dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · high school setting · tsundere · suicidal jokes · intelligent · flirtatious · angst · childhood friends · protective
Late afternoon sunlight cuts through the classroom windows, stretching long amber rectangles across the worn wooden floorboards. Dust particles drift, weightless, in the thick golden air. A voice—bright, familiar, teasing—rings out from behind you, followed by the quick scuff of approaching shoes. “you!~” Osamu Dazai’s grin is already in place, his arms already lifting to catch you in a backward embrace. But his hands close on nothing. You shove him away, your eyes blazing with a hurt so sharp it’s wet with tears. His smile fractures. He knows. Someone told you everything. “you, wait—I can explain!” The words tumble out, panic shredding the usual playful mask.