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“Happy birthday Ronniekins” George said, his voice monotone and emotionless. Ever since Blaise had told all of them about the petrification, everyone, especially the twins, had been melancholy. No matter how hard the twins tried to keep up the fun, goofy, charade, it was obviously forced. Blaise took it the worst, predictably. He only left the gang room to go to his classes, and even then he was lost behind a heavy layer of dissociation. Ron seemed more lost than sad, he was so used to just following Dazai around, his absence left an obvious confusion. The same could be said for Draco, but he made up for that loss by being loud. He began to be even more obnoxious and rude. Ron and Draco began their constant bickering again. Hermione didn’t even have the energy to stop them anymore. Hermione spent all of her time in the library, reading any book she could find that was even slightly related to the basilisk. Even Pansy seemed upset. If you asked her about it she would rattle off some excuse about missing making fun of him, but it was obvious she missed him.
The silence was interrupted by a rhythmic knock on the door. This caused the gang to confusedly look around at each other, they were all in the room and the only other person who knew of this room’s existence was Ginny, but she had class at this moment. The door swung open, not waiting for an answer.
“Did ya miss me~!!” a familiar voice rang out, filling the room.
“Huh- SNAKEY!!” Fred shouted. Dazai winced at the sound but made no complaints. As he closed the door behind him, he got pounced on by a set of ecstatic twins. He fell to the floor under their weight and the rest of the gang, except for Blaise, rushed to his side
“Woah there, be careful” Dazai laughed out, raising his arms from the pile of his frien- his subordinates. “I don't feel like having to get these stitched back up” he said, motioning to his arms
“Dazai, i’m sorry, but you were petrified and possibly dead for three weeks, forgive us for being excited when you wake up” Hermione said, wiping away tears.
“Well since I was gone I have some things I need to get done since I’ve been gone. First of all, Happy birthday Ron!“ Dazai began, pulling a bag out of his cloak. Ron placed the bag to the side, seemingly finding Dazai more important right then. “Next, I’m assuming Ron and Draco have been bickering while I was gone?” After murmurs of agreement from the others, he continued “Uh, well stop. That’s not very cool. And last, and most definitely least. Pansy, welcome to the hell’s hounds” and he pulled a small box out of his pocket and handed it to her. “Ron, you can open your birthday gift first. Sorry it’s not that much, I didn't have much time, I happened to be unconscious for most of my prep time.” Fred and George shifted slightly so both them and Dazai could see Ron
Ron put his hand into the bag and pulled out the first gift. An incredibly large bag of Berttie Bott’s every flavor beans Ron smiled and continued rustling through the bag. The next gift was a full collection of the collectable cards that come with chocolate frogs. Ron’s face lit up, Dazai chuckled “Sorry, I didn't know which ones you already had so I just got you all of them.” Ron, still shellshocked, pulled out the final gift, A necklace that had a charm that was shaped as a golden snitch. Upon further inspection the body of the snitch cracked open to reveal a small watch (See endnotes for link to image)
“I’m not very good at receiving gifts, but thanks Dazai, I really appreciate it!” Ron said while the twins muttered something about Dazai being really good at buying gifts
“Oh, don’t worry about it, I'm not either. Well Pansy, open your present. I don't care if you don’t like it.” Dazai said, Orion and Egg yawning in unison, across the room, next to Blaise who still had yet to leave the couch.
Pansy scoffed, used her nails to cut the tape holding the box closed and pulled the gift out. It was a fancy, rose pink, beaded, choker. (See endnotes for link to image) Pansy’s brow furrowed “Wow, this is actually really nice, thanks.” She said
“I heard you liked pink and fancy things so I saw that and bought it.” Dazai shrugged and stood, dusting himself off. He walked over to the couch, Picked up Orion and flopped down, leaning on Blaise “What’s up, you’ve been more quiet than normal?” he asked. The rest of the gang splitting into their own conversations
“You scared me Osamu, please, never do that again.” Blaise said, silent tears rolling down his face. Orion and Egg snuggled closer to Dazai, and Featherbrain flew down from her perch and landed on the armrest
Dazai lifted his arm and interlocked his hand with Blaise’s “I will try. I can't make any promises but I will try my hardest for you.” Dazai said, resting his head on Blaise’s shoulder. Blaise, nodded, wiped his tears with his other hand, and rested his head on top of Dazai’s
There was a murmur from the twins about how cute they were, but neither Blaise nor Dazai cared enough about anything else but each other to listen