Thorns. A Soukoku Au.

Everything I knew about you.

So we opened the cover but before it fully torned off,

" A mackarel and A slug, that is the name right?"

"Jeez Chuuchuu. It's a little creepy by the fact you almost know everything."

He opened the packaging and I saw the most hideous (and cute) drawing of a mackarel, a slug, and flowers around them.

I almost burst out laughing because the slug is wearing a hat and the mackarel looks like a fish out of the water, punched up and have bandages. From the corner of my eye, I saw bandages covering his face with his right arm, smiling and blushing.

"Excuse you but my art is as decent as your taste in fashion."

"Excuse you my ass. I am not as picky as you trying to know your bandages."

We just stared at each other for more than a moment. We laughed down and just coughing and wheezing. We really knew each other so well.

He started opening the book and it have cute little stickers and photographs. It all bring back memories.

The first time we met.

The first time I show my powers to Dazai and showing his too.

"Look! I can fly!"

"Whoa! High five!" The small Dazai is planning something from the start and until now. Our hands touched and it seem like forever until a huge crash was heard across the big room.

"My ability, No Longer Human, stops any ability. If I were you, better go on places that is high. The type that is high for me. A shortie like you won't even reach the top of my head." He snickered.

The first mission that we went together as a team. Dazai just looks around while I fight them until he adapts it himself.

Our first drink. We found a bottle of wine from our mission. Found out that I have low tolerance on alcohol but loves it anyway.

The first time I used corruption. The time, Soukoku was born. We are the top and most feared duo in the whole japan. Now, not even people from other country can defeat us.

The bar we used to drink at. Still open for business.

The date when Dazai is trying to CPR me.

His first champagne.

The time I am on the ceiling, sulking. Just because I spilled the wine while drinking some. I just stayed there until Dazai bought me some.

The time when we hiked out to the woods, I thought that it is a mission but no.

Going on the hot springs.

The list of nicknames that we gave to each other and eventually, we lost count of it.

Random stuff we did for fun.

11 pages of photographs and captions and more stuff like that.

The next page is our personal information. I looked to bandages because I saw:

Like: Chuuya Nakahara

What the fuck Dazai. That is the only thing that weirds me out. As I was supposed to move the page, Dazai stopped me. He held my hand and said:

"Na-ah! Pens first! This is an answer book!"

"What the actual fuck you walking mummy."

"Sheeeesh. Just go on with it"

"Ok fine" It is not like I had a choice.

So I turned the page and have there:

'Questions of Mackerel'

I answered them all but keep eye-ing this one:

"Chuuya, why do you think I can't commit suicide successfully?"

I wrote down my answer.
"It is you being strong. It is like telling everyone that you can't be killed by them. And nobody can. Not even yourself"

And on the next page have sticky notes and said:

'Questions from hat-rack'

Like, why Dazai, why? The mackerel and the hat rack don't make any sense at all. So instead of saying that, I just crossed out the hat-rack part with a big "X" and wrote above it:

'Questions from the slug you bandage using trashass'

I guess that is all so, trying to not mind the scribble I made, I continue to do the stuff and wrote 8 questions.

I gave it back to Dazai and he answered it all but it seem so off. It seems like he is lying.

"Oi, why is your answers are like this?"

"That is all true."

Spying on the questions, which almost all of them is about emotion or feelings, Dazai spoke up.

"Is this one of those times that you want me to lie, just to protect your delicate emotions, Chuuya? You know that I would never lie on something like this. You know how dead serious I am right? I know that some of them looks like a joking answer like the question there is about my past but is it all true." Dazai stated with a serious face.

"I-- I am sorry. It is just that, I feel like once you lied to me about that, I can't afford to trust you anymore. I am scared of thinking a out that happening." I said with a hint of sadness in my tone.

"It is okay. But you can trust me more. I am reassuring you that your pal here is the best one you'll ever had!" And he reaced his hand for me. As I held his hand, he pulled me in for a hug. I could hear him sniffing my auburn locks and hugging me tightly. I hugged back and I just cuddled into his chest.

After that cuddling and shit, I sat on his lap continuing the book. We laughed like how we laugh when we were little. We talked about stuff and just let time pass by. As we reached the last part, I wasn't expecting this but there is a written "Last wishes".

I remember Dazai on my dream and his last wish but, there are nothing written on it.

"We will fill it out a year after this, okay chuchuu?"

"Fine. Put the date there so we will remember."

As he puts on a date, he sighed and he talked.

"Chuuya, in case we won't be able to write it down, remember that, even it is not my last wish, my greatest wish and dream have already came true."

"Huh? What is it? Committing syicide with me? I guess that you really want to die with a woman, right?" I snarled.

"No. Almost the same but no. The greatest wish that I made is that,... I would be with you. And I love you for it. You are my biggest dream Chuuya. Knowing you is the best experience I ever had."

And he hugged me closely to his chest. And while I am still flattered, I am able to speak up these words:

"I love you too, Bakazai"

"I hope things won't change shortie" And he just continued to hug me closely.