#kakisugu

[chaoticreivingu]

There's no way to sugarcoat this, Drayton and Kieran act like bitter exes that went through a really bad breakup and use the player to get back at each other, with Kieran wanting to move on and Drayton wanting to get back together with him(he really sucks at communication though).

Seriously though, Drayton and Kieran have a lot of paralells in canon that imply they at least are supposed to be complementary to each other. Examples of this include:

Their designs(Drayton has golden eyes, white on purple hair and a black jacket, Kieran has yellow eyes, black on purple hair and a white jacket)

Not having highlights on their eyes(temporarily in the case of Kieran)

Similar tastes in food

Wearing the same kind of tank top

Their hometowns either being similar or direct opposites to one another

Their ace Pokemon being next to each other in the Pokedex and allegedly meant to resemble Black City and White Forest respectively

Not only that, but they seem to have similar pasts as well, being part of a famous lineage in their hometown, then getting rejected by the one they admire most in favor of an extremely talented foreign prodigy who understands Pokemon's hearts better than they ever did.

This imo really seemed like Drayton was speaking from personal experience, to drive home the emotional understanding they could have. Maybe that's why he's been held back for 3 years? A mix of being burnt out, running away from his family and giving up on himself, submitting to being a slacker since he's already the black sheep anyway.

Bonus sketch of the epilogue Drayton/Kieran dynamic in a nutshell:

Credit to Calem MrNazreenni for the playthrough screencaps.