I come back to your inbox humbly asking for an angsty hurt/comfort(?) scenario with Chuuya amd Dazai, basically during a mission or like some agency case an ability user with a mind control ability hijacks Readers body and is basically holding them hostage until Chuuya/Dazai figure out a way to free them(i dont think Dazai can just nullify it by touching reader if we take into account his way of nullifying Qâs ability)
Parasite I Dazai Osamu x Platonic! Reader x Chuuya Nakahara
Summary: Chuuya and Dazai charge in to pull you back from the brink, turning a near-disaster into a reminder that youâre stuck with each other.
A/N: Sorry for taking so long on this one, love! Sometimes life (and stories) donât move as fast as I want them to. Thanks a ton for hanging in there with me â youâre the best. Hope you enjoy it!â¤ď¸
TW: This story includes themes of mind control and possession, physical injury, and psychological distress. There are scenes involving a parasitic invasion, blood, and medical treatment. If any of these topics are difficult for you, please take care while reading.
MASTERLIST
They hadnât expected things to go this wrong.
It was supposed to be a routine retrievalâintel said the ability user was low-threat, known for petty blackmail and mind games, nothing more. The three of you had split off from the rest of the team to corner him in a derelict warehouse on the outskirts of Yokohama. No signs of resistance. No signs of a trap.
Then the screaming started.
By the time Chuuya and Dazai fought their way into the building, you were already gone. Not physicallyâyou were still on the comms, briefly. Just long enough to tell them to turn back, that something was wrong, before your voice warped into something else entirely.
Then silence.
Now, they were running.
The warehouse was coldâtoo cold. The concrete walls echoed with nothing but the frantic drag of footsteps and the low, panicked breath of Chuuya Nakahara as he sprinted through the dark corridor.
âSheâs in here!â he barked into his comm, boot colliding with the steel door.
Dazai appeared a moment later, his usually unreadable face pulled tight with tension. âWe donât have time. The longer that parasite stays latched, the more damage itâs doing.â
âThen letâs move,â Chuuya snapped, throwing his shoulder against the rusted door.
Inside, they found you.
You stood in the center of the room, still as stone, head tilted at a wrong, unnatural angle. Your eyesâusually warm, so full of fightâwere dull. Off. Watching them with the eerie calm of something that wasnât you.
âAh,â your voice cooed, laced with something foreign. âThe mafia's little dogs have come to fetch their pet.â
Chuuyaâs knuckles went white. âGet the hell out of her.â
Dazai held out an arm, cautioning him. âThatâs not her talking.â
You smiled, slow and venomous, and stepped forward. There was a twitch in your jaw, a brief flash of resistance that flickered and died just as quickly. It was like watching a puppet trying to chew through its own strings.
âSheâs fighting it,â Dazai said quietly. âBut not for long.â
The parasite wasnât like Qâs abilityâit wasnât just about madness or manipulation. This was physical. A parasitic ability, burrowed somewhere inside your body, anchoring itself in your nervous system. Dazaiâs nullification could workâbut only if they exposed the core of the parasite.
Which meant hurting you.
Dazai pulled something small and black from his coat: a stun-needle Chuuya had stolen off the black market last year. âWe donât have another option.â
âIâm not hurting her,â Chuuya said immediately. âYou know I wonât.â
âThen I will,â Dazai said softly. âBut you need to hold her down.â
You lungedâtoo fast, too sharpâand Chuuya caught you mid-sprint, wrapping his arms around your thrashing form, trying not to hear the animal sounds you made as the parasite fought back.
âIâve got youâIâve got you, okay?â he whispered, holding on even as your body jerked violently in his arms. âYouâre gonna be fine, just hold onâhold on for me, please.â
Dazai moved fast. Ripped open the back of your shirt, fingers pressing around your spine until he felt the heatâan unnatural pulse just beneath your skin. The parasite coiled there, near your shoulder blade, squirming at his touch.
âHere we go,â he murmured.
The blade cut deep. Chuuya flinched as you screamedâyour own voice, this time, not the puppetmasterâs. Your head thrashed, your hands clawing at Chuuyaâs sleeves, but he didnât let go.
âI know, I know, Iâm sorry,â he said, choking on the words. âIâm so fucking sorry.â
Dazai reached into the wound, fingers blood-slick and surgical. Then-
Got it.
The thing squirmed between his fingers, leech-like and black and twitching.
With a flick of his ability, it crumbled into dust.
You collapsed.
Silence.
You woke to soft light and sterile sheets. Your whole body achedâlike fire under your skinâbut you were warm, clean, and⌠safe.
The infirmary smelled like antiseptic and fresh linen. The steady hum of the ventilation above you was oddly comforting.
You blinked up at the ceiling, trying to steady your breath. Every muscle in your body ached, your back especiallyâan echo of pain radiating from the stitched wound. But compared to what youâd felt before, this was nothing. Just pain. Manageable. Real.
Your fingers twitched under the blanket.
A chair creaked beside you.
âHey,â Chuuyaâs voice was quiet, hoarse from disuse. âYou with me?â
You turned your head and saw him slouched next to your bed, one hand buried in his coat pocket, the other clenching his phone like heâd been waiting for hoursâfor days.
Chuuya stood slowly and leaned over you, brushing a knuckle just barely over your temple, like he wasnât sure if touching you would hurt.
âYou had us scared shitless, yâknow that?â he muttered, eyes narrowed but wet at the edges.
You tried to speak, but your throat was raw. All that came out was a rasp. Chuuya immediately reached for the water on your bedside table and helped you drink, steadying the glass with a hand that trembled just slightly.
âI⌠made it?â you croaked.
âYeah. You did,â Chuuya said, and the tension in his shoulders dropped just a little.
On the far wall, Dazai looked up from a medical report, arms folded across his chest, expression unreadableâbut softer than usual.
âYou look terrible,â he said lightly, coming over. âWhich means youâre going to be fine.â
You tried to sit up and winced. Pain exploded down your spine. Chuuya was at your side in an instant.
âEasy,â he said, gently easing you back down. âYou took a blade to the back, remember?â
âI remember,â you whispered. âI remember everything. I couldnât move. I was trapped inside my own body. I could hear you both, but I couldnât⌠I couldnât answer.â
Dazai leaned forward, expression more serious now. âThatâs how the parasite works. Full override. You were lucky to stay conscious at all.â
You swallowed hard, voice cracking. âI tried to fight it. I did. But it felt like it was digging into me. Like it was part of me.â
âYou fought harder than anyone else could have,â Chuuya said quietly. âWe saw it. You slowed it down. You gave us the opening.â
You turned away slightly, tears slipping past your lashes before you could stop them. âIâm sorry. IâI couldâve hurt you. I wanted to. I wasnât in control but it was like⌠part of me was still trying.â
âDonât do that,â Chuuya said firmly. âDonât blame yourself for something someone else did to you. You didnât fail. You made it home.â
You wiped at your eyes, but Dazaiâs coat was already tossed over you like a blanket, warm and worn. âWeâve all been there. Mind control, possession, psychological tormentâitâs practically a rite of passage in our line of work.â
Chuuya gave him a sharp look. âMaybe donât say it like that while sheâs literally full of stitches, dumbass.â
But you smiled faintly. âThanks. Both of you.â
Dazai shrugged one shoulder, but he didnât hide the flicker of relief that crossed his face. âJust donât make a habit of getting brain-hijacked. Itâs bad for morale.â
Chuuya pulled up the blanket around you a bit more. âYouâre gonna be out for a while. Weâll be here.â
âYou donât have to stay,â you murmured, though your voice betrayed how much you didnât want them to leave.
Chuuya scoffed. âNot a damn chance.â
Dazai moved to the empty cot beside yours and flopped down onto it like it was his personal couch. âWake me up if she tries to dramatically code out again.â
âReal comforting, jackass,â Chuuya muttered, but he didnât move from your bedside.
There was a long, quiet moment.
Then Chuuya leaned forward, resting his arms on the bed rail, close but not touching you unless you reached first.
âYou scared me,â he said, voice almost inaudible. âAnd I donât scare easy.â
You blinked at him, startled. He wasnât looking at youâjust watching the blanket rise and fall with your breath.
âIâve seen a lot of shit,â he continued, âbut watching you hurt, knowing you were still in there, trying to get outâŚâ He clenched his jaw. âIf weâd been a minute laterââ
âBut you werenât,â you said softly.
Chuuya finally looked at you, then down at your hand resting on the blanket.
He covered it gently with his.
âNo,â he said. âWe werenât.â
A few days had passed.
Your body was healing, slowly. The pain in your back dulled from white-hot to a deep, manageable ache, and the worst of the muscle spasms had stopped. You could sit up now without helpâthough Chuuya still hovered like a bodyguard with a nursing license.
He was surprisingly gentle with the bandage changes.
âTry not to flinch,â he muttered as he peeled the gauze away, careful not to tug too fast. âYouâll just reopen the scab if you jerk around.â
âIâm not flinching,â you said, biting your cheek. âIâm wincing. Very different.â
âTch. Donât sass your medic.â
âYouâre not a medic.â
âI am now.â
Chuuya dabbed antiseptic over the edge of the stitched wound, brows pinched in focus. He looked exhausted, circles under his eyes and a faint scab healing along his neckâyour doing, probably. He hadnât once brought it up.
You glanced past him, across the room.
Dazai was sitting in the windowsill, flipping through a thin paperback he hadnât turned a page of in ten minutes. His long coat was draped over the back of your chair, his scarf still hanging from one sleeve.
âWhy are you still here?â you asked suddenly.
Dazai looked up, surprised. âYou trying to get rid of us already?â
âI justâŚâ You hesitated. âYou donât usually stay for cleanup.â
Chuuya snorted, not looking up. âBelieve me, I was shocked too.â
Dazai stretched out one leg and tilted his head lazily. âNormally Iâd say something flippantââI was boredâ, or âthe vending machine here has better snacksââbutâŚâ His gaze met yours. Calm. Honest.
âYouâre part of the team,â he said simply. âEven I donât walk out on that.â
The words settled in your chest like warmth spreading through your ribs. No dramatics, no false cheer. Just truth, the rare kind Dazai only gave when it mattered.
He turned back to his book like it hadnât meant anything. âBesides, if I left you alone with Chuuya, youâd be bored to death by his micromanaging.â
âYou say âmicromanaging,â I say âdoing it right,ââ Chuuya grumbled, taping a fresh bandage in place. âThere. All done.â
You sat up slowly and let out a shaky breath. âThanks.â
Chuuya looked at you, really lookedâhis eyes scanning your face like he still didnât quite believe you were okay. Then, softly:
âYou scared the hell outta me, yâknow.â
You opened your mouth, but he shook his head.
âDonât say sorry again,â he added. âYou already did. JustâŚâ He reached out and adjusted your blanket without meeting your eyes. âDonât do it again.â
You nodded. Quietly. âIâll try.â
There was a silence. Comfortable, now.
Then Dazai stood, brushing nonexistent lint from his shirt. âSince youâre no longer writhing in agony, I assume itâs safe to bring you real food again.â
Chuuya arched a brow. âYou mean instead of smuggling in all those horrible convenience store snacks?â
âIâll have you know she requested those,â Dazai said airily. âApparently the hospital miso soup was offensive.â
âIt was,â you agreed, grimacing. âIâm still traumatized.â
Dazai smiled faintly and turned toward the door. âIâll be back in ten. Donât let her escape.â
âSheâs not going anywhere,â Chuuya said, nudging your shoulder. âSheâs got stitches the size of a freight line.â
âStill faster than you,â you mumbled, and Chuuya let out an incredulous laugh.
When Dazai returned, he brought soup, rice, and some weird sugary drink he claimed would ârestore your will to live.â
You sat between them, shoulder brushing Chuuyaâs, knees tucked up under the blanket Dazai had thrown over you earlier. No one spoke much, but you didnât need to.
The worst had passed.
And even though you still ached, even though the memory of that thing inside you made your skin crawl, you felt grounded. Steady. Because theyâd pulled you back, piece by piece. And they were still hereânot because they had to be, but because they chose to be.
That was something stronger than any parasite. Stronger than fear.
That was family.
The apartment wasnât big, but it was warm. Lived-in.
Sunlight filtered through gauzy curtains, casting soft gold across the low coffee table and the rumpled blanket someone had tossed over the back of the couch. You sat cross-legged on the floor, nursing a mug of tea that had gone lukewarm while you zoned out watching the steam fade.
Your body still ached if you moved too fast. The wound along your back pulled when you bent a certain way, and your sleep was fracturedâshadows of the parasiteâs control sometimes chasing you into half-lucid dreams. But it was better. Every day a little more of yourself came back.
The TV played something low and mindless. A nature documentary. Chuuya was sprawled sideways on the couch behind you, one arm hanging off the edge, absentmindedly twirling a pen between his fingers.
âYouâre staring again,â you said, not turning around.
âIâm not,â he lied smoothly.
âYou are. I can feel it.â
âIâm just making sure youâre not about to keel over and smash your head on the table.â
You smirked faintly into your mug. âThat would be impressive considering Iâve been sitting perfectly still for the last hour.â
âThatâs exactly when people do dumb shit.â
You looked back at him over your shoulder. âYou can stop hovering, yâknow. Iâm not gonna drop dead on your carpet.â
Chuuya gave you a look. âThatâs exactly what someone whoâs about to drop dead would say.â
You laughed, dry but real. The sound seemed to settle something in himâhe shifted down onto the floor beside you, close but not crowding, and took a sip from his own mug. Coffee, probably. Chuuya didnât do herbal.
âWhereâs Dazai?â you asked.
âOut,â Chuuya said, rolling his eyes. âHe left a note that said âDonât wait upâ and drew a little octopus with sunglasses.â
You snorted. âWas he⌠okay? Lately?â
âHeâs Dazai,â Chuuya said with a sigh. âWhich means yes, and also no, and also probably setting something on fire just to see how long it burns.â
But his tone wasnât bitterâmore resigned. Familiar. Like he knew Dazaiâs rhythms better than anyone and didnât expect them to change, only to cycle.
âI think it shook him,â you said quietly. âWhat happened. With me.â
Chuuya was quiet for a beat.
âYeah,â he said. âIt did.â
You looked down into your tea. âHe hides it better than you.â
âI donât hide anything,â Chuuya said. âI just swear a lot instead.â
The front door clicked open a moment later.
Speak of the devil.
Dazai stepped in, coat slung over one arm, scarf missing. He looked slightly windblown, one hand holding a plastic bag that he dramatically wiggled in the air.
âI come bearing gifts,â he said. âAnd by gifts, I mean sugar.â
He set the bag on the table, revealing a lopsided assortment of mochi, cream puffs, and some neon-pink drink that probably shouldnât be legally ingestible.
Chuuya made a face. âThatâs not food. Thatâs a health hazard.â
âThatâs joy, Chuuya. You should try it sometime.â
You smiled tiredly and reached for one of the mochi. âThanks.â
Dazai sat on the arm of the couch, eyes flicking over you. âHowâs your pain today?â
âManageable. Still sore. Still tired.â
He nodded. âThatâs human, at least.â
The three of you sat in the soft quiet that came after shared catastropheâno urgent mission, no blood in the air, no need to speak just to fill silence. You leaned sideways until your shoulder pressed against Chuuyaâs, and he shifted just enough to steady you.
Dazai, surprisingly, didnât make a joke. Just rested his chin in his hand and watched the light play across the hardwood floor.
âI know I said it already,â you murmured, âbut⌠thanks. For not giving up on me.â
âPlease,â Dazai said, voice mild. âDo you know how hard it is to find people who donât scream when I walk into a room?â
Chuuya rolled his eyes. âHe means âyouâre welcome.ââ
You grinned.
Outside, a breeze rustled the balcony plants you hadnât managed to kill yet.
Inside, you sat between two dangerous, complicated menâone a walking contradiction, the other a knife in a velvet gloveâand for the first time in weeks, the weight in your chest didnât feel unbearable.
You were healing.
And you werenât doing it alone.











