Clandestine

Why should I listen?

"How do I look?"

"Smoking hot, that's for sure. Come Chuuya I can give you all you need."

Chuuya scrunched his nose distastefully "If you ever say that to me again Tachihara, I will throw you out the window."

"Hey! Dazai's the one who reads depressing novels about suicide, not me."

"My point still stands, also it's better to spend money on good books than magazines so you can stare at the hot models."

"Let me do what I need to do."

"Will you two stop acting like children?" Fyodor turned to Chuuya "You look great."

Chuuya smiled and did a little twirl "You sure?"

Fyodor nodded, crossing his arms "Of course, ever since I've met you the only time you've not looked good is when you're sleeping with your mouth wide open and drooling."

"Well, Dazai likes my sleeping face."

Tachihara muttered something under his breath but stopped saying it when Chuuya shot him a particular look that indicated he needed to shut up. Chuuya didn't hear anything he said but assumed it was negative.

"you feeling nervous?" Tachihara asked finally shooting Chuuya a sympathetic look.

"No, not really, am I supposed to?"

"Usually with dates, especially your first one, yes, one is normally nervous. Have you gotten any butterflies with him, heart thumping?" Fyodor asked from the couch, eyeing Chuuya with an expression he would dub as confused but looked more like concern and perhaps understanding.

"Uhm.. no, not really I only got it once and a couple of times... a day ago."

"A day ago? But you were out with Dazai..." Tachihara questioned.

"Yeah, but I get that feeling with Dazai quite often," Chuuya paused "Is that not normal?"

"People usually feel heart thumps with someone they like, not- you know... their best friend," Tachihara replied, also looking at Chuuya in confusion "Actually I'm more concerned about how you still get that with Dazai after so long. Don't get me wrong everyone gets a few butterflies around Dazai cause of how flirtatious and charming he is but you've known him a lot longer than the rest of us.

Chuuya shrugged, not thinking much about it "Guess, Dazai is just a man full of surprises."

Tachihara shrugged "Whatever you say, man."

Thankfully the awkward and confusing tension quickly dissipated when Chuuya's phone rang.

It was Shirase. 

"Chuuya, you ready? I'm waiting outside for you."

"Oh! Uhm right! Let me just say bye to everyone and I'll come down," Shirase said a quick okay before Chuuya ended the call "Crap, crap, crap, Do I look okay, is everything alright?"

"Yes Chuuya, stop keeping the poor boy waiting," Fyodor replied, smiling at his silliness.

So Chuuya took the elevator down to stop himself from running downstairs and sweating to no end. He still didn't feel anxious or self-conscious, just a little startled at how quickly Shirase made his way over, he expected some more time and now he wasn't sure if he was fully satisfied with the way he looked. Chuuya usually dressed much more eccentrically than some simple black jeans, a black crop top and a red leather jacket, he liked having gloves on and his hat and a little bit of eyeliner but he didn't think he needed to be so dramatic about it, it was only a diner date, he still looked good though, so he supposed it wasn't that big of a deal.