Odasaku stares impassively down at the Death Note, but there's a furrow in his eyes.
"You can kill people just by writing down their name?"
"Yup! Neat, right? I've tried blackmailing other humans into writing my name down, but it just doesn't seem to work," Dazai sighs. He rests his head on the counter of the bar. Out of the kindness of his heart, his human companion had ordered him some speciality whiskey that had Dazai moaning from such heavenly bliss. "Suicide for humans is so easy! It's too bad that it's lost it's place as an art form."
"Hmm."
"What, you're not going to say anything?"
"You'll be offended and might kill me." Although phrased as a joke, there's still an undercurrent of a power balance within the relationship. After all, Dazai is still a Shinigami with a hidden agenda that Odasaku can only guess at.
"Aww, come on! Tell me already!"
"I thank you for this gift, but I don't need to kill anyone."
Dazai freezes, his dark brown eyes grow darker.
"Sure, that's what you think. What about if you killed in personal defense? What about that?"
Odasaku shook his head.
"Even so. I have been a terrible person in the past, but I would like to change for the better. Even if my life were put in danger, I would rather die than kill again."
On the outside, Dazai merely shrugs away his words as if they are nothing more than a curious behavior of a particular human. On the inside, however, Dazai is growing worried. With every day that passes, Odasaku's numbers grow smaller and smaller.
His children are killed.
Mimic is calling him out to play.
Adre Gide is cornering him to fight.
And it is all in behest of one Mori Ougai.
And then his numbers, falls down to zero.
Shinigami aren't supposed to save lives, they're supposed to take them. As Odasaku slumps against him, dying in Dazai's arms, the Shinigami feels his heart grow cold, his eyes brim with human like tears.
Maybe if Dazai had been less selfish, maybe if he had disobeyed the rules of the Shinigami King and his closest associates, maybe, maybe, maybe…
Maybe if he didn't feel so discontented with his life in the Shinigami Realm.
Maybe if he didn't meet—no.
No.
No, he would never trade his friendship with Odasaku for the world.
In that case, he'll have to make do with revenge.
