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They used to be close. Like, bff-close. Clover (that has been interested in singing even then) taught Deadeye (back then just Berunrun) how to sing, and Berunrun showed Clover his mom's magic (his mother is a witch!), which interested Clover in witchcraft.
By the time Berunrun started using his own magic for the first time (they were maybe 6 years old?) the bad luck slowly started increasing, and it led to the first disaster.
And it was a big one.
Both Beru and Clo had to run away with lots of obstacles on their way, and at some point even crawl from under the ruins.
Berunrun was sure that Clover would hate him and end the friendship after they get home.
How wrong he turned out to be: she was just so happy to have made it out alive to the point where she started laughing from joy and hugging him.
[Inspired by this audio: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJbqruff/ pretty much what it looked like I think]
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Despite the disasters still happening, and despite the other yokai seeing Dea as cursed… Clover didn't care. She still saw him as a person and as a friend, not as a "dangerous failure", like others did. The friendship continued, and they both supported each other with their interests, learning from the other in the process.
(Clover's parents unfortunately forbid her from meeting him too often, so their meet-ups were pretty rare)
Except at some point, Beru just… broke. Everything felt too heavy, and people perceiving him badly became a paranoia of his. It would lead to meltdowns big enough for him to do anything to not be seen as an annoying kitten.
And when he noticed people getting scared when he snapped… it hit him.
When Clover started seeing his slow transformation, that he wanted to be seen as a villain and someone who does it on purpose, she felt defeated.
"I hope we're still friends… I hope you don't mind" from him obviously didn't help.
Berunrun, now choosing to be called Deadeye, went from a person she knew to the one she… didn't.
And it hurt, because despite trying she didn't get him to stop.
She had no idea how Berunrun really felt, that he didn't want to hurt anyone, and was lost and with no other options. But she didn't want any explanations, she just wanted him to not be a bad person. When she ran away from their meet-up for the first time, it hurt Dea deeply. He hid the feelings inside and forced himself to continue (again with the "burn the boats" mindset).
For her… Berunrun died.
It was only then she broke their friendship.