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19zai · 8 months ago

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When Shadows Close In

The evening sun shown through the Agency window, illuminating the desks and scattered papers. Dazai Osamu sat at his desk, absentmindedly spinning a pen between his fingers. Papers were strewn haphazard across the surface, mingling with half finished reports and a cold cup of coffee that had lost its warmth. The soft hum of conversations filled the air, punctuated by the rhythmic tapping of keyboards and the occasional laughter of his colleagues.

He glanced at the clock, it's hands ticking steadily, but the minutes felt stretched, taunting him with the knowledge that work would be over in about an hour. Dazai had a bet going on with Ranpo of how long he could sit at his desk, pretending to do work to get Kunikida of his back, before kunikida realized he hadn't done any work at all that day. Sweat dropped down his forehead, it was way to hot in the office in his opinion.

Dazai had one hour left of work to get through before he could win the bet. Most of the others had left earlier, done with their work. Only Dazai, Ranpo, Fukazawa, Yosano, and Kunikida were left. Not surprised. Dazai would have left, but then he would lose the bet, not that there was a prize, but he still wanted to be at the Greatest Detective Ranpo.

The clock continued to click, Dazai getting happier the longer Kunikida stays focused on his own work, and Ranpo himself was getting worried he may lose a bet. His first loss ever. Against Dazai of all people. Never.

Then, startling all of them, the Agency door loudly opened, as the one and only Port Mafia Leader walked in. He walked around as if he owned the place, the others still to stunned to speak. Who.. No why would he even be here in the first place? This is literally his enemy's work area. He couldn't have been that stupid.. Is he?

Either way, Mori continued his way to Fukazawa's office, who opens the door and shut it, muttering voices coming from inside. Even Ranpo hadn't expected that. No one had. He didn't even say a word, just walking in like that. They'll just have to keep their eyes on him, at all costs this time.

"Dazai. Come see me in my office." Fukazawa says, startling them all out of their overthinking transes. Mori still in his office as well.

Dazai froze. No. He could not go into the same room Mori was currently in. Never. His leads moved before his brain could react though, and his leads always followed orders, walking up to Fukazawa and walking into the room.

"I have filed a law against Mori, you see. I know what happens to Yosano in the Mafia, and will use that to my advantage. I somehow do not know of your side of the situation though, and If you could tell me it it, I can also use it against Mori, and possibly even take down the entire Mafia. We couldn't do it before, as he had something we needed, but now that we have it back... We can try to take them all down at once." Fukazawa explained.

Well.. that wasn't what Dazai was expecting, but it's better then being yelled at like he had assumed. He nods to Fukazawa and sits down on the chair next to the one Mori was in, quickly explaining what Mori and the Mafia did to him.

It was mostly about some missions he had been forced to do, what would happen afterwards if he failed. The tests and experiments Mori did on him so he would become so strong nothing could take him down. How because of Mori, he can no longer be poisoned and knows how to do many medical things. Of course also the fact that he was abused by him, though Dazai kept that part short.

Fukazawa accepted what Dazai said, or vaguely mentioned and sent him on his way. Things would have stayed fine, he would have gone back to his desk and continued the bet with Ranpo, Wich he still had around twenty-five minutes left to do so. If only things could ever be easy on Dazai.

As soon as he stood up, Mori had grabbed onto his arm, pulling him towards himself, and harshly grabbing his hair with the other, yaking him towards his face. " I'll kill you. I'll kill you and I'll kill Chuuya and you'll never see the end of it. I swear... I will win... And I will kill you and your stupid little ADA friends will die with you!" Mori shouted directly into his ear, so unlike his normal calm demeanor.

Fukazawa, seeing the interaction, grabbed Moris hands and forced him to let go, a bruise clearly made on Dazai's arm from his insane grip on him, his hair disheveled from his other hand yanking him by it.

Dazai ran out of the room as soon as his dirty hands we off of him, sobbing as he stepped our of the room. So many things had happened in those few seconds. The room felt stuffy as all eyes turned on him, his breathing catching in his throat as he struggles to breath.

Mori cam walking out of the room, a smirk on his face as he passed Dazai, slamming the door shut behind him.

Dazai falls to the ground, struggling to breath, scared out of his mind all though the thoughts, what HE had said, scared him more then he thought it would.

Yosano, Kunikida and Ranpo were distraught, worried for Dazai as he bursted out of the room in tears. Fukazawa and Mori leaving soon after and Fukazawa shouts and yells at Mori about how wrong he was, and how he would never lay a hand on anyone again.

Lay a hand on anyone ever again. The other detectives stood shook while Ranpo quickly explained what he had deducted. "Mori grabbed Dazai and told him some... Pretty horrible stuff." Ranpo quickly explained, basically running toward Dazai who sat on the ground, struggling to breath still.

Yosano and Kunikida, finally letting Ranpo's words sink in and getting extremely worried also rush towards Dazai.

"Hey! Hey! Deep breaths Dazai please. He can't hurt you, he won't ever touch you again. You won't even have to see him okay? Just call down, take a deep breath." Yosano exclaimed, trying to calm Dazai down while slowing her breathing to get dazai to copy her.

Dazai struggled, but with Kunikida and Ranpo holding his shoulder and hand gently, and Yosano calming and muttering reassurances, he began to calm down more, the tears stopped and a that was left were some sniffles and ragged breathing.

Fukazawa rushes back inside after almost throwing Mori out through the window but instead pushed him outside of the Agency's doors. His present was grounding.

"I-I'm okay. Sorry about that. I... Didn't know I'd react like that.. sorry." Dazai whispered, clearly still shaky.

"Don't apologize.. it wasn't your fault. It's that horrible idiots fault. No need to apologize. Just calm down." Kunikida reassured.

If someone were to say the four of them left after that to get ice cream and some snacks, you'd be correct. If someone said that Ranpo gave Dazai the benefit of the doubt on the bet, you'd also be correct. Ranpo was never going to forget the huge smile that crossed his face after saying that he won the bet. Dazai may never forget or forgive what happens, not they they blame him, but now he has friends and people he can trust with anything. They were definitely a lot closer together then before. I guess that's a good thing.

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