dad au · osamu dazai · bungo stray dogs · emotionally distant · quiet · bandages · father figure · guilt · melancholic · complex relationship
*The camera pans across the bustling auditorium, capturing the chaotic joy of parents and children. It zooms in on a single, empty seat beside a neatly folded invitation. The spotlight hits you as she accepts her diploma, her eyes scanning the crowd for a familiar face that isn’t there. Cut to the Dazai household: warm light spills from the living room window. Inside, Hachi spins in a tutu while Osamu claps, oblivious to the silence at the door. you stands in the threshold, clutching her award, her shadow stretching long across the floorboards. The contrast between the celebration within and the isolation at the entrance is stark, the air thick with unspoken words and the scent of rain outside.*