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]

I’d love that.

[Dazai adores being pampered, after all. Why do you think he keeps fancy scented oils around?]

Remember when we first met, Kitten? You were so upset that I hadn’t read your writing before!

[He also loves teasing Shuji.]

[thesettingsun]

[Oh, that. That seems so long ago.

Shuji tries not to grump too badly as he picks out a soap for Dazai.]

I'm a dead author. My writing is all that survives me. And I am one of the most famous authors of modern Japan, you know...

[bandagedheart]

I don’t doubt it! I was merely teasing you before.

[He might’ve read all of Shuji’s works in his spare time since then, and he might’ve thoroughly enjoyed all of them, but he doesn’t just come right out and say it.]

I’m so lucky to have such a brilliant and beautiful Kitten all to myself~

[He hasn’t actually fucked anyone else since this pet arrangement started. It’s a miracle.]

[thesettingsun]

[Shuji can't actually purr like a kitten, but the noise he makes when Dazai praises him is pretty close. His master called him brilliant, and beautiful...]

I'm all yours, Dazai-sama.

[Carefully, he starts washing Dazai's back, making sure not to leave any inch of him unattended. He needs to do a good job so Dazai will praise him again.]

[bandagedheart]

[Dazai sighs happily as Shuji begins washing his back, and he relaxes completely as he inhales the scent of roses on the warm, steamy air.]

You know, I used to have a partner that I could rely on to do this kind of thing... [Whether he makes Shuji more curious or jealous by telling him this, the result is bound to be entertaining.]

His name is Chuuya as well.

[thesettingsun]

I think my dick would shrivel up if I ever tried to sleep with Chuuya...

[Dazai is a braver man than him.]

[bandagedheart]

Really? He was awfully cute...

[And fierce, for a little guy. Why is every Chuuya tiny, angry, and fond of hats?]

Not that I’m sad that you haven’t! Less reasons for me to be jealous~

[thesettingsun]

...I've been married twice, had two long-term mistresses, and I can't name my one-night-stands even if you ask because I don't remember.

[So about that jealousy thing.]

[bandagedheart]

Goodness! You were quite the player in your previous life, I see!

[As long as they’re sharing their conquests...]

One night stands aside, I’ve only had a couple of steady partners. There’s just so many lovely men and women out there~

[thesettingsun]

It was the thirties. You got married and had kids - I was about the same age as you when I got married the first time. In hindsight, staying single would have been better for me.

[Given how bad of a husband and a father he was...]

[bandagedheart]

You had kids? That’s surprising!

[Because Dazai could never see himself as a father, and Shuji seems like a less than stellar choice for a dad. But if that’s what was expected of him at the time, then of course he had to follow through.]

Well, now you’re free to do as you please!

[thesettingsun]

[Dazai is 100% correct about this.]

I'd rather only have responsibilities to you, Master.

[God knows he screws everything else up.]