Modern!BSD But...

Modern!BSD but...

Atsushi, a criminally underrated fashion designer with his sketches more or less being taken off the internet and reused by the more greedy designers. And his muse, a model and internet sensation, and what seems to be the only outsider that sees through the bulls--t, Akutagawa. The same muse that inspired Atsushi to start designing in the first place. And mutually, the same designer that Akutagawa has followed since the very beginning.

Burnt out and, rightfully, done with the world, Atsushi is left with little to no will of himself. He hasn't been able to sketch outfits nor touched his sewing machine that it could practically collect dust. And while laying on bed, watching his designs being thrown around for what feels like the nth time that week, Atsushi impulsively decided on going on a trip, disabling his account temporarily and taking a step back from media. That impulsive decision landed him back in his hometown, to visit his sister and reunite with his previous roommates and roommates. Meanwhile, Akutagawa finds himself getting dragged along by his sister and her friends to what could be explained as an isolated village. But the insist on visiting for the weekend at the very least. His schedule was free, so they jumped at the opportunity regardless.

And in all honesty, this trip was all that Atsushi needed. To take in the fresh air, see how much (or how little) his hometown has changed, hanging out with friends, and especially the village cats that took a liking to him almost instantly. Maybe the village cats Atsushi remembered as a kid has told its kids about him and it just continued one with its several generations. Coincidentally, that's how he comes face to face with his muse, Atsushi pausing his sketching to pet some cats while Akutagawa peering over his shoulder, at first intently staring at the cats, but then noticing and recognizing the outfit sketches in the sketchbook.

Obviously, that encounter spooked both of them at their personal revelations about the other that Atsushi all but scrambled off back to his current stay, unfortunately leaving behind his sketchbook. And obviously, the companions of both ushered them to talk to each other. So after bumping into each other in the same place, with Akutagawa the one petting the cats, they start talking. And kept talking. If anything, Akutagawa's entire weekend was just him getting to know this faceless designer he has admired for quite a while.

By the end of the weekend and Akutagawa having to catch the train back home, Atsushi catches him in time to give him something; his most recent sketches that was inspired by this trip. Specifically: his time with Akutagawa. His previous sketches, Atsushi has only ever seen Akutagawa through a screen. But meeting him in person, Akutagawa was an entirely unique person. And for Akutagawa, this designer has always been faceless, only showing off their most recent sketches and getting angry over the fact that it was just being taken. And by GOD he's pretty.

It came to no surprise from either party that they developed a crush even as they continued talking and messaging each other. And when Akutagawa was given an invitation to some sort of awards ceremony with a theme, he goes right to Atsushi.

(tbh that was a weak ending on my end =~="" | My brain was slowly but surely failing on me towards the end, but hopefully my vision still went through and I could understand it later when I come back to this)

Modern!BSD but...

Atsushi is idol Akutagawa's "pseudo" manager and boyfriend (unbeknownst to the public and everyone that aren't part of their inner circle.) In his words, "Jinko keeps me on top of things. I don't see why I would need an official manager if he's already doing a good job at it."

At first, the fans didn't know who this person was when they caught a glimpse of him in the few chances they have a bit of insight of Akutagawa's crew and routine. Always covering themself with baggy hoodies and cargo pants with tights underneath, white mask with black imprinted tiger stripes and nose, sunglasses, and either a beanie or bucket hat. But after some thought and revelation, they realized that they were Akutagawa's manager! They didn't even know he had one to begin with. And after knowing what Akutagawa calls him, the fans picked up on calling the manager "Jinko-chan" and were completely hooked.

In reality, their history takes it back when they were in high school and Akutagawa was scouted due to recommendations by Chuuya and Dazai. He needed a manager, and while Higuchi offered, Akutagawa didn't want her to deal with his bulls--t. So, wanting to be a good senpai, Dazai dragged Atsushi to intern as Akutagawa's temporary manager! "Seriously, Mackerel?" "Come on, Chibi! Atsushi-kun is actually learning under our dear manager Kunikida-kun! Who else would be a better manager than the one learning under our own?" "( . . . ) S--tty Dazai, Kunikida is his math tutor-!" Which led to quite the conflict between Akutagawa and Atsushi. Akutagawa, struggling with the prospect of the entertainment industry and fame and people with the perpetual fear of his privacy being compromised. Meanwhile Atsushi, a Chinese-literature student and track runner, having panic attacks over dealing with statistics and handling schedules and deadlines all while dealing with not-so good people in his lives, growing anger and spite to his foster father and the busted foster system that split him and his sister apart he was damned to specifically.

But somewhere and somehow, they found themselves understanding the other more better than most. To let Akutagawa sleep better at night, Atsushi deals with issues amongst the fans, taking it to another level when there was even a hint of any privacy leaked and, for some reason, hateful comments. (It shocked Kunikida mostly, he hasn't taught Atsushi this in particular yet when it comes to being the idol's manager). Because even then, Akutagawa just has himself and Gin. And he wants to protect what he has. "I might as well help," he always said to Dazai. But really, he wants to protect them too. And in turn, Akutagawa "begrudgingly" became less harsh on the younger. He couldn't really fire him, and Dazai wouldn't want Atsushi to quit. But more of the fact that he was more exposed to Atsushi's more hidden side, his angrier and spiteful person. And after becoming aware of Atsushi's situation outside of school and being his manager, he offered Atsushi a place to stay in his house with Gin. Because despite himself, he wants to know more about Atsushi, not just as the nice guy from school or his begrudging manager. He wants to know Atsushi as Atsushi.

When Akutagawa's career as an idol fully takes off and he's graduating from school does all those feelings come crashing down. Because that also means that Atsushi is no longer his temporary manager. (They forgot it was all temporary. They have gotten so used to working in tandem that all they worked for, all they built, was temporary.) On the same day of Akutagawa's graduation, he admits that he's afraid what Atsushi has built to protect him and Gin, and that he feels there's much more he wants to know and learn about him. Mutually, Atsushi is scared on what would happen to them both if he wasn't there to protect them, but not so equally scared as to spend the majority of his afterschool time in a place that wasn't his home anymore. Not with that white haired, red-eyed man that all but claims to be his foster father. So they come to a compromise. Not much of a compromise, really. They just continue what they have always been doing, the only change coming to when Atsushi graduates and turns 18. He foresaw that he would be dropped from the foster system like some rubbish and he'd rather not be with his foster-father in the same instance, so he moves into Akutagawa's house early, not that either party minded.

In the present, Akutagawa has a better handling on his idol position, Atsushi is still his manager (and more beyond that) and is living safely with the siblings along with his sister he finally reunited with. They all still live in the same big house since high school, but they're thriving.

Yeah. Things are going well.

(A/N: I wasn't expecting how deep I would go into this wwww ahhh my brain is still fried. I only made this outline entirely of the bit when idols ran and dragged their managers out when the mission was who is the most handsome manager.)

BSD x MHA (cause it's been in the brain for a bit)

Mainly focused on SSKK and, surprisingly, Yaomomo.

The usual doozy of BSD!timeline being centuries before MHA!timeline, and SSKK somehow find themselves way into the future with little to know knowledge on how to return back home. So, for now, they gotta ride time. And thankfully, since they're in the future, it won't change time.

Cue Atsushi and Akutagawa going through the ropes of learning this world and evidently getting into UA High School.

But amongst the many students that were their peers, one catches Aktuagawa's eye, mostly because of how uncanny she looks compared to his sister Gin.

Yaoyorozu Momo, their class vice representative.

Fast forward, they as well as a few other students went to Yaoyorozu's estate to get some help for exams, which the ravenette happily offered her help. Of course, Akutagawa or Atsushi were fine, they've read a whole lot before joining UA High School (to understand this timeline) and are a bit knowledgable, so they were there for support and side-tutoring. (Unless it was math, they're useless when it comes to it). Finding some time, Atsushi and Akutagawa was able to wander around and explore the house, his permission happily granted by Yaoyorozu. And after a bit of wandering, he finds himself in a hallway full of portraits. A gallery wall, of sorts.

Without realizing, they began walking down, seeing the portraits of family after family, their names and dates imprinted proudly on plaques.

But upon coming towards the end, there was no picture nor plaque, just mere newspaper clippings and blurry photos.

"They were the very first generation of our family lineage." A voice suddenly calls, making both Atsushi and Akutagawa turn their head to see a a woman with platinum blonde hair walking up to them.

"They don't have pictures?" Atsushi asked, confused.

"We don't know," admits the woman. "Most of the beginnings of our family are shrouded in mystery that not even the oldest of history books could shed some light on their lives. And the closest we could to know their identities are the clippings and photos before you."

And that's what is causing the pair much confusion. Familiar newspaper clippings told of a hero that saved the city from certain disaster. Blurred pictures of a shadowed figure in alleyways.

It's them.

Modern!BSD but... mumble-mumble something-something anime adaption from a popular underrated manga series more mumble-something mumble-somethings and it's just any ordinary love story. A love story written about Dazai and Chuuya, written from the eyes of an outsider.

When the manga released, it was a hit, even though the illustrator and author of the manga didn't mean it to. He just wanted to write it as such as a means of getting back on a bet Dazai put him way back then, way back in high school; the time set of the manga and where their story began. He never expected it to get this big.

But back to specifics.

It surprised him that the two loved it, as well as the few that came across and love his series. And it was definitely a bittersweet ending with a happy note of Dazai and Chuuya happily married, living their best lives with a whole bunch of loving teasings and pets. But that's where the series ends.

But then there came an odd question that begun after the manga series has ended: What about the author? They only explained themselves to be an outsider in the manga, the narrator, Dazai's friend. And for a while, the author didn't answer the question.

It was only when the manga began its anime adaptation did beloved readers of the series began seeing it visually and audibly with the actual voices of these people, that they could finally see things that they had overlooked before.

One was that, besides the two protagonists, there were others that were seen. And in one of the anime's episodes that was adapted from a chapter of one of the manga's volumes was Dazai and Chuuya trying to wingman one of the gingerhead's friends: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke. Although it was noted from the author that he doesn't know much of this time because of a reasonable excuse of "I didn't know love well enough, so I dipped before Dazai could drag me into this."

The episode goes as show: as a comedic cut every first few seconds before the intro rolls, this time it was Dazai, at the early stages of their dating life, barges into the room they most frequent and exclaims, "We're making a dating show!" Dead beat silence, and then Chuuya's "What?" getting cut off by the intro.

They had theories and conspiracies, candidates and bachelors (both girls and boys [gotta be impartial like that]), nit-picking every little detail on who would be best suited for Chuuya's grouchy friend. They even had investigations board (which Dazai definitely recreated the meme). It was a full blown episode and chapter full of their usual shenanigans but also getting navigating through their dating life together.

The episode came to an end when the two were informed by Kyouka, Gin, and (sorrowfully) Higuchi that Akutagawa already had his heart set on someone and had went to confess to them that day. It was a comedic ending but left some intrigued on who this person was that managed to get through Akutagawa's grouchy and cold demeanor.

A second thing: while Dazai does have his own friend group, there was a certain character that was there for the majority of him and Chuuya's interactions. His friend: Nakajima Atsushi, always seen every now in then in the episodes or manga panels looking on flatly at Dazai's loud antics and Chuuya's screeching and more or less being the voice of reason in Dazai's stead.

And one thing that one of Dazai's friends, Tanizaki Junichiro, recalls about Atsushi: "Actually, did you know Atsushi has hyperthymesia?" Hyperthymesia. A rare condition that allows people to remember their lives in great detail, but it could lead to the person thinking a lot more of their past.

And it makes sense. Atsushi always seems to have his head in the clouds besides always seen with his head in books, sketching some random drawings, or writing summaries. His expressions ranging of various emotions; melancholy, pain, happiness, anger. Anything and everything under the sun.

It was a widespread theory and headcanon to the manga's fandom that the author was Atsushi, and it was an airtight case. They could see tiny bits of Atsushi's life in these small moments of when he makes an appearance and does speak besides being the air-headed and "nooby" to Dazai's friend group. It was a new year, after all, and the brunet had practically pulled the underclassman under his wing on day negative one.

It wasn't long before, a few weeks after the anime adaptation series has ended, did the author release a short story that he wants to treated as an autobiography and a way to close this chapter of his life.

A story of a boy unable to let go of his the harsh and abused past because of his rare condition some would say is a blessing but he would call it a curse. Where he finds friends in a high school after years of loneliness; a second family. A place of feeling many firsts for him, of familial and platonic love, friendships, and even love itself.

To let go of a past and childhood that Atsushi could never call his own as he prepares for his own wedding with the help of his found family of friends and his to-be husband Ryuunosuke.

(A/N: I don't know how this came to be, it was just a passing thought that in my head, visually, might be interesting to touch on. More or less based on Horimiya the more I wrote into it, just the prospect of someone else telling the story than either protagonist. Don't think I'll pick this idea up purely on the excuse that I will not bring it justice =w="")

BSD but Atsushi just... has the Book.

Whenever he was locked away, the place would be barren. It always has been. But somewhere in some time, the ground oddly looked uneven.

So, taking the chance, he pulled up a loose piece of the ground and saw it. A white book that looked to have stayed clean even when laying on the ground. It had no name, but it had a pretty pattern.

Atsushi had always loved reading, and it's more or less what he's used to doing. So he picks up the book and begins reading. It's text read of numerous, mystical things; fantasy and down-to-heart, future and the past, of celebration, liberation, adventure. It was as if all the books Atsushi has managed to read in the library, all its genres, all in one book.

It brought him comfort in this cold hell of his, reading the text to almost a brand new story the next time he finds himself in his gaze. It... It made him seek for the comfort the book has repeatedly explored, over and over and over again. Repeatedly explored the prospect of a family, a family the protagonist chooses.

But the headmaster always seems to disregard his thoughts, even downplaying them, saying that he won't ever find a family. That was all the more reason he wanted to keep this book, to protect it, protect their stories. Because he had an irksome feeling that if the headmaster would find out about it, he'd burn it and make Atsushi watch as punishment.

That has been several years ago, back when he was a child. Now 18 and facing all odds the headmaster told him, he found his family in the Armed Detective Agency. He has kept the book close to him but still hidden away, managing to sneak it out with him when he was kicked out initially.

And because of how much stories he's read from the book, the others would always come to him and listen to more. Atsushi didn't think of himself as a good storyteller, but oh well.

But oh boy was he not expecting that the book from his childhood would be the source of all kinds of problems they would be facing.

(A/N: I've actually written a whole other ordeal about this one, along the lines of Atsushi finding the book when he was locked away (I wasn't aware that the book would just be in the library like that, from one of Atsushi's flashbacks). But in classic ME fashion, it was sskk =w=" | Canon divergence, Atsushi is a civilian and lives with the Akutagawa siblings, and is always reading the book. Unfortunately I couldn't touch the idea to my expectations and ended up deleting it entirely. And even if I tried finding it, it's all but buried away in those many days and hours of the "Last Edit" part of Google Docs. regardless, have this ^w^ | And maybe one day, I can touch back to this idea.)

Royal Captain Guard Byakko with little "Tiger Prince" Atsushi!