Guaximini

Hey😊,

This is the ranking.

1. Alistair (best)

2. Axel

3. Tyler

4. Tadashi

5. Tegan

Love,

I did this once for Sweet Elite, and people seemed to like it, so of course I figured I should do it for Kortia! I like spoiling the Kortia fandom okay

So, without further ado:

Alexis

Honestly, it does not occur to her to use the nickname

So Adventurer probably has to say it first

But of course, she probably doesn’t hear it the first few times

“Mornin’, babe!” while she’s reading and walking, she probably goes “Morning!” but doesn’t realize there was a second part

Adventurer probably has to grab her by the shoulders so she looks at them and go, “GOOD MORNING, BABE” for her to fully get it

Which of course causes them both to turn red

And Alexis says something like, “Uh… morning, babe”

Which starts the blushing all over again

Dyclos

Probably the first to use it, if he does decide to use it

Started as “mehehehe, let’s give Adventurer a little shock”

Sidles up to Adventurer and with both hands on his cane leans in and says, “Evening, babe”

Adventurer, without a beat, just goes, “Babe”

Dyclos was, of course, NOT expecting that

He has been one-upped at his own game

Adventurer gets all smug about it until Dyclos leans in and says, “Next time it’ll work, babe”

And then they’re both dying a little bit on the inside for the rest of the night

Florus

Naturally, Florus wants to be the one to say it first because Adventurer deserves it

She definitely tries to fluster Adventurer first, either by leaning in so their faces are close together or throwing her arm around their shoulders

And then she just gives Adventurer this smirk and raises an eyebrow and says, “How ya doing, babe?”

Adventurer, if they’re not already losing their shit, is definitely doing so now, because how does one respond when a princess just called you “babe”

Finally just stammers, “F-f-fine, and y-y-you, b-b-b-babe?!” with a little squeak at the end

Which Florus finds adorable and is just smirking that smirk and having a helluva time flustering Adventurer further

It takes a while for them to regularly do it (Adventurer, at least), but Florus basically keeps doing it

She especially likes doing it when a bunch of other people are around

Gerald

Adventurer has to say it to him first

In general, not exactly one for pet names, especially in public, so when Adventurer’s suddenly poking him in the shoulder going, “Babe. Babe. BAAAAAAABE” he’s not expecting it

At first, he’s annoyed–why is Adventurer pestering him?–but then he realizes what they were calling him, and he’s just SHOCKED PIKACHU

“Babe?” Adventurer doesn’t know what to do when Gerald is suddenly not functioning

Gerald shakes it off and just glares at them before storming off, his cape rustling behind him

Adventurer hurries to catch up, because come on, it was just a joke! Hahahahaha (it wasn’t)

Suddenly, Gerald ducks into a side street or room or what have you and waits for Adventurer to catch up

That’s when he leans in and whispers in Adventurer’s ear, “Only I can call you babe” and walks away like nothing happened while Adventuer.exe is not working

Kor

Doesn’t even think about it when he says it, it doesn’t really matter to him

Takes Adventurer off guard one day by just saying, “Let’s go, babe” and Adventurer’s just like, “W H A T”

Kor is like, “What?” and Adventurer’s like, “WHAT did you just call me?”

“Oh, I just called you babe” and Adventurer just sputters because he’s just so casual about it

“You’re impossible!” they finally mutter while stomping along behind him

He’s just amused because it’s funny throwing Adventurer off guard like that

Adventurer’s wondering how to get back at him and finally just shouts, “Fine, BABE” really obnoxiously so that everyone around them looks at them

Kor just stops walking and turns around to look at Adventurer before they both start laughing hysterically for reasons mostly unknown

Luna

Adventurer barely hears Luna the first time she says it

At first they thought they misheard her and are like, “What was that, babe?” barely noticing they said it themselves (I think that’s a subconscious thing lmao)

Luna sighs and says, “You’re in my way, babe” which sounds so weird, I KNOW, but she says it and then seems to realize what kind of conversation is happening

Now both Luna and Adventurer have embarrassed and wobbly smiles as they try to navigate how to go from there and eventually just sidestep the other and go about their merry way

Once they both turn a corner, they both have a panik moment and it’s very funny to watch, cinematically speaking

Okay, next time they’re face to face, they’re determined to actually get through the conversation

They see each other, and at the same time go, “Good morning, babe–” before they both stop

It takes a few weeks before they can avoid become blushing masses of embarrassment, but Byrus has a helluva time witnessing it

Zeno

Zeno goes above and beyond planning on how to first call Adventurer “babe”

I’m kidding, there was no plan at all

Zeno just suddenly got the urge to make Adventurer blush, because that’s always funny, and he does by of course taking Adventurer out drinking

They’re probably a few mugs of mead in before Zeno leans forward until their foreheads are nearly touching, hissing, “Psst, Adventurer?”

“What?” and Zeno responds, “Your shoes are untied, babe”

Adventurer needs a few moments to realize that 1) they’re wearing boots and they are NOT untied and 2) Zeno just called them “babe” WAIT WHAT DID HE JUST—

Adventurer is just blushing and shouts, “BABE, WHAT THE HELL” and Zeno’s laughing so loud and hard he nearly falls off his seat

Apparently “babe” only comes out when they’re both intoxicated and I’m not quite sure what that means

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