Celebration

The next day, there is a mini celebration at the agency's office because Atsushi came back alive. Atsushi told the president that it doesn't need to be celebrated, but Dazai and Kunikida insisted to pushed the party so the mini celebration still happened.

They are all complete. Kyouka, Kenji, Tanizaki, Naomi, Akiko, Kunikida, Fukuzawa, Dazai, Atsushi, Ranpo and even Lucy, Akutagawa, Chuuya, Poe and Karl were there.

Atsushi asked if he could invite someone to celebrate with them and when he got the permission from the president, he called that person immediately.

Not too long, they all heard a knock coming from the door. The person Atsushi invited came, it was Ango.

"I hope I'm not late," Ango said shyly.

Atsushi smiled before shaking his head twice.

"You're just on time." he answered and grabbed Ango's hand.

All of them celebrated together.

Kyouka talked with Atsushi and she gave him a necklace with a bell that he could ring if ever he got missing again.

Atsushi scratches the back of his head as he sees the necklace and looks at Kyouka-chan with a forced smile.

"But Kyouka-chan, I don't think I need to have a necklace like this," he said.

Kyouka shakes her head twice.

"Dazai-san told me that I should give you that necklace no matter what. He said that it will help us find the cat if it ever goes missing."

Atsushi's face got pale. Dazai and Kyouka really see him as a cat.

"I'm a tiger," He corrected her.

Kyouka didn't listen to him, instead, she told him to wear it always so they would immediately find him if he gone missing again.

The celebration continued. Atsushi talked to Akutagawa and told him about the guy being a member of their agency in a different world. Chuuya heard it so he immediately asked if he also saw him there, but Atsushi answered no so Chuuya got sulky. Dazai came and teased the man, saying Atsushi can't really see him because he's so short. That made everyone laugh and at the end, Dazai received a kick from Chuuya.

Smiles were seen on their faces and it didn't leave them until the sun set.

"I need to go now," said Ango.

Time flew fast and the celebration needed to end. It felt like it wasn't even a minute that passed since the celebration started.

"Take care on your way, Ango-san. Thank you for coming," replied Atsushi.

Ango smiled and turned around to leave. But before he could even reach the door, a voice from behind stopped him.

"Hey, Ango..."

The said name turned to the owner of the voice who speak, it was Dazai's.

The man walks towards Ango and halts in front of him. He is holding a book in his right hand that he's been busy reading the whole day.

"If you have time, Do you want to drink with me?"

Dazai's sudden question caught Ango off guard.

"W-Why suddenly invite me for a drink?"

Dazai smiled. He showed the book he's holding to Ango... Ango stared at the book for a while and his eyes got teary when he saw that it was their friend's novel.

"Odasaku is waiting for us there," Dazai spoke with a soft voice.

Ango held the book with shaky hands. He didn't ask another question and just smiled. He knew he could trust Dazai's words.

Meet me at Lupin by Oda Sakunosuke

Ango smiled, and so did Dazai.

"Let's go and meet Odasaku, Dazai-kun." Ango replied.

Atsushi was there, looking at the two with a genuine smile on his face. He's glad to see both Dazai and Ango smiling so brightly.

Maybe he couldn't bring Odasaku back to the original world, but because of Oda's book, they could feel that Odasaku's presence is just there with them.

Well, Odasaku's presence has always been beside them all the time.

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"Atsushi-kun, I just had a dream... In that dream, Odasaku and I met again... He let me call him Odasaku and he also smiled while looking at me."

"Really? What did you do after he smiled at you, Dazai-san?"

"Of course, I cried and hugged him…"

"You cried?"

"Yes… I cried like a kid but it's not because I'm sad."

"Then why did you cry?"

"I cried because I'm so happy..."