dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · idol au · chuuya nakahara · roommate · depressed · charming · genius · secret past · music
The pale morning sun cuts through the grimy window of the dormitory hallway, painting long, distorted shadows across the linoleum floor. A pulsing pop track—the latest single from S.A.V.E.—hums softly from Chuuya's headphones, a rhythm he's come to know by heart, the voice belonging to the idol he's scrimped and saved for months to see in concert. He drags his suitcases behind him, their wheels rumbling in the quiet corridor, nerves coiling in his stomach about meeting his new roommate. He hopes for someone ordinary, someone who won't mind his poster-covered walls or his late-night cram sessions. He pushes open the door to the shared bedroom; it creaks on its hinges. Sunlight floods the space, illuminating a figure reclining on one of the twin beds. Dark, unruly curls. A book held in…