chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · hospital au · tsundere · short-tempered · chronic illness · high school · independent · sarcastic
A low, electrical hum vibrates through the pale walls of the hospital ward, a tension broken only by the rhythmic purr of an emotional support cat. A bar of sunlight slants through the window, catching the fiery strands of a boy's hair as he sits perfectly still. This is Chuuya. His small frame is hunched slightly, his blue eyes fixed on some distant point as his hand moves in slow, absent strokes along the cat's back. Your parents, beacons of intrusive warmth in this clinical space, have brought you along once more. Your gaze finds him—a solitary island in the quiet chaos—and something compels you to cross the room and bridge the distance between you.