"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐆𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞"ᴮˢᵈ ˣ ᶜʰⁱˡᵈ ᴿᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ

﹙Chapter 3﹚

" I'll save you. ,,

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

A/N: To be honest, I spun a wheel to see if I wanted to make a Dazai a bitch or not...

There he was. The man you had waited for. You remember the night you met him. You remember when he trained you. Reassured you after a blood filled mission. Now standing between Akutagawa and the weretiger.

His ability, No Longer Human, allows him to numbify other abilities. Causing Atsushi to turn back to normal and Akutagawas attack to disappear. That also means.. he was waiting for you to unpause time, because your ability doesn't affect him.

He also looks different. His old black jacket was replaced with a light beige coat. And most noticeable, his bandages on his face aren't there anymore. He did keep his usual short, fluffy, brunette hair.

Time seems to stop for you. But not because of your ability, because of him.

Dazai says something.

Akutagawa mutters something.

Higuchi protests.

It's all muffled. Everything. All you do is stare at Dazai. You don't look away, even as your dragged away from him by Higuchi. He says something. The only thing you've been able to make out for the past few minutes (that felt like hours). Is his words before you leave.

"I'll save you."

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You were.. out of it.. Most of the day after that. Chuuya came to retrieve you not too long after you got back to base. Your aware that he asked you if the mission went well, even though you didn't get the tiger. You offered no response.

After getting back to his apartment, he ordered you to work on some paperwork. It was hard to focus on it, your mind wandering back to Dazai. Seeing him. What he said. What he would do. How he would do it. Do you want what he said?

"(Y/N)!!"

The orange haired man calls out to you. Causing you to flinch up. Now looking at the man infront of your desk. Expecting to see a face of anger for not hearing him the first time, you see his face more worried.

"You okay, kid? I called your name like 5 times. You've been sitting there staring at the papers for 10 minutes." Chuuya mentioned. You didn't even realize. Did I make him mad? Just apologize. Just say sorry. But what if that makes him more mad? In the end of your thoughts, you just decide to say sorry.

"I'm sorry, Chuuya. I'll get them done as quick as possible." You quickly apologize. You go to pick up the pen to be stopped. Looking up to see Chuuya's gaze on you. His face filled with.. worry? You have so many questions you refuse to ask him. Just looking at him everytime he seems worried about you, hurts. It hurts alot. Because you don't understand why he's worried. Everytime, you feel like you've failed him in some way. You don't even realize your shaking.

"Hey, kiddo. You can finish the papers tomorrow.-" Chuuya kneels down so he's at your height level.

"What happened on that mission with Akutagawa?"

You pause. Dazai. You saw Dazai. That scene playing in your head. Over and over and over and over again. You stare at Chuuya. His face, worried and calm. He's patient, a side most people don't see in him.

"I saw Dazai. He said something to me." You finally gather the courage to respond. Your confused, so, so, confused. You didn't express or feel like this around Dazai. Why do you feel more secure and safe around Chuuya? What is he doing to you?