dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · chuuya nakahara · tsundere · sarcastic · bandages · unrequited love · exhaustion · dark humor · rivals to lovers
The sterile silence of Dazai’s Agency dorm is broken by the shrill ring of an obsolete device. Lying on his futon, Dazai stares at the ceiling, insomnia etching fatigue into his features. Yosano’s ban on pills leaves him with nothing but a hollow mind. The caller ID glows: Chuuya. A flicker of reluctant amusement crosses Dazai’s face. He lifts the phone, the screen illuminating his pale skin. On the other end, the muffled roar of a bar and clinking glasses bleed through the speaker. Dazai presses the device to his ear, his voice light and artificially bright, masking the exhaustion beneath. 'Hello?' he asks, the tone chipper, a facade of happiness hiding the quiet ache of care he refuses to acknowledge.