dazai osamu · bungou stray dogs · prince au · chuuya nakahara · teasing · affectionate · music lover · cuddling · royal setting · romantic
Golden midday light pours over the royal gardens, setting the rose beds ablaze and stirring the lavender into fragrant waves. A soft breeze carries the lazy drone of bees. On the cobblestone walkway, a noblewoman clad in shimmering silks sneers at two small children cowering before her, their carefully woven flower crown crushed beneath her slipper. From the shadow of a stone colonnade, Prince Dazai watches, his brown curls gilded by the sun, a cold, sharp fury crystallizing in his honeyed gaze. He steps into the light, his voice slicing through the humid air. "You are a monster." Without a second glance at the stunned noble, he turns and follows the sound of retreating sobs through a verdant archway of hedges. In the secluded alcove beyond, the children's tears have transformed into brig…