Denial

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Sometimes all it needs is a push to begin it all. Then it grows, blooms into something more, like some kind of poisonous flower. Sometimes it stops there. Sometimes it gets worse. Sometimes he leaves for a few hours. Sometimes its a few days. Sometimes its a month. Sometimes he comes back sober. Sometimes he comes back drunk. Sometimes, he doesnt come back at all.

It didn't take long for the descent to happen, and it happened fast. Like the move combinations that they had practised so long ago, Dazai quickly fell into the emotion that had been abated so long by the orange haired man. The bruises that hadn't hurt since he made the promise ached, screames for release. And he felt the pain, like a monster tearing apart his very insides, his heart. Some promises can't be kept.

He wasn't there when Chuuya left, he was still upstairs asleep. He didn't hear him getting out of bed. He didn't hear the loud careless footsteps down the stairs. He didnt hear the creaky door open out leading to the yard with the car that they had spent all summer saving up for. He didn't hear when the love of his life left him. This time for good.

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