Opposites Do Attract (a Dazai x Kunikida fanfic)

Chapter 5: Chuuya's Advice

Once the day was over, Kunikida headed off to meet Chuuya. He hoped that his Mafia buddy might have some advice about these strange occurrences.

When Kunikida got to the bar and sat at a table, he noticed Chuuya hadn't yet arrived. He then decided to try to use the time to figure out how he'd phrase his problem to Chuuya. After all, the fashionista was bound to find it just as shocking as those at the agency had, if not more, and Kunikida had no intentions of drastically shocking his friend.

Honestly, Chuuya's probably going to be even more shocked than my coworkers. Or maybe not, since my coworkers are always the ones who have to see when I'm annoyed at Dazai. Chuuya mostly hears about it. Then again, he of all people knows firsthand how annoying Dazai can get since they were partners in the past and Dazai was likely just as infuriating back then...ok, bottom line is Chuuya's the perfect person to ask about this, Kunikida thought. He faceplanted into the table, much like he'd done earlier on his desk. This was confusing, and by extension, frustrating. Why was this happening? Why couldn't he just go back to the way things were? Why was this his life? Why was everything so darn confusing? Why did Dazai have be so...

"Dude, you ok?" a voice asked, interrupting Kunikida's train of thought.

Kunikida looked up to see that Chuuya had finally arrived. "Oh hey, Chuuya. I wish I could say it was..."

"Hey. Sorry I'm late, Dazai decided to stop by the Mafia's headquarters and annoy me, which then held up my arrival. Gosh, I hate that mackerel so much," Chuuya replied as he took a seat.

Kunikida shook his head. "Classic Dazai. And don't worry about it, I have nowhere else to be."

"I know, right?" Chuuya agreed, rolling his eyes.

"I see he still annoys one person at least," Kunikida remarked.

Chuuya tilted his head, puzzled.

"I mean..." Kunikida began. Welp, he'd really just blurted that one out.

"What?" Chuuya asked.

The time had come for Kunikida to admit his problem. "I need some advice."

"On?" Chuuya prompted.

"Since yesterday, Dazai's been just as annoying as ever. And yet for some reason, I haven't felt as annoyed towards him as usual. And that's worrying me," Kunikida revealed.

In that moment, Chuuya's expression resembled that of the shocked Pikachu and he was temporarily rendered speechless.

"I know. It's shocking everyone else, too," Kunikida continued. Just as I thought, he's completely and utterly shocked.

"No freaking way, Kunikida. You of all people aren't mad at Dazai?! The last time this happened was when you had amnesia...wait. Maybe you have it again? I really hope you don't..." Chuuya wondered. His tone held a note of worry.

"Nah, I remember everything just fine. That's what makes this even more confusing," Kunikida replied.

"This. Is. The. Most. Shocking. Thing. I've. Ever. Heard," Chuuya declared.

"I know," Kunikida agreed.

"Actually, I take that back. I'd probably tie it with you looking forward to checkups," Chuuya reconsidered.

Kunikida felt all the blood drain from his face.

Chuuya took one look at him and began to freak out. "Kunikida, are you ok?! Was it something I said? I'm sorry, please don't die!"

After a minute, Kunikida calmed down a bit. "Sorry, I didn't mean to worry you. I'm not dying. It's just that Yosano kept trying to give me a checkup earlier and I guess I'm still terrified from that whole ordeal."