AN: currently absolutely obsessed with Shinkenger, and Chiaki and Kotoha's friendship is just the most adorable thing ever 3
PART TIME LOVER, AND A FULL TIME FRIEND
by Tangerine Tales
Chiaki knows a battle when he sees one. For all his loud-mouthed noisy antics, he notices things: he sees the way Takeru looks at Kotoha when he doesn't think anyone else is looking; how differently – gentler – he treats Kotoha compared to the others.
Chiaki's not an idiot – he knows what this means. Figures, there's no escaping this guy, he thinks to himself, not mean-spiritedly of course (for one, Takeru probably isn't even aware of how obvious he's being).
But if there's one thing he hates the most in the world, it's losing, and Takeru has beaten him in too many things, too many times already.
This is different, though.
Kotoha is the one battle Chiaki refuses to stand down from.