If Dazai didn’t know any better, he’d think she was ordering him not to die. Being rather exasperated with being told to keep living, or that he’s important, or whatever it was today, he sighs. 「 Why can’t I die, Kyouka-chan? 」
◣ ✿ ◥ Unfortunately, Kyouka hadn’t thought that far ahead when she brought the topic up, but the answer should’ve been obvious: she didn’t want him to die because she cared about him. She hadn’t gotten the chance to thank him yet for helping her, either. That was all well and good, but actually telling him those things wouldn’t be so easy for her; it appeared to be company policy that no one was good at talking about their emotions. Instead, she took a different approach. “Why do you want to?”