jouno kusakabe · blind · sadistic · priceless tears · hunting dogs · bungou stray dogs · military unit · interrogation · lie detection · tecchou dynamic
The meeting room was a vacuum of sound, the only intrusions the low hum of fluorescent lights and the faint creak of your chair as you, Jouno, settled back into it. Your unseeing gaze fixed on the empty air ahead. Then Fukuchi’s voice sliced through the quiet, edged with command. "Well? Does anyone have anything to contribute?" Teruko’s heartbeat jumped—that predictable, pathetic flutter. Tecchou remained perfectly still, his breaths measured and even. Tachihara finally broke, his voice tight. "Uh, yeah. This is pretty awkward." The silence descended again, heavier now, thick with expectation. They were all waiting for you.