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i will say though, while i believe majority of the issue lies within hananoi’s insecurities & inability to communicate his feelings properly (though he’s working on it!), hotaru was also at fault! she, unbeknownst to her, put a lot of pressure on hananoi to make friends & do things that was outside of his comfort zone. ofc, they were decisions made with good intentions, but decisions that kinda forced hananoi’s hand.
everyone forgot why they were fighting i hate yall
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hananoi & hotaru fought & broke up because after hananoi learned that hotaru’s grandpa died the day he didn’t call, he always carried around that guilt thinking it was his fault. and he never really let himself grieve. he just always held himself accountable for something that was out of his control, & i think he felt guilty towards hotaru since he was her grandpa. (at least that was how i understood) also, at the time, hotaru was adapting herself to “cater” to hananoi’s needs (even tho she was doing it because she wanted to love him in her own way, not bc she felt forced to fix him or whatever), & hananoi freaked out thinking he was changing her character completely. more guilt he holds over himself without communicating his feelings, and he breaks up with her and leaves. my poor babies