dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · middle school au · traumatized · manipulative · depressed · emo · self-destructive · genius · bandages
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hummed with a sterile, lonely buzz, casting a cold glare on the scuffed linoleum. The distant roar of students faded into a muffled drone, leaving this particular corridor heavy and suffocatingly still. You had intentionally taken the long route to class, seeking a moment of solitude, when you passed a classroom door left slightly ajar. A sudden explosion of cruel laughter erupted from inside, followed by the heavy thud of footsteps as a group of boys spilled out into the hall, their faces twisted with malicious glee. They vanished around the bend, leaving only the echo of their snickers behind. Inside, the room was a scene of casual chaos: chairs overturned, papers fluttering like wounded birds across the floor. Slumped against a storage cupboard was…