I made too many pages towards my Chai-joins-Vandelay-for-half-a-day AU: the headcanon heavy edition. It's also mostly the ending bit of it (there's still a little more I want to draw but they're mostly full of tricky dialogue so I hope I can find time later for them). I underestimated how many pages I wanted to make and it took twice the time I was hoping it would but I was able to get almost all of the fun and funny images I had stuck in my head out.
Luckily for all of us I can fit 'em all under this read more. Enjoy at your own leisure
[Of course this goes under the 'Kale lived!Redeemed AU']
Chai's an orphan, so the only family response they had to prepare for were Kale's. Chai was already good friends with Peppermint and he knew Roxanne liked him well enough, but in terms of dating Kale...
Kale didn't really care much. He just wanted to be with Chai.
"So, uh, we started... Dating?"
"And we're very happy, no matter what you'll say."
Peppermint and Roxanne stare at them for a while. Finally, Roxanne cleared her throat.
"Are you sure about this? I believe you deserve better."
Kale looked indignant, "That's not fair, mother. Chai is definitely worthy."
"She wasn't talking to you, dumbass." Peppermint rolled her eyes.
Kale looked even more offended, "I'm your son!"
"And you brainwashed me." Roxanne raised a brow.
Kale looked sheepish, "Fair enough."
Chai's just looking confused and goes, "So, uh, do you guys approve or..."
"As long as you're happy," Peppermint sighed, but she pulled out a blaster. "But you better not keep it from me if he hurts you. I'll be more than glad to avenge you."
Later, Macaron, Korsica, CNMN, and 808 also found out and gave Kale their own shovel talks.
*Flings to tags because haven't done anything Hi-fi recently aside from a certain Bard in BG3 that I need to draw out
Some of my ChaixKale headcanons from Hi-Fi Rush.
Married Life headcanons - (It only takes seven years...)
Dishes are a MESS in their shared house. Both of them would play Jenga with the dishes and the like, first one to topple them loses. Chai, because he lived off paper plates/ takeout containers, and Kale, because "That's what the help is there for." and never fully learned aside from rinsing. It takes some intervention/yelling from a Peppermint controlled 808 to get them to start.
Kale is slowly introducing sit down restaurants that require formal wear, and don't serve soda, to Chai, in attempts for a romantic fancy anniversary one day. Closest they've gotten is one that at least has a good vintage wine on the list. (This is going at a snail's pace because Chai doesn't drink/ feels EXTRA awkward just drinking water and his robot arm doesn't really allow decent looking formal in his eyes.)
Chai almost burned down the house/ got Kale to panic wake up one day trying to make breakfast. Since Kale's got some internet connection after that day makes the food/ forces Chai to go through some basic cooking tutorials.
Their wedding rings are simple things with only one large opal/gemstone to make it pricey. Kale made sure to get a chain to go with said ring so Chai can wear his as a necklace to free up his human hand to play/practice guitar. Kale proposed in a sectioned off part of the Museum Gardens.
Chai is a clinger. They're almost always 30 minutes late to work because Kale might wake up on time, but Chai doesn't.
Other aside headcanons about the two.
Kale is fully robotic, and his 'self' came from his head which was found at near death state. Roxanne has allowed the body to be redone with his battle body, but it has a near un-crackable lock (As in he can't do shit with it, or try to force it) unless someone in the family/ the main six is in danger for him to be able to use it. Otherwise he looks completely human...aside from the dual USB ports in the back of his neck for charging and data management.
Some more of that Chai joins Vandelay for half a day AU. Or just a picture of a kinda OOC Kale chilling if you wanna gloss over those comics. I'm still not sure if the colours are too garish or not.
These were mostly done with the premise of treating Kale's office like the hideout. I also really like how mundane, or familiar, the interactions between Chai and Kale can be in the game so I wanted to draw some stuff exploring more like that. But also, there's the ulterior motive of shipping so I included an out of context scene because I can't bother drawing the rest of it (though it seems like a huge jump in their relationship as a result. I think they're so big headed that they get stuck in a feedback loop of stroking the other's ego if an excuse comes up to do so)
You you did such a beautiful job colouring my work sob馃槶馃槶馃槏馃槏馃槏馃槏馃槏 look look how beautifully @margoshvets coloured my fan art of hi fi rush!!!!!!
Just fucking gorgeous 馃槏馃グ
Also they even came up with a little back story for it and when I heard it I was like yes , that's the story for the picture you can't change my mind!
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At Chai's and Kale's wedding, someone attempted to murder Kale. Guards disarmed the assassin, but unfortunately, Chai was killed (he caught a bullet trying to protect Kale)
Kale took his life shortly after because he couldn't live knowing that he was the reason Chai died.馃挃鉂わ笍鉂o笍
Just really they turned this into an absolutely stunning piece I know I could never have made, this is brilliant and beautiful, thank you so much 馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆馃挆