pre relationship arisu and chishiya sharing breakfast at the beach in the resort dining hall, both up super early because arisu couldn't sleep and chishiya couldn't stop thinking. both sitting in thoughtful silence, just existing next to each other.
pre relationship arisu and chishiya having silent conversation in the middle of games where they both figure out the twist at the same time. standing on opposite sides of their circle of friends, eyes locked together, chishiya with a faint smirk and arisu with something like wonder.
pre relationship arisu and chishiya who hide away during the late night parties at the beach, both running away from the noise, chishiya trying to find somewhere to think and build a contraption, and arisu wanting somewhere quiet to sit and finding himself strangely drawn to chishiya.
pre relationship arisu and chishiya who lock eyes in the middle of the betrayal, a second before niragi hits arisu and chishiya feels something close to regret and arisu heavy with hurt.
pre relationship arisu and chishiya who have been dancing around each other for days both at the beach and before. who catch the other staring, who giggle at silly things, who feel elated when they think through a game in seconds, who lean in a little close sometimes, almost, kind of, maybe-
pre relationship arisu and chishiya where chishiya is shaken after arisu is dragged away by the militants, weirdly worried about what will happen to him, nauseated by his own actions. he can't figure out why he feels like this and he has no time to think about it.
pre relationship arisu and chishiya who kiss in a collapsing beach as it burns around them. the witch hunt complete, the beach on fire, people running out of the building. arisu crosses the room, face bloody and broken, and tugs on the front of chishiyas jacket and kisses him with all the frustration and heartache in his chest. chishiyas lips are achingly soft and kissing him spins arisus axis, stealing the beat in his heart. he kisses him deeply, another quiet conversation, one of reprimand, of betrayal, of sadness, of late nights in quiet rooms as chishiya builds a bomb, unaware of the one he's set in arisus heart. but arisu doesn't kiss him for long. he breaks away, breathless, and in the chaos whisper, i don't forgive you, sees the wideness of chishiyas eyes and stumbles back to usagi.
pre relationship chishiya who stands in the consequences of his own actions, lips kiss tender, heart pulsing, wondering what nerve this ridiculous boy has to dare to kiss him, to dare and say he doesn't forgive him, to dare change his life so quietly and softly and in a way that chishiya knows cannot be reversed. who wonders what he can do to make this all up to him.