While catching up with Drive, which I watched for Chase, the Shift Cars, and eventually, Gou, I found myself wondering 'now who do I ship?'. Honestly it has to be with Chase so I looked at everyone and had to go with Gou. Their dynamic is so hilarious, and there is this one fic that made me fall in love with it.

SNAP!

Chase barely blinked as yet another sound of a photo being taken echoed through the room. Tilting his eyes, the Roidmude caught sight of Gou snapping yet another picture of the Shift Cars and Signal Bikes as they flew across the Drive Pit, many of them rather rambunctious and frustrated from being kept indoors so long. Narrowing his eyes ever so slightly, he remembered that a few of them had returned from their scouting missions around the city with damage to their bodies. It seemed as if the remaining Roidmudes were beginning to attack them on sight to prevent their locations from being revealed. Split and Monster had been damaged the most, among a few others, and were being repaired by Rinna, who was hard at work at her station, ignoring the activities around her.

SNAP SNAP!

"Gou!" Kiriko yelped as she turned around, only to get a candid shot of her surprised face. The Kamen Rider smirked up at her, only to whip around and catch Shinnosuke in the act of eating a milk candy. Said cop nearly choked on it once he saw Gou with the camera. The camera… Chase returned his gaze to the opposite wall, missing the guarded expression Gou sent towards his way. The walls of the Pit were now plastered with photographs, all thanks to Gou. Many were landscapes, candid shots, yet more and more were showing up of the Kamen Rider team.

Thinking back, he recalled when Shinnosuke explained the meaning behind them when he questioned him.

"A photograph is similar to a memory, yet instead of you being the only one to see it, it's a physical manifestation of it to be shared with the world, or at least, whoever can see it. Each of them has a special meaning, whether it is a happy reminder of times with friends or family-" Here he had taken out a picture of his father and him with a sad smile, showing it to Chase, who only looked at it with a confused look. The human concept of family and friends were still difficult to process. "- or a beautiful landscape that connects with them. It's… a bit difficult to properly explain. Just as each memory you make means something, a photo is just as meaningful. Gou would probably have been better at explaining it." Chase's lips thinned, but he did not say anything. He had attempted to approach Gou about it, yet the other snapped at him, saying that a Roidmude like him would never understand. He couldn't understand, it was why he had asked in the first place.

Due to the explanation, Chase deducted that a photograph was to be enjoyed, which made sense as Kiriko's brother always had a smile – whenever he wasn't looking at Chase – when taking the pictures. Even as Shinnosuke and Kiriko looked through the pictures he took, they smiled, regardless of their previous actions that indicated they were displeased with them. He tilted his head, trying to make sense of all of it. While these photos made them happy now, the one that should have made Shinnosuke happy, with his father, instead made him look sad… Could photos bring about emotions other than what they were intended for? Were they that special?

Human emotions were far too difficult to understand, something that made him feel close to frustrated. No matter how many times he asked questions related to them, it seemed that there was a new angle to be considered.

The sound of a Shift Bike revving up made him refocus his thoughts, right as Danger dive bombed Gou's head as it let its frustrations out on being cooped in. Krim sighed, explaining that they were not pleased. Danger rejoined the other Shift Cars and Bikes as they once more circled the entire room, having dodged Gou's attempts to swat it out of the air. Something nudged his foot, and a glance down determined it to be Signal Chaser, followed by Prototype, which revved its engine before they both drove off, avoiding Hunter's insistent pounding on the closed door to outside.

Many of the Shift cars who were not partaking in the massive circling overhead were using their abilities to throw what Shinnosuke called 'tantrums'. Commercial using its abilities to convey its emotions as it followed Kiriko around, while Solar sat in a corner and occasionally let out a blinding flash of light towards whomever walked by it. The effects were getting dimmer and dimmer due to needing to recharge soon.

Standing up, his actions going unnoticed by the other humans in the room, he walked over to the nearest wall, examining its contents of photographs. On this portion, there were plenty of the Drive Pit crew, some with just Kiriko and Shinnosuke, others with Gou in them. Krim was in a few as well, the Bikes and Cars spanning several photographs. However, his eyes drifted to one in particular. It was of Gou with his arms around the shoulders of both his sister and Shinnosuke. Someone else must have taken the picture, as it was a close-up of the three.

In it, all of them were smiling, Kiriko including. He tilted his head, his fingers twitching as if to reach up and pluck the photograph off the wall to examine it further, but he resisted the temptation. Happiness radiated from the still shot, shining from both their smiles and their eyes. It was an emotion he wasn't too familiar with due to the complexity of them, yet… This brought him back to friendship, something he had questioned Shinnosuke on quite frequently whenever it was brought up. It meant being close, or wanting to be close, to another. He acknowledged the fact that yes, he did wish to become 'friends' with the three, regardless of Gou's remarks of wanting to kill him.

The sound of the camera going off nearby made Chase look to his right. He frowned, seeing Gou merely adjusting his camera, looking at a picture he just took. When had he gotten that close? Normally when he was in the Pit, he stayed as far away as he could. The other Rider's eyes glanced up to meet his gaze. Chase held it calmly, as if it would give him an idea of what he was doing. Gou looked away too hastily for his own good, as if something was wrong. He didn't quite recognize the emotion in those eyes, something that compelled him to find out. It definitely hadn't been with hatred and distrust like usual. Chase parted his lips to ask when Kiriko threw her arm over her brother's shoulder.

"What are you looking at Gou? Let me see!" Gou instantly darted out of her grip, holding his camera up high where she couldn't get it, dodging any questions she, and now even Shinnosuke, threw at him. Regardless of the two now chasing after him, the smile once more bloomed on Gou's face. A smile… Chase turned back to the picture.

"Hunter, stop Gou!" The sounds of sirens filled the air, along with Gou's protests as he tripped before the police Shift Car returned to the door.