ChitaHitsu

ChitaHitsu is the femslash ship between Chitaru Namatame and Hitsugi Kirigaya from the Riddle Story of Devil fandom.

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Chitaru and Hitsugi go to the same school and they're also roommates. They met each other at the bus station on the way to the academy. Chitaru thought at the time that Hitsugi was an elementary student who was lost. However, they are the same age, and Hitsugi lets Chitaru know this as she holds her hand and guides her to the correct bus. This becomes a current thing for them as Chitaru becomes very protective of Hitsugi, despite the fact that both of them are part of this survival game to see who gets to kill Haru first.

However, all throughout, Chitaru is very protective of Hitsugi, constantly asking her if she's alright. Like the night when Nio calls all interested to a secret meeting to tell them who the target is. The two of them go hand in hand to the meeting. And Chitaru is constantly checking on Hitsugi to see if she's sleepy or feeling well. Later, during class, as they Chitaru observe the others' moves and strategies, Hitsugi says that she just wants to wait and observe. Chitaru tells her that she doesn't understand what someone like Hitsugi is doing in this kind of "game". So while she dismisses Chitaru's question by saying that she has her reasons, she asks Chitaru about hers. Chitaru answers that she's actually not there to kill Haru, but to protect Angel Trumpet, who she thinks is there among them. This surprises Hitsugi who thanks Chitaru, saying she will be fine, quickly correcting herself by saying that the both of them will be.

When the Venus festival comes at the school, their teacher tells them that a Romeo and Juliet play will be organized in the class. Haru suggests that Hitsugi play Juliet since she's the smallest and cutest. And then says that Romeo has to be played by someone taller. So Hitsugi proposes Chitaru for the role, blushing and with hearts around her. Later, when the both of them take a break from rehearsing, Hitsugi tells Chitaru that she thinks that the role of Juliet fits Chitaru more than herself. And while Chitaru drinks some water, she offers some for Hitsugi to drink, which Hitsugi remarks as "an indirect kiss" between the two of them.

One night after rehearsals, Hitsugi goes backstage to meet Shiena Kenmochi and there, after Shiena says Hitsugi is deceiving Chitaru because Hitsugi is actually Angel Trumpet, Hitsugi confesses that she likes Chitaru from the bottom of her heart, which means she must be in love. After this, she murders Shiena because she also fell in love with Chitaru, saying that that is unforgivable. Just in time, Tokaku caughts her in the act and Hitsagu asks her to not say a word about that to Chitaru since she would rather die than to be hated by Chitaru. In conversation with Suzu later, she tells Hitsugi that her relationship with Chitaru is very similar to Romeo and Juliet's story.

The day of the play, when Hitsugi and Chitaru are preparing themselves in the dressing room, while Chitaru was telling the story about her teacher and Angel Trumpet to Hitsugi, she tells Chitaru that she also wants to help her kill Angel Trumpet. Chitaru is confused by this, so Hitsugi kisses Chitaru and confesses her love for her. Backstage, Chitaru expresses her deep sorrow about finding out that Hitsugi is Angel Trumpet. Hitsugi apologizes profusely saying she didn't know it was a friend of Chitaru at the time. But Chitaru tells her that even if it is Hitsugi, she can't forgive her. Hitsugi confesses that her biggest desire is for Chitaru's heart to love her, but that Chitaru is the only one who owns her own heart, so she gives her two knives and the decision to choose in between using the fake one, labelled "love", or to kill her with the one labelled "justice", the real knife. During the play, when the final moment comes where Romeo and Juliet kill themselves, Chitaru kills Hitsugi with the real knife, and Hitsugi says that dying by Chitaru's hand was true ecstasy. However, after reciting Romeo's lines about getting to live a happy love story in another world with no struggles, she also decides to stab herself, dying on top of Hitsugi, once the curtains fall.

Fanon
ChitaHitsu is not such a popular ship within the Riddle Story of Devil fandom. It's often overshadowed by TokaHaru, the main couple of the series, and Haruki x Isuke. Many fans of the ship point out how they're both the representation the series has of Romeo and Juliet, as they themselves play them in a play in the story. The ship currently has 30+ works in AO3.

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