PCs for room 11!

[shortforever]

Because there's going to be a lot of these lol

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I've only been saying that for like a month now.

[...but no, he can't just leave it at that. As much as he hates Dazai, it's not entirely his fault he's like that.]

...he's been in the mafia longer than I have. He probably didn't grow up right because of it. I don't know how much of it is him choosing to be an asshole and how much of it is that he just doesn't know any better.

[Which is. Hilarious. Considering Akira and Akechi's everything.]

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It's not that I didn't believe you.

[he just had no idea how deeply that assholery ran. though. . . now that Chuuya puts Dazai's jerkitude like that. . .]

[. . .]

[. . . it's similar, isn't it? Akira's expression softens, now pensive]

It might be a little bit of both.

[just like it is for Akechi]

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[...]

He can learn better, yeah? Like, by being around good people, maybe he can learn to be good. Do you think it's possible?

[It's what Chuuya wants to believe. But he's having a hard time believing in anything right now.]

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[jesus christ]

[the way Akira's eyes widen and his mouth falls open is probably not the response Chuuya was expecting. but it's the one he gets; a dumb look from someone who was far more affected by that question that one might expect. do you think it's possible? does he. . .?]

[. . .]

[it's what he's been hoping for, right?]

I don't know.

[and he really doesn't. despite his best efforts, Akechi is always himself]

But I think it'd be stupid to not try.

People like him are people, too.

[and they don't deserve to just be given up on]

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...you're hoping that for someone too, huh?

[Chuuya might not be as smart as Dazai, but he's not stupid by any means. He sees that reaction, and he knows enough about Akira's awkward rivalry with Akechi to piece it together. No wonder Akira understands Chuuya and Dazai's relationship so well.]

Geez! How do people like you and me keep getting tangled up with lost puppies, huh?

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[Chuuya is perceptive enough, and that response tells Akira all he feels like he needs to know about what's going on through his roommate's head right now. still. . . he doesn't elaborate. he isn't yet ready to spill Akechi's secrets to everyone, after all]

[that comment makes Akira laugh, a breathless and resigned noise]

I'd say "fate," but I don't believe in fate.

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Yeah? What do you believe in, then?

[He says it jokingly, but he's curious to hear Akira's answer.]

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[what does he believe in. . . ?]

[hm]

[his answer is delivered in a joking tone, but he's being dead serious when he responds]

Society's collective effort to improve themselves, even when their hearts are distorted.

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[Okay, he snorts at that. But it's the first hint of a smile since the trial, so Akira being serious-yet-dorky helps?]

I'd like to believe in something like that.

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I don't blame you if you don't.

[Akira sure didn't!! for the longest time!!]

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I really don't.

[He's seen too much shit to believe in it right now.]

But I'd like to be a better person than I am now.

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[. . . Akira's mouth twitches]

[and he reaches out to ruffle Chuuya's hair in an affectionate gesture]

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[Oh no, his hair is ruffled!]

Hey-

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What?

[said PERFECTLY INNOCENTLY as though Akira didn't know what he was doing]

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[Well he's going in for MASSIVE TWO-HAND HAIR RUFFLE to get Akira back, then.]

That's what.

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[oh my god]

[MAKES A STARTLED NOISE AND TRIES TO LEAN AWAY FROM THAT]

[and then shoves at Chuuya in revenge. possibly shoving him into one of FORT ASSHOLE'S blanket walls]

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[Welp. There goes Fort Asshole.

But that's okay, Chuuya is laughing as he grabs the nearest object (probably a pillow) to try and hit Akira with. It's a tangle of blankets but he will have his revenge.]

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[Akira is about to retaliate further, but]

[then he gets smacked in the face with a pillow and a tangle of blankets]

[AND DOWN HE GOES, another strangled noise tumbling from his lips. help him. he's useless]

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[Chuuya takes advantage of the moment to just. Fukken dive on top of Akira. He'll move to sit on him while he grins triumphantly.]

I win.

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[OOF. for being so small, Chuuya is still kind of heavy! Akira wheezes as the weight settles on his stomach]

This must be how bugs feel when we squish them under our shoes--

[shortforever]

[Something something density of gravity.]

Yeah? How about something other than being squished, then?

[He's totally going right for Akira's sides. Time for tickling!]

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[canon says Akira is ticklish, so]

[ENJOY A VERY LOUD YELP OF SURPRISE as Akira tries to smack at Chuuya's hands and wiggle away]

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[Chuuya's face immediately lights up with a mischievous look when he sees that reaction.]

Oh? You're ticklish?

[The tickling stops for the moment, but he is trying to hold Akira down under him to keep him from escaping.]

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[ANOTHER YELP]

[shoves his hands into Chuuya's face now, hoping he can push him away to prevent the tickling!!1]