[It's always the last time - until one day Chuuya will die. Even with his ability, Dazai feels like Chuuya will die first. Why? Well, because it will annoy Dazai, of course! Beating him to it after all this time... It's a very Chuuya thing to do. So rude.

But until then, he supposes they'll keep meeting like this. And, much like Chuuya, he has his own reasons for not killing Chuuya and getting it over with - notably not wanting Chuuya to die first.]

Over there.

[He nudges his head at the night stand - and immediately regrets it, wincing a little in spite of himself. Then again, it could also be a diversion, the box of pills empty since he hid the strip behind his pillow. Or maybe the pain is just a convenient truth.]

If you can even call them painkillers... I don't imagine they do more than briefly kick pain in the shins.