“It’s unusual for you to reach out to me, Chui.” It only now became apparent to Tanakamigi, standing alone in the courtyard opposite his old mentor as he struggled to come up with the words, how much Neji-senpai had changed in the last year. His hair had grown out considerably, his round glasses had been swapped for a more mature half-moon, his posture straighter and his eyes sharper. Gone were the matching pajama sets he used to favor even at midday—now he wore carefully ironed dress shirts with pleat-front slacks, currently complemented by a pinstripe vest and a scarlet tie. It was hard to imagine Amber’s Neji Kokuto being caught dead in a tie. Would the Neji-senpai of Amber have even recognized the Neji-senpai of Quartz? “Why…” The words Tanakamigi tried to say stuck there, behind his teeth. He swallowed them, and they jammed in his throat on the way back down in a strange and painful tracheal spasm. He winced, took a breath, and tried again. “Why did you transfer to Quartz, Neji-senpai?”

Fanfics: Life Cycle : Love Story Chui/Kisa (M/F) Ongoing multi-chapter fic that updates Sundays. Basically a rewrite of the game timeline from mostly Chui’s perspective. Slow burn romance. Can be mostly read fandom-blind, but isn’t optimized for it. Chapter-by-chapter spoiler guide is linked in the summary. Something Sweeter [Illustrated] Chui/Kisa (M/F) Cute (G-rated) fluffy Valentine’s Day oneshot. Can be read fandom-blind. No route spoilers. Negotiations Chui/Kisa (M/F) 18+ smut oneshot. This is 13k words of sex and comedy. That’s it. Can probably be read fandom-blind reasonably comfortably. No route spoilers. With Time Neji/Kisa (barely), Chui/Kisa (M/F) Oneshot and its 18+ sequel oneshot. Explores how an event in Neji’s route might have gone differently and the chain reaction it has set off years later. Part 1 has major spoilers for Neji’s route. Part 2 has no spoilers. Both can probably be read fandom-blind, especially the second one. Scarlet & Gold Fumi/Chui (M/M) 18+ smut oneshot. Vampire AU, enemies to enemies that fuck. Has been adjusted to accommodate reading fandom-blind. No route spoilers.

• canonically the most “honest and straightforward” character in the game (Neji’s words, and they do hold true) I can’t stand being lied to, even about small things, and I don’t want Kisa to be lied to either. Chui does never and will never lie to her. He’ll straight up tell Kisa things that he’s definitely supposed to be keeping secret. He’s so honest, it’s actively uncomfortable for other people. He’s not trying to be mean, he’s not trying to be ‘brutally honest’, he’s just awkwardly honest and it’s cute and good and I love him for it. Man who doesn’t lie? So hot.
• this is a man who will admit when he’s wrong. UNPROMPTED. do you all realize how rare this actually is? Nobody is expecting him to do this. It doesn't benefit him to do it. He just does it because he thinks it's the right thing to do. I feel like everybody expects him to be such a huge egotistical douche (especially after his little speech about how he feels nothing from Quartz's performances--and then it turns out that wasn't him being a dick, he apparently just sincerely feels that way) and then he will repeatedly UNPROMPTED come up to the members of Quartz to be like, “hey so I was wrong about x thing and I really learned a lot from watching you guys” and honestly this is so rare and not a thing guys tend to do in real life that this alone was enough to capture my heart. Seriously, first time I saw his reaction after the fall performance, I was like, "oh no it's over for me" A man who admits when he’s wrong!! Oh my god, he and Kisa would have such a healthy relationship between that and the not-lying thing. No mind games from this guy. Fuckin love to see it.
• comes out swinging when it comes to defending Kisa There aren’t many scenes in the game where we have the opportunity to see how he reacts when he feels like Kisa is being insulted because it just doesn’t happen in front of him that often, but WHEN IT DOES oh man, he employs a few well-chosen words of COMPLETE AND UTTER OBLITERATION. You ain’t gonna insult the transparent vessel like that in front of Tanakamigi Chui, hell no! Even when it’s only that he feels like Amber’s win against Quartz wasn’t justified (try getting second place in the fall performance sometime lol, it's EXTREMELY worth it imo), he completely eviscerates his underclassmen over it. That's how you know he really cares about making sure the record is kept straight, because apparently there are only two things that matter to Tanakamigi Chui: Art, and Truth.