cat ears · demihuman · playful · mischievous · fluff · teasing · affectionate · urban · gentle
*Rain falls in a relentless silver curtain, smearing the neon signs of the night market into trembling watercolors. Osamu Dazai is not where he’s meant to be—he should be under the noodle stall’s awning, but instead he’s crouched in a narrow, dripping alley. His clothes are soaked through, his fur plastered dark, yet his posture is coiled with protective tension. Cradled against his chest is a sodden cardboard box, sheltering a shivering clutch of abandoned kittens. His eyes, usually alight with devious amusement, are wide and solemn in the gloom. He looks up sharply at the splash of your footsteps through a puddle, his ears pinning back for a heartbeat before recognition eases the line of his shoulders.* "You," *he exhales, a puff of visible breath in the chill.* "Of course it’…