Bungou Stray Dogs Oneshots

Slow Down Summer (Q x Kenji)

(I love this ship sm)

(And since Q has no confirmed gender, I will be using they/them pronouns.)

"Hey, Q? The boss wants to see you," Akutagawa said, passing by Q.

"Good. I was tired of being stepped on by people," they replied.

"Then again, you are laying in the middle of the floor, so you kind of caused it yourself."

"Hm... I guess that's fair," Q said back, getting up and walking into the office of the PM boss, Mori.

He was standing behind his desk with his back to Q, who silently waited for Mori to start.

Elise looked up from her drawing and noticed Q, waving at them quietly. They waved back to Elise just as Mori turned around.

"Ah, Q. I have your next mission," he started.

Q listened intently as Mori explained what Q was supposed to do.

A small group of teenagers had stolen some cargo from a warehouse owned by the mafia, and Mori wanted Q to infiltrate their group to be a spy.

Q nodded and asked how long it'd take.

"Why do you ask, Q?" Mori wondered aloud before answering their question.

"I was working on a drawing for someone special," they said.

"I see. Does it happen to be someone I know?" Mori asked, being nosy.

Q shook their head no and Mori thought silently for a minute about this information.

"Is it someone in the detective agency?" Mori asked.

Q nodded, and Mori smiled.

"Well, you'd better go get started on your assignment. Good luck," Mori said, turning to Elise and asking her what she was coloring.

"It was a wolf, but now it's you, Rintarou. Specifically you dying," she explained.

Q left the room quickly, barely being able to hold in their laughter at Mori's reaction to Else's answer.

They left the PM base and went to a small warehouse on the south side of town, holding their doll close to them as they knocked on the she'd door.

A boy opened the door and looked outside. He gasped when he saw who was there.

"Q?!" He whispered.

"Kenji?!" Q whispered back.

"What's goin' on out there, shrimpy?!" A booming voice came from inside.

"There's someone here, sir!" Kenji called back.

Boots could be heard walking against the concrete floor as a fifteen year-old dressed in casual burglar clothes walked up behind Kenji.

"Who's the shrimpy number two?" The guy asked Kenji.

"I'm just a small child, here to offer you a very intriguing deal. That's all," Q explained.

"What could we possibly want from you?" The guy asked arrogantly.

Q smiled sinisterly, saying, "I know you stole cargo from the port mafia."

The guy gasped slightly and panicked, deciding after a moment to let Q inside.

Q walked in and was immediately hit with the smell of garlic. They tried not to sneeze, barely succeeding in the end.

"So what do ya want, Shrimpy number two?" The juvenile asked.

"I want you to give me a job. See, I have information about the mafia I think you want, but in return, I want information on you as well. Just to make um sure you don't get yourself killed."