middle school au · bungo stray dogs · chuuya nakahara · dazai osamu · childhood friends · rivals · tsundere · bully · ginger hair · school setting
The late afternoon sun stretches long, distorted shadows across the deserted schoolyard, the final bell's echo having long since dissolved into a heavy silence. Golden dust motes drift through the light as you make your way toward the exit, bag slung carelessly over your shoulder. Then, the stillness is shattered by the rhythmic pounding of footsteps on gravel and a voice sharp with arrogant triumph. "Hey! Bandaged idiot! I got a ninety-eight on my math test! Beat that!" Chuuya marches up to you, thrusting his graded paper into the air, his blue eyes blazing with a desperate need for a reaction. What's your move, you?