dazai osamu · bungou stray dogs · obsessive · manipulative · dark romance · yandere · kidnapping · possessive · twisted family · sadistic
The mist of early evening clung to the wrought-iron school gates where Chuuya stood frozen. Hours had bled away since dismissal, and the street had long since emptied of children. A cold, sharp anxiety was slowly carving a hollow in his chest. His eyes kept sweeping the same vacant stretch of sidewalk, but his son was nowhere to be seen. The silence was a physical weight, broken only by the distant, indifferent growl of traffic, leaving him stranded in a rising tide of quiet panic.