3RD PERSON
"Akutagawa..." Atsushi speaks up but Akutagawa ignores him and continues to sweep the floor but he wouldn't give up just yet.
"Aku..." he says once more but firmer this time. The older man turns to his direction with a serious look on, making him gulp. Before anything else, Atsushi finds himself in a room alone with Akutagawa.
"I kidnapped you for a reason. Not to hurt you but to protect you. You may be thinking why it's because of your so-called chief of yours. He's just messing you up so that you can fall for his tricks and I think you already did so he can kill you easily so that's why he asked you out on a date but luckily Tanizaki was there right? I'm glad he saved you. Luckily Doppo is dead now but it doesn't end there. Tachihara Michizou is the main threat here. He sent Doppo to do his work but failed anyway."
Akutagawa, all of the sudden, spills everything. And he continues...
"Why are we involved? Well, your parents are friends with our parents since they are all pretty much criminals except your mother. Knowing that they won't last long, our parents made a promise to protect you from Michizou at all costs. Why did your parents left you? So they wont know that you're still alive since their main target is you knowing that your parents treasured thing is you. You see, the day your parents left you, they weren't dead yet. They're watching you from a distance but then they get killed soon. They didn't ask for help from the police since your father is a criminal and Michizou is a rich bastard. He can do anything he wanted with money since he's a gambler..."
Atsushi was stunned. He couldn't believe everything he just heard from Akutagawa. He felt happiness, anger, relief but most of all sadness. The heaviness on his heart is still there, which means there's still some more questions left unsaid.
"Why didn't you tell me everything before?" his voice cracked.
"Because I was afraid that you can't handle the truth or you won't believe me once I told you so I can tell you everything I know at the right time..." Akutagawa said. "I'm sorry for being selfish, Atsushi. You can hate me, ignore me, push me away and most of all, forget about me once this is all over."
"I-I promise after this we won't see each other again if that's what you want."
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It was already night time and everyone had already finished cleaning the house. Chuuya prepared chazuke for dinner along with tsukudani as a side dish.
"Nīsan, stop eating my food." Lucy whines at Ranpo who was currently eating the younger's chazuke. "It's mine!"
"Your food is tastier!"
"Ranpo, we were eating the same food, what's the difference?" She sighs.
"Glad, I don't have stubborn relatives tag along." Fyodor smiles then turns to Atsushi who was silent the whole time they were eating. "Heyya buddy are you okay?"
"Where's Akutagawa?"
"He's upstairs packing stuff for tomorrow," Dazai replies. "We're going to kill that bastard so we can finally end this bullshit!"
"So are we finally going to get some real action?" Ranpo perks up.
"Exactly!"
While everyone else is hyped up about tomorrow, Atsushi already left the dining area to check on Akutagawa. He knocked softly on Aku's room and all of the sudden, he was embraced in a tight hug.
"What are you-"
"Shhh!" the older hushes. "Let's stay like this for a while please?" He then starts caressing his hair softly on what he did to him earlier while whispering some 'i love you' s. A few moments later, Akutagawa finally let go of him.
"Why did you do that?" Atsushi questions, his face was already beet red right now.
"Because you would never know when will be the first and the last you will be able to do that thing again on your life..." he then fakes a laugh.
"We should rest." Atsushi sighs and pulls him towards the bed. Both of them lay down at their back while staring at the empty ceiling.
"I'm tired!"
"Then sleep..."
"No."
"Why not?"
"It's a kind of tiredness that sleep won't fix." Akutagawa then flashes a smile.
I see. You are also hurt...
You try to cover it up with a bright expression, but your eyes say it all.
Still, if this is what you want, I will smile for you.
