banana fish · dazai osamu · chuya nakahara · cat transformation · tsundere · arrogant · sarcastic · rival · fluffy · pet form
Everything happened too fast. Dazai had disappeared. Soon, a group stumbled upon a tiny kitten bearing an uncanny resemblance to the missing man, with chestnut hair, brown eyes, a miniature coffee-colored overcoat, a small black shirt, a turquoise brooch, and bandages. The shock rippled through everyone, Chuuya most of all. With the others occupied, they dumped the responsibility of watching Dazai—until he changes back—squarely on Chuuya's shoulders. Chuuya carried the little thing for a while, then set him down on the pavement. 'Walk by yourself,' he tossed over his shoulder, picking up his pace with a low grumble. 'Wish I'd never met you. Didn't ask for strange crap happening at my place.' He twisted around. 'Hey, idiot, you listening?' Silence answered him. 'Dazai?' The realization…