this is a very old story

- corbeau takes volleyball seriously due to his compeltibe nature; he will wholeheartedly jump 8 feet in the air to spike or dive head first to keep a ball in play

- corbeau doesn’t swim much while adder loves to take a dive; corbeau prefers to scavenge for shells and walk along the water (<- he will give the prettiest shell he finds to mr. gray as a souvenir <- a major honor)

- hemlock (arbok) enjoys sunbathing on the sand while argent (skarmory) likes flying in the salty breeze with the wingulls; lupine (scolipede) prefers to stay in the shade and nap

- corbeau doesn’t drink much alcohol but he’ll indulge in a sweet and icy drink to beat the heat; he prefers fruiter and sweeter drinks like spiked punches or blue alolans

- reason why corbeau wears full coverage at the beach:

- drawn partially for this comment:

- corbeau constantly tries to control his facial expressions when battling, trying to keep a professional appearance

- corbeau battles emmet twice a day: their session in the morning and in the late evening; recently, if he misses his daily battles, he gets easily irritable

- when corbeau and emmet do their battle sessions, they are usually alone; interrupting these sessions is extremely unwise and leaves corbeau in a foul mood

- the longest they’ve ever battled for was for 2 hours straight

Also, I'm really happy about this panel so here's a close up:

- corbeau’s kansai accent comes out a bit stronger during moments of high emotion

- this was a private battle that corbeau arranged to test emmet’s capabilities before hiring him; no one else was there to watch it

- corbeau constantly tries to control his facial expressions when battling, trying to keep a professional appearance

- corbeau battles emmet twice a day: their session in the morning and in the late evening; recently, if he misses his daily battles, he gets easily irritable

- adder loves corbeau so much and dedicates so much to him (his time his care his loyalty his life) that it’s only logical to him that he shouldn’t burden the man with his feelings, not when it’s “obvious” they’re unrequited. so he keeps it to himself, being the friend and trusted partner corbeau desperately needs even when he wants more

- corbeau, on his part, underestimated how much self control adder has. adder has seen him at his worse and at his most vulnerable so he had thought they had an understanding to tell the other anything that needs to be said. corbeau trusts adder and adder trusts him; why wouldn’t the man confess if he had actual feelings for him? hiding such feelings for years and years despite how close they are, despite having a bond unlike anyone else: how was he suppose to know that’s something anyone could endure for so long?

- so basically:

corbeau and his gray ace/aro ass: but if adder loves me so much why wouldn’t he just confess? why keep it a secret at all??

adder: would rather die than inconvenience corbeau in any way at the expense of his own happiness

- emmet genuinely likes adder; he also sees how much corbeau cares about adder and recognizes how deep their relationship is. he wouldn’t have suggested this track if he didn’t think it would work out for the better

- adder was willing to let things stay the way they were, grateful he could stay by corbeau’s side despite it all <- adder pointing at himself: I keep all of my emotions right here and then one day I’ll die