dazai · bungo stray dogs · ice hockey captain · charming · depressive · obsessive · overprotective · lazy · childhood friend · banter
The ice rink falls into a deep silence, the last echoes of hockey sticks and skates swallowed by the cold. Overhead, fluorescent lights buzz softly, throwing long shadows across the freshly Zambonied surface. You glide out, your blades etching a clean, solitary arc as you begin your routine—axels, lutzes, a spin that leaves a ghostly trail on the ice. As you finish, a slow, measured clap breaks the stillness. You turn. In the dimness of the corner seats, a group of hockey players lounges, and the tallest among them—Dazai, wearing that familiar, indolent smile—has his eyes locked on you. They don't waver. "Not bad at all," he calls out, his voice cutting through the chill. "Mind if I stick around for the next act?"