3:12 am | Dazai Osamu

18. loved and loving

"I'm home!" I exclaimed, once I stepped into my and (Y/N)'s apartment

A tasty smell instantly hit my nostrils and quick, but light footsteps could be heard. In a matter of second, (Y/N) appeared in the corridor with a large smile on her face as she jumped on me, hugging me tightly by my neck.

I couldn't help, but smile widely too, hugging her back and spinning her around a little.

"Welcome home~" She whispered in my ear, before nibbling at it playfully "I missed you a lot~"

"I missed you too, sugar pop~" I replied, putting her down on the ground to be able to look her in the eyes

(Y/N) was the reason why I loved coming home this much. Before she moved in with me, I couldn't even call this place my home because I barely spent time here, except for sleeping. But with (Y/N), I am now looking forward to coming here every day to be able to spend some time with the owner of my rotten heart.

I placed my hand on her cheek gently and kissed her as tenderly as possible.

A soft sigh escaped from both of us because finally we were together again. No more work, no more school, just us. I could practically feel how (Y/N) melted in my arms because of the slow movements of my lips on hers as she pulled me closer to her by my neck and brushed my hair, making me melt as well.

Our kiss was slow, but loving and maybe even a little passionate, even though I was trying to hold back as much as possible because I didn't want to rush with such things, knowing that (Y/N) may not be ready. However, in the moments like this, when I finally got to kiss her after a whole day of not seeing her and not being able to touch her, I sometimes just wanted to press her to the wall and make her moan and crave for more just because of one kiss of mine...

But I didn't let myself do it.

I pulled back from her lips, immediately getting an unsatisfied, but incredibly cute pout from her.

"Come on~ Don't give me this face~" I said, poking at her nose

"Your kisses always feel like it's never enough~" She replied, blushing slightly "No matter how much time you kiss me, I always need more...~ It's so magical...~"

"It's just love, (Y/N)~" I explained, pecking her lips one last time before pulling back from her to take off my coat and shoes

"How was work today?" She asked me, while waiting for me

"Boring as always." I replied, sighing "I was just doing paperwork the whole day, had one meeting, then a training session with Akutagawa...Hm, what else? Ah, right, another threatening note again. Nothing special."

"Wait, a threatening note?" (Y/N) asked again "You get them so often?"

"Well, pretty often. I'm a Mafia executive, after all, and I have a lot of enemies." I replied "However...this one was from someone you know."

(Y/N)'s face immediately got darker and more serious.

"Hamada tried threatening you?" She questioned

"Well, the note said this:"I will not forgive you, nor forget what you've done. You will regret it, unless you give her back." Nothing too creative, just a regular boring threat. That imbecile wasn't even smart enough to come up with something creatively creepy." I answered, walking up to her

I wrapped my hands around her waist gently, before kissing her forehead.

"Don't worry, (Y/N)." I said in a soothing voice "You're safe with him. I won't let him get you back, nor that I'll let you go back to the life you had before."

"But I can't let him hurt you either!" She exclaimed, suddenly hugging me tightly "What if...he actually plans something, that will cause you pain or troubles?"

"Then I'll return that pain to him 2 times more." I replied, kissing her temple "I'm stronger and smarter than him. Just relax and trust me, alright?"

"Alright..."She exhaled heavily, nuzzling into my chest

"Moreover, he will probably not do anything because of my reply to his threat. It might be too complicated for his rotten brain to understand." I said "I usually never reply to threats though, but I couldn't help, but have fun a little."

"What did you reply then?" She asked

"A cage is out in search of a bird*." I answered, smirking "I hope, that his last brain cells will get the hint~"

(Y/N) chuckled, before lifting her head to look at my face.

"I hope so too~" She said "I love you, Osamu~"

"I love you too, (Y/N)~" I replied, pecking her lips

I pulled back again, but still kept a hand on her waist, and headed to the kitchen, where the tasty smell was coming from.

"Oh what are you cooking~? It smells wonderfully~" I questioned, walking up to the stove, where the food was cooking

"I'm just making soup with noodles, chicken and vegetables~" she chuckled "It's nothing special~"

"Need help~?" I asked her

"No!" She exclaimed immediately, probably remembering our last Tuesday, when she tried to teach me how to cook

Well, shortly...I nearly set up a fire and "amazed" (Y/N) with how I haven't died of hunger with such cooking skills yet and since then, I've been banned from cooking at all.

"I just asked~" I chuckled, raising hands in defeat

And this was the way our life went by for now...Quietly, happily and calmly. We shared lots of cute domestic moments like this, that made my heart explode from love for some reason as I was finally able to feel those infamous butterflies in my stomach. This evening wasn't any different. We just ate dinner, cuddled a little after it and went to sleep, hoping that the following day was going to be as peaceful as this one.

However, little did we knew that on the next day, we were about to receive some rather unpleasant and peculiar news from the bird, that didn't get the hint.

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A cage is out in search of a bird* - is a quote by Franz Kafka. However, I translated this from the way the quote is in Russian so I do not guarantee that if you google it, it'll sound the same in English.