Mad Hatter (Dazai x reader)

Chapter 6

The hours passed and soon night fell.

Kanae entered the bar with the sign "Lupin" on it. As she walked down the stairs, she saw a figure already sitting down at the bar.

"You're early again, Odasaku," Kanae said and sat on the left side of Oda. "I'll have Royal tea this time please," Kanae said to the bartender.

Royal Tea is a cocktail that contains Earl grey with gin.

The bartender placed the cocktail in front of Kanae. As usual, the bartender added a small amount of alcohol inside the cocktail.

"How was your day?" Oda asked, starting the conversation.

"Ridiculously short! I had to politely ask the mafia's prisoners where they're exposing their blackmail information!" Kanae exclaimed annoyingly.

What Kanae said wasn't what she meant. 'Ridiculously short' means ridiculously long, 'politely ask' means psychologically torturing them, and 'exposing' means hiding.

This is Kanae's true personality. Her words are nonsensical and absurd. So far, only her mother and Oda could truly understand her madness.

"Next time, I'll make Mori san's head go anti clockwise. I'll strap him to a chair and splash ice warm tea down his throat!" Kanae said giggling and drank her cocktail.

"I think it's better not to do that," a voice rang out.

Both Kanae and Oda turned their heads towards the stairs. It was Dazai.

"Why do you always have to be everywhere I go?" Kanae asked annoyingly.

"Why can't I, Mad Hatter?" Dazai asked back and on the right side of Oda. The bartender placed Dazai's regular whiskey.

"Frabjous! The Demon Prodigy is on my tail!" Kanae exclaimed sarcastically.

'So this is the real Mad Hatter,' Dazai thought to himself. He's getting more and more interested in Kanae's madness.

"He's not as bad as you think, Kanae," Oda said and took a sip of his whiskey.

"I'm afraid I have to disagree with that," Another voice came from the stairs.

"Ango! You've arrived!" Dazai cheered, poking his head out to see Ango descending down the stairs.

Ango: I have to agree with Kanae san in this case.

Dazai: Come on, am I that bad? Odasaku, what do you think?

Oda: Nothing in particular.

Dazai: See, I'm not that bad.

Kanae: Odasaku is the only one who agrees with you. That's 2 vs 1.

Silence.

Kanae finished her drink and the bartender immediately place a cup of Earl grey tea in front of her.

"You drink tea in a bar?" Dazai asked, curious as to why Kanae drinks tea at a bar.

"It's always tea time, Mr mummy-like executive. Too much alcohol makes my brain go anti clockwise," Kanae replied with a grin.

"It's the same reason with me," Ango said and finished his tomato juice and thanked the bartender. "I'll be going first, I have some work to finish."

"Fairfarren, Ango," Kanae said with a happy tone, smiling.

"See you soon," Oda said.

"Bye bye," Dazai said.

There was a long period of silence.

"I wonder, why do you always wear such fancy hats?" Dazai asked Kanae, looking at her derby hat.

Kanae: Why not?

Dazai: Doesn't it distract you?

Kanae: No.

Dazai: You wear it just to let your enemies know that you're the Mad Hatter?

Kanae: Maybe.

There's another long silence period.

"Kanae has been wearing such fancy hats since the day I met her," Oda said. "I have to work early in the morning. See you later."

Oda left after Kanae and Dazai said their goodbyes.

There was another long deafening silence.