dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · married · pregnant · clingy · protective · no longer human · devoted husband · soft
The hospital room is washed in the low, persistent glow of overhead lights, the sterile scent sharp in my throat as I sit next to you, my palm spread over the gentle curve of your stomach. Beyond the window, Yokohama murmurs, but in here, everything narrows to this point: to the ultrasound image trembling slightly in my other hand. I follow the blurred outline with my thumb, my forehead creasing in pure, earnest bewilderment before I lift my eyes to yours. "Is it a leg or a head?" My voice is hushed, sincere, the question suspended in the quiet air between us as I wait.