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.

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[tenimuho]

No. I'll just be in the living room, so call for me if you need anything.

[Watching a sleeping person is boring and creepy.]

[ninjou]

I'll miss you.

[Curling up... water is cuddled.]

[tenimuho]

I won't be far away. You'll see me soon.

[He's not going to cuddle with you, you sick person.]

[ninjou]

Byebye......

[He rolls over, snuggling the water bottle, not even bothering to get under the sheets.]

I'm naming my water Odasaku and it will stay with me.

[tenimuho]

I'm flattered. You should at least get underneath the covers.

[That can't be comfy.]

[ninjou]

I'm fine. I'll get too hot. I want to die....

[Worst. Patient.]

[tenimuho]

How is that any different from usual?

[Sighing, Odasaku returns to try to tuck Dazai in.]

[ninjou]

[He appreciates the attempt, and he'll behave to get under the covers despite being clothed.

A sigh.]

I'm glad you're here. I don't want to leave you ever, so I guess I can't die... it's a little annoying but I'll manage it.

[tenimuho]

Dazai...

[That's strangely touching, even coming from the mouth of someone sick and delirious.]

I won't go far from you. You'll be alright, and I'll be there when you wake up. Is that okay?

[ninjou]

[A tiny smile, and he burrows down into the blankets and pillows.]

Yeah. Everybody else would laugh at me. Just don't leave without telling me.

[tenimuho]

I won't.

[He's not that kind of cruel.]

Sweet dreams.

[ninjou]

Mmmf.

[He looks like he's going to cry, and he paws at his bandages on his face before giving up on taking them off. He couldn't sleep from being sick, he's tired from acting fine, but he trusts Odasaku not to leave him alone.]

[tenimuho]

[Odasaku decides not to watch TV - too far, too loud. He grabs a book from the shelf and settles down on a chair.

He'll be here, attuned to Dazai's distress.]

[ninjou]

[Dazai manages dead sleep for a while, but eventually he has trouble breathing and tosses and turns between little bouts of snoring. At one point he starts awake and groans horribly, then he curls into a ball to sleep again.

It's a couple of hours later than he wakes up and peeks out of the bed.]

Hnnf?

[tenimuho]

[When Dazai actually awakens, Odasaku sets his bookmark in the book he was reading.]

Good morning.

[It's not morning.]

How are you feeling?

[ninjou]

Not good.

[He looks bleary and closes his eyes again.]

Did you stay the whole time?

[tenimuho]

[That's what he thought.]

The whole time.

[ninjou]

Thanks...

[He finally pokes his head out properly, hair a sweaty mess, nose slightly red.]

You didn't have to.

[tenimuho]

After you asked me to stay so many times, it'd be cruel just to leave.

[Also he was really cute about it.]

[ninjou]

[NOT CUTE.

Sleepy still though. He tries to get his eyes to adjust now that the bandages have come loose.]

You're the best man I know.

[tenimuho]

If I argue against that, will you shove me in front of a mirror again?

[He doesn't want that to happen ever in his life.]

[ninjou]

Too sick to do that.

[A soft smile.]

I'll do it from here. You just sat in a room with me while I slept because I badgered you. You're always thinking of others. You have the softest touch...

[tenimuho]

Please stop.

[Dazai will embarrass him, and that's just ridiculous when he's bedridden.]

[ninjou]

I can't. You're too good.

[He'll sit up now.]

[tenimuho]

I still haven't gotten revenge on you for last time.

[Maybe he shouldn't be sitting up? Odasaku hovers near his bed.]