Beast! Dazai POV

Chuuya was a lot smarter than most people would believe. Sure, compared to Dazai, he wasn’t all that intelligent.. but Chuuya would say he had his moments. One of them being his awareness for the fact he was nothing more than a mere ability.

Chuuya could see it in Dazai’s eyes, the guilt, the sadness that never seemed to calm despite Chuuya’s presence. Chuuya knew Dazai had made this, this universe.. Chuuya himself. Chuuya was a projection of Dazai’s desires, only he had thoughts of his own, though Dazai’s feelings had pushed a little bit onto Chuuya, making Chuuya bratty and childish, Dazai’s attempt at reliving their teen years.

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Chuuya sat in the bath quietly, Dazai washing him with a foamy sponge. Chuuya knew he wasn’t real, he knew he was Dazai’s ability, Dazai hadn’t seemed to catch onto the fact that Chuuya was aware, Chuuya intended to keep it that way. He would let Dazai remain in his own world.

Maybe it was just because Chuuya sensed Dazai’s loss, his guilt. He knew Dazai had lost his Chuuya, and so being the new one was Chuuya’s way to keep Dazai from doing anything too bad to himself, or possibly the world itself.