For ninjou.

[tenimuho]

[Tonight, Dazai is really drunk.

This is not different from most other nights in their favorite bar, save for a few things.

1. Ango isn't here.

2. Dazai is really drunk. The kind of drunk that has Odasaku concerned that he might be trying to die through liver failure. That drunk.

And so, it's with hesitation that he speaks up.]

Maybe you should stop drinking for tonight.

Comments

[ninjou]

[The sound he accidentally makes is probably kind of amazing because he is picturing that only not in a gory way or a horrible way...]

[tenimuho]

Please don't.

[he is definitely thinking gore right now]

[ninjou]

[He is so, so, so not.]

Please torture me.

[tenimuho]

We already had this conversation about hurting you.

[???????]

[ninjou]

[His brain is somewhere yours is not, Odasaku. The smile is vibrant.]

You don't have to hurt me hurt me...

[tenimuho]

[That's sort of the definition of torture, Dazai-

-oh. Wait. He's getting it.]

I wouldn't be any good at that.

[ninjou]

[tenimuho]

What?

[Don't give him that look.]

[ninjou]

Pleeeeeeeaaaassseee?

[tenimuho]

I really don't think I'm up to whatever you're thinking about.

[ninjou]

[Oh well. He tried.]

Ahh, fine. I'll stop.

[tenimuho]

[Sigh of relief.]

Sorry.

[ninjou]

[Rude.]

Can I do it, then?

[tenimuho]

...

...

.............


Yes.

[ninjou]

[Blinking... staring...]

You're messing with me...

[tenimuho]

I'm not.

[Look at how red he is right now.]

[ninjou]

[Gosh smiling this much...]

Then... sometime maybe I will. I'll still let you do whatever you want though. It's a fair trade.

[tenimuho]

Sounds good.

[Can't quite make eye contact yet.]

[ninjou]

Odasaku...

[He takes a breath.]

If I'm going to be with you for a long time, I have to be honest and keep you on your toes. The minute you get bored, I'll go.

[But... they're not... dating...]

[tenimuho]

[That gets Odasaku to meet his gaze, more confused than anything else.]

You are the least boring person I have ever met, Dazai.

[ninjou]

Really?

[Head tilt.]

[tenimuho]

Really. Nobody comes close.

[You might as well just propose right now if those are your reasons for ending a not-relationship.]

[ninjou]

[Well. He's done with his eggs and walking the plate to the sink, and peppers or not, he's giving Odasaku a slow, sweet kiss.

It burns.

He's not sorry.]

I'll do my best, then. Let's work hard together.

[tenimuho]

[It's a long, lingering kiss, and it's peppers or not it's sweet.]

So will I.

[He'll be here for as long as Dazai wants him.]

[ninjou]

I ahould go. I don't want to.

[Plate set aside, he reaches for his hand.]

Maybe we should "date" anyway. Is it too soon to say?