Amidst Night And Moonlight

Amidst Night and Moonlight

It wasn’t unusual that Atsushi was called out to drag his drunken mentor back to the dorms, nor was it he’d bump into Akutagawa along the way, doing the same for his drunken executive. But what was unusual was the fact they were at a bustling club rather than those holes in the wall bars.

“Can you see them?” Atsushi calls from beyond the loud music. But given that the raven was squinting, slowly scanning the areas and specifically the bar, he couldn’t. He sighs in defeat as they fall back to stand at the wall, keeping together amidst the crowded building. “Think they ditched and are off somewhere?” he guessed.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if this entire thing was planned.”

“You think they planned this drunk?”

“Do you want me to answer that?”

“Definitely not.” Atsushi sighs again and looks towards the dance floor.

The music was ear piercing and the lights were blaring, but even then, he could tell that they were enjoying themselves, drunk or not. He glances over at Akutagawa who more or less was looking at his phone, squinting at the screen. They’re here, may as well try…

Atsushi nudged the other and held up a hand, a silent offer. Akutagawa stared at it for a moment before scowling and returned back to looking at his phone, but Atsushi knew he didn’t mean it. It was more softer than his usual scowls or glares, and given the fact that the other pressed closer that he was leaning on the detective, it was a silent apology.

Atsushi just quietly smiled, although it may look more resigned from an outside perspective. He knew that the other would reject, given that it was such a crowded place. He supposed that he wanted to try to break that barrier of vulnerability on Akutagawa’s part. Maybe another night, he sighs to himself, closing his eyes to rest them from the lights.

He felt a nudge and he looked over in time to Akutagawa grabbing his arm and they hugged the wall as they exited the club through the back entrance. “W-Wait a sec, what about-”

“There was no point in being in there for longer if the people we’re finding aren’t in the building.” Akutagawa pointedly scowled. Atsushi just nervously smiled at that and decided to just follow the other’s lead. He seemed to know where to go, or at least had a destination. Wonder where it’ll be. Looking over, Akutagawa continued walking, keeping his gaze straight ahead.

“Akutagawa?”

Silence.

Atsushi looked at him for a moment longer before sighing to himself and looked around, before raising an eyebrow. Where were they?

His ametrine sunset eyes flickered and shone a bright gold color, purple pupils dilating to large orbs as he surveyed the area. Yokohama International Passenger Terminal…? Before Atsushi could ask what was going on, he yelped when his hands were suddenly grabbed and pulled forward.

With a stumble, he catches himself in time to be centimeters away from Akutagawa’s face, just barely seen under the bright moonlight. Atsushi stares at Akutagawa’s face before smiling quietly and shifting his hands to rest on their shoulders, feeling Akutagawa’s rest on his waist. Amidst the moonlight and the gentle crashing of the waters against the harbor, they swayed to a silent rhythm, their foreheads pressed and serene smiles on their faces.

“I’m sorry…” Akutagawa whispers, keeping his eyes closed.

Atsushi chuckles, “It’s okay. I should’ve figured you wouldn’t want to dance in that place.”

“And you’re not mad?”

“Why would I be?”

Silence, but Atsushi smiles at the sight of the other’s quieter one.

“Thank you for understanding me,” he whispers and takes a step forward. Atsushi yelped, his arms frantically wrapping around the other’s shoulders as he was dipped backwards, only one leg was planted on the ground, the other awkwardly up in the air.

Instantly his face rushes red before he lets out a barely concealed laugh, shoulders shaking and Akutagawa just follows suit, although a bit better than Atsushi and they share a kiss before Akutagawa pulls Atsushi back up and they resume, hand in hand. Before they knew it, they walked along the passenger terminal’s grounds, full of ballroom dancing.

Close by, both Chuuya and Dazai watched while recording the entire thing.

“I win the bet, Mackerel~” Chuuya snickers ominously, holding his phone as he records the sweet scene before them.

Dazai just silently parroted in a mocking tone and pouted the rest, bringing up his night vision binoculars to watch the pair as they continued dancing amidst the night and moonlight.

(A/N): why did i post this in the first place? well- this tiny itty-bitty fic was more or less inspired by this post by @k0t3x-n3t! Thank you for letting me write this tiny thing! Thank you for reading! (really bout to out myself with that singular catchphrase that i do on ao3 hm-)

Human Abilities AU but a bit specific

it's nothing much, really, just some mama byakko (gimme more byakko stuffs, i keep seeing those cute videos on twitter about a white tiger and their white tiger cub or just white tiger, and i canNOT stop thinking that it's just atsushi and byakko[which i probably derailed from entirely]). And in a sense, I would want to talk a bit more about this AU and backstories, soooo ye! Byakko time, lets go-!

I've already established before that atsushi still goes through the whole orphanage in childhood until 18. I would imagine that while atsushi has practically lived in that orphanage for as long as he could remember, byakko sort of... showed up one day and just... claimed atsushi as hers and didn't look back. But more in the sense that kids were scared of her, they avoided atsushi, so they may as well help one another out by hanging out (byakko scares the kids away from bullying atsushi, and atsushi keeps byakko company) [insert byakko just sitting quietly, completely unbothered while atsushi just runs around and basically having zoomies each time he sees a flower or a bee] When she turned 18 though, similar to canon!atsushi, byakko gets kicked out and is furious. but it became an choice that she unfortunately had to choose the latter; keep trying to break in and they'd call the authorities or leave with the chance at seeing him again. so for the next five years, byakko decided to tune in all that frustration adn waiting into making a home to welcome atsushi. and you bet that when atsushi, too, was kicked our when he turned 18, byakko was just outside the grounds waiting for him.

which brings to the (possibly) present of this au! byakko and atsushi live each other and just have that big sister and little brother bond that's similar to big sibling raising their little sibling vibe. it mostly stayed the same as when they were in the orphanage, just this time around, from atsushi running around byakko and having the zoomies, atsushi drags byakko places whilst having the zoomies. And that's how they meet the others! Oh, and Rashomon, too. Yeahhh, they're at each other's necks practically 24/7 or anywhere they run into each other (which is often, oddly enough). but unlike skk/sskk where they argue outwordly, the two just have that odd connection of "telepathy". no one knows how they do it, but if they stare at each other for too long, byakko might start growling and rashomon would start bristling. it's not a fun sight. BUT! As mentioned before (again), they end up getting along somewhere along the line. (No one knows, even atsushi and aku)

random thought, and please correct me if i'm wrong about this:

If fyodor kills himself with his ability and all that, would it actually become a singularity instead of fyodor just... blipping out and back into existence? (but isn't that also a singularity??? that the whole thing just cancels out on eachother/itself??????) MEANING that if SOMEHOW they managed to outsmart fyodor this time and trick him into actually killing himself, then does that mean that the joke of dazai punching him once and he go poof actually work???

welcome to the rambles of a bsd fan but also not because i have not watched the anime because im scared and short attention span and also the manga cause im poor- (that and this thought kept running laps in my head since the chapter had come out and i know enough to understand a bit about things and worldbuilding)

BSD + Pokemon Pt. 1 (ADA+PM)

And by this, I mean- like- each character I know well enough, I give them a Pokemon (singular or else I'll be overthinking it all) =w= It's just a thing for myself to scratch that part of my brain. Assigning them a single Pokemon that compliments them. Which might lead to some vagueness.

Other than that! Lets go-!

ADA

Fukuzawa: Kleavor (Not my greatest idea, I kept thinking about "It either has to be about something similar to katanas/swords, or make it cats". Which I cheated at because Kleavor has axes for goodness sakes. If I were to give it the option, I would have given him Aegislash or a freakin *Litten.* "But Lavender, there's Kingambit-" YES. I KNOW. BUT TRUST ME, THAT ONE HAS OTHER PLANS. *cough- fukuchi- cough-*)

Ranpo: Skwovet (Snacks. Just... snacks. Ranpo can deduce cases just fine, but ohs to the woes, he needs more places to stash his snacks. Bam. These babies. But if he wants a Pokemon to enjoy snacking with, Morpeko is the second choice. It's either stash is or eat it, bois.)

Yosano: Blissey (Blissey knows your location. Blissey is approaching your location. Blissey is at your frontdoor. Blissey offers you an egg in these trying times. [ . . . ] Look it's either Blissey incoming or Hattrem incoming, an egg or an smack, pick your poison.)

Kunikida: Indeedee (This one took me a second to figure this one out. But after thinking of a small few, Indeedee was what I chose with the idea of them helping him and his work. The other two were Espeon, Minccino/Cincchino, and Meowstic.)

Dazai: Absol (Now I hate reusing the same Pokemon [I wrote this stuff out of order hhh], but without spoiling too much, while Absol is known for sensing danger, in Dazai's case it would be that they "bring forth" danger. But other than that, if I did go with my unwritten rule, I would have given him Alolan Ninetails because ahahahaa kitsune dazai agenda)

Tanizaki: Hisuian Zorua (Illusionssss. Illusion buddiessss. And to make it a play on words with snow, I made it be Hisuian form because they spawn in the icelands.)

Kenji: Gyrados (I was planning on giving Kenji Sunflora because he is sweet summer child, but at the same time... my boi can hit like a semitruck. Not to mention the cute story that he caught this very weak Magikarp in his village, took care of it, and the next thing you know this kid is giving their [looks at pokedex] "the literal embodiment of tsunami if angry" on a walk. The absolute humor, guys. The *hinjinks*. That or I go with the trend of him bringing a cow to the agency and give him a Miltank.)

Atsushi: Growlithe (Surprise, we have a Growlithe. This is the closest thing we have to a tiger in Pokemon. Unfortunately, its shiny isn't white but yellow. You can decide whether or not this little Growlithe ir a normal or shiny, but in my hc it's just a white tiger variant of Growlithe LET ME LIVE MY DREAM-)

Kyouka: Froslass (All I could remember before looking at the Pokedex entry was that it has something to do with a soul of a woman, and jus- *Gestures vaguely at Froslass, Demon Snow, and the fact that Demon Snow was previously Kyouka's mother's ability)

PM

Mori: Ursaluna (This one gave me MAJOR trouble trying to figure out. My guy's a doctor, but at the same time is the big mafia boss man. The only other Pokemon I could think of were either Bewere, Drampa, or Dragapult, I don't know why I thought those Pokemon specifically. So I just threw everything out, looked at Fukuzawa's Kleavor, went onto the Hisui Pokedex, grabbed Ursaluna, and yeets it at the man. Ursaluna. God-)

Chuuya: Midnight Form Lycanroc (Angry red pupper, emphasis on red. Yeah, I had to, I am not sorry.)

Kouyou: Milotic (Powerful but also very beautiful ◡‿◡ . But at some point, I thought about Lurantis. )

Akutagawa: Mimikyu (This was in my notes before, but yes! Mimikyu. The popularity battle of Mimikyu v Pikachu is similar to Aku v Atsushi. Other than that, Mimikyu was the closest to being compared to Rashomon, with their shadow arm.)

Higuchi: Heliolisk (Unfortunately we are still unsure of Higuchi's Ability, if Asagiri does intend to give her an Ability. For now, though, I had to go off by her appearance. Simply grabbed black, white, and yellow. Looks at all the Pokemon, and decided on Heliolisk. And to be honest, I like it. Dunno if it's just me, but this Pokemon and Higuchi with her sunglasses on? Heck yeahhhh.)

Hirotsu: Meowstic (A secondary option to Kunikida, I decided to give Hirotsu Meowstic because I think the Pokemon and his Ability are similar. In my head, Hirotsu's Ability is basically an impact or what it is explained, "repulsion". And with Meowstic, it holds their physic power back by their ears. But if provokes and have those ears raise up, it'll unleash that power that it "powerful enough to obliterate a 10-ton truck or tanker to dust.")

Gin: Ceruledge (I wanted Gin's Pokemon to match Akutagawa's in some way but have there be blades. Took a look at Mimikyu's typing which was ghost and fairy. In fairy, Iron Valiant. In ghost, Ceruledge. And while, yes, Iron Valiant looks pretty like her, Ceruledge takes the cake.)

Tachihara: Steelix (Is the only reason I give Tachihara Steelix is because he can manipulate metal, and Steelix is... s-steel type? Yeah I'm not that creative. But if it makes ya feel better, I instantly thought of Onyx or Steelix for this guy.)

Q: Banette (One, it's a doll. Two, similar to Q [in a sense-], Banette was previously a doll that was abandoned. I was thinking about giving this one to Lucy, but I think I could find a Pokemon best suited for her. So Banette for Q!)

Kajii: Voltorb (The only reason is explodey bois. Anyways-)

(inhallllessss) I am about to go on a full on tangent about this random idea I kept thinking about but didn't find myself putting in my notes because it was inspired.

As the blog-doomscroller that I am, I found myself going back to two certain pots being these two, as you can see, by the same blogger (because I really like their stuff and like binging through their things please don't judge me-)

And it got me thinking about some things, going off on the premise of mainly the first linked post. Needless to say, I've spent too much time laying in bed and thinking about random ideas until I just... I just-

L-Like... What if, when Atsushi supposedly ran off once the bounty drops... he finds himself back at Tsurumi River where he first met Dazai and suddenly got scooped up by Chuuya and brought to the Port Mafia? Or that, once the agency realized Atsushi ran off and that he heard their conversation about not wanting to rescue him from the Guild, they made it in time to see Chuuya consoling the poor boy because, in a sense, the executive understands how it feels to be backstabbed by those he thought cared about him.

A-AND JUST-...

(Gestures vaguely in panic) W-Whether I would take this idea one day and turn it into an actual fic, I would probably need permission to use the concept but I'm sort-of-intimidated by Starlight Shadow uhhhhhh

I don't know but here have at thee- aightimmago-

BSD + Pokemon Pt. 1.5 (ADA + PM Extras!)

I ran out of space on the last one... So here's more! And since it's a shorter list, I don't need to place the 'keep reading' bit WOO-!

ADA

Katai: Rotom (An electric Pokemon for Katai's electric Ability, but very much a helpful companion when it comes to Katai's work as an information broker, even though he's now a former member of the agency. And for the funies, they could either be just like Katai and like to doze or the complete opposite and be like a puppy with zoomies.)

Naomi: Zorua (To match Tanizaki's Hisuian Zorua, really-)

Haruno: Eevee (She just seems like an Eevee girl to me. If I were to give her an Eeveelution though, I would have give her Leafeon.)

PM

Oda: Absol (compliments Oda's "Flawless" with him able to see six seconds into the future and Absol able to detect danger by their horn. [note, I wrote this one before I wrote Dazai's])

Ace: Carbink (One word but several synonyms. Gemstone. Jewels. Crystals. Ya get the gist-)

Verlaine: Midday Form Lycanroc (To more or less match with his color palette [by that I mean his hair] and as well as Chuuya's Lycanroc)

Rimbaud: Pumpkaboo (I dunno, it just seems to fit the man. And- uh- also I took the fact that IRL author is a French poet, and Kalos is Pokemon's equivalent to France, soooo… I cheesed it, I'm sorry.)

Albatross: Revavroom (I'll be honest; I don't know much of the Flags, mainly their personalities, so I'm purely going on the bsd fandom wiki. And here, it says that Albatross was responsible for the mafia's vehicles. It was either this ghost car engine or Cyclizar… O-Or either Koraidon or Miraidon… hm-)

Doc: Litwick (Yes, the Nurse Joys in the anime have the usual Pokemon as their assistant, but they can have other Pokemon. And seeing Doc's description, Litwick seems like the best option when it comes to: "desipite the amount of people he had saved, he had also purposely robbed as many lives in his line of work". Basically Litwick's flame absorbs life energy.)

Iceman: Marshadow (Looking at it now, reading his personality after his occupation, Marshadow seems like the best candidate. Marshadow can merge well in the shadows, keeping itself hidden from people. And in Iceman's description in skills>stealth: "Iceman had the expertise of blending well with his surroundings like a shadow.")

Lippmann: Ninetails (Staring at that man's face, and the fact that he was the one dealing with public relations in the mafia, a really fancy Pokemon suited him. And it came down to Ninetails, Florges, and surprisingly Frosmoth. Unfortunately we don't have them in color BUT we have STAGEPLAYYY, and Ninetails definitely suits this handsome man.)

Piano Man: Gimmighoul (My guy deals with crafting supernotes. Money. Gimmighoul may be a coin, but is the closest to money in the Pokemon universe. So give the funny man a coin for his troubles. I was actually thinking about giving him Chien-Pao, but that's pushing the hc/au[?] that he and Atsushi are related [yes I am on that bandwagon, I adore that hc/au please gimme more unless I write more])

and ye =w= I'll likely do the Guild tomorrow. I already have some ideas for a few of their members, and maybe a few extras as well, maybe the Special Division folks and--to hell with it--Mushitarou ^^