Kouha's tiny blurb is that he is vaguely sorry he had to kill the nerd and will be very confused whenever Kouha gets around to kicking him in the balls, god. They will become great murderbros in murdertown at least!! AT LONG LAST... THEY CAN BE ON THE SAME SIDE without one of them being supermurdered...!
And Stiles! THE CR I NEVER EXPECTED. The cr Kaoru never expected tbh... He went into the game knowing that Stiles would be his partner for the next two months and he was fully prepared for that. He works well with Stiles in general (or at least kind of started to after that whole awkward first year where he totally thought Kaoru was going to sell them all out WHOOPS) so he wasn't worried about working together with him on something like this. He was pretty worried once Stiles decided to take on the mantle of host though, since they kind of had to improvise that part because MARLOWE, but having a person working on the inside like that in trials was a lot of help. He did what he could to make the losses as minimal as possible for the players and Kaoru was really grateful for it and grateful for the fact that so many people started to realize the host wasn't a bad guy. He was also a big support for Kaoru, who didn't really have anyone else to talk to. Without Stiles there with him he probably would have cracked a lot sooner just by virtue of having literally no support within the structure of the game. It was a lot harder to face than he had anticipated, really, so having Stiles there meant a lot to him.
That's basically what catapulted Stiles from "friend" to "close friend" during the course of the game. He was worn down a lot more than he anticipated so he subsequently ended up leaning on Stiles a lot more than he anticipated. Stiles was risking himself the entire game and risking himself to watch out for Kaoru, which he was grateful for. The thing he is most grateful for is the fact that Stiles stopped by to reassure him when he was seriously struggling after Chizuru's death. He wouldn't have been able to handle that trial or the subsequent aftermath even half as well if he didn't have that talk beforehand, which is also why it socked him in the gut so bad when Stiles was captured. Like he doesn't at all think Stiles regrets the decision, he doesn't regret it either, he's pretty sure no one does - both he and Gundam saw that note and went "well, okay, it's Stiles's choice". But even though he had accepted that and knew Stiles did a lot of good saving all those people, that execution was basically the last straw in a long line of things that were wearing him down. LUCKILY GUNDAM WAS THERE to pull him out of that funk...
He's really grateful to see Stiles back and in one piece even though he still feels like he owes Stiles at least five more punches for dARING TO BE CAPTURED. He'll also probably be going out of his way to spend more time with Stiles now up til the day they leave, whenever that is, because he feels much closer to him than he did at the start of the game. Trauma brings people together or something...!!
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And Stiles! THE CR I NEVER EXPECTED. The cr Kaoru never expected tbh... He went into the game knowing that Stiles would be his partner for the next two months and he was fully prepared for that. He works well with Stiles in general (or at least kind of started to after that whole awkward first year where he totally thought Kaoru was going to sell them all out WHOOPS) so he wasn't worried about working together with him on something like this. He was pretty worried once Stiles decided to take on the mantle of host though, since they kind of had to improvise that part because MARLOWE, but having a person working on the inside like that in trials was a lot of help. He did what he could to make the losses as minimal as possible for the players and Kaoru was really grateful for it and grateful for the fact that so many people started to realize the host wasn't a bad guy. He was also a big support for Kaoru, who didn't really have anyone else to talk to. Without Stiles there with him he probably would have cracked a lot sooner just by virtue of having literally no support within the structure of the game. It was a lot harder to face than he had anticipated, really, so having Stiles there meant a lot to him.
That's basically what catapulted Stiles from "friend" to "close friend" during the course of the game. He was worn down a lot more than he anticipated so he subsequently ended up leaning on Stiles a lot more than he anticipated. Stiles was risking himself the entire game and risking himself to watch out for Kaoru, which he was grateful for. The thing he is most grateful for is the fact that Stiles stopped by to reassure him when he was seriously struggling after Chizuru's death. He wouldn't have been able to handle that trial or the subsequent aftermath even half as well if he didn't have that talk beforehand, which is also why it socked him in the gut so bad when Stiles was captured. Like he doesn't at all think Stiles regrets the decision, he doesn't regret it either, he's pretty sure no one does - both he and Gundam saw that note and went "well, okay, it's Stiles's choice". But even though he had accepted that and knew Stiles did a lot of good saving all those people, that execution was basically the last straw in a long line of things that were wearing him down. LUCKILY GUNDAM WAS THERE to pull him out of that funk...
He's really grateful to see Stiles back and in one piece even though he still feels like he owes Stiles at least five more punches for dARING TO BE CAPTURED. He'll also probably be going out of his way to spend more time with Stiles now up til the day they leave, whenever that is, because he feels much closer to him than he did at the start of the game. Trauma brings people together or something...!!