Ho Yay / 07-Ghost

• When Mikage and Teito meet again in the 7th district, Frau queries the following: "...Is that his boyfriend?"
  • Despite the fact that Mikage's closeness with Teito makes him a target of ill will, he remains a bright and cheerful person, sticking with Teito even if others make fun of him. As well as both of them making a point to stick up for the other against bullies or saving one another from danger. Their relationship as friends involves a lot of Mikage teasing Teito about his short stature, and Teito beating him up in retaliation. Even so, they are still very close, promising each other that they will die together and will always be "the best of friends". And Mikage often tries to get Teito to loosen up, telling him that if he smiles and laughs more, he'll grow taller.
  • Since the events of episode 1, Teito and Mikage have been separated and are shown to miss each other terribly, constantly thinking about one another, and Teito trying his hardest to escape the church he's staying at and make it back to Mikage. In ep 4, Teito meets with a demon (otherwise known as a "Kor") disguised as an old man offering to grant him his hearts desire at the cost of his soul. Hearing this, Teito tears up and instead of say, wishing the guys who are after him would drop dead, or to bring his parents back to life, he only wishes to see Mikage again. And after Mikage helped Teito escape he is captured and brutally questioned by Ayanami and Hyuuga on Teito's whereabouts. When he refuses to cooperate they give him a Sadistic Choice of ratting out Teito's whereabouts, or giving up his family. He decides to give up his family under the pretense that "they would understand" that he could never betray his best friend. In ep 4 when he decides this, he and Teito are given a split screen to show a speech they give completely in unison about how they'll never abandon one another. And then they do a fist bump.
  • When they are finally reunited again Mikage is shown looking extremely relieved and rushes towards Teito. A flying glomp, coupled with some sparkles, ensues. Hell, Mikage even tells Teito that he considers him to be as important as his own family before declaring "I love you, Teito."
  • Mikage's death scene.
  • After his death, Teito still finds it hard to go on without his best friend, even stating that "When Mikage died... I felt like a part of me died as well". When Mikage's soul is taken by Ayanami and he dies, he begs Teito not to look for revenge, but instead to keep walking towards the light. This shakes Teito's beliefs, because Mikage was his 'light'. Later, Mikage becomes reincarnated as a small pink dragon (called Burupya) because he wished to protect Teito, no matter what form. Even after his death, Teito still cares about Mikage very much; when Teito is struggling with learning how to use the Bascules, Bastien tells him that he needs to think of his feelings for God in his heart. Teito then thinks "Though I don't really know anything about God, I'm thinking of you... Mikage."
• Castor/Labrador. They are very protective of each other, like way too much. Castor takes Labrador's prophecies very seriously. They trust each other greatly and will not hesitate to risk their own lives to protect each other. They also talk in each other's place and complete each other's sentences a lot.
  • The two are usually found together. In fact, it can be said that if you see Labrador in any scene in the first half of the manga, he's with Castor, and if you see Castor in the second half, he's with Labrador.
  • Castor saved Labrador from Ayanami's grasp when he tried to devour Labrador in order to get Profe's fragments. This resulted in Castor losing his left arm and eye, along with some of Fest's powers.
  • During his whole fight with Ayanami, Labrador was actually protecting Castor, since Ayanami had snuck into Fest's tower and was aiming for his power rather than Profe's.
  • While infiltrating Ouka's birthday party, Labrador posed as Castor's wife.
  • Castor admitted Labrador's naivety and his belief that everyone deserves sympathy is one of the things he likes about him.
  • They care about each other a lot, with Castor constantly worrying about Labrador's health and him sleeping outdoors, and with Labrador tending to Castor's wounds on numerous occasions.
  • Both the manga and the anime's longest drama cds start off with Labrador serving Castor tea in his garden. In the manga one, Castor says Labrador's hospitality and generosity makes him want to sing.
  • According to Mikage, Castor and Labrador spend their time "just smiling and staring at each other". Teito finds it gross.
  • Though it can't be found online, there's a drama cd named "Father Castor, Mama Labrador".
• And of course the Ho Yay between Teito and Hakuren was not at all reduced by Hakuren's statement that he doesn't like women (well, with a few exceptions, but...)
  • Major Teito/Hakuren moment here.
  • Hakuren blushes when, for the first time, Teito openly acknowledges that they are friends. There's also a scene where he stares at Teito when Teito's taking off his shirt. Granted, Hakuren was staring because he had just noticed Teito's slave tattoo for the first time, but still.
  • When Hakuren is talking to his younger self at the end of the Bishop exam, he tells him that they will find a person who he can love more than anyone else. This can't possibly be referring to anyone other than Teito, seeing how he's... the only person Hakuren is close to.
  • Hakuren refers to Teito as "his light" and cries as he leaves the church.
  • The letters they write each other! The one we're shown in the Hausen arc is so dramatic that it's actually embarrassing.
  • On the cover page of a manga chapter, Hakuren and Teito are shown bathing together in a rather small bathtub.
  • Before Ouka's birthday party, Hakuren and Teito practise dancing together, and Teito dips Hakuren.
• Ayanami/Hyuuga. What with Hyuuga being incredibly loyal to Ayanami, pretty much always being by his side, protecting him, calling him "Aya-tan!", and making it clear that he will absolutely not tolerate anyone trying to either harm or insult Ayanami.
• Ayanami/Yukikaze. What with Hyuuga saying that Ayanami and Yukikaze were 'practically married', and Ayanami's impassioned speech about Yukikaze being 'beautiful under Cherry Blossom petals'...yeah. Also, consider that Yukikaze's death reminded Ayanami of Eve's death, Ayanami is Verloren's reincarnation, and Eve is Verloren's canonical love interest.
• Landkarte/Ea. They were Heterosexual Life-Partners as children, practically stalked each other while they were both in the Barsburg army, and had a very sweet reconciliation in the afterlife.
• Lem called Ilyusha/Labrador "his most precious treasure" and the "most beautiful thing in the world".
• There's also that one time Ayanami called Labrador "Beautiful Profe".