~Choke~ (ranpo x poe) Singer AU

| Chapter 1 | Choke

:: SO BASICALLY, I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO CREATE STORIES IN THEIR HEADS WHEN THEY HEAR A NEW SONG, SO IF YOU ARE LIKE THAT THEN FEEL FREE TO PLAY THIS SONG WHEN THE TIME COMES! I WILL MARK WHEN YOU SHOULD START PLAYING IT, AND IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TOO THAT OKAY!! <3 ::

"AND CUT!" 

The director yelled out. Ranpo stood in his assigned spot for the ending of the music video, panting slightly. He stayed like that until he saw all camera facing downwards, completely done recording. He stumbled out of his stance, tripping a bit on his shoe while walking to get his water bottle on the other end of the stage. 

The black haired boy had just finished the filming of the the last scene of the music video for his new single, Genius. 

"Good work today everyone! I'll get the footage to the editing team, Mr. Edogawa, you are free for the day."

 The director said, turning to him from his seat while someone on the crew handed him the USB drive with the footage from that day. 

Ranpo only nodded, forcing himself to keep his eyes open. He hadn't been getting much sleep with all of the hype for his new song. The ravenette's schedule had been filled to the brim with interviews and filming for his song. This was the first time in weeks he had more than an hour off.

He slid down the wall into a sitting position, still panting slightly, when he felt a buzzing sensation came from his pant pocket. Pulling out his phone, Ranpo heard the annoying ringtone his friend had set for his contact. Sighing, he answered regretting it immediately when he heard arguing between his friend and his lover.

Dazai and Chuuya.

"I AM NOT A CHIBI!!!"

"What are you talking about Chibi~"

BANG

"It's not nice to throw books, Chibi~"

"I hate you."

Ranpo raised an eyebrow while listening to all of this. Even if he was used to it by now, he still found their bantering amusing, annoying as it could be.

"Dazai? It's Ranpo."

"Oh! Hi Ranpo! I forgot I called you."

"Sure. Anyways, what do you need?"

"Well~, I was thinking tonight maybe you, me, and a few more of our friends could head to a bar I've been hearing about." 

"I don't know, you know I not much of a drinker.."

"Aw come on! This is your first day off in weeks!! I hear they even had smoothies there, if you really want something to drink."

Ranpo sighed knowing Dazai wouldn't give up until he agreed to go.

"Fine. But you're paying."

"Yay! I'll send you the address, we can meet up around 8. Sound good?"

"Yep."

"Perfect! See you then~."

The call ended from the other line, and ranpo slowly brought his phone down from his ear thinking to himself,

'Am I ever going to get any sleep?'

★ Time skip to 8pm, brought to you by Akutagawa's eyebrows ★

Ranpo exited his private car, putting on his sunglasses and hat as an attempt to disguise himself. He spotted his brunette friend next to his short red head lover by the entrance, talking to a few of their friends.