so i lied and i think i actually do want to post some writing here because twitter honestly is a nightmare in so many ways... anyway, here's some skk au where chuuya is a violinist and dazai is just fucking around in college or something (idk not important). for anyone that doesn't know, it's not uncommon for violinists/violists to have a small bruise around the left jawline area as a result of playing for a long time. the funny thing is they can look like hickeys, so that's what people sometimes call them (violin/viola hickeys). i was just thinking about it after seeing some online (ray chen's 'play with ray' reel) and this scenario came to me -- this was only supposed to be like 200-300 words max but here we are with 1k LOL. will probably touch up and upload to ao3 a bit later but for now:
the first time dazai noticed the small bruise by chuuya's lower jaw, he thought oh. well. good for him and whoever got to give him that very visible mark. maybe it was just a one-night stand, in which case again, good for chuuya for getting some. did not upset dazai at all. no, he was not experiencing odd twinges in his gut each time he made accidental eye-contact with the hickey.
the next day chuuya was still sporting it, in the exact same spot and just as vivid as the previous day. dazai didn't want to say he was curious, but he couldn't help his mind going into overdrive trying to figure out the individual behind the hickeys. if chuuya noticed a layer of distraction lining dazai's usual childish comebacks, he didn't comment.
a week later chuuya still had that damn hickey, and at this point dazai was more scoffing at this evidently enthusiastic hickey-giver than anything else because yeah, we get it, you love to kiss and suck and bite on the incredibly attractive area below the stupid chibi's jawline and leave a mark for everyone to see, but honestly couldn't you be a little more creative on where you leave them each time? like he has a whole neck free for access, not to mention collarbones too, how could one possibly refrain from— and dazai had the horrible realisation that he was. very jealous. and possibly in love.
the only solution was to avoid chuuya, of course. the alternative would be dazai struggling not to blush and stumble over his words when he made eye contact with the redhead, so dazai would just simply not see him. yes, this was fine. this was great! no chuuya, no annoying feelings or unwanted physiological reactions.
(lie. not seeing chuuya did not stop the images of the hickey from haunting dazai, or causing his face to heat up.)
it came as a relief disappointment when chuuya finally confronted him, around two weeks later. dazai had burrowed himself into a nook in the university library, content to play a mindless game on his laptop while surrounded by piles of unopened books, realising too late the sound of familiar purposeful footsteps. he was seized by the arm and tugged out the library door, whines of "ow, oww chuuya," gone unheard.
chuuya let go of him once they were in a secluded corner, then whirled around with hands on his hips.
"why are you avoiding me?" he asked. his expression was expectant, mouth set to curl into a scowl.
dazai discreetly flicked his eyes towards the underside of chuuya's jaw. it was still fucking there. he turned his chin away in a display of haughtiness. "i have to get back to studying. i don't have time for chatting with slugs."
he made to leave, but chuuya grabbed his arm again.
"no, you dick, you are not slipping your way out of this. i bet you weren't even studying, anyway. why are you avoiding me?" then a slight pause. "did i do something?"
oh. no scowl, then. instead chuuya's lips were pursed, brows knitted in something like... worry?
dazai panicked. "no," he said quickly. "well, you didn't do anything, it's more like the doing of one such thing unto you that, you know, has rendered me-"
"what the fuck are you talking about?"
now chuuya was peering at him suspiciously and dazai just knew he had to look away, away from the piercing blue or else he would be an embarrassing red — yes, good, away from the eyes and past the chin and the jaw and oh fuck, there's the fucking hickey i need to stop looking at it oh god why can't i look away-
"why are you staring at-" chuuya looked down at himself in confusion. "what are you looking at?"
dazai snapped his eyes up, guilty as if he had just been caught stealing from the cookie jar. chuuya looked more concerned than ever.
"dazai," he said slowly, eyes narrowed, "are you going to tell me what's wrong?"
defeated, dazai sighed. he squeezed his eyes shut and took a deep breath through his nose. then, fixing chuuya with what he hoped was a look of nonchalance, dazai asked the million-dollar question: "who gave you that?"
"... gave me what?"
he gestured vaguely towards the chuuya's neck. "the... hickey," he finished sullenly.
chuuya looked bewildered. he blinked for a few seconds. then, like he was gradually reaching the solution to a puzzle, "are you asking about my violin hickey?"
dazai blinked back. "huh?"
he pointed at it directly. "this?"
"... yes?"
"ah." the redhead seemed to be biting back a grin. "i see now."
chuuya inched forward and laid a hand on dazai's shoulder. the latter tried to pretend he wasn't having trouble regulating his breathing. "dazai," chuuya said. "this is a bruise that resulted from practising violin. not from... somebody's mouth."
"oh," dazai said dumbly.
"you'll see that quite a few violinists and violists will have it."
"oh," he said again.
chuuya was definitely smiling now. and dazai's face was definitely red.
"is this why you've been avoiding me?" chuuya asked, voice wavering on a laugh.
dazai scowled. "fine, chibikko. yes, i was avoiding you because i couldn't stand seeing that bruise on full display every day, and— don't laugh, you're being mean!"
chuuya had tipped forward, head shaking against dazai's chest as he failed to contain his giggles. "you were so disturbed by a hickey that you couldn't even talk to me?"
"chuuuyaa, you don't understand! it was excruciating seeing the thing because my brain kept telling me i should be the one to administer it!"
the laughter died down. chuuya looked up, eyes widening with the realisation of dazai's words. his hand was still clutching the taller's shoulder, leaving their faces just a breadth apart. dazai watched in fascination (and maybe a little satisfaction at having the upper hand again) as a healthy blush began to spread across chuuya's cheeks. "o-oh," he echoed.
"yeah," dazai breathed. "so what does chuuya say?" he leaned down slightly, a hand straying by the other's waist. "can i have a taste?"
after a second, wherein chuuya's gaze shifted from brown eyes to lips to eyes again, he dipped his head back down to rest against dazai's chest with a huff. "not here, you idiot. i'm not having you kiss me for the first time in the middle of this damn building."
more doodles! these two aren't from the same universe though.
the top oc is still unnamed (pyrphoros) while the bottom one is from another story. he's just there for more intensity. also i needed an excuse to draw him with a very serious face (he looks like aot levi uncolored lol).
this is how he usually is:
not the most pleasant of fellas but he's a very fun character to experiment with
Tadaa! ヽ(*⌒▽⌒*)ﾉ A finale for the shimeji concept
Ik it'd be even better if i actually turned these into shimejis but it'd honestly take a long while. I wouldn't know when i'd be finished cuz i'm a perfectionist like that haha
Hope y'all like the lil details i placed in this compilation of 'em (i made it in canva). It's meant to be all cluttered and flashy lol
tangentwithtanner
snowghoul
turnnoffyourmind
prguitarman
origamiaround
