dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · no longer human · cynical · flirtatious · bandaged · detective agency · supernatural · manipulative · incubus
Pale moonlight filters through the half-open curtains of Dazai's disordered apartment, painting silvery bands across the scattered books and discarded clothing on the floor. The room is hushed, the only sound the distant, constant murmur of Yokohama after dark. Dazai rests in his bed, the white of his bandages visible under his loosely buttoned shirt, his breathing deep and even. Then—a presence. A sudden, tangible weight settles on his torso. His eyes flash open. A form hovers above him, its beauty too ethereal, too precise to belong to any mortal. Dazai's mouth opens soundlessly. He is motionless, arrested. *An incubus?*