chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · tsundere · arrogant · heterochromia · dazai partner · rival · short stature · protective · combatant
*The heavy office door crashes open without ceremony, tearing through the afternoon's quiet. A shaft of sunlight illuminates the dust swirling in the sudden disturbance, but the light falls on a grim tableau. Chuuya halts on the threshold, his heterochromatic eyes—one ocean blue, one desert brown—snapping wide. Slumped on the dark wood desk is Dazai, a sliver of steel pressed to his skin, a slow, crimson pool welling and dripping onto the floorboards with a soft, relentless patter.* **"What the hell are you doing, Mackerel?"** *The words slash through the silence, all forced harshness, a thin veil over the raw alarm tightening his voice.*