Too Stoic for him?

|•Chapter 8: "Best friends"•|

First Person POV

"Oi,l/n-san where's that Dazai at?" Kunikida asked as I looked up from the computer to see a very
pissed look on his face. "Why would I know?"
I had asked him. "Well your the closet to him."
He retorted. "Well doesn't mean I know where he
is at all..." I mumbled not even bothering with
the blonde at all. It's seem like today will be
as it usually is in the agency.

"Welp, I'm going down stairs to get something
want anything Ranpo?" I asked the detective
who seemed pretty bored out of his wits.
"A coffee will do!" He replied as I was just
about to walk out of the door...

BAM!

"Jeez didn't expect you to visit the Agency
Hirotsu-san." I crossed my arms over my chest
not even surprised that the Black Lizard
decided to visit us again fully armed and geared.
"So this is where you have been Y/n? Well
my apologies to your friends but I forgot to make
an appointment beforehand. I even forgot to
knock, though we'll finish business soon."

*****

"Sorry Gin" Roundhouse kicking right in her
abdomen sending her back into the wall as
it let out a loud crack. Poor wall and also poor
Gin's back. "Eh?! Y/n! Still not rusty over the
years of not being in the mafia?" I turned to see Tachihara pointing his pistol directly at my
head,he's still the same old person he was.

"For someone like you... You should learn to
know your place." Grabbing the warm barrel
and twisting his hand while punching him right
in the face to not even get a chance to retaliate.
As he landed right on one the already broken desks.
"Welp that wrap them up." Dusting off the
non-existent dirt off my hands I looked to see the rest of the agency member had handled it
pretty good. "Y/n! You didn't get hurt did you?" Yosano asked as she cupped my chin in between
her thumb and index finger as moving my head
side to side checking for any injuries.

"Well no injuries, you did a good job beating them down." She pecked my cheek as a smiled back
at her . "You too." I returned kiss onto her cheek then walking over to Kunikida who was muttering who knows what to himself . "Well Yosano and
I handed out apology gifts last time Kunikida
so it's your turn." I patted the man on his shoulder
"Thanks for the reminder..." He muttered not even
needing to read his mind that he isn't gonna
like that at all. "Yo Y/n!Gonna need you to come with me on an investigation." Ranpo called
out as I had turned to him.

"What is it now?"Inquiring as a smile draws
onto his face. "They need some advice and I
need your ability if anything goes wrong."
He answered knowing that I was complying
either way. "Well Y/n if your going with Ranpo
take him with you." Kunikida pointed at
Atsushi. "Sure thing."

*****

"You're late detectives!"An unfamiliar voices
calls out to us. "Who're you? Where's
Yasui-san?"Ranpo asked as I was also curious
to why our usual client wasn't here too.
"I'm Minouchi. Yasui's replacement."The man
spoke showing his identification card to us
"My department can take care of this case
without the help of you damn detectives."He
stated glaring at us intensely.

"How foolish. Isn't it a given that any difficult case
in this world needs a famous detective to solve
it?" Ranpo chuckled nutritiously. "I'd never ask
for some soap-box-lecturing detective's help."
He retorted. "And why's that?"
"Because the victim is my subordinate."

*****

Observing the body of the young female
woman it looked to be that the murder was pretty recent is all of what I could tell. Though looking closer you'd saw the multiple gunshots in her
chest. It was obvious that it was made to
look like the Mafia's doing. "She was found
floating downstream in the river this morning."
The officer explained."Poor Lady..." as I looked
at her jaw to see if it was intact which it was
indeed did so whoever did this panicked
while commuting the murder.

"We don't know much beyond the fact she took
three shots to the chest. Not the place, nor the
time- the bullets went straight through, so we haven't been able to find those." He explained as
I only hummed in reponse. "What about the culprit?"I asked. "Not a clue. Didn't seem like
she was on any sort of an relationship with
anyone, considering the way she carried
herself at work." He answered, ever so reluctantly

"I see. So just to clarify you're saying you
have absolutely nothing,right." Ranpo asked
"All the more of a reason to not entrust this to
some amateur sleuth like you. Now go back-"
"HEY! WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN THE NET!"
Someone called out as I turn to see them pulling
the net up. "What's you using that for."
"We thought there might be more evidence
floating behind her, so we cast a net across the
river yo see what we could get..." The officer explained "I-IT'S A BODY!WE CAUGHT
ANOTHER BODY!""Another one ,Huh?"

*****

"Os-Dazai?!"I stared at the man's upside down hanging form. "Oh hey darling, hey Atsushi-kun
I presume your both working well good job."
He commented. "First off quit with the pet
names. Second of all would you stop trying to
commit suicide your ruining the Agency's reputation." I groaned annoyingly as he only
had that shit-eating grin on his face.

"Well why would I commit suicide alone when I
have a beautiful woman right here."He patted
my shoulder as I crossed both arms over my chest
giving him the look as he went on about suicide
as he usually does. "Cmon let's bring you down." Grabbing his leg and yanking him down
"Wait Y-n-!"

*****

"What kind of a monster would do that to such
a beautiful lady?! To think that someone would
cut her life so short...! It's a tragedy, I can feel
my heart breaking! Why couldn't they spare her
long enough so that we can die together!?"Dazai wailed as he crouched by the woman's body.
"Who's this nut?"the man asked " *Sighs* He's
our co-worker that even Ranpo couldn't solve the mystery of what's going on inside his head."
I answered

"But don't you worry,fair lady.I swear that my famed detective buddy and best friend will ensure
that you pass on with no regrets. Isn't that right
Ranpo-san and Y/n-san?"Dazai asked us as I
couldn't help but think about how he addressed
me as his "Best friend" why did that hurt
when he said it like that.