DESIRE

Pretty Witch (1)

Hello everyone!! My Bungo Stray Dogs fanfic, "Amaranth: Love-Lies-Bleeding" is OUT!!

Summary: (Akutagawa x OC x Dazai) *Slight (OC x Various!)* The bridge between the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia. The girl who lives a life filled with gray areas. To others, Amaranth Fukuzawa seemingly leads a perfect life- unbeknownst of the darkness within. She has a happy family, great friends, exceptional looks, a smart brain, and an amazing Gift. But she's blind, psychotic, has no physical combat abilities to speak of, and is sadistic to the core. As Akutagawa and Dazai's first love, she may be able to bring the ADA and PM closer together- or leave irreparable damage to both. Which will it be?

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Third Pov

The Red Tanager.

Rumours said that she'd been around since the very beginning of FUG, and was the person that had guided the group to become what it was now.

Famously known for bringing war, death, and bloodshed with her, the Red Tanager was reported to be an individualistic and egocentric individual. To those who had been gifted with immense luck and was able to get into her good graces, she was known to bring them spiritual awakening.

But those who had gotten into her good graces were very few. Most were legendary in our current society.

"Well, then, Mr.Jyu Viole Grace, you've gotten first place. Please come up to the stage." The Ranker, Love, said.

Viole stood on the stage with the Ranker and looked down upon the rest of the Regulars. He expected the Ranker to call up the rest of the Regulars (the top eight were allowed to pass)- but instead, the Ranker told him to do something completely different.

"Please pick out eight other Regulars that you'll be taking the test together with."

"What the- what was the test for, even?!" Purple suit protested, glaring at the Ranker.

"It was to pick out the No.1."

"But you said that the top eight would get to pass to the next test!!"

"Shut up. I get to do what I want."

Everyone fell silent at Love's words. Cecelia just stood at her spot, smiling innocently, as per usual.

"Now, Mr.Jyu Viole Grace. Please pick your teammates."

"I..."

All of a sudden, Wangnan stood up and started to introduce himself loudly. The others stared at him, confused as to what he was doing. But as the Regulars realized what Wangnan was doing, they started to appeal to Viole as well.

"Please pick me. I need to find my daughter."

"I have someone that I must meet."

"Please take me with you!! I want to meet my mom and dad!!"

--- Cecelia Pov ---

I hugged myself as the hungry Demon self within me struggled for dominance. Getting to watch humans reveal their ugly, selfish desires and beg to be chosen was always so entertaining to watch. But those desires where what made them so beautiful.

So delicious.

A shiver of pleasure sparked through my body. I wanted to eat their souls- at their purest form, filled with nothing but their desires to fulfill their wishes. Love noticed my hungry gaze, fear staining his face as he stepped away from me. Baam noticed how Love's attention was trained on me and focused his attention on me as well.

"Do I have to pick eight?" Baam asked.

"Yes."

"...I just need C- Red. Everyone else can be disqualified."

Baam said, correcting himself last minute. Like how I called him "Baam" in private and "Viole" in public, he called me "Red" when I was the famous FUG Slayer in public and "Cece" in private- or when I was the Regular and not the FUG Slayer.

To me, being a Slayer was like a job. But that was able to be done only because I was powerful enough to fight against FUG and win.

At Baam's response, Love blinked, his frown never leaving his face. Baam used Shinsu to float my body towards him, knowing that I was busy enough controlling my hunger. Ugh... I really need to go eat some food... which floor should I go to? Should I take a quick trip back home? Should I get the Multi-Soul package to be delivered or go use my Soul Sushi Buffet Ticket? I wondered, the test not even on my mind.

"...Cece," Baam called me, gently shaking my shoulder.

"Hm? ...Wait, where are we? What room is this?" I asked, seeing how I was in an unfamiliar room.

Baam laughed a little, giving me a smile.

"We were put into pairs. They're going to let us rest, for now, it seems. There was an odd number of Regulars, so you were put in a room alone." He explained.

"Are you coming over?"

"I am. I was put in a room with that girl from the Yeon Family... and I know that you won't be happy about me sharing a room with another girl."

"Obviously. How would you feel if I was sharing a room with another guy tonight?"

".....Jealous and unhappy." Baam confessed, as adorable as ever.

"That's fine with me. Do they have showers here? I wanna take a long bath." I replied, chuckling at his cute reaction.

Baam smirked. Oh no. That's not a good sign...

"They do. Come on."

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Note: Red Tanagers symbolize war and bloodshed. They're also known to bring spiritual awakenings.

2.6 pages, 903 words