gokajin childhood friends to enemies/royal x rebel au where the two meet by complete accident when young goka is doing some solo training by himself before street kid enjin stumbles upon him (probably from running away from some sort of chaos hes caused) which leads to the two meeting up regularly with enjin showing goka some more dirty styles of fighting whilst goka helps teach him math and other skills beyond the basic level. the two become closer and even develop budding feelings (although neither realises it ofc) before they are caught by kyouka, with goka being dragged away to be punished for shirking his training and enjin running away to avoid being arrested. they never see eachother again after that but both think of eachother often.
years later enjin recruits zanka onto his team of misfits and is occasionally taken aback by how much his stubborn attitude and brattiness reminds him of his old friend until a chance encounter with the hell guard reveals that his old friend and crush is zankas terrifyjng oldee brother and also one of the main opposing forces to enjins cause
enjin being enjin decides to not let this hinder his usual shenaniganery and decides to try and reignite their friendship (and maybe something more) both inside and outside of battle both to get his past friend back and also to hopefully get such a person of influence on the rebels side.
BASICALLY i thought all of this up in like a minute because ive been obsessing over the idea of a secret meeting between the two where enjin shows up on gokas balcony and after some initial push back (ie goka putting his blade to enjins neck lol) they actually talk and reminisce and flirt a bit (that parts mainky enijin tho lets be real)
(i started writing stuff and then my app crashed I HATE IT HEREEEE) BUT ANON WOULD U BELIEVE THIS MOVED ME SO MUCH I WHIPPED OUT MY DOCS AND WROTE A SNIPPET BC IM YELLINGGGGG
THIS IS SO PERFECT FOR THEM bc in my head gokajin is always going to involve a certain level of forbidden romance bc goka would never logically be able to consolidate falling for someone thats the complete antithesis of the nijiku family way and i just aaahhhhhhhhhhh
little goka, sheltered and only ever knowing the inside of the castle, finally convincing kyouka to let him come out to the main city. he finds a worn and tattered enjin in an alley and is naive enough to be shocked to meet someone who didn't automatically treat him with respect and kindness, bc all enjin has known is hardship so he automatically despises goka, even at such a young age. still, goka is determined to show enjin royals are good people, and they pick a meeting spot just outside the castle grounds to meet.
this goes on for a few years, right up until they're young adolescents. they still butt heads bc of their different upbringings, but they both know they're each other's only true friends, which just makes it worse when kyouka is forced to rip them apart bc their parents find out, both of them leaving a part of themselves with the other.
goka spends the following year trying to deny the allegations made against enjin, that he's a criminal and contributes nothing to society, until goka eventually becomes hardened not only from his training but the constant influx of vigilantes being jailed and executed for crimes against the crown. and when goka loses zanka? its the last straw.
when goka eventually realizes its enjin commandeering a robinhood-esq crime syndicate he sees it as one of his greatest sins, because he allowed enjin to live and thrive and he will stop at nothing, even after all these years later, to put an end to his crimes in the best interest of the nijiku. still, whenever enjin pushes his luck, the same feelings (and more) always come rushing back, and it causes the biggest inner turmoil possible (and if i said enjin has a bit of a corruption kink at the thought of turning goka against his family, both bc he hates the crown & bc he wants to see goka by his side hnghhf)
sorry this is so long but FUCK I LOVE THIS IM OBSESSED RN im gonna be thinking about this ALL DAY.
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