STRENGTH.

oh god, sorry for my absence! i just got back last night from my con and i’ve been dead tired lmao. i’ll get to those replies/starters in a bit! 

man i’m still new but i want to start stuff already. (whispers) anyone want a starter or something?

Kou has a habit of calling everyone by their last names as a way of respect. If he calls you by your first name, then that means he only knows your first name or he trusts you. Seriously. If you’re a good friend of his and he trusts you completely, then he will slowly transition to calling you by your first name.

Kou hates not having anything to do. If he has a day away from school, he’ll mostly throw himself into all sort of activities. Hanging out with Daisuke, throwing himself into more tea ceremonies, calling up other friends to chill, going to Aiya’s to eat ramen and chat with other people — he finds himself doing these things if he’s bored. If he can’t find anyone to hang out with, he’ll probably spend his time trying to perfect basketball techniques, dabbling in other sports, doing some homework ahead of time, studying and other stuff.

Kou’s pretty experimental and he likes trying new things. He likes getting himself out of his comfort zone and trying things he doesn’t think he’s good at. Actually, he tries to work on things he knows are a weakness so he can perfect them. All sorts of sports have been tried and he’s pretty good at all of them. Flower arrangement, etiquette, formally making tea and playing a flute are things he has perfected for the sake of the Ichijou family. As for weaknesses, most of them are in the area of Arts. Drawing, acting, crafting things and pretty much anything that has to deal with creativity are things he is terrible at, which is why he did so terrible in the play Romeo, Juliet and Hamlet and made Yumi mad. In his defense, he honestly did try his best.

Kou constantly panics that his family is always right around the corner. He feels like he had to be the poster child all the time, well, with the exception of school. There, he can be himself. This paranoia ties in to some of the choices he makes and even the way he thinks, choosing to suppress things inside of himself that he knew his family wouldn’t approve of.

When Kou is a sleep, he tends to stay very still and doesn’t move very often. Because of how active he is throughout the day, he’s usually out like a log when 10 o’clock comes around. He’s pretty consistent with the time he falls asleep as well.

Because he started living himself at a young age, he pretty much took up dishes that his parents have made. Most of what he makes are traditional Japanese meals, but he will only cook when he knows he’ll be home alone and even that’s not very often. He won’t cook if he’s having company over, well, unless if it’s his parents. He’s seriously embarrassed about the type of shit he cooks. It’s a shame since I can see him being a pretty good cook and he puts a lot of effort into it.