𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝙱𝚢 𝙰 𝙵𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚛

<( Ai (exxp, 🤎) )>

I've recently began reading No Longer Human, and I don't think I can ever see Dazai the same way again... and I relate to Yozo a little too much

Also you can play "Eye of the Tiger" while reading, its from the BSD soundtrack. It was played during the actual episode, so yes

3rd Person POV

The tiger looked at Ai, it's eyes stabbing the thick silence.

It roars.

Then suddenly charges forward. It raises its arms, in an attempt to draw its sharp claws against the woman's body. However, Ai had always been yielding sharp and heightened senses.

She dodges the attach smoothly by jumping backwards, her hands still in her pockets. Landing on the floor, she avoids another attack by the furious tiger, who immediately sensed her presence nearby. It runs toward Ai.

"Impressive display!" Ai exclaims, few inches away from the ground, her front side facing the tiger.

"You can snap a person's neck!" She continues, swiftly moving to the side to avoid the arms of the white creature. She heads towards a pyramid of boxes. Smoothly, she jumps on the boxes at the bottom, then hopping to the next. Glancing back, she sees the beast charging again. At the last moment, she turns her body to fully face the enraged animal. Just then, it stabs right through the box at the very top, at the same moment Ai hops from it.

"You could tear a man's heart from his chest."

Reaching the ground again, Ai roughly pressed her left leg against the floor, trying to slow herself by sliding her boots. Her ankle attaches to something rigid. Looking to the side, her eyes are met with a wall. That means she can't dodge the next blow unless she destroys the wall.

"Come to think of it, this isn't a bad way to meet my doom, being eaten by a tiger..." A second voice joins in, walking calmly before stopping beside Ai. Dazai finally decided to come back.

"Took you long enough, Dazai-san!" Ai squealed, leaning against the wall in comfort, unfazed by the roaring tiger charging towards the two adults. Dazai took his hands out of his coat's pockets, then opens his left palm at the same time the beast jumps toward him.

"But not even all your strength can kill me." Dazai spoke, a light blue glow manifesting in his half-bandaged palm, its force switching the nearby environment by a strong wind moving Ai's loose tie and Dazai's coat.

"My Ability is... No Longer Human."

He moves his hand, activating his Ability, touching the tiger's forehead just milliseconds before it could attack him. Tye creature stays motionless in midair, the effects of Dazai's Ability still sinking in.

"My power allows me to reverse anyone else's power," he pauses, his hair moving in sync with the uncontrollable wind gusts. "It works through a simple touch." He continues. Several seconds pass, allowing Ai to move in order to catch the will-be-falling Atsushi.

Rings of the glow form around the tiger's body, followed by a bright light traveling on its surface. Dazai removes his finger from the beast's head, and it's immediately turned back into a faint body.

Atsushi eyes are closed. His mind, unconscious. His body is once against his own. His small, fragile figure that endured quite a lot in his young years. He stays in the air for a second, before his feet gently touch the ground. Taking one unconscious step, he falls right into Ai's arms. His head lies close to her collarbone. Ai looks at him, confused.

"If you're flirting, I'm not interested." She spoke, tossing Atsushi to the side, but also supporting him so the fall won't hurt him much.

"There you are, Ai!"

Ai looks up ahead, seeing Kunikida running towards her. A soft smile blooming on her face. "It all went well!" She exclaims happily, kneeling down to make Atsushi wake up. "Ooooh! Is this really him?!"

A short blonde with bright golden eyes, wearing humble blue country clothes, a straw hat is tied to his neck with simple strings. His wide smile seems to brighten up the dark shedhouse. "He's kinda looking weak for a weretiger!"

Ai smiles at Kenji's innocence, then she gently pokes the sleeping male's cheek. His eyes slowly flutter open, his ears adjusting to the loud screams of Kunikida scolding Dazai while choking him with one hand, the other holding his beloved, green notebook.

"Ah, Atsushi-kun! You're finally awake!" Dazai excitedly said, ignoring Kunikida's yelling. He walked closer towards him with a grin.

"Do you remember anything from when you were transformed?" Ai asks innocently, standing beside Dazai. Atsushi stiffens, "What are you talking about?"

Ai's eyes turn turn to his arms, then they widen slightly. She slowly points her finger at them, "Look at that, your right hand didn't change back..." She spoke quietly. "My right hand...?"

Atsushi raises his right hand to his sight, only to see a furry tiger arm. He doesn't seem to comprehend, because he tries to move the fingers slash claws. And they do respond to his will. He screams.

"WHAT IS THIS, WHAT THE HELL?!" He begins to shake his arm, "Get it off, get it off, get it off, get it-"

"Nakajima Atsushi!"

Ai is standing in the middle of five people, she's smiling warmly, her head tilted to the side in pure amazement. "From this day forward, you're gonna be one of us!" She squeals in delight, her cheeks turning bright red out of excitement. Atsushi seems uncertain glancing at the unidentified people in front of him. Something tells him not to overthink it, but a part of him refuses to believe that there's nothing to worry about.

"You're the new member of the Armed Detective Agency."

"I'm what-"

Today at school was shit honestly. A lot of bullshit happened and I cried several times, but ofc no one knew :))