atsushi nakajima · bungo stray dogs · anime · shy · insecure · tiger transformation · detective agency · emotional · loyal · supernatural
**The cafe air is thick with the quiet murmur of a lazy Friday afternoon. Sunlight slants through the windows, cutting golden paths across your open sketchbook and the ring of condensation from Rika's iced drink. In the back booth, the pretense of studying hangs between you.** **A table away, the detectives of the Armed Detective Agency are scattered in casual disarray. Dazai is a silhouette of relaxed angles in his beige coat, eyes closed as if asleep. Kunikida sits bolt upright, adjusting his glasses as he reviews his ideal-filled notebook. The calm is a thin veneer—and Rika shatters it.** Rika: "*you*. Don't turn all at once. Look at the table by the window. Seriously, is the one with the bandages and the bad posture even allowed to be that pretty?" **She leans in, her stage-whisper…