Bungo stray dogs One Shots

Ranpoe - Embarrassment

"POEEEE", A voice slowly got louder.

Poe looked up from his desk and at the door. Should he answer...? He looked at the manuscript in front of him. He still had a long way to go and right now finding out what was wrong seemed more tempting than rewriting the scene for the 10th time...

So the tall writer stood up and slowly peeked out of the room into the hall. He saw a small man almost walking past his door. He wore a brown hat and a cloak in the same color. Poe smiled. It was kind of adorable how Ranpo even got lost in their house...

Ranpo looked up after the door had opened: "Damn I hate this house. It's bigger than the whole city, I swear!". He then pouted a little.

Poe just chuckled at that adorableness! How did he deserve such a perfect lover and rival?! Him a wreck of anxiety and failure! He was so lucky after all no matter how much Katai told him that Ranpo wasn't someone you would say was the 'perfect lover'. For Poe there could be no better and more adorable Rival!

"D-did you have a nice day at work?", the tall man stuttered as Ranpo just opened his door fully and walked inside the room without a care in the world. He was already searching for some sweets was Poe's guess.

"Meh. Boring", Ranpo replied and finally found what he was looking for. With a triumphant smile he took out one of the lollipops on Poe's desk. One of many whom Poe stored there in case Ranpo got lost in the house again and went into his study.

"A-ah!", Poe nodded and continued standing in the doorframe. Embarrassing. How could extroverts just start a conversation?! How did small talk work again? How could you have so much confidence to go into a room like Ranpo did? Poe truly wished for even just a small amount of that confidence...

But maybe it was something that a loser like him could only dream of. Admire the man in front of him who was smarter than anyone else. Who was truly perfect and beautiful and admirable.

Katai only looked at him with confusion and concern when he talked about how perfect and adorable Ranpo was in comparison to him. How he was lucky to have such a boyfriend that everyone would wish for!

To which Katai only narrowed his eyes remarking that Poe was rich, smart, with a sweet personality and just very fun to be with. While Ranpo – in Katai's opinion – was kind of a brat who insulted others with no power and some serious issues. Which was obviously not correct, right?! Ranpo was just cute and perfect and smart! Maybe he was sometimes a brat and maybe he destroyed Poe's dream of becoming a detective but that was clearly because Ranpo was in a different league!

"Don't you still have work to do?", Ranpo said and glanced at the papers on the desk.

"D-DON'T!", Poe exclaimed and ran up to the desk. The last thing he wanted was for his boyfriend to read through them and get stuck in some second-grade annoying book! That would be so embarrassing!

"Alright", The detective shrugged and just sat down on top of the desk, "Just continue".

"But wasn't there something you wanted from me..?"

"Nah I just wanted to know where you were", Ranpo shrugged and sat down on the couch in the room.

"O-oh okay", Poe said with a nervous smile. He wasn't really keen on working with someone else in the room but maybe this was the perfect challenge! He sat down again took a deep breath and-

Plop.

"W-What are you-", Poe stuttered flustered as he saw how Ranpo just sat down on his lap without a car in the world.

"I want cuddles but you would just shush me away because you got work to do. So that way you can work and I get cuddles", Ranpo shrugged and leaned a bit into Poe's chest. Poe already saw that there was no chance to stop this so he did the only thing he could do now: Turn absolutely red with his ears probably glowing at this point.

Ranpo raised an eyebrow: "Why are you so embarrassed now? We are together you know"

"Yeah but this is unexpected and sweet and embarrassing and-", Poe stuttered with his face beet red. He was so not prepared for this?! How should he work now?!

"Well, you know there was worse you could be embarrassed about", Ranpo shrugged, "Like that one time I caught you in a racoon onesie singing dancing queen full volume in the kitchen. Or when you talked to Karl about the class system that still seems to affect society up to today of thinking you're better than others just because you got the money? Or when you- "

"S-STOP please! I know that already! It's not as if those moments won't haunt me at night!", Poe cried out and buried his face in Ranpo's shoulder. By now probably all of his blood had moved to his head, that was how read he was.

"Plus, I'm like your bf so who cares? I will get my cuddles and I won't be embarrassed about it!", Ranpo grinned and also rested his head on the other one's shoulder.

Poe just tightly shut his eyes hoping for this embarrassing moment to finally move on. After all he had no such confidence as Ranpo. He had no such extroverted behavior that he could just wave it off! He just felt so embarrassed with every wrong movement that he could die...

"D-do you never even feel a little bit embarrassed?", Poe stuttered and looked at his extroverted boyfriend again.

"Nah don't recall any time", Ranpo took his head from the other one's shoulder and looked into Poe's eyes. There was no flinching and just no hint of an embarrassment. That sure was powerful...

Poe blinked a few times. Was that even possible? Was it possible to NEVER feel embarrassed...? But... would he want to see Ranpo embarrassed?

The answer to that question was yes. Yes, he would want to see that absolutely. After all this wasn't only his lover but also his rival! So just like wanting to see Ranpo fail at Poe's stories at least once he slowly felt the same desire to see Ranpo turning red!

Oh, how could would that be?! His boyfriend a little bit shy and with ears so red! It would be the death of Poe with that cuteness but it would be an honorable death. He would be content then and would have no regrets.

Ranpo narrowed his eyes. He could already see Poe's thoughts and shook his head: "Don't test me, you're just going to be disappointed".

"We will see", Poe replied with a grin.

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Yaaaaay! Omg kinda love that idea so I might make a part 2! Hope you liked it as well!