(note: sorry for making the chapters so tense;; here's some wholesome content...)

—> Male Atsushi Nakajima

A few minutes later, everything had calmed down in the office and Atsushi could finally rest. He felt weird to be flirted with everyday, and had a feeling that it was something he wasn't used to. He wondered what he did before he lost his memories and started to sigh.

Of course, Dazai noticed. "Is something wrong, Atsushi-kun?"

"H-Huh?" Atsushi shook his head. "No, no, I'm fine, Dazai-san. I was just thinking about what I did in the past, is all."

"Aw, Atsushi-kun!! You're so cute!!" Dazai squealed before going over to the tiger's desk (again). "Here, let me make you feel better~"

Atsushi quickly stood up from his chair and practically zoomed over to the door leading out of the Agency. "Sorry, Dazai-san, but I'm just gonna take a walk for some fresh air."

Before Dazai could follow him, he had already went out the door and into the busy streets of Yokohama. He already had an encounter with the female Akutagawa and the male Higuchi, so the Port Mafia wasn't as a looming threat as he thought it was, considering how Akutagawa acted towards him.

Scratch that part about the Port Mafia not being a looming threat. With Higuchi practically acting as a bodyguard to Akutagawa, who was always asking Atsushi for his hand in marriage, was not a good combo. He did not want to be 'beaten to a bloody pulp' (words of Higuchi after Akutagawa turned her back). It was a.. Interesting situation, at the very least.

Seeing a park that seemed oddly familiar, Atsushi decided to sit down on a bench and collect his thoughts. He sighed again after getting a headache from trying to retrieve lost memories. "Why is this happening to me? What's so important for me to not have my memories?" He rhetorically asked himself. "I can't keep up.."

"Heh, sounds like you're giving up," a female Chuuya snickered as she came up to him. She was taller than Atsushi since he was sitting down and used that to her advantage. "It would be easier for us if you'd just give up, pretty boy."

"P-Pretty boy?!" Atsushi exclaimed in disbelief. "W-Who are you, anyway?!"

"Chuuya Nakahara. You can just call me Chuuya, though," Chuuya introduced herself with a hmph. "Just come with me and you can get your 'precious memories' back."

Atsushi hesitated to consider the offer. "I.. If I go with you-"

"You're seriously considering that shortie's offer?!" Dazai's voice interrupted as she came running up. It seemed like she had followed Atsushi after all. "Stay away from Atsushi-kun, Chuuya!"

"In case you haven't noticed, Dazai, Nakajima is his own person and can do whatever he damn well pleases! If he wants to hang out with me, that's on him!" Chuuya spat before clinging to one of Atsushi's arms to spite Dazai.

Dazai gasped in a horrified manner before clinging to Atsushi's other arm. "It's already been decided! Atsushi-kun is gonna commit lover's suicide with me!" She stuck out her tongue.

"Uhm.." Atsushi's voice caused the girls to look up at him. His face was almost as red as a tomato, and he could barely say a word without stuttering. "I-I'm gonna go b-back to the Agency, so p-please let go of me.."

Chuuya, somehow, had managed to get a crush on the male Atsushi. She internally cursed her luck. Is it because that bastard showed up? She wondered.

—> Female Atsushi Nakajima

"Hello? Dazai-san? Can you tell the other Agency members that there's a fire going on? I think the fire ability user caused it," Atsushi frantically said into the phone. "If I find them, I'm gonna go after them."

"No! Don't, Atsushi-chan! It's too dangerous to go alone!" Dazai's voice rang firm and clear from the phone. "I'll be there in a second, just-"

Atsushi had already hung up. She couldn't waste time waiting. If she couldn't go alone, she'd just get Chuuya to go with her. She turned to Chuuya with a determined glint in her eyes. "Chuuya-san!"

"You can drop the -san," Chuuya told her. "Sorry. Continue."

"Will you help me catch the fire ability user?" Atsushi questioned him.

He nodded, a smile on his face. "Anything for a pretty lady like you," he flirted before getting a little worried. "How are you going to fight in a dress?"

Atsushi hadn't even realized she wasn't wearing her normal Agency outfit and sighed. "I'll have to figure it out."

A idea popped into Chuuya's head and he smirked as he suggested it, "I'll carry you."

"C-Carry me?! I'll be really heavy— H-Hey! Put me down!" Atsushi yelped as Chuuya literally swept her off her feet and carried her like a princess. "Chuuya-san!"

"Drop the -san already," Chuuya huffed, the fire from the restaurant illuminating his eyes and figure just the right way. The romantic tension between them was getting more and more bigger by the second. Atsushi didn't know if she approved of it, but she was so enraptured by the male carrying her that nothing else mattered in that moment. Chuuya could sense the way Atsushi looked at him and the sweat forming on his face wasn't from the fire.

Chuuya shook his head slightly to clear any thoughts of his that were beginning to go in places that he didn't want them to be in. Using his ability, 'For the Tainted Sorrow', he quickly managed to hop across the roofs and caught up with the fire ability user.

Atsushi didn't notice, her eyes practically glued to Chuuya. The girl's eyes sparkled in admiration and she could feel her heart start to pound.

Am I.. falling in love with someone I just met?! There must be some kind of record for falling in love the fastest! Atsushi's thoughts droned on. What am I going to do?! It's too early on for me to fall in love but.. He looks so cool right now!

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