Ranpoe Scars!

Ranpoe scars!

Theyre t4t. Fight me.

Bsd except Atsushi was one of the orphans Oda was looking after.

The Headmaster owed a debt to the Port Mafia that he'd not paid. And Oda was sent to talk to him, while there he found Atsushi in a cage.

And promptly left with him.

Got him food, a place to sleep and looked after Atsushi ever since. Atsushi considered the other kids his siblings and being the oldest he was very protective over them.

And Oda was his dad.

It slipped out once and Atsushi was snout to apologise before Oda ruffled his hair with a soft smile.

He was always kind to Atsushi. Always patient, never raising his voice and when Atsushi made a mistake he didn't punish him.

Just explained to him, guided him and helped him. Atsushi had never felt safe in his life until he met Oda.

His tiger ability was not controlled but Oda helped where he could. Atsushi still made a mess of the room but they'd all pitch in to tidy it. His siblings were never scared of him, neither was Oda.

Time and time Atsushi was reminded he wasn't a beast of calamity nor a monster.

Just a child.

Atsushi loved hearing the tales from Oda's job. And about his friends, Ango and Dazai. Unfortunately Atsushi couldn't meet them because as much as Oda trusted them he didn't want the Port Mafia to know about Atsushi.

Unfortunately it didn't last. Atsushi remembers being dragged from his bed and put into that van. He was the only one who survived thanks to the tiger.

Atsushi ended up blacking out and woke up in a hospital. He still has burn scars from the incident.

The Headmaster showed up informed him of what occurred, having learned from his underground connections. He told Atsushi they'd be leaving soon, leaving the room just as Atsushi broke down and screamed.

The next few years were brutal. Atsushi was hesitant to go to Yokohama but the tiger reassured him. And if he had nowhere to go, going to the city he was raised in seemed like a good idea.

Atsushi didn't know Dazai, but he recognised him after pulling him out the river before the man even introduced himself. He didn't know Dazai but he trusted him.

Oda had trusted Dazai so Atsushi would trust Dazai.

He didn't tell Dazai the truth until before the Dragons Breathe incident. Dazai had hid former life so Atsushi wondered if he would react badly to the news.

Or if he'd forgotten Oda entirely, maybe he'd be mad... And Atsushi quite frankly had no idea how to bring it up.

Atsushi's words caught in his throat seeing the gravestone behind him. He hadn't even known where Oda had been buried.

Greif welled up in his heart as tears welled up in his eyes.

"Kunikida tell you to fetch me?" Asked Dazai, with an amused grin.

He looked content, relaxed.

Atsushi nods but he can't take his eyes off the gravestone. Dazai follows his gaze and his smile turns melancholic. "This, is a dear friend of mine. Say hi to Odasaku, Atsushi."

Atsushi smiled sadly, he couldn't hide it anymore not did he want too. Tears rolled down his eyes as he walked over and ran a hand over the gravestone.

"Hi dad. Long time no see."

the wip title was 'man discovers fatherhood'

got the idea from @kantimplora 's post, tbh i don't know how i haven't thought of this meme for them yet since i have used it already in the past for other fandoms haha and like always i went WAY overboard with this ahhh

its rlly funny to think atsushi doesn't know anything about lgbtq+ like not in a his-orphanage-actively-hated-and-spread-misinformation way but in a he thought everyone was like him

atsushi: why do u always wear that black thing

juni: my binder? well im trans so

atsushi: you're what

juni: atsushi do you not know what trans means

atsushi: should i

*after a long explanation*

atsushi: oh i thought everyone just chose whether they wanted to be a girl or a guy every day or neither so i didn't get why you wore it /every/ day

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lucy: atsushi, you're my best friend

atsushi: thanks <33

lucy: so i wanted you to know that im... bi

atsushi: by what

lucy: no dumbass- bisexual

atsushi: ???

lucy: you're literally wearing a bi pin how do you not know- okay

*after the explanation*

atsushi: oh i thought we all chose our crushes by finding the meanest and weirdest ppl we could

*Chuuya and Dazai awkwardly trying to conversate without trying to murder eachother*

Atsushi:

Atsushi: Dazai's is love with you!

Both of them: ??!??!?

I like to think that somewhere in the agency there's a little photo album of the members

It started as a Fukuzawa-Ranpo-Yosano family photo album but then a picture of kunikida got thrown in there and some of Katai.

Theres at least one picture of everyone. When looking through it it's pretty clear when someone new joined since there's so many of them for a bit and then it fades back into group pictures.

Kenji gives them some pictures of him as a kid on his farm. There's pictures of all of the major achievements each one did, entrance exams, first cases, katais last case of actually being there, a couple of birthdays and agency holiday parties. Atsushi and kyouka's wanted posters are in there. Dazais gets added after a while, but they struggled to track it down.

Maybe at some point they start gaining little pictures of the members lovers as well, a few of ranpo with poe (and Karl ofc) they manage to get one of Chuuya and Dazai, a really blurry one of Akutagawa and Atsushi.

They're one big, happy, complicated family and it's great.