59 Post-mortem
"Hey? Atsushi-kun!"
It happened to be Saturday, and Nakajima Atsushi, who didn't have classes, slept until noon. When he woke up and opened the bedroom door, he ran into Dazai Osamu walking in the corridor on the second floor.
Nakajima Atsushi, who was still squinting his eyes, didn't realize that anything had changed. He just subconsciously greeted, "Dazai-brother, good morning." Then he turned around and prepared to wash up.
Then he was pulled over.
"Are you going to wash up? Take me with you! I just moved up here last night, so I'm not familiar with the situation on the second floor yet."
As Dazai Osamu said this, his eyes lit up with excitement and curiosity, but his face was also filled with shyness and awkwardness. The three words "Ask me now" were directly sent to Nakajima Atsushi's mind through his thoughts. Even though Nakajima Atsushi had just woken up and his mind was still a mess, he could only ask in a friendly manner, "Why move to the second floor?"
"Oh my! You're so perceptive, Atsushi-kun! I was going to tell you later."
Although it was a bit inappropriate, Nakajima Atsushi saw in Dazai Osamu the look on Yumeno Hisasaku's face when he received the little red flower. Even as he shook his already unclear head, trying to cross out the equal sign, his hands were silently ready to applaud.
"I'm with Baili!" Dazai Osamu complained softly, like a newly engaged bride-to-be, wanting to say something but hesitant. "Actually, I don't think there's any need to rush. After all, we've only just been together. Even though we've known each other for seven years, there's still a lot we need to adjust to. But Baili is so impatient. He insists that I move in with him right away."
"Ah..." Nakajima Atsushi's raised hands stopped in mid-air before he could clap his hands in celebration. Confused thoughts were entangled in his mind. The thought that came to his mind before "Congratulations" was - I will never sleep in again.
Nakajima Atsushi didn't think there was anything wrong with Dazai and Bailibian being together. He just felt a bit weird, like a kindergarten kid suddenly realizing their parents are a couple after going to school. "Congratulations, Dazai-san."
After hanging up the sheets that Dazai Osamu had deliberately dampened the previous day, Bailibian began tending to the potted plants in the living room. Hearing footsteps on the stairs, he looked up and greeted Nakajima Atsushi. His behavior was perfectly natural, and there was nothing awkward about it, so Bailibian didn't worry.
It wasn't until Nakajima Atsushi finished his meal, put on his backpack and said he was going to school.
Regarding the fact that Dazai Osamu and Bai Libian are together, people's reactions vary, but generally speaking, they are not very intense, and they just simply express their blessings. Although Dazai Osamu said that this is because everyone has a very reliable image in their hearts, anyone with a discerning eye knows that what really matters is that everyone knows that Bai Libian is not someone who will be shaken.
However, the public disclosure was indeed smoother than Dazai had expected. He thought that at least Yumeno Hisasaku would reject the fact that he and Bailibian were together.
"Are you saying Brother Baili is in love?" Yumeno Hisasaku was so surprised by the news brought by Yosano Akiko that the stars in his eyes grew bigger. Before he could guess, he couldn't wait to ask, "Who is it with?"
Facing the excited face of Yumeno Hisasaku, Yosano Akiko was a little worried. This was why everyone in the detective agency collectively decided to let her tell Yumeno Hisasaku about this matter - after all, for Yumeno Hisasaku, this matter should be no less important than his favorite brother being with the person he hates the most.
Yosano Akiko's prolonged silence filled Yumeno Hisasaku with an indescribable fear. That absurd and bizarre nightmare seemed to return. Almost with a sense of luck, he eagerly pressed on, "Please tell me, Akiko-sister, who is it?"
"It's Dazai Osamu." Not daring to look directly at Yumeno Hisasaku's expression, Yosano Akiko turned her head and lowered it, observing his changes with her peripheral vision. However, the expected scream of collapse did not come. Instead, she only uttered a complex, indescribable, "Oh."
The door to the infirmary opened.
Yumeno Hisasaku walked out expressionlessly, and under the worried gazes of the other people in the detective agency, he walked straight towards Dazai Osamu.
Dazai, already prepared for the threat, didn't dodge. He watched the silent Yumeno Hisasaku standing before him. He had already warned Baili Bian against this. In just a minute and a half, Baili Bian would walk into the detective agency, perfectly poised to catch him, helpless and vulnerable to bullying. He only needed to briefly express his own grievances, and Baili, who had stood by him without a trace of moral integrity, would completely relent and gain permanent residence in his bedroom.
But Meng Ye Kusaku just stood there, staring at him quietly.
"Not bad." Yumeno Hisasaku looked at Dazai Osamu, who was also annoying but at least young. He had annoying black fluffy hair, an annoying but good-looking face, an even more annoying but smart head and a complicated identity.
Well, Yumeno Hisaku thought emotionlessly, at least it was better than his nightmare.
Baili, who was asked by Dazai Osamu to be a bodyguard in the morning because of his words, "If others knew that I was with such a good person like Baili, they would definitely be jealous of me and bully me. I am so weak and powerless that I will definitely have no way to resist and will be bullied terribly.", did not see the danger. After confirming the truth, he took the lost cat home.
The unlucky kitten, who didn't have time to make plan B, finished his dinner in a depressed mood. Since he was warned the night before not to add housework with the same method, he decided to sneak in late at night.
The first step of the plan is to let the infiltrated person relax his vigilance.
"I'm going to bed." This cheap trick doesn't require considering the reality. Even if it's not dark at seven o'clock in June, Dazai Osamu can choose to go indoors and sleep because of sudden sleepiness.
Baili watched Dazai Osamu obediently put his dishes into the dishwasher in the kitchen and then turned to the bedroom on the first floor. Nakajima Atsushi, who had a feeling that he might be in the way, finished his meal in no time, and said that he remembered that he still had homework to do, so he hurried back to his room.
"Dazai."
The sound came through the crack of the door, which had not yet been closed.
"I've turned that room into a cat house, and the quilts are already put away."
"So, can you please bear with me and live with me?"
Summer nights come early, and gusts of cool breeze blow through the treetops, but unfortunately the refreshing air is blocked outside the window.
The room is a bit stuffy, even without a blanket.
Bailibian kicked the quilt, but was reluctant to push away the clinging big black cat. However, he was really out of breath, so he could only bend his knees and hope that the other party would be humane as usual.
"...Is this all right?" The cool air from the air conditioner blew across his burning skin. The stimulation of alternating hot and cold made Bailibian adjust his collar. He thought that the kitten would have a gradual process of adapting to the new environment. Why was it so friendly at the beginning?
"Let's wait a few days..."
Why are you still trying to get into clothes?
"A-Dun will hear it..."
Bailibian grabbed Dazai Osamu's hand through his clothes, but felt a wet warmth behind his ear. The unfamiliar hair hung on his neck, rubbing it a little itchy.
Dazai Osamu recalled the unsuccessful favor that Mori Ogai had sold many years ago, "How could the sound insulation of a house that can't even be shaken by fire or earthquake be that bad?" He always had a way of punishing liars.
【Author’s words】
Finally, I wrote it!
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