𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕, 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙾𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝙳𝚊𝚣𝚊𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛--𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐. - - - (Y/n) (L/n) was a young detective, one with great promise and an almost guaranteed future full of success. When this is ripped from her, she happens to meet the Armed Detective Agency and becomes a vital member. One day, a year after joining, a new young man gets joined with her friend and coworker, Doppo Kunikida. This man, Osamu Dazai, takes an immediate interest in the ex-officer. She just happens to also take an immediate interest in him as well. - - - Bungo Stray Dogs goes to their respective owners, I do not and will never own Bungo Stray Dogs. This is a Fem!reader x Dazai, so I will be using she/her pronouns throughout the story. Warning: This does contain themes of violence, murder, and suicide (seriously, have you met Dazai?). - - - Dark Mode: ✔ Started: 9/8/20 Finished: 11/13/20 Overall Word Count: 50,044 words

𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢--𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚢𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙾𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝙳𝚊𝚣𝚊𝚒 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛. - - - Two years have passed since (Y/n) (L/n) has left the Armed Detective Agency to move in and work with her friend, Hinami Asagiri. While these two years were filled with normal good times--(Y/n) was itching to get back into the game. Lucky for her, Osamu Dazai just so happens to walk into the shop she has been working at during her time of absence--asking for her to help with something important going on in Yokohama. The time to unleash her special ability has come once again and her relationship with the suicidal detective has resumed. - - - This is the sequel to 'The Beauty of Water' and I highly recommend reading that before continuing with this book if you have not already read it. All characters and plots from Bungo Stray Dogs do not belong to me and all credits go to their original owners. This is a Dazai x Fem!Reader, so I will be using she/her pronouns. Warning: There will be mentions of violence, torture and suicide (have you met Dazai?) throughout this book. I will try to update every Saturday, but please forgive me if I miss a day or two. Overall Word Count: 60,699 words

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝, 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍'𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚘𝚜. 𝙰 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍. - - - Everything has changed. (Y/n) (L/n) has returned to the Armed Detective Agency as a permanent member. Not only from the horrors and challenges she witnessed during the battle against the Guild, but also from the people she met and reunited with along the way. One of those people included the agency's own, Osamu Dazai. Now, (Y/n) faces a whole other set of challenges. She must now balance her growing social life with her work life - on top of that, she and Dazai must plan their wedding. But what happens when ghosts of the past come back to haunt her, not only in her dreams but in her life? Everything has resurfaced. - - - This is the final book in 'The Beauty of Water' series. I highly recommend reading the first two books before reading this one. All characters and plots from Bungo Stray Dogs do not belong to me and all credits go to their original owners. This is a Dazai x Rem!Reader, so I will be using she/her pronouns. Warning: There will be mentions of violence, torture, and suicide (have you met Dazai?) throughout this book. Overall Word Count: 58,879 words

"It's a gamble," she warns him, but she's already leaning up slightly to meet him halfway. "We will either heal together," he concludes, mouth already pressed to hers, "or we will both be destroyed." And, together, they fall.

People are afraid of the dark and what lurks in it. They are afraid of her as well. And yet, Dazai Osamu-- a man drowning in the same sea of shadows that had long since become her home-- was the first to tell her that she belonged to the light.

"at the sight of the words 'I love you' the desire to stay alive had welled up in him" - george orwell, 1984. a dazai osamu x reader

SEQUEL TO HUMAN It has been four years since graduation; since your disappearance from the mafia; since your beloved younger sister melted away in your arms. Four whole years since Izanami last whispered in your mind. Now you support the Armed Detective Agency; a career of examining the twisted minds of criminals whilst dealing with your own impending worry that the life you had wished for will slip away from you by the goddess living inside your head. Will things be the same for you and Dazai as they were four years ago? Will Izanami wake within your subconscious once more?

Mori's double edged blade, his protégé twin flames, his own chaotic desire manifested. How could he have anticipated something like this? They had each been molded to perfection by his cruel hand after all. And yet, at the same time, how could anyone have expected anything different? They were both so young and so hungry after all. *childhood friends to lovers aka starts when they're like twelve and goes until they're eighteen. there is a book 2 with them as adults called shark* none of the characters or plot lines from BSD belong to me. started: november 4th 2023 completed: January 18th 2024 sequel began: january 18th 2024

*this book can be read as a sequel to my book Little Doll (Mafia!dazai x reader) or on its own.* Time doesn't change everything and four years into their relationship, things are going well for Mori's old protégés. They've grown as people and learned to navigate their split lives but what will happen when the guild attacks, putting the pair on opposite sides against the same enemy? I do not own any bsd characters or plot lines began writing: november 20th 2023 first chapter published: january 18th 2024 completed: march 28th 2024

Y/n L/n, an agency member with an ability known as Deus ex Machina, meets Dazai Osamu. Fresh from the mafia, she helps him get adjusted to his new life and role in the world around him. One thing leads to another and, to no one's surprise, their thinly veiled insults slowly yield to love. Dazai thought she was the answer, the cure for his troubled past, but when, after a particularly harsh mission, Y/n is kidnapped and goes missing, what will happen? this one's gonna be angsty kids. ~being rewritten~ originally written in 2020, rewrite began on december 10th 2023. none of the characters or plot points from bsd belong to me.