Ranpo greeted you as you walked in the ADA'S office.
"Good morning Ranpo san! I'm good, what about you?"
You walked over to your cabin, smiling at the detective, and placing your bags on the chair.
"I'm amazing, as always!"
Ranpo replied. He was a smart man, he knew that you liked him. He also knew that he liked you. But he had no idea of how to proceed with this information. He had to act on it. But how? You didn't know that he liked you back, which is why you never took the first steps. This left the task on his shoulders. He tried making small talk with you everyday, trying to find a reason to talk to you. But you never noticed any ulterior motives behind his chats.
"Y/N chan! I didn't see you come in!"
Dazai said, walking towards you.
You smiled at him, waving.
"Hey, Dazai. Is it just me, or did you actually come on time today?!"
He laughed at your jab, and continued chatting with you. He was capable of bringing a smile to your face, and he did it it so effortlessly. Ranpo was jealous of his skills. He could make you laugh too, but the fact that someone else could do it, irked him.
He cleared his throat after a while, trying to gain your attention.
"Dazai, Y/N, can you both keep it down? You're bothering the others."
You frowned.
"Oh, are we? I'm so sorry!"
Dazai saw right through Ranpo's little attempt to get you both away from each other.
'Good,' he thought,' the plan's working out well.'
He snaked an arm around your shoulders, guiding you towards the door.
"Where are we going?"
You asked him.
"Outside! That way, we can catch up all we want, without disturbing anyone!"
"We literally met a few hours ago."
"But we still have so much to share, don't we?"
Dazai paused for a second to glance back at Ranpo, and gave him a devilish smirk.
Ranpo glared daggers at him. He was furious.
'Oh, he didn't just do that'
Ranpo thought.
He was fuming. So it was a competition afterall. Dazai wants to take you away from Ranpo! No way in hell is he going to allow that!
Ranpo could hear the sound of your giggles and laughter from the corridor. He decided it was enough. He had had enough of beating around the bush. He had to confess before you fell out of love.
...
You finally came home after a tiring day at work. It had been quite a day. You solved two cases today. It was exhausting, but thanks to your assigned partner for the day, sweet little atsushi, it wasn't boring. You enjoyed spending your time with the little darling.
The paperwork was hell. To top it off, the news that Dazai had given you was making you nervous.
You decided to take a shower, dropping your bags on the counter and heading towards your room, when the doorbell rang.
You jogged up to the door, peeking through the eye hole.
A familiar ravennet was standing outside, dressed in casual attire.
You opened the door, a surprised look on your face.
"Ranpo san?"
He smiled nervously, observing your face for any clues about your mood. He could spot surprise and anxiety, but nothing that screamed 'get out'.
"Hi, Y/N. Can I come in?"
Was it just you, or did he address you using your first name and absolutely no honorific?
"Oh, yeah, sure."
He entered the lounge, and with your permission sat on the couch. You sat opposite to him.
He reached inside his jacket, pulling out an envelope from his pocket. Handing it to you, he scratched his head .
"I have prepared this for you. I don't know how to write and express... feelings... so I asked my friend, Poe, to compose this letter. I told him exactly what I felt, and wanted to say to you, and so he formatted it and wrote it down for me."
You accepted the letter, and were about to open it, when he stopped you.
"Can you open it when I'm not around? It'll only make me more nervous. "
"What is it about?"
"It's all in there."
He turned, heading to the door.
"Edogawa san, wait."
His eyes widened at the use of his first name, and he halted at the door, turning to look back at you with a blush on his face.
"I like you too."
He didn't have time to react when you strode over to him and hugged him.
He hugged you back a second later.
"How did you.. It was Dazai, wasn't it. I knew he wasn't trying to woo you. I had a feeling he was only trying to fuel my anger..."
You grinned at him.
"Yeah. He told me today that you liked me, and that you might give me a letter."
Ranpo shook his head in disbelief.
"No wonder you seemed nervous!"
You giggled, placing a kiss on his cheek.
"So... is it Edogawa san now? Or do you want me to call you Ranpo?"
"I prefer 'baby', but Edogawa should do for the time being!"
