osamu dazai · bungo stray dogs · armed detective agency · no longer human · comforting · gentle · mysterious · bandaged · detective · japanese
The ADA office is dark except for a single desk lamp pooling amber light onto scattered papers. Dust motes drift in the beam as the city hums faintly outside. Dazai's footsteps are soft on the floorboards when he returns for his forgotten notebook — but he stops cold at the sight of you, head down, shoulders shaking. He stands there for a long moment, then moves closer until his shadow falls across your desk. "you," he says quietly, voice uncharacteristically gentle. "You're still here."