college au
May. 8th, 2022 10:15 pmDazai doesn't really remember how this started. One minute, he and Jouno were going at each other, snide comments and passive aggression, and the next, they're meeting up at least once a week to either study, or to fuck. Would he call this a 'friends with benefits' situation? Not really. There are benefits, sure, but he'd hardly call Jouno a friend except where said 'friend' can overhear it, because Dazai knows it would annoy him. Thus, not friends.
But there certainly are benefits. Jouno's not a bad lay, and Dazai doesn't really have the sort of personality that permits him to find a steady date, not does he want one. Getting someone to go home with him, or take him home, requires effort, and there's a chance of it being terrible; at least with Jouno, he knows what he's getting, and it's fun. There are spoken and unspoken agreements, and someone to match Dazai's terrible personality.
They're having one of those weekly sessions now; Dazai lounges on his bed, scrolling his phone while he waits for the knock on the door. He's got work to do for classes, but it's really nothing he can't hastily complete the night before with a good amount of caffeine, so whatever. This is much more important.
But there certainly are benefits. Jouno's not a bad lay, and Dazai doesn't really have the sort of personality that permits him to find a steady date, not does he want one. Getting someone to go home with him, or take him home, requires effort, and there's a chance of it being terrible; at least with Jouno, he knows what he's getting, and it's fun. There are spoken and unspoken agreements, and someone to match Dazai's terrible personality.
They're having one of those weekly sessions now; Dazai lounges on his bed, scrolling his phone while he waits for the knock on the door. He's got work to do for classes, but it's really nothing he can't hastily complete the night before with a good amount of caffeine, so whatever. This is much more important.
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Date: 2022-05-09 06:04 am (UTC)At least his bed is clean! Not made, but it's clean. And that's what matters, since that's what he's going to be using. Dazai couldn't care less what Jouno thinks of the state of his room, as long as he's not knocking into things or tripping over clothes on the floor. All the clothes are in the hamper, at the very least.
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Date: 2022-05-09 06:46 am (UTC)"Move over," he demands, once he's reached the bed, taking a seat on the edge of it. There's no pretense that he'd there for anything but what he is. While they occasionally study together, Jouno has no intention of doing so now.
The smile gracing his features hasn't left, but it's twisted, not at all the smile one would give a friend. His hand finds Dazai's chest, fingers drifting over it. "I have every intention of taking my week out on you."
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Date: 2022-05-09 06:55 am (UTC)"You're just as charming as ever." Dazai moves over slightly, allowing Jouno to perch on the bed or lay down if he so chooses. They never talk about what they're going to do beforehand, so it's always a surprise, particularly when Jouno has had a bad week. Or Dazai, for that matter. Really, half the time this is just them taking out stress on each other.
Jouno's hand is warm; Dazai doesn't push it away. There's no need to be wary of intimacy here, because there's nothing emotional behind it; Dazai would never date a man like Jouno, because he's too similar to himself. And Dazai knows he's probably the worst sort of person to date.
"Aw, did you have a bad week?" He pushes himself into a half-sitting position, propped on his elbows, phone forgotten on the bed. "Tell me about it."
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Date: 2022-05-09 07:22 am (UTC)Dating has never been something on Jouno's mind, much less with someone like Dazai. His focus is school and on the destruction of others. The emotional availability required for a relationship is something that Jouno is sure that he lacks entirely. It's never bothered him -- arrangements like this, like the one he has with Dazai, are more than enough for him.
Jouno reaches into his back pocket to withdraw a switchblade, flicking it open and shut in quick succession. It's dangerously close to Dazai's cheek, but Jouno's not worried -- he has excellent control of it, and even if it were to slip and cut Dazai, the other wouldn't mind. If anything, he'd probably enjoy it.
"I'm tutoring now," Jouno answers, not sure why he's bothering to tell Dazai anything at all. "My roommate. It's... more frustrating than I had bargained for." Tetchō is obedient, just... dense.
"Did you find a subject for our psychology project?"
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Date: 2022-05-09 08:00 am (UTC)That, and he finds most people are a bit more... vanilla than Jouno is. Case in point: he's brought a knife with him, Dazai's eyes following the shine of the blade as it flicks open and closed. He doesn't flinch, unconcerned about the possibility of being cut. As much as they butt heads, Dazai does trust that Jouno wouldn't actually disfigure him. He has a reputation, after all.
"You're tutoring? You?" Dazai laughs like he finds it hilarious. Who in the world would ask Jouno to tutor them? "Why did you agree if you find it so frustrating?"
His hands come up, settle themselves on Jouno's hips. "I might have, but asking him seems like it'll be more trouble than it's worth. I don't want him to get the wrong idea, you know." He drums his fingers on Jouno's hips. "Have you found one?"
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Date: 2022-05-09 08:13 am (UTC)"I don't know," Jouno answers, irritation clear in his voice. He despises being laughed at, and really, he has no clue why he'd agreed to help Tetchō. "I suppose I was feeling generous."
Jouno moves so the knife finds the hem of Dazai's shirt, cutting a small hole just at the hem. He doesn't bother to ask if it's a shirt Dazai likes; he doesn't care if it is. The blade cuts swiftly through the fabric, careful not to scratch any of the bandages that Jouno knows lies beneath.
"You're considering asking Nakahara-san then." Jouno doesn't need confirmation; Dazai is predictable in that way. As much as he and Chuuya bicker, Jouno isn't unaware that there's something there beneath the fighting. What that something is simply remains to be seen. "That sounds like a headache."
Flipping the switchblade closed for now, Jouno pushes the sleeves of Dazai's now open shirt down over his shoulders. "I'm interviewing my roommate. It's what I exchanged for helping him study." A laugh follows, small but audible. "At least it will be a fairly simple project."
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Date: 2022-05-09 08:28 am (UTC)Not that Dazai really needs him to. They both come from families with money; Dazai just doesn't really use his. He's got no interest in fancy things. He lives with the bare minimum simply because he doesn't care to have more, which is why shopping for clothes Jouno ruins is such a pain.
"I'm offended you think I'd ask him." Dazai keeps himself still while Jouno cuts away at the fabric, though he neither confirms nor denies. It's a sharp knife. "All the girls I've asked have outright denied me."
The air is cool even against the bandages underneath his shirt; Dazai shifts his body to make it easier, not in the mood to fight right now. They've done that before, though. "Is this the same roommate you're tutoring? I can't believe you, of all people, would want anything to be simple."
Dazai knows very well that Jouno likes to dig deep, to try and crack people open and dig at their worst. It's possibly one of the reason they're 'friends', though Jouno hasn't managed to do it to Dazai just yet. The rot there run fairly deep.
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Date: 2022-05-09 08:43 am (UTC)"If you don't want me to destroy your clothing, you shouldn't be wearing any when I get here." Neither guilt nor any hint of an apology creep into Jouno's voice. While he could easily buy Dazai a new wardrobe a hundred times over, he never would. Sliding the knife back in his pocket, he returns his attention to Dazai's chest, this time feeling over the bandages to see if he can determine any new wounds. When he finds one, he presses his thumb against it roughly.
He doesn't need a denial; he knows that he's almost certainly right. Though, Dazai probably had asked his fair share of girls. Dazai came on strong with women -- he'd probably asked for a double suicide at the end of the project. Really, Jouno probably should have chosen Dazai as his subject. He's interesting in the way many people were not. "They were smart then," Jouno comments nonchalantly, tilting his thumb to dig the nail into the bandage.
"Even simple people have a breaking point." It's just not always as rewarding to find.
"Besides, I'm a little curious," he admits. "I've never met someone as stupid as he is."
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Date: 2022-05-09 09:03 am (UTC)There's a hiss when Jouno's thumb presses against a fresh cut, one Dazai had lazily given himself the day before. He professes to dislike pain, but Dazai only minimally complains when Jouno does things like this; if he really hated it, they wouldn't be here. "Perhaps," Dazai agrees, and his teeth catch his lip when Jouno presses with his nail. He refuses to admit it hurts.
"You'll get bored of it," Dazai declares, shifting to try and roll his body up against Jouno's where the man straddles his hips. "Trust me. Stupidity doesn't hide anything deeper. No matter how hard you try and figure out what's under there, you won't find anything. I speak from experience."
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Date: 2022-05-09 09:21 am (UTC)His hips roll down to meet Dazai's. "Fortunately," he speaks as he moves a hand to Dazai's throat, holding it tightly, "I can quit any time I want." If Tetchō is too boring, then it isn't like he has to keep his promise of helping him.
Talking, though, is becoming increasingly more annoying so Jouno shuts Dazai up the best way he knows how. He presses his lips to the other's, tightening his grip on Dazai's throat. It isn't enough to cut off airflow, but it will be soon.
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Date: 2022-05-09 09:31 am (UTC)No, he does appreciate that. He likes the way that hand feels around his throat, familiar and bordering on uncomfortable. He can breathe still, opens his mouth to say something, but clearly Jouno is done with the discussions for the time being. There's the warm, hard press of lips, the squeeze of fingers around his throat. It makes Dazai's body warm, makes heat crawl under his skin. He adds teeth to the kiss, bites at Jouno's lips.
It's going to be one of those nights, apparently. Jouno really meant it when he said he'd take his week out on Dazai.
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Date: 2022-05-09 09:48 am (UTC)Dazai either trusts him to be careful or he hopes that Jouno will lose control one day and actually kill him.
His free hand slides in between them, nails scraping against bandages, loosening them as they go. Dazai's scars are nothing to him. In the life they're from, scars are normal. Beyond that, he's well aware of Dazai's interest in suicide. It's one of the things he finds fascinating -- someone who wants to taste death so badly, but yet, persists on living. Jouno has always been the opposite. He loves life, loves figuring out what makes humanity the way it is. More than that, he loves watching it crumble, seeing the darkest side of it.
Perhaps that's his true interest in Dazai. Dazai could easily be considered the darkest side of humanity, just in a different way than Jouno normally chases.
His hips slide against Dazai's again, this time his growing erection pressing into the other. He deepens the kiss, red-tipped hair falling forward and brushing against Dazai's face.
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Date: 2022-05-09 09:56 am (UTC)Dazai's scars are numerous, but he remembers all of them. Some are from others, some from himself. Some done by his own hand, and some from situations he'd hoped would kill him but sadly failed to do so. They're something he would never be able to explain to anyone else, but Jouno doesn't care, and Dazai truly does appreciate that.
He makes a noise, opening his mouth against Jouno's as he feels the heat of his hardening cock rolling against his hips. Dazai's nails dig into Jouno's hips, fingers finding their way under the hem of his shirt. God, fucking Jouno really is good. Dazai can't stand him, but at the same time, he really does enjoy this.
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Date: 2022-05-09 10:09 am (UTC)Jouno has only ever cared about himself, so Dazai's problems mean nothing to him. While others might pity Dazai if they knew the state he's truly in, Jouno simply feels nothing. Dazai is a toy to him, like any other. He largely suspects Dazai views him the same way.
Taking advantage of the open mouth, Jouno slips his tongue past Dazai's lips, tasting him fully. Dazai's fingers are warm against his cool skin in a way that makes him shudder, and he realizes that his impatience is going to get to him before long. He didn't come here just to make out with him, after all. As enjoyable as that could be, it'd become frustrating in time. So with one last roll of his hips, he breaks the kiss, wiping his mouth of the saliva that threatens to drip, and rolls off of Dazai.
"Take your pants off."
In return, Jouno climbs off the bed to take the time to undress himself as well. He's careful with his clothing as he removes it, folding it neatly, the only neat pile of clothing in an otherwise filthy room.
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Date: 2022-05-09 10:20 am (UTC)He doesn't relinquish his mouth without taking something in return; Dazai's teeth catch on Jouno's tongue before he pulls away, and Dazai watches with an expression half-disappointed, but he knows it's not ending there.
"What, you don't want to shred my pants, too? Make it a matching set with the shirt you ruined?" Dazai is quick to go for the button and zipper, though, because he really doesn't want to lose his pants, and he knows Jouno would do it out of spite. He shrugs out of the remains of the shirt, too, not bothering to fold them the way Jouno does.
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Date: 2022-05-09 10:33 am (UTC)He unzips and peels off his pants as well, folding those to neatly place with his shirt. "Where's the lube?" He should know Dazai's room well enough by now, but there's never any guarantee that things will be in the same spot that they were last time. "I want a beer, too."
It isn't entirely for himself to drink, obvious to Dazai most likely because Jouno very rarely gets drunk. He'll take a sip of it, and then cut Dazai and pour the rest of the alcohol over the wound.
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Date: 2022-05-09 10:40 am (UTC)"The lube..." Dazai hums as though thinking, trying to recall where he'd put it last. He plucks it from under a stack of textbooks, finally, tosses it directly at Jouno, uncaring of whether he'll catch it or not. If it hits him, then good.
He knows very well what the beer is likely for, but Dazai gets it for him anyway, and then one for himself. He does like to get drunk, but one beer will hardly do anything for him. "Aren't I an excellent host?"
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Date: 2022-05-09 10:58 am (UTC)He flips open the cap and smells it to determine if it's what he bought last time. Unscented. He determines that it is. Good, it won't be an annoyance to smell during the act like some lube can be. When the scent is too overwhelming, sex can become unenjoyable. As good as his senses are, they're a detriment at times.
"An excellent host would have cleaned his room," Jouno retorts, taking the beer from Dazai's hand. He sets it on Dazai's nightstand so he knows where it is, but not before knocking something off -- a book, from the sound of it.
Finally removing his boxers, Jouno climbs back into the bed once he's completely nude. Dazai's sheets probably aren't clean, he notes with some distaste, and he tries not to think about it.
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Date: 2022-05-09 11:11 am (UTC)"My room is clean." Dazai opens his beer and takes a sip, and then climbs onto the bed with it balanced in his hand. He's careful not to spill, but if he does, it's really not a big deal. Dazai's sheets have been through worse. "There are just some books here and there. A few empty bottles. Completely normal."
It would probably be better doing this at Jouno's place, but he does have that roommate of his, and so this is less complicated.
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Date: 2022-05-09 11:31 am (UTC)Dazai's room isn't his ideal location, but it's better than having to explain to Tetchō why he has weekly company. While there were people on campus who had made the mistake of assuming Dazai and Jouno were friends based on the fact that they were sometimes seen together, no one knew about their actual arrangement. Jouno prefers to keep it that way.
"Hurry up and drink." If an eyeroll could be a tone, it would be the one Jouno has. "Then lie back down. I don't care for foreplay today." Unlike Dazai, he'd finished his homework for the week, but it didn't mean that he didn't have things he still wanted to get done.
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Date: 2022-05-10 02:33 am (UTC)"Impatient." Dazai tsks, but he takes a long sip of his drink before setting it aside. He's in the mood to listen rather than fight, so he lies back down, licking the bitterness from his lips. "So you just want to get right down to fucking? I thought you were going to take your week out on me?"
Dazai doesn't really care either way tonight, as long as he gets off, but it's always nice when it goes longer. Not that Dazai really minds Jouno using him as an outlet for whatever; they use each other, and that's good enough for him. No feelings involved.
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Date: 2022-05-18 10:34 am (UTC)He runs his hands over Dazai's stomach and chest. He's scrawnier that Jouno would have liked -- he'd always had a thing for more muscular men, and Dazai is definitely not that -- but he'll do well enough. They've been at this enough times before that Jouno knows exactly what to expect when it comes to the other. "I'll cut you during, if you want," he offers, one hand snaking up to wrap around Dazai's throat. "Or choke you until you pass out." Both options held their appeal for Jouno, though Dazai didn't struggle against him quite like Jouno preferred.
Finding that, unfortunately, is too dangerous a game for Jouno to play. The desire to completely break someone under his touch would have to go unfulfilled. He could only hope to mimic it.
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Date: 2022-05-18 10:45 am (UTC)"You know I hate it when you hurt me." It's a lie, and they both know it, even without the lazy way Dazai says it. He arches his head back, exposes the line of his neck to Jouno's hand. He's admittedly good at what he does; maybe that's why they're still at this. Dazai has yet to find anyone else willing to go as far as Jouno does, and unconcerned about Dazai's own safety.
He doesn't think he'd mind if Jouno were actually able to break him, but it's precisely because Dazai doesn't care that doing so would probably be a difficult thing. And then they wouldn't get to have this sort of fun, which would be so disappointing.
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Date: 2022-05-18 11:00 am (UTC)Jouno takes the exposure as a sign to wrap his fingers around Dazai's neck, squeezing it more tightly. "You'd be relieved if I were to kill you right now. You want that a little, don't you? For me to snap and finally end your miserable existence?"
His traces a long line from Dazai's chest to his stomach with his free hand, moving past it to grip his dick. He doesn't care much for Dazai's pleasure in the entire thing, though he will get him off simply because their arrangement hinges on him doing so. Dazai wouldn't continue if he wasn't getting anything out of it, the same way that Jouno wouldn't have continued if he wasn't. They're both self-serving in that way.
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Date: 2022-05-18 11:25 am (UTC)"I'm not that lucky," Dazai says, voice strained, rolling his hips up when Jouno's hand touches his dick. "You're too invested in yourself to do it."
Jouno is the top of his class. He's brilliant, and has an obvious future laid out for him. Snapping and murdering his fuckbuddy doesn't seem like it would benefit him in the least, which is why Dazai isn't worried about this going too far--and even if he should be, he doesn't care either way. Whatever happens happens; it's not like Dazai is looking ahead to the future, or anything.
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Date: 2022-05-18 11:52 am (UTC)"I could make it look like a suicide, but I doubt anyone would ever believe you'd succeeded." Dazai had more failures in that department than Jouno could count. Pathetic, really -- taking one's own life shouldn't be that difficult. Dazai, in Jouno's opinion, is a coward, though. He's fascinated with the idea of death, but he can never bring himself to quite pull the trigger.
It really would be a blessing if someone were to do it for him.
His hand is slow in pumping Dazai's dick as he finally lets go of Dazai's neck. It won't be for long -- he'll choke him with both hands before the night is over -- but it's long enough to get the lube, popping the bottle open. He has to stop touching Dazai completely to smear it over his fingers, a wrinkle of his nose conveying just how much he hates the sensation. A necessary evil. As much as he didn't care about hurting Dazai, he did care about his own discomfort.
Once his fingers are covered, he slips his hand back down, this time in between Dazai's legs to tease at his entrance, one finger circling his hole.
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Date: 2022-05-19 04:20 am (UTC)Ah, lube, then. Dazai doesn't particularly care if it hurts or not, and he knows Jouno doesn't either. The look on Jouno's face, the wrinkle of his nose, is a bit cute, if Dazai were into guys like this. Which he's not. Jouno is a good fuck, but god forbid Dazai ever want to date him.
The expression on Dazai's face doesn't change when Jouno's hand comes back down, presses against his entrance. He's used to it, shifts his hips to spread his legs a bit more. He's not expecting foreplay here, but he doesn't want it, either; that's too soft, too pleasant, too nice. Nothing about either of them is nice. That's why Dazai likes it.
"Go ahead. If anyone were to kill me, it ought to be you. You've earned it." He says it with nonchalance, reaching down to wrap his hand around his dick, picking up where Jouno had left off.