Imagine if you will. Jade Turtle and Fox!Alya. Nino and Alya are dating, but dont know each others identities as heroes. Jade Turtle and Volpina are practically rivals. They are both good guys, but them hiding behind a mask lets them act out in freedom, so it sort of accentuates part of their personality the other person dislikes. So Jade Turtle and Volpina fucking hate each other like alot. And one time Nino is shitting on Volpina and he doesnt get why Alya gets so angry and runs away crying. And then later he is Jade Turtle and finds Volpina ranting and crying and angry and he asks whats wrong and she screams at him to leave but he doesnt. and she asks why and he says “You’re hurting, somethings wrong. I know we don’t get along but… I already messed up pretty hard today. I’m not gonna give you a hard time. We can talk if you need it.” and she is really caught off guard and touched kinda, but hesitant to open up to Jade. But she basically says “Someone really important to me hates me… Volpina I mean. He hates the hero but he just… turns around and says he loves me… and…”
She starts to cry again, and Jade stands there traumatized, because it’s Alya.
and he doesnt know what to do. and Now it’s alyas turn to wonder why Jade is suddenly so… pained. So genuinely upset, and why he leaves so quickly.
And then the next day Nino breaks up with Alya, saying something like “I… I messed up. I made a mistake and I didn’t mean for this… I don’t- you deserve someone better. I’m sorry… I’ll get you back one day. but it will be right this time” and Alya is heart broken and confused
and then after that day Alya never speaks to Nino, ever, but he is never mean to her or makes things awkward, but her heart is broken. And after that day Jade Turtle is different and she doesnt understand why. He’s still got all those things she hated but… she remembers how kind he had been when he didnt need to be. And now she sees a lot of that, the good things that she didnt see because she was so focused on the bad, and he’s kinder to her. He’s more understanding of her temper and impulsiveness, and is a really calm balance for her. They both see and acknowledge each others flaws but get closer anyways, and after a year Volpina and Jade Turtle start to date. They fall in love, completely in love, but Alya is struggling because… he reminds her so much of him. So much of Nino. And then she starts to put it together, starts to bring together everything.
‘I’ll get you back one day… but this time… I’m gonna do it right.’