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”Ranpo-chan, get up please?” Dazai shakes his lover softly, trying to wake him up. “You’re going to be late to work sweetie”, He knows it isn’t gonna work, Ranpo isn’t really a morning person.
“Mmm”, Ranpo manages to mumble, but he doesn’t really seem to be fully awake yet. So Dazai sighs and walks to the kitchen.
Moving through the cupboards, he picks up the Miso paste.
He should really start to eat more food, sweets aren’t really good for him. Dazai thinks, humming while heating up the soup, adding all the ingredients to the pot.
He boils some water for tea, and opens the high cupboard of candy that he’s hidden to keep out of reach for Ranpo. Quietly adding some to the plastic bag that Ranpo always brought to his agency.
“Dazai-kun, do you know where my glasses are?” A shorter man with jet black hair walks into the hallway. He’s tired and doesn’t wanna go to work, he hates working more than anything. Ranpo always complains about it being boring and uneventful.
He hears a little chuckle from the other side of the room, “I’ve got your glasses here,” Seeing a blurry brunette walk closer, then with a rectangular frame he could see his beautiful lover's face still dressed with pyjamas. “I’ve made you breakfast sweetie, you’re already late for work,” He led Ranpo to the kitchen table, dragging a chair towards the food. “Pork and vegetable miso for breakfast? What was last night about making pancakes and cake?” Ranpo whined, before grabbing honey and putting an ungodly amount into his tea.
He feels his hat get put on his head, and his own coat being put on his shoulders.
He hears talking behind him, “That was if you were gonna be good, since you woke up after your work hours started… I’ve reconsidered that statement”
Ranpo pouts again, he hears another chuckle come from above him. Feeling a hand on his, guiding it to the soup and then to his mouth. The hand goes away, then the feeling is replaced with a quick peck on the cheek.
Ranpo then quickly finishes his soup, and gulps down his overly sweet tea. Grabbing the candy bag, “Dazai-kun did you add more candy in here?” Wide eyed Ranpo asked, while looking in the newly filled bag. “I was gonna go to the candy store on the way, how’d you even get these?!”
“You and I both know you’d be even more late to work if you did that. You might not even make it to work,” Dazai laughed. He knows that Ranpo is lying for his entertainment, but it’s fine. Ranpo can’t even reach the top shelf, a big disadvantage to being shorter than your significant other.
He puts his arms above his head, still gripping his candy bag and orders, “Pick me up Samu-kun!”
“Hmmm, ok… But i won’t drive you to work today,”
“What? Why!!”
Ranpo hears another chuckle, Me: 138 them: 6. He keeps track of all the times he’s made Dazai laugh since the start of last week, an easy task to do. He’s already made him laugh several times today, it's just that easy. Yet he knows that the new hire at his lover's workplace hasn't even gone into the double digits, not including all the times he’s not there.
He turns around to face Dazai, feeling his hips get raised forwards until he hits his partner's neck. Getting his balance quickly, pecking Dazai’s cheek. Walking to the door to put on his shoes quickly.
“Buh-Bye!! Samu!”
He leaves the apartment door, watching Dazai waving to him. I don’t know if that’s cute or scary, Ranpo giggles to himself.
He walks out of the apartment system, and instantly spots his work place. Inwardly sighing, before putting a strawberry lollipop in his mouth.
Yosano looks at the clock on the wall and curses. She’s sitting down at her desk, the desk is bare due to her being the doctor above all else in the ada.
“Yosano-san, when do you think he’ll come?” Atsushi asks innocently, with a weak smile on his face.
Yosano has no idea when Ranpo will come, she doesn’t even know if he’ll come. She’s imagining him still on the bed littered with wrapping and a bedside of candy. She can’t even blame him, he stayed up overtime to figure out a case that she was pushing on him.
Massaging her fingers in between her eyebrows, she groans loudly. Managing to get a sheepish squeak from her junior.
“Don’t mind Yosano, it’s fine if he doesn’t come in today. This case isn’t that urgent anyways” The elder man with long grey hair (seemingly his natural hair) says calmly.
“Yes, I know that. But… I made him stay late. He’s probably so tired from yesterday” Yosano grimaces.
Then the door creaks.
Did we have an appointment? Yosano questions.
“Good morning everyone! Did you have a hard time running this agency without the world’s greatest detective?”
Everyone in the building looks at Ranpo because… he’s here. Ranpo isn’t sleeping. He’s here, and with more energy in the morning than usual.
The Ranpo she remembers is one where he silently walks in the office and droops into his desk. Munching on his third- or fifth sweet since he woke up.
“Ranpo-san! I had no doubt that you would come to work, what made you so late?” Kunikida spoke up while eyeing the bag Ranpo was holding, “Did you buy more candy this morning?”
The shorter man seems to think intently before answering, “Yep! I guess I got lost,”
“Really?” She interjects, noticing that his clothes are pretty clean for getting lost like he usually does. And he’s too happy, he would be 100 percent grumbling under his breath right now.
Ranpo walks to his desk, putting the small stick in his mouth in the bin then put another lolly in his house. “Yup!”
She eyed him, trying to see if anything was different. Nothing?! She was going to give up, then she saw him pull up a phone and type. Oh? Ranpo is using his phone during work?
Yosano knows Ranpo doesn’t really like using his phone, he says it makes him look dumb and makes him dumber. Whatever that means. But now he’s actively using his phone before working. Was he typing something? Searching something up, I doubt it. Maybe… She reveals her pearly whites, bringing the corners of her mouth up and slitting her eyes into crescent moons. He’s got a girlfriend!
She sees Kunikida looking confused at the phone, and Atsushi looks neutral. Does he know something? The president looks mildly confused, but he’s masking it well. Everyone else suspiciously eyes the phone that Ranpo put face down on his desk.
A younger girl with black hair and a clip steps closer, “Ranpo-san were you texting someone?”
“Hm? Yeah! I forgot to do a case yesterday, so I’m keeping an eye on this one,”
Kunikida, Atsushi and Yosano all eye each other. Yosano quickly stands up, “Hey you two, come with me. Right now,” Ordering while pointing to both of them. Both males nod, and follow Yosano into the nurses office. The president also seems to quietly follow them.
”Guys, I think Ranpo has a lover,” Yosano whispered as soon as she heard the door close behind her. She then pointed to the president, “Did you know anything about this?”
He slowly shook his head, Yosano pointed at the newcomer, “Did you know?”
He widened his eyes, closing them then shook his head fast enough to make his odd long piece of his bangs fly, “No! But… Do you guys know Edogawa-san’s friend?”
“Huh? Friend?” Kunikida interjects, the purple haired woman also was confused. Friend? Did the antisocial, narcissistic man really have friends? She thinks for a moment, saying “You mean Poe?” Poe is the only other person out of the agency that anyone has ever seen Ranpo talking to. But it makes no sense that Ranpo would be texting him, and why would he lie about texting him when everyone knows their friendship.
“Well, I don’t think it’s Poe-san. He has messy brown hair, and… Uhm he wears a long coat,” Atsushi says, seemingly trying to think about the man’s appearance. Everyone looks at him dumbfounded, “That’s Just Poe,” Kunikida says while pushing his glasses up.
Yosano thinks more, Poe? That might be it… I need to see more. She curses inwardly, “You guys can leave, urghhh” Flicking her wrist to shoo all the men out of the nurses office.
Ranpo’s secret sweetheart survives this one.
Ranpo texting Dazai when he arrived:
world’s greatest detective > samu ❤️
samu ❤️
good job making it to work sweetie
world’s greatest detective
gib me a kiss for it samu!
samu ❤️
ok
when u get home
world’s greatest detective
i dont wanna workkkk
can i go home now?!!
samu ❤️
no
if you get home now…
i won’t kiss you!
world’s greatest detective
fineeeee
but u better keep it!
bye samu
i’m gonna work really hard now
samu ❤️
i hope so
bye ^^