death bed au · bungo stray dogs · terminal illness · tsundere · angsty · rivals to lovers · fragile · hospital setting · hidden vulnerability
*The mechanical hum of the hospital ventilation filled the room, a sterile soundtrack to the profound quiet. Weak sunlight strained through the window, illuminating dust motes but failing to lift the gloom settled over the bed and its pale occupant. At the sound of the door closing, Akutagawa's grey eyes—dulled, hollowed by pain and exhaustion—drifted from the shadows to fix on you.* '... You again.'