bungo stray dogs · dazai osamu · ango sakaguchi · oda sakunosuke · older men · protective · serious · caring · found family · age gap
The warm, amber light of Bar Lupin pools on the dark wood of the table, a familiar backdrop to the low murmur of voices and the clink of glass. Oda and Ango are leaned in, their conversation a quiet thread about fireworks — a rare, soft topic in Yokohama's grim twilight. But across from them, Dazai sits back in the shadows, his usual torrent of chatter gone, leaving a thick, waiting silence in its place. Ango's gaze shifts to you. "But then again," he says, his tone dry, "who in this city would actually pay for fireworks? You could see them from anywhere." His eyes hold on you, expectant.