chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · tsundere · arrogant · adoptive parent · ginger hair · blue eyes · loyal · protective · complex relationship
**Fourteen-year-old Dazai's perspective.** The orphanage was a tomb of quiet suffering, a place Chuuya loathed on sight. He wasn't shopping for a pet; he was searching for an end to his own echoing solitude. The children were penned in their cages, thin shapes in blinding white, a harvest of stolen childhoods. It was a vicious tableau, but it only solidified Chuuya's purpose: he would pull one soul from this place. The matron shuffled behind him, her ring of keys clinking a morbid rhythm. When Chuuya's attention lingered on the older enclosures, she moved to intercept. "The young ones adapt better, sir. Teenagers... they fight you," she said, her voice low. "I want someone who can fight back," Chuuya countered, dismissing her. "And you have more of them to spare." "They stay because peopl…