Dazai carried Zero on his back as they got back to the plane. Zero was exhausted and didn't even want to talk. He rested his head on Dazais shoulder and remained silent the whole walk.
When they got to the plane Dazai gently set Zero in a chair. "Can you sit up?" He asked.
"Mhm," Zero nodded and hugged his knees to his chest, resting his head on top.
About halfway through the flight Dazai tapped on Zeros shoulder and handled him a small box. "This is from Yasano,Ranpo and Fukuzawa. They were the only ones who knew you were captured by the time I left so they wanted you to have this."
Zero looked at the box, "This says From Dazai on the front."
"Yeah because I picked out the box. So don't rip it," Dazai said, tapping the box.
The box had an arrangement of flowers on it with a star next to Dazais name. The pattern was obviously intentional. Zero was careful not to rip or ruin the box as he opened it. Inside was a hairclip with a lily on it.
"Dazai...this whole gift was from you, wasn't it?" Zero looked at the brown haired man next to him.
"Let me put it in your hair," Dazai grabbed the hairclip and clipped it to the side of Zeros head. "There! Wonderful." He had avoided the question.
"Thank you Dazai. Sometimes, you aren't that bad." Zero smiled at him, a soft and sleepy smile. Before Dazai could respond his eyes fluttered shut and he started to drift off to sleep, clearly being exhausted.
Dazai shook his head and wrapped his arm around Zero,"Sleep well."
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"Zero!" Naomi ran forward and hugged him. The others followed behind her with several, "Are you ok?" And," What happened?" questions.
"Hey...I'm uh, ok," Zero shrunk back,"I'm going to go uh rest now." He slipped into his apartment and took a quick breath. He missed everyone, but was to sore and tired to want to talk or even move.
"Here." Dazai held out a little cup with a pill inside.
Zero wasn't even surprised Dazai snuck inside his apartment again. It had become a normal thing for a while now.
He took the cup and grabbed some water,"What's in it?" Zero asked before swallowing the pill with some water.
"Pain medicine. You should probably lay down before you collapse like a dead mouse," Dazai leaned against the doorway.
"Ooh look at you, acting like a worried boyfriend," Zero teased before sitting down on his small couch. He adjusted a pillow and laid his head down.
Dazai sat uncomfortably close to Zero,"Boyfriend? Is that what you see me as?"
Zero turned his face away,"No. Stop being w-weird."
"You stuttered," Dazai stated.
The white haired man simply buried his face into his pillow and ignored Dazais statement. He was to tired to try and think of an answer right now.
Dazai smiled, Zeros reaction was the only answer he needed.
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Human- Osamu Dazai ✔
Fanfiction"What does it even mean to be human?" Zero Ariya. A name with no records behind it, no familial traces, the name of a ghost. What happens when a ghost must work with something equally as elusive as it is? In which Dazai Osamu, a man who struggle...
