Dazai Osamu (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thesettingsun) wrote2018-06-11 02:29 pm
thesettingsun) wrote2018-06-11 02:29 pm
Week 1, Tuesday: Evan.
[So: Dazai thinks he heard footsteps outside the bedroom, during... during. They could have been anyone's - whoever it was, they respected the sock on the door and didn't interrupt. Or he could have misheard it, given as he was... focused elsewhere.
So later in the day, after evidence has been disposed of and the sock has been removed, Evan returns to the room and Dazai has no idea if he even was around to notice the sock. Even if he wanted to talk about private matters, he wouldn't bring it up if Evan is blissfully innocent. Better to act completely normally.]
Welcome back.
[He's not very good at controlling his blush.]
So later in the day, after evidence has been disposed of and the sock has been removed, Evan returns to the room and Dazai has no idea if he even was around to notice the sock. Even if he wanted to talk about private matters, he wouldn't bring it up if Evan is blissfully innocent. Better to act completely normally.]
Welcome back.
[He's not very good at controlling his blush.]
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[He's about to ask about the sock on the door, because it struck him as very odd, but he pauses when he notices that Dazai is blushing. There's a small pause of surprise before he speaks.]
Are you okay...?
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[Maybe if he redirects the conversation Evan won't ask if he's sick or something!]
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[Another pause, though this one is smaller.]
Did something happen?
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There was, um, a sock on the door earlier... Did you put it there?
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You don't know what that means, do you.
[He has a feeling Evan would die before bringing it up if he did.]
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It means something? What is it? I-If it meant you needed something and I didn't realize it, I'm really sorry...
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[SIGH. His face is still red.]
Well, you might have other roommates in the future, so I should tell you for your own sake. A sock on the door means your roommate is either having sex or masturbating in there, so don't come in.
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Oh.
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Oh. Oh my god, I’m so sorry, I... I d-didn’t mean to pry or anything, I’m sorry, you didn’t have to... If it’s private, um, you don’t have to tell me anytime you do something like that! I’ll just, I won’t come in, and I’ll never ask you about it a-again. So...
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There there. Everybody has to learn sometime, and at least you didn't learn by walking in.
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S-Still, I didn’t mean to make you... um, o-open up about something like, um, that. Something private.
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[But his delicate sensibilities will never recover, or something.]
A-Anyways, um, can we talk about something... Er, anything else?
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[Dazai's lips curl upwards in a smirk.]
So, do you like anyone here?
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[He pauses for a moment before shaking his head emphatically. He goes a little red in the face.]
Oh, no, I don't. I mean, I have... Um, my girlfriend is back home, so...
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[Dazai will be good and not say things like 'there's no way she would find out.' He's trying!!]
Tell me about her?
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[He looks down at the ground, smiling a bit to himself.]
Her name is Zoe. She's, um, really smart and funny... A-And really unique. We haven't been together very long, b-but I really like her. Her family is really, um, really great, too.
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Ah, young love. I remember those days.
[Maybe Evan won't fuck it up as badly as Dazai did!]
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I... Yeah. I, um, I don't really know how I got so lucky. I d-don't, um, wish she were here, but I miss her.
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[...Idly, he starts tapping the book of Akutagawa's stories that's sitting on the nightstand.]
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Oh, um, d-did you get that from the well?
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