Thanks @tamcitrus for the tag! I’ve never written something like this but I did my best!
Tagging @haikkeiji, @kawanisshi, @kou-hakusei, @bubbleteaa and @annalyn-annalyn bc I want to see your ships 💖 (actually can I just tag everyone in the cheese cult??)
= Ennoshita Chikara x Moon =
Let’s say we met in college. We’d probably meet in a lab course and end up partnered together because we sat next to each other, neither of us knowing anyone else in the class.
We get to know each other while working on the assignments together and talk about our aspirations once we realize we’re taking other classes together too.
We manage to get through biology by forming a study group. Sometimes friends join, but it’s the most calm and productive when it’s just the two of us. We spend a lot of time together in the library and save each other seats at our favorite table.
Tired of the cafeteria food, we form a “food adventure group” to go out and eat at local restaurants every once in a while, especially after exams/projects.
I go watch his matches when I learn that he plays on the rec volleyball team, and he motivates me to start running again, even if it’s just a little bit at a time. Maybe we run together because he says it’s conditioning for him too.
Over the summer, we keep in touch by video calling every week - we set aside a night to hang out, watch a movie together, play a video game together, whatever it might be to just relax and catch up.
We both have seen the other have a breakdown and struggle with imposter syndrome, and reminded each other about our strengths and importance.
It takes our friends constantly asking, “Wait, weren’t you guys dating?” for us to really reflect on our relationship.
After a big exam, Ennoshita says we should go to a new restaurant he heard of and wants to check out. So we go there for dinner, and the food is delicious. After we finish up, we head out and while we wait for our mode of transport, he confesses that we’re really good friends but he wants to be more.
I’d probably get really giddy and not be able to look at his face. But he needs a response so I manage to pull him into a hug and murmur that I like him too.
Dating him would be like before, but with more teasing and skinship. Once he initiates hand-holding, I’d probably want to do it all the time. When I get more comfortable, if I saw him on campus I would run and surprise him from behind with a back hug before running off again to my next class.
We watch anime and movies together in one of our rooms, and if one of us has a kitchen we’re definitely cooking dinner sometimes.
Studying together might get a little difficult if one of us is feeling particularly teasing, so we might have to set rewards and punishments for focusing versus getting distracted and not doing work to keep ourselves on track.
I finally play my ukulele for him even though I’m super nervous and end up making mistakes but he hugs me and says it’s amazing and adorable.
I think I’d do well with a levelheaded, empathetic, hardworking, and chill-energy person like Chikara in a romantic relationship. Also he becomes a physical therapist, so we’d be on similar tracks in life and understand the struggle/journey of it all.