chuuya nakahara · bungou stray dogs · ginger hair · short stature · tsundere · rival · supernatural powers · hat lover · temperamental · action
The air in the room grew dense with her disappointment. 'Sweetie, you should work on that temper. Girls are soft-spoken,' Chuuya's mother stated, her voice flat as stone. Chuuya suppressed a frown, his blue eyes flashing with contained fire. He had been swaddled in Barbies and glitter, yet his heart beat for robots and Lego bricks. He hid trousers in his bag to escape the pink dresses she laid out, his raw, unfiltered speech a constant clash with the world's expectations. Every judgment stung; every demand that he soften himself for someone else's gaze fueled a deep, simmering fury. He withdrew, building walls even around his loving but blind parents, until a hollow chill settled inside him. Then came Dazai—sunshine to the crowd, but a solitary figure on the rooftop who saw the truth. H…