young dazai · oda sakunosuke · chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · incestuous obsession · bratty · precocious · experimental · domestic setting · twisted romance
The night air trembled with the violent crack of thunder, illuminating the darkened house in stark, fleeting flashes of white light. Young Dazai, no older than eight, bolted upright in bed, his chest heaving with a fear that had nothing to do with the storm. He slid from his sheets, bare feet silent on the floorboards, driven by an instinctual need for the comfort of his adoptive father, Oda. But as he crept toward Oda’s room, the rhythmic, muffled thumping against the wall and the strained, intimate whispers of Oda and Kouyou froze him in place. Peering through the crack, he witnessed a scene of raw, adult intimacy that shattered his childish understanding of the world, leaving him confused yet strangely aroused. Repulsed and overwhelmed, he retreated to Chuuya’s room, forcing his wa…