𝙎𝙐𝙄𝘾𝙄𝘿𝘼𝙇 𝙈𝘼𝙉𝙄𝘼𝘾 ᵗᵒᵏʳᵉᵛ [𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱]

045

Step

Step

Crunch

Some thin branch broke into pieces.

A pair of dirty shoes stepped down the quiet road, unnoticeably shaking from the cold air passing by.

Behind the person walking down was a person- having a child-like form while following from behind and giggling at them.

"Fufu.."

The person ignored them, proceeding to fasten every step they take to get to their house more quicker.

The child payed no mind to the obvious bead of sweat rolling down the person's face and giggled once again, and that childish giggle echoed around the road- well, in other people's perspective there was no sound of a giggle, only, it echoed around the person's mind who has blond hair.

"Why are you running away?" The child asked, his form devoid of any color with only the shade of jet black coloring his entire floating figure.

The blond gritted his teeth and glared at the child behind him through the corner of his eyes, "I'm not running away.."

"Hm.. really now~?"

"I'm not."

"Then why are you running away like how he died?"

The blond halted his step, "who do you mean?"

"Oh, you know.. the glasses boy, Kisaki!" The child giggled yet again, oblivious of the scared look sent at him.

"N-no, Kisaki is not dead." The golden haired boy gulped before continuing his way. "He's not."

The unidentified child grinned, "but didn't you kill him, Ta-ke-mi-chi~?"

The said boy felt his eyes widen, "w-what are you talking about.. how do you know my name.."

"I'm talking about that day. You know, you letting your anger take over and shot Kisaki in the-"

"I-- I don't know what you're talking about." Takemichi took a step back.

"Sure, play that game!" The child silently laughed, "but.. what do you think Dazai is feeling right now? She's sure to be so angry at you. Even more angry when you told her to meet you at a cafe and you dipped!"

"Huh..?"

"You dumb bit-"

"I'm not dumb! You're dumb!"

Takemichi lashed out, turning around to scream at the child, only that there was no child behind him at all.

He looked around, left and right, seeing no one beside or close to him around the vicinity. Taking a deep breath, he put a hand to cover his eyes that were showing signs of eye bags underneath.

"..I didn't mean to kill him.." He mumbled with tears beginning to form in his eyes, ".. Dazai-san.. what do I do.."

And so, he turned around to search for Dazai at the cafe again. Little did he know, Dazai wasn't at that place anymore.

"Oh, so your name is Oda Sakunosuke!"

She exclaimed while looking up at the red haired man who was nodding in confirmation.