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RUDE SOOJ.

okok Kaoru and Souji... LORD. Kaoru's hatred for Souji cracks me up because it started off so stupidly, literally Kaoru being like "I'M GOING TO RUIN THIS GUY'S LIFE" because he lied about Chizuru being miserable when she was actually being treated pretty decently. Only a true moron can manage something like that...

Anyway on the surface it's a pretty dumb and nonsensical and stupidly intense grudge for no real reason, but a lot of the driving force underneath is because there are a lot of similarities between Kaoru and Souji that Kaoru subconsciously picks up on. Ask him about it and he'd be like "haha no", and it's not like he really knows Souji's backstory or vice-versa so he doesn't know they're essentially foils in which he's the cautionary tale and Souji is the fairytale, but there are so many parallels that it would be impossible not to pick up on at least a few of them. AND HE HATES IT. Souji is more than just a grating person to him; he's the representation of everything Kaoru hates and the embodiment of everything he once wanted but could never quite achieve. He's got a place in the world, he's got Chizuru's affection, he has allies who value him and friends who treasure him. Despite the way he views himself and how he treats other people, he's important and he has worth. Kaoru never consciously acknowledges these things, but that doesn't mean he doesn't recognize them. It's not exactly jealousy or anything either because he's resigned himself to just not being capable of achieving these things, but it sure doesn't endear Souji to him any...

That said, there's also some sort of... not really connection, but understanding?! Between them??! KIND OF... Like the sort of mutual understanding that only two similar shitheads can share. I like how this entire thing is basically "IT'S NOT QUITE LIKE THIS, BUT KIND OF SIMILAR" but really, he's not exactly happy about it, but he does sort of enjoy the fact that there's someone out there who's on the same-ish wavelength. He's a shit! Souji is a shit! Both of them are amoral as fuck! Which is another reason why it irritates him to see Souji get so many good things out of life, because he's like, "HE'S KIND OF AN AWFUL PERSON TOO??" Basically life is unfair and Kaoru is aware of it but that only intensifies his disdain toward Souji.

He still 100% wants to murder Souji deda and he'd be the kind of moron who would keep Souji alive just so he can be the one to kill him, though. In Cerealia he understands that murder is counterproductive which is the only reason he hasn't got his shank game on, but that will probably happen eventually because they're still playing the verbal insult game and they're both so good at pressing each other's buttons that ONE OF THEM IS BOUND TO SNAP and then they'll just become an ouroboros of murder or something.

KASHUU AND SOOJ is much less complicated just by virtue of Kashuu being a less complicated person in general LMFAO. Souji is always going to be an important person to him regardless of which version of Souji it is, so there's always going to be that element of innate care regardless of how much of a shithead hakusooj is. THAT SAID, he definitely likes this Souji the least of all the AUs he's met... He's so dang caustic and untrusting and rude?! It's a weird shock to him since he knew historical Souji first and then got to know PMK!Souji directly after that, which sort of set the precedence in his mind for nice Soujis who are just killer on the battlefield. AND THEN THIS SOUJI COMES ALONG and he's a butthead at all times...

As things are right now, Souji is basically just important to Kashuu by virtue of being a Souji, rather than of his own merit as an individual. This will likely change with time (especially because Kashuu is a punk who won't be shaken despite how utterly unpleasant Souji is as a person!!) but it'll also likely be a very slow process, because Kashuu doesn't pry and Souji doesn't open up easily. A BAD COMBO. Clearly they need to be thrown into an event at some point that forces them to talk about the uglier things. ALSO there's an element of like... bitterness, kind of. It's a lot less apparent with PMKSooj, but Kashuu never really got over Ikedaya and even though he doesn't really blame Souji for it, he also hasn't entirely forgiven him. It's Complicated™. He can kind of have a nasty streak when he's angry or upset and with Souji's penchant for needling, I see the potential for Very Unpleasant Blowouts in the future...

BUT FOR NOW he's content to just make sure this Souji doesn't stumble into traffic or something while keeping a little more distance than he normally would with a Souji (but still being hard to shake, lord).