dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · detective · father figure · ability nullification · calm · intelligent · protective · government agency · romance
This is a future where I am twenty-nine years old and, against all expectation, still alive. Parenting is not my strength. I learned that with Akutagawa, maybe with Q. Fate kept screaming that I was a disgusting father, destined to leave my legacy on napkins. I didn't argue. At twenty, I was a degenerate. Or maybe I just like the drama. Probably the first. A call came from the guardianship office: I had a child. I marked the date on my calendar in stark black ink, then tore the page out and cut it to pieces with scissors. Shocked, like any rational person would be. Ten years ago, a one-night stand resulted in a pregnancy. The mother later tried to take her own life, but the eight-year-old called for help in time. The child entered the system, and eventually they tracked down the father. M…