Forever Together [Soukoku]

Chapter 27 : Memory loss

"Uh... This is such a weird case, how is that possible that that Raphaël Millet is 6 years younger than he's suposed to be? Did he do some sort of surgery to look younger??" Askes Atsushi still confused as how it was possible as Ranpo sat next to him on the bench.

"No it isn't that..." replied Ranpo looking down with a strange expression.

"Then what is it? An ability user then? Could he also be the one who killed him?"

"Why would someone make another person younger and kill them after ward?" Asked Ranpo looking at Atsushi.

"To make us confused ? Maybe it has something to do with his family death, do you think someone from the port mafia did it?" Said Atsushi and the detective shook his head.

"No the Mafia isn't involved in this murder, it's something else..." replied Ranpo and the young boy looked at him surprised.

"Did you already solve the murder?" Asked Atsushi with enthousiasme.

"Not quite..." answered the detective looking away.

"Please tell me what you found out" pleaded Atsushi.

"I don't think its an good idea to tell you now ... There is something clearly wrong and it's better for your good to not know yet in case it was really what happened " replied Ranpo and Atsushi looked at him comfused.

"Ranpo your scaring me, are we also in danger? But we have nothing to do with that boy or his family..." said Atsushi worried.

"We aren't in danger, at least not yet. Anyway where is Dazai?" He asked looking around but didn't saw him anywhere.

"He said he had to go back to feed his dog" said Atsushi.

"A dog... i see, good let's get going too" said Ranpo standing up and Atsushi followed him back to the angency. Meanwhile Dazai arrived at his apartment with a smile.

"Chuuya im back~" he said happily as he opened the door and walked in. There was no answer and it worried Dazai.

"Chuuya?" Dazai called again but there was still no sound.

"CHUUYA !?" Shouted Dazai starting to get really flustrated as he searched the apartment but there was no ginger anywhere and he started to get mad.
He then looked toward the last place he didnt look in yet. He walked toward the door of the bathroom and opened it woth violence.

"Chuuya ?!!"he yelled.

"DAZAI!!!???" Yelled the ginger surprised. Dazai sighed in relief then looked at Chuuya who was in the bathtub.

"What the hell are you looking at?! Get out!!" Shouted Chuuya with a red face as he throwed soap at him which the brunet avoided.

"Why are you so embarrassed ?" Asked Dazai with a smile as he walked toward the blushing Chuuya.

"W-WAIT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ??!" Chuuya yelled while Dazai was coming closer and closer.

"Why are you so scared ? Do you think I'll do something to you~?" Asked Sazai with a smirk as he kneeled next to his former partner.

"You idiot..." mumbled Chuuya looking away embarrassed. Dazai looked at Chuuya without saying anything.

"Are you just going to keep looking at me like this?..." asked the ginger while playing with the foam in the bathtub.

"Why? Want me to do something more~?" He asked with a smirk then chuuya splashed him with water.

"Hey-" Dazai wiped his face then looked at the laughing Chuuya and smiled before splashing him too.

"Wanna start a water war?" Said Chuuya with a provocative smirk as he used his ability to make slot water bubbles in the air.

"Nah it's not a good idea since i know i'll be the one who will have to clean everything after this" said Dazai touching Chuuya's head and stoping his ability then he stood up.

"Im gonna make something to eat so hurry up" he said and walked out.

When Chuuya went out of the bathroom the food was already on the table and Dazai waited for him with a smile, Chuuya sat in front of him and started to eat.

"So what did you do today?" Asked Chuuya.

"Well, we went to investigate on a murder of a young boy" answered Dazai and Chuuya looked at him surprised.

"Oh? Who was it?" He asked curiously.

"His name was Raphaël" replied the brunet with a smile, Chuuya didnt seem to remember that name which meant that the drug he gived him in his drinks worked well.

"Hm... so who killed him" asked Chuuya trying to remember where he heard that name before.

"Well, we dont know that yet. But there was something really interesting in today's investigation that even our best detective couldn't understand " said Dazai with an amused laugh.

"What was it?" Asked the ginger even more curious.

"Well the victime that we found was 18 years old but when we looked athis birth date he was suposed to be 23. Do you have any ideas to explain this?" Asked Dazai with a smirk as he looked at his confused partner.

"Uh... An ability user made him younger? Bit it doesn't make sens, why would someone do that?..." Chuuya thought really hard to understand what could had happened which made Dazai laugh even more. Sudenly he looked like he got a good supposition.

"Dead!" He shouted and Dazai imediatly stoped laughing.

"What do you mean? Of course his dead" he said.

"No i mean he died, before being killed again !" Said Chuuya excited.

"You mean that he was dead for almost 5 years then came back to life before getting killed? That impossible such an ability cant existe..." replied Dazai looking at his food, sidenly he didnt even feel like eating.

"Why not? There are a lot of creazy abilities, it's the only thing that seem good enough" said the ginger as he continued to eat.

"... So Chuuya what did you do today?" Asked Dazai trying to change the subject.

"Well nothing much" replied Chuuya.

"It must be boring to stay hear all day doing nothing i will buy you some books tomorrow" said Dazai with a smile and Chuuya nodded.

"Now let's drink some good wine~ I'll go get it so wait here " Chuuya looked at Dazai go into the kitchen without saying anything. Soon enough Dazai came back with two glasses which wine in it. He then put one in front of Chuuya and the ginger took it. The one he had had a slightly different color but Chuuya did not see anything strange. He drunk it while talking with Dazai about some random stuff. It quickly started to be really late and Chuuya was tired so he went to sleep. Dazai looked one last time at the ginger with a smirk before going to his room.

The next morning Chuuya woke up earlier than usually. He opened his eyes then imediatly sat up and looked around him. He had no idea where he was, no meter how hard he tried to remember he couldn't remember what happened before he woke up. He started to panic and escape the apartment when he heard a door open.

"Your so noisy Chuuya... What are you doing so early in the morning ?" Asked the half asleep brunet. Chuuya looked toward him shocked.

"Wh-Who are you??"