Live for you, die for you

4. Helping

"Ha??! Helping? Why in the world would I help to that bandage waste?!" Chuuya didn't liked the idea of helping to Dazai.

"You met him one week ago now, I thought we can make a comeback for Double Black." Mori was speaking in a calm tone. "Dazai-kun needs your help, Chuuya-kun. And that would be the perfect time for you two to reunite."

"Boss! I won't help him."
Mori sighed. "That's an order, Chuuya-kun. Or do you want to go against me?"

The ginger haired male narrowed his eyes. "No, boss that's not what I meant-"

"Good. Then you can go immediately. Don't disappoint me."

Chuuya let out a frustrated growl. "Yes, boss, I understand." He bowed a little and left Mori's office.

***

"You really are an idiot."
"Thank you Chibi, I love honest people."
"If you dare to call me Chibi again, I will slice your fucking throat."
"Yeah, like a garden gnome like you could reach my neck. Or should I bend down for you?" Dazai teased Chuuya with a smirk.
The shorter male had enough and slapped the other's cheek. "If you say one more thing, I will definitely kill you."

Dazai seemed to be unfazed by the slap and laughed. "You need to be more careful here, Chibi, you don't want to ruin our little disguise, right?"

The two of them were in a gala, disguised as rich people who were invited. They had to eliminate the boss of a big company who meant danger to both the ADA and PM. That's why they were working as partners again. Like in the old times.

Chuuya frowned and clenched his fist. "Just shut up. I don't want to hear your voice, not even when it's necessary for you to tell something."

"Too bad, you will hear me anyway."
Chuuya let out an annoyed sigh and turned away, observing the people, hoping he will spot their target. Dazai did the same. But he couldn't do it without his hands wandering back to his tie.

"It's freaking tight. Why did I needed to dress up like this..." He mumbled to himself. Chuuya made an angry glare at him.

"You act like you never wore a tie before. Come on, adjust it properly so we can do our job."

"But it's freaking hard." He started fiddling with the tie. Chuuya made an annoyed look and his hand found their way to the other's tie and adjusted it properly.

"Here you go. You damned mackerel, you can't do anything properly." He looked in Dazai's brown eyes and stopped for a second. He seemed to be lost in those eyes, but Dazai made him snap out of it.
"Do you like what you see?" Asked jokingly.

Chuuya's cheeks flushed a bit red and looked away. "Of course not, shut your mouth."

Dazai leaned closer to the other's face with a smirk. "Just admit it, you still like my eyes. Just like back then."
"No, I don't like it. Quit that stupidity."
"Don't lie, you still love me, I know it."
It was like a hundreds of stabs in Chuuya's heart. It was the past when he loved Dazai, right? He wanted to leave behind all those feelings. All those memories with the other. He thought he got rid of them for a long time, but now he had to realise he was just lying to himself. He hated it. He hated the fact that he still loves Dazai, he still wants those kisses, all those cuddles.
"I hate you." He said with a cold voice.
Dazai smirked, but deep down it hurt him. But of course, he just kept smiling like nothing happened.

They looked around again when Dazai spotted their target and pointed at him.
"Chuuya, I have the target. Here he is." The ginger haired male looked over the direction where Dazai pointed. Somehow he looked familiar.

"Hey, Dazai... Don't you find him a little familiar? I have this feeling I've seen him before. Or my eyes are just playing tricks with me."
Dazai only narrowed his eyes.
"..."
"Oi, bandage waste! Answer me."
"You don't remember, don't you?..."
Chuuya raised an eyebrow.
"Should I remember him? Do we know him?"
"Well... no, we don't know him. But we knew someone close to him. But let's go now, he will be out of our sight." Dazai clearly didn't wanted to discuss it further, he started walking closer to their target.
Chuuya couldn't do anything just follow him. He still had a big question mark in his mind. Why does that man seems familiar?

***

"Dammit, Dazai! It's your fault that we got caught! You had to make a mistake, ha??"

They were tied to a chair together in a room without any door (don't ask how they put them in if there's no door) because they got caught. Dazai made a little mistake and they got suspicious in the enemy's eyes.

"It was you who told me to do it!"
"Ha??! Stupid mackerel, don't you dare to blame me, I didn't do anything with this!"
Dazai looked around if there's a way to escape, completely ignoring Chuuya's tantrum. He spotted a vent above them.

"...and if you dare to blame me again-"
"Chuuya."
"-I will definitely kill your pathetic ass-"
"Chuuya!"
"-you fucking waste of bandages!"
"CHUUYA!"
"What?!"
Dazai sighed. Finally, Chuuya paid attention to him. "I found a way to escape."
"You did?"
"No, dumbass, I'm playing tricks with you- OF COURSE I DID!"

Chuuya was slightly taken aback by how aggressively spoke Dazai.
"What is wrong with you?!"
"Nothing. Let's just escape. They took your knife, right?"
"Uhh, yeah, they did."

Dazai smirked.
"Too bad, I have mine."
Chuuya looked at him a little confused.
"But they took every weapon from us."

The taller male just laughed a little.
"Yeah, they did, but not that one." He moved his hands (as much as he could because of the ropes), and a knife slipped out from his sleeve.

"Of course, another new dirty trick of yours, why am I even surprised." Chuuya rolled his eyes, but deep down he felt like he saw this trick from Dazai. Dazai cut the ropes and they stood up.

"Chuuya, look up. There's a vent. Use your ability and then pull me up." The shorter male just nodded and activated his ability. He flew up and kicked the vent open, then pulled the other up. They went a little further and sat down.

Chuuya sighed and leaned against the vent's wall. Dazai was a little uncomfortable due to his bigger body, but he managed to sit down. The ginger haired male was lost in thought. All the events that happened in the past hour had some deja vu feeling.

"Mackerel... don't you think something like this happened to us before? I feel like we were trapped in the same room once and escaped through the vents. And you even used the same trick of yours."

Dazai stared at his partner. He had some bitter feelings. "You don't remember... it kinda hurts, ya know."
Chuuya raised an eyebrow. What was he supposed to remember?

Dazai laughed. "A mackerel and a slug's confession."

And it hit Chuuya. The realisation hit him. His eyes widened and looked at the other.

"You still remembered and I didn't?..."

Dazai just smiled a little bit at the thought of the memory.

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Jeez, that was a pain that write, but definitely fun. I'm pretty sure I made some grammar mistakes, please ignore them, thx🙏
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