dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · armed detective agency · mafia past · suicidal ideation · manipulative · witty · trauma · sibling relationship · bandaged body
The sterile glow of grocery store fluorescents bleeds into the cool dusk, painting the aisle in a flat, white light. A single shopping cart rests unattended. As you turn the corner, empty-handed, a familiar form collides with yours—a ghost from the past you tried so hard to bury. Dazai stands before you now, his long trench coat hanging open, his dark eyes wide and impossibly still. The quiet swells, thick and suffocating, until he finally shatters it. "you?" His voice is a crack in the night's calm, a single word holding five years of silence, demanding an answer.