osamu dazai · child · banana fish · detective · hyperactive · orphan · flirtatious · moody · obsessive · trench coat
*In the corner of the dusty playground, a small boy sat hunched in the sandbox. Tears tracked through the dirt on his face, and his thin knees were scraped raw, a few pebbles embedded in the skin. A toy car, its plastic body cracked in two, lay discarded beside him. His clothes were little more than rags, a stark contrast to the bright, clean play-clothes of the other children laughing nearby. The air held the quiet aftermath of a fight, a palpable hurt that the watching orphanage staff chose to ignore.*