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"Good morning, Chuu!" Dazai greeted with a dramatic flourish reserved for only those he is truly comfortable around.
"Mornin'," he greeted with a sleepy wave. He'd been up all night studying for his exam tomorrow and would likely do another all nighter tonight. Just student things.
Even so, seeing Dazai's beaming face energises him a little. Enough to give him a small smile.
"I told you to go to bed, you should really listen to me," Dazai sighed like Chuuya was a stubborn child, but Chuuya could see he was worried. Yes, he was stubborn but that didn't mean his boyfriend could give him such disapproving looks over his habit of overworking himself. He felt his ears heat up a little, still unused to the idea that Dazai not only returned his feelings but was his boyfriend now.
"You were up all night too!" Chuuya pointed out.
Dazai smirked, "I'm not an itty bitty chibiko-"
"OI!"
"And chibiko's need their sleep,"
"I hate you so much," Chuuya grumbled, getting started on making Dazai's usual order as the brunette just snickered.
"Oh, that reminds me," Dazai piped up when Chuuya finished his drink. "Akiko won't shut up about your sister, Kouyou, apparently she hasn't called yet,"
"Oh god, I hoped I imagined that," Chuuya groaned. It was so gross to think about his sister dating, especially one of his friends and even worse one of his friends who has slept with his boyfriend. There was so much there to unpack that Chuuya did not want to think about it.
"Unfortunately, but at least you haven't had to put up with her whining,"
"Why doesn't Yosano call her, she doesn't seem like the type to sit around and wait to be called," Chuuya frowned, the idea of someone as confident as Yosano not taking matters into her own hands was odd.
"She gave Kouyou her number," Dazai shrugged. "Look, we've already tracked down her instagram, it wasn't hard all we had to do was go through your posts and you've tagged her in loads, but Atsushi-kun told us we were being creepy so I'm asking you if you have heard anything,"
"He's right," Chuuya snorted, "that is creepy,"
"I like to think of it as being resourceful," Dazai shrugged.
"Well ignoring the fact that my boyfriend is a stalker, I think Ane-san mentioned she was swamped at work lately, she's probably just busy," Chuuya reasoned, knowing full that Kouyou would not take Yosano's number without intending on using it. She wasn't the type to beat around the bush, letting her opinions be known to everyone. They were similar in that regard, only Kouyou had more tact while Chuuya could be a little volatile.
No he did not have anger issues. People exaggerate.
Dazai hummed, tapping his fingers against the counter in thought. He was so pretty when he actually shut his mouth. Chuuya took the moment to just admire the way his lashes fluttered and his lips pursed as he came to a conclusion in his internal debate.
"If this is all I go back with Aki might stab me to death," he announced.
"She won't," Chuuya lied.
"Arghhhhh!" Dazai whined. "Why do I have to be the messenger here!" And then he perked up. "Chuuya, baby~"
Chuuya smelt troubled.
"No."
"You don't even know what I was going to ask," Dazai pouted, like a big old baby. "I just want to borrow your phone,"
"Absolutely not!"
"If you don't have the answers I just have to go right to the source, I'll just call Kouyou and ask. I assume she'll pick up if she sees it's you calling," he announced absolutely shamelessly.
"No,"
"Please honey," Dazai gave his best puppy-dog eyes which made him look absolutely adorable and Chuuya almost gave in but he managed to stay strong. It was hard.
"Pet names won't sway me,"
"Are you sure~ I think you like them, don't you baby~"
"I do not!"
His red cheeks were not evidence of anything he might feel hearing Dazai call him ‘baby’.
"Whatever you say," Dazai laughed like the menace he is.
Chuuya was spared from answering by a customer entering. "Go sit down and drink your coffee, you menace,"
Dazai did as he was instructed, but not without laughing again at Chuuya's deflection.
About a half hour later Yosano came running in, looking completely frantic.
"She's been busy!" She all but screeched at Chuuya.
He looked over at Dazai who mouthed a quick 'sorry' at him, before shrinking down in his seat so Yosano wouldn't see him. Traitor!!
"Uh... yeah," was all Chuuya had to say.
"So she hasn't mentioned me to you at all?" She threw another question at him and Chuuya was starting to feel like he was in an interrogation.
"No, we haven't really had much of a chance to talk since bowling though," the insane gleam in Yosano's eyes terrified him.
"No one has ever not called me before! No one!" She wailed. "And your sister is so hot! Is it me, did I do something wrong, I know it's not my appearance, I'm hot, but I was drunk maybe I weirded her out! Oh god, did I say something weird to her!"
Chuuya wasn't really sure what to say to that. Yosano wasn't wrong, she was hot, but the utter confidence she had in herself was impressive. Again, it was completely true though and Chuuya respected it.
"I don't think you did anything, Ane-san is also pretty terrifying so if she wasn't interested in you she probably would have threatened you the moment you started flirting with her," Chuuya could still remember all the times he has witnessed his sister calmly explain to men the ways she could mutilate their genitals while sipping on her tea.
"Wonderful!" Yosano immediately brightened. "Maybe I'll take the initiative and message her on instagram then, I'll just say you gave it to me,"
Chuuya supposed that was one way of beating the stalker allegations.
"Right," he didn't voice those thoughts.
"I'll have a Chai tea, please," she ordered. "I'll go sit over there with the idiots trying to hide from me,"
Ah. So she did spot Dazai.
As they got up to leave Dazai approached one last time, just him a quick peck over the counter and whispered, "thanks for that, I think this is the first time I've seen her genuinely like someone, I promise she's not usually this crazy,"
"Nah, it's fine, I think I was worse over you," Chuuya chuckled remembering all the vent sessions he would give to Tachihara over eye contact with Dazai. The poor guy sat there looking bored as shit.
"I'm flattered, I'll see you tonight," Dazai waved as he left, him and Yosano chatting amicably.