''Pss, pass me the popcorn ,'' Chuuya whispered to Haku, whom then took the box of popcorn from his four-year-old sister and passed it to him. ''You want some ?'' Chuuya turned to another side. Dazai merely shook his head. ''Ooooh I found one with extra caramel !'' Chuuya kept his voice down despite his excitement.
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''You okay ?'' Chuuya frowned at the brunet, whom ate only a little for dinner. Plus, Dazai has been looking a bit down that day. ''Yeah ,'' Then Chuuya sighed lightly. ''Are you having a headache ?'' Before Dazai could deny, Chuuya pulled his sleeves and made him lie on the bed. He started slowly rubbing circles at the sides of his brunet's forehead. ''You idiot always keep quiet when you're feeling unwell. How many ?'' Dazai closed his eyes. ''Four ,''
''You really should speak up when you have headaches. We wouldn't have gone to the cinema if we knew you're not feeling well ,'' Dazai hummed softly. ''But... you all look excited for the movie ,'' ''Tsk, it's fine even if we didn't go, stupid Mackerel. You were having a headache ,'' Dazai didn't respond. Chuuya chuckled softly and kissed his forehead. ''Juz as always. Good night ,''
*
''Dazai-san, where are you going ?'' A white-haired teenager walked behind Dazai. ''Home, why ? The question is, why are you following me, Atsushi-kun ?'' Atsushi realized that he followed Dazai all the way from the agency office. ''Oh um I didn't realize that ahaha ,'' Dazai stopped and bent down with his face close to Atsushi's. ''Da--Dazai-san ?'' Dazai let out a hum. ''You didn't wanna go home ,'' Atsushi let out a nervous chuckle as he rubbed the back of his neck. ''I umm... I accidentally barged into the room when... umm... when Kyouka-chan was changing her cl--clothes ,''
Dazai stared at him for a while. Then he burst out laughing. ''Can't believe something like this would happen to you, my poor little meow meow ,'' He continued laughing. ''Dazai-sannn, stop laughing at meee ,'' Atsushi's face turned as red as a tomato. ''Okay okay well then what are you going to do about that ?'' ''Umm apologize ??'' Dazai finally calmed down. ''That's the basics, Atsushi-kun. Hmm maybe buy her her favourite food, some flowers, slap yourself and kneel on the floor while repeating 'I'm sorry', some tears and snot will do ,''
''That's too dramatic don't you think ?'' Dazai shrugged. ''Well ? To what end do you wish tailing me like this ?'' Atsushi hesitated before saying. ''I guess I'll go home and face whatever's waiting for me ,'' Dazai put his hand onto Atsushi's shoulder and put up a dramatically serious face. ''That's very brave, Atsushi-kun, good luck ,'' Seemingly troubled by Dazai's ridiculous suggestions, Atsushi said goodbye and walked off.
Then he ran back to the brunet. ''Dazai-san ! I forgot ,'' He took out a book from his pouch and handed it to Dazai. ''I saw this book at a bookstore quite far away from here and thought Haruka-chan would like it ,'' Dazai took the book and patted Atsushi's head. ''Thanks, Atsushi-kun ,'' Atsushi blushed a little like a kindergarten child praised by his teacher. ''Bye bye Dazai-san ,'' He ran off again.
*
''Chuuya ?'' No one was home. Dazai put down the book and pulled out his phone. ''Yo ,'' Chuuya answered his phone. ''Hey you guys went out ?'' ''Ya we're coming back tho, you want me to grab you dinner ?'' Dazai thought for a moment. ''No I'm not hungry ,'' Chuuya sighed. ''You said 'not hungry' instead of 'I've eaten'. It means that you haven't eaten anything have you ? You know you can't juz--'' A loud bang rang right before the phonecall ended abruptly.
''Chuuya ?!'' Dazai rushed to the window and saw smoke somewhere not too far away.
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What's with that sudden explosion ?
The shock wave hit them. Chuuya woke up on cold concrete surrounded by three unfinished buildings. He could see the ruins of the pavement nearby, close to where they were walking at, but the kids were no where to be seen. Despite his bleeding knee, he stood up and started looking for them. ''Haku ! Haruka ! Where are you two ?!''
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Fanfiction''Haku, where are Dazai and Haruka ?'' ''I don't kno--'' A loud bang echoed throughout the empty place. Shoes scraped the ground as Chuuya backed away unnaturally. Tears rolled down Haku's cheeks, who covered his mouth with both palms. Both of them...
