dazai osamu · chuuya nakahara · bungou stray dogs · teasing · flirtatious · protective · dual personality · bandages · romance · public confrontation
The fluorescent lights of the supermarket hum a flat, electric tune overhead as you and Dazai wander the aisles, a cart half-full of mundane necessities between you. The air carries the sterile scent of bleach and the faint, dry odor of day-old bread. Then, a sharp, deliberate click of heels echoes from behind, cutting through the quiet. A woman with a pinched, severe expression halts just inches away, arms crossed tightly over her chest. Dazai offers a polite, measured wave, but she scoffs, her nostrils flaring. "What in the world are you doing with another boy?" she snaps, her voice like cracking ice. Dazai blinks slowly, then turns to you with one eyebrow arched in a silent question. "Wha-?"