Amethyst |Dazai x Reader

16. Pursuit

꧂☼ஜீ☼꧁

"Play with me rather than with that ugly stuffed toy!!"
"No! I don't wanna! Brother, you always end up hurting all of my friends like Ms. Rabbit...."

         "...I'm sorry, (Y/N).."

There's slight shuffling as the figure in bed gets up. The sun rays peek in through the curtains into the almost empty bedroom. The figure's long white hair falls over her own face, the glass-like purple eyes of the girl seem empty and dull. Lifeless.

"What an unpleasant dream." She grumbles. (Y/N) looks at the clock by her bedside table but her eyes dart towards the photo frame beside it. She stares at the figures in the picture, her eyes twitching slightly.
The girl's face dawns an unreadable expression. Her doll-like eyes look like the dark and like the murky waters of a pond, waters that look so dark and deep yet so gentle. She slowly reaches out and holds the frame in her hands, tracing her finger along the figure of a young boy smiling wide in the picture. Then she whispers,

"We only have each other."

—

"Ah! Good morning Atsushi-kun!! A wonderful morning, isn't it? Hahahaha!~"

"Oh, Dazai-san? Good morning!" Atsushi turns around as he hears the familiar cheery voice behind him. He smiles and greets the brunette behind him.
Dazai walks up to Atsushi before slinging his arm around the white head's shoulder. Pedestrians walk past them as Dazai slightly leans down to whisper,

"Man in a black suit. In front of the store approximately 50m behind us. We need to lose him. Grab me and make a run for it using your ability." He says before smiling brightly again and proceeding to walk on the street. He pulls out a pair of black leather gloves from his pocket before slipping them on.

Atsushi looks slightly over his shoulders. He spots the man that Dazai was referring to before grabbing Dazai's arm. Atsushi activates his ability, his arms and legs turn to that of the Zodiac tiger's before lifting up Dazai in his arms, lunging forward at top speed.

Dazai looks over Atsushi's shoulder and sees the man in the black suit run after them, screaming on his phone, calling for more units.

—

"A..atsushi-kun... I don't feel very good." Dazai wobbles on the ground dizzily while Atsushi peeks over the railings of the roof of a certain building. The white haired male sighs a breath of relief as he no longer spots the peculiar men in black suits.

"Dazai-san! What's all of this about?!" The male whisper-yells while looking at the brunette who was holding his head in his hands. Dazai groans while straightening up slightly.

"Let's go back to the agency first. This isn't something we should be talking about here." He says and Atsushi nods, a troubled expression crossing his face.

"So, what did you do this time, shitty Dazai." A blonde haired male impatiently taps his foot on the floor while folding his arms.

"No, no, no. Kunikida-kun I swear I didn't do anything wrong. Someone's just trying to kill me." Dazai says while pouting his lips. Kunikida pinches his nose bridge while closing his eyes, clearly troubled. Dazai digs his hands into his pockets before plopping down on a sofa.

"I was trying to find leads on the John Leonstein Case and one thing lead to another before this happened. It started 2 days ago, when I was getting information out of some very unreliable but only available sources and those blacks suited men been following me ever since. I shake them off most of the time but other times, it doesn't always go the way I want it to, like this morning. "

"So do you have any idea who's behind this?" Tanizaki asks from the other corner of the room.

"I was trying to get information on the Goethe Family after looking through the files on John Leonstein." The brunette says as his eyes brows furrow.

"It doesn't seem like a coincidence that they're after you right when you were investigating about them. But.. the Goethe family huh? This can be a problem." Kunikida folds his arms after adjusting his glasses.

"Can't we just directly ask them what they want from Dazai?" Atsushi voices out.

"That's not possible since we have no evidence to prove that the men are indeed sent by the Goethe family." Kunikida shakes his head.

"Why not let them catch him then?" A voice comes from behind the group. Everybody whips around to see the President standing in the doorway.

"Huh?" Atsushi and Tanizaki look at Fukuzawa in shock as the man walks in.
"If it's Dazai they want, they can just have him. That way we can find out their motives and avoid the troublesome paws of the Goethe Family... till some extent at least."

"And after we find out, we can just rescue him— is what you mean right, President?" Kunikida says, a small smile coming across his face. The President nods and then continues with a serious tone,

"However, do not underestimate them. We don't know what they've got planned. Leave immediately if you feel like there's a danger you cannot overcome. Our opponents are the Goethe Family— this isn't going to be easy."

"Yes sir!" Everyone says in unison.

—
Hey guys!!🌸 How's everyone holding up with the recent situation? I hope you all are doing fine and being safe in quarantine! Take care and stay safe!
Xoxo