#outofcounterspace

Hoooo boy.

Kezao's initial opinion of Airi was... more or less neutral? It wasn't as if he didn't like her, they just hadn't spoken enough for him to form really any opinion of her. He knew that she had been close to Kamille/Madoka, that she was one of his suitemates (after she started staying in Minho's room), and... that was really it. Kezao still considered her somewhat of a friend, though?

Unnntil Sasaki's trial, that is. He didn't really take kindly to Airi... throwing the soup he'd made for her to get better on one of his friends? And on top of that, he tends to get a little sour when people intentionally dump out food like that, especially when it's his. So on top of her hurting one of his friends, it felt like a personal insult?

His entire thoughts about her from that point onward were just "lol fuck you". At that point, though, it... might've actually been possible for them to kind of make up, though? I don't think they'd be completely okay, but at least not have trouble staying in the same room...?

At first, Kezao thought really highly of Chitose, honestly?

It was during that one room check that his opinion of her went downhill. Very quickly. Noboru and Kezao found a pillow with something hidden in it (her medicine, although they didn't know at the time) and, when they thought it was evidence and tried to see it or take it, well... Chitose grabbed Noboru and, what with it being so soon after a murder, all Kezao could see was someone who was probably just killed attacking one of his closest friends.

And it scared him.

So he tried to grab the "evidence" and Noboru and get out, but... Chitose grabbed Kezao and pulled him back in. Really, the whole situation could've been avoided if Kezao had reacted more calmly, I think? But too late for that...

And he really didn't hate Chitose? He's just protective of the friends he has and thought she was a threat to them, and so wanted as little to do with her as possible. Him being cold to her was mostly him being unable to/choosing not to hide his feelings. His vote in the final trial was him earnestly thinking she was involved, not anything malicious. Granted, if he'd thought for long, he probably would've gotten that that wasn't the case, but, y'know.