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    Chuuya hummed in disinterest, “I’ve never really wanted an extravagant proposal. In all honesty, I’ve always found them rather tacky. Why involve a venue full of strangers in a moment thats meant to centre on you and your lover, y’know?”

    Oh dear lord, he’d brought out the L-word…

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    Or: Dazai has never had such a simple April Fools joke blow up in his face quite as badly as this one. Though perhaps that was because common sense had kept him from proposing as a prank before…

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    18 Jul 2025

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    Maids from cafes in Yokohama have been going missing, and with an ability user interference suspected, the ADA is called to solve the case. However, Atsushi never expected coming across Executive Nakahara Chuuya while investigating.

    Specifically, Executive Nakahara Chuuya dressed as a maid himself.

    Nor did he expect Dazai's reaction to it.

    Oh, boy.

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    20 Oct 2024

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    There’s an inquiring, bubbling trill–almost like a coo–that comes from behind him, and he quickly snaps his head up to look at the nymph–

    And suddenly, there are lips on his.

     Salt-dry and soft, noses smushed into each other’s cheeks awkwardly, and Dazai’s eyes are wide open while the nymph’s are squeezed shut almost violently.

    The kiss is awful, between two creatures who are wholly unprepared and unfamiliar with such gentle touches.

    It’s perfect, before it’s over.

    Or: Dazai is an artist, coming up on the tail end of the year his uncle gave him to travel and paint to his heart's content, before returning home to rejoin the real world. Unfortunately, there's a nymph he's grown quite fond of.

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    Written for Soukoku Fluff Week 2022 - Days 5 & 6: Fairytale AU + Marine/Beach AU! Hope you enjoy!

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    30 Jun 2024

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    There’s Atsushi, Dazai’s star pupil.
    There’s Fyodor, arguably Dazai’s soulmate, a single mind in two bodies.
    There’s Kunikida, Dazai’s partner.
    There’s Oda, the reason Dazai wants to live.
    And then there’s Chuuya.
    If he asked Dazai to define him, to name his purpose, Chuuya already knows what he would hear.
    Chuuya is his dog, Chuuya is a slug, Chuuya is a chibi.
    And sure, maybe he is. But none of that is enough.

     

    Or, Chuuya can’t figure out what he means to Dazai exactly, but if he would only listen, he would realize that Dazai has been telling him all along.

    art here <3

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    04 Jun 2023

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    “Tsushima Shuuji,” Chuuya reads out loud. “A bright, optimistic young man with a pep in his step and a zest for life. Hang on–is this referring to you?”

    “Unfortunately,” Dazai laments, sighing dramatically. “You just got away with ‘science nerd’ and ‘soccer player,’ but I’m supposed to be an artist! I hate art! It’s useless!”

    “Shut the fuck up. That’s not the problem here. You? A ‘zest for life?’ Looking forward to each new morning? Hah! Rimbaud would sooner come back to life.”

    Dazai turns to Chuuya with the barest facsimile of a smile painted over his lips.

    “I,” he says sweetly, “am going to gut you open like a fish.”

    Dazai and Chuuya are seasoned mafiosos at the ripe old age of almost-seventeen. They’ve fought gang wars, interrogated prisoners, and done all manner of unspeakable things. Now, they face their greatest challenge yet: going (undercover) to a real high school. With regular teens (who may or may not be desperately trying to get them to kiss).
    One thing’s for sure: this school is unprepared for the absolute calamity that is Double Black.

    Written for the SKK Big Bang 2022 feat. art by videogamelover99 & beta'ed by Airini.

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