Rei's Links
Rei was rather cheery with Kaede before finding out she was born a male. Because of her innate fear of meeting unfamiliar people of the male species, Rei had become rather tentative with Kaede for a short while. When it became clear to her that Kaede was not crossdressing for fun, but it was because she had gender expression issues and identified as transgender, she opened herself to Kaede and apologized to her for being scared at first. Not wanting to disclose nor describe her fear to Kaede, she makes it up to her by being her friend and part-time bodyguard. It is because of how others treat Kaede that Rei had started to develop a vicious and threatening side to herself, but she swears she does it because she cares for Kaede and wants others to learn and understand that she is not the crossdressing pervert she is joked to be. As a friend and fellow "Mean Girl" Rei treasures Kaede, and in the future, they remain close friends.
While Kaede wouldn't go out and say it, she was rather hurt that Rei treated her kind of coldly when she had found out that "she" was actually a "he." Learning later that Rei had some issues with men in general, Kae did her best to make Rei more comfortable around her, and generally tried to keep a set distance from her, as well as tried to remain crossdressed around her. It was perhaps because of this that got Kae starting to think about how she identified, being largely happier as a girl. As they got closer, Kae was more than happy to eventually call Rei a friend, and finds her delightful to be around. While Kae appreciates Rei sticking up for her, she is far more worried that in doing so, Rei herself might get hurt.
[[ ren do they still bunk together in college?? ]]