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Ane-san warned him. Hirotsu-sensei warned him. All of Chuuya’s friends warned him about Osamu Dazai. But what did he do? Ignore all the warnings they gave. The man himself was a walking red flag. Everyone around him knew that…But Chuuya told himself that this wasn’t Dazai. Dazai was his childhood best friend, his ex-lover, his everything. Somebody that he used to know.
But he was wrong.
Dazai changed.
A lot.
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“--uuya. EARTH TO CHUUYAAAA~!!!” A very annoying voice snaps Chuuya out of his thoughts.
“What is it, shitty bastard?” Chuuya snaps back.
“Are you going to order anything?”
Right. He was at the coffee shop Dazai worked at. Why was he here again…?
“Oh. Just my usual. Yes.”
“Mmm. And that’s it?” The brunette asks with a smirk, holding his notepad.
“...Yes.”
“Alrighty! Oh, and chibi?”
“What?”
“You were mumbling something about me. If you wanted to get back together, you should’ve said so~.”
And with that, Dazai skipped away to the back, probably giggling to himself. But Chuuya on the other hand was glaring at the stupid, stupid, stupidly hot … No, Chuuya. The redhead shakes his head free of those thoughts and opens his phone to see messages from his friends.
wE aRe aLl iN tHiS tOgEtHer
Albatross
Chuu! Bro! Where are you??
Piano Man
We started getting worried when you didn’t answer our calls. Are you ok?
Albatross
Did you get kidnapped? Are you drunk? Are you ok?
Chuuya
Oh fuck! Sorry guys. I was busy. I’m at the café near my university.
Iceman
The one that your ex works at? Chuuya, we’ve been over this.
Chuuya
What?? It’s not like I went there specifically to see him or anything!
The chat goes silent after that message. They all knew that it was a lie. Even Chuuya himself, though he’d never admit it. Out loud or to himself.
Chuuya lets out a sigh before putting his phone away. He didn’t want to think about this anymore. Because once he starts thinking about his past relationship with the brunette, he’ll never stop. The good memories. The bad memories. All of it will come crashing down. It’ll hurt like hell and Chuuya frankly did not want to cry today.
“Chibi~. Your bagel and coffee are ready!”
He looks up to see Dazai walking over to him holding a plate and a small glass cup.
He keeps staring when the brunette set his food and beverage down.
“Did you want anything else?”
Us back.
Two words that he’d never say out loud.
“No. Piss off, bastard.”
“Such a rude customer…” Dazai faked a gasp and shook his head. “I even made the coffee just how you like it. Two cups of milk, two tablespoons of Vanilla Creamer, two sugar cubes, half a cup of vanilla syrup, a cup of cold-brewed coffee and oreo crumbs…”
He remembered it?
The order was something that Chuuya and Dazai had made up when they were little. It was an experiment but Chuuya had really liked it so whenever they got the chance, Dazai would always make that specific type of coffee for him...It was hard because they didn’t have a coffee machine but now that Dazai was working at a café, he was able to make it whenever.
He didn’t even ask for that drink…Dazai made it on his own.
Because he wanted to.