Least favorite thing about rusame...
In my interpretation of rusame, I often center the relationship on the idea that while they do love each other, they are messy and probably better apart then together. While at the same time, there relationship makes a lot of sense and its a never ending cycle. Ivan and Alfred have a very passionate relationship. Which isn't BAD, but it can be...a lot. They have their moments of domestic fluff here and there. And they do love each other. But overall, the are so often on high alert and very rarely completely relaxed. They know every inch each of one another. inside and out. Yet there is still so much anxiety that exists between them. They also have a harmful habit of truly bringing out the worst in one another. Like, it can get really bad for both of them in terms of mental, emotional, and physcal health.
At least for Alfred, in the opinion of his freinds and family, his relationships outside of Ivan are viewed as being much healthier, stable, and just overall more preferable. Which...is likely why Alfred finds himself so often drawn back to Ivan. He loves his other partners for a number if them specific reasons, but fines Ivan exciting and enthralling
Top of the head, Alfred and Toris are surprisingly a pretty darn healthy couple. Alfred is a talker and is reactive in many ways, while Toris is known in Europe as being able to hold is own verbally and physically. Together, there are a lot of quiet nights in. Walks through the woods, or lunch in a garden. Toris really enjoys just hearing Alfred talk about the things that intrest him. Alfred like hearing Toris talk about history and the days of old. Toris is probably one of the few Europeans whos opinion and perspective actuly hold weight in Alfreds mind. Alfred and Toris are seemingly more emotionally regulated when they are together in a way that is oddly healthy and normal even from the perspective of health nation relationships . Yet, contrary to the wishes of their freinds/family, its neither of their main relationships and both end up drifting back to their more excitable and chaotic partner.
