#rindoka

"There's a cactuar at the crossing..."

Liking the idea that Fret has had a low key crush on Rindo for a while. He’d never really planned on acting on it, felt it was small enough that it would eventually go away, and if not then it was satisfied just by being friends with Rindo- he knew Rindo was a deeply indecisive person and kind of feared that if he were to ever ask Rindo out, Rindo would have some sort of spiral both about his sexuality and whether he wanted their relationship to ‘change’, so Fret decided ultimately it was better not to pursue it.

But then the Game happened, and he and Rindo got closer as friends and formed an even stronger bond, and seeing Rindo grow as a person so much… gah. Fuck. Those feelings just got a lot harder to ignore.

But Fret isn’t blind. He sees the way Shoka and Rindo interact, he can practically smell the chemistry. And yeah he’s got a little crush on Shoka too, she’s cute and she’s cool and she’s just a really awesome and interesting person… but like, obviously Rindo and her have a thing for each other, and he was fine to back down and let them have that. He’s not the kind of person to risk a friendship over a crush.

It’s tough though. Seeing two people he likes fumble around starting a relationship with each other, feeling simultaneously like a third wheel and a matchmaker- trying to set up situations where they can be alone together in hopes that maybe they’ll finally confess their feelings…

Nagi can tell something is up of course, and eventually she corners Fret and pushes him to be honest about what’s bothering him, and he confesses that he’s been hung up on his feelings and is struggling to get over these crushes. He doesn’t want to make things complicated for them, and he doesn’t want to jeopardize his friendship with either of them by confessing to either one of them- and, there’s the fact that, if he were to confess… which one does he confess to? He would have to choose… right?

I like the idea of Fret and Shoka having a heart to heart one day, with Shoka having noticed Fret’s behavior as well and asking why he’s been acting so weird around them, and Fret admitting that he’s got a crush on Rindo. That he’s got it pretty bad. But he knows that Rindo and Shoka like each other, and he doesn’t want to get in the way of that. Shoka is, of course, embarrassed and flustered that the romantic tension between them is so obvious… but also feels bad that Fret is trying to force himself to get over his crush. Fret, of course, conveniently leaves out the fact that he’s also been crushing on her…

God actually it would be funny if Rindo talks to Fret too and Fret says he has a crush on Shoka, and so both Shoka and Rindo start trying to get the other alone with Fret because they’re ALSO trying to self sacrifice for the sake of their friends… all three of them just desperately trying to set each other up with the other, before finally Fret realizes what’s going on and tells them he has a crush on both of them and just didn’t want to get in the way.

And the three of them just stand there for a second like. Wait a minute. If we all like each other. Who is stopping us from like…. All just dating. At the same time. And fret is like yo we can do that?? Like for real?

Title: A Misled Purpose https://archiveofourown.org/works/59616466/chapters/152052286

Author: AstrienLuna @astrienluna

Partner: Starocide

Two ship charts I made because I think about these two ships a very VERY normal amount as you can see.

made the Rindoka one second so it's a bit more descriptive at the end because i knew more what I was doing :P

I'll probs make more in the future.