Chuuya's POV.
I'd say this was a successful night out. I mean, when me and Dazai went our separate ways, I did not feel the urge to sneak up behind him and strangle him to death. Although I did feel the urge to stay with him for a little bit longer so who knows, maybe I've finally descended into madness.
I walked home, the weather outside was beautiful, for once it was nice and sunny. Too bad I'm a wanted mafia member, I had to walk through alleyways, can't risk someone recognizing me.
When I entered my house, all of my pending work finally hit me like a truck. I immediately noticed the messy piles of papers and documents scattered around my desk, "Ew." I then saw my laptop flickering aggressively, alerting me that it was out of battery, "Shit where's my charger?" And then I realized something that made me sink to my knees, "What the fuck am I supposed to say if boss asks me where I was last night!?"
Holy fuck I can't just say "Oh I was out with the fucking man who used to be your demon prodigy but then betrayed us all only to join our enemy organization!" Shit! I'm screwed.
3rd person POV.
While Chuuya was panicking, he decided it was only a waste of time and that he should rather be finishing up work. And so that's what he did.
For the next week or so, Chuuya worked non-stop. The 3 feet tall stacks of documents were now nothing more than 5-7 pages. His brand new pen that he bought 4 days ago was now down to its last drop of ink. He must've plugged and unplugged his laptop charger at least a thousand times. Each day he probably slept at 2:45 am and woke up at 5 am.
Exhaustion was killing him.
His phone was also buried somewhere in the couch, and it was on silent mode. Chuuya had been neglecting the outside world so much, he didn't realize that he had started to concern the people around him. More specifically, Akutagawa.
With the ADA.
"Dazai, quit singing that stupid suicide song of yours and get your work done, we have a meeting in five minutes." Kunikida demanded, typing a report on his computer.
"No can do Kunikiiiiiiiiiida-kun~ it's too much effort to remove my headphones, place them down, walk over to my computer, and type a bunch of letterssss..." The lazy brunet replied from the couch.
"Your computer is not even 2 feet away! Now get off your ass and st-" RIIIIIIIIIING.
Dazai's buzzing phone interrupted the blond's lecture. He reached for his phone and stared at the screen. "Unknown number."
Beep.
"Hello?~ Is death calling me to tell me that it's ready to take me?~"
"Dazai-san..." The man on the phone answered.
"Hehhh? Akutagawa-kun? Sorry, I'm in the middle of writing a very important report, I'll battle you some other time, see ya!~" Dazai chirped, earning a scowl from Kunikida.
"N-no that's not why I called...have you seen Chuuya-san..?"
Dazai sat up, "Chibi? No, I haven't, why?"
"Me and Kouyou-san have been trying to reach him but he's not answering the phone, I was wondering if you were in contact with him, I guess not..."
"Did you look properly? Maybe he's just too small for you to notice~"
Akutagawa sighed on the other line, Dazai heard a soft "thank you for your time" before the call hung up.
"Chuuya is out of reach huh.." Dazai whispered, concern lacing his voice. Atsushi, who was sitting nearby, managed to hear him. He looked up from the file he was scanning. "Dazai-san..is everything alright? You look puzzled," the teen asked.
"Ahh I'm fine, I was just thinking about something~"
[Atsushi] More like someone...
"Atsushi-kun,"
"Yes!"
"Finish my report for me would you?~ I have something to do."
"E-ehhh?..."
"Oi you bandage wasting device, where are you headed off to?" Kunikida questioned, switching off the computer he was working on.
"Nowhere important, bye!~" And just like that, the brunet was out the door.
"M-maybe I should go with h-"
"Sit down. You still have that entire file to finish reading through." Kunikida ordered, to Atsushi's disappointment.
With Dazai.
Dazai knocked on the door in a rhythmic pattern. It was actually one he used when he was fifteen as a passcode to alert Chuuya that the person behind the door was him.
His concern only grew when there was no answer. Dazai used his old spare key to unlock the door.
"Chibi?" He whispered. Still no response.
Dazai quietly stepped inside, softly closing the door behind him. His eyes scanned the room, searching for his little ginger. He finally spotted the other man, sitting cooped up on his chair, his (Chuuya's) back facing him (Dazai).
The redhead was typing vigorously on his laptop, completely unaware of the man wrapped in bandages behind him. He was only disturbed when he felt a warm and heavy cloth fall on his shoulders.
Chuuya snapped his head to the right, finally noticing how he was not alone in his house.
It was then when Dazai noticed the heavy dark circles under Chuuya's sleepy blue eyes. "Dazai?! Why are you here..?!" Chuuya half screamed half-whispered.
"Chibiii, why aren't you taking care of yourself properly hm? Your subordinates are worried."
"I couldn't find my phone..."
Dazai glanced at the couch, the phone was right there beside the pillow.
[Dazai] Just how sleep deprived is he?
"Get out of my house, I need to work..."
The taller man sighed, reaching over, he slowly closed Chuuya's laptop. "No, you don't."
"Ha?" Chuuya started to turn his laptop on again, "Yes I do! I'm almost done, there's only a li-" he was interrupted when Dazai slapped his hand away from the laptop. "No. You don't. I will tell you exactly what's about to happen. You, are going to sleep."
"I'm not sleepy."
"Tell that to the bags under your eyes, please I can barely even see your eyes!"
"So what? I only have to write out one more re- hey!" Chuuya got cut off when he felt himself being lifted up into the air and being carried over Dazai's shoulder like a sack of potatoes. "Oi! Put me down this instant!"
"No can do, Your Highness~" Dazai smiled his regular 'Hah I win' smile.
~
The bandaged man dropped Chuuya on the blanket and wrapped him up like sushi and tied the roll with a rope so Chuuya had no choice but to stay in the blanket.
"Let me out of this you bandaged fuck!" The chibi yelled at Dazai who grinning like an idiot.
"Oh my god I have to get a picture of this!~"
"Don't you dare! I swear to god once I get out of this I will turn you into actual sushi and sell you for free around Yokohama!" Chuuya threatened.
"Fufufufu you need to figure out how to get out first~~ I'm going to go get a glass of wine~~ Be asleep by the time I'm back ok?~"
"STAY AWAY FROM MY WINE!"
"Can't hear you~~" Dazai purred and walked away, closing the door behind him, silently giggling.
~
The brunet came back inside the room, holding cranberry juice instead of wine. He knows Chuuya's wine is precious. But just to freak the smaller one out, he had poured the juice in a wine glass.
Dazai tilted his head, Chuuya wasn't moving. "Hmmm?~ Did slug already fall asleep?"
Chuuya slowly turned his head towards Dazai, his face was all red and sweaty, his hair was dishevelled -probably from the many failed attempts of trying to wriggle his way out-.
"It's hot in this you know..." The ginger mumbled in a deep voice -he's referring to the blanket calm down-. "Take it off..." he half-whispered in a husky voice that could make anyone question their sexuality. There was a hint of tease in his voice which made Dazai gulp.
Once he regained his composure from Chuuya's sudden -sexy- attack, he said, "Is Chuuya trying to seduce me into untying him?~"
"Me? Never...I would never do something like that~"
"Tch. Fine. Well played, Nakahara Chuuya. I'll let you out."
"Hah, I wi-"
"ON one condition."
"...Go ahead."
"You will actually sleep."
Chuuya thought about it for a few seconds, it's true he didn't get much sleep.
"Fine, deal. Now let me out of this I can barely breathe."
After Dazai untied him.
"You have weird ways of making people fall asleep," the ginger complained.
"Hey hey hey! You should thank me! If not for me telling you to sleep, Chuuya would've passed out by now!"
The smaller man frowned as he covered his face with the blanket.
Dazai sat on the chair beside the bed just to make sure that Chuuya got some sleep.
~
It had been about 15 minutes, surely the redhead was asleep by now. Dazai confirmed this by lowering the blanket from Chuuya's face. Yep, he was definitely sleeping, even snoring softly (A/N it wasn't loud obnoxious snoring lmao, it was soft and precious).
Dazai covered Chuuya's face again, silently leaving the room. He walked over to the couch where Chuuya's phone was and picked it up (the phone not the couch lol). He unlocked the phone -he knows the password because Chuuya trusts him and told him when he was still in the mafia- and dialled Kouyou's number.
"Hello?! Chuuya?! Where have y-"
"Nee-san, it's me, Dazai."
"Dazai? Dazai Osamu? Why are you calling me? And why is it from Chuuya's phone?"
"The little hatrack is sleeping and I-"
"What did you do!?"
"Nee-san I didn't do anything, the slug had overworked himself and his mind had basically disconnected itself from the real world. Anyways, I was calling you to tell you that you should be here when he wakes up."
"Why?"
"Just to make sure that he eats something and doesn't immediately go back to working."
"..Alright. Heh."
"What?"
"You're not even in the mafia anymore, yet you still care for him. Hah, what strange children you are."
"Ok gotta go! Bye-bye!" Dazai quickly hung up. "Care for him, my ass! I'm just making sure he gets proper sleep." He left a little sticky note on the table, telling Kouyou that Chuuya was in his room.
He put his shoes on and left the house.
~
Kouyou arrived 20 minutes later, knocking on the door. There was no response, so she assumed that the lad was still asleep. Kouyou opened the door -she also has a spare key- and silently stepped inside. Noticing the note, she made her way to Chuuya's room and peeked inside, he was sleeping soundly.
Kouyou smiled and walked into the kitchen, preparing a meal for the ginger.
She was glad that Dazai stopped by.
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I'm so sorry ankawedenfkn I'm practically updating at the very last moment, bUT to make it up, I wrote a longer chapter! Hope you enjoy reading! Please remember to vote if you liked the chapter! Feel free to leave any comments about your thoughts, suggestions, or something you'd like to see in the future chapters!