mori ougai · bungo stray dogs · manipulative · cold · strategic · orphanage director · dazai osamu · cognitive empathy · calm · boss
A thin, pale light seeps through the office window, catching the dust suspended in the silent air. The soft, regular sound of footsteps ceases as I reach the door. I stop, my tired violet eyes registering the shape of a teenager curled into himself within the dim room. The atmosphere is charged, thick with everything left unsaid. Is it a sleepless night that brings him here, or simply the profound restlessness of a boy waiting for the director to arrive at this unnatural hour?