"You didn't have this bruise yesterday. [Y/n].. Senpai did this, didn't he?" Higuchi's worried words hit deaf ears as you walked past her after a mission you had with Akutagawa. She was right. Once again you went far beyond your limits of taking care of him and got punished. Though you knew he didn't do this on purpose or because he hated you. He just couldn't help, because you never learned otherwise.

Higuchi and you had one thing in common. Akutagawa was your first priority. But for you, he was someone special and your feelings for him made you go far more into his personal space than Higuchi would ever would dare to. Of course, he was the "heartless dog" and pushed you away, hating the affection, but that never stopped you to fully trust him and would give your life for him if you had to. Why? Because you knew him better than anyone else.

[Flashback]

"You little, desolate brat! It would be better scum like you end up in the gotter, so our town can be cleansed from people like you!" a man who run after you, hissed. You were a 10 year old little girl and you stole bread from a bakery. But it wasn't for you, even if you were on the edge of starvation. The food was for a boy you knew. He was sickly and weak and you took care for him. But this time, the baker caught you and treatened you with a broom.

He cornered you and raised his weapon. "I will show you some respect" he yelled at you. You shut your eyes and waited for the painful impact, hoping he'll end it soon. Just then you heard a familar coughing and someone getting hit. You opened your eyes and saw the boy before you, who took the blows for you. "R..Ryunosuke-kun.." you mumbled after he broke down in your arms. "Idiot! What are you doing here?" your tears streamed down your face and hit his blood-stained forehead. Akutagawa looked at you and turned his head the other way. "I just told you.. just stop stealing food. We don't need that stinky stuff from the rich." he mumbled before he lost his conscience. You held him tightly and cried a bit more. "I did it for YOU damn it.."

[End of Flashback]

That was 9 years ago. Now, that you both are in the Port Mafia, your life changed drastically. Though you remained the same gentle and empathic person you used to be. Akutagawa was the one, who changed completely. He got cold, reckless and unable to show any emotions anymore. Becoming the heartless dog of the mafia, a ruthless killer. That was his fate. And you hated his fate.

There was a meeting at the moment and Ougai gave out missions. You looked around. He wasn't here. That was nothing new to be honest, because Akutagawa always got his missions via phone. But this time Ougai turned to you and gave you a mission for you and him: In an abandoned village, far away from civilisation, members of the Guild were spotted. Mark Twain and Herman Melville. They probably wanted to build up a hidden basement and you had to surprise them and kill them with no mercy.

After the meeting, you walked around the floors heading to Akutagawa's room. His room was separate from all the others in the living area. It seems he wanted to bring his social contacts down to zero.

As you reached his room you didn't hesitate to open the door and enter. A big mistake, you realized too late. His room was completely stricted of visiting without knocking and telling who you are.

Rashomon flies in your direction, ready to devour you with his maw. "Senpai, stop! It's me!" you yelled and Rashomon stopped millimeters before you, leaving you having an almost massive heart attack. [Y/n].." his deep voice caused a shiver to run down your spine. "Just knock next time." he mumbled and looked out of the window. "I will.." you answered and tried to remember why you even came to his room at all.

"We have a new mission?"

"Y..Yeah.. How do you can tell?"

"You never visit me without reason."

"..."

His words hurt you, because it was not your fault, that he hated social interactions. He was a lonely wolf and probably the loneliest human on earth. Not that that can't be changed though. "No, I.." again you were at a loss for words. A heavy coughing alerted you and you were instantly by his side. "It gets worse.. Should I get you a doct-" he cut you off with a push against his bed. You fell on the hardened matress and noticed that it never got fluffed up. He never let anyone in his room and it seemed he didn't care about his room either. „I am fine! I don't need your pity!" he hissed lowly.

After he watched you for a moment, he sat beside you on the bed. That was his way to show you his acceptance of you being by his side, even if he was rough sometimes. You weren't mad at him, because you knew how hard it was for him to show his feelings. Despite his cold nature, you never gave up on reaching his heart someday. "I just don't like it being treated like an ill child." he spoke after a short pause. "I'm sorry.." you whispered and looked at him, apologizing. Akutagawa stared back at you before his head sunk low and he stood up. "Let's head out for the mission" You just sighed. It didn't slip your notice that he barely looked at you lately. He just avoided your eyes and it pained you.

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During your way to the village, there was silence between the two of you. You never talked much to each other and even Higuchi had more conversations with him. It was so frustrating, that your feelings for him were far beyond sympathy and you just felt weak and helpless that you weren't able to help him escape the darkness of his mind. "If you want to survive.. you should never let your guard down." his voice ended your thoughts and you looked at him puzzled. Maybe he really cared for you? You smiled and walked a bit closer to him. "I will. But I can't sense any other strong entities anywhere." you explained. Your ability was a sort of an aura that emitted a radar that can sense other ability users within a 5-mile radius. If anyone from The Guild where near, you would sense them.

When you reached the village, it was already dark. The village seemed abandoned for a long time, the fields were dry, everything was in ruins and not a single sound was heard. The perfect place for a hidden basement. But it seemed your targets were on a mission by themselves. Instead of looking for them without knowing their whereabouts, you decided to wait until they are back and sneak attack them.

A cold breeze left you shuddering and the little campfire was the only light and heat source. Rashomon was like a mist over the two of you in order to hide the smoke and light and cover your hiding spot. Only Akutagawa sat near the campfire and looked into the flames. You sat a few meters away in the direction of the open field. Of course you didn't want to get attacked when you least expect it. Guild members were smart. There was a possibilty that they saw right through your ability and managed to trick you.

You rubbed your arms to try to warm yourself. That wasn't enough so you curled up in a ball. A shadow wiggled on the ground in your direction, but you failed to notice it. At least until you got wrapped in a shadow and were pulled against Akutagawa. You blinked in surprise and saw Rashomon disappearing in his jacket. "It has a mind on its own. Nevermind it." Akutagawa mumbled but you knew he was lying. Rashomon never acted on its own. That means Akutagawa was worried about you. You smiled and leaned against his shoulder. "Thanks, Rashomon."

Akutagawa froze in shock at your actions and wanted to push you away. He stopped and simply watched you. These feelings he got when he saw you.. What was the meaning of this? He didn't understad. No, he was not interested in understanding them. The mission was his first priority and it would be unconvenient if you got sick, so he told himself to keep you warm in order to prevent that.

At first, he was hesitant and cautious, almost mechanic as he put his arm slowly around you. You didn't expect him to do anything like this and winced. His gaze was saying 'Don't say a word' so you nodded in understanding and remained in this hug while you both stared in the fire. Akutagawa seemed to have a soft side and you were the only one who he showed it. You were proud of this.

Time went by, minutes turned to hours and there was silence except for the flickering fire. Akutagawa didn't move an inch as you cuddled against him. That was the first time that you and him were so close to each other. In general it was his first time letting anyone close like this. He still had his inner fight about his feelings. The stronger he tried to suppress his feelings, the stronger his desire grew. He wanted to protect you, to be near you, to hold you.. Wait, what was he thinking? Maybe it was because of hid lack of sleep..

The next day approached and your heads leaned against each other while you tried to sleep. It was a peaceful morning, until you woke up and sensed a strange feeling. "Senpai, watch out!" you called out, waking Akutagawa. His eyes went wide when you pushed him aside and got hit by a bullet on your shoulder. "Oh, I missed. Just hit the girl's shoulder~" a male voice snickered. Akutagawa growled in a dangerous low voice and shot Rashomon in the voice's direction. "My, my. That's not a nice greeting for old aquaintances, is it?" the voice chuckled and summoned two puppets. "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn!"

You took hold of your bleeding arm and tried to stop the blood from flowing. Meanwhile Akutagawa stood before you in a protecting manner and fought both puppets. Rashomon turned into a spiderweb and caught Huck & Finn. "Nice try. Do you think you have a chance against me with that little play ability?" Twain asked amused and shoot more bullets from the distance. Rashomon devoured every bullet, while the spiderweb got smaller in a try to smash the puppets.

"Well, look at this. Your shadow can handle two forms at once? Interesting but useless. Hey, Menville. Take care of the girl." Twain said and turned to his partner. Finally both showed up from their hiding place: Moby Dick, the mobile whale fortress. Moby Dick was invisible, so they weren't sensed from your ability. "Take it easy Twain. She is not dangerous. After you killed that damn dog, we can handle her later." Menville spoke and looked at you.

You didn't see it, but Akutagawa was really mad. How could they dare say something like that to you? Even death would not be enough to punish them. "Rashomon.. Speer of Demise¹.." The sky got darker and you just stood there in fear and anticipation, as you watched what happened next. You never saw this form of Rashomon before but its destruction power was overwhelming.

Rashomon's shadow turned into a gigantic speer and flew towards the floating whale fortress, destroying the big whale without trouble as if cutting butter. Akutagawa however was not finished yet.

In the exact same moment, Rashomon's other form devoured both of Twain's puppets, before it turned into a big snake and wrapped around the falling guild members.

Akutagawa walked slowly, almost provokingly, towards them, emitting a deadly aura. "Scum like you should be deleted from this world." he spoke coldly and went to end the fight.

"That's enough, isn't it?" Akutagawa froze. He knew that voice. Shortly after he heard that voice, a hand reached to his shoulder and Rashomon disappeared. You knew this ability too well. "Dazai.. What are you doing here?" you asked him. Dazai just showed his signature smile before he bent down to the unconscious guild members. "Aww, what's with this greeting [Y/n]-chan? Didn't you miss me?" he asked and smiled sweetly. Akutagawa hid you behind his back where you got hold on his jacket. "I will ask again. What. . ?" you asked again behind your senpai. Dazai chuckled. "I just heard you guys were here to fight The Guild. So.. I got worried and wanted to look after my little student. That's not forbidden, right?" Dazai asked and winked in Akutagawa's direction. Since you knew him, you never trusted this smile. "Osamu Dazai.. you'll remain a completely mystery to me." you breathed and saw that Twain and Melville woke up. "Good timing. Would you two gentlemen follow us? I have a few questions~" Dazai chirped and let Tanizaki and Kunikida take care of them as they tried to run away.

"Hey! These two are our targets! What do you think you are doing?" you yelled at him in an angry manner and walked towards Dazai, ready to punch him. Of course he was stronger than you and pushed you back, until you landed in two strong arms. "I apologize [Y/n]-chan. Our mission is to capture these guys and I am afraid I can't be considerate of you~ See ya" And before you could yell more, the Agency members were gone.

It took you a few seconds later before you realised you were still in Akutagawa's arms. Puzzled you looked up into his face and saw him staring at you. It wasn't his usual emotionless stare. He seemed.. caring and something you weren't able to point out yet.

"Senpai..?"

"...You are bleeding." he said in his deep voice. You looked at your arm and shook your head. "That's just a scratch. It doesn't even hurt. Ano.. your grip is painful though. Can you let go of me?" you asked him. "No." That was a fast reply. "What do you mean by 'No'? What's wrong with you Senpai? You're acting strange lately.." Slowly you got frightened by his behavior. "Because it's your fault." he spoke in a monotone. Now you had enough. You managed to loosen his grip and turned around.

"Why? What have I done?" you asked. Akutagawa just stared at you. He was silent and that frustrated you. "Your.. presence.. irritates me." Your heart sank. He was annoyed by you? "If you want, I can take another partner and you can get paired again with Higuchi." you said with a sad voice, but 'eeped' in surprise when he hugged you tightly. "No."

"What are you doing to me?"

"What do you mean, senpai?"

"I.. never felt like this before. What is this feeling? I.. want to be at your side, hold you, protect you.. Doing things, I don't understand either."

Your features softened. Finally you understood the situation. Slowly you reached his cheek and stroked his soft skin with your hand. "I can tell you, what this feeling is called. Love." you explained and saw him blink in irritation. "L..Love?" He was so new in that kind of stuff, it was almost cute. "Yes, love. The exact same feeling I have towards you." you spoke softly. His eyes widened in disbelief.

"How.. do people show each other this feeling?" he asked. You almost burst out into laughter. Hell, who was this Akutagawa and what did he do with your senpai? He was just so adorable right now! Almost like the innocent boy you used to knew. "Let me show you.."

Akutagawa flinched at first, when your face got closer to his. He relaxed into your touch and waited for your actions. When you laid your lips onto his, he was paralysed. This was love? That's the affection you show each other when you are in love? It felt good.. it felt way better than he ever imagined it would be. Being unsure and unused to this kind of affection he tried to kiss you back. Though he didn't knew how to move his lips correctly, he slip off your lips and kissed your jawbone accidently. A slow moan stopped him from his actions. Since he never heard such a voice from you before. "Sorry.." he said quietly because he thought he did something wrong.

You were unsure what he meant until you chuckled. He was such a cutie right now. "Don't worry about that. Kissing other spots than the lips are part of showing affections. I.. liked it..And I think we need a cram course in relationships~" you snickered while he raised his brow in irritation. "I am going to pretend this was a compliment.." he sighed. You laughed a bit louder and hugged him tightly. "Senpai, you are just too cute. I love you." Akutagawa blushed lightly, but not because of your actions. He was embarassed and felt like a complete idiot right now. He just hoped nobody would ever see him like this, except for you of course. "I am not cute.. but.. I love you too."

You could say, the members of Port Mafia were astonished, when they heard of your relationship. Especially poor Tachihara, who just opened your door in a very wrong moment, as you tried to teach your senpai the joy of love-making~

END

EXTENDED ENDING

"YOU ARE WHAT?" Akutagawa asked, his mouth agape. You sulked and punched his chest. "I am pregnant, idiot. Aren't you happy?" you asked, stroking your belly. Akutagawa blinked. "But.." he mumbled before Ougai laid his hand on his shoulder. "That means taking responsibilty young friend." he grinned. Akutagawa just growled. "BUT SHE SAID NOTHING WILL BE HAPPEN WHEN I HAVE MY EYES TIGHT SHUT!"

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SECOND EXTENDED ENDING XD

"...It's not my fault, if you got tricked by that for the third time now." you hissed annoyed and helped your other two kids to clean the nursery.

¹Not Canon. I just made up this attack.