Why did awful things always happen to Chuuya? And why was Dazai always involved? The universe must literally hate him because how is it that it was the mission they were teamed up on happened to be the one where Chuuya was hit by a goddamn ability—an ability that shrunk him down to the staggering size of 7 inches. He was the height of a damn doll, and Dazai was right there to see it all! Dazai, his former partner and lover—still an annoying leech attached to him—who had an infuriating, unshakable joy in teasing Chuuya about his height. It was always petite mafia, chibiko*, or tiny man. Endlessly. Agonizingly. Chuuya endured the mocking of his stature for years, but he could only imagine how much worse it would be now that he was—for an unforeseeable amount of time—the size of a damn standard pencil.

Well, Dazai would have to find him first. Unfortunately, Chuuya’s clothes had not shrunken with him. So he lay swimming in the now-gargantuan fabrics, struggling to resurface and demand Dazai for answers because how the hell did this happen and how the hell didn’t they know the target had an ability like this?

Shortly after Chuuya was transformed, Dazai quickly and almost aggressively disengages the enemy, tying them up with harsh and swift efficiency before running over in Chuuya’s direction—where, seemingly, only Chuuya’s clothes laid.