Do you have any funny stories involving the relationship?

Several~! But the one I choose to tell today is one from before the relationship. I do hope that still counts!

There’s this boy who works here – Junichirou Tanizaki. He’s a very beloved member of the Agency and dear friend of mine. He’s helpful and kind and a pleasure to have around, so long as his sister isn’t with him… Not that that’s any of my business. Kunikida forbids us to discuss it.

And after Sara joined the Agency, they hit it off seemingly seamlessly, especially after he pretended to hold her hostage for exam and everything (long story)! 

I thought they hit it off a little too well. In fact… I was convinced they were in love with each other. That was not… True, obviously so to everyone else, but I was just so in love with Sara and desperate to do anything to make it go away… She would never love me the same way in turn, and she loves someone else! So maybe then I wouldn’t… Feel so bad.

I did the stupidest thing possible. It hurt myself and landed them in many awkward situations – I tried to set them up together.

It was… Easy. I set them up on blind dates, gave gifts to Sara and signed it with his name… All I had to do was trip one of them and Sara would land on Junichirou’s chest and it would be oh so romantic! Except it wasn’t and Sara ended up elbowing him in the face and giving him a nosebleed, whoops. 

I locked them in a closet once – seemed like the thing to do! I only found out much later that Sara had spent her entire time crying to Junichirou that I’d never love her while poor Junichirou (he’s not into romance it seems) just wanted out. And then he fell asleep. Then Sara complained that he snored too loud.

Uh… Yes. That. It was a hilarious month at the Agency.

Do either of you cook? If so, what is your/her favorite meal of hers/yours?

Sara’s a wonderful baker, but she gets the jitters touching any kind of raw meat (though she’ll eat it medium rare like nobody’s business…) So we both do the cooking! Just different parts. Always a pleasure to work together with her~

I love her chocolate cake. I love it so much. It is the one thing I look forward to every year – she only makes it for my birthday, after all. As for meals, ah… That recipe the rat makes in that movie? Ratatouille? She tried it a few weeks ago and it was splendid. 

I like crabs! So I always cook them. As it turns out they’re Sara’s favorite too so she just… I love it when she eats. Isn’t that silly? But it’s only because she hardly eats at all that I get so excited to see her enjoying my food… 

What’s the story of how you two officially got together?

Ah! I do believe Sara’s been working on writing that one, in fact.

You’ll find it’s a little unusual, but to be perfectly fair, nothing in the Armed Detective Agency adheres to norms, n’est-ce pas?

Goes a little something like this… I was very much madly in love with her, and drove myself more mad every day that there was absolutely, definitely, 100% percent no way a beautiful princess like her could ever love me in turn.

As it turns out, at the very same time, she was driving herself mad, with the very same thoughts about me! Can you imagine…? Me not loving her…

Soon enough all our fellow detectives knew of this sad and tragic romance where both of us were too silly to simply tell the other how we feel. Yosano and Junichirou trying so desperately to reassure my poor girl, all the while Kunikida was trying to slap some sense back into me. They got sick of it, so to speak. But dear Ranpo-san, he had a plan~

Sara had this cute little habit left over from her days in that European (or was it Asian?) country she’s from. She would kiss cheeks for absolutely no reason at all! She kissed cheeks when greeting someone, but then, one day, she kissed Atsushi-kun’s cheek (he’d done some kind of favor for her, or something.)

And Ranpo-san, being who he is… He noticed.

So then follows him proposing a gentlemen’s wager to the men of the Agency – sans Atsushi who wasn’t allowed to participate (he’d already gotten a kiss, it’d hardly be fair), and Fukuzawa, who said it was abhorrent for a man his age to play such a game with a young girl.

The rules were simple. We all had to be extra nice to Sara today – and how could we not be, she being so sweet – and see who can get one of those little cheek kisses from her first.

I think there was money involved. I say I think, because although there WAS, indeed, a cash reward, I was… Not focused on it. The reward to me, would be Sara’s sweet lips on my skin – if only for once in my life.

The competition begins and I genuinely did not think the others would be so into it. Cue me, Kunikida, Junichirou, Kenji absolutely to our wits’ ends trying to show the other that we’d be the one to get that kiss from Sara. (Poor Sara was just very confused why everyone was being so nice to her that day, but she deserved all the fawning.) Ranpo however, though he was a part of the wager, did nothing at all… 

Up until the very last moment, when I was sure I had charmed her… Ranpo calls Sara over, and does the simplest but at the same time, grandest of gestures.

He gives her a piece of his candy.

He never does that, the greedy bastard! (Pardon my language, Sara does not like it when I curse… Do keep this a secret?) What a manipulative skunk. He’s brilliant, truly. Sara of course, flattered beyond belief, leans in to give him a kiss.

And I steal it right out from under his nose. I push him away and crash my lips onto hers… 

Cue Kunikida screaming at me that it was supposed to be a kiss on the cheek!
In addition, cue me taking Sara on a date the very next week.

I owe all my thanks to Ranpo~~~ He knew exactly what he was doing.

all 9 selfship asks w/ you and dazai!!!!

aaa oh my goodness!!!!

1. In the morning, who is more likely to trap the other in bed by cuddling them?

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2. How do each of you ask for a hug or cuddles?

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3. Do you ever just casually lay on each other? Whether it be flopping down in each other’s laps or leaning your heads on each other’s shoulders.

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4. Who’s the big spoon and who’s the little spoon? Do you ever switch?

Dazai likes to be the big spoon!! He says I fit perfectly into his arms because I’m smaller than him, so he always likes to hold me that. The only time we ever really switch doesn’t count as spooning because then Dazai’s in front of me, his body in my arms and his head on my chest, usually when he’s trying to sleep…

5. Can you describe how you usually cuddle? 

OH GOSH UH he just… He pulls me into his arms, sits me down in his lap, and starts stroking my hair and face, eventually his hands behind me as he rubs my back up and down, kissing me all the while, his lips trailing from my forehead to my chin, usually staying on my lips. I try to kiss him too, if he even lets me get in a few in edgewise! My restless hands find their way to his bolo tie, fiddling with the gem… Usually Dazai brings them to settle onto his chest, though, but they always go back to feel the smooth stone as he treats me so tenderly.

6. How touchy-feely are you with each other in public?

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7. Do either of you fall asleep often when cuddling? Who does it more?

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8. Are you the kind of couple to hold each other when one of you is scared, stressed, or sad? If not, how do you reassure each other?

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9.

When you’re in bed at night, do you fall asleep in each other’s arms or keep your distance?

Absolutely in each other’s arms. I don’t think either of us could sleep otherwise… We both tend to fall into nightmares easily but the presence of each other helps, even if it’s only subconsciously. Dazai can’t sleep at all without me and I have trouble staying in bed without feeling the need to get up and take care of something else! Plus, when either of us inevitably wake up, it’s made better because we wake up together ;w; 

💞 *cuddles* 2, 3, 6, 7 s’il vous plaît!

*cuddles!!!* 💕 comme vous le souhaitez!

2. How do each of you ask for a hug or cuddles?

What do you mean, ask – Dazai doesn’t know the meaning of the word. Not that its ever bothered me when he throws his entire sixty-seven pound mass on top of me for a surprise hug attack! Complete with lots of spontaneous smooches all over my face, Dazai knows its sure to make me giggle and blush and loves to do it. As for me… I sometimes do the same as him and without asking, just gently hug him from behind. He always likes to play a pretend guessing game as to who the hands on his stomach belong to but he always knows it’s me. But most of the time, I just… Tug his sleeve and ask if it’d be okay to cuddle him right then. He doesn’t know why I always try to ask permission but he always says yes, happily scooping me up into his arms!

3. Do you ever just casually lay on each other? Whether it be flopping down in each other’s laps or leaning your heads on each other’s shoulders.

Answeréd!

6. How touchy-feely are you with each other in public?

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7. Do either of you fall asleep often when cuddling? Who does it more?

Dazai’s always sleepy… Sooner than later I’ll hear his cute soft snores after we were smushed together for a long while! I never have the heart to wake him up, but if this happens while we’re in the Agency, Kunikida will be the one to do it for me! At home he’s allowed to sleep as much as he wants, heaven knows he needs it… I can’t sleep during the day at all unless I’m sick or fasting! So it never happens to me, but the fastest way to get me to sleep at night is when Dazai pulls me close against his chest to listen to his heartbeat… 

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Thank!!!

1.

In the morning, who is more likely to trap the other in bed by cuddling them?

Dazai… I’m the one who always wakes up first and tries to get up and go to work, but Dazai’s secretly been awake for half an hour and has no intention of letting me get to the Agency early anytime soon asflj! I’m very weak and he’s got more weight than me so he’ll just roll over on top of me and pin me down, keeping me there for kisses as long as he wants. Kunikida’s going to kill us…

3.

Do you ever just casually lay on each other? Whether it be flopping down in each other’s laps or leaning your heads on each other’s shoulders.

All. The. Time. Dazai really likes putting his head on my thighs when I’m sitting down, meanwhile I’m usually overworked, so I tend to put my head on his shoulder for a quick rest, as he pets my hair lightly… Sometimes though, he pins me down onto the couch reserved for our clients for an impromptu make-out session, which is a lot less-than-casual method of lying on each other!

6. How touchy-feely are you with each other in public?

PDA is Dazai’s middle name! Or would it be his middle initials? Either way he’s always dying to be touching me in some way, so he’s always got an arm around me, or is holding my hand, or is just walking with me in his arms… That’s okay though, because I can’t stand to be apart from him. He’s so warm and kind that I always just gotta be attached to him in some way too, whether it’s hugging or kissing or even sitting in his lap right in front of the other detectives!

8. Are you the kind of couple to hold each other when one of you is scared, stressed, or sad? If not, how do you reassure each other?

Yes… Yes definitely. When Dazai sees I’m sad he immediately beckons me over to him, so he can set me in his lap, hold me close and kiss my face, whispering sweet nothings all the while. His favorite way to get me to smile is to nuzzle his nose against mine ;w; And he always gets extra touchy-feely with me when he’s not feeling too hot… On really bad days he just places his head into the crook of my neck or right onto my shoulder and I can feel him shaking as he sobs quietly… I hold him close and do as he would for me.