CANDY . RANPO EDOGAWA

CHPT 23 || Child labor

A young boy with tossy black hair sat in the middle of the office, silently cupping his hands and looking uncomfortable with the atmosphere.

"Well surely you caught the person responsible for this, right?" Fukuzawa glanced over at Dazai.

"Well- I mean we did." Dazai rubbed his neck while looking away.

"And??"

"Well, I politely asked for the culprit to change him back, but.." Dazai mumbled.

From Tanizakis memory, No he did not ask politely.

"He actually, cant? change him back?" Dazai sheepishly grinned.

"SO HES JUST STUCK AS A CHILD?!" The rest gasped.

xx-xx

The young detective, known as Ranpo was a CHILD. A small 7 year old child. "Now, Now! Move out the way you're making him uncomfortable" Naomi glared as she picked up and held the small boy in her arms.

"HE LOOKS SO CUTE?!" Naomi gushed.

"This is an issue." Fukuzawa bit his lip as he decided on how to fix this mess. "Oh come on, Dont sweat it" Dazai grinned as he watched Atsushi play with Ranpo.

"You do realize Ranpo is literally the reason why- Wait. Wheres Y/N??" Fukuzawa questioned.

"Isnt she on break today?" Tanizaki peered over to them.

"Call shawty bae rn." Fukuzawa demanded.

xx-xx

Honestly, you hated children. They're rowdy, noisy and are very annoying. But Ranpo stood infront of you looking abit shy, to say the least. "Huh."

Ranpo uttered a few words, consisting of greetings.

Nevermind, you can deal with children now.

You decided to take Ranpo out to the nearest mall, Out of the pure kindness in your heart. (😟)

"Do you know what you want in the mall?" You asked the young boy as he placed a finger on his chin. "Candy!" He gleamed as he tugged your sleeve, urging you to walk faster.

You two finally arrived at the correct floor, standing outside the store. "Well- go and pick, ONLY FOUR THOUGH." You ushered Ranpo into the store.

As he picked his desired sweets, you bought some soda-flavored popsicles. You wandered down the isle to find Ranpo laying down on the floor.

"HEY- NO RANPO THE FLOOR IS DIRTY." You sighed as you dusted his back.

xx-xx

The day consisted of just you spoiling the hell out of Ranpo, You even saw Kyouka and Atsuhi at the Crepe cart you went to and decided to hang out for a bit.

Needless to say, at the end of the day you were tired. You decided to just end the day with rest as you returned to your apartment with Ranpo still trailing behind you.

After getting your hygiene fixed you slipped into your bed. Ranpo awkwardly stood by the door.

"Oh right- Ummm, Here you can sleep beside me." You smiled as you opened the blanket, a sign for him to get in. He joyfully accepted as he hid under the covers with you.

Sleep silently took over the pair and the night was soon overtaken by the bright sun shining in the room.

You groggily open your eyes to see the messy darkhaired boy, Though, he was naked. And an Adult.

"AUSHEBQJSOKXDJJQO" You screeched as you fell off the bed.