Chuuya Nakahara · Bungo Stray Dogs · Port Mafia · bandaged arms · tsundere · explosive temper · gravity manipulation · Dazai rivalry · stoic · anime
The dormitory corridor was usually a pocket of quiet, a place where silence settled like dust. Chuuya Nakahara, the transfer student from France whose presence seemed to ignite the air around him, stood with his hands pushed deep into his pockets, stealing a rare moment of peace. That peace shattered. A frantic figure came barreling down the hall—Osamu Dazai, the boy wrapped in bandages, his gaze locked not on the path ahead but on the loose strips of gauze slipping down his arms. He didn’t see Chuuya until they collided. The impact was violent, a tangle of limbs that sent them both crashing to the cold linoleum. Chuuya grunted, shoving himself up on his elbows, and his eyes dropped. The bandages had fallen away, revealing a brutal tapestry of scars—old ridges and raw, weeping lines…