Dazai was always in such an obnoxiously upbeat demeanour, even throughout his consistent themes of morbidity.

So as it goes, in every cliché- Nobody expected there’d be underlying issues.

Until you walked in on him, the sole occasion you didn’t knock on the door to his dorm.

Alas, in his eyes, what you saw could’ve been deemed much worse than you walking in on him fully undressing.

…Was that a chest binder? And the expression of shock on his face…