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Hmm, yes, I suppose so.

[ Jouno doesn't like admitting when Dazai is right. Nor does he want to admit that he likes this -- having someone else kneel before him and clean him up. It's all a little too nice. ]

I want him to find a job, so he feels like he has a purpose again. We're taught to be weapons only. [ Even more so in Tetchou's case. ] Tetchou-san has never been anything else. I think he's lost without that. I've considered having him work with me, but I don't know that he'd agree with what we have to do.

[ Not that he'd question it. Tetchou was good at following orders no matter what. ]

[ Dazai knows Jouno likes this. Knows he enjoys being serviced, in whatever way he can be. Even better when Dazai isn't complaining about it, isn't it? ]

Could offer him to work at Delicto, buuuut. I'm not sure it's his speed. And I don't really need the help there currently. Things've slowed down a bit.

[ Plus, well. He isn't sure Tetchou would actually be good at that sort of work. ]

A friend and I are thinking of opening up a place, though. Somewhere he might have an easier time working. Want me to talk to him? [ It's mostly a half question - he'd already briefly considered asking Tetchou, even if he's sure the man would 100% dislike the way Dazai acts there and maybe even be disgusted with him.

Double edged sword and all. ]

Mm, but, we can keep pushing him. Have you mentioned this to him?

He's a complete idiot. He's terrible at paperwork, and he'd never be able to solve a case. He'd just be trouble at Delicto.

[ Ignoring that he'd beaten Jouno in the competition to obtain information on their most recent case together. ]

What are you planning to do? If it's something a total dumbass can do, then... [ Jouno nods. It's worth a try, he thinks. ]

... mentioned it to him? No. We don't exactly talk when we're together.

It'd at least get him out of the house!

[ Besides, does this mean Jouno sees Dazai as smarter than Tetchou? Well, obviously that was the case, but it still felt good for Jouno to recognize it, even in passing! Even if he wouldn't say it!!! Dazai can't help the stupid smile on his face, for a brief second.

What an idiot. ]

We're going to open up a place like back home! An izakaya type place. He could be a waiter, not sure how he could fuck that up. [ Then there's a pause. ] You don't talk at all?? Not even a little?

[ His hands have stilled - he's looking over Jouno, making sure he'd gotten everything. ]

An izakaya? [ Jouno hums in consideration. It might work. Tetchou had experience with such places due to their boss' penchant for dragging the Hunting Dogs out to them after work.

As for being a waiter... ]

He'll break all your dishes, but... I think he could learn. [ Would it be fulfilling enough to give Tetchou's life meaning? Probably not, but it would give him more to do. ]

Mm, well, we argue... but as far as conversations go, I find myself with my tongue down his throat more often than not.

[ Stupid sexy Tetchou. ]

[ Ugh, Dazai doesn't even have a second to reply regarding the whole job idea. Instead, he's more focused on that last bit. He makes a disgruntled noise, then a groan, almost like a petulant child, disgusted at the very idea of romance and sexual attraction.

Funny, considering who he was. ]

Groooooss! [ Also, the city they're in. Is he stupid? ] I don't get it. You act like you hate the man, but you can't keep your hands off him for like, even a minute.

[ Dazai complains, shifting to stand himself up from the ground then. ]

I hate everything about him. He's self-righteous, idealistic...

[ Jouno wrinkles his nose in clear disgust. ]

He thinks his morals are absolute. I always thought I'd like to see him crumble, but...

[ A heavy sigh. ]

I don't get it myself. There's something about him that drives me absolutely insane.

[ Moving further into the kitchen, now actually focusing on getting things ready to make the secondary cake, Dazai continues to listen, humming slightly in thought. ]

I mean, he's attractive. [ Thanks, Dazai, as if that's not obvious. ]

So you have that going for you when it comes to him. Plus, what he lacks in brains he has in muscle.

[ A pause, and he adds: ] Maybe it's his whole righteous do-gooder attitude that makes him someone interesting to people like us. He's 'good' without even trying, and he actually has morals.

[ It's a little relieving to hear someone else admit Tetchou is attractive, considering Jouno has very little idea what Tetchou actually looks like. For a blind man, he's incredibly vain. He doesn't want to be ~~obsessed~~ interested in someone ugly. ]

I find I've always been weak to men with a muscular physique.

[ But Dazai has a point. It is something that Jouno finds interesting about Tetchou. He can be what Jouno wants to be without even trying. ]

Before I met Tetchou, I thought it was impossible for people to be like that naturally. I'd always believed people were born evil and had to make the attempt to be good, but... He simply is good.

[ Yeah, that much is obvious. Jouno's tastes were easy to identify. Which made it funny that the two of them were... well, whatever the hell they were. Dazai wasn't going to put a label on it, and at this point, he was finding he was actually happy to just exist with the two in this house. Without thinking too in depth on what he might 'feel', because none of that tends to actually matter here.

Which, makes it easier to not care. To allow himself not to care.

He plops a few things onto the counter, ]

Can't say I've ever thought someone could be good like he is, [ Dazai agrees lightly, with a slight hum to his tone. He's half focused, after all!! ] But I've almost come to realize that there's people of all kinds. Some don't have to try.

[ ... And he's jealous of that. ]

Still. He's weird.

Oh, there's definitely something wrong with his brain.

[ Jouno cracks a smile at the insult. Tetchou's odd behavior infuriates him, but he's surprisingly fond of it, too. He's not sure what he'd do were Tetchou not around. ]

Either way, I would greatly appreciate it if you found him something to do. He can help move furniture around, if nothing else, for the opening of your business.

[ At least that was something that he enjoyed, if how often their furniture moved around in the house had anything to say about it. ]

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