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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[bandagedheart]

That is what I said.

[But when has Dazai ever played by the rules?]

Do you have someone special?

[hurrayformarriage]

Nobody who's around right now.

[He'll never forget his first wife, but... He's not going to see her again, and he's accepted that.]

[bandagedheart]

I’m the same.

[Not that he’s ever been in a serious relationship in his life.

Best not try too hard yet, though.]

Do you have a drink of choice?

[hurrayformarriage]

Depends how drunk I feel like gettin'. Sake's good.

[bandagedheart]

Then order as much as you like!

[No ulterior motives here.]

Just don’t tell your Dazai!

[hurrayformarriage]

He ain't got business complainin' 'bout me drinkin' too much.

[So he'll order himself another round, and finish off his first glass]

[bandagedheart]

Goodness! Look at you go!

[Meanwhile Dazai is keeping his own alcohol consumption to a minimum for reasons.]

Tell me about your works, Oda-kun. What kind of things do you write about?

[hurrayformarriage]

[Oda can be a heavy drinker when he wants to be. This will only end well.]

Ya never heard of the decadent school either, huh? Me 'n Dazai 'n Ango, we wrote stuff that pissed off the establishment.

[bandagedheart]

Did you now? You sound like quite the trio!

[He misses those days dearly...]

The Ango I know is all about business and order. He’d faint at the very idea of rebelling!

[Exceot that he’s like a triple agent, but shh.]

And the Oda I knew...would’ve told us both how terrible of an idea breaking the rules was while secretly doing it himself...

[He looks a bit sad now, but the smile remains as he takes another drink.]

[hurrayformarriage]

Yer Ango sounds like a bore. Might be fun to stick my Ango 'n him in a room together, see what goes down.

[He's placing his bets on author-Ango driving business-Ango to crack first.]

Yer Oda sounds more fun.

[bandagedheart]

[Dazai chuckles softly at that image.]

We might have a massacre on our hands, then.

[All the mirth immediately leaves him when other-Oda mentions his Oda, however, and Dazai purposely hides his expression behind his glass.]

He was.

[hurrayformarriage]

[...Odasaku pushes his glass towards Dazai. You need an extra drink more than he does.]

Wanna talk about anythin' else?

[bandagedheart]

[Dazai wordlessly takes the glass and drains it before forcing a smile.]

How about we get nice and wasted and see where the night takes us?

[hurrayformarriage]

If that ain't the best plan I've heard all day. Bartender, another!

[And so he keeps drinking. And keeps drinking... Nobody's got tolerance like a decadent author.

Even he'll get drunk eventually, however.]

[bandagedheart]

[Despite what he’d said, Dazai takes his time and paces himself with the alcohol, and ends up only pleasantly buzzed while Oda seems very...drunk.]

Oh my! Should I cut you off?

[Dazai grins and takes another sip of his sake.]

I can take you home, if you’d like.

[hurrayformarriage]

You'd better! Dazai-kun'll get it in his head to worry 'bout me again.

[As if Shuji ever stopped worrying about Odasaku.]

[bandagedheart]

We can’t have that!

[Dazai flashes Oda his biggest, most dashing smile before ushering him out to his personal car and driving him back to his apartment.

He said home, not the library. He can’t risk Shuji finding out about this.

When they pull up and get out of the car Dazai makes sure to keep Oda steady all the way up to his suite.]

Please make yourself at home! I’ll take you back to the library in the morning...

[hurrayformarriage]

[Odasaku's drunk enough to waver a little when Dazai guides him in, but he doesn't stagger too much.

When he sees the inside of Dazai's apartment, he whistles.]

You rich or somethin'?

[bandagedheart]

Just lucky.

[Not in the slightest, but he doesn’t want to get into exactly how he came by his fortune.]

Can I get you some tea? Coffee? Water?

[hurrayformarriage]

'm fine~

[Oda flops down on Dazai's couch, leaning back against one of the cushions..]

This's soft... Heaps better than anythin' we got at the library.

[bandagedheart]

Alrighty then~

[Dazai looks on with amusement as Oda makes himself comfortable, and he flops down right next to him with a contented sigh.]

You know, you look rather fetching like this~

[Dazai takes the liberty of brushing a stray strand of hair out of Oda’s face with a warm smile.]

[hurrayformarriage]

Not to brag, but I’m a pretty fetchin’ kind of guy!

[ As for Dazai... Oda gives him a once-over. ]

Yer not bad yerself.

[bandagedheart]

You flatterer.

[Dazai has been a proper gentleman all night, but now that he’s got such a lovely specimen here, alone, in his apartment...]

I could show you a nice time, you know...

[He turns Oda’s head until they’re face to face before leaning in to press their lips together.]

[hurrayformarriage]

[Oda's Dazai will probably be mad, but it's not like Dazai's never stuck his dick where it doesn't belong and gotten in trouble for it. Besides it's just a one-night-stand.

Satisfied with that logic, Oda returns the kiss, resting one hand on Dazai's cheek and the other on his shoulder. He's a little drunk, after all, and a deep kiss could make a fellow dizzy if he doesn't have something to steady himself.]

[bandagedheart]

[Dazai is more than fine with that, and once Oda has a hold on him he deepens the kiss, pushing his tongue past Oda’s lips to lick into his mouth. He tastes like booze, of course, and so does Dazai, but there’s also something sweet that keeps him wanting more.

Eventually he pulls back and gives Oda a sly grin before kissing and nipping at his neck.]