You Deserve Better (Osamu Dazai x Reader)

Chapter 5: The God of Fire - Part 2

(Season 3, Episode 2)

Suddenly, Chuuya drew his hood over his head to cover his face and crouched down to conceal himself.

Dazai and I curiously peered over the top of the arcade machines. "What's wrong?" 

"Just shut up for a second, okay," Chuuya muttered in a hushed voice.

"Oh, look who it is," the brunette cooed, staring at the door.

"Who?" I asked.

"They're wearing those blue bracelets, they must be Sheep members, right?" Dazai concluded. "Is there a problem I don't know about?"

Glancing over at the door, I saw two kids around our age standing by the entrance.

"Does this seem like a good time for them to see me?"

The bandaged boy raised his voice, purposely trying to obtain the Sheep members' attention. "Hey, Chuuya Nakahara come on, let's hurry and get to work! Bosses orders you know!"

What could Dazai possibly gain by doing this? Maybe it's just out of spite.

"What are you, a mental case?!" Chuuya quietly shouted. "Shut up, damn it!"

The boy with silver hair and the girl with pink hair noticed the commotion and hurried over to us.

"Chuuya, there you are!" The silver haired boy sighed in relief. "We've been looking for you."

Chuuya swiftly removed his hood and settled back into his seat. "Oh, hey guys, I'm glad you're safe." 

"Listen, Akira and Shogo were abducted by the Port Mafia," the boy reported. "I say we pay them back right now, let's attack their base and make those scrubs suffer! Just like we always do!"

"Don't worry about them," the ginger boy ordered. "We're actually dealing with it right now."

"Dealing with it?"

"Yup, we're dealing with it," Dazai interrupted. "We've got it all handled at the moment, but why don't you guys tell us what you guys know about Arahabaki? Got anything new?"

"Who the hell is this guy?" The silver-haired boy inquired of Chuuya. "And this girl."

The pink haired girl pressed a finger to her lips. "Think they want to join us?"

"That's one way to describe it." The gravity manipulator gave Dazai a sidelong glance before turning to his friends. "I'm sorry, but do you guys mind answering the question that he asked, please?"

"Sure, I guess," Chuuya's silver haired friend muttered in confusion. "Well, based on the information we gathered, just in the past week, rumors are off the charts about people seeing the old boss and witnessing the black flames."

"So, what's the oldest rumor that can actually be confirmed?" I asked.

"Probably the one from eight years ago," the boy replied. "In that giant explosion that created Suribachi City. Haven't heard about Arahabaki creating any damage prior to that."

"Yeah, I thought that might be the case," Dazai smiled.

"Really, these two weirdos think they're joining the Sheep?" I don't know what this girl is on, but there's no way in hell I'm joining their rag-tag group. 

"The important thing is how are we gonna come up with a plan to get our guys back," the silver haired boy reminded. "They were abducted by the factory road, just past the river!"

"Hold on!" Chuuya raised his voice. "You went past the river?!" The girl with pink hair moved behind the boy with silver hair, fearfully. "You went there to steal booze again, didn't you? Do you know how close that is to the Port Mafia's base? It's right in the middle of the conflict, fool! Don't you realize that's like asking to be abducted?"