i feel like ive seen the future bc ive read a little bit of the novel and gotten past this point to where they kiss (its really just described as a peck on the lips) BUT IM ABOUT TO LOSE IT I NEED TO SEE IT DRAWN NOW!!! AURGG I LOVE THESE GUYS
to be fair I've already watched s1 & s2 of Beastars however this was a few years back so I've forgotten quite a bit. Chose to read the manga just to see if there was anything the anime left out (spoiler alert: it did lol) but GOSH nobody told me that it'd take me this long to get through it.
Been a week maybe and I'm only at chapter 88 </33 (took some time off to read other stuff + holidays so its not like ive been hardcore grinding it) but oh well im taking it like a champ.
would honestly suggest reading the manga before the anime, just to get the full experience. As amazing as the anime itself is, nothing comes close to how beautifully written, illustrated, and told this story is.
hayden recognizing that brett likes this "give and take" thing bc brett doesn't actually lose anything from giving the stuff he usually gives (bc he has so much of it); hayden appealing to brett's way of thinking and being like an ACTUAL equal give and take would be you giving your feelings (Bc then brett is ACTUALLY giving something in this exchange - also more romantically, hayden wants his feelings reciprocated <3)
meanwhile as someone who always wants freedom and likes being in control brett hates having his choices limited, which is why when he hears this his instinct is like "are you trying to force me away by putting things in such forceful terms?" so hayden proving that NO he's not trying to force brett away by MAKING OUT WITH HIM but then giving him the nipple pinch to say "you're not off the hook yet" DELICIOUSSS
