#like when adam approaches langa from behind and langa instinctively goes ‘reki :D’ before realizing it’s not him

[maespri]

one thing i really love about sk8 is how renga's love languages slowly meld together and become one another's... its pretty clear that langa's love language is words of affirmation- he's constantly telling reki he's amazing and talented- and reki's is physical touch- he can't keep his arm off people's shoulders to save his life- but what i love is that its as if they really become the other person's, too.

like. in early episodes of the anime, langa appears more stiff and mildly put-off when reki jostles his shoulders, throws an arm around him, pokes him, etc. similarly, when langa throws compliments at reki, reki brushes them off and maintains that he's not as special or important as langa thinks he is.

but then langa starts doing the same things reki does; dapping him up, hugging him (such as at the beach) or pulling him a little too close (still in the beach episode, when reki almost falls off his skateboard and langa grabs him), literally tackling him in a hug after racing adam, etc.

reki definitely starts throwing langa's own love language back at him early on- calling him amazing, reassuring him, encouraging him- but it grows and grows throughout the show. both things do, and then suddenly both of them are primarily using words of affirmation and physical touch to express love. i just think it's very neat how that seems to have happened because they literally got it from one another.