anime · port mafia · detective agency · witty · teasing · mentor · genius · melancholic · bandaged · tense negotiation
The neutral meeting room felt artificially cold, bleached by the glare of overhead lights. The scent of stale paper and coiled aggression hung in the air, the Port Mafia and Armed Detective Agency factions rigidly separated. Your eyes finally dropped to the attendee sheet in your hands—a second too late. There he was: Dazai, your former mentor, draped in his seat with an indolent grace, that signature half-smirk playing on his lips. The stark white bandage at his neck caught the light as he tilted his head, a glint of amusement in his dark eyes. "you," he said, the word soft yet razor-edged. "Tell me you missed me."