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Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud had been married for 4 years already and lived together in a rather big apartment.

Rimbaud had always wanted to adopt a child but his husband didn't want to because he didn't feel ready to raise a child.

But now they are both on the road to go to the orphanage which is twenty minutes by car from their home.

The car stopped and the blond man looked at his husband as he got out of the car.

"Are you really sure you want to adopt a child?" Asked the dark-haired man one last time.

"If you ask me that question one more time we'll turn around, yes, I'm sure and that's what you wanted to do for a long time." Sighs the blond smiling gently.

The black-haired man smiled widely and nodded before entering the orphanage followed by his husband and being welcomed by the lady who takes care of the orphanage.

"Good morning gentlemen," smiled the lady.

"Good morning, madam."

"Good morning."

"Have you come to adopt a child, or have you just come to look?" Asked the lady politely, looking at both of them.

Rimbaud looked at Verlaine who nodded before returning his glance smiling at the lady.

"We came to adopt."

The woman smiled and let them go deeper inside the orphanage.

"Very well, then I'll let you have a little tour and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask."

The two nodded and entered the room where the children play.

Once they got inside, there was already a child approaching them and tugging on the coat of the blue-eyed man who looked down and smiled.

"Hello! My name is Celia! And you what is your name?" She asks smiling a big smile with the eyes that shines.

The blond smiled and squatted in front of her while Rimbaud spoke with another child.

"I am Paul and he is called Arthur, how old did you have Celia-chan?"

"I am 7 years old!"

Verlaine smiled and ruffled the long chestnut hair of the little girl before nodding and getting up.

Verlaine looked around the room to see if there were any other children, but all the children were already in front of them talking.

Until he noticed a little boy with unique red hair hugging his knees while clutching the stuffed dog in his arms.

He then decided to turn around to call the lady to ask her some questions about him.

Rimbaud turned his glance towards his husband after having sent back all the children to play.

"Are you all right, Paul?"

"Mmh yes, I would just like to ask about the little boy at the end on the right in the corner."

Raising an eyebrow, Rimbaud turned his head to look for this boy and noticed a little redheaded boy curled up on himself and he wondered why he was all alone.

The lady arrived and in front of them a few minutes after Verlaine called her with a big smile.

"Have you found the one you want to adopt?"

"Not yet, but I have a question about one of the children." said the blond man.

"Yes, of course! About which child, tell me?"

Verlaine smiled and turned to point to the little boy in the corner of the room by himself.

The woman followed his finger and her smile faded from her face, which was not lost on the two men.

"About this boy, can you tell us about him, please."

There was a flicker of disgust in her eyes and she had a smile again but this time it was a forced smile.

"Of course, this young boy is 5 years old, his name is Nakahara Chuuya and his parents abandoned him here shortly after his birth."

"Why does he stay alone in his corner as if he was punished?" Rimbaud asked with a sad look.

"Someone like him doesn't need to mix with normal children."

Paul kept his impassive look while Rimbaud frowned, not liking the way she talked about a child.

"What do you mean he doesn't need to mix with "normal" children?"

The woman smirked and glanced at the boy before closing her eyes and answering.

"Don't you see how different he is from the other children? He looks like a monster with his bright red hair and his blue eyes."

Rimbaud clenched his fists and his eyebrows frowned harder, how can you talk about a child in this way when you are supposed to take care of him.

He calmed down a little bit when he felt his husband's hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"Very well I understand, is there any other information to know about him?" Asked the blond in a neutral voice.

"Yes, I forgot to mention that he is mute."

The blond man nodded before smiling widely and looking at the woman.

"Very well, we made our choice and we know which child we want to adopt."

Rimbaud turned his glance towards him waiting for April to continue knowing that there was a big chance that he was the same choice.

"Which child do you mean?" She smiled being happy that a child finds a new family.

Verlaine had a sly smile as he looked at the woman in the eyes with a serious look, from where Rimbaud smiled being now sure that they have the same choice.

"We are going to adopt Nakahara Chuuya."

The woman widened her eyes looking at the two men who smiled and she wanted to speak and ask if they are serious and that they are not mistaken, but she didn't have the time to do it while Rimbaud spoke.

"We are serious, you can go and prepare the adoption papers of this boy."

The woman wanted to say something, but she didn't dare when she felt the cold and heavy look of the man with blue eyes on her, so she sighed and turned around.

"W-well, you can follow me to go sign." She said before walking towards an office.

"Go ahead, I'll go get the little one."

Verlaine nodded and smiled as he followed the woman, Rimbaud went towards the little redheaded boy who was clutching his stuffed animal as hard as he could.

Once arrived at his level, Rimbaud crouched in front of him to be at the same height and drew his attention with a soft voice.

"Hello Chuuya."

At the hearing of the voice, Chuuya raised his head to meet the eyes of the man with green eyes and recoiled in fear but he simply stuck to the wall behind him, clutching closer to him his stuffed dog.

"Hey, you don't need to be afraid of me, Chuuya, I wouldn't hurt you and then you know, you could say I'm your new daddy." Rimbaud finished by smiling to the smallest by ruffling his hair in the passage, from where he closed his eyes.

After having understood his words, Chuuya widened his eyes by understanding that he has just been adopted.

The redhead lowered his head and looked away, not knowing what he should do. Rimbaud understood him and just smiled softly while looking at him before getting up and stretching his hand towards the younger one.

"Will you come with me, Chuuya-kun?"

Chuuya hugged his stuffed animal more tightly and after a few seconds he decided to raise his head and look at the black-haired man and decided to take the hand he was holding without letting go of his stuffed animal, and lowered his head again while Rimbaud smiled and kept the little hand tightly in his own.

"Come on, come with me, we'll leave from here."

The little one nodded and the two of them went towards the exit, when he went towards the exit, Chuuya kept his head down and he clutched his stuffed animal more tightly and unconsciously, he shook the hand of the bigger one who smiled at this gesture.

They arrived outside and went to the car to wait for Verlaine to come out with all the papers and Chuuya's things.

After 10 minutes of waiting, the blond man came out of the orphanage with only a small backpack and unlocked the car.

"I'm back, Arthur."

The concerned turned and smiled before approaching him and kissing him quickly.

"I see that," he turned his gaze to the bag his husband was carrying, "is that his stuff?"

The blonde man sighed and nodded as he put the bag in the trunk of the car with the adoption papers.

"Yes, apparently they just make sure he has the main necessities, which is a pair of pajamas, two t-shirts, two pairs of pants and a pair of shoes he is wearing."

The black haired man's heart clenched upon hearing this, he turned his gaze to the boy who was looking at the ground clutching his stuffed animal and smiled sadly, he was going to have a better life with them and that he was dumb didn't change anything.

"I'm glad we came to this orphanage, now he'll have a much better life with us, don't you think?"

Verlaine looked at his husband then smiled as she approached the redhead.

"Of course."

Arriving at his height, he squatted in front of him while Rimbaud got into the car.

"Hi you" he said smiling tenderly.

The little one raised his head and clutched his stuffed animal more tightly, nodding his head in answer.

"How old are you?"

Even though he knew how old he was, he wanted to try to gain his trust a little by trying to show that he was interested in him.

With a little hesitation, Chuuya let go of his stuffed animal with one hand and showed his 5 fingers before quickly tightening his stuffed animal to which the blond smiled.

"5 years old, it's already a big boy ! Oh yes, I didn't introduce myself, I'm Paul Verlaine, I'm your second new dad."

Chuuya nodded and straightened slightly, Verlaine did not move while wanting to see what he was going to do, then Chuuya touched his braid which hung on his shoulder.

The blond noticed that its attracting him and laughed softly from where the small redhead withdraws at once his hand and tightens his cuddly toy.

"Yes, I have long hair, Arthur also has long hair you know?" He took the cheek of the redhead in cup in his hand and smiled by caressing him the cheek of his thumb in a reassuring gesture, "you don't need to be afraid of us ok? We won't do anything to you here, you're safe with us."

The youngest widened his eyes as he looked at the blond and looked away before lowering his head to look at his feet again.

Verlaine looked at him sadly and decided to pull him gently into an embrace, at first Chuuya stiffened since no one had ever hugged him before but eventually relaxed and let himself go into the embrace, without returning it.

After a few seconds, Verlaine pulls away and he looks at the boy who looks away and smiles. He stands up and holds out his hand, which the boy hesitantly grabs and walks to the front of the car.

"You're going to have to put him on your lap for today, Arthur. We don't have a car seat for him yet and I wouldn't risk putting him in the back alone." Said the blond while opening the passenger door where his husband was sitting.

Rimbaud turned his glance towards Verlaine before smiling and turning his glance on the boy who was holding the hand of the elder and stretching his hands towards him.

"Yes, of course."

He lifted the boy off the ground and sat him on his lap, putting on the seatbelt as the passenger side door closed, the driver's side door opened and the car started.

"We'll go to the mall first, we'll buy some clothes and a car seat for him."

Rimbaud nodded as he headed to the stores.

They arrived at the stores and all three got out of the car with Verlaine walking in front and Rimbaud holding Chuuya's hand as they walked.

They bought several clothes and some toys for their new son and a car seat that they installed in the car.

"We finally arrived, how come it was so crowded on a Friday afternoon." sighed Verlaine as he got out of the car.

Rimbaud followed him and got out of the car, going to the trunk to get the bags of what they had bought.

Verlaine approached the door behind where the car seat was and opened it to tell Chuuya that they had arrived but as he opened the door, the blond smiled softly as he looked at the boy who had fallen asleep on the way back, not really surprising since they had fallen in traffic.

He untied Chuuya from the car seat as gently as possible so as not to wake him up and took him in his arms with one hand on his back and another under his knees and closed the door with his foot.

He returned to his husband who had the bags in his hands and raised his head towards them.

"You are-"

He stopped talking loudly when he noticed the little ball snuggled up to his husband hugging his dog and smiled tenderly before speaking less loudly.

"He fell asleep, I see."

The blond simply nodded and the couple went back to their apartments and both of them went to the guest room that now belongs to Chuuya.

Rimbaud put the bags in a corner that they will put away later and Verlaine went to the bed and put the child gently on it before covering him and the two of them left the room.

It's already been 4 weeks that Chuuya was adopted by Rimbaud and Verlaine, everything went well Chuuya started to trust more and was less afraid of them.

Today is the day of the return, he starts the school at 8:00 and now Chuuya woke up and it's 6:00 in the morning, why he woke up so early nobody knows but the two adults are still sleeping.

Chuuya decided to get up to prepare breakfast for them, because yes although Chuuya is only 5 years old, he was the one who made food at the orphanage with the means he had.

He entered the kitchen and went towards the piece of furniture which was too high for him, then he took a chair which he stuck to the piece of furniture and climbed on it to recover a plate.

But the chair was moving so right after he grabbed the plate, Chuuya tripped and fell on the floor with the plate breaking at the same time.

It took Chuuya a few seconds to understand and he got up slowly. Just as he got back on his two feet, he heard a door open quickly and two people running towards the kitchen.

"What's hap- CHUUYA!"

The boy stiffened and looked down at the floor clutching his pajama pants as tears welled up in his eyes, he was definitely going to get punished for the stupid thing he just did.

"Take him in your arms Arthur, I don't want him to get hurt."

The green-eyed man lifted Chuuya and took him in his arms as he walked away from where the plate was broken.

Once far enough away, Paul could clean up the bits of glass and Rimbaud stepped back a bit to look at the boy's tearful face.

"Are you alright Chuuya, you're not hurt..?" He asked with concern

The boy closed his eyes and turned his head to look away, he was waiting for his punishment to come as he broke something.

"Hey chuuya?"

The black haired man gently brought his hand to the smaller boy's cheek and turned his head to look at him.

"Look at me, Chuuya." He said in a soft voice.

Hesitantly, the redhead slowly opened his eyes and looked into the man's eyes and was surprised when he saw the adult's soft, concerned look and gentle smile.

"If daddy yelled before, it's because we were afraid you would hurt yourself with the glass, not because you broke a plate, even we sometimes break them" he wiped some tears from his little face before continuing, "so there's no point in being afraid, okay? We're not going to punish you for something so stupid."

Chuuya nodded gently and leaned in to hug him, hiding his head in the crook of his neck.
Rimbaud smiled gently and hugged him back.

They stayed like that until Chuuya calmed down completely and stopped sobbing, Verlaine arrived at the same moment and approached both of them.

"Is he all right, at least?"

Rimbaud shook his head and moved slightly away from Chuuya to look at his red eyes because of the previous crying.

Verlaine caressed Chuuya's head to attract his attention and he stretched his arms towards him as a sign of a hug.

As soon as Chuuya turned around and saw the open arms of his other father, he immediately reached out and hugged him.

Verlaine chuckled softly and hugged him too with one hand on his back and another in his soft red hair.

Rimbaud smiled tenderly and turned to go to prepare the breakfast for the two others, but he stopped in the door frame at the hearing of a new low and hoarse little voice.

"D-daddy.."

Rimbaud turns around with wide eyes looking at the redhead with confusion and Verlaine is also surprised and moves away slightly from Chuuya to look him in the eyes with confusion.

"C-chuuya? Did you just talk right now!?" Asked the blond with confusion as his husband came back to their side.

Tears started to flow down the little boy's face again and he lowered his head to avoid them seeing the tears flowing in vain, and unconsciously he clutched the blond's shirt in his small hands.

"Can you repeat what you just said, Chuuya-kun?" Rimbaud asked this time, raising Chuuya's head gently, although he still looked away.

Chuuya hesitated as the tears still flowed, and decided to speak again in a low whisper, though he heard it anyway.

"D-daddy..."

A smile appeared on both adults' faces and Verlaine hugged Chuuya again, which surprised Chuuya at the time.

Verlaine whispered in Chuuya's ear in a soft and soothing voice.

"Why were we told you were mute if you can speak, Chuuya?"

Chuuya unconsciously hugged the blond man tighter and began to tremble as he sobbed, until Rimbaud gently stroked his back.

"I-I don't know... n-no... I-I had n-no... right to speak... if I had, I would have been punished... so I-I thought that here too..."

"You had no right to speak without being punished!?"

The smaller boy shook his head negatively at the black-haired man's question and frowned. He was about to say something but was interrupted by the blue-eyed man who started walking towards the living room window.

"Listen Chuuya, look at me already, please."

After hesitation, Chuuya slowly walks away and looks into the eyes of the blond man who has a serious look but a reassuring smile.

"Talking is not forbidden anywhere, okay? No one is going to punish you if you talk, secondly, you are not different but you are like everyone else, your hair color is unique and beautiful, not to mention your ocean blue eyes, so don't listen to what people say, and if people criticize you you have two choices, either shut up and ignore them or respond well."

Chuuya nodded and looked out the window.
They stayed like that for more than 5 minutes before Verlaine thought of something and started to smile slyly.

"If Chuuya is not dumb, does that mean he might be ticklish~?" He said, looking at the boy who opened his eyes and tried to escape from the boy's grip.

"N-no!"

Verlaine simply continued to smile widely as he walked towards the couch, laughing at the various attempts to escape from the little redhead in his arms.

He tossed Chuuya onto the couch and climbed onto his knees on the couch himself, looking the redhead in the eyes without losing his smile.

"So let's check it out~"

He started to tickle Chuuya on his stomach, which made the boy squirm laughing underneath him trying to escape from the tickling attack.

"S-stop..!" Chuuya managed to say between two laughs.

After a few minutes, Verlaine stopped tickling him and walked away smiling, letting Chuuya catch his breath and wipe the tears of laughter from his face, then looked at the blond with a sweet smile.

"Mmh~ so my little Chuuya is quite ticklish~" he smiled in amusement once the little one had taken a proper breath and continued, "how about a second round~?"

At his words, Chuuya managed to get up and run into the kitchen where Rimbaud had just put the breakfast on the table.
Chuuya runs behind Rimbaud and clings to his legs, hiding behind him.

"Chuuya ?"

"Help me!"

The man raised an eyebrow at the boy and a few seconds later he saw his husband running into the kitchen looking for Chuuya.

After spotting him he moved closer to him but was obviously blocked by his smiling husband.

"Can I know what's going on here?" Rimbaud asked playing the game and hiding Chuuya who was holding on to his leg.

"But nothing~ we'll just start a second round~"

"A second round of what?"

"He wants to tickle me again!"

Rimbaud turned his head and looked behind him and smiled when he saw the pout that Chuuya was doing and laughed before returning his look to his husband.

"So that's the laughter I heard from the living room?" He closed his eyes before continuing, "I see but now both of you sit at the table and eat."

"Good, good, no problem, darling."
Chuuya smiled in victory as he came out from behind Rimbaud to sit next to him.

"You're doing well for this time little monster, but I won't miss you next time~" Verlaine said in an amused tone while slyly looking at the redhead.

Chuuya turned his head towards him once he sat down and stuck out his tongue with a smile.

"How do you have so much energy when you just woke up not long ago?"

Verlaine looked at his husband with a teasing look before answering with a laugh.

"It's just you getting old too fast."

"Are you looking for me?"

"Nooo, I'm not messing with you at all since you're right in front of me."

"You exasperate me sometimes" Sighed Rimbaud while smiling gently.

It was now time for Chuuya to go to school and all three of them were already in front of the school and Chuuya was holding Rimbaud's hand tightly and didn't want to let it go.

Rimbaud squatted in front of Chuuya and caressed his head with his other hand.

"Hey Chuuya, you have to go back to school now, everything will be fine and if something is wrong you will go to see the teacher ok?"

Chuuya shook his head and didn't want to go, he even started to cry not to go.

"Come on kids, everyone line up in pairs in front of me."

Chuuya's teacher's voice was heard, and once she spoke Chuuya turned his head and looked at her surprised before letting go of Rimbaud's hand under his surprise and running towards the lady.

"Anee-san!"

Chuuya squeezed the legs of the woman who lowered her gaze on him and smiled in surprise while taking him in her arms.

"Oh it's you Chuuya-kun?"

Chuuya squeezed the woman's neck and tightened her legs around his waist then nodded positively.
The woman smiled and moved away from him a little to look at him and smiled when she saw his smile.
"So you finally got adopted by someone?"

Chuuya nodded and turned to point at Verlaine and Rimbaud who were looking at them with confusion.

The woman nodded and turned back to the class telling them to stay in line and not to move and then walked towards the two men with Chuuya in her arms hugging her.

"Hello, so you're the one who adopted Chuuya-kun? " She asked gently.

It was Verlaine who answered her.

"Indeed, you already know Chuuya before?"

The woman nodded and smiled sadly before answering.

"Yes, I am Ozaki Kouyou and I knew him, at the time I was working in this orphanage, and I was very attached to Chuuya, I would stay with him, I even taught him how to cook since he wanted to do everything like me and he only talked to me there, and of course when I was near he didn't do anything mean with him and they were playing "nice", but I had to leave for some reasons two years ago and I couldn't take him with me, so I just hoped he would find a family."

"I see, for our part, they had told us that he was mute and we learned only this morning that he could speak, but I suppose that it will be better now that Paul took care to explain him that speaking was not forbidden and that nobody was going to punish him."

Rimbaud finished by smiling gently and caressing the head of the boy who turned to look at them and Verlaine spoke by smiling to Chuuya.

"So it's ok now you're going to school Chuuya, otherwise when you come back I'll attack you again with tickles~"

Chuuya stuck his tongue out and pouted as she hid between the woman's neck and shoulder again.

Everyone laughed nicely at his reaction and Kouyou smiled sweetly at them before telling them that school will start soon and they can go.

Kouyou arrived in front of the line of children who were still waiting and put Chuuya in front of them and gave his her hand then they all entered the school.

After doing some activities that lasted a while depending on what it was, the children had free time and could play or do whatever they wanted.

Chuuya in class hardly spoke, he participated in the activities in silence.
And now he was sitting on a couch in the corner of a room hugging his knees with his head resting on his arms and looking at a wall in the distance.

He was soon brought out of his thoughts by the voice of a little boy a little taller than him approaching him.

"Hi!" he said happily.

Chuuya raised his eyes and looked at the boy in front of him, he had brown hair, his eyes are brown and he had a bandage hiding his left eye, a bandage on his right cheek and bandages on his wrists and legs.

The fact that he was wearing so many bandages made Chuuya curious, but he didn't ask any questions and answered hesitantly.

"H-hi?"
The brown-haired boy smiles with all his teeth and gets a little closer to Nakahara.

"My name is Dazai Osamu, but you can call me Osamu if you want! And you, what is your name?"

"Chuuya... Nakahara Chuuya."

Osamu felt his smile widen and looked up at Chuuya with a happy look.

"That's a nice name! Do you want to be friends?"

Chuuya widened his eyes for a moment, he had never seen a single child who wanted to be his friend at the orphanage because of his hair color which was rare for a Japanese.

After a few seconds of taking in his words, Chuuya looked at the brown boy and nodded slowly in the affirmative.

The brown-haired boy jumped for joy and grabbed the red-haired boy's hand and pulled him somewhere to play games.

The day passed quickly and Dazai and Chuuya stayed together all day long under the smile of Kouyou.
And also, Dazai didn't want the other children to call him by his first name except Kouyou and Chuuya.

The children leave the school with Kouyou to join their parents, they were always in line and held hands as Kouyou had asked.

Dazai and Chuuya are lined up together at the front of the row and when they arrive at the door, the brunette-haired one pulls Chuuya with him.

"Come, I will show you Odasaku!"

Chuuya didn't even have the time to refuse if he wanted to because he was pulled by the brown man.

They arrived in front of a tall man who was about 30 years old and who was talking with another person.

"Odasaku!"

The man turned his head and looked at the little boy smiling.

"You are there Osamu, how was your first day at school?"

Dazai smiled and looked up at the man who was his uncle.

"Yes it was cool! I even made a friend!" Dazai said while raising their linked hands.

Unconsciously, Chuuya shook the hand of the brown-haired boy and hid behind him, Odasaku crouched down in front of the two boys and smiled while patting his nephew's head.

"That's very good Osamu, and what's his name?"

Dazai looked at the redhead behind him who had his head down and smiled as he looked at his uncle again.

"His name is chuu!"

Oda raised an eyebrow at the name and the man who was chatting with oda before stepped forward to look at the boy behind the little brunette.

"Chuu?"

"Chuuya?"

At the familiar voice, Chuuya raised his head to see his father and he let go of the brown boy's hand to run into his arms once he recognized him.

Verlaine smiled tenderly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"So, you see it went well your first day, you even made a friend from what I saw and heard."

Chuuya moved away from his father and gave a small smile while nodding positively.

"Y-yes... that's Osamu..." Chuuya said softly as he turned around to point at the smiling brunette boy.

Verlaine looked at the boy and leaned in a little while still holding Chuuya in his arms.

"Well, hello Osamu."

The little brown boy puffed out his cheeks and crossed his arms over his chest.

"It's Dazai not Osamu."

Verlaine laughed softly and smiled at him while standing up.

"Oh sorry, hello Dazai I'm Chuuya's father, I hope you'll stay friends."

Dazai stopped pouting and smiled while nodding positively.

"Of course we will!"

A small laugh came from Oda's side and Verlaine turned his gaze towards him.

"Well, it looks like the two of them are getting along well, that's a good thing, isn't it Verlaine-san?"

"I already asked you to call me Paul, we're not at work now, the blond man smiled before continuing, yes it's a good thing and I finally meet your nephew you've been telling me about." Verlaine finished laughing while Oda smiled.

"Yes, sorry it's just habit and I'm also glad to finally meet Chuuya" Oda smiled ruffling the boy's hair, "and then, I'm glad Osamu decided to make a friend, because usually he didn't talk to anyone and stay alone in his corner although Kouyou-san spent most of the time with him."

Verlaine smiled gently, he too was glad that Chuuya is found a friend, he was afraid that Chuuya stay too locked in his corner, although it was only his first day.

"Yes, it's a good news if Chuuya-kun and Dazai-kun are friends, although they are totally different both of them fit together."

Oda nodded with a smile because at first sight it was easy to notice how different but yet so complementary these two were.

"Well, I think we'll go back home or else I feel like I'm going to get killed because he's always worrying about nothing."

"See you tomorrow, Chuu!" Osamu said happily from where Chuuya smiled and answered softly "see you tomorrow" in return.

Oda grabbed Dazai's hand and chuckled while saying goodbye to his boss and friend so that he wouldn't arrive late with his son and be killed by Rimbaud, Oda even knew how protective Rimbaud could be towards what he loves.

After 10 minutes, Verlaine and Chuuya arrived at the house and as soon as the door was opened, they were welcomed by Rimbaud who was walking in a circle and as soon as he noticed them, he stopped and went towards them, taking Chuuya in his arms as he was stretching his arms towards him.

He hugged Chuuya and turned his head towards his husband who just closed the door and laughed softly at his husband's worry.

"You really need to stop worrying about being a few minutes late you know." Verlaine said softly as he approached his husband to kiss him.

"Well, if you had let me come with you and you would have arrived on time I wouldn't be worried! An accident or anything can happen quickly!"

"Forgive me, I was talking with Odasaku who was waiting for his nephew. But well, your sure protector side has a cute side then" Smiled sincerely Paul while passing in front of Rimbaud to go in the kitchen.

The black-haired man blushed and frowned as he went into the living room with Chuuya in his arms who smiled.

Rimbaud sat on the sofa with Chuuya on his lap and he looked at his face and smiled tenderly seeing Chuuya's face and happy smile.

"Well Chuuya, why don't you tell me about your first day at school?"

"It went well and I made a friend!"

"Did you? And what's your friend's name?"

"His name is Osamu and he is nice!"

Rimbaud smiled softly, knowing already Dazai, because he had already gone to Odasaku's house to do a common task that Verlaine had given them and so he had met Odasaku's nephew.

"I see, it's very good in this case I'm glad that it went well."

"Can we watch the cartoons?"

The man smiles and grabs the remote control to turn on the TV.

"Mmh, what do you want to watch?"

"Paw Patrol!"

"Well, do you want to sit on the couch or do you want to sit on me?"

Chuuya just turned to the TV, resting his back against the man's chest in a silent reply that he wanted to stay that way.

The next day at school, Dazai and Chuuya stayed the whole day together, as the next days and now already 15 weeks have already passed since the return and these two do not separate anymore.

They were sitting in a corner of the schoolyard facing each other and talking, until Dazai stopped talking and approached closer to Chuuya under his confused look and who was hugging his cuddly toy.

Dazai smiled softly and put back a bit of Chuuya's hair that hides an eye behind his ear and said.

"Hey chuu, I never said it but your hair is beautiful and your eyes also look like the color of the sky, it makes you cute!"

Chuuya was still confused until he understood the boy's words and blushed slightly as he frowned and looked away while hugging his stuffed dog.

"O-oh thanks."

The boy didn't answer anything and returned to his place where he was at the beginning.

When the end of the school and arrive it was always Odasaku who looks for Dazai and it was this time Verlaine and Rimbaud who came to look for him, and they wait with Oda.

The two boys arrive in front of the adults, or rather Dazai pulls Chuuya to them while he clutches his plush with the other hand.

All three smile and Oda grabs Dazai's hand and speaks.

"We have to leave quickly today Osamu, we can't go to the park to play with Chuuya-kun I'm sorry so you tell him tomorrow." Smiled gently Oda as a sign of apology

Dazai frowned and pouted as he looked at Chuuya who was hugging Verlaine who was crouching down then sighed.

"Okay."

He approached Chuuya and got her attention by gently shaking her shoulder.

When Chuuya turned around, Dazai stopped pouting and smiled happily at Chuuya although he preferred to go and play with Chuuya like the other days.

"See you tomorrow Chuuya!"

"yes, see you tomorrow.." Mumbled Chuuya back, making a sad pout that they can't go play together today.

The boy noticed this and smiled softly this time and approached the other boy.

"Hey Chuuya it's just today even though I would have preferred to go and play with you.. but let's make a promise?"

Chuuya raised his head towards him and nodded positively waiting for him to continue understanding that he was not the only one who was disappointed.

"Let's make a promise that we will get married when we grow up and that we will always remain friends!"

Chuuya smiles and answers a "promised" in return hardly after the boy finished talking.

Dazai says again see you tomorrow and he kisses Chuuya's cheek before running to his uncle again and he leaves.

After a few seconds Chuuya's cheeks become a bit red and he frowns while hiding in his father's chest.

Verlaine held back a laugh at Chuuya's cute reaction by hugging him back.

Rimbaud chuckled softly at the cute scene he just witnessed from the two boys and smiled sincerely, he had the feeling that no matter what could happen to them when they grow up they will always stay together and will only stay in cold for a very short time.

He decided to believe in this presentiment since he always trusted his instinct.

"Let's go home, we won't stay in front of the school for hours."

Verlaine smiled and wanted to move away from Chuuya to take his hand but apparently he didn't want to let him go and still hold on to him.

The blond smiled sincerely and lifted his son in his arms as he now hugged his neck with his arms and his waist with his legs so tightly that even if Verlaine let go he would still cling to him.

11 years have passed and both of them are now 17 years old and today was the 14th of February, which means that it's Valentine's Day and Dazai and Chuuya had a date in the park like they used to do every weekend since middle school.

Their relationship hasn't changed much since they met in kindergarten, they are still close to each other and the only thing that has changed between them is their height, Dazai is 175 cm and Chuuya is 160 cm

Chuuya has already arrived and waits under a sakura, where they have given themselves appointment and waits for the brown one to arrive.

As it's Valentine's day today, Chuuya made some chocolates to Dazai that he put in a heart shaped box.

Yes, he wanted to give him chocolates because he has feelings for him since they were little.

Dazai arrived silently behind Chuuya and drew him with a quick blow against him enclosing him in his long arms and thus preventing him from hiding the chocolates he was holding in his hand and from where he flinched with surprise.

"Well, hello chuu~" Whispers Dazai in the hair of the redhead.

"Hah!? No but it's not going to pull me like that bastard!"

"How mean you are to me Chibi~" Said the brunette playing a hurt expression until his eyes fell on the box in the redhead's hands.

"What are you holding in your hand Chuuya?" Dazai asked softly with a calm voice but his expression had changed to coldness, or rather jealousy.

Chuuya shivered softly when he saw the brunette expression and looked away with frowning eyebrows while blushing slightly.

"Tsk, I… it's just some chocolates I made for you... and to give to you."

Chuuya cursed himself for stuttering at his last sentence as he handed the box of chocolates to the brunette who had the same expression as usual again.

"Oh~ how sweet of you my chuu chuu~" Dazai said in a teasing voice and leaned over to give Chuuya a kiss on the cheek from where he blushed even more.

"But I also have a present for you too."

Dazai rummaged in the inside pocket of his jacket and took out a black box and handed it to Chuuya who was looking at him surprised now.

"It may not be chocolate but when I saw it in the window I thought it was perfect."

Chuuya grabbed the small box in his hands and opened it, inside the box he saw a black leather choker.

He took it in his hand and looked at it smiling gently.

"Thanks, I like it."

"Let me put it on you? " Asked the brunette.

Chuuya smiled and handed him the choker which he took in his hands and opened it.

Chuuya turns around and holds his hair in a ponytail on his left shoulder.

Dazai places the choker around Chuuya's neck and closes it.

"It's a perfect fit for you chuu."

"I see that, thank you. I like it very much."

After that they spent the whole day together doing several things, they ate ice cream, they slept under a tree sitting one against the other with Chuuya who had his head on Dazai's shoulder and him who had his head on Chuuya's, they also went to the cinema and simply walked in the city.

It's now 8 o'clock in the evening and both of them are near Chuuya's house.

Dazai had to sleep at Chuuya's house because Oda is gone for a week and he doesn't trust Dazai enough to leave him alone at home so he asked Verlaine if he could keep his nephew for 1 week and of course the man accepted.

They entered the house and went to Chuuya's room, letting themselves fall on the bed.

"I am dead."

"Me too~ and besides your parents are not here chuu?"

The redhead shrugged and sat down on the bed after taking off his shoes as the brunette sat opposite him.

"I don't know, they should be here but I don't really know."

The brunette nodded and leaned against the wall.

It was already an hour that they had returned and they discussed everything and nothing.

But now Chuuya doesn't listen anymore to what Dazai says and was lost in his thoughts, he wanted to confess his feelings that he has for his friend, but he's afraid, he's afraid of his reaction, and if after he confessed Dazai wouldn't want to talk to him anymore, he doesn't know if he could bear it.

"Hey Chuuya"

Dazai took him out of his thoughts by having his face just in front of Chuuya's one who blushed instantly by coming out of his thoughts because of the proximity between them.

"H-HAH!?" Shouted Chuuya while backing up in surprise to the head of the bed.

He lifts his head to see the confused face of the brunette and started to laugh nervously while bringing his knees towards him.

"Is everything okay, Chibi?"

"Haha... y-yes everything is fine sorry."

Dazai gets closer to him again and looks at him with seriousness and a little bit of worry.

"Would Chibi hide something from me? He is reacting strangely today."

Chuuya shrinks and tries to move back further from him but he is already stuck to the head of the bed and his heart speeds up even more because of the proximity of the brunette who approached again.

He looks away with his red face and hugs his knees against him, looking for an escape that doesn't exist.

"No, I'm not hiding anything from you and back off!"

"If you do not hide me anything why you stutter and look away like that?" Said the brunette while raising the chin of Chuuya with his fingers so that he looks at him while he smiled gently.

Chuuya looks everywhere but in Dazai's eyes.

"You know me so well, don't you...?"

"We've known each other since we were 5 years old so of course I know you and I know when you're hiding something from me, you've been acting strange for a week already, Also please tell me what's bothering you, I'm worried about you."

Chuuya remained silent for a few minutes and they are still in the same position then decides to speak with a trembling voice, although he tries to keep it straight.

"I... I love someone... but I'm afraid to tell him..."

Dazai felt his heart clench in his chest but he didn't show it and kept his stone face.

"Just tell her, and if this person doesn't love you back you'll find someone else one day, and if she rejects you badly it's just that she doesn't deserve you..."

"It's not a girl... " Chuuya said in a whisper, he was afraid of his friend's reaction if he knew that he liked boys.

Unconsciously, Dazai has a small glimmer of hope in him that it can be him the one he likes.

"Well, it's the same whether it's a boy or a girl, it doesn't matter to me if you like boys as long as you are happy."

Chuuya felt relieved and he finally looked up at Dazai and blushed again as he looked at him.

"Thank you...I-I'll do it now then..."

Chuuya said with a nervous smile and Dazai moved away a bit to make room for Chuuya to take his phone.

Dazai becomes slightly confused at the fact that Chuuya doesn't grab his phone to call the person he loves to tell him by phone or to make an appointment, but he was brought out of his thoughts when the redhead starts talking again.

"I... it's you O-osamu the person I love... I love you for a long time." Chuuya finished by looking away and having the red face of embarrassment.

Dazai looked at him with surprise before chuckling, which caught Chuuya's attention and he frowned and his eyes slowly filled with tears thinking that the other was laughing at him.

"Why are you laughing...?! You're that-"

He didn't have the opportunity to finish his sentence since it was cut off by the lips of another.

At first, Chuuya widened his eyes and opened his mouth of surprise, to which the brunette took advantage to deepen the kiss and moved back by reflex until being stuck to the back of the bed and Dazai followed him not to break the soft kiss.

Once he realized what happened, Chuuya answers awkwardly to the kiss and closes his eyes by holding on to the shoulders of the brunette.

For lack of air, they had to separate to catch their breaths, They were both red although Chuuya was more red than Dazai.

"I love you too, Chuuya."

Chuuya frowned and looked away, which made the brunette laugh seeing how Chuuya was acting like a tsundere.

When Chuuya looked away to the door of his room his eyes widened and he became even more embarrassed, Dazai seeing Chuuya's reaction he also turned his gaze to the door and also widened his eyes.

"Hum.. I understand better why you didn't answer when we knocked on your door" Verlaine with a malicious smile, "we'll leave you alone."

"HAH, it's not what you think dad!" Chuuya shouts in embarrassment as she sees her parents at the door, both smiling.

"But yes we believe you~" teased the blond gently smiling, "but hey come down when you want to eat, everything is already ready."

The two adults left the room and closed the door smiling while Chuuya hid his face in his hands to try to hide his embarrassment.

Dazai smiled gently and hugged him and kissed the top of his head, he too was embarrassed by the situation, but he hid it by hugging his redhead.