🍬 Blood candy

“Well, the Mafia has alot of things to take care of, it’s to be expected.” he muses before stacking the documents on the left side of his desk, before he stands up with a smile.

“Alright, where would you like us to go today then?”

“It’s too much stuff they have to take care of. There are so many people in the Mafia, why is there never anybody around to handle all of these things?“ she huffed again, the pout only becoming more accentuated on her face. Who could blame her? She was a child -- at least appearance and mentally wise.

Of course he’d do his best to pick something out for her that he believes she would enjoy - a dress just so she can torment Mori by wearing a gift from Chuuya while constantly refusing Mori’s? Snacks? The possibilities are endless - but of course he has time to think about it now.

“Mm, if she’s not too busy, I’m sure she’d be happy to.” Because Kouyou never seems to mind taking tea with Chuua when she has the time, which he’s glad for. He does wonder what would come of having both Kouyou and Elise together, though… He’s not worried for his safety, but rather wondering if he’s going to be treated more like a doll, himself…

“Sure thing.” He approaches the counter and places his order, allowing Elise to decide on her own as well, then pays the man and waits. Once the crepes are being handed over, he gestures for Elise to take them - since he’s carrying her and all - and chuckles. “Go ahead, take a bite of mine.” He knows she wants to. 

Then he’s opening his mouth for a bite of his own, tilting his head down to get it and nodding in satisfaction at the bite. Tasty!

The prospect of having Kouyou join them for a tea party is more than enough to make her giggle and clap her hands in delight. It isn’t often that she manages to get both on their free day so she usually spends her time with them separately. Hearing that maybe they will be all three together for once is making her very happy.

The multitude of flavours she sees before deciding on one is so big that for a moment she wonders if she should get two instead of only one. Ultimately she goes with her original decision ( strawberry and vanilla ) which she tells to the redhead.

As soon as the crepes are in her hands, she brings the one Chuuya ordered to her mouth and bites into it, letting a low hum out at the delicious taste before holding it so the executive can bite into it as well.

⊰ If the smile present across his face could be wider than it actually was at the moment, then the redhead would probably split his face open. The girl turned out quite merciful in her request and the redhead could only be grateful, his stance far more relaxed than at the beginning of the conversation.

❝Alright, I can do that. Would you like to come to town with me so you can pick which set you want?❞

When it came to Elise, Chuuya was unable to decide what was too much or too little, so it was best if the last words on the matter belonged to her. It wasn’t as if he couldn’t spare a few more hours for the girl, and she deserved it, as she was the one to save his hat. ⊱

The positive response was met with cheerful laughter as she clapped her hands, careful to not cause the hat to fall off her head. Honestly, she’d be amazed if he didn’t accept such simple requests. She could have asked for more considering that he really loved said hat, but she decided to go easy on him.

The demon prodigy fishes out a pair of gloves from his coat. The gloves aren’t just any gloves — they are rather thick, a pair that, because of their thickness, do not allow Dazai’s ability through them. He slips them on, kneels in front of Elise, and tentatively reaches out to hold both of her arms delicately, up near her shoulders. He gives her a smile meant to charm.

「 Wherever you’d like to go, Elise-chan, so long as by around eight tonight, you’ll fancy going to a pastry shop near Lupin. I hear it’s a nice place, and I’ll buy you whatever you’d like to eat. 」 He pauses, glancing around him to make sure that nobody else is within earshot. 「 After that, you’ll come with me to Lupin. I’ll ask the bartender to make you something non-alcoholic. You’re not to tell Mori-san about the bar. 」

She had seen the gloves on a few occasions thus knew what they were for. Truth to be told, she was still a bit surprised at how thick they even though she knew that it was necessary unless she wanted to disappear once the brunet touched her.

A tilt of her head to the side was offered upon hearing the conditions to being taken out. Huh. Now she was curious as to why she wasn’t supposed to tell Mori about Lupin. Did her caretaker not know about it? Although it seemed unlikely.

 He taps his fingers on the desk “I don’t plan on it. Those are from yesterday, I am sober now.” He never drinks that much thankfully, he falls asleep after the second bottle.

He wears a smile at that.

“I understand, it indeed is a busy time.  I just have to deal with a few reports and I am free for the day. Maybe, we could go for a walk?”

From yesterday, huh? So the fact that he couldn’t hold his liquor that well wasn’t just a rumour. That was an interesting little fact that she wasn’t going to let go of now. He better not upset her otherwise she was going to use it against him.

upon hearing her answer a scowl spreads across his face. ❛ tch… figures, ❜ from the bright side it wasn’t that long if you would consider he almost saw the light. still, it did explain why he was feeling so sluggish. ❛ well if anyone asks you didn’t see me here,❜ but he doubts he needs to tell her that. chuuya begins to walk again, intending to go outside for some fresh air. though he does stop for a brief moment to see if she was tagging along ❛ did something else happen while i was out? ❜  he might as well try to obtain some information since he won’t be on the field anytime soon     that is if the doctors had a say in it.

For a moment she pondered if to ask for something in return for her silence before deciding against it. She doubted that the redhead could offer her anything in his current state so she was going to go gentle on him. Only this time, though. “You were never here. I don’t know what you’re talking about.” 

As expected, she tagged along. There was nothing better to do and she was curious about what Chuuya was going to do now that he was no longer confined to bed. Was he going to rest? Or train again? Who knew? Elise didn’t and was curious so it only seemed reasonable to further pursue her curiosity.

 controliisms:

elise could ask for anything right now and dazai would more than happily buy her it if it meant she left the room. not that it was stopping him that she was in the room. days of not even seeing chuuya at all had made dazai fairly impatient. so he’s glad chuuya doesn’t just throw him off his lap ( not that he had suspected he would ).

at hearing what elise requests ( and though those sweets are somewhat expensive, it’ll be worth it to make her leave ) he only nods, pretending to consider it for a few moments at least. he can’t appear to be giving in so easily, after all, or she’ll try to get more out of him. while he’s not exactly short on money, he doesn’t want to have to be spending a lot on elise when mori already seems to buy her everything she wants or needs. 

a smirk settles on his lips as he feels chuuya’s fingers tighten on his hips. it was a reaction that wouldn’t be picked up by elise ( one dazai is sure was supposed to remain hidden ) but he takes it as some form of encouragement, and an allowance to continue his small actions. dazai hums gently, gaze cutting across to elise once more.

‘ alright. i’ll get you the macarons. ’ he replies after a moment, though he isn’t smiling this time, instead giving a rather blank look in her direction. usually, he likes elise, but then usually she isn’t also interrupting something he’d really, really like to get back to.

he dips down to press his lips to chuuya’s jaw, teeth sinking into the skin there. he’s not too concerned about elise being there - she isn’t a child despite her appearance. she’s mori’s ability, so it’s not like he has to worry much about her seeing any of this. it’s then he has an idea - a rather good one, too. 

so he leans down to be able to whisper into chuuya’s ear, words hushed so elise can’t hear them, two fingers once again pressing down onto the bruises on chuuya’s neck and holding there. dazai knows chuuya likes that, after all, and he’s more than willing to comply with whatever chuuya wants right now, but…

‘ you have two minutes to get her to delete that picture and any copies and leave, ’ he mumbles, lips tracing down chuuya’s neck and fingers playing with the buttons on his shirt, but not tugging at them just yet, hands resting above his clothing, though he’s sure chuuya can feel him there. ‘ if you don’t manage it, i’ll get up and leave, and you’ll just have to take care of yourself. okay, chuuya~? ’

he pulls back then, stopping all contact between chuuya and him, only giving his lover a wicked grin, fully intending to carry through on what he had said and wondering what chuuya will do to try and get elise to leave, and if promising the dress will be enough to do it.

Chuuya had considered tossing Dazai off, of course, but it’s rather difficult to muster up the will to do so right now. It’s not like Dazai is the only impatient one here, it’s just that Chuuya’s less inclined to do anything of this nature in front of… Well, okay, he knows Elise isn’t actually a kid, but still! She looks like one! And yet he’s not going to stop Dazai, either.

If all she wants is a dress, Chuuya’s fine with that, but he forces himself to wait to see what Dazai’s going to say, first. He doesn’t think Dazai would really try negotiating right now - more because he’s too impatient than anything - but he does know that agreeing too quickly would just make him seem easy to manipulate into getting more from. Which he is, right now, but it’s probably better not to admit that.

It’s not as if Chuuya dislikes Elise either - actually, he’s rather fond of her on most days, like a little sister - but right now? He’s beginning to think he should never treat her to anything ever again as payback for this. Seriously, he’s never been mean to her, so why’s she being so cruel right now…?!

No, no. Elise isn’t the problem, really. Dazai’s the sadistic bastard who’s not stopping despite the interruption. Those damn fingers on his neck, and that taunting mouth against his ear… Half of him is tempted to pin Dazai to the couch anyway, Elise watching or no, but he holds back with a shudder. 

Then those words register.

“Wha- you-” He’d be inclined to say that Dazai would do no such thing - he’s the one who’s so eager for this that he hadn’t really stopped despite being walked in on - but… That smirk… Dazai really is serious, or else he’s bluffing really well. There’s a choked-off whine in the back of Chuuya’s throat, but he releases it as a growl, tilting his head to bite hard on Dazai’s bottom lip in a show of annoyance before turning to Elise.

“Elise, if you can prove to me that you’re deleting the picture and any copies and then leave, not only will I buy you that dress, I’ll take you out every single day for the next two weeks for whatever treat you like. But I’ve gotta see proof or else no deal.” His voice doesn’t sound quite as firm as he’d like - he’s completely sincere, of course, but it’s hard to focus on sounding too ruthless with Dazai just watching him like that, not moving at all, the stupid asshole– seriously, only two minutes–?!

Of course that she doesn’t expect them to accept immediately. That means that she can exploit them in order to get more and she’s pretty sure that the both of them would rather avoid that. They aren’t poor by any means ( as the boss of the Mafia and one of the top five Mafia executives that’d be both impossible and laughable ) but at the same time they probably don’t want to spend so much on her either.

She likes them both as her big brothers, but that doesn’t mean that they are excused from teasing and the likes. If anything, that makes them an even bigger target for her. And who knows? Maybe they will bribe her again beforehand to make sure that they don’t have a repeat of this.

“Thank you, Dazai-nii~“ Elise giggles, bouncing a bit on the spot when he agrees to her conditions upon which she is going to delete the picture.

Seeing Dazai return to teasing Chuuya and the redhead biting the brunet’s lip in retaliation makes the girl sigh and roll her eyes. An eyebrow is risen when she notices them even closer than before, perhaps discussing something, but she doesn’t think much of it. They are most likely discussing a way to get her to leave.

“Seems fair, Chuuya-nii~“ It’s not, but she doesn’t care. It’s not her fault that they left the door open so anybody who walks past can go in and see the two on top of one another.

Upon confirming that she accepts the redhead’s offer, she hums under her breath and deletes the picture and any copies that she made while the duo was busy discussing how to get rid of her. Once done, she pads closer and shows them the phone as proof.

“You two better keep your promises now.“ 

What’s left now is for the two to see that she indeed deleted the photo before she can leave.

[ All replies and starters have been queued and are ready to be posted over the following days!! :D I’m nowhere done w/ finals, but I have a moment to breath so I got stuff done.