Dynasty

Chapter 2

If I was a fool..

Or you...

A thief....

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                                                   Dazai had woken up that morning feeling better than normal. He immediately checked his alarm clock and saw that it was 10:13 am. He'd slept through his alarm. Again. Well who cared; it wasn't like Kunikida would yell at him any less. He slowly dragged himself out of his futon and headed to the bathroom. After showering and changing into his regular work clothes, he made a small sandwich for himself and headed out the door.

                                                 Along the way, he observed around him carefully. Someone had been tailing him for the past few days. However, they would only do so when he was going to work. He found it very suspicious and frustrating. Plus, he couldn't figure out who was following him, which frustrated him even more. Cold chills began running up and down his spine by the time he arrived at the Agency. Stuffing the last of his sandwich in his mouth, he headed inside.

                                             He greeted the cafe workers briefly before striding quickly up the steps and barging into the office with a loud 'Good Morning!'. His coworkers stared at him exasperatedly as Kunikida began to yell at him.

                   "Dazai!!! You troublesome waste of bandages you are two hours late!! TWO HOURS!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!?!" The bespectacled blond haired man shouted at him.

                   "How mean Kunikida! I was just so tired last night after you made me stay back to do paperwork that I slept through my alarm! So you can't be mad at me when it was your fault!" Dazai exclaimed dramatically, waving his arms and pouting.

                    "Plus, if you keep yelling at me you can eventually go mute, which can then cause the inside of your throat to decay!"

                     "Really?!" Kunikida gasped, horrified.

                    "Yup! You should write that down to not forget."

                    "You... mute...throat...." Kunikida mumbled.

                     "Just kidding," Dazai exclaimed once Kunikida had written down almost everything.

                    "YOU- " Dazai quickly made a run for it as Kunikida tried to strangle him.

                                                         All the others in the office watched on in either amusement or exasperation. This was normal after all. The chase soon came to a halt as Kunikida had given up and had gone back to his desk to continue his schedule. With this, the others turned back to their own work as well. Dazai however, began his 'after harassing Kunikida' office routine. Draping himself all over Atsushi. Of course the 18 year old didn't mind so Dazai continued cuddling his favourite person from behind. Without realizing it, he drifted to sleep; the last things in his line of vision was the pile of paperwork left on his desk and the soft strands of Atsushi's short silver hair.

                                                       His eyelids opened slowly as they adjusted to the light glaring down at them. As more awareness returned to him, he instantly began to realize a few things. Firstly, he was no longer leaning on Atsushi. Someone had moved him to the couch. Secondly, the pile of paperwork that had been on his desk for him to complete was gone. Thirdly, the office was empty. He glanced around until his eyes met the clock on the wall. It was 1:30pm. Strange. He didn't usually sleep that long during the day, much less dreamlessly.