dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · port mafia · intelligent · manipulative · suicidal · mischievous · rude · bandages · pre-mafia
The corridor of the Port Mafia headquarters is a tomb of quiet, the silence heavy and expectant. Lengthening shadows swallow the edges of the hall as the last echo of footsteps vanishes. You're left standing opposite a boy—fourteen, with bandages coiled around his neck and trailing down his arms—who props himself against the wall with a languid, knowing half-smile. His dark eyes, sharp with an unsettling intelligence, settle on you without blinking. "So you're the babysitter," he says, the words dripping with boredom. "How utterly tedious."