''You don't have to fear...''

Hello, everybody!

Finally I've finished this artwork!^^ My, Coco's muscles are so hard to draw! QAQ
It's my third and last entry for 's contest "Coco in a pairing".

Now, the explanations... I wanted to create an artwork where we can see Aya's and Coco's fears. To the left, it's about Coco's... We know he's afraid by his poisonous power and he doesn't want anyone touch him. But Aya notice his fear and hold his hand for show him there isn't any danger. Komatsu was made the same thing, but he was more... tactful... Aya is very frank with Shitennou and told him he can control his poison, so he doesn't have to fear about it! And the young man like this frankness. Since this moment, Coco progressively falls in love with Aya.

And to the right, the scene takes place two months after. Coco and Aya are together since two months and the Heavenly Kings finally learns Aya's fear: her scars on her back. It's a Gourmet World creature (a child however) who attacked her when she was 8 years old. But claws was poisonous and wounds never healed... Well, not completely... Flesh had dried but skin hadn't recovered it. So, Aya carries these scars since 19 years. And as she's got a too big pride... So, she hates pity and never shows her wounds. It's why she's shivering and crying in my artwork; because she's again afraid about the monster. Coco hugs her for reassure her. In my story, Aya's back is against Coco's torso; but here I need to change that for show scars.

Theses moments are very important in their relationship, because they trust each other.

I hope my explanations are good.

I hope you like it!

Aya © me
Coco of Toriko © Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro - 2008/2016