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"Their coffee really is delicious."

Naomi sparkled when she heard Atsushi's remark, "I told you! It has this heavenly taste to it, right?" Atsushi chuckled at her excitement over a cup of coffee, "Right, right."

The two workers of the Armed Detective Agency conversed with each other as they walked inside their office's lobby area. Dazai, Tanizaki, and Kunikida just walked in silence. Until Tanizaki joined in.

"How do you like it here so far, Atsushi?" Tanizaki asked him with a smile, "Chill, onii-san! It's just his second day working here, no need to be so fast-paced!" Naomi chuckled while they stood in front of the elevator and waited for its door to unlock.

It was as if a lightbulb popped on top of Naomi's head because the second that bulb "appeared" she neared Tanizaki; whose face paled, "Y'know, being fast-paced doesn't seem so bad, nii-san." Naomi gave a sultry look at the other male who seemed to be going to another galaxy.

Atsushi looked at the two with concern and confusion wrote all over his face, "A-Aren't they siblings?"

"Just never look back, Atsushi." Kunikida said with a shadow forming on his forehead.

The metal doors finally opened, Dazai, Atsushi, and Kunikida let the two siblings in first; deciding that it's the best for all of them to just let them have the elevator first.

Naomi was messing around with her poor brother who was pleading with help through his eyes. The three who stood on the outside of the elevator just looked at him with a 'sorry' look.

The elevator doors closed, leaving the three men in silence.

"So, Atsushi." Dazai finally spoke; breaking the suffocating silence between the three of them, "How do you like it here so far?"

Atsushi chuckled with a hint of nervousness in his tone, "I'm quite entertained. Although I'm nervous if we ever do a mission." Kunikida joined in, "Don't be jittery. Just keep your mind focused and your movements sharp."

Dazai nodded in agreement. No matter the circumstance is, you should always keep your guard up. You can't be a fighter if you lower your guard even for a second.

"You should keep your guard up." The three workers jumped slightly when they heard a voice speak out. They turned around only to see Ranpo standing near the doorway with a lollipop in his mouth.

He took the sweet out of his mouth with a pop and a smirk, "Keeping your guards up is a thing to keep in mind today." Dazai looked at Ranpo directly. Trying his best to make Ranpo open his eyes but alas, he didn't. Ranpo seemed suspicious to Dazai, and he couldn't put a finger on why.

"Why so?" Dazai narrowed his eyes toward Ranpo. Not as to seem hostile or to be aggravated towards him, but as to see any emotions in Ranpo that could possibly lead to Dazai's suspicions.

"Can't tell." Ranpo walked towards them with a smile. The three groaned at his stubbornness to say anything. Ranpo popped the sweet back in his mouth, a sigh of satisfaction was heard from him.

"How do you operate this thing?" Ranpo quickly changed the subject to the elevator, for if he gave more hints to his co-workers about the "surprise," he would definitely spill it all out.

Just when he pressed the up button of the elevator, it opened, and Ranpo faked a surprised look, "Oh! I'm so good at this!" He exclaimed out his success to his friends, who just sweat dropped at their older friend.

The four of them entered the elevator. Only the sounds of feet shuffling and the ding of the elevator were evident.

Silence overcame them once again, and Atsushi cleared his throat since he felt quite uncomfortable.

The detectives continued on their unfinished work from earlier; their stomachs full and their eyes droopy. 1 in the afternoon was always the time they swear their eyes would fall out.

They were all so incredibly sleepy, it was ridiculous. Except for Kenji, he was completely and absolutely out.

Dazai, as usual, wasn't doing anything. He was just loitering inside his desk, looking for something to do.

He saw a small yellow paper in between his files (that he was supposed to do) and he grabbed the yellow paper, deciding to do an origami.

'A paper airplane would do.'

He did the paper airplane with speed. He treated it like it was a ticking bomb and he had 10 seconds left.

Holding up the yellow paper airplane in front of him, he smiled in content at his well-done work.

As any paper airplane maker would do, he wanted to give it a test flight. He turned to the direction to the door. Dazai's goal was to make it past the inside plants, past their little lounge room that was covered by colored glass, and finally to the main door.

Dazai stood up, gaining the attention of Atsushi; who looked at him with confusion,  "Dazai-san, what are you doing?"

Dazai sticked his tongue out, as he narrowed his eyes to the direction of the entrance door, "Watch and learn, Atsushi."

He rocked the plane back and forth, until he released it on third sway. The plane's movement seemed good so far. The yellow paper moved past their inside plants, then past the little lounge room.

Dazai felt like a child again once he saw that the plane was nearing the entrance door.

Just as the yellow plane was an inch away from reaching the entrance, the door opened. Making the plane hit the door and get punched by the wall whilst falling to the floor.

His hopes and dreams were crushed when the plane didn't quite exactly reached the door. It was all ruined by a person simply turning the knob and making their way in.

Just when Dazai was about to shout and whine at the person who opened the door and rant about ruining his amazing test flight, he paused.

Dazai's hazel eyes widened. Every being of his body was frozen. Saying that he couldn't move was an understatement; not only can he not move, his thought train stopped.

Ranpo's words and the president's have never been more clearer to Dazai.
























AAAAAA YALL AAAA
i love writing this book so much I cannot ;(( alSo this is wht the agency looks like for a little reference

AAAAAA YALL AAAA i love writing this book so much I cannot ;(( alSo this is wht the agency looks like for a little reference

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dazai, atsushi, and kunikida's desk are on the right side, so yeah ',:)
hope you all have a nice holidays!

yours truly,
velvet.

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