more on the akutagawa joining dazai when he defected au because it was actually one of the first few aus i thought about when i got into dazaku and it's actually so easy to think about im surprised i havent found more fics of it.. (Maybe.. it's a sign.. for me.... Guys we're getting dazaku to the top 100 ships guys we're doing this !!! ! )
dazai looooves dumping work onto akutagawa and then avoiding him entirely because a part of him doesn't want to interact with him since just being with him sometimes unintentionally lets this new mask hes trying to curate and blend into his true self slip purely because he's around akutagawa and it hurts akutagawa immensely but it also serves to fuel his thoughts of 'oh he wont even show himself to these others.'
and YEAH!!!! IM BEING DELUSIONAL!!!!! YES AKUTAGAWA AND DAZAI KISS IN THIS AU!!! theyre dating (not exactly but kind of) toxicly because i said so okay thanksyou <3 so akutagawa confronts dazai at night because they obviously live together and dazai always shrugs it off or worse, tells akutagawa to just scurry back to the mafia if he wants a master who constantly gives him orders like the dog he is (OUCH!!!! YUM!!!!)
ranpo definitely picks up on this but i dont think he'd particularly call dazai out but he'd discuss it with yosano and maybe even fukuzawa in case this was like a toxic situation but they cant find enough evidecne (they were right . .!! whoops ! !)
But akutagawa also kinda sorta changes for the better because i cant make my favourite suffer THAT much ( ican!) and i wanna imagine it's possible dazai lowkey #doesnotlikethat yet at the same time #lovingit (or as much as 'love' DAZAI can feel LMFAO) because akutagawa no longer completely seems infatuated with him on the surface and he can toy with him more but just a few too many threats and he comes running back
okay Delusional rant over !