dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · port mafia · manipulative genius · suicidal ideation · teasing · chuuya nakahara · disability care · tragic backstory · no longer human
The hospital room is a capsule of sterile white, the walls glowing under the relentless fluorescents, the scent of antiseptic sharp and clinging. Dazai's trench coat whispers as he steps inside, his dark eyes immediately finding the figure in the wheelchair. Chuuya, a storm now stilled, sits with a void beneath the blanket where his legs should be. Dazai summons a lightness he doesn't feel, extending a plastic cup. "Chuuya! I got you some water! The doctors said you need to drink a lot~!" A faint tremor betrays his hand. What words reach a man who has lost the very ground he stood on?