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Dazai Osamu 《Morning Texts》

I saw this post on ig n thought of something.

Your phone pings, alerting you of an unread message. Keeping your pencil aside, you reached for your phone.

It read ,'one message from Osa♡'

Osa♡ : Hey beautiful 😍 Good morning😘

You smiled and typed out a reply.
Dazai was lying on his bed. It was 5 in the morning, and he didn't need to wake up for atleast another hour and a half. But he couldn't sleep so he thought about texting his beloved. He hadn't expected a reply from you at such an ungodly hour.

He stared at the screen, squinting as his eyes were yet to adjust to the brightness.

Belladonna🥰: Good mornin love :)
Osa♡: Didn't expect you to be up so early, darling! Everything ok?
Belladonna🥰: Yea, I just couldn't sleep.

You sipped on your coffee and looked out the window o your makeshift apartment.
'Anytime now', you thought.

Osa♡: Me too. Want to talk about it?

You stared at the screen for a while. You didn't know how to deny his offer. Usually, you would be excited to hear his voice, but today was an exception.

Osa♡: You there?
Belladonna🥰:Yes.. I'm just really tired and don't have te energy to talk rn...

You quickly typed.
Your phone pinged again, alerting you of another message.

You rushed over the large window, your keen eye spotting the target. You got ready to take the shot. The target was in sight, and your sniper was trained on her. Any minute now, you would get a text, confirming your duty and allowing you to take the shot.
Your phone pinged.

Osa♡: OK love. As long as you are comfy, so am I :)

You knew he was lying. He would love to talk to you right now. He was obviously having a tough time sleeping due to his recurring nightmares, a side effect of his troublesome past, and the trauma of losing a dear friend.
You and dazai were dating for six months now. He hadn't opened up to you a lot. He cared for you, though, and you knew he cared as much as you did about your relationship. But he hadn't told you about his mafia past, or shown you even a fraction of his dark side. You, obviously, knew about those aspects of his life. Afterall, you were assigned to assess the mafioso three years ago. You job was to assess whether he would be better off dead, or if he was of actual value alive. There were speculations among the government officials that the youngest mafia executive would slay the boss to take over the organization. You, a government analyst cum sniper, were supposed to file a report, that stated the possibility of such an event, and if it did occur, the pros and cons of it.
You had spent over three weeks observing the young man, studying his patterns, analyzing his character, and drawing your conclusions.

Your report read:
'Dazai Osamu is a feared man. His reputation is deadly enough to make almost every man fear him.'
And yet, you had decided to place him in the third grade criminal file.
'Inspite of having an incredibly dark criminal record, Dazai Osamu is but a child. He is a boy who was forced to grow up. If given the right opportunity, he would do wonderfully as a white collar. '

You had drawn two conclusions.

'Dazai Osamu would not take over the mafia of his own volition. The mafia boss holds the responsibility of a humongous organization. It is a job that according to the young man would be 'a headache '. He would only take over if the conditions were conducive enough. Knowing Mori, such conditions might arise soon enough. Yet, Dazai Osamu might chose to quit the organization. He is not a vengeful man. He maintains a facade to match his fearful reputation. He is most likely to walk away from his old life.

If he chooses revenge over walking away, then action must be taken to manipulate his decision. I believe that he would be a great asset to have on our side.'

Luckily, the government didn't need to intervene, as the mafia boss had, quite frankly, fucked up.

It was enough to make dazai leave the organization and join the ada.

That was when you met him. He knew you as a software engineer, who worked for a company in Yokohama. That is your cover. You were curious about him. He was one of the many men that you had to evaluate over the years, and yet he was the one that intrigued you the most. Your curiosity got the better of you, and you planned an 'accidental' meet with the man. You hadn't expected to hit it off so well with him.

So here you were, 'traveling overseas for a project'. That wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the complete truth either.
It hurt you to lie to him, but you knew it was for the best. You really liked him, maybe even loved him. If you were to tell him now, that you had known him for years, and that your offshore project involved bullets, he would cut you off. He would probably hate you. So you pretended to be the innocent, techy girlfriend. Just to be with him. You couldn't live without him. So you tried your best to not fuck up. You tried hard to manage your secret life and your love life.

"I need to do this.", you whispered to yourself, " For Dazai."
And you pull the trigger, successfully eliminating the target.