The flames are hot, but Kunikida's hands are clammy and cold. Unbeknownst to his Shinigami minder, he had called in the day before.
The conversation that he had with Ango, that other Shinigami, had resulted in an uneasy alliance of sorts. While Kunikida still feels the urge to banish or exorcise all supernatural beings from his home, he feels that the strait laced Ango is...okay. He is neither too rude nor too creepy. He is quite unlike Dazai.
Upon asking Ango why he wanted the book burned, Kunikida found himself far more surprised that he actually deigned to give him an answer.
"The Shinigami King requested that Dazai come back—Shinigami aren't exactly supposed to go down into the human world unless we choose to reap souls. He's already in trouble, one more infraction wouldn't hurt him."
Kunikida didn't know how to feel about that. However, he knew that Dazai was a bit of a slacker to put it lightly, so he wasn't too surprised.
After he leaves his apartment, he walks a ways to an abandoned mansion that is overgrown with the local wildlife. Sometimes, people would report disturbances that were due to teenagers partying or doing drugs in those parts. However, in the mid morning light, there areonly the sounds of the wind passing through creaky shutters and the creaking melody of an old house settling into the earth. Sometimes, Kunikida comes to this particular mansion to think.
Today, he is going to burn a notebook.
He chooses a secluded area at the back of the mansion. It isn't well kept. It is just an area that was overgrown with weeds.
Once he starts burning the notebook, there is nothing left but to watch it get rendered to ashes. The process is easily the most enchanting and boring event he has ever witnessed. Kunikida hopes that he is able to see something interesting. As it were, the notebook burns like a notebook...that burns. There is absolutely nothing special about it.
Once the notebook is nothing more than ashes a few wayward pieces of paper, Kunikida stamps out the fire and walks out of the mansion.
The only hint that there is anything supernatural would be if Dazai was still waiting for him at the apartment.
Kunikida isn't sure if he wants to remember this experience or if he wants to see Dazai ever again.
