The Mafioso's Runaway//Dazai X Reader

23. Slow Dancing on the Roof

" I'll keep that promise then."

" Eh..?," Dazai stood there, slightly dumbfounded. He wouldn't have expected this from his partner, as he always had some sort of resentment for him. It'd have to take more than the simple will of his heart to convince Chuuya. " You heard me, mackerel. Or what? You become deaf or something?," the redhead let out a chuckled," I am here to visit her, after all. She's a valuable partner to me." He walked past Dazai and put his gloved hand on the door.

" Besides...," Chuuya continued," There's always some sort of scheme up your sleeve. I feel that if I never really have a choice when it comes to things like this. This better be for (Y/N) and that's it. I may not know her well, but I can't stand it when you always make a woman go home crying."

He opened the door, walking away from the scene.

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I'd been running around Yokohama all day looking for evidence. Dazai was doing the same while watching after her, but I'd heard that he went out to meet me. At the time, I was at an old curry restaurant, the one that I always have lunch at. The old man who owns it takes care of some orphans that I'd picked up from an incident a couple years back: The Dragon Head Conflict.

All I could remember was the sight of dead corpses around the street, the sky was so blood red that night. Everyone was involved, even I, being the lowly runt that I was.

" Oda, ya alright there?," his voice interrupted my thoughts. " Yeah...," I mumbled, taking a bite of the curry in front of me," Just lost in thought I guess." " Where's that partner of yours? Is she busy?," he said curiously. " She's actually no longer my partner anymore because she's moved up in ranks. However, we're still good friends and I always meet her at the bar she works at.," my expression went a little glum," However, she's been injured, so she's currently not working."

The man hummed at my response," I hope she recovers soon." I took another bite," How's the curry?"

" The same as usual. How are the kids?"
" The same as usual."

I wasn't exactly satisfied with that answer, but I continued to eat anyways. " Why don't you go and visit them? However, they might be a little upset that (Y/N)'s not there to visit." I decided to do so and got up from my chair and headed towards the stairs outside.

I looked down and counted the pairs of shoes of the floor. There were five kids, four boys and one girl: Kousuke, Katsumi, Yuu, Shinji, and Sakura. I introduced them to (Y/N) a while back when we first met, she really hit it off well with them too. They saw her like a mother, I guessed. Then again, the two of us would take care of them and visit from time to time. We never really called ourselves parents of the children, nor did we have any sort of romantic feelings for each other. I saw her more of my sister, and I'm pretty sure she felt the same.

However, we were still like a big old family.

I walked up to the door and took a breathe before walking in. " Yo kids. How's it been?," I greeted while opening the door. It was oddly silent, but this wasn't something new. My eyes traveled around the room. One, two, three, four... Where was the fifth one? In a short second, I got hit in the face with a pencil, knocking me down on my feet. The fifth child was hiding under a blanket and tackled me to the ground.

I was a little surprised, they developed a new strategy every time I come to visit. It was a little game we played, they always wanted to find some sort of way to tackle me down. It was impressive, and they adapted with each failure. Soon enough, they might find themselves working for the mafia.

A lot of tackling down and they were all able to hold my arms and legs, immobilizing me. Their "leader", Kousuke, walked up to me," We got you know, hey Odasaku!!!" He laughed maniacally at his small victory. I sighed," I guess I'm gonna show you how the mafia really works."