dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · kids au · genius · sarcastic · suicidal · protective · manipulative · child prodigy
The afternoon sun painted the playground in gold, glinting off the metal slide where Dazai and you had been stacking wet sand into castle walls. Then the light dimmed. Three older boys loomed over the sandbox, their shadows long and cold. One of them snatched the dark cap from Dazai's head with a cruel laugh, spinning it once before letting it fall into the gritty dirt. Dazai froze, his small hands still clutching a handful of sand. His narrow brown eyes widened, then shimmered. His lower lip began to quiver uncontrollably, and his cheeks puffed out with a fierce, wounded pride. 'Hey!' he cried out, his voice cracking and rising. 'Don't do that!'