Hiroki/Relationships

## Hiroki

Play fighting with Tsukasa

**Hiroki** interacts with various characters within the Pet series, which affects him as a person and the story as a whole. This article details his relationships with other characters.

## Relationships

### Tsukasa

Hiroki is Tsukasa's pet having received his peak from him, and choosing his image based on Tsukasa's. He constantly thinks about him, greatly desiring to live a decent life with him, with one off the hand long term suggestion being that they open up a bar. He shows what others have called jealousy when Tsukasa is interacting with others. When Tsukasa suggests completing a task with Satoru, Hiroki is adamant that he is still capable despite being exhausted. When considering their life options, he turned to Tsukasa and suggested opening up a place of their own and living respectable lives.

Apart from him, Hiroki appears despondent having attained the dream of having their own place, but wanting Tsukasa with him. Thinking of Tsukasa's business advice, not caring how customers may receive it, Hiroki continues to factor Tsukasa into his conversations such as reacting strongly when hearing that someone had broken up with their boyfriend. His low spirits are reversed seeing Tsukasa again. He is unaware of who shared their peak with Tsukasa since he never talks about the past. After Tsukasa had been crushed from his encounter with Hayashi, Hiroki was angered with what happened but managed to wade through the sea of blood in Tsukasa's valley and take Tsukasa to his Peak to prevent him from being fully crushed. Even though it was challenging to look after the fish and take care of Tsukasa in his weakened state, he refused Tsukasa's suggestion that they move into a hotel since it would put Tsukasa back into the Company's pocket, and he never wants to see him in that state again, and he is not letting Tsukasa work for them. Questioning whether Tsukasa knew the risks, Hiroki feels he does not care about him. Tearful, he then asks why Tsukasa does not talk to him, he has never even told him about his Peak giver.

Syncing together in Tsukasa's fish tank locus, Hiroki agrees to go along with his plan if that is what he wants. On the day he tells Tsukasa he is not going ahead with dressing as a waiter for the task because he told him to, but because he decided to for his own sake. He considers whether Tsukasa would divulge that he had received the offer to become an employee, noting there were things he had not told him in the past. Hiroki concludes that Tsukasa would not withhold this information from him, but also contemplates that they have been together so long but Hiroki feels he knows nothing about him. Hiroki shows reluctance to proceed with crushing an ambassador when his wife is there and all the while thinking of Tsukasa's crushed state of being.

Learning that Tsukasa crushed his Peak giver, Hayashi, Hiroki is filled with conflicting feelings. He feels no one knows Tsukasa like he does and in the past ignored it when Tsukasa kept things private since he wanted to trust him. Attempting to get through to Tsukasa after he stated an intent to crush Satoru as well, Hiroki says he too wanted to leave the Company and was just going along with it all to be with Tsukasa. Suggesting they run away together, Hiroki believes they can make it if that is the case.

He was scared of Tsukasa's sudden angered change in temperament, electing to run away and lock the door before fleeing the shop altogether. After some time he felt that Tsukasa looked trapped and wondered if he had in fact ran away when Tsukasa needed him most. Hiroki wants to meet a midway point but is unsure what it would be, more so when feeling that Tsukasa just wants him to do as he says.

Rather than reveal the truth to Satoru that Tsukasa was the one who crushed Hayashi, Hiroki withheld this fact to protect him. He was only sad feeling that Tsukasa was out of options but to blame him and offered no resistance to being captured. Seeing Tsukasa upset, Hiroki assured him he would not leave and reaffirmed he wants to stay with him.

With Tsukasa's concerns over crushing Hayashi, Hiroki suggested that he change Tsukasa's memories so he remembered that Hiroki was his Peak giver. Hiroki asks whether he would do and could be replace Hayashi.

### Satoru

He comes across him in his dealings with Tsukasa and blames Satoru for bringing Katsuragi into Kenji's memories, seizing his clothes in anger. Visited by him in the pet fish store, Hiroki vents his feelings on him. Considering him lucky since he is able to use a door image, Hiroki then berates Satoru for always talking to him like he is older. When he was upset at Tsukasa's absence, Hiroki was consoled by Satoru. Hearing how he has not seen the person who gave him his peak in two years, Hiroki thinks Satoru has done pretty well to hold up and apologizes for taking out his anger on him.

Doing a job together where they disguise themselves as waiters, Hiroki replies to Satoru that he looks different due to his dyed hair, not telling the truth that Hiroki has lost weight having not been eating as much. When asked for advice on whether to join the Company, Hiroki tells him it is his life and to make up his own mind.

Despite the rocky relationship between the two, Hiroki does understand Satoru's feelings towards Hayashi (as he has the same feelings towards Tsukasa) and was unwilling to comply with Tsukasa's wish to crush Satoru.

### Katsuragi

He has a negative impression of Katsuragi for labelling him and Tsukasa as 'the crushers' and for his willingness to murder people. When Katsuragi means to have Kenji murdered, Hiroki instead turns to Katsuragi as the problem and traps him in his own mind. Tired of working for him he resolves to no longer do any jobs but runs the pet fish shop Katsuragi paid for.

### Hayashi

   Originally, Hiroki was aware of him as the person who gave Satoru his Peak, but did not know that he also gave Tsukasa his Peak. It is his wind image that Hiroki first comes into contact with when he is taken to the Yamako General Hospital and finds Hayashi's body kept on life support in the mortuary. Hiroki enters his memories and gleans information of Tsukasa's views on pets and Satoru.

### Kenji

Scolded by his manager for getting water everywhere, Hiroki does not consider him scary when he is up in his apartment. Though not hostile, when agitated Hiroki tells Kenji he cannot just walk into their apartment as he pleases. Despite misgivings, it was Hiroki who told Kenji to keep the money he offered them, and also suggested they send him to some island in the Pacific. Hiroki was adamantly against the idea of crushing Kenji.

### Ron

He is unknowingly monitored by this member of The Company from across the road. Meeting him again, he does not think much of Ron which carries over to when he is captured by the Company with Ron nearby.

### Jin

Noticing her in the car with Satoru, he asks him whether it was her who told Satoru he could not reveal sensitive information on a job at hand.

### The Ambassador's Wife

During a job to crush an ambassador, Hiroki doubted the mission since it was taking place in front of who he thought as the ambassador's wife and contemplated how she would feel. Remembering Tsukasa as he imagined her reaction, Hiroki confronted Satoru on how messed up the situation is.