#ask.himeru

Now, let's start with Natsume's... his scent sure is a doosey. So hear me out, when Rei and I were talking about character scents, Natsume was the first one to come up in conversation and we discussed him smelling herbal or chemically (with his potions being in mind) and eventually those combined into vinegar okay. Rosemary is a very yummy savory herb with a bit of cold spice to it. Sage is an herb with a similar savory effect, but a more dirty/dusty/dark hint to it. His main scent is very green-herbal but tasty, spicy, and a tiny bit of tang to it. While unique, it's not bad! it's when his under notes come into play is where his scent becomes a bit of a sensitive topic. Salt is straightforward, acetic acid is not. Acetic acid, for a lack of any terms to decorate it with, smells of vinegar. It's sour and acrid; it makes your nose burn and scrunch up before you can even place the scent. Between it and the straight up salty scent it comes with, it makes smelling Natsume up close to be quite the assault on the senses. It's one I can imagine people getting quite accustomed to and becoming a bit blind to it thankfully.

HiMERU's scent is one I'd say is probably one of the most perfume-sounding ones. When I was deciding what kind of scents to give everyone, I plotted everyone on a tierlist (as i've been quite prone to doing recently) and after noticing a conspicuous gap amongst the florals, I added HiMERU in there to even out the numbers. And then he stayed there lol. Now, Oremeru is an alpha, HiMERU is officially a beta, and Kaname is an omega. You see the problem here? Oremeru has spent a big chunk of his adult life on suppressants for the sake of work, but the time he's spent living as HiMERU is the longest stretch he's been taking them for in his life. Begonia and Osmanthus make up his main notes. Begonia is a flower with a generic but mild floral scent and a bit of a citric hint to it. Osmanthus is a more sweet floral scent with depth added by hints of bitter tea and warm leather. While these two scents together are very floral and a bit candied, you can't deny the way it's intricacies nip a bit more aggressively at your nose. The under notes continue the main scent's path into a darker, more bitter path. Daphne is yet another type of flower but instead of a light or mild floral scent like the previous two, it's florals have a spicy taste to it. There's a certain level of muskiness to it that lines up with the bitterness hidden amongst osmanthus and connects it to the smell of bergamot. A citric value to it also connects it to Begonia. Bergamot is the last amongst the stack but I feel like it's scent is likely present through his whole scent-profile. Bergamot is a type of citrus that is both bitter and formal and often associated with tea. It blends in pretty nicely and drags in some needed dryness to the overall floral smell of HiMERU.

RINNE:

Opens up a dating app profile for the fuck of it while he's really bored, it's not really his style, he'd much rather go out and physically meet someone tbh but why not

Matches with a good amount of people but tends to get bored of conversation with his matches realllly quickly. If he is vibing with someone though he's also really quick to invite them out to a bar or something

If you manage to catch his attention. and you accept his invitation, expect to be dragged around for a whole night of shenanigans

His ideal date is getting lunch, walking around until dark, getting tipsy, then bar hopping. He gets his duties done earlier on in the day so that he can spend the rest of the day with you.

If he ends up not liking you of course, he's not going to spend any more time with you than he has to. He comes up with some random excuse that you both know is bullshit and if you question him, he's not afraid to just tell you with no sugar coating that he's not into you

He'll be flirty and suggestive but he'll probably hold off on actually initiating anything until you either ask him to or make the first move yourself. He doesn't have something against some casual fun. He doesn't really have anywhere to take you back to thought so unless you have your own place, then an alleyway it is

He might actually treat you to a meal as thanks afterwards and just chill with you. After you get up to any kind of fun he's actually pretty calm afterwards.

He won't block you afterwards even if he wasn't really a fan of you. He'll still might hit you up again when he's bored as long as you weren't an explicitly bad lay. There's definitely potential to go from fwbs to lovers with him

Spend enough time with him and then one day he'll just show up and announce you're dating and from then on you'd be stuck with him lol

HIMERU:

So this either goes one of two ways. Either someone else signs him up for a dating app and secures him a date and he gets guilted into now leaving the person hanging OR when out of town he posts a profile with no images of his face just his body to get laid.

In the first scenario, he does his best to seem polite but ultimately disinterested. If you somehow manage to charm him and he has a good time, he'll be pretty conflicted.

He knows it's a really bad idea, but he won't be able to stop thinking about you. He might try to ghost you for a bit in hopes it'll smother whatever interest he had, but it probably doesn't work.

Either he caves when you message him after a good few days or he caves after a week and comes up with some excuse for not responding. From there it's complicated. He's very secretive and honestly it's a red flag but hey if you ignore it that's on you.

If it seems like you can't handle the way he keeps you at an arms-length for a while or that you might be a threat somehow, he will leave you. Most likely via sending a breakup text and then immediately blocking your number.

If we're talking about the second scenario though? His profile is just a pure thirst trap and he swipes on any person who seems like they'd be down for a no strings attached fuck. He's super quick to unmatch or block people if they give him the wrong vibes.

If you fit his criteria and seem like a good fit? He'll invite you to a hotel and spend a few hours with you. After it's all over he'll probably order some food for you both and stay with you until you fall asleep, then he runs off before you wake up.

Depending on how much he liked you and how trustworthy you seemed, he might thank you and promise to text you the next time he's in town orrrr he might also send a goodbye text then block you.

potential for FWB to lovers? would have to really be a slowburn but the potential is there.

NIKI

Ok so Niki is quite busy with his day-to-day life and I can't really see him going out of his way to set up a dating app account. He's another one who probably gets into this from someone else either making him an account or someone else convinces him to do so.

He's pretty liberal with his swiping. He doesn't exactly have a specific goal in mind while he's doing it so he kinda just goes for the ones whose bio makes it seem like they'd get along with him

He's pretty down to go out for a meal with most people relatively quickly but it might take him a bit longer for him to invite somebody out. When he does decide he likes someone enough to invite them out, he's honestly pretty likely to invite them to cafe cinnamon for a treat.

Niki's genuinely a friendly guy and seeks to know someone as a person and a friend before he makes any romantic or sexual moves on anyone. This doesn't mean he wouldn't reciprocate if someone else made the first move though.

If you make a pass at him, he's generally speaking down pretty quickly. Maybe not first date level quickly, but still pretty quickly. He's not really easily embarrassed or a prude by any means so if he likes someone as a person well enough, he doesn't see why not to enjoy himself.

He'll take you back to his place or go with you to yours without much fuss. After you guys have fun, he'll probably try to make some food or raid your kitchen for snacks. He has to feed himself first because of his condition, but he'll always feed you too.