i have finished the first season of tokyo revengers and did not expect to get unloaded with a ship like a wheelbarrow load of fucking rocks into my lap. it's chifuyu/baji. it has ~1k fics on ao3 so it's not a rarepair (thank god) but more like ~700 for English specifically. i guess Latino fans love tokyo revengers? there's about 300 in Spanish. the fanfic language breakdown aside,

chifuyu/baji has got the

"he's the first person i ever respected"
"when i die (IN YOUR ARMS) instead of saying something explicitly sentimental, i'm going to make a personal reference only the two of us understand and it's also going to be about sharing a meal (a sacred thing and a thing only of love)"
"i can't hit him, not even to save him, and not only that, but i can't even make myself physically restrain him. nothing in me can oppose him physically."
"to try to keep you safe i won't say i didn't ever like you or we weren't ever friends (because they're too obviously a lie?) so instead i'll say something more specific and possibly believable like, 'you were only by my side because you could fight well.'"

there's definitely other ingredients to their sauce but i'm in agony thanks.