>>3638670They're just cute friends, but the blond one is very heavily implied to be gay and romantically attracted to the dark-haired one. Meanwhile the dark-haired one is straight and doesn't ever return the blond boy's advances. However, there are some cute pictures of them holding hands as kids and being unusually close so everyone ships them anyway
Also I never see any Laphicet/Malak Number Two art, which is a shame. I just finished Tales of Berseria and it's one long game full of adorable shota fanservice. The summer outfit DLC has him wearing precious little as well, well worth the money
