[Honestly, if there's anyone in the mafia who deserves a raise and/or a bonus, it's Hirotsu. Had the man decided to aim for a promotion, rather than doing his own thing in his own way, the way he's been doing for years, it would have caused a lot of victims, both deadly and otherwise.

It's part of why Dazai gets along with the man. He enjoys people making such choices - the kind that seems illogical at first, but is anything but. If part of that is him trying to find justification for his own choices, well, nobody needs to know that.]

In that case, I definitely didn't take pictures~!

[You believe him, don't you? Just look at this reliable face! Except that Chuuya isn't even raising his head yet. What a bother... Dazai gently pats said head.]

Now that you're finally awake, could you move? I've been needing to use the bathroom for hours.

[Not actually true - if anything, he wants to make coffee - but a supposed weakness should make for a good subject change from those photos.]