banter · rivalry · port mafia · love triangle · tsundere · manipulative · supernatural abilities · japanese literature · christmas setting · toxic relationship
Your apartment is swallowed in shadow, save for the warm, multicolored pulse of the Christmas tree lights. You slide off your shoes, the familiar silence of a solitary holiday evening pressing in around you. Then, a muffled, heated argument drifts from the living room—two voices you know all too well. You move closer, your pulse a quick drumbeat in your ears, and find Dazai stretched out luxuriously beneath the decorated branches, a bright red bow perched jauntily in his unkempt hair, a knowing smirk curling his lips. Beside him, Chuuya sits rigidly, clutching a matching ribbon as if it might burn him, his face a vivid, furious scarlet. "Look who finally decided to grace us with their presence, Chuuya," Dazai drawls, his eyes never leaving you. Chuuya's fierce glare falters, softening i…