CopyCat • Chuuya X Reader • REMAKE

Encounters

After encountering Dazai, you can't help but wonder who you'll come across next and only hope it's someone you want to fight against rather than what felt like the embodiment of darkness. Despite what he had said, you found yourself wedged in a booth of a different cafe with several Agency members, Dazai included, unfortunately. With him sitting beside you, there was no escape unless you wanted to break the window and escape that way, but you weren't desperate enough for that yet. On the opposite side was a man named Atsushi and a kid who just left named Kenji, a very sunny youth.

Atsushi has light grey hair and pale skin, is of average height and has a slim build. He had segmental heterochromia, consisting of purple on the top half of his iris and yellow along the bottom curve of his pupil. His hair is short and swept forward in loose spikes with a lock left long on the right side of his face. Additionally, he has a prominent black streak in his hair. He's wearing a white button-up with sleeves pushed to his elbows, a loose black tie, black pants, black fingerless gloves, suspenders, and a long black belt that almost looks like a tail when he walks around.

You can't help but question his taste in clothes, and as if reading your mind, Dazai decides to open his mouth, unfortunately. "Atsushi-kun's clothes were a gift from all the Agency members," Dazai comments, which catches Atsushi's attention after hearing his name.

"Which part of it was from you then?" you ask, trying to rid yourself of at least some of your boredom. You weren't a fan of small talk, but after being tricked into this cafe and Dazai refusing your release, you force yourself to make conversation.

"T-the belt was from Dazai-san," Atsushi stutters, unsure how to act around you, not that it annoyed you. It wasn't all that surprising, considering Dazai had bandages all over his body, so of course, he was the one who gave Atsushi a ridiculously long belt that almost imitated a cat's tail. Before you can say anything, the cafe's waitress places a parfait down. Who soon enough has to deal with a bombardment of pick-up lines from Dazai. You had gotten your sweet treat, so you refused to concern yourself with Dazai's antics. Atsushi, however, didn't know what to say to the current situation, but based on his expression alone, this was a regular occurrence.

By the time you finished your parfait, Dazai had received a crushing rejection and slumped on the table. A small part of you wanted to kick him off the chair so you could escape. However, that feeling from yesterday reminded you that he wasn't someone you wanted to mess with. However, out of nowhere, Atsushi rushes to his feet and slams his hands onto the table, "I'm late, Kunikida-san is gonna kill me!" he exclaims, running out of the cafe and up the stairs towards the Agency just a few floors above.

"Want to tell me why you lured me here now, Dazai?" you ask nonchalantly, but he refuses to answer. "Oi, did that rejection kill you or what?" you complain and again, nothing but silence from him.

After a while, you questioned if he had fallen asleep, but you didn't dare get too close to him in case it was a trap; with his unpredictability, you didn't want to chance it. You eventually fell asleep due to the cosy temperature in the cafe, and that was when Dazai finally made his move. He shifted to the overside of the booth and made sure not to accidentally touch you as he was fully aware that you were currently using your ability to appear as someone else. "Another coffee, ma'am," Dazai calls out, loud enough to be heard but quiet enough to prevent waking you up. He glances at the clock on the wall and makes himself comfortable as if expecting to be there for some time.

It takes some time, but you finally wake up and sit up in a rush, looking around half-asleep and confused while there was Dazai, peacefully enjoying a cup of coffee. "What did you do to me while I was asleep?" you hiss at him, patting yourself down to make sure nothing was wrong with your body.