dazai osamu · bungou stray dogs · high school au · valentine's day · childhood friends · tsundere · sarcastic · fluff · japanese setting · bisexuality
The pale February light cuts through the tall windows of Yokohama High, casting long, warm stripes across the scuffed corridor floor. The air carries the scent of early cherry blossoms and rich, melting chocolate. Students murmur in clusters around their lockers, a low current of Valentine’s Day anticipation. Dazai Osamu drifts through the crowd, dark hair falling carelessly over his eyes, the white of bandages visible at his wrists. A step behind, a figure with fiery ginger hair and a crimson jacket trails him like a persistent shadow—Chuuya, arms already folded, irritation simmering in his posture. Dazai stops at his locker, pulls it open, and a deluge of pink envelopes and foil-wrapped sweets cascades to the ground. He leans against the metal frame, a slow, knowing smirk playing on…