Chapter 15 The Plush Rabbit and the Ring

So, what exactly happened?

Why, after he had just spent an ordinary night, why did he arrive at the headquarters building to see the scene of Mackerel proposing to Hayana?

Was it an illusion caused by the hostile organization poisoning the breakfast I had this morning?

The ochre-haired boy's already furrowed brows furrowed even tighter, and his cobalt blue eyes looked back and forth between Dazai Osamu and Hayana Takanashi, finally confirming that what he saw was real.

He had no hallucinations.

There is nothing wrong with the eyes.

“Tai—zai—” He gritted his teeth and pronounced the name. Nakahara Chuuya, holding a bunny doll in one hand, approached with a ferocious look on his face, “Why are you still quiet so early in the morning? What are you up to?!”

As this guy's partner for almost three years, Nakahara Chuuya understands very well the sticky, dark and thick thoughts in his mind, and his willingness to do anything to achieve his goals. However, because the other party is Hayana, he shows the utmost patience and respect.

But that still doesn't get rid of the fact that he's a bad person.

On the contrary, the tenderness that the other party showed only towards Hayana made Nakahara Chuuya feel unbearable.

He felt uncomfortable all over when he thought of the dark and ambiguous look he gave the girl.

That kind of sticky emotion will drag Hayana into the quagmire!

"Huh?" Dazai Osamu looked at his partner with a strange look. "I'm shouldering my responsibilities."

He acted very innocent, then said helplessly: "It can't be that you don't want to take responsibility, and you won't let me take responsibility, right?"

"That's too unreasonable and overbearing."

“……?!!!” Nakahara Chuuya’s expression tensed.

"Huh?! You're that kind of person yourself, and you still have the nerve to say that about others! Besides, when have I ever said anything like that?"

responsibility?

Calming down instantly, Nakahara Chuuya saw Hayana Takanashi who had taken off her sunglasses and was looking at him with an unhappy expression.

The girl's delicate and beautiful face was completely stern, and she stared at him with cold eyes, which made Nakahara Chuuya feel uneasy.

Hayana was angry, and he could feel it very clearly.

Then, he instantly realized what had happened.

Nakahara Chuuya is also very smart. Although he doesn't have a brain as smart as Dazai Osamu, he is still at the top of the average person's intelligence level.

It's just that he usually has a bad temper and gets irritated by others, which makes it seem that his intelligence is better spent on fighting ability.

Thinking carefully about what happened the night before yesterday and yesterday, that strange chat interface... Nakahara Chuuya almost instantly realized what Hayana had misunderstood, and what the bastard Bluefish, who had already discovered this misunderstanding, wanted to do with it.

"You bastard—"

He stepped forward, grabbed Dazai Osamu's neat tie, and pulled him down, his fierce eyes meeting his cunning eyes.

Almost with his forehead touching Dazai Osamu, Nakahara Chuuya's muscles were tense and ready to strike, ensuring that he could uppercut the person in front of him at any time!

"When did you realize she had misunderstood?" He lowered his voice, his voice coming out from his throat.

Like a cheetah whose territory has been invaded, it lets out a low growl of danger as a warning.

Dazai Osamu smiled but said nothing.

This to a certain extent added fuel to Chuuya Nakahara's anger.

His cobalt blue eyes were like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath. He gripped his tie even tighter: "You bastard..."

"Mr. Nakahara."

The sickly and weak voice of the boy suddenly sounded.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke watched the farce in front of him, frowning slightly, and stopped him, saying, "This is in the headquarters building."

It would be very troublesome if two cadres-level people fought here.

The important thing is that Mr. Dazai cannot beat Mr. Nakahara, and he will definitely be beaten up.

Nakahara Chuuya turned around and looked at the indifferent boy a few meters away.

Because he would not vent his anger on innocent subordinates, even though the man was Dazai Osamu's direct subordinate, he only warned in a deep voice: "This is a matter between us, Akutagawa, you'd better stay away."

"What's going on?"

Seeing Chuuya Nakahara's overreaction, Hayana Takanashi finally realized that something was wrong.

Nakahara Chuuya looked at Hayana Takanashi, his ferocious handsome face was at a loss for a moment, but he finally let go of Dazai Osamu.

The black-haired boy who was released simply straightened his wrinkled tie, sighed, and said sadly, "Sure enough, I failed again."

Hayana Takanashi realized that the problem lay with Dazai Osamu.

Her delicate eyebrows were furrowed, and then the boy gently smoothed them with his fingers.

The fingertips touched the delicate center of the eyebrows, and the rough feeling made Hayana Takanashi stunned for a moment.

"Don't make that expression." Dazai Osamu said with a flicker in his eyes, his handsome face looking lost. "I just want a place to live after I die."

"So you took advantage of Hayana's misunderstanding of us to satisfy your own selfish desires?" Putting down the rabbit doll, Nakahara Chuuya crossed his arms, his face full of disgust.

"What's the misunderstanding?"

As she asked, the girl's eyes fell on the black box still held in Dazai Osamu's hand.

The sapphire in the gift box is still dazzling, warm and bright.

“…” Nakahara Chuuya’s face suddenly turned red, and he stammered and stopped talking.

The slight smile on Dazai Osamu's lips had a deeper meaning.

Hayana Takanashi: "..."

Kotori Hayato reacted slowly, her eyes widening in surprise. "No way!... The three of us didn't have any..."

There wasn't any in-depth communication going on. Was she the one who misunderstood all along?!

Nakahara Chuuya nodded slightly and muttered, "If that really happened, I wouldn't leave you alone. I'd kick Mackerel to death and take responsibility for you..."

His voice was very low, but everyone present was no ordinary person, so even if they couldn't hear it all, they could at least hear most of it.

Hayana Kotori's cheeks flushed, and then she asked, "My clothes?"

"Gin helped you change." Dazai Osamu's voice was soft and gentle, "I picked the clothes."

Yes! If it was Gin, someone he was familiar with, even if he helped her change her clothes, he wouldn't be attacked by her drunken protective mechanism.

"Uh... I feel pain all over my body, like I've been run over by a truck several times..."

"That description is not wrong," Dazai Osamu replied again. "Saana, you've discovered the potential of your own special ability and created a super strong shield that can block the impact of the truck. It's normal to feel sore from the exhaustion."

"By the way, I was the one who helped you develop this super strong defense. Please praise me~"

“…You still have the nerve to say that!?”

Dazai Osamu squatted down to avoid an angry kick from Chuuya Nakahara, his eyes dimmed slightly, and he quickly regained his composure.

The plan hidden under misunderstanding was initially successful.

"So, the truth is, we got drunk last night and imitated a kindergarten teacher leading students across the street. When we were in the middle of the zebra crossing, we were attacked. Dazai, you suddenly wanted to experience the death method of being hit by a truck. In order to protect you, I stimulated the potential power of your supernatural ability. When I woke up in the morning, I had a blackout again?"

Kotori Hayato took a deep breath and said, "Why don't you just tell me directly?"

She thought she was wrapped in bandages all over her body, this and that!

"...I didn't expect you to misunderstand. That's probably it." Nakahara Chuuya's voice was uncomfortable.

After that, Dazai Osamu saw the chat records between Chuuya Nakahara and Hayato Takanashi, and found that the two were not on the same channel but drove on the highway. He decided to make the best of a bad situation and take advantage of this misunderstanding to get the right to reside in the cemetery!

Hayana Takanashi: "..."

She snatched the box from Dazai Osamu's hand and threw it to Ryunosuke Akutagawa. The boy with the lop-eared bunny hairstyle raised his hand to catch it.

She gave a look to Nakahara Chuuya.

The two men had a tacit understanding. One of them grabbed Dazai Osamu's hands, and the other grabbed his feet, and pulled him to both sides like pulling dough sticks.

"Ah! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts..."

"What? You haven't used any strength yet!" Hayana Takanashi interrupted him.

She applied a little force, and the other person's bones crackled.

Being pulled by two people, Dazai Osamu, who was hanging in the air, immediately wailed: "Ugh!... Waist! Waist... It's going to break T~T..."

Nakahara Chuuya, who was holding onto Dazai Osamu's feet, was speechless: "The first thing that felt like it was going to break was my arms."

Hayana Kotori: "I said you were wrong!"

“…Ugh, I was wrong…Please—forgive me, Hayana.”

"Say you'll never do that again!"

"Ha... No... It hurts... Wuuuuuu, if you keep doing this to me I'm going to cry, I'll cry for you to see~~"

He and Nakahara Chuuya pulled Dazai Osamu in two directions. The boy finally couldn't help but beg for mercy repeatedly, but he refused to give up.

Hayana Takanashi was very troubled by this.

But... the boy's pitiful expression made her let go.

As soon as he was thrown to the ground, Dazai Osamu sat up rubbing his arm. His black hair hung down, covering his eyebrows and eyes, and the eye that was not bandaged was tearful.

The puppy looked like it had been thrown out of the house and encountered a rainstorm, getting soaked.

Seeing that he was really pitiful, Hayato Yamato squatted down with a soft heart, ready to warn him again that he should never do this again. Unexpectedly, as soon as she squatted down, the boy jumped into her arms!

Dazai Osamu buried his face in the crook of her neck and rubbed it against her, complaining to her aggrievedly, "Saachi is too much! You actually teamed up with Chuuya to target me!"

A port mafia employee who was passing by was so shocked by this scene that his jaw almost dropped.

Ahhhh! Officer Dazai is actually acting like a spoiled brat?! He usually has this gloomy, scary look on his face, and his words are terrifying! But now he's acting like a spoiled brat? He's not like this when he's with them!

Is this really the Port Mafia, and not the set of some youth romance idol drama?!

"The Black Mud Dog is Embracing Me" or something like that...

This kind of expression appeared on Dazai's face, no matter how you look at it, we need to mourn for the heroine!!!

"Hey, it's obviously you who's going too far!"

Nakahara Chuuya picked up Dazai Osamu.

Under the gaze of the bandaged boy QAQ, Hayana Takanashi stood up and walked towards her office.

She walked into the elevator, her heart pounding with anger—

As expected, Dazai is a guy who gets excited when he is given some color. It is impossible to be soft-hearted towards him!

As the elevator door was about to close, a foot stretched out.

The elevator opened again, and Hayana looked up, only to see a super cute, furry purple rabbit doll with a bow tied around its neck, drooping ears, and bright eyes staring at her.

The rabbit doll covered most of the boy's body, leaving only half of his legs and the leather shoes on the floor exposed.

"For you." A slightly awkward voice came from behind the doll.

Sitting on the ground at his feet was Dazai Osamu, who was shaking his feet and making a scene, with Dazai holding the back of his collar with one hand so that he could not do anything.