A Series of Mysteries ~ Ranpo x Reader

⟡ 2) First Meeting ⟡

A/n~
Second update today for the birthday boy Ranpo <3

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Y/n POV:
A few days have gone by and the police still haven't been able to find any leads. Unfortunately, I haven't been doing so well either. I had tried looking through his room to try and find anything that could lead me towards finding him but I found nothing.

I decided to take a break and find a cafe to go to, since I was in the mood for a hot chocolate (I don't drink coffee). Since I don't usually go to cafe's, I'm not familiar with which ones are the best so I just decided to go to one that was relatively close to home, Café Uzumaki. I entered through the front door to see a single barista behind the counter, along with one waitress. I take a seat at one of the counter seats and tell the barista my order.

As I'm waiting for my drink, I take out the photo of my brother from my coat pocket, hoping that I'll be able to see him face-to-face soon.

"Who's that?" The barista asks as he hands me my drink.

"Oh, this is my younger brother. He went missing and I've been trying to find him along with the police but it hasn't been going very well" I tell him as I take my drink.

"If you want, why don't you try asking the Armed Detective Agency on the 4th floor? They may be able to help you find your brother" The man says.

"Hm, I guess it's worth a shot. The more people looking, the better" I say while sipping on my hot chocolate.

After finishing my drink, I followed the man's instructions and went up to the 4th floor. I waited for a bit before knocking on the door, waiting for a response. The door suddenly opened, revealing a young girl with long black hair.

"Hello, did you need something—Dazai...?" The young girl asks.

"Uh, pardon? Who's Dazai?" I ask, confused on who Dazai is.

"Oh, sorry. You look just like one of my coworkers" she states.

"Oh, it's fine. I'm here because I was told that you could help me find my brother" I say.

"Yes, follow me this way, please" she says.

I follow her into the building as she leads me inside. She gestures to me to sit down on one of the waiting chairs. As she's walking away, a blond man walks up to me looking quite furious, for some reason.

"Dazai! Where have you been?!" He says while grabbing the collar of my shirt.

"Um, I'm not—" I say but I'm interrupted.

"I don't want to hear your excuses! On top of being late, you haven't returned any of my texts or calls! You have put me behind my schedule far too many times! Now, get to work!" The man shouts at me as he pushes me towards some desk.

I don't want to get up and find the girl from before because I don't want to deal with having that man yell at me again. So, now I'm just awkwardly sitting at this desk, contemplating my life choices. A few minutes later, I noticed that the girl had come back.

"Excuse me, ma'am" I called out to her.

"Oh? What are you doing over there?" She asked.

"Apparently, you're not the only one who mistook me for this Dazai person. This blond guy thought I was Dazai and started yelling at me, then I ended up here." I explained.

"Ah, I see. That must've been Kunikida. I'm sorry about that. You just really look like him. Plus, I wouldn't put it past him to dress up like a girl to try and mess with Kunikida. My name is Naomi, by the way" Naomi told me.

"My name is Y/n. When can we start discussing the details regarding my brother's disappearance?" I asked.

"Right now, actually. That's what I came over to tell you. If you would follow me this way, please" Naomi informs me.

"Okay, got it" I say as I follow her to a table for the discussion.

"Wait here while I call over one of our detectives to assist you" Naomi informs me.

"Okay, thank you very much" I say to her.

"No problem" She says with a smile as she walks away.

A few minutes go by before she comes back with the blond guy from before, Kunikida, and another boy with silver hair.

'Wait, I've seen them before. They were at the restaurant I went to a few days ago. I didn't recognize Kunikida at first since I was distracted by his yelling but that's definitely them. Although, the brunette is not here.'

"Wait, you're not Dazai?! I deeply apologize for my behavior earlier! Please forgive me!" Kunikida said while bowing towards me.

"It's okay, really. It's not your fault" I reassure him.

"Well, I can say that you definitely don't act like that idiot. You're far more polite" Kunikida states.

"Ah, you wound me Kunikida-kun" I hear a voice say from behind Kunikida.

"Dazai! Where have you been?!" Kunikida shouts.

"I was trying out this new method of suicide" Dazai exclaims, with a big smile on his face.

"Um... I don't think it worked" I said to Dazai.

"My, my. Who's this?" Dazai asks, tilting his head to see me since Kunikida was in between the both of us.

"My name is L/n Y/n but you can just call me Y/n. I'm here because I was told you might be able to help me find my brother" I explained.

"Ooh, a missing person case. The best person for this type of case is Ranpo" Dazai says while turning to a man sitting at his desk, eating snacks, and shouts, "Hey, Ranpo!"

On cue, the man he called out to turned his attention away from his snacks and towards Dazai.

"What is it, Dazai?" Ranpo asks.

"I have a missing person case for you" Dazai explains.

"Oh? How long have they been missing?" Ranpo asks.

"Roughly a few months. I don't know exactly when he went missing since my parents didn't notice until much later" I answer.

"Lemme guess. You went to the police first and when they couldn't find anything, you came to us, right?" Ranpo predicted.

"That's right. But, I also tried looking for him on my own; that's when the nice gentleman who works at the cafe downstairs recommended that I come to you guys for assistance, so I thought I might give you guys a shot" I explain.

"Intriguing. You don't seem like the detective type" Ranpo states.

"Well, there's more to people than meets the eye" I proclaim.

Ranpo POV:
'My prediction... was slightly off...'

'Who is she?'

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