Thread by @mamachuuya, Au where Dazai has been living at Chuuya's apartment for about a [...]

Au where Dazai has been living at Chuuya& #39;s apartment for about a year now. Neither one of them ever really talked about it, but it started with the truce. The two of them slept together once and quickly became addicted to each other.

It was always at Chuuya& #39;s place. He felt too uncomfortable around the other Agency members to ever go back to Dazai& #39;s dorm, so eventually Dazai brought over a few changes of clothes to have on hand, and Chuuya bought him a toothbrush so he wouldn& #39;t have to smell his rancid breath

in the mornings. Then, Dazai brought over his own soap to keep in the shower. Chuuya& #39;s stuff smelled "too much like a little slug and not enough like a grown man" for him to use, and Chuuya accepted that (though Dazai did receive a punch to the gut for the comment.)

Over time, a few changes of clothes morphed into half the closet, a few if Dazai& #39;s favorite foods turned into half the fridge, a few of Dazai& #39;s favorite books became a whole bookshelf, and staying over a few nights a week turned into every night.

So when Chuuya announces that he& #39;s buying a small house on the outskirts of Yokahama, Dazai /panics/ when he doesn& #39;t receive an invite to move with him. Chuuya packs up all of his own things, and starts to move them, but leaves Dazai& #39;s shit in boxes by the front door.

Dazai takes it as a subtle way of being told to take his things /home/. Ironic. Because nothing about Chuuya is /subtle./

When move in day comes, Chuuya texts Dazai the address to the house, with a beautifully written text of "get your lanky ass over here and help me unpack."

Dazai eventually shows up... but it isn& #39;t until several drinks later he& #39;s knocking at the door.

Chuuya looks him up and down when he answers. "What the fuck Dazai. You drank yourself shitless on move in day? Where& #39;s your stuff?"

"My... stuff?"

"Yeah you idiot. I packed all your shit for you and you didn& #39;t even bring it?"

"Bring it... here?"

The confusion is evident on both their faces, but suddenly Chuuya turns red with embarrassment.

"I mean this is fine. You don& #39;t /have/ to bring it here or anything. Actually it& #39;ll be /nice/ to have my own space back-"

Dazai pushes past him into the house and sees something he didn& #39;t expect. While Chuuya has always been a fan of modern decor, this house was much more in Dazai& #39;s category of /cozy/. It was full of earthy tones, there& #39;s a fireplace and as he walks through the house

he even notices a /personal library/. He reads the titles of the books as his fingers run along the spines. All the classics, some high fantasy, depressing books and /everything/ is right up Dazai& #39;s alley.

He sits in one of the seats, looking around in awe,

when a cat jumps into his lap. "You hate cats." He pets the small beast and looks up at Chuuya standing in the doorway, even more confused than he was before.

"Yeah well... you don& #39;t." His voice is soft and hesitant, unsure of Dazai& #39;s reaction.

"You never asked me to move in with you." Maybe it was the alcohol that brought it out, neither one of them know for sure.

"I didn& #39;t think I had to. We were already living together."

And /that& #39;s/ the moment Dazai realized why he had been feeling so shitty.

Not only because he wasn& #39;t sure if he was invited to the new house, not because he wasn& #39;t sure if they were living together, but because...

"Couples live together Chuuya."

"Okay?"

"We& #39;re not a couple."

"Fuck that Dazai we both know that& #39;s not true. So what do you want from me? You want me to formally ask you out? To ask you to move in? Do you want me to get down on one knee and ask you to /marry me?/"

Dazai& #39;s head shoots up, eyes wide with surprise.

"Because this is /it/ for me Dazai. You& #39;re it. So you need to actually fucking talk to me when you& #39;re feeling this way."

...

"You want to marry me?"

"Holy shit is that the only thing you heard just now?"

Dazai smiles wide, one that actually reaches his eyes, one that only Chuuya gets to see. "I& #39;ll say yes if you do."

"If I do what?"

"Ask me to marry you."

He sighs. "Ill keep that in mind for the future then."

"So.... are you gonna get your shit? I was going to order pizza... and I might have gotten the new Mario Kart and some booze too but... you don& #39;t seem like you need more to drink."

Dazai laughs, "send a mover to pick up my stuff. I can kick your ass in Mario even drunk."

"You& #39;re on."

And things only change a /little bit/ for them after that. Gentle touches and soft smiles last a little longer, Dazai& #39;s agency dorm becomes completely empty, and a year later they wear matching rings on their left hands.

THE END

This was for @Lightielle im sorry I broke your heart yesterday I hope this stitches it back together

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