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(if being drunk stopped him from doing anything, he'd be fucked right now. it absolutely does not, and while she speaks of bets, he nods, fingers light as a feather emptying her pockets, most likely without her noticing. not even chuuya can tell when dazai picks his own, after all, and he giggles, showing her charm.)

Like this? Abracadabra!!

[She gasps and reaches into her pocket, gaping at him.]

Hey!!

[...]

Can you teach me how to do that?

(his half-bandaged hands set on her cheek, pushing them together to make a little pout, he's still so giggly... poor kotone...)

... No!

(and he drops them, so, so threatrically.)

Ah, Koto-chan, a man needs to have his own secrets! If I am already teaching you to lie and predict, I'll lose my charm!

[She exaggerates her pout with the fish lips, letting out a little disgruntled noise when he refuses and holding the pout on her own.]

Please? I'll do something in exchange for you...

[Look at that face. She's asking so nicely.]

I just want to see the look on Aragaki-senpai's face if I succeed!

... No! I can pick him clean, and place it all on you, though? A coooooooompromise!!! I'm compromising!!!!!

That's no fun~

[Booo! Booooooo!! She's still pouting.]

Does Chuuya know how to pickpocket?

Not nearly as well I can. My hands are magic! I can open any lock! Escape any cuff! Pick anything!

(wiggly fingers that go back to his whiskey, that she STOLE. she's MEAN.)

I was strapped to beds for a long time! My hands evolved! Like biology! Ma~gic!

[Not nearly as well as he can means that Chuuya can still teach it. She'll back off from Dazai for now, at least, because when he starts bringing up things to make others uncomfortable, that means he doesn't really want to talk about it.]

So do you want to join Magic Club, then?

[Full circle!]

Why? I'm so magic. Look!

(ah, slight of hand, the coin that he picks from behind her ear.)

Dazai-san!!

[Okay, but she's laughing now as she makes a grab for the coin.]

Anyway, what was the occasion for the party? Where's your violin?

Home. I was here all along!! I lied, wow, unbe--... LIEVEABLE!!!

(kotone, please, learn!! he just wanted company, but hey, he's taking her hands to dance in his spot. see, party.)

[This has got to be up there with top ten lamest things she's ever done in her life, but she's laughing the whole while, letting him take her hands and dance however they want in their seats.]

Yeah! Woo!! [She can't stop laughing, her cheeks hurt from smiling so much. Is he seriously an adult? A severely traumatized adult?!]

Oh!

[Wait a second-- she wiggles a little, trying to take her hands back.]

Here, I'll get us some music!

(being an adult is a social construct, he'll be as childish and carefree as he'd like. some of us were sad and dark in our childhood, do you know what it's like to take your PSP to check several dead bodies!!!

so, yes, dance, dance here, dance there, it's ridiculous, but look at all the fucks he gives!!! absolutely none!!)

Choose a great one, I believe you!!!

[She's still laughing at him, even as she beckons him closer and offers him one of her headphones. They'll have to sit closer together, but it's probably worth it. She hasn't gotten to listen to music with a friend in a while, so-!

BABY BABY BABY BABY!!!]

(ooooh!! fun, fun!! see, he asks her to turn the music up with a hand, while the other takes her to stand, spinning her before he catches! he's laughing, taking her to a dip before he continues to move around. it's not graceful, nor serious, but he's having fun.)

[She turns it up at his request and stands easily, laughing all the while. It's definitely moved higher up in the ranking of "Embarrassing Moments," but she's having fun, so it's totally fine! She keeps up with him and follows his lead, though she does let out a little half-shriek of amused surprise when she gets dipped.

It's fun. It's really, really fun. The most fun she's had in a long time with someone who isn't a SEES member.]

You know nobody else can hear the music, right?

If I cared about what people thought, I wouldn't have half the fun I do!

(so, really, who the hell cares about them? they can look at him weird, he couldn't care less. at most, all he's thinking is - haha, look, i'm having fun, you're not, you bitter, bitter soul!

so, he'll hug her, take her off the ground as he spins-- ah, bad idea, it's very short-lived.)

Hahahahahaha!!! The rooms spins on the opposite direction!! Do you see it, Koto-chan?!

[She shrieks again with surprise and laughter as she's hoisted off the ground and spun, though -- isn't Dazai drunk? Hm, maybe she should take better care of him.]

Hey, if you need to throw up, go do it in the bathroom! Don't get dizzy!

What kind of alcoholic would I be if I threw up!! No, absolutely no!!!

(some of us are awfully self-aware! but ah, he sits back, hands on the counter to work against the dizziness.)

Aha!! That was fun!!

It really was!

[She's beaming at him, even as she pulls her headphones back and turns her MP3 player off again. Oh, oof, that was a lot of energy... she slides back into her seat for now to catch her breath, though she's still smiling.]

I guess when they said, "dance like nobody's watching," they were talking about you, huh?

Or dance like everyone's watching! Ah, look, it doesn't matter, you are smiling very muuuuuch! And I'm the drunk one?!

(THIS IS HER LATEST HEADPAT. LOOK. HE LIKES HER!!! WHAT A GOOD KIDDO!!!)

[Headpats again! She grins up at him and ducks her head just a little under his hand.]

Imagine how much I'd smile when I'm drunk then. Or maybe it would be the opposite...? I don't know how it works, really.

Everyone is different! You can get sad or happy! Or sleepy! Or angry! I get--!!! Depends! Chuuya gets angry-- ah, he usually is. You know, this asshole, he's so much nicer with you around!! He doesn't even yell at me or anything!! You should just move in.

(he's not serious, but like, he kinda is. chuuya is so much nicer around her! maybe something about not scarring a kid by punching dazai in the face.)

[Hm, she's always sleepy, so probably that one.

She still laughs at the way he says it, but-- man. This is the second time an adult has offered her a place to stay. Not like the locals and the inn, not out of some bizarre ~Chosen One Cult Garbage~ but because they... wanted her to. Her hand goes to her heart in spite of herself and squeezes her blouse, but she just laughs and tilts her head with a smile.]

Maybe it's because I'm nice to him? You could try that! But I wouldn't want to intrude on whatever the two of you have going on.

(kotone, too awfully telling. he's seen that many times, her hand over her heart, clutching the fabric, like her heart is talking directly to her, and she's trying to squeeze the emotion out to look at it, to try to understand it from a closer look. he's hit something, whatever that is. probably the living conditions - she's never said it outright, but with how happy she is with the attention, and something so simple as nail polish and homecooked meals made her overjoyed as she was.

orphans recognize orphans, you see.

either way, his eyes roll at the last words.)

The hell you mean, 'whatever you have going on'?

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