Kai and Nozomi had a strange relationship to be sure.
Discussions about the events that had brought on this tentative friendship were few and generally in passing. They usually regarded it with the phrase, "since then," and followed it with something completely unrelated. It wasn't a sore subject, just something that tended to lead down a path neither was particularly interested in and to questions neither really wanted to answer.
Nozomi didn't like talking about his time at Digital Angels or why he wore a replica of the destroyed collar and Kai didn't like discussing Maria or why neither he nor Ratri would bring themselves to kill her after everything she had done.
Neither did they ever discuss their love lives. Nozomi still couldn't be sure of the true nature of Kai's relationship with Ratri, though he presumed they loved each other even if they never showed it outright. Nozomi himself was still too embarassed by his love for Coyote to discuss it, even if he had another man with whom he could relate.
Instead, they filled their meetings sharing notes on their fighting techniques. Sometimes Kai would recount memories of his grandfather, who had taught him kung fu as a child, though Nozomi knew that it was Ratri who had taught Kai most of what he knew about fighting. In only that was Nozomi jealous of Kai, as the posessive Coyote would probably not want him to study under the boss of Saruto.
Maybe at this week's lunch he would finally ask Kai to trade martial arts lessons. If nothing else it would give him an excuse to spend more time with his new friend.
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Kai and Nozomi had a strange relationship to be sure.
Discussions about the events that had brought on this tentative friendship were few and generally in passing. They usually regarded it with the phrase, "since then," and followed it with something completely unrelated. It wasn't a sore subject, just something that tended to lead down a path neither was particularly interested in and to questions neither really wanted to answer.
Nozomi didn't like talking about his time at Digital Angels or why he wore a replica of the destroyed collar and Kai didn't like discussing Maria or why neither he nor Ratri would bring themselves to kill her after everything she had done.
Neither did they ever discuss their love lives. Nozomi still couldn't be sure of the true nature of Kai's relationship with Ratri, though he presumed they loved each other even if they never showed it outright. Nozomi himself was still too embarassed by his love for Coyote to discuss it, even if he had another man with whom he could relate.
Instead, they filled their meetings sharing notes on their fighting techniques. Sometimes Kai would recount memories of his grandfather, who had taught him kung fu as a child, though Nozomi knew that it was Ratri who had taught Kai most of what he knew about fighting. In only that was Nozomi jealous of Kai, as the posessive Coyote would probably not want him to study under the boss of Saruto.
Maybe at this week's lunch he would finally ask Kai to trade martial arts lessons. If nothing else it would give him an excuse to spend more time with his new friend.