Dazai showed up in front of Eliza's house, then came up the stairs, loudly knocking on the door. "Hello! Rue, you in there?"

Rue ran around the house, trying to fix her hair. "Yes, I'm coming! Wait a moment!!" She yelped in a panic, wanting to look nice for him. She approached the door, dusting off her skirt. Opening the door, she walked out into the sunlight.

"Absolutely beautiful, as always. Come." Dazai said, taking her hand in his as he walked her to the car.

Rue got in, brushing her hair with her fingers one more time in the car mirror. She turned to Dazai, smiling and blushing just a bit. She always found him handsome... always. "Where are you taking me?" She questioned gently, sounding small and shy.

"My work. Armed Detective Agency." He answered, starting up the car.

For a while, the ride was pretty normal. Until Rue stopped staring at Dazai's face and realized he was driving like a maniac!! He was speeding, making ridiculous turns, hard stops.

Dazai noticed how the woman seemed a bit spooked, and turned his head to look at her. "You good over there?" He wasn't even paying attention to the road, just smiling there.

"Look at the road--!! The road!!!" Rue screeched, her face pale. He was going too fast, and a red light was coming up.

Dazai shifted his focus back to driving, and looked surprised, yet nonchalant at the situation he'd gotten them in. "****it." He stopped abruptly, jerking the whole car forward.

She held onto her seat for dear life, on the verge of tears. "Are you trying to kill us?!" That probably wasn't a good question to ask, since he was super suicidal.

"Well, if you want to die this way, we can?" He suggested, grinning almost innocently.

"NO!!!"

He sighed, looking ticked off. "What a party pooper."

Rue scoffed, tears in her blue gray eyes. "There's triplets inside of me, you don't want to kill them too?"

"Right." Dazai said, before her words fully sunk into his thick skull. "Wait, triplets?!! That's why you look so big, huh...?" He said, facing Rue now.

He was making a turn, about to crash again.

Rue burst into tears at this point, barely able to handle this. "ROAD!! THE ROAD!!!" She screamed in a shrill voice, clearly losing her marbles.

Dazai honked the horn after he did the turn, he was about to T bone directly into another car, but blamed it on the other person. "Thinks he can speed on by before I turn..." He muttered, seemingly indifferent.

"..." Rue sat there, absolutely flabbergasted. What mental illness did this man have?! Probably all of them. She covered her face, crying into her hands. Life was already too stressful for his shenanigans.

Eventually, the two of them arrived at the building the ADA was in.

Dazai opened the door for Rue, smiling wide. "Ladies first."

Rue still looked slightly traumatized but stepped inside anyway. Somehow, seeing him doing those insane things was entertaining for a part of her. That odd side of her enjoyed it... and felt nearly high from the excitement.

Kunikida walked by, and was instantly irritated. "Dazai! You can't just bring random people here--" He said before recognizing Rue's face, and shut up. He looked like a soldier having flashbacks to the war.

Rue glared at Kunikida, her attitude she used to pretend she hated Dazai and was confident, strong, as well as independent coming back.

Kunikida was wary, and weary. "Just... don't create problems." It seemed the man was somewhat afraid of Rue, and wanting to move past their first interaction.

Dazai laughed, obviously happy he wasn't going to be bothered by Kunikida now that Rue was around. "Sit with me." He walked over to the couch in the room, plopping himself down.

Rue followed, like a mindless pet. She felt a strange sense of peace, yet also a lingering feeling of sadness, and impending doom. Dazai made her feel all fuzzy inside, and her brain obviously wasn't operating correctly. She gazed at him tenderly, while trying to figure out everything about him. He was grinning, but felt so dead inside when she really thought about it. He was like a walking corpse, his spirit already deceased, but his body was still alive. Was he even capable of loving? Was that smile something he forced onto his pretty face? Rue was snapped out of her thoughts when Dazai addressed her directly in the middle of his blabbering.

"Rue-chan." He poked her cheek, looking smug before he changed his expression to an exaggerated pout. "You're not listening to me"

"Sorry about that. What were you saying, Osamu?" She asked, tilting her head at him.

Dazai leaned back in the couch, sighing. "I forgot." What he had been saying wasn't of any importance, he was just running his mouth. "Ah! Now I remember, I was telling you about how Kunikida works me like a dog. He's crazy about those ideals of his. He has a book with all of them written down, he even has his ideal woman in there. 58 requirements!! I could show you, mm?" He had a sly smirk on his face, looking over to Kunikida who was working hard at his desk.

"I--"

Before Rue could reply, Dazai got up and snatched that book from Kunikida's desk without him noticing. He flipped through the pages, then finally got to the part where it described his ideal type. "Here we are. Interesting, right?" He handed the book to Rue, smirking more.

She had a rather ridiculous reaction, her mouth falling open. "This-- is... is..." She scanned the pages, in pure shock and... almost embarrassment. "This lady can't exist-- right?! Even if she doesn't, this still makes me feel insecure." She blurted out, simply because she was so appalled by this.

Dazai snickered, finding this very funny.

Kunikida noticed what was going on, and came over to Rue, taking the book back and whacking Dazai on the head with it. "Dazai!!" He yelled in anger, his face red.

"Owww!!!" He whined, being overdramatic.

Kunikida grabbed Dazai, yelling at him more. "You're supposed to be working, not hanging out with your girlfriend!!" He furiously hit the man multiple times.

Dazai acted like this was a normal occurrence, in which it was. "Aaagh! She wanted to be with me, she's pregnant! I must care for her best as I as can." He said this as if he were a good man, noble and righteous.

"She's-- you WHAT?!" Kunikida was so shocked, and he yelled in confusion.

Rue didn't ask to spend time with Dazai in person, no... but she wasn't complaining. "I'm your... girlfriend now?" She questioned, thinking Dazai didn't want to be with her since he hadn't replied when she asked if he'd leave her.

"Of course." He replied calmly.

Rue was... she wanted to... she was ecstatic!! She wanted to jump up and down squealing!!! She had really strong emotions, if you didn't notice already. She suppressed a happy squeak, grinning from ear to ear as she blushed. This felt like dizziness, yet smiling and enjoying every second of the unfamiliar and slightly uncomfortable experience. She had forgotten all about pretending to hate Dazai.

"Atsushi!! Snacks!" An obnoxious male voice called from another area of the room.

A young looking, white haired, boy stood up from the desk next to Kunikida. Rue thought he was pretty adorable, but he had a really bad haircut...

Out of curiosity, Rue stood up, trying to get a view of what was happening. What she saw was a man sitting up on one of the tables, munching on some kind of food. He looked pretty entitled up there, like he ruled the world.

Atsushi gave the man more snacks, looking a bit annoyed at his demands.

The man happily accepted them, then saw me. "Hey, do you have snacks for me?"

"N-no..." Rue fixed her demeanor, putting back on her polite lady act. "Who are you? You work with Osamu?"

He scoffed, making a face like he was happy to talk about himself. "Yes, I am the Armed Detective Agency's best. With my ability, I can deduce anything. Ranpo Edogawa." He grinned. "Who are you?"

"Rue Suzuki. It's a pleasure to meet you, sir." She bowed, already liking this Ranpo guy. If he told her he was the smartest in the world, she'd probably believe him.

Dazai spectated in the background while Kunikida lectured him about not bringing his girlfriend around even though she was pregnant, and how he needs to work harder.

Rue thought this to be strange, since Ranpo didn't seem to be doing anything... but then again, he must be someone special, right? She knew she would be Dazai's... but she couldn't help but think Ranpo was attractive.

"You too." He said, before going back to eating his snacks.

Rue couldn't possibly be distracted by Ranpo for long, and went back to admiring Dazai. "Osamu..." She mumbled, before remembering she was supposed to be acting cold towards him. Her expression changed to one of feigned irritation. "Since we are definitely going to be having these children, what shall we name them?" She asked seriously.

Dazai pretended to think for a moment before saying something back. "Well, they are triplets, right? How about... Mistake 1, Mistake 2, and Mistake 3?" 

Kunikida whipped his head around to stare at Dazai and Rue. "Triplets?!!" 

Atsushi was also shocked, his face going paler than it already was before. "EH!?" 

Rue looked down, feeling ashamed of herself. "Yes..." She confirmed. 

The two of them kind of just sat watching Rue, before congratulating her. 

Rue's face turned red from embarrassment, not so much liking the idea that she had three children growing inside of her at that very moment. "Thank you both." She somehow managed to force out. Then she directed her focus back to Dazai, genuinely angry with him. "Are you crazy? You want to name them mistakes?!! That is not even a real name, and they would receive a lifetime of bullying." The woman reasoned. 

Her angry face looked a little silly and cute, so Dazai couldn't help but tease her. "Aww, is Chubby Rue-chan mad at me? Look at your puffy cheeks!" He started squishing them, trying to be annoying on purpose. 

"Don't touch me!!" She demanded, trying to slap his hands away. 

Dazai did a gasp. "Are you becoming violent? You're really that upset?" He raised his eyebrows, obviously just playing around. 

Rue on the other hand, was not in the mood for his antics anymore. "Do you want me to hit you? Do you enjoy making people upset to the point they want to beat you?! Do you enjoy being beat?!! Disgusting!!!" She raised her voice louder than before, losing her composure. 

"Why is Dazai always paired with people he doesn't get along with...?" Atsushi wondered out loud, a look of bewilderment on his face as he spectated Dazai and Rue's interaction. 

Dazai kind of just stood there looking at her, then released her face from his grasp. "You're a strange one, Rue-chan. Everybody likes me, why do you pretend you don't?" 

"It's incredibly obvious that is a lie!! That Kunikida is always angry at you for something." Rue didn't acknowledge the last thing he said, not wanting to be exposed even more. 

Dazai poked fun at her some more. "Hey, hey! You know you like me, you love me. Admit it, just come clean already. Come on." 

Rue turned away from him, trying her hardest to hold back a smile. "No." She accidentally said in a way that made it even easier to tell she was lying. "You are a very annoying man." 

"Look at me and say that." 

Rue looked him right in the eyes, then opened her mouth to speak, but he took her glasses off of her neck. "HEY!!!" She screamed like a little kid, trying to get them back. 

Dazai held them up in the air, keeping them out of Rue's reach. I'm the narrator, and this guy is getting on my nerves.

Rue jumped in the air multiple times, then stared up at him in defeat. "Why do you do this to me?" She didn't even know it, but she was smiling at him. Secretly, this was all very amusing to her now. 

Dazai enjoyed seeing people react to the stuff he did, and even more so liked it when he could get a laugh out of others. Nobody ever really laughed, only became exasperated. Annoying others was his only hobby. "To receive the glasses, you must look at me and tell me how annoying I am to you." 

Rue hesitated, before just saying it. "You annoy me to no end. I really don't like you."

"You're smiling and actively trying to frown, so you're lying... you were also giggling at me while we were on the phone, so how do you expect me to think you're telling the truth?" He put the glasses on. "Don't I look nice?" 

"...Perhaps so?" Rue was beginning to think he was a weird guy. "It takes a liar to know a liar." She was an honest soul, yes, but when she was a little girl she was a skilled liar. Always trying her best to get what she wanted. Even if she failed, she would go and freeload from whatever Suzu had. Her father shaped her to become a reserved, kind, and elegant lady, throwing away that demanding child. That queen of lies died... almost. Funny thing is, Rue is extremely emotional and empathetic, as well as a people pleaser. Do you understand how all those traits may be present in a single person?

"Hm." Dazai gave the glasses back, observing Rue closely. He was in his own thoughts. 

The rest of the day, Rue ended up unintentionally napping on the couch in that building. There was a point where Dazai carried her into his car while she slept, and drove her back home. She almost magically stayed asleep the entire time. From Dazai's arms, Rue went into Eliza's, and she tucked her into bed.