Bungou Stray Dogs - Spring In My Step [SSKK]

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Title: spring in my step
Fandom: Bungo Stray Dogs
Characters/Pairing: Atsushi/Akutagawa, Dazai, Kyouka
Rating: T
Length: 301
Summary: Atsushi honestly thought he'd gotten off scot-free

Atsushi honestly thought he'd gotten off scot-free. He'd made it back to the dorms with just enough time to shower and change his clothes and walked through the door to the office with even a few minutes to spare.

There was only a moment's consideration by Ranpo-san, sitting at his desk and watching the office goings-on with the same calculating expression he wore just to stress the others out, and Atsushi exhaled and opened his laptop, prepared to get to work.

He couldn't believe it. He'd gotten away with it.

At least, until Kyouka-chan frowned at him, and said in a voice that /had/ to be intentionally loud, "why didn't you come back to the dorm last night?"

Atsushi's typing faltered for a split second, and that hesitation summoned Dazai-san from a sound sleep the next desk over, sitting straight up like someone had spoken his activation word. "Atsushi~kun," he said, eyes wide. "Did you break curfew?"

"We don't have a curfew," Kyouka-chan said flatly, which, thank god because Atsushi honestly didn't know if there was one or not, no one had ever told him otherwise.

"I had... stuff," Atsushi said. "Things I had to, uh, do." He looked between Dazai and Kyouka-chan, and then over to Kunikida for assistance. He was, as usual, ignoring them.

Dazai put his chin in both hands, elbows on his desk. "Atsushi~kun," he sang Atsushi's name. "How is Akutagawa-kun?"

This noose should be around Dazai's neck, not his. "I wouldn't know," Atsushi said, and Dazai cocked his eyebrow at Atsushi, in a clear I-know-you're-lying expression. "I have to finish up this report for our last client, Dazai-san. Were you actually going to help with it today?"

"Hmm," Dazai was already on his feet and around the row of desks. "I just remembered an appointment!"