GoYa

GoYa is the slash ship between Gosha and Yafya from the Beastars fandom.

Canon
Gosha and Yafya are childhood friends who have been separated for over 30 years. The two of them were aspiring Beastars who got pitted against one another. However, the two of them shared such a deep bond, that they never cared about said competition, and wanted to be Beastars together. In fact, one day the police commemorated them with medals, the two of them threw them away, laughing, since their dream was to be Beastars together, not to compete. After that, they went to a park at night to lie on the grass and talk. Yafya tells Gosha that they're partners and that they are always going to be, and then asks Gosha if that's right. Gosha just smiles and stays silent and this inspires an inner monologue of Yafya where he says that he always liked Gosha's eyes, which are filled with genuine strength.

However, all of their dreams change when Gosha meets the grey wolf who would become his future wife. One day Gosha invites Yafya to have a private conversation at a bridge. Yafya keeps insisting to Gosha about the fact that interspecies relationships are hard to have in society since they're very stigmatized, but that's when Gosha confesses that his girlfriend is pregnant. Yafya seems extremely shocked and on top of that, Gosha confirms that he can't continue being a Beastar with him anymore. That's the moment they part ways and Yafya swears that he will never forgive Gosha.

Yafya gets stuck in time, constantly thinking about Gosha and hoping they'll meet again, and goes to become a Beastar, respected in society, and Gosha continues his life as a family man. Gosha never held any grudges against Yafya, and in fact, even thinks he would love for Legosi to meet him, although he still thinks he can never make up for the hurt he feels he has inflicted upon Yafya by leaving him. As for Yafya, he continues to fight as a Beastar, never forgetting about Yafya, so he stops dead in his tracks one day when he hears about Yafya again from a criminal he caught. So he immediately goes to Gosha's apartment to meet him.

Yafya is seething with anger seeing Gosha, but he still feels incredibly bubbly inside seeing him while shoujo bubbles appear around his vision of Gosha. Gosha is so happy and excited to see Yafya that he starts secreting poison. After cleaning his mouth, he jumps to tightly hug Yafya, shocking him. Gosha kindly invites Yafya to enter his apartment to talk and catch up. But instead, Yafya pushes Gosha inside and starts punching him, venting all of his bottled up anger and resentment for Gosha. Suddenly, Gosha stops him to disinfect his hands in case any drop of poison might've touched him, potentially harming him, showing that Gosha still cares for him as day one. The only instance in which Gosha lashes out at Yafya was after Gosha had found out about Yafya endangering Legoshi by recruiting him in his hunt for Melon, though he was eventually brought back to reason.

Fanon
GoYa is a rare ship in the Beastars fandom compared to other more popular ones like Lougosi. Considering Yafya and Gosha are side characters, and that they're considered as part of the "older" characters", their ship is not that popular. However, they are each of the characters' most popular ships. Many fans, even fans that are not shippers, think that Yafya might've had a romantic crush on Gosha, which leads some of them to affectionately call Yafya "Gosha's salty ex-boyfriend". As of currently, the ship has 43+ works in AO3.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * As a teenager, Gosha was Yahya's most trusted partner, being able to cover his one blind spot in a fight and add additional support with his venom.