Thread continuation for thetaintedsorrow.

[goatsongs]

[from here]

Heh. I can think of plenty of people who'd call me vain for drinking to that one. Lucky I'm drinking with you instead.

[Chuuya drinks, naturally.]

Well, never have I ever been a sexy redhead.

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BAD END (tw: bsd mori ougai exists and is terrible)

[goatsongs]

[There are things that Chuuya cannot allow. There are people in his care that he cannot let come to harm, and if they're harmed then he has to take revenge.

Miyazawa-sensei is as talented a poet as he was at the end of his life, but mentally and emotionally he's only a child. If someone takes an interest in him that's beyond normal - and it's far beyond normal, there's no reason that man in the coat would have run into him so often if he wasn't seeking him out and there's no reason he should have so much physical contact with him -

If that happens, and Kenji comes to Chuuya and whispers "I'm afraid to go out today," then Chuuya can't allow this person to continue to exist. Chuuya knows there's even more that Kenji hasn't told him.

So Chuuya accompanies Kenji outside, and when Kenji freezes up at the sight of one man in a doctor's coat, Chuuya doesn't hesitate to try to shoot him.

It's deflected, which should just not happen with bullets, and the fact that it was deflected by a small girl doesn't put him any more at ease. The noise draws attention, and Mori and that girl disappear rather than counterattack in front of a crowd, but not before Chuuya snarls at him:

"As long as I'm in this world, I won't stop trying to kill you."




As for the other Chuuya, he's given an assignment: there's a gunman who's declared his intent to kill Mori no matter what. Mori describes him in detail, down to the hat, and expresses his confidence that Chuuya can take care of this without issue.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[No, this can’t be happening. Chuuya can’t be about to have to choose between his boyfriend and his boss, between the love of his life and his career. This isn’t something he can deal with. There’s just no way. He’d been in denial at first, but there’s no one else that meets that description, and it breaks Chuuya’s heart.

If he betrays poet-Chuuya he might just die of a broken heart. If he betrays the Mafia, he’ll die anyway.]

You know what this is about, right?

[goatsongs]

No?

[There's nothing about that creep that says 'Port Mafia' specifically. As far as Chuuya knows, he's a disgusting sack of shit, but he isn't his boyfriend's boss.

The name he'd given Kenji was 'Rintarou', not 'Mori Ougai'. And as he knows from Dazai, the not-authors use the authors' pen names. So there's no relation.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

The man you threatened.

He’s my boss. Mori Ougai.

Goes by Rintarou on occasion.

[goatsongs]

Oh. I had no idea.

[That makes everything worse, because while he didn't know - it had nothing to do with the Port Mafia. And even knowing his association with Chuuya now...]

He hurt one of the children's literature authors. So you know why I can't just take it back, right?

[He won't allow the children in his care to come to harm. Not again, not in this life.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

I get it.

I just don’t know what to do because I’ve been ordered to eliminate you.

Like hell I’m going to do that.

[goatsongs]

There's no way I could fight you.

[Not even for Miyazawa-sensei. Definitely not for his own life.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

If I disobey I’ll die anyway.

I’m almost tempted to let you kill him and then defect.

No guarantees I would make it out alive, though.

[goatsongs]

I can't just let you die. That's not even under consideration.

[thetaintedsorrow]

I can’t let you die either.

This is a fine fucking mess we’re in.

I can’t believe the Boss would go after the kid authors like that.

Maybe I should kill him myself.

[goatsongs]

[because the boss doesn't creep on kids ever and chuuya is totally shocked by this development, right]

Maybe we should both kill him.

Even we don't get out of this mess intact, I'll be okay with whatever happens as long as I'm still with you.

[thetaintedsorrow]

[It’s easier to serve the Boss when you conveniently gloss over that fact. Besides, until now Chuuya had only seen him with Elise...]

Let’s do it.

If we die, we die together.

There’s no other way I wanna go.

[goatsongs]

Same here.

Can I see you in person?

[To plan, and also to prepare for the worst.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

Yeah.

Let’s meet at the library tonight.

Around 8. Sound good?

[goatsongs]

Sounds good. I'll be in my room.

[It'll be unlocked when mafia-Chuuya gets there, with poet-Chuuya sitting on his bed with his knees tucked to his chest.

It makes him look smaller than he already is.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[Chuuya hates seeing his boyfriend look so distraught, but how could he not be? They both know how this is going to end.

He sits down on the bed beside poet-Chuuya and wraps his arms around him.]

I love you.

[goatsongs]

[Chuuya leans into his boyfriend's embrace.]

I love you too. So much.

[He hates this. He wishes desperately that Mori had never crossed any of the authors' path - if only that hadn't happened, everything would be fine.

But he knows better than to think there's any way out of this situation now.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[He hates this too. Loyalty be damned; he can’t defend Mori when he’s hurt the people his boyfriend cares about, even if he’s sworn to do so.]

How should we do it? I could use Corruption if worse comes to worse.

[goatsongs]

You hate that.

[Not being in control of himself. And with Dazai gone there isn't any safe method to bring him out of that state... Chuuya isn't going to ask him to do that to himself.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

I hate it, yeah.

[A long, drawn out sigh as Chuuya slides his fingers through poet-Chuuya’s hair.]

What else could we do? There’s gotta be some way to team up and take him down.

[goatsongs]

[Chuuya leans into his boyfriend's palm. Even the slightest bit of contact is reassuring, somehow.]

You know his abilities better than I do.

[thetaintedsorrow]

...it’s gonna have to be a surprise attack, or we’ll never get through his ability.

[A pause.]

I could try to distract him then you shoot him from afar.

[goatsongs]

Sounds like the best plan.

[Mori trusts the other Chuuya as much as he'd trust anybody. Which isn't very much... but mafia-Chuuya can be distracting when he wants to be.

Poet-Chuuya very much wants to be distracted right now.]

...Hey. Can you stay the night?

[thetaintedsorrow]

Of course.

[Chuuya wouldn’t dream of bailing right now. This could very well be their last night together, and like hell he’s going to waste it not holding his boyfriend in his arms. He curls up beside poet-Chuuya and pulls him close before pressing a kiss to his forehead.]

I’m not going anywhere.

[goatsongs]

[Good. He wants to believe they'll survive this, and this isn't their last night... But he can't convince himself that the odds are good.

Chuuya holds his boyfriend tight, and leans up to kiss his lips.]