White Lily (Dazai Osamu x gn! Reader)

Aftermath

"Why, I see you're back, Dazai." Dazai enters the boss' office. The dark room has its windows covered.

Mori sits comfortably at his desk. Gloved fingers folded as per usual, he welcomes Dazai back.

"I take it you've completed the mission? Seeing as (Y/n) isn't back here that is."

"Who knows?" He shrugs off Mori. "Ooo hey-By any chance did you work on that super special suicide substance???"

Mori's eyes narrow.

"Your suicide substance? It's as close to completion as your mission it seems, Dazai. So you didn't assassinate (Y/n) after all?"

"Nope~" Dazai spares no effort trying to explain himself to Mori. Nor does Mori himself pry into it.

"I see. I considered this possibility, though I didn't expect you would actually choose not to kill them. How peculiar." He chuckles.

Dazai thinks otherwise of the situation however.

"That's a lie, isn't it. Truth is, you wanted this, no? It seemed like your mind was made up from the start. Thats for both the smugglers and (Y/n)." Dazai's expression turns cold.

"What you actually needed was for someone to scare that wandering immortal into loyalty toward the Port Mafia, right?" Mori smiles as bright as ever.

"That so? Haha. That's correct. You're on point as always." Dazai enters deep thought for a moment before pulling back to reality.

"Hm. Exactly what could you need them for, Mori?"

"Who knows? Until that time, I trust that you'll have things covered, though?"

"I guess you're not explaining then." Mori unlaces his fingers and sits back in his chair.

"Why? Curious about my business with (Y/n)?"

"Heh. Maybe I am. Maybe not." Dazai puts on an air of indifference.

"Well then. Isn't it more fun when you can figure it out for yourself?" Mori chuckles to himself.

"Very funny. I guess I'll just have to do that."

"Just focus on the task at hand for now, Dazai. The time will come. It will."

Dazai's carefree attitude returns slowly. He crosses his arms nonchalantly behind his head and starts walking out.

"If you say so~See ya later, boss."

"Good luck, Dazai." The door clicks shut behind him. Dazai leaves the room humming a cheery tune of his demise.

Plop. You fall back on your bed.

"Damn. The heck was all that today..."

You don't know what just happened. Well, you know technically, but nothing is processing.

Let's see...

You've been found out and have almost been branded a traitor by the Port Mafia. And then there's Dazai. You've fallen off a building and by some miracle, nearly died. There's also Dazai. You've also experienced pain; Real pain and even seen the color of your oxygenated blood-And that's because of freaking DAZAI.

Dazai. Dazai. Dazai. Dazai.

You laugh quietly to yourself. Today felt like some weird fever dream. This Dazai...Just who is he? You want to know. This guy...he isn't...normal.

He said it was his ability...What was it? 'No Longer Human'? Something like that...

He used it on you and you actually got hurt...

This fact scares you. It means you'd essentially be vulnerable to him in comparison to the rest of the world. Or perhaps, you'd be...normal?

No. You realize nothing good comes out of your ability being broken through. You somewhat regret getting close to that guy. You regret finding out about this pain.

Because now you know this primal fear too now. What an inconvenience...

You throw yourself beneath your blankets. Snug and warm. Much to your dismay, you'd soon be having nightmares about today.

There's something you wanna find out though.

By all means do you still want to leave the Port Mafia. That wish will never change. This kind of life, to put it lightly,-sucks. You don't understand how anyone would join this organization unless they were desperate for work.

However, in the time that you're stuck here, you've found a point of curiosity to draw yourself to. A minor distraction until you can free yourself from this place.

Dazai.

"I wonder just what kind of cog makes you tick?"

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Author's Note:

Hello to both my readers on Wattpad and Quotev,

I really want to thank you for all the interest and support this story has received thus far. It sort of shocks me to see how many people have checked it out, let alone come back and read the new chapters-(For real, thank you for that.) I'm very much looking forward to showing what's to come in future chapters, and I hope to keep making this story for you guys. Until then!

-MementoMori