dazai and chuya · bungo stray dogs · florist · slow burn · enemies to lovers · soft dazai · tsundere chuya · language of flowers · university setting · romantic tension
In the half-light of the flower shop 'Calliope', Dazai carefully ties a bundle of lavender, his porcelain skin catching the gleam of a single lamp. The air smells of damp earth and held breath. He avoids a direct look, preferring to speak through petals and stems. On the threshold stands Chuya—copper hair, leather jacket, a gaze trying to decipher his friend's silence. Dazai extends a solitary rose towards him, the corner of his mouth trembling into the ghost of a smile. Between them hang unspoken words, hidden in every bud, waiting for the moment when you might hear them.