THERE'S TWO VERSIONS OF THIS VERSE ; zag will tell u about the babysitter version of the verse first :]
▪️ Furin High's a school full of delinquents,,,,, but, at the whim of a past principal trying to get these teens on the right track, they've got their own babysitter's club ! complete with a fully decked out daycare room and everything, and between keeping the town safe while still trying to get an education, the students have the option ( or, occasionally, get assigned ) to join !
( DO BE AWARE THOUGH ; i can absolutely throw Sakura into Morinomiya Academy, too, if anyone has gakubaby muses / knows abt the series itself and wants that . talk it out with me if ya want, and let's figure it all out :D ! )
Sakura Haruka, 15 year old first-year high school student, has come to Furin High in efforts to get away from her former home / where she was formerly living, as the city was growing increasingly volatile for her and she refused to stay there any longer
Furin's daycare is inhabited by children within Makochi as well as some of the school's staff's children ; these children can either be other muses ( so you and yours :0 ! ) or other winbre muses themselves ! or, your muse( s ) can be babysitters along with her--it's all up to you !
>> you don't have to know anything about gakubaby as a series, itself, to request this verse ; i can explain any details, and tbh, it's just pretty straightforward :b
Sakura initially did not intentionally join the babysitter's club, but due to a series of events, needing the credits, and just having nothing else to do in her downtime, she found herself checking them out one day,,,,, and then returning to the daycare day-in and day-out ever since
>> she'd never had a chance to really interact with kids beforehand, however, and at first is stiff and a liiiittle too firm . as time goes on and she finds her place both within the world and the club itself, Sakura finds herself adoring the kiddos ( she always had it in her, but just never really acknowledged it ) and getting along with them extremely well !
>> she likes taking care of babies the most, but she's also incredibly worried about hurting them, so she often tries to pass off taking care of them to others ; she's still very physically capable in this verse, as she leans into genuine delinquency a little more, here ( mostly just getting into fights "unprovoked" )
>> overtime, she also spends a good portion of her free time within the daycare ; she enjoys being there more than she does being at home alone . if classes aren't in session and there's nothin' she's gotta attend to after school ( and, hell, even during lunch ! ), Sakura's over in the room . she's also very protective of it, as well as its inhabitants--there's no hope for many fights, verbal or physical, starting within it when she's around
her overall personality won't really change in this version of the verse, as all that will is, mostly, what she goes through and how . a big variable will also be how, exactly, the verse is taken, too ; everything just depends on the details, and how the verse itself builds over time both in and out of threads :D
for sake of my own ease, this version of the verse will simply be referred to as GakuBaby verse ( babysitter ) . literally very shrimple 4 zag to remember
▪️ in the case that Sakura is an actual member of the daycare, however, there's quite a bit of changes !
first and foremost, in this version of the verse, Sakura is four years old, and has joined the daycare due to having been found roaming around the streets of Makochi
>> once again, your muse( s ) can either be kiddos right alongside with her, or they can be babysitters looking after her instead of looking after little ones with her ! one key difference, however, is that if your muse chooses to be a babysitter in this version, they can also be the person who found Sakura and brought her into the daycare to begin with ( and this can be depicted either within a thread itself or be pre-established ) if you'd like :0 !
at this age in particular, Sakura is a reticent, solemn child ; just a little quick to anger ( and with more rage than any four year old should reasonably have ! ), but mainly self-isolating, shy and silent . she's also a little fragile, both physically and emotionally, and she doesn't hold a lot of faith in adults already ; she's not quite scared of them, though, as she normally is on the blog
>> she holds no trust in anyone, already learning that trying to reach out / rely on others is a failed venture ; it'll take a lot to get her to open up, and will likely be harder than it is even when she's a teenager . it'll take a regular presence, steady patience, and lots of reassurances to see her growing into herself ; if your muse is the one who brought her into the daycare, she's likely to cling to them quicker, but she's also much more prone to pushing them away first
>> she does still act in plenty of ways any four year old should, however ! she enjoys playing with toys, reading, and showing off her learned independence ; give her a "chore" of some sort to do around the daycare room, or send her off on an errand, and she'll be the happiest little toddler you ever did see :] she likes having a purpose, and she does like making people proud / happy, too . she has a big problem with not knowing how to share / interact with other children especially, however, and it can result in tension with the other kiddos in the room ; again : patience, reassurances, and lots of care and love from others are gonna be reeeeeally important when interacting with her
she is still incredibly easy to fluster with just the smallest of actions ; for all of who / how she is in this verse, she's just a toddler who's never experienced any kindness from others before ( despite it being the one thing she wants most ; despite her doing nothing to deserve a lack of it ) . even at this age, all she wants is a place to belong, to exist as herself, without being hated for taking up the space
in a very unoriginal and shrimple move, this verse'll be referred to as "GakuBaby verse ( toddler )" :p
for the time being, this's all zag has :0 ! also, like i said up at the top : i know a lotta folks likely haven't seen or read the series at all, so that's why i brought up the opportunity for your muses to be either babysitter or babysitted . any other sorta dynamic / role can be filled for this verse, though, as gakubaby is set in a regular school environment ; if you have any questions / ideas, do let me know :D ! zag loves 2 talk abt gakubaby bc it's LITERALLY his biggest comfort series ever ; i'm currently keeping up with the manga's updates on mangadex and have watched the anime obsessively ( though it's been awhile since i saw it last 😭 ) . because i know a lotta folks likely don't know of gakuen babysitters itself, though, this verse is really more just inspired by it than being a genuine 1 : 1 / trying to fit Sakura into the series itself