It was early in the morning when Y/n got up. you looked around the room still half asleep slowly you remember what happened. how you were staying with Dazai for now. you got out of bed stretching, you get dressed and head for the kitchen. you start making breakfast thinking of Hana and where she might be.
Dazai woke up by the smell of food being cooked and some shuffling noises in his kitchen. he got up getting dressed walking in to see you putting the plates of food down. he took a seat at the table, he picked up his chopsticks.
"thank you for the food."
you both began eating silently until you pause braking the silence.
"are you sure you want to tell them everything?"
he nodded.
"it'll be fine. besides I have you beside me right."
he gave you one of his goofy smiles.
"yeah, you're right."
you close your eyes giving a smile of your own. but soon his face turned serious.
"Y/n you know why I did, what I did. right...?"
you close your eyes sighing.
"I do. but that doesn't mean that I'm not mad at you for doing it."
"yeah I know... do you think you'll ever be able to forgive me...?"
"honestly I don't know, right now I just want Hana back..."
'yeah and I want you back.'
he thought the last part to himself.
"we should get going."
he nodded you both get up and start making your way to the detective agency.
Soon you reach the building, you both walk up the stairs to the forth floor, Dazai opened the door.
"good morning~"
he said in his usual sing song voice.
"it's about damn time you got here!"
Kunikida turned to look at Dazai annoyed.
"sorry, we meant to be here earlier."
you say as Kunikida's gaze turns to you curiously. Dazai stepped forward.
"she'll be staying by my side through this investigation. also there are some things that you need to know about this case."
he turned heading to the conference room you fallowing behind.
Soon you were all gathered in the conference room Kunikida looking a bit inpatient while Atsushi was nervous. you sat down looking at the table.
"so what do you need to tell us?"
Dazai looked straight at Kunikida.
"it's about this case. it's connected to me personally, or more specifically my past as well as some things that I neglected to tell you, due to some reasons that only came to light recently."
Kunikida narrowed his eyes.
"what do you mean by that exactly?"
Dazai looked over to you.
"where do you think we should start?"
"probably best to start from the beginning. you said that you wanted tell them everything right?"
he nodded, you took his hand under the table to show him you were there with him and supporting him. he squeezed it you squeezed his hand back in reassurance. he took a deep breath and began his story of you and him. how he left you, and how he didn't know about Hana until you came to the detective agency requesting help, as well as his rank in the mafia.
"that's why I would prefer to keep her close to my side. I will not take chances with Y/n's safety."
Kunikida stayed silent. you spoke up for the first time since Dazai asked you where he should begin his story.
"Mr. Kunikida there's also one more thing you should know. Hana has an ability she never told me the name of it, but it's an ability to manipulate shadows. I don't know the full extent of her power and what it does but, she can't fully control it and it activates when she's scared or in danger. I don't want her to be used as a tool for the mafia. I'm sorry I kept this from you. I wanted to talk to Osamu about the situation a little before saying anything more. but I was intending to tell you about the her ability. again I am sorry."
you bow your head to the two detectives in front of you. Kunikida sighed.
"I see. I suppose given the situation it's understandable that you were wary about things. and telling us late rather than not at all is better."
he adjusted his glasses then glared at Dazai. Dazai turns to you giving a smile.
"Y/n do you think you can give us a minute? here."
he handed you some money.
"go down to the cafe and get yourself something ok."
he kissed your four head, you nodded and left to go downstairs to the cafe to get something. once you left tension filled the air between Kunikida and Dazai.
"so whatever you want to say, say it."
Dazai decided to break the silence first.
"there's a lot of things I want to say. so many I don't know where to start."
"really? cause I can just tell your itching to yell at me."
"you know what you're right. I am. you know what else... I don't just want to do, but I'm going to do!"
the minute he finished that sentence, he sent his fist flying straight into Dazai's face. Dazai didn't even attempt to doge it. he fell down from the force of it he looked up at Kunikida still retaining his serious face.
"how could you leave that woman all alone! and with a child no less! not even a word of goodbye either! I knew you were a bastard but this is a whole new low even for you!"
"I had to, I was leaving the mafia. if she were to be found out about they would have killed her and she knows that. I did it to keep her safe."
Kunikida growled and picked Dazai up by the front of his shirt slamming him against the wall.
"keeping her safe! What about how she was feeling?! she must have been scared and confused on what to do and what about the child?! she had to take care of it all by herself no one to help her!"
it was Dazai's turn to get angry at this. he grabbed Kunikida's shirt.
"you think I don't know that! I loved her! and I still love her! If I knew about the child I would've taken her with me!"
"So your saying if she wasn't pregnant you would leave! Which you did!"
"I didn't say that! I thought it would be best if she were to forget about me! To find someone better! someone who actually deserves her! She's a shining light in the darkness I didn't want scum like me to taint it! She deserves to live and thrive in the light, not be tied down by darkness from the underworld full corruption, cheating, and scum... so yes I deserve everything you said and all the punches and kicks you give me! but... don't ever think for a moment I never loved her!"
Dazai looked straight into Kunikida's eyes as he yelled this. Kunikida's grip slackened as he let go of the front of Dazai's shirt. Dazai did the same, Kunikida sighed turning around picking up his note book from the table.
"I'm going back to work."
that was all he said as he left the room. a couple minutes later you came back holding a couple cups of coffee for everyone.
Y/n POV
"Huh where'd Kunikida go?"
you looked around.
"oh, he went back to the office room."
Dazai replied, I look at his face to see a huge bruise forming. I put down the coffee and run up to him.
"oh my god! Osamu what happened?!"
"it's nothing really Y/n. it's about what I was expecting given that what I've just confessed."
he said while massaging his cheek where Kunikida hit him.
"oh... I see... well I got drinks for everyone cause I figured we would be working for a while, I would get us all something."
I handed Atsushi one of the drinks.
"thank you so much L/n."
I smile at him.
"your very welcome Atsushi."
"Y/nnnnnnn."
Dazai whinnies trying to get my attention from Atsushi.
"what is it?"
"so you got me something to right?"
"yeah, I said I got something for everyone. yours is on the table there."
I point over to a cup resting on the table.
"now I'm gonna go give this one to Kunikida. I'll see you in a bit ok."
as I walked out the door I could see him pout out of the corner of my eye. soon I came to the main office. I see Kunikida sitting at one of the desks typing on a laptop, I make my way over.
"ummm, excuse me Kunikida..."
"hmmmm..."
he looked up from his work.
"I got everyone some drinks, if you want one."
I showed him, holding the cup out to him.
"oh thank you. you can just put it on my desk, I'll drink it as I work."
I nod putting it on a part of his desk that was free of paper work.
"thanks."
I was about to walk away when...
"wait."
"hmm?"
I turned around to see Kunikida turned towards me in his office chair.
"why do you, put up with him?"
"what do you mean?"
"Dazai Osamu. why do you, put up with him? especially after all he's done."
little did you know that Dazai had followed you and was listening from outside the door. he was careful to not be seen or heard. I give Kunikida a sad smile.
"it's complicated... I know he only did what he did to keep me safe. even if it was cruel, and even though I'm still very angry and hurt by what he did. but I also know at the time that was the best choice of action to keep both of us safe. especially with his previous occupation."
Kunikida stares down at his note book on the table thinking.
"please don't worry to much about it. besides no matter what he did or will do, I don't think I'll ever be able to hate Osamu. even if I wanted. it's just I need time to think things out and how I should feel, and what I should do. but for now Hana comes first."
"of course."
Kunikida nodded as he turned back to his work.
"I'll get back to work now."
I nodded and noticed a sound of scuffling near the door. I headed in the direction of the sound to see what it was. once I got there, all I saw was a flutter of a coat disappearing around the corner of the hall.
'jeez Osamu, still up to your old tricks even after all this time...'
"well I better see if there's anything I can help with."
I started heading to find something I can do.
