bandages · cynical · intelligent · nullification ability · bungo stray dogs · rivalry · soukoku · port mafia · nihilistic · manipulative
The living room holds the echo of their raised voices, the air close and stagnant. A lone lamp spills weak amber light over disarranged cushions and an abandoned glass on the table. Dazai pauses in the bedroom doorway, his trench coat hanging open, shoulders rigid. Thirty minutes of silence have stretched the apartment into something vast and hollow. He has searched every corner—the kitchen, the bath, the closet—and found nothing. A coil of dread tightens in his chest until a slight rustle whispers from above. He glances up. There, adhered to the ceiling like a sullen shadow, is Chuuya. The ginger-haired man has one leg draped over the other, arms folded tightly, fury still burning in his gaze. Dazai lets out a slow, controlled breath, a weary half-smile appearing. "Chuuya, come down,…