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[sharpsuite]

this is totally not because of the message i just sent you on discord shhh. but do you have any headcanons about chishiya's living space? how does he decorate it (if he decorates at all)? does he have a preference for any colors or styles? etc etc

Not me still giggling at you sending this at the same time i was considering making a headcanon post over this very thing.

Chishiya's living space is very....sterile and cold. It's never a mess, always very clean or is cleaned up very shortly after if not immediately. It feels more like a SHOWROOM than an actual place where anyone would live in. There's nothing personal about it if you look around for things. Furniture is nice and expensive, but it's not personal. He doesn't have pictures of himself or other people up, doesn't have any plants ( other than the odd time a patient at the hospital gives him flowers as thanks - accepted SOLELY because they'll die in a few days anyways and he just throws them out because he'd rather avoid a scene if he threw them away at the hospital. ) He doesn't keep any drawings or cards from patients, doesn't have many trinkets that lay around. He does have BOOKS though that are carefully organized on a built in bookshelf in the living room.

His place isn't particularly colorful which also ADDS to the sterile and cold appearance of it. He tends to just go white, black, silvers, darker blues. Maybe a splash of red here and there. Think appearances along THIS and THIS ; very open floorplan with tile floors and large windows - his place is a sub-penthouse a few floors down from the top. in the main living space. He also has a lot of the bright, harsh lighting in the kitchen, dining room, and bathrooms. His bedroom isn't much different from the sterile and cold appearance other than having blackout curtains. The only real signs someone lives there besides obviously having Chishiya's stuff in there are there's a handful of fuzzy blankets on the back of the couches & his bed as well as the soft pillows on the couches. Sometimes you might find a textbook open or his notes on the living room table / aisle in the kitchen or his music player somewhere, but that's all. He does have warmer lighting and nice rugs in the the living room, his bedroom, and the unused guest bedroom.

The thing is, it's not that Chishiya even LIKES this minimalist, contemporary appearance that his place has. But it is familiar even if he won't admit to that. Not that he needs it; Chishiya's not attached to it. People tend to have a habit of subconsciously either REPLICATING what they know or entirely AVOIDING it. Chishiya falls into the former category of replicating it. His home growing up was also extremely sterile and cold, so he's familiar with this sort of look. It looks as empty as he feels. Chishiya just...doesn't care too much. He's not particularly attached and it's not 'home', just where he lives. IN REALITY? I think Chishiya WOULD much prefer a warmer, cozier place. But it's not something that will naturally occur to him because he's never experienced it. He won't think to change it and wouldn't even know how to go about it. No one else ever sees his place though besides him so he doesn't ever think about it. Post-Borderlands, he doubts anyone would be surprise to find it so lifeless if they come over to visit. ( Ironically, should he go to someone else's place, the living room probably IS his favorite spot because of how inviting it is. )

Chishiya doesn't decorate for any holidays either. He doesn't even OWN any holiday themed decorations. For one, he typically is working during the holidays themselves. Secondly, he doesn't see the point. It's just him anyways even if he ISN'T working a holiday, so he doesn't see why. The hospital decorates some for the holidays, good enough. POST-BORDERLANDS, he will very reluctantly accept it if anyone he was close to there came over and insisted on decorating it. The decorations don't mean anything to him, but Chishiya...might like just the memory or symbolism of it. Or the desserts because I'm sure he's being bribed with holidays desserts and he will accept that.

Ironically enough, despite the 'temporary' nature of the Beach in the Borderlands, it reflects a lot in his room THERE as well. For example, even with Arisu's first few days at the Beach he already has jackets and shirts on the couch/desk, there's snacks and drinks scattered around, shoes kicked off at the doorway / middle of the room. IN CONTRAST, even in the Borderlands Chishiya's room looks like its barely used. Other than the blankets on the bed and his sneakers for the games and a radio/music player on the desk, there's very little evidence his room is used despite him being there for quite a while. Chishiya's hard to read as a person, and his living space is just as difficult to gain anything from at the man himself no matter where he is.