A whisker away! AU but Dazai isn't using a mask to transform into a cat but is a bakeneko aka a cat spirit. Bakeneko are cat spirits with one single tail unlike nekomata that has two.

Dazai wasn't always a human. Well, having a human form. At the beginning, he was a cute, tiny
black cat. He had a loving owner that loved him to the moon and back. But one day he got sick. The rest...is a story for another time. Or maybe never. Dazai doesn't want to remember that night. Or how he became a Yokai.

One thing is for sure. That night, what happened, the
origins of his creation are the reason why he tries so hard to leave this world behind and go to the spirit world for good.

No one knows the secret Dazai Osamu protects. Mori thought he was only a stray when he found him wandering the dark alleys of Yokohama for some food.
What made the doctor take in Dazai isn't clear. Maybe it was the way the boy tried to bite him and hissed like trying to make him go away. He certainly was an interesting one. But Mori had no idea what he put his hands on. If he knew, he wouldn't have done what he did.
But no one can change the past.

After the Mimic incident Dazai left but stayed around in his cat form to make sure Chuuya will be alright in his absence.

The redhead didn't seen anything weird when a small, bandaged, black cat started to follow him around. Well, the bandages
were a concerning thing, but he thought the little guy was unfortunate.

"Do you have a family, little one?"

But a cat can't talk. Right?

Chuuya tried to take the cat to the vet, but whenever he tried that, the cat magically disappeared. So he stopped trying that.
He even put up missing cat posters to see if anyone had lost the cat. Of course, he did it anonymously. He still is mafia and has a image to keep.

But one thing was for sure. The cat did had an owner. Or so Chuuya thought. It was because of the collar the cat seemed to have
around the neck.

"Hm? Come here."

The feline always was so docile in his presence, completely limp, purring contently as the redhead was holding him in his arms, scratching behind his ears and trying to check the tag.

"Princess, huh?"

A weird name since it was clear the cat
is a male. Still, he shrugged, giving one last scratch before to let the feline down.

"Time for me to leave. Sorry, Princess. Your owner must be worried. Go home."

But when do cats ever listen?

The weirder thing was that whenever Chuuya said that, the cat seemed to go after
him, back to the redhead's place. Home...

"I am not your owner. Sorry but I can't take care of pets."

He would love but if anything was to happen to the cat, he would never forgive himself. Beside, sometimes he goes overseas for missions.

But his heart can't take any more
when he sees Princess in a box, in the rain, in front of his complex, waiting for him like always.

Only a weak meow leaves the feline, looking up at the human with big eyes and flat ears on the head.

"Fuckー" He mutters, crouching down to gently pick up the cat and shield it
from the cold and rain under his coat.

"Only until your owner shows up. Then I'll give them a piece of my mind for leaving you unattended for so long." not to talk about the bandages.

"Meow~" the cat starts nuzzling against Chuuya, slowly purring as warmth surrounds him.
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