"Dammit, Dazai, you need to stop getting yourself into danger."

"You're the one who was more concerned about protecting your hat than me."

"Shut up."

Double Black, reunited again, fighting together, just like old times. It felt good to be on the same side again.

Until Dazai took a big hit.

Chuuya's first instinct when he sees something fly by is to jump out of the way and hold onto his hat. He was still not used to being trained up with Dazai again.

So when he watched Dazai get knocked into a tree, he was more startled than he would've been on regular occasions.

He shouted Dazai's name and ran to him, crouching in front of him and putting his hat beside him.

Somehow, Dazai was still able to keep a bit of a smile on his face despite the pain he was in. His trench coat was torn and he was bleeding.

"Aww, concerned about me?" he teased.

Normally when Dazai said things like that, Chuuya told him to shut up. But this was more of a fire situation.

"Of course I'm concerned, you idiot," Chuuya scolded. "You're hurt."

"I know, I can feel the pain in my head and arm," Dazai replied.

"Now isn't the time to fuck with me, Dazai."

Dazai simply nodded. Which was not like him.

Chuuya's tone got more gentle. "You're gonna be fine," he reassured. He put his hands on the sides of Dazai's face and lightly pressed their foreheads together. "I'm not gonna let anything happen."

Dazai closed his eyes. "Thanks," he whispered. "I got your back, too, aibou."

Chuuya stayed in that position longer than he would've wished to, but he did. He wanted Dazai to know that it was not the place to get hurt like this.

Chuuya pulled back and felt his forehead, droplets of blood transferred to it from Dazai's.

"Shit, you got blood on me!" he complained as he stood up.

Dazai laughed. "Hey, you chose to put your forehead against mine, not vise versa," he said, "that's your fault."

He stood up and picked up Chuuya's hat, putting it back on his head.

"You stay back," Chuuya ordered, "you don't need anymore injuries. If you die, I'll kill you!"

Dazai laughed again. "You got it, Chuuya."