#Arahabaki like Dazai

[dunnowho180125]

Skk headcanon #6

After a while of Chuuya and Arahabaki living together in the same body, they started to be able to communicate in words. It did gave them both a headache but they still did it. That’s why they both liked No Longer Human, because it let them go into their own worlds. It’s why Chuuya sleep better with Dazai and why Arahabaki let him nullifies corruption.

Arahabaki also likes to tell comments to Chuuya about Dazai that can range to “Don’t forget to pick up crab for Dazai” to “That b*tch touched him, kill her”.

[originalaccountname]

in Storm Bringer, Iceman mentions Chuuya punching a guy through (several) ceilings for having asked him about his past. That guy was a wholeseller Chuuya was supposed to be making a deal with for the jewel trade he was in charge of. That incident happened July 18th, and it took the guy 3 months to heal.

Now, we know both halves of skk were 15 in, well, Fifteen, and that at this time in SB, they should both be 16. Chuuya's birthday is in April, and Dazai's, June.

Since there was a time skip of a month at the end of Fifteen, the punching incident can't have been from then, as we need at least that amount of time for Dazai's birthday to have already passed. So this was after the boys' 16th birthdays, July 18th +3 months, placing SB's events at somewhere at least mid-October, even November.

The events of SB take place over like, at most, 2 weeks, between the Flags' deaths and the final fight. Then, there's another one-month skip in the epilogue, +1.5 month, so we're now at minimum in December-January range.

The Dragon's Head Conflict is said to have happened "shortly after the King of Assassins incident". Skk should still be 16 during the conflict, so we have until the end of April to get there. The conflict lasted for 88 days, nearly 3 months, bringing us to a bare minimum of it starting at the tail end of January.

What I'm saying is there was barely 6 months, most likely even less, between SB and the end of the Dragon's Head Conflict. The PM might have mostly avoided taking part in it (canon reason why they managed to take over the underworld in its wake), but they still suffered from it all the same, especially since they had just spent and lost a lot of resources during their fight against Verlaine.

Also Chuuya must have had like 3 months to make those friends before losing them too.

[forthetaintedmemes]

Chuuya: We don't HAVE to shoot him.

Arahabaki: Boy if you don't at least bust his kneecaps he's never going to learn.

Chuuya: Yeah no you're right *cocks gun* So anyways....

[boycaca]

Chainsaw man skk au me and @nacaharachuya be talking ab sometimes…..

Chuuya is not aware that dazai is the control devil

[sugarcarnation]

bsd characters trying to use chuuya for their own gain thinking he’s an easy target because he’s easily manipulated and only has strength at his disposal vs the fandom’s insistence that he’s simply the brawn and not intelligent enough to fool people like dazai or fyodor. fight

[evilkaeya]

As much as I want them to be safe in 108, I kinda wanna see Chuuya lose his shit after coming to his senses and seeing Dazai's lifeless body

[videogamelover99]

Y'all I hope everyone here understands that Chuuya knew IMMEDIATELY the culprit was Randou and was sweating the entire time cause he didn't know how much Dazai figured out.

[quijabored]

spoilers for S3 of BSD, I'm just yapping about the first 2 episodes though.

I JUST FINISHED WATCHING THE FIRST 2 EPISODES OF S3 BSD AND AJDJSKSHJASSAAAAA WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON??? I LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH I THOUGHT ARAHABAKI WAS AKUTAGAWA BECAUSE OF THE COLOR PALLATE AND IT SEEMED TO LINE UP SINCE IK DAZAI YOINKS HIM WHEN HES IN THE PORT MAFIA AND THEN CHUUYAS LIKE OOOO ITS MEEEE LIKE WHAT??? I DONT UNDERSTAND BUT LIKE AAHDSJSHKDS??? I COULDVE SWORN AKU WAS LIKE THE CAUSE OF THE BIG CRATER BUT IF ARAHABAKI = CHUUYA THEN THATD MAKE SENSE SINCE HE MAKES CRATERS WHENRVER HE USES HIS ABILITY BUT NOW IM WONDERING HOW THE HELL THIS WORKS AND AAAAAAAA I LOVE BSD SO MUCH

real footage of me after finding the will to live again (Legit just BSD and fanfiction /hj)

[lady-tortilla-chip]

Ya think about how similar the ‘there were no such moments’ following such a heartfelt statement about their hearts reaching out to each other is actually so similar to Dazai’s ‘there’s something I want to tell you before I die’ before popping out his completely fine arm? Y’all consider that perhaps the point of that wasn’t meant to be a code but instead a SHOCK to Chuuya’s system ? Which could’ve been the push he needed to fully leave the vampire state?

[anti-dazai-blog]

y'know, it's kinda ridiculous that dazai eventually won without much difficulty. in recent chapters of the manga, we witnessed for the first time that dazai was struggling so hard, which showed him less omnipotent than he was, and more human at the same time. but it turns out that he was making a fool out of fyodor all along!!!! he lost to the power of alliance!!!! ...excuse me? then what was meursault arc all for?

i love bsd, but there are too many things that annoy me, and the flaws of the series are rarely talked about. so im reaaally happy to see you criticizing the series. i love your blog sm, please never stop posting!! 💕

YES EXACTLY!!

Dazai’s omniscience does NOT help humanize him. All that it does is give him more accountability in everything that happens. He doesn’t get the luxury of pleading ignorance because at this point, the story has made that no longer believable. 

No matter what, Dazai knows everything all the time, doesn’t make mistakes in his plans and strategies, and is capable of anything. If this is the case, which I said it was semi-jokingly in the early days of this blog, he really can be held accountable for pretty much anything and everything happening. Which I’d really rather wasn’t the case.

One of the main themes of bsd is humanity. No one’s special or perfect, everyone’s a human being trying their best to get by. The Meursault arc did a pretty decent job of humanizing both Dazai and Fyodor, two characters who were previously shown as (intellectually) flawless, by having them struggle in their battle of wits against each other. Having both of them mess up or miscalculate in some way made them seem like real people and not just two algorithms playing chess. 

Having Dazai reveal in this final episode that he knew everything all along, everything went according to his plan, and there was never any challenge to begin with entirely defeats the purpose of the arc. What are we supposed to take away from this? That Dazai automatically wins any fight because he’s Dazai? That removes all stakes. 

Why continue watching a show if you’ve already been told that one specific character will always win—and not only that, but it won’t even be a struggle for him to get there, because he knows everything about everything all the time. 

I really, really hope that this was an anime-only ending. Asagiri can still fix this. Admittedly, bungo stray dogs has always been character-focused rather than plot-focused, so while I trust Asagiri to handle the characters better than this, I’m not really sure what to expect plot-wise. But I’m gonna hope for the best.

[uneducated-author]

I feel like we all gloss over the fact that canonically, God's exist in the BSD universe. Like, Chuuya being the incarnation/host of Arahabaki is treated like a cool (if traumatising) power up, not an indication of the World Building and Magic system but like. Are there other Gods? Are they on break? Gathered around the holy water cooler while all the silly humans go to war over a book?

Also, like Ranpo said the book was from a higher power, is it like the death note or something? A God accidentally dropping their notebook and giving humans the pesky power to control fate?

[lil-vibes]

i would die if you wrote anything expanding on that post about chuuya being taken over by baki and just floating all over the place and speaking with an echo until he gets to dazai at the ADA office - that was a great idea, very cool

yooo thanks man !!!

here you go, a little more brainworms regarding that au!

• when Baki wakes up in a back alleyway and tries to stand up they overdo it and snap Chuuya's spine in the process. they try to walk and all of a sudden they are on the ground with mild pains from the vessel' legs. they aren't sure how a human body works, so for now they decide to just float.

• Baki, in my hc, is very curious for just about everything because it's quite rare that they 'view' the world through a humans' eyes

• piggybacking off of that, i think that they'd have trouble expressing their thoughts in the beggining (speaking in short, sometimes conflicting/unfinished sentences) because using human vocal cords without snapping them is difficult and also words have changed since the last time they were actively using them. Ranpo just chucks a dictionary at them and they absolutely ABSORB every word

• i also think that they'd want to sword fight with both Fukuzawa and Golden Demon/ Kouyou for fun

• they can make Dazai float and he just about gives up on life ( something something 'your human existence can not deny mine' yeah me thinks)

• i personally think that theyd be slightly more chill than expected, however when they get upset, or emotions generally run high, the control over the body begings to wobble. some examples of that being:

- the overlapping voices are the most common ones. they are a mass manifested through war and suffering and vengeance, thus Baki has to be extremely careful of how loud they speak because there's a great chance that someone's eardrums will explode.

- corruption markings are a damn near permanent fixture on Chuuya's skin, more so to help remind everyone that this isn't Chuuya in control right now (Dazai is constantly stressed about it, and has to consistently tell himself that it's fine), but they tend to grow and glow and move around like they are alive too, as if also taking offence that Baki is agitated. they also burn if touched directly

- people around an Agitated Baki feel like they are about to poof out of existence simply by being too close. Mori nearly dies once because Baki can see his general soul and is not pleased. it kinda feels like your blood suddenly starts running the other way, or your like heart is beating backwards and double in speed. not fun !

- sometimes birds fly into the windows. maybe the sky tints red, maybe there is ringing in the ears, static in the brain of those around them. maybe looking at Chuuya's form hurts a little, burns a little, blurs around the edges. what were his features again? what color were his eyes? his hair?

• Baki loves Chuuya and learning all about him :] ( "and his name? what is his name? we would love to know who our vessel is."

"it's Chuuya Nakahara.."

the entity thinks, hums for a bit, vibrations making the lights swim around it, then pleased, it smiles "hmm Chuuya... it suits him a lot" )

• disregarding stormbringer for a moment, when asked how exactly one traps a being like it, Baki kindly informs them that there are runes carved into every bone inside Chuuya. yes, they do mean every single one.

• also, and that's a little.... gruesome, but it's a misconception that Baki and Chuuya share only a consciousness. "it's like that most of the time, but right now what you are looking at is ... ah, let's say, our clothes. we are woven in-between his skin and bones and every blood vessel, but also we are separate. it's like a hand pupet? we are under his skin :)"

• Baki absolutely says unhinged things like its normal

• they also find it funny to tease Ranpo because they recognise just how smart of a human he is but also he's just that to them. a human

• i also have this scene when someone complains about the sun or something so Baki just,,, shifts either the Earth or the Sun a bit so that it's not shining directly at the person. everyone FREAKS abt this btw

• Baki also loves the Akutagawas and Kouyou bc Chuuya loves them :]

some skk things bc i love them:

• Baki tells Dazai, hand pressed against his heart, looking him dead in the eyes with that slightly unhinged expression "no wonder you hold onto warm things, for you have been warm once, then never again. no wonder you seek to be warm again" and Dazai just has to go through his day after that

• okay last thing off of the top of my head, but somehow they (the ada) get into the topic of worship and Baki casually drops that yes! they get prayers sometimes but nothing even begins to compare to the feeling of the worship from their most devoted person. naturally everyone wants to know who that is, and Baki tilts their head a little and then points to a Very Confused Dazai (Ranpo and Kunikida are exhanging money in the backround btw).

("but... i don't worship the hat rack?? what?"

"oh, but that can't be" they sway a little from their perch on Dazai's desk, appearing as if deep in thought. after the day, Dazai knows better. "but we can distinctly recal feeling a sort of warmth from you. say, how do you define worship? because it can be food offerings too. or thoughts about us or even just the pure, unrelenting faith that as long as you believe in us, your wish will be made into existence"

Dazai blinks at them, stunned.

"so now, has your answer changed?" )

• LAST one. Ranpo asks them if Dazai has ever nullified corruption with a kiss and Baki is like we think so? but Dazai denies that hard. Baki counters by saying that every place where 'coruption' has been nullified burns to this day. twice on left the wrist, once at the forearm. once at the right hand, once at the cheek, and once ot the lips. Dazai may or may not work harder to resolve the issue after that (he's never gonna beat the gay accusations)

(end of skk things hh)

• when it's time to surrender themselves back to Chuuyas will, Baki tells the ada + the Akutagawas and Kouyou, that when their time finally comes, when Chuuya is either one of them or dust in the wind, they will remember the kindness they have experienced. that they will live forever in the mind of a god

• Chuuya is so, so confused after waking up

[sixie]

Not long after the battle between Chuuya's Corruption and a Dragon born from the chaos of abilities, Dazai noticed that the shorter man started wearing new gloves, exposing the tips of his fingers.

No one thought much of it; the Mafioso was known to mix up his wardrobe once in awhile. On occasion the once Demon Prodigy would notice the striking red on his partner's nails and pull him aside to compliment them.

Or perhaps to give praise to the singularity residing within Chuuya that had a sudden keen interest in the one its vessel called out for with such intensity that it became part of its existence.

"Dazai..."

"Arahabaki. How nice to see you."

In this state it was no longer Chuuya, but a being who wanted to consume the detective.

"Or should I call you Arahabakitty?" Dazai mused with a smirk.

This form of the Mini Mafioso was unashamedly greedy, demanding, unable to take his paws off him. It acted like a needy cat that wanted all of the taller man's attention.

Arahabaki would press the soft curls of its vessel's hair against Dazai's neck, unable to say anything besides the name embedded into its core. It would nip and mark the taller man with small claws until it was pleased with its claims.

No longer human didn't work, possibly because this was more complicated than an ability or singularity. It was Arahabaki slowly taking over Chuuya's body so it could track down Dazai. After some praise and sacrifice of Dazai's throat to this beautiful calamity, Arahabaki would slowly calm in the arms of the demon prodigy. Slowly the singularity drifted to darkness, content for now with seeing Dazai, and letting Chuuya have his body back.

[chuuyanakaahara]

okay but chuuya's hearing must be so fucked up from years of having gun shots going off right by his head

[altruistic-meme]

i am in dire need of the fact that Chuuya is at least partially a god to come up again. like. hello?? we are just going to ignore that Chuuya is part god???? we're given this information but outside of Fifteen it doesn't come up again?? i think not. did Fyodor know that?? was Fyodor aware that Chuuya is part god??? listen there is no way they gave us the NAME OF THE GOD and then just forgot about it like come on.

[aka-efirg]

dragons love fire

It’s not everyday you’re going to walk into a dragon nest to bond with a hatchling. For their fifteenth birthday, every child of the Nakahara family has to go through that. And tomorrow, the 29th of April, is Nakahara Chuuya’s fifteenth birthday, and needless to say, the redhead is stressed.

ao3

“Can you, please, calm down and stop pacing around? I’m going to be sick just by looking at you.”

The redhead to whom it is addressed turns his head to glare at the speaker.

“Easy for you to say. You’re not the one who is going to fail tomorrow!”

“Chuuya,” the name is followed by a long sigh. “You are not going to fail.” Dazai answers for, at least, the tenth time this evening.

See, as much as Dazai loves teasing the redhead standing in front of him, tonight Chuuya is too worked up to react the way Dazai wants him to react and this is becoming absurd.

Alright, Dazai can understand why his friend is stressed. He would probably be stressed as well if it was him… probably.

(Chuuya tends to be really dramatic when he wants to.

(As if he is the one to talk. He stops counting the number of times Chuuya called him an overdramatic waste of bandages.))

“Okay, but what if no dragon wants me? Or what if they decide I’ll be better as a snack than a rider? Or what if I end up with…”

Dazai quirks an eyebrow. “With a dragon? Like you’re supposed to?”

“With a bat?!”

“You’re being ridiculous.”

“It’s a valid concern.” Chuuya crosses his arm in front of him, ignoring the ‘it’s a stupid concern’ from the teenager sit on the bed. “There are bats in the cave from what Ane-san told me, and,” the redhead points his forefinger at the brunette, “this cave is magical, it’s full of dragons. So what if their magic has impregnated the cave and everything inside, including the bats.”

“Chuuya, are you hearing yourself?”

Chuuya stops his pacing to look at his friend.

“You’re supposed to be on my side.”

“Which I am. But, right now, you’re being really ridiculous. And that’s saying something that I am the one saying that.” When he sees the redhead opening his mouth to talk, he lifts a finger. “No, listen to me. Tomorrow you’re going to walk inside this cave with your obnoxious and irritable confidence, you’re going to bond with a baby dragon and you’re going to get out of this cave with an equally obnoxious and irritable and awesome dragon. That is what you’re going to do.”

Chuuya’s shoulders sag. “You keep saying that.”

Dazai stares at the redhead, taking the way he seems to make himself smaller with his head bowed and his shoulders hunched forward. He sighs softly and moves a little backwards before patting the spot in front of him.

Chuuya doesn’t wait and practically jumps in the space between Dazai’s legs. He snuggles Dazai’s chest and sighs in content when the other places his arms around him.

He feels Dazai’s mouth on his hair and the contact alone is enough to drain the tension out of his body, allowing him to relax in Dazai’s embrace.

“Yes, I keep saying that, because it’s true.”

Chuuya brings his knees to his chest before putting his arms around them, Dazai’s arms encircling them soon after.

“You can’t know that.” He mumbles into his knees.

“I can. When have I ever been wrong before?”

Chuuya snuggles more into Dazai’s chest, tucking his head under the other’s chin. His voice is soft when he speaks.

“I’m different.”

“I know.”

“My magic is unpredictable.”

“I know.”

“I’m impulsive and never stop to think.”

“I know.”

“I make mistakes, every time.”

“I know.”

Hearing Dazai repeating the same thing again and again, Chuuya turns around brutally, as much as he can in his position to glare sharply at the brunette.

“Are you going to keep saying ’I know’ to everything I say?”

The outburst doesn’t faze Dazai who simply lifts an eyebrow.

“Are you going to keep saying obvious things about yourself?”

Chuuya stares at him for a few seconds before going back to his initial position, this time his arms folded across his chest.

“You’re impossible.”

“And you, you are going to do fine tomorrow, I know it. And since I am the one with the brain, you can’t deny what I say. Tut tut tut,” Dazai adds before the redhead can even open his mouth. “I’m right, you’re wrong. It has always been like that and it won’t change now.”

“It doesn’t work like that.”

“Says who?”

“Says common sense.”

“Whatever you say. You’ll see I’m right.”

Chuuya closes his eyes. He really wants to believe Dazai that everything will turn out okay and that he’ll manage to bond with a dragon but…

“It doesn’t change the fact that I’m different. My magic… it doesn’t react normally. So how can we know it won’t affect… What if I can’t bond with a dragon?”

Dazai frowns, unhappy about hearing the doubt and the hint of self-loathing in Chuuya’s voice. He draws his arms back to push himself against the wall before grabbing Chuuya to turn him around so that they can be face to face.

The redhead’s head is tilted down, his eyes barely lifted to meet Dazai’s who cups his hands around the other’s face to lift it. His eyes are shining, his mouth is curled down, lips red probably from biting them nervously, and Dazai can see how he’s now biting the inside of his cheek.

When their eyes meet, he gives a soft smile, pleased when Chuuya answers with his own smile, albeit weaker.

“It doesn’t matter how different your magic is. If anything, it makes you special and great. Chuuya, you can do things that no one else can do. And yes, sometimes it acts on its own and it looks like you will never control it, but you will. You’re only fifteen and you should stop comparing yourself to others, even to me. Our magics are different, the way I use my magic is different from yours. It doesn’t make it better just because I manage to do spells you struggle with. Yes I can do complicated spells or combined spells, but you, you can do things I would love to do. Your spells might not be refined, quite the contrary may I add, but they’re powerful. And these gravity spells, no one has mastered them like you did, and certainly not in this little bit of time.”

Dazai is watching Chuuya’s eyes becoming wetter and wetter the more he’s speaking, and starts panicking, thinking he said something wrong, until the redhead throws himself into his arms. Dazai can only bring his arms around the other, drawing him closer to him. He nuzzles the red hair, relieved he didn’t say anything wrong.

“You’re different, you’re right, but… it’s not a bad thing. It has never been. And I’ll be more than happy to curse anyone. With you, it could easily become worse.”

“The offer is still open.”

“No need, the last thing I need is you getting in trouble for me.”

Dazai hugs the redhead closer to him, his hand playing with the red strands absentmindedly.

“You’re worth it.” Dazai whispers so low Chuuya almost doesn’t catch it. In response, he tightens his grip around the brunette’s waist, burying his head further into the other’s chest.

A silent ‘thank you’.

“You’ll do great tomorrow Chuuya. You know I always choose to believe when the only outcome possible is the one I predict. So believe in me believing in you?”

Chuuya lifts his head and moves away a little to look at his friend. And the certainty and trust he can see inside the brown eyes steal his breath.

Of course Dazai is here believing in him when he can’t. He’s the only one who has never doubted him. Even when his own family thought he couldn’t do magic, even they thought there was something wrong with his magic when it finally appeared.

(Even when he heard his parents talking two days ago, saying that with how different and dangerous his magic is, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he wasn’t able to bond.

That, with his unpredictable and anormal magic, there was a chance that no dragon would want him.)

But Dazai, he has never doubted him or his magic, has always believed he could do great things.

Sure, he takes pleasure in teasing him, mocking him when he can’t cast a spell correctly while his is perfect.

But, he always takes the time to congratulate him, in his own particular ways, when he does something right, when he can move an object, no matter its size or weight, the way he wants.

He takes the time to comfort him when a spell that was supposed to destroy a single dummy ends up destroying half of the building, when his parents spend hours lecturing on the importance of control.

(As if it’s something he can easily work on when a single thought about how ‘this wall is ugly and should disappear’ can end with the destruction of the wall and everything around it.)

Plus, he knows how much it takes for Dazai to believe. Particularly when the outcome is not as predictable as Dazai makes it look.

But, there is no word to translate how grateful he is at hearing these words. And if Dazai can take this leap of faith, so can he.

“Sleep here tonight?” Chuuya asks, instead of answering Dazai’s question.

However Dazai doesn’t need an answer, all he needs is seeing the fire, so characteristic of Chuuya, slowly returning inside the blue orbs, albeit weaker than what it normally is.

He smiles, knowing that, by tomorrow, the fire will burn so strongly no dragon will be able to ignore it.

Chuuya burns brightly and unrestrainedly, and, not for the first time since he knows him, Dazai thinks that, with his explosive temper, his destructive but beautiful magic and his blazing presence, Chuuya is like a dragon in human skin.

‘Well, it fits’ Dazai thinks, staring at the bluest, prettiest eyes that are looking at him with trust and gratitude and love, ‘the dragons are going to love you tomorrow.’

“I wasn't planning on going anywhere. And my house is too far to go back there now.”

“Your house is two minutes by walking.”

“That’s what I said, too far.”

Chuuya blinks. “You’re ridiculous. Like really.”

“Shut up chibi, it’s time to sleep now. Children need their sleep if they want to grow.”

And before Chuuya can retaliate, Dazai draws him against his chest and falls on his side on the bed, taking the redhead with him. He grabs the covers and slides them on them.

Chuuya gives an angry puff, but doesn’t wait before snuggling with his friend.

“Good night.”

A content sigh leaves his lips when the brunette starts playing with his hair. And just before the redhead lets himself fall asleep, he feels Dazai kissing his forehead and smiles.

“Good night chibi.”

- - - - -

The day after, Chuuya stands before the entry of the cave where the dragons are living, and he is stressed. Extremely stressed.

Because his parents are here, right behind him, and when he turns to look at them… they’re not looking at him like he’s going to live one of the most important moments in his life.

They’re looking at him like they’re already thinking about what they are going to do if (when, his parents probably think) he exits the cave without a dragon. He quickly looks away, not wanting to see the disappointment and the pity in their eyes.

His eyes fall on his sister who is standing a bit behind their parents, her dragon (small, slim, but deadly with his sharp teeth and pointed claws) wrapped around her neck. She’s looking at him with concern but her eyes are warm in a way they rarely are, and it gives him a bit of confidence in himself.

Then his eyes find Dazai’s who, to Chuuya’s utter delight, has been authorized to come. The brunette is looking at him with the same confidence as the day before. A strong and complete faith that Chuuya will do fine. And, more than the warmth in Ane-san’s eyes, it fills Chuuya with determination.

Someone believes in him, wholeheartedly, and Chuuya thinks, Dazai’s faith in him is a powerful fuel.

Chuuya gives a grateful smile to the brunette and, without a look to his parents, he walks into the cave.

A few hours later, the four people outside the cave are still standing there, waiting for the young redhead to emerge from the cave. They just have to wait a few minutes more for him to appear.

And, to Dazai’s delight, nestled around the redhead’s neck, is one of the darkest dragons he has ever seen.

Once Chuuya completely exits the cave, Dazai doesn’t wait to join his friend, ignoring the sigh of relief from Chuuya’s sister and the look of surprise of his parents--

(As if any other outcomes could have been possible.

Chuuya is everything a dragon loves. Chuuya is everything a dragon is.)

--only slowing when the creature on the other’s shoulders lifts its head.

And Dazai is struck by the intensity the dragon is staring at him with its eyes so red it contrasts greatly with the white of the eyes and the dark scales that are not as black as Dazai thought now that they are in the light.

Dazai manages to look away from the dragon’s eyes to gaze at the gleaming scales that somehow seem to form a dark version of a rainbow, going from deep blue to dark purple. The scales are shining, not brightly, but deeply, and Dazai has trouble looking away to look at the redhead who is beaming at him with unrestrained glee.

The brunette can’t help but smile in return, pride and happiness bleeding into his grin.

“Seems like I was right believing in you. I told you right, when have I ever been wrong?”

Chuuya lets out a light laugh, his shoulders trembling a little, causing the dragon to huff before hopping off the redhead’s shoulders.

Dazai watches with wonder as the dragon stretches its wings, and Dazai doesn’t think he has ever seen a dragon that beautiful.

He looks at Chuuya who is now staring at his dragon like he still can’t believe it’s his.

“So, what’s the name of your new companion?”

When Chuuya looks at him, the fire in his eyes is back and burns even more strongly than before.

“His name is Arahabaki.” Now his eyes are shining. “I have a dragon, Dazai.”

Dazai bends down to put a kiss on the top of Chuuya’s head. “Of course you have.”