Precious (Bungou Stray Dogs Chuuya X OC) (BOOK 4)

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"I'm gonna go grab something to eat with Atsushi and Kyouka again. Want me to bring you back some food?" Dazai asked.

"No thanks, I'm fine." Misaki answered.

"Alright, see you guys later."

"Wait!"

Kunikida stood up from his seat and walked over to Dazai, grabbing his own wallet out of Dazai's back pocket. "No more using my money."

"But Kunikida." Dazai whined.

"Shut up."

Dazai stuck his tongue out. "I'll be heading out now. See you when I get back."

Atsushi and Kyouka waited outside for him. They were now used to having to wait for him to come out. So Dazai wasn't surprised when he saw the two waiting. "There you two are."

"You need us to leave for a bit, is that right?" Atsushi asked.

"Yup, sorry again." Dazai apologized. He reached into his pocket and took out a bit of money that he stole from Kunikida's wallet, then handing it to Atsushi. "Be free to go eat anything you'd like. I'll see you when I get back."

He waved them off and turned the other way, leaving them confused yet again. "It's been like this every other day. I wonder why it affects us so much?" Atsushi questioned.

"Maybe we're his excuse to leave." Kyouka guessed.

"But why would he want to leave? Is he hiding something?" He asked.

"Who knows. Let's follow him."

"What? Wait, Kyouka. We can't do that. We would be invading his privacy." Atsushi stopped her.

"Aren't you a bit curious of what he's doing? And he doesn't need to know about this. We'll keep it a secret."

"I guess you're right." Atsushi sighed. "But if we're going to follow him, you have to promise that we won't intervene with whatever he's doing. Promise?"

"Promise."

~

The two had been following him for the past ten minutes. Dazai still had no clue anyone was following him, because he was sure that wasn't the case. "Where is he even going?"

"Into that cafe." Kyouka pointed.

"What?" Atsushi questioned. "We really just followed him for a whole ten minutes only for him to go into a cafe." He sighed.

"Why would he need to keep this cafe a secret?" Kyouka asked.

"Who knows? Maybe this is his place to try and figure out a way of suicide." Atsushi guessed.

"The president?"

Atsushi looked at Kyouka confused. "What would the president have to do with this?

"No, the president. He's here." Kyouka corrected him.

"What?" Atsushi turned around and watched the president walk into the same cafe as Dazai. "I guess there is something going on. This must be serious if the president is involved."

"Let's follow them?"

"Wait! Kyouka, no!"

~

"You're here?"

"Why are you so surprised? I asked you to meet me here." Dazai said as he took a seat in front of Chuuya.

"I didn't know whether to take you seriously or not." Chuuya responded. The president walked in and sat down next to Dazai. "You're here too?"