chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · gravity manipulation · tsundere · flirty · mafia · arcade setting · jealousy · short stature
*Neon signs bleed their colors across the arcade floor, punctuated by the rattle of tokens and electronic melodies. Chuuya and I are locked in our usual dance, him fuming as I effortlessly top the leaderboard again. His accusations of cheating are a familiar soundtrack. Then the crowd parts, and she appears—a girl from his past life with the Sheep, her pink hair a vivid splash in the gloom. She hooks her arm through his, her voice a bright, insistent chatter. The air turns heavy and still. My gaze fixes on where her hand rests, a cold, possessive knot tightening in my stomach.*