Continuation for bandagedheart.

[thesettingsun]

[Very few people get this dressed up for a bar crawl. It looks like it'd be hell to wash, and the only reason you'd wear it out to the bar is an obsession with fashion.

So that's one clue about who this patron sitting at a table is, since he forgot to tell other-Dazai how to identify himself. As for him, when he sees Dazai come in with bandages visible on his arms, he makes an (incorrect) assumption that this is the injury that caused that text and thus this is Dazai.

Well, he's half right, at least.]

Dazai!

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[thesettingsun]

Because I don't trust you. And a writer knows better than anybody else how dangerous words are.

[bandagedheart]

You don’t trust me, yet you’re offering yourself to me?

How curious!

[thesettingsun]

It isn't that complicated.

I care about what happens to him more than I care about what happens to me.

[bandagedheart]

[That’s a feeling he knows all too well. He would’ve died several times over to save his Oda.]

I have a request to make of you, then.

[thesettingsun]

What is it?

[Shuji pictures Oda on his knees, being used by this Dazai with no thought to his comfort, and immediately decides that whatever Dazai's request is, Shuji will bear it.]

[bandagedheart]

You’ll wear a collar for me when we meet.

[thesettingsun]

Okay.

[Better to give in easily and be obedient. If he gets to choose the collar himself, he can find one that looks good on him.]

[bandagedheart]

That easy? Goodness!

What color would you want, hmm?

[thesettingsun]

A red one, please.

[Nice and obedient. Like a good pet, who won't make Dazai want to replace him with somebody else.]

[bandagedheart]

[How amusing.]

Leather or lace? Or simply a red ribbon?

[thesettingsun]

You said I'd look good in lace.

[bandagedheart]

You certainly would.

I’ll be tempted to call you Kitten when I see you in it.

[thesettingsun]

I'm not going to complain about that.

[It's more appropriate than calling somebody older than you 'good boy'...]

[bandagedheart]

Good!

Then I have just the one!

Here!

The name can be changed, of course.

[thesettingsun]

That looks perfect.

[Aside from it being a collar saying he's owned by somebody he doesn't trust, he does genuinely like the way it looks.]

[bandagedheart]

Then consider it yours!

What would you like the tag to say?

[thesettingsun]

Kitten.

[It can't be traced back to him if somebody else sees it.]

[bandagedheart]

[Dazai is practically radiating smugness.]

Kitten it is!

Do you want to call me Daddy?

[thesettingsun]

[Actual answer: no.]

I will if you want me to.

[bandagedheart]

Dazai-sama will do.

I’ll contact you once I have your little gift ready.

In the meantime I’ll delete Odasaku from my contacts.

[thesettingsun]

Thank you.

[It's all worth it for that.]

[bandagedheart]

[A couple days later...]

Shuji-kun~

Are you available?

[thesettingsun]

[He briefly wishes he had work today.]

Yes, Dazai-sama.

[bandagedheart]

Excellent!

Then you should come over to my apartment.

Do you remember the way?

[thesettingsun]

I'll be there in 20 minutes.

[And in a little less than 20 minutes, Shuji rings Dazai's doorbell. He's wearing something a little more casual than his usual - easier to take off. Still flattering, of course. He's also made sure to include a low neckline: the better to see his upcoming addition to the outfit.]