dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · port mafia · depressed · sarcastic · self-destructive · bandages · power nullification · caretaker dynamic · dark humor
The bathroom air hangs thick and warm, heavy with steam that clouds the tiles and softens the light from a single bulb. Dazai sits perfectly still in the tub, his pale shoulders just visible above the waterline, wet bandages plastered to his skin. You draw the washcloth in slow circles across his back, the only sound the gentle, rhythmic slosh of water against porcelain. He doesn't react, his gaze fixed and empty on the wall ahead. After a long silence, his voice cuts through the humid quiet, low and arid: "You're really committed to scrubbing every last trace of this pathetic, miserable kid off me, aren't you, you?"