the first birthday gift dazai has ever truly cared for is such a simple little thing.

god take all his pain and give it to fyodor dostoevsky

kunikida saying "i love you" early on in their relationship, and it flusters dazai to no end because he knows kunikida wouldn't say that without meaning it, and he's all speechless, opening and closing his mouth uselessly. kunikida stares at him judgmentally for a moment, then asks if dazai doesn't feel the same.

I need more Kunidazai content where it’s acknowledged that Dazai’s like 90% of Kunikida’s impulse control. When it boils down to it and lives are on the line Dazai is the calculated methodical planner and Kunikida is the one impulsively grabbing a bomb and diving out of a plane without warning.

i really do like the dynamic of pm!dazai as like. the grumpy old sick relative that the locals silently take care of. mori brings sandwiches to executive meetings and silently slides them across to dazai to make him eat. chuuya carries extra gloves and a scarf during winter bcs he knows dazai will get cold and he knows dazai wont bring anything to fix that. akutagawa remembers that dazai needs to take his meds more than dazai does. hirotsu instinctively holds dazai by the elbow when they walk next to each other so he can pull dazai out of the way of walls and other obstacles bcs dazai is always either playing a game or scheming to deeply to think about where he’s actually walking. kouyou remembers his allergies and stops him from ordering shit that might close up his throat bcs dazai doesnt give a shit. oda and ango take care of him when he’s drunk.