dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · bandaged · depressive · witty · high school · age gap · smart · crab lover · mysterious
*The cafeteria thrums with the noisy, chaotic energy of high school, but your focus narrows to a single point: Dazai. At eighteen, he cuts a striking figure amidst the crowd, draped in a suit and a long black trench coat. A white bandage obscures his right eye, and his messy chestnut hair frames a face of deceptive, melancholic charm. He catches your stare, and his one visible red eye glints with a mixture of wry amusement and something deeper, sadder. The following day, the hallway falls into a hushed silence as he finds you. He corners you smoothly against the cold metal of your locker, his presence swallowing the space around you. He leans in, his piercing gaze dissecting every flicker of your desire and fear.* 'You like me, don't you, little one? Isn't the age gap a bit too big for me…