in the shadows · akutagawa ryunosuke x reader

b u l l y

bully (bʊli, noun) - a person who uses strength or influence to harm or intimidate those who are weaker

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"Pleaseee, [Y/N], have some mercy!" my best friend Yosano whined. I looked at her with squinted eyes. 

"Stop it, okay? I said I won't go." I said with a serious tone. Yosano sighed annoyed and rested her head on my desk. We were currently in a history class and the lesson was about to start so I tried to revise the stuff we talked about last time, but because of her constant moaning, I couldn't focus on reading. It was very unfortunate because our teacher, Mr. Kunikida is very rigorious and we have to know everything he teaches us perfectly, or how he says it "ideally".

"You really are no fun." Yosano mumbled. I hit her with a book and she let out a loud scream. 

"OUCH!" 

Everyone's heads turned towards us. I hid my already red face in the book and Yosano just giggled at my reaction.

Me and Yosano have been friends for over 4 years now and she understood me better than anyone else. The only thing she didn't understand about me is my stubborness - when I say "no", i mean it. She tried to convince me to go to a party that her so-called admirer invited her to. Apparently he's a huge stalker and he's been following her everywhere and because she's pretty scared of him, she wants me to go there with her, but I already know how it's all going to end - she'll find someone cute and I'll have to hang out all by myself for the whole time. 

"Why can't you just do me this one, teeny-tiny favour? I promise I won't ask for nothing else ever!" she took my book away and held her hands like she was praying. I rubbed my forehead and sighed. 

"Yosano, for the last fucking time, I'm telling you I won't go there." I growled. My purple-haired friend rolled her eyes. 

"Can you at least pick me up from there? Walking back home at night, all by myself... and don't forget about the stalker that could probably follow me. Now that is no fun at all. Just pick me up from there, pleaaaaaseeeeee!" she asked me with a begging look. Pissed, I nodded my head in agreetment so that she would stop whining. Yosano screeched loudly and clapped her hands.

"Just know I won't go inside. I'll call you, you get out of the house and we're done." I commanded. She hugged my neck and started chanting "you're the best, you're the best" over and over. Finally, the teacher came to class and she turned around to her seat. 

"Okay class, I'd like to introduce you to your new classmate. Please, introduce yourself." Mr. Kunikida said with a serious tone. I only just realized he did not came alone here. There was a fairly tall, black haired boy standing next to him. He had a weird hairstyle, may I say - his hair was grown a bit on the front and had white ends. His skin was so pale, he was practically invisible. He was wearing a long, black coat, black jeans and a white shirt. And I had to say, ever since he stepped into the class, I could tell there was a weird aura surrounding him. I recognized him straight away but didn't let anyone see it, so I acted like I didn't know him.

"I'm Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Nice to see you..." the boy finally spoke with a monotone, bored voice and looked around the class. When our eyes met, his grey, cold orbits pierced me through. 

"...again." he said, but the way he said it made me shiver and I swear, I saw Yosano shivering too. Mr. Kunikida placed Akutagawa couple seats away from me. I tapped Yosano on her shoulder. 

"Do you know him?" I whispered in a fake, curious tone. Yosano looked at me in shock. 

"Didn't you hear about him?" she covered her mouth with her hand. I shook my head and looked at the boy again.

"He got suspended from our school a couple months ago, but why did he join our class?" Yosano asked herself. 

"What did he do?" I asked again. There was a long moment of silence before my best friend spoke again. I was really hoping my mind was being tricky and this isn't the same guy that I think it is.

"Apparently, he beat up two guys really badly. I heard one of them had a broken jaw and the other was unconcious." Yosano's voice was very serious which doesn't happen that often. She turned around to her seat and I stared at my desk, scared. I couldn't focus on the lesson, all I had in my mind was the same thing, repeating like a broken stereo in my head.

This was the same boy and I was the one who made him get suspended. 

I looked at Akutagawa out of the corner of my eye, the pale boy was already looking at me. He covered his mouth and coughed couple of times, then he gave me a smirk and laughed under his nose. 

He was scary as fuck. 

For the rest of the lesson I was trying not to look at him, which was surprisingly easy, although I could feel his eyes staring at me for most of the time.

When the school bell rang, I packed my stuff and was about to leave, but suddenly I felt a strong grip on my arm. 

"So we meet again..." Akutagawa's voice was deep, way deeper than it used to be. I shivered at the sound of it. 

"What do you want from me?" I asked, trying to get away from is grip, but he didn't let me and grabbed my arm even stronger. 

"I may have been weaker the last time you saw me, but I'm stronger now." he said and moved his head closer to my ear. 

"You'll regret what you did, [Y/N]." he whispered and then left me alone in the classroom. I breathed heavily and tried to proceed what just has happened. Did he just threathen me? I gave myself a little bit more time to calm down and left the classroom.

"Hey, you're alright?" suddenly I heard Yosano asking. I turned around and looked at her. She was leaning against the lockers. Her face was full of worry, but her big purple eyes could kill if she just stared at you. 

"Yeah, I'm fine." I lied to her and gave her a reassuring smile. We then both made our way out of the building, but my back was still cold from the sweat that was coming down my spine at the thought of Akutagawa's words. I wonder if Yosano heard what we talked about. Did I even tell her about what I did? I wasn't completely sure about those things, but I knew one thing.

I knew I was not safe here anymore.

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hey bitches, i bet you thought i was gone for real. 
well hERE I AM, MORE CRUEL THAN BEFORE!! 

i'm so excited to finally show you guys the first chapter of my new story "in the shadows" including akutagawa ryunosuke from the anime bungou stray dogs. i hope you like it, i've been working on it for like a month or sth. 

a quick reminder to anyone who forgot - english is not my native language so if you see any mistakes in the form of incorrect grammar or typos, don't be afraid to point them out to me, it actually helps a lot. 

my updating schedule is the same as it used to be, which is on wednesdays and i'll try to update it every week, but if i don't pls don't hate :(( school sucks y'all

let me know what you think about the first chapter and look forward to the second bc i already have the idea for the title and stuff

alsoo if u want updates on how my writing is going, you can follow me on twitter @/moonlightdeku

'til next time, byeeeee x
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