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The control this man has over Kevin is absolutely insane. Wymack says in the TFC extra chapter that If Tetsuji told Kevin to stop playing Exy forever, Kevin would have.

Not even Riko had enough of a grip and power over Kevin to make him stop, but Tetsuji did (still does?).

Every single time Tetsuji is mentioned or appears, Kevin somehow has an worse reaction than to Riko. At the end of the series he is capable of directly defying Riko, but NEVER Tetsuji.

Kevin's reaction to Tetsuji cornering him in the banquet is absolutely heartbreaking.

Not to mention, again, on the TFC extra chapter when Wymack promises Kevin his word as a coach and Kevin, with a pain laced voice, says 'coaches have no honor'.

Whatever Tetsuji did to 9 years old Kevin doesnt sound like just a caning. We know Tetsuji physically abused Riko too, and still, Riko was constantly doing things that would result in Tetsuji punishing him. Of course, he is afraid, but not nearly as afraid as Kevin.

Even Jean, he seems as afraid of Riko as he is of Tetsuji (honestly, I feel like he is even more afraid of Riko. Even though he obviously fears both).

But Kevin is more terrified of Tetsuji than he is of anyone else. To the point that If Tetsuji told him to never pick up a raquet again in his life, he would have. Kevin's trauma response in relation to Tetsuji is stronger than his love for Exy. Which is wild considering not even Riko had this effect on him.

There is also the Kayleigh aspect of It all. The books state that Kevin is extremely similar to her. We also know Tetsuji didnt really want Kayleigh to die and resented Kengo afterwards. Was Kevin a bitter reminder of Kayleigh's death? Did Tetsuji also resent him?? Was Kevin treated worse because of It in some way?? Did Tetsuji use him to vent his frustrations??

(not to mention the very real possibility of CSA on Tetsuji's part, specially If he was in love/felt attraction to Kayleigh, but I wont really get into that right now)

Anyways, I am really curious about the nature of Kevin and Tetsuji's relationship. Specially since I imagine Kevin knew another side of Tetsuji when his mother was alive.

Was It too drastic of a change between when he spent his summers at Evermore and after his mother's death??? Or was Tetsuji already being abusive towards Kevin while Kayleigh was alive but manipulating Kevin to not tell his mother?????

From how young has this man been hurting Kevin???

We always talk about how Kevin was a pet to Riko, but we rarely talk about the fact Tetsuji GIFTED Kevin to Riko as a pet. This GROWN ADULT gave a child to another child. Not just any child, his GODSON, the child of his best friend. Thats so fucking sick in so many levels.

Not to mention: was this man making a literal child kneel for him??? Because when Neil was in the Nest, Tetsuji asked him to kneel. I dont doubt he would do the same to Kevin. But from how young????

Nobody is refuting this.. guys. We are not saying Kevin kissed them on mouth or that he confessed his undying love for them in a romantic gesture. If that was the case then kandreil would be on text.

Yes those kind of scenes are only between Neil and Andrew.

What we are saying is that why is kevin looming over everything they do?

Why is neil excluding kevin when he thinking about his platonic friends why is he looking at reacting to Kevin so intensely why is he including kevin in "us" when he pleads to Andrew?

And Andrew, after everything they went through his first on text smile is for Kevin, not Neil. He says it's getting interesting to Kevin not Neil. And moving past the three books (not ec, but the published books, idc care of that have a house and two cats in the ec) why is he going to somewhere he hates via a transportation he also hates with Kevin?

I mean, given the whole Lydia situation and then also how he and Thea had their first time.

I think he would probably end up very triggered by the situation, even If the environment and the people involved were completely different from his experience in the Nest

you can’t convince me that if it’s anyone outside of neil, andrew would put himself on a deadline to get rid of his feelings Or Else. we never find out what Or Else is because he always manages to get rid of his feelings, because they stand in the way of everything else. especially when it’s kevin! being Involved ™ with kevin means accepting and acknowledging that there is a future out there for him (which andrew is allergic to because of the context of his entire life), accepting that kevin is right (he would rather kill himself) and potential distraction from his other promise to aaron.