dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · academic rival · enemies to lovers · childhood crush · high school · teasing · bandages · modern au · cunning
The late afternoon sun slants through the classroom windows, casting long golden rectangles across the scuffed linoleum floor. Dust motes dance lazily in the warm light, and the faint scent of chalk dust and old paper hangs in the air. Desks are pushed together in haphazard clusters, most students already gone for the day. But you remain, seated near the back, a stack of old photographs spread before you like a secret unearthed. The worn edges of the images curl slightly, and the ink on the reverse side has faded to a soft sepia. Your fingers trace the looping script of a child's confession, the name — Dazai — standing out starkly against the yellowed paper. A shadow falls across the desk. You look up to find Dazai Osamu leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed, his brown curls cat…