????

 

nothuman:

lying is an unbecoming trait.

 

doppo_poet:

You lie ALL the time.

 

nothuman:

oh my god of course i lie all the time

especially to you

‘cause you always flip and it’s hilarious 

 

doppo_poet:

You’re a dirty little liar.

 

nothuman:

not really. i just pretend to be for a silly goofy time

 

alphatiger:

You can’t really pretend to be something you’re actively doing

You’re just that

 

nothuman:

i mean when i pretend to be precocious, people start the rumor that i am precocious or when i act like an idler, they say im an idler. 

like if i say i can’t write, people will say i can’t write. if i act like a liar, i will be a liar.

if i say i am rich, people will say i am rich, but am i rich?

when i feign indifference, they say i am indifferent

the only time people will say you are lying is if you say you are suffering. they will say you are faking your suffering. you can only ever suffer in silence.

 

shadow.praiser:

or u proved that ur a liar??? LMAO

its like that boy who cried wolf

u can only act certain ways for so long insincerely until people catch on and dont trust anything u do

so if ur pretending to be precocious, idle, illiterate, a liar, rich, or indifferent, by the time u hit pain and suffering, they just think “is this another trick?”

if u mess with how people perceive u, they will only ever see u as disingenuous

 

nothuman:

interesting rebuttal!!

 

shadow.praiser:

ru being honest

 

nothuman:

OMG DIE

 

shadow.praiser:

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

 

alphatiger:

I kind of see dazai’s point though

 

shadow.praiser:

i mean yeah dazai does have a point. a lot of time ppl say theyre in pain they r not believed, but in what dazai was talking abt specifically ppl have no reason to believe him when he speaks of pain if all he does is lie

u cant and honestly shouldnt expect ppl to believe ur in pain if all u ever do is lie to them

like i could rn say that my stomach hurts and someone would tell me they hope i feel better bc theyd take me at my word but if dazai said the same thing someone would be like ok sure jan

 

butterfly:

Not me

I’d tell him it was self inflicted

He eats like shit

 

nothuman:

food is temporary

 

butterfly:

AND IF YOU DONT EAT SOMETHING NUTRITIOUS, YOU’LL ALSO BE TEMPORARY

 

arahabaki:

Don’t say good in response to that

 

nothuman:

omg what the heck </3

what am i to respond with

 

arahabaki:

Change your username btw

 

nothuman:

no 

 

alphatiger:

Why should he change his username

 

arahabaki:

Cause I’m sick of looking at it and I like his battle net name better

 

nothuman:

i’m keeping this one

 

arahabaki:

Lame

 

nothuman:

come over and suck me off and i’ll think about changing it

 

doppo_poet:

r/MasonandIreland - Me when Travis does a voice or tries to be funny

 

boydetective:

Don’t do it Chuuya, he’s lying!!

 

nothuman:

HELP

i wasn’t lying i said i’d think about changing it

 

boydetective:

And all you’d think is “no”

 

nothuman:

that’s still thinking about it

 

boydetective:

The origins of the "i guess" guy (Vaguely inappropriate?) :  r/TheMatpatEffect

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

can i say smth controversial

 

alphatiger:

Tread lightly

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

kind of glad dazai and chuuya r together

 

arahabaki:

Why…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

cuz it means dazai cant reproduce LMFAOOOOOOOOO

 

nothuman:

YOU CAN’T REPRODUCE EITHER GAY BOY 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ok but i have living family to carry on my legacy

im gonna be such a great uncle one day

should Gin choose to have children (her choice)

 

nothuman:

what if she doesn’t want kids

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

good for her kids are the worst

i can say that as someone who was a child up until a few years ago

not like u can relate… old ass man…

 

nothuman:

i’m only two years older than you?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

old.

 

nothuman:

okay and you’re two years older than atsushi… so… cradle robber…

i at least date people my age

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

wait fuck

jinko get this guy

 

alphatiger:

What is happening

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

wait that means ur 4 years older than atsushi

ur just as bad as ur dad

 

butterfly:

This conversation feels mean i’m ending it

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh sry

forgot u, ranpo, and kouyou r ancient

 

butterfly:

STOP AGING ME YOU GOO GOO GA GA BABY

Respect your elders!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

🧓: respect ur elders

nurse shes out again

 

butterfly:

ATSUSHI

 

alphatiger:

I’m staying out of this

 

butterfly:

STOP HIM

 

alphatiger:

He just watched the kpop demon hunter movie with me and bought me lunch unfortunately I can’t go against him rn

 

butterfly:

Okay actually real question

How do you have so much money

I thought you were a homeless orphan

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i have a job

 

butterfly:

While being a full time student?

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i go at night

 

butterfly:

What do you do

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

im not telling you

 

alphatiger:

Selling pics of his little piggies online

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

NOT THAT

 

boydetective:

Can’t imagine that people would wanna see that

 

nothuman:

hey what

what are his little piggies?

 

butterfly:

Thanks for asking cuz idk what atsushi is saying

 

boydetective:

His toes

Like selling pics of his feet online

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i dont do that

 

nothuman:

then what’s your job

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

whats urs?

 

nothuman:

i’m unemployed… smh…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

then how do u have so much money

 

nothuman:

inheritance from my family

 

butterfly:

Mori gives you money?

 

nothuman:

no

my bio family

i have money from them

 

alphatiger:

DAZAI DROPPING LORE?

 

nothuman:

mori does send me money though

on occasion

i buy booze and cigs with it

 

arahabaki:

You smoke?

 

nothuman:

nothing makes a man want to live more than a drunk ciggy

 

arahabaki:

SO valid

 

butterfly:

Smoking kills

 

nothuman:

you stole my last pack

i know you’ve been smoking them

 

goldendemon:

That’s NOT true

WE have been smoking them…

Straight up WLW erasure

 

butterfly:

Yeah! You tell ‘em babe!

 

goldendemon:

Dazai, have you finished BoJack Horseman?

 

nothuman:

DUDE

just finished Xerox of a Xerox

 

goldendemon:

THAT ONE IS SO GOOD

 

nothuman:

seventeen minutes

this shit is blowing my mind

 

goldendemon:

Who is your favorite character?

Jk I know it’s BoJack

 

nothuman:

wrong

princess carolyn believer right here

 

goldendemon:

BASED??????????

 

nothuman:

i don’t like diane

 

goldendemon:

Eugh and you lost me

It’s ok you’re no longer based but you’re not bad… you’re just mid

 

nothuman:

stfu? 😭

 

goldendemon:

You only have like 3 episodes left

Watch them all right now

 

nothuman:

okay 

 

goldendemon:

Tell me your thoughts on the view from halfway down when you’re done

BUT DONE WITH THE SHOW

NOT JUST THE EPISODE

 

nothuman:

okay

but does bojack die

cause i hate him tbh

 

alphatiger:

WAIT UR ALMOST DONE??????????????

Also wild you hate bojack but ok

 

nothuman:

i’m offended you guys see him in me

 

shadow.praiser:

PEAK PEAK PEAK

ALSO ATSUSHI NAKAJIMA FUCK YOU

ANSWER YOUR PHONE

HASHTAG URGENT 

 

alphatiger:

OKAY RELAX IM CALLING U BACK

 

boydetective:

if akuatsu doesn’t work out, i will be rooting for junatsu

 

blcklzrd:

UM?

EXCUSE ME?

 

boydetective:

Haha omg I forgot about you

I guess if tachichiro doesn’t work out either too

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ur just saying shit to piss me off

 

boydetective:

Awe man I’m supposed to be the detective </3

 

thegoldbug:

↪️ alphatiger: Selling pics of his little piggies online

Haha oh my gosh. It’s been so long since I thought of This Little Piggy

 

alphatiger:

LOLLLLL yeah lucy did it to me a while ago and now I refer to toes as little piggies

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

the bane of my existence

 

countess..luanne:

I did it to annoy him but he thought it was so funny

He’s such a cute little guy I just wanna squeeze him

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

yeah me too

for $20 ill send a photo of me grabbing him

im with him rn

 

alphatiger:

UM HELLO?

 

countess..luanne:

omg sent it

 

butterfly:

Wait send it here too

I love that little freak

 

alphatiger:

FREAK?

YALL…

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

 

alphatiger:

IM SORRY

IM SORRY

DONT LOCK ME OUT IM SORRY

LET ME IN

 

light_finder:

AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

Btw he’s locked out of his bathroom not the apartment he’s okay

 

alphatiger:

IM NOT OK

RYUU IM SORRY

:(

 

countess..luanne:

Christ what happened

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

HE FUCKING BIT ME

 

alphatiger:

NOT ON PURPOSE

HE SCARED ME HE CAME UP BEHIND ME WHILE I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH JUNI AND GRABBED MY MOUTH INSTEAD OF MY FACE ON ACCIDENT AND I GOT SCARED AND I BIT HIM INSTINCTIVELY 

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

IM BLEEDING

U DREW BLOOD

 

alphatiger:

IM SO SORRY

I DIDNT MEAN IT HONEST

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

its ok

im just washing my hands

door is unlocked

 

boydetective:

You’re not actually mad are you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lol no its funny watching him get so spazzy

he did actually bite me tho which is crazy cuz hes typically tame

 

nothuman:

“tame” 😭

 

alphatiger:

:(

Im sorry

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

ur all good

come into the bathroom

 

alphatiger:

No I feel bad

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh my god

come here

where are you

 

light_finder:

I’m assuming he’s going to go get bandages and antiseptic cream

Cause I just told him I don’t have any and he walked out of the apartment

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

OH MY GOD

DUDE

NAKAJIMA

COME BACK

 

arahabaki:

He called him dude he’s serious

 

nothuman:

the drama of it all

 

alphatiger:

ILL BE BACK IN A SECOND

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

IM FINE

JUST COME BACK

I DONT NEED THAT STUFF

 

alphatiger:

ITS JUST IN CASE

 

butterfly:

You probably should use it just cause people’s mouths are fucking disgusting

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

my tongue was in his mouth an hour ago im sure ill be fucking fine

 

butterfly:

CRAZY STATEMENT

 

doppo_poet:

I’m leaving this server.

 

shadow.praiser:

papa no

 

doppo_poet has left the server.

Notes:

heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. ive been meaning to update but i've been dealing with some weird health stuff (FULL BODY WEIRD RASH THAT I GOT OUT OF NOWHERE BUT IT DOESNT ITCH OR HURT ITS JUST UGLY IDK) but i said fuck it we ball update

i'm almost done reading The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai. it's actually really fucking good. i plan to reference it again soon just cause i've really been enjoying it.

i need to rewatch bojack horseman. i'm currently rewatching the flash (anytime i dont feel well i unfortunately watch the flash idk its my comfort show i fear 3)

anyway yeah. watched the kpop demon hunter movie yesterday so this entire fic was written with me listening to Your Idol by Saja Boys. best song in the whole fucking movie... sorry. all the songs are good but them chanting latin in the beginning of this song automatically gets it to first place for me.

ok hopefully the next update comes soon. i have a few ideas i wish to explore i've just been dealing with health stuff and working a lot lol

okie dokie bye

Chapter 72: There’s No Escape

Summary:

The server has a hard time getting in touch with Dazai.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 7:04 PM.

alphatiger:

Has anyone heard from Dazai today?

 

butterfly:

No and I’m getting worried

Ik he’s in his room but he won’t come out at all even when I bang on the door

 

boydetective:

That’s crazy

 

butterfly:

Pretend to care bruh

 

boydetective:

That’s craaaaaazy oh em geeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

arahabaki:

I’ve been trying to call and text him all day but he hasn’t responded

Is he… like… you know…

 

butterfly:

He’s alive cause I can hear him through his door and he sounds mad

 

arahabaki:

Tell him to answer my calls

 

butterfly:

I just yelled it to him thru the door and he went “uh huh” and he sounds pissed

@doppo_poet find out what’s wrong with him

 

doppo_poet:

I have a theory, but I need to look something up.

 

butterfly:

HELP???

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

omg is dazai dead 🤞

 

alphatiger:

BAD

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

:[

 

arahabaki:

@nothuman ANSWER ME

 

doppo_poet:

I think he’s playing a game.

 

butterfly:

What.

 

doppo_poet:

I’ve seen him get like this once before when he was playing a game called Hades back when we were roommates. He wouldn’t speak at all and he even skipped class and meals just to keep playing.

 

boydetective:

Hades II just dropped recently

I already played it 😼

@nothuman respond or I spoil the ending

 

nothuman:

STFU

SHUT THE FUCVK UP

SHUT UPO SHUPO UP SHUT IT UP

FUCK OFF

IM BUSY

BUYE

 

shadow.praiser:

how far have u gotten

 

nothuman:

FUCK SCYLLA FUCK OFF DONT TALK TO ME

FUCK U

 

shadow.praiser:

MY BAD?????

 

blcklzrd:

Can you be kind to him please wtf

juni get behind me…

 

shadow.praiser:

my shooter shoots bro

 

bookworm:

@nothuman Dazai it’s been three days, get off the game.

 

boydetective:

You’ve been playing for three days straight and are still struggling with Scylla? 🤣

 

nothuman:

 

arahabaki:

He’s calling me back. Thanks Odasaku!

 

bookworm:

Not a problem!

 

doppo_poet:

If I may be honest, back when Dazai and I lived together, it was fun to watch him play the game! It looked interesting!

I didn’t like that he skipped through the dialogue though.

 

shadow.praiser:

UR A DIALOGUE SKIPPER???

SHOOTER SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

blcklzrd:

Im taking the shot im taking the shot

 

shadow.praiser:

shoot faster my feelings r hurt

 

blcklzrd:

It’s ok baby i got u

 

shadow.praiser:

hehehehehe

u got me blushing n kicking my feet n stuff like that

 

nothuman:

man shut up 💔

 

shadow.praiser:

WHAT I DO TO U CUCK

IM SPOILING THE GAME FUCK U

 

nothuman:

WAIT NO IM JK PLEASE YOURE SO BEAUTIFUL JUNICHIRO YOUR SOUL SHINES BRIGHTER THAN THE MOON SELENE REPRESENTS PLEASE DONT SPOIL THE GAME PLEASE

 

shadow.praiser:

dawwwwwwww do u mean it 🤭🤭

 

arahabaki:

Odasaku yell at him he hung up on me to play the game

I see him playing it he’s playing the game on switch

 

alphatiger:

I still don’t have the switch friend code I noticed

 

nothuman:

i only have it to Chuuya because he bribed me for it

 

alphatiger:

IM SORRY I HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER

 

nothuman:

lick me taint to tip and ill think on it

 

arahabaki:

WHAT

 

nothuman:

i said that and then i was like hm too far

i’ll delete it

i’m sorry

 

alphatiger:

I appreciate the self reflection and apology!

 

arahabaki:

You’re too nice to this guy

 

alphatiger:

He’s my best friend! :3

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

if he felt the same way he wouldve sent u his FRIEND code on switch but he hasnt so i doubt he feels the same way abt u

 

nothuman:

???????

atsu check dm NOW

 

alphatiger:

gasp?

GASP!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

I GOT THE FRIEND CODE YIPPEE!!!

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

:]

well well well

 

nothuman:

oh fuck i just got played

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

like a fiddle u fuck

 

nothuman:

Hades II clouded my judgement

 

alphatiger:

now why are you giving the game proper punctuation but not me

 

nothuman:

cause i want to fuck Hades

 

boydetective:

HELP

He’s married Dazai

 

nothuman:

i have yet to see his wife

he’s mine bro

him and nemesis

 

butterfly:

You just like it when people are mean to you

 

nothuman:

hehehehe

a little i think

thats why i like dating women cause they can be really mean but idk Chuuya gets a little bitchy so its fine

 

arahabaki:

Count your fucking days Osamu.

 

nothuman:

omg he called me osamu guys we getting serious

 

goldendemon:

Well.

My kitchen would agree…

 

nothuman:

its time to move on from that

did we get our fill of me can i go back to my game please?

 

butterfly:

CAN YOU GO TO CLASS

 

nothuman:

WAHHHH NO NO NO I WANT TO PLAY 

 

boydetective:

Yo-yo just grab a gift card and slide it between the door and the wall when it clicks in and it’ll unlock the door

 

butterfly:

oh sick

 

nothuman:

HELP??? DONT DO THAT

OMG i can hear her getting in

[picture of Yosano standing in his now opened door]

im fearful

 

arahabaki:

Damn

 

goldendemon:

She looks good!

 

alphatiger:

she’s wearing my sweatshirt???? How does she even have that

 

arahabaki:

I can hear them arguing lmfao

 

goldendemon:

she’s winning I can feel it

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

R bets banned yet or can i bet that shes going to beat him

 

alphatiger:

Bets like that are banned

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

i cant ever have anything can i

 

alphatiger:

You have me :)

 

x…RASHOMON..x:

and how lucky am i :]

Notes:

Heyyyyyyyy im alive LOLLLLLL

Sorry for the long time to update and a short update on top of it. I’m trying to get a j-j-j-JOB and no one wants to hire me like WTF!!!!

Anyway life is croo el and next update I’m probably gonna talk about dandy’s world cuz fml im getting into Roblox at the ripe old age of 23

Hopefully i dont take another billion years to update but alas i have no control on such matters. I’m gonna go play Hades II (MOROS U WILL BE MINE)

Chapter 73: Taking a Shower

Summary:

Dazai takes a shower and makes it everyone's problem.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

the yokohomo gaygency

general-chat

Today at 3:09 PM.

nothuman:

in the shower who wants my nudes?

 

boydetective:

Me

 

nothuman:

omg ranpo you little minx…

 

boydetective:

🤭

 

butterfly:

He’s showering to get the gamer grime off

 

alphatiger:

EW

 

butterfly:

I had to take a forklift to his bed to remove him

 

nothuman:

it’s not my fault hades II came out and then legends ZA

i’m mega evolving

 

butterfly:

Yeah into a mega loser

 

nothuman:

not sending you a pic of my rising sun anymore…

 

butterfly:

Wow

Whatever…

I don’t even care…

Sigh…

 

alphatiger:

Who did you pick as your starter?

 

nothuman:

literally doesn’t matter because my starter got boxed immediately

picking between those three was crazy i’d rather pick what millimeter gun i’m shot in the head dead with

 

alphatiger:

I picked Chikorita :(

 

nothuman:

checks out for you

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

stand in front of a window dazai

 

nothuman:

oh hell naw jigsaw you trippin

not atsushi’s shooters shooting

 

arahabaki:

Dazai…

 

nothuman:

oh.

hello Chuuya.

 

arahabaki:

Oh my god stop

 

nothuman:

fancy seeing you here i guess…

 

doppo_poet:

What is happening?

 

goldendemon:

The two had a fight

 

doppo_poet:

AGAIN?

 

butterfly:

They did?

 

goldendemon:

Yeah

For the stupidest reason ever

Chuuya’s god’s strongest soldier

 

nothuman:

WOW.

 

butterfly:

Lmfao what did Dazai do?

 

goldendemon:

He got upset Chuuya wouldn’t trade him pokemon or something like that

 

nothuman:

i need to trade evolve for my dex and chuuya wouldn’t do it

 

arahabaki:

IM NOT GETTING THE GAME DAZAI

 

nothuman:

I OFFERED TO GET YOU IT

 

arahabaki:

YOU JUST WANT ME TO HAVE IT TO TRADE EVOLVE

 

nothuman:

OKAY?????? GOD FORBID?????

 

butterfly:

Honestly I’m on Dazai’s side if I’m gonna be honest

 

goldendemon:

Babe…

 

butterfly:

He’s offering to buy the game I feel like Chuuya is failing the bird theory

 

goldendemon:

Gasp

I didn’t even consider that…

Perhaps you have a point

 

arahabaki:

The WHAT

 

boydetective:

It’s a relationship test, basically.

If someone tells their partner something as insignificant as “I saw a bird today” and their partner responds with interest or at least positively, they pass. If the partner responds with lack of intrigue or dismissal, they fail.

I personally don’t care for this test, but I can understand the point of it I guess?

Like when Poe told me some guy won mayor of NYC idgaf but if it makes Poe happy then I am happy :)

 

thegoldbug:

You don’t understand, Ranpo…

It was monumental. I lived in New York City for a period of time.

 

nothuman:

personally i would’ve voted for red beret guy

 

thegoldbug:

Please just take your shower 😭

 

alphatiger:

Idk if anyone knows this but that guy was shot five times in the back of a yellow taxi by the gambinos

 

shadow.praiser:

doesnt he own 1 billion cats and personally know the ninja turtles

 

blcklzrd:

What

 

shadow.praiser:

idk man i haven’t slept in 3 days

sry 

 

doppo_poet:

Go to bed???

 

shadow.praiser:

dont tell me what to do

unc and chopped

 

doppo_poet:

Can someone translate?

 

boydetective:

Old and ugly

 

doppo_poet:

WOW.

 

shadow.praiser:

OMGGG STAWPPPP

I WAS JKINGGGGGG

 

blcklzrd:

Am I unc and chopped

 

shadow.praiser:

no ur deadass beautiful bro

like it pmo

get ugly n match w me

 

blcklzrd:

Oh my god ur not ugly

Get real

 

shadow.praiser:

just a little bit

 

nothuman:

change the subject

 

arahabaki:

JUST TAKE YOUR SHOWER ALREADY

 

nothuman:

i’m in the shower i brought my phone in here

want a nude?

 

arahabaki:

Stop sexualizing yourself and clean between your buttcheeks you freakin perv

 

nothuman:

not the guy talking about my buttcheeks calling me the pervert 

 

alphatiger:

He got you there chuuya

 

boydetective:

I just sneezed can I get a bless you

 

nothuman:

go to hell

 

boydetective:

I hope you drown in there

 

alphatiger:

I’m watching supernatural rn

sam hot

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

oh.

ok.

 

alphatiger:

STOPPPPP

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

no no keep talking

tell everyone how u would rather him than me ill get thru it ig

 

alphatiger:

I NEVER SAID THAT

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

its implied

 

alphatiger:

IS SO NOT?????

 

butterfly:

Ladies ladies you're both beautiful

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

lusting after other men is shameful when u have me

 

nothuman:

jared padalecki doesn’t want your jinko bro

 

x..RASHOMON..x:

wtf?

he could.

jinko is beautiful

i have to beat u ppl off him with a bat im sure id have to do the same with jared paladecki

padalecki*

 

nothuman:

oh my lord 

okay

 

doppo_poet:

Can you just take your shower, Dazai?

 

nothuman:

i need a big strong man like you in here with me

 

doppo_poet:

YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND!

 

arahabaki:

Well yes but I’d also rather you too

 

doppo_poet:

How do I clock out from this friend group? Or when do I get my break? My fifteen minute break at the very least? Something. I need something.

 

arahabaki:

Bro is lusted after by everyone and then complains his steak too juicy his lobster too buttery christ almighty

 

nothuman:

deadass dude

 

butterfly:

STEAK TOO JUICY LOBSTER TOO BUTTERY LMFAO

 

alphatiger:

Katai keep an eye out dude

 

doppo_poet:

He’s in class, leave him alone.

 

alphatiger:

Sorry papa

 

doppo_poet:

I AM NOT YOUR FATHER.

 

alphatiger:

Why does no one want to be my dad

 

butterfly:

Omg stop it

Knock that off 

 

blcklzrd:

Aint akutagawa your daddy

 

alphatiger:

Man we’re not in that

 

blcklzrd:

I cant imagine akutagawa being into anything

 

boydetective:

Are you headcanonning him as asexual

 

blcklzrd:

What the fuck?

What does that even mean

 

boydetective:

Bro doesn’t know fandom lingo 😭

Junichiro please break up with him

 

shadow.praiser:

sigh

 

blcklzrd:

Dont break up with me i’ll play roblox with you

 

shadow.praiser:

my vice is overwatch BUT if ur talking dandy’s world IM HOPPING ON

IM PLAYING LOOEY PLS BE SPROUT

 

blcklzrd:

ok

Whatever you want

 

nothuman:

out of the shower

 

butterfly:

Omg

Can you hurry out I need to pee so bad

 

nothuman:

i’m opening my mouth

 

butterfly:

WHAT THE FUCK

 

nothuman:

omg relax prude

give me a minute

 

alphatiger:

He’s rewrapping himself

 

arahabaki:

LMFAOOOOO

 

butterfly:

Awwww like he’s a present

 

nothuman:

you guys are joking but that’s what i’m doing

 

goldendemon:

When do we get to know why you’re in bandages

 

nothuman:

when will you let me see your tits?

 

goldendemon:

 

boydetective:

Ignoring all that craziness but

Junichiro and Tachihara

Can I play with?

 

shadow.praiser:

hell naw jigsaw u play fucking rodger

play a good extractor or we find some1 else

 

light_finder:

I can play Shelly

 

shadow.praiser:

😼

 

boydetective:

Hmph

I didn’t wanna play with you guys anyway

And junichiro you should be in bed rather than playing fucking roblox

 

blcklzrd:

Wait yeah he has a point

Go to bed first and we can play later

 

light_finder:

Seconded

 

shadow.praiser:

u have turned them against me…

 

boydetective:

:3c

 

shadow.praiser:

my team…

u ruined my run before it even began…

 

boydetective:

Did i do that? 

That doesn’t sound like me :3

 

shadow.praiser:

edogawa ranpo.

 

boydetective:

Oh christ not the full gov with a period

 

shadow.praiser:

i see u.

 

boydetective:

I beg your pardon?

OH

NOOOOO

STOP INVITING ME TO PLAY OVERWATCH

FUCK 

I ACCEPTED THE INVITE

NOOOOOOOOOOO

THIS IS SO SCRUEL

WE’RE QUEUEING FOR COMPETITIVE AND I PICKED TANK WHAT THE FUCK

OH MY GOD THE MADNESS

oh my god madness real they banned dva

WHO THE FUCK AM I PLKAYING

 

nothuman:

play the punching guy

 

boydetective:

Notes:

hey im alive!!

im having a hard time updating jsut bc i dont feel funny and im like this fic is supposed to be goofy n silly. idk what the next chapter will be but im hoping i finally get around to some real plots ive been conjuring in my little head over the past few months and bring them to fruition!! other then that i hope that this chap at least elicited a giggle and it wasnt a complete dud

anyway yeah unfortunately i got into dandy's world so now they're all into dandy's world and it's a whole issue. also i picked totodile in legends ZA but i did box him after i got the final evo. for my legend ZAers, my team is houndoom, gardevoir, banette, amphoros, scolipede, and altaria :3c

bluesky is unknown-ghost

if u want to see more of me i mod for my friend goneglitchin's twitch channel and she streams regularly LMFAO if you like ppl drawing i def recommend you give her channel a visit!! she and her bf will draw stuff for $3 donations (WITHIN REASON) so yeh :3

okie dokie idk if i forgot to mention anything other than i'm still yearning for full time employment but i think im alright so BYE!!!!! lets all cross our fingers n toes i update sooner rather than later