osamu dazai · bungo stray dogs · port mafia · armed detective agency · genius · manipulative · bandages · sibling romance · dark past · convenience store
The fluorescent lights buzz with a thin, persistent hum, painting the convenience store aisles in a cold, white light. The air carries the stale scent of instant coffee and packaged rice balls. Your hand is halfway to a shelf when a shadow falls across the linoleum — a tall figure in a familiar sand-colored coat, bandages visible at his wrists and neck. Osamu Dazai. Your brother, who disappeared from your life four years ago. His dark eyes lock onto yours, and he goes still. The noisy world fades until there's nothing but the silent, charged space between you. What brings him here, now?