Day 1

As you were left to endure the most difficult challenge you would ever face in your life, greater than any hardship at the orphanage or in the agency, the parting words left by the man you thought was your friend were:

"You two get along now~ Please don't kill each other."

You were being forced to be Akutagawa's roommate.

And he looked pissed.

You had no idea how to deal with being forced to stay in the same building, much less an apartment, with your greatest rival.

You needed a way out.

"What are you doing?"

After accepting your demise at Dazai's hand- or rather Akutagawa's with Dazai's prompting- you decided to take a nap. Just in case this was all a dream and you could wake up and everything would be normal.

Instead you woke up to Akutagawa climbing out of the window.

"What are you doing?" You asked again, more insistently.

He tried to ignore you, and kept going about his business.

"I don't think that will work." It was the fourth floor, first of all. And Dazai was too smart to let either of you escape that easily. Even without him watching your every move, you felt like his presence remained and warned you against doing anything he didn't want you to do

Suddenly, as if it knew what you were thinking, a voice rang out in the apartment, "The security system just notified me that somebody is trying to escape. Akutagawa, I know it's you. There's a penalty for leaving without my permission, you know."

Akutagawa froze halfway out of the window.

"Penalty?"

Dazai's voice chuckled over the intercom, "I'm too busy to explain it at this point in time. Atsushi! If you let Akutagawa out, you also get a punishment. I'm coming to get you both tomorrow morning, then you can receive freedom. Just make it through this night. That will be your first Roommate Challenge as future partners!"

You groaned and you think Akutagawa sighed, then you both said, "I am not going to be partners with him."

Frankly, the synchronization pissed you off more.

Dazai simply laughed at you both some more before cutting his connection.

You eyed the window warily, "Are you still gonna try and escape like a total idiot?"

"Some insult coming from the biggest idiot in the room." He finally engaged you for the first time since coming here.

"But not the only idiot in the room?"

"Shut up."

"Gladly." You stood up and retreated to your own room. It was a childish act, but you couldn't stand being around the jerk any longer.

In the middle of the night, you found yourself going to get a glass of water. Akutagawa was on the couch. You had no idea how long he had been there. But it was none of your business.

When returning from the kitchen, he hadn't moved an inch.

You took a moment to examine the room. It was the first place you were in after entering the apartment. It wasn't exactly hospitable enough for a living room, but there was a couch and a table and some decorations. Did the kitchen count as part of the weird almost-livingroom? It wasn't technically separated, as there was no door- just a countertop. You wanted to talk to the person who made it.

You thought the place was designed with you and Akutagawa in mind, because you saw a little cat-shaped sculpture, and a cool painting of a chameleon amongst the ornamentation. There was also some antique looking things that you weren't very interested in. The decorations sorta clashed with each other, but you liked it.

What you didn't like was that the couch was the only thing intended for sitting in the room, and it wasn't very large. If you were to sit on it as far away from Akutagawa as you could you would still almost be in contact with him.

You finally noticed that he wasn't just sitting there in the dark being a total weirdo and ominously plotting, but he was actually just sleeping sitting up.

He would probably regret it in the morning.

You left him to enjoy his future suffering with a clean conscience.

End Day 1