The sparkle in his eyes

chapter 1

Atsushi pov

"Is there any more work for today?" I ask Dazai-san as I organize my desk. Last few days in the agency has been a little bit boring since we didn't have any case so I tried to find a way to kill some time.

"Well, if I think about it, I have quite a lot of paperwork. Unfortunately, my hand hurts for some reason so I cant write very well. Is there any chance you would..." he stopped talking as soon as mister Kunikida suddenly walked in the office. He frowned at Dazai.

"What have I told you about making Atsushi do all of your paperwork? And if your hand really hurts this time, go to see Yosano, she will fix it."

"You know what? I think it doesn't hurt that bad after all." Dazai smiled and mister Kunikida just let out a sigh as he shook his head in disbelieve . "This is not a place to fool around, Dazai. We have a new case. Would you please take it seriously for once?"

"Well, I think I can try. But I don't promise anything. It must be a really interesting case for me to really care." Dazai said as he sat on the cough with crossed arms on his chest. Meanwhile mister Kunikida tried to stop himself from beating him up. He took a deep breath and fixed his glasses.

"Trust me, this one will be interesting." He put some files on the table and started explaining.

"In the past few days, there has been many reported deaths of gifted in Yokohama. All of them has been murdered by other ability user that we don't know much about, but it seems as if they can takeover abilities of their victims. A-" he got interrupted by Dazai who yawned.

"Its getting dark outside so I will go home. We can start investigating in the morning. Dont you think Kunikida-san?" he got up from cough and walked to the door. "Goodnight everyone."

"Chuuya Nakahara got also attacked by this gifted this morning if it is still not important enough to you." Kunikida yelled at him. Dazai stopped and turned around back to face us this time with more serious face. I have never before seen this type of expression on his face.

"Is he-?"

"No. You know Chuuya the best so you also know how strong he is. Hes got only some minor injuries which makes him the only one to survive attack from this person."

"As expected from him." Dazai chuckled. "I will go now. See you tomorrow." he waved and closed the door behind him. Kunikida turned to face me with tired expression. "Since we are the only ones left here today, we will really have to leave it for tomorrow morning. You can go now Atsushi, but be careful on your way home. If the person targets gifted, one of us might be next."

I nod, take my things, say goodbye to him and make my way on the street. I look at the sky. Stars are beginning to shine and a cold wind blows in my face.

The streets are full of people. Most of them are probably heading home from work just like me. I think about how quickly my life have changed in such a short time. One day I was on the streets starving, not sure if I will survive another day and the other I had everything I needed. A place to stay, food, friends and even a real job. It can be sometimes harsh in the agency but its still better than being in the orphanage. Everything is better than being in the orphanage. Just thinking about that place makes me sick.

Suddenly, a scream takes me out of my daydreaming. I look in the direction it came from but all I see is people running towards me. I fell on my knees as somebody pushes me.

When most of them are gone, I can finally see whats going on. I see a man flying across the street and crashing into a car.

I start to ran towards him and as I come closer, I see that I know this person. My heart stops for a second as I stare at Akutagawa who is seemingly injured sitting on the ground . I wrap my arm around his waist and try to help him stand up. I expect him to push away but instead he grabs onto my shoulder and pushes his head closer to mine.

"Look out." he whispers into my ear exhausted, but its too late. I can feel something sharp go through my chest. We both fall to the ground. I'm feeling dizzy and all I can see is a blurry figure walking towards us. I feel Akutagawa slowly standing up next to me. He attacks the figure with rashomon, but it dodges it.

I really want to help him but my body feels too heavy to even move.

I begin to pass out as I loose more and more blood. 'Is this the end? Is this how I die? ' Are the only thoughts in my head. I cant even feel the pain anymore. My body went completely numb.

After a few seconds, I loose consciousness completely.

A/N Hii. Thank you for reading this. This is my first time writing something so it probably wont be that good but I will try my best. (Also I'm sorry if there will be some gramar errors but English is not my first language.) <3