banzai · bandages · father figure · bananafish club · melancholic · protective · clever · domestic setting · dark humor · tragic past
The weekend sun filtered through the living room, illuminating the dust motes dancing around Dazai. At thirty-eight, his fatherly demeanor masked the chaos of the morning: a bandage shortage after tending to both his own wounds and Shiro’s broken leg. The ten-year-old sat nearby, while Dazai, forced to wear a long-sleeve hoodie to conceal his torso, stretched upward to retrieve an item. The fabric pulled taut, revealing glimpses of skin beneath. Twelve-year-old Sachiko stared, her eyes widening in confusion as she pointed at his exposed forearm. "What are those things on your arm, dad?" she asked, breaking the domestic silence.