City Of Stars; Dazai Osamu

18. Photograph

"Smile, Osamu~"

Before I could say anything or even realize what was happening, a bright flash sparkled right in front of me and then, all I could see was a photograph instead of (Y/N)'s face.

I blinked a couple of times, returning my vision back to normal, before speaking:

"My darling, what are you doing~?" I asked, smiling softly, when (Y/N)'s grinning face finally appeared from behind the photograph

"Nothing~" She replied mischievously, while looking at the photograph

A soft breeze blew again, making her (h/c) hair wave beautifully on this weak wind and also, making a lovesick sigh escape from my throat because I couldn't help, but admire how gorgeous she looked in her light red dress with white dots and her hairstyle, which she called "a disaster" for some reason. Flowers next to her seemed to get brighter, as well as the trees and the grass got greener just because of her presence

Having a small picnic in the park to celebrate her victory in the court was one of the best ideas I've ever had.

"(Y/N)~" I called her, brushing a strand of her hair, behind her ear "Come on, tell me, what are you looking at~"

Finally, she moved closer to me, leaning her back on my chest and proudly showed me the photo, she just took, making a slightly-seen brush creep on my checks.

"You looked so cute~" She said "I just couldn't resist~ Plus, I want to remember this day~"

It was just a simple photo of me with a camomile, that (Y/N) put behind my ear. I was looking away, buried in my thoughts, but a soft smile on my face showed, that these were clearly happy thoughts. Such a simple photo, but even this was enough to make my heart flutter.

"Oh my~ (Y/N), I didn't think, that you'd want to have another photo of me in your collection~" I said

"Silly, I won't ever have enough photos of you~" She giggled

"Even if this is such a simple one~?" I asked

"Its simplicity is what I like about it~" She replied "You don't have any masks on your face in this photo and you just look natural. It's so hard to catch a moment, when you're not fooling around, you know~?"

I laughed softly, kissing the top of her head and pulling her closer to my chest.

And this is the way my life has been like for the past few months: happy and yellow.

After (Y/N) and I started dating after all these years of craving each other, life seemed to finally have some mercy on me. Everything came back in its place and only started getting better.

As I said, (Y/N) won the case against her dad in court and even though, he had an opportunity to go to jail, he was lucky enough to get away with a help of money and being forced to leave the country after getting officially divorced with (Y/N)'s mother so both of them could live in peace from now on. Speaking of her mother, her condition even seemed to get better and she even started to memorize who am I and who I was to (Y/N), what was incredibly good.

My work in the ADA was peaceful. Of course, different, tangled and sometimes dangerous cases didn't go away for they were a casual routine for us, but at least, we didn't have to deal with anything, threatening to the whole city or something like that. Kunikida was still shocked after I told him and Atsushi, that I'm in love with (Y/N) though. He was happy for me, but he still couldn't believe, that I managed to find someone, who could love me and "handle my maniacal behavior". Well...neither could I.