Double Edge Sword (Soukoku)

.Chapter 12.

"I don't think the kid would forgive you..."

Dazai's eyes widened as he clenched his fists. Chuuya looked up and smiled. "But, I'll forgive you for him..."

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The brunette was lost for words. He didn't think that would be Chuuya's reply. A smart reply honestly. That answer would make anyone fall for the trap that meant that Chuuya didn't forgive him. Biting his lower lip slightly, the room was silent once again. A small smile crept up Dazai's face as he chuckled. he gave Chuuya a peck on the cheek before teasing, "So you've missed me after all." Blushing slightly, Chuuya gave a gentle punch to Dazai's side as he clicked his tongue in annoyance. "It seems that you haven't changed at all either." Fanning a hand over his chest dramatically, Dazai whined like his usual self which made Chuuya laugh. Dazai was the type who could manipulate and his acting was good. Too good sometimes. You might think that a mafia boss should be strict, scary and demanding. Well, yes Dazai was like that on the outside but the inside...not so much.

Forgiving each other was a big step for both and improved their relationship. For the next 30 minutes, it was all laughs and bickering for the both of them. 

Fortunately, Atsushi and Akutagawa found fighting meaningless and started chatting with each other. At first it was always Atsushi who started the conversation  between them and sometimes, he would get annoyed at Akutagawa's snappy and stupid answers. However, after a few minutes,  Akutagawa got used to it and started talking to Atsushi more than a few words and only one sentence. Learning that they had quite much nothing alike, Atsushi sighed before sitting up, "I think it's going to be 1 hour already. Few more minutes..." Akutagawa nodded as he stood next to Atsushi who just sighed once more. "You need to learn to talk more...you anti-social creep..." Akutagawa just rolled his eyes and retorted, "I do talk a lot but why should I talk to my enemies?" At a sushi face palmed himself, "I thought we talked about that. We're friends now, not enemies..." Akutagawa glanced away, "Right...I forgotten..." Atsushi groaned in annoyance, "You forgotten! How's that possible. We established that like 3 minutes ago!. Akutagawa gave Atsushi a glare while asking him to 'shut up' in the process. Massaging his temples, he gave a gentle or should I say, quite hard punch  to Akutagawa's arm. Clicking his tongue in frustration, Akutagawa punched back which resulted in Atsushi getting pushed to the wall. Thankfully, the wall didn't crack. "Are you serious? I didn't punch you that hard!" Atsushi yelled to Akutagawa who bit his bottom lip and responded with something that made Atsushi surprised. "Sorry...I didn't mean to punch that hard..." Atsushi slowly and warily walked towards Akutagawa and waved his hand in front of the other's face which made Akutagawa slap his hand away and give another glare. Atsushi chuckled slightly while glancing away. Sighing Akutagawa warned, "Stop laughing or I'll punch you again." Nodding in agreement, Atsushi nudged Akutagawa gently as Akutagawa just stood there motionless.

The other two rooms were silent. Probably already with 'dead' bodies. For example, Higuchi and Tanizaki's room. Both learnt that they had much in common but found talking boring after a while. To break the silence, Tanizaki exclaimed in his most energetic voice he could manage, "10 more minutes left!" Upon hearing that, Higuchi turned over lazily and her eyes widened, "Finally!" If she still had the energy, she would have jumped up enthusiastically but in this room, only her tone changed. Her body was starting to become one with the floor. Tanizaki was the one who slowly sat up and wearily dragged Higuchi up to her feet. Despite that, Higuchi's legs were like jelly and needed Tanizaki to support her. Apologising, she sat on the chair instead and Tanizaki followed.

The one hour limit finally passed as all four rooms started fading. The furniture and objects in the rooms also faded as well. Cheering was heard as some ran out and some walked out calmly but inside they were jumping for joy. Sadly, the cheers died down when they remembered that Fyodor ran away. "Why do they need to keep us inside that room for one hour? Why not just make it half an hour? Unless, Fyodor runs like an old man or something. WHy would it take him one hour to run?" Higuchi ranted with Tanizaki laughing beside her because of her reaction. However, Higuchi was first to race to Akutagawa's side and check if he was okay, which made Atsushi sigh. The black lizard were the last one to leave the room. All yawned and couldn't care less about all the commotion from outside. However, they did notice when they saw their boss and Chuuya laughing together as they left their room. Tachihara glanced at Hirotsu who was also wide-eyed. Who would've known. If they could notice it, surely Akutagawa noticed it too and he was staring alright. Still chuckling, Dazai glanced around the room and did a simple head-count. That was until he stopped and looked back at Chuuya who tilted his head in confusion. Dazai announced,rather concerned, "One person is missing..."