kotetsu fell for izumo first, i think. they both put off the idea for a very, very long time, but i really do feel like kotetsu was the first one to look at izumo at one point in their lives and go, ‘wow i just want you to be super happy and have someone love you.’ he just doesn’t realize (nor let himself admit) until later that he’s the person that wants to make izumo happy, and he’s the person that loves him.
it wasn’t until they got smashed and played tonsil hockey did kotetsu let himself think about it as an actual possibility, and bring it up to izumo. he was afraid of what the other would say. but, honestly, i don’t think he was ever afraid of losing izumo all together. nothing short of death would separate the two of them, romantically involved or not. even if things went south and izumo said ‘no’, he knew they’d always be together one way or another.
