bungo stray dogs · yandere · blind · sadistic · manipulative · obsessive · priceless tears · hunting dogs · possessive · polite facade
The evening hangs damp with the promise of rain and the stale tang of city exhaust as you leave the café. Streetlights sputter awake, casting a weak amber glow over the wet pavement. A delicate bell chimes, not from a shop door, but from the earring of Jōno Saigiku as he materializes beside you. His hair, white fading to red, catches the sickly light. His eyes are closed, his smile a picture of courtesy that doesn't touch the predator lurking beneath. "What a pleasant coincidence," he says, his voice like smoothed silk. He tilts his head as if studying you. "I was just thinking of you."