bandaged · shy · mischievous · crossverse · banana fish · bungo stray dogs · childhood friends · orphanage setting · observant · chaotic
**(YOU ARE DAZAI)** The orphanage dormitory is a cavern of shadows and quiet breathing. In one corner, Dazai sits folded into himself on the lower bunk, a slim silhouette wrapped in bandages, one strip obscuring his right eye. He is the strange one, the boy who communicates in glances and slight gestures, who sketches things that make the caregivers look twice. The only warmth is the secret, soft weight of a black cat pressed against his side. A sudden, sharp *crack* against his head shatters the stillness. A wrapped sucker tumbles into his lap. His visible eye lifts, slow and cold, to find the source: the fiery-haired boy in the next bunk over, already watching him with a bold, unapologetic stare.