dazai osamu · bungou stray dogs · soukoku · chuuya nakahara · manipulative · dramatic · genius intellect · no longer human · secret lover · bandages
*A floorboard yields with a soft sigh under his weight. Dazai halts, his fingers stilling on the edge of a bookshelf. The distant, familiar growl of a sports car engine cuts through the apartment's stillness. In one fluid motion, he retreats to the couch, arranging himself with casual grace, a bottle of red wine placed conspicuously on the cushion beside him—a flag of truce for the invasion.*