early deathday post, open to his cr from anywhere, game or psl

[goatsongs]

[Starting around the 15th of October, until the 22nd, Chuuya starts acting weirdly.

He doesn't want to be alone, ever. He won't go as far as physically clinging to you, but he'll make up excuses for joining you in whatever you're doing, even if it's as boring as watching grass grow. He's not as argumentative or bristly as he usually is.

He overeats, to the point of being bloated, and if he's questioned on it he gives a pained expression and changes the subject.

He doesn't drink alcohol. Not even one drop.

Whether you're in the National Library, or the City, or Yokohama, or anywhere - this is all alarming behavior for Chuuya. It might be time to ask him if something's going on.

Or you could just yell at him for bothering you for the third time in as many days, that's fine too, but don't be too surprised if you bring him to extremely uncharacteristic tears.]

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[aquaticrush]

[Retasu hasn't been at the library in a while, which is probably because Chuuya lectured her about crushing on his coworkers and she's trying to listen to him. Even so, she didn't expect him to look upset when she walks in today.]

Um, hello...?

[chazukefang]

[Atsushi can't help noticing Chuuya being around him more than usual. It's normal for Chuuya to want him to stay in bed a little while longer, not stay in bed with him all day. He knows that Chuuya likes his food, but he didn't think he would overeat so much. Chuuya would stay with him sometimes while he stacked books before going off to do his own things for the day, not stay with him all day that he hasn't written one poem that day.

The most noticeable thing is the unopened bottles of alcohol in their fridge. There are new bottles there that hasn't been opened yet! He hasn't even messed with the other Dazai. Atsushi knows something is up, but he doesn't know how to approach it. He thought Chuuya had a bit of an off day so he didn't bring it up. However, after the third morning Atsushi can't put it off anymore.]

Chuuya? I'm going to take a day off today cause um I have something to ask you.

[He gave up trying to get dressed after seeing the look on Chuuya's face.]

Are you okay? Did something happen during a book delve?

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ it is strange. not entirely unwelcome, admittedly, at least as far as his determination to stick close goes; as fluent as she is in both tsundere and the self-denial that comes with self-loathing, it can get tiring to deal with. the rest, though... by the 18th she's started getting the gut feeling that something is wrong, and the feeling comes along with a tug that takes her an embarrassingly long time to place as that recognition she sometimes gets. like calling to like.

but— she doesn't bother asking. not when she finally makes the connection between the sudden sense of familiarity and her own reactions to certain times of the year; not when it only takes a little bit of research to find a more in-depth biography than the one she's got in her head and check dates on her own. if she's right... no use in prodding already open wounds just to confirm her suspicions.

and because she is right, she continues not to say anything about it: not about the date, and not about his behavior. she allows him to stick close with hardly any of her usual poking, almost uncharacteristically quiet herself, and it's only near the end of the workday that she huffs and shakes herself out of her thoughts. ]

Mm— hey, Chuuya. Are you doing anything tonight?