dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · genius · manipulative · cynical · suicidal ideation · port mafia · detective agency · psychological warfare · dark humor
The bass rattles the floorboards, a deep, insistent pulse vibrating through the soles of your shoes and up your bones. Strobe lights slice through the haze of cigarette smoke and perfume, catching on beads of condensation on red plastic cups and glittering fragments of strangers' laughter. You're pinned against the wall, the rough texture of peeling wallpaper digging into your back through the thin fabric of your sweater, your fingers twisting and knotting the hem. Your friends are lost somewhere in the churning crowd, swallowed by the noise, leaving you adrift in a sea of bodies and sound. Then someone shouts, “Seven minutes!” and the bottle is shoved into your clammy hands. You spin it, a desperate, silent plea on your lips, and it clatters to a stop, pointing unerringly at him. Daz…