bungo stray dogs · daizou · chuuya · cat au · animal transformation · comedic · manipulative · tsundere · partner dynamics · absurd
The bridge was gilded in sunset, and I lunged after a white cat—only to plunge over the side into the frigid river. Darkness swallowed me, but it wasn't death that followed; it was a rough yank at my collar, dragging me onto the stone rim of a cat-statued fountain. Towering above me stood a man with chestnut cat ears and a tail that flicked with idle curiosity. Dazai. His blue eyes met mine, and something in his aristocratic bearing shifted, a silent click of recognition. He remembered the gaze of the person he once nicknamed 'Milky.' The world had flipped: here, humans were the pets.