Hello! It’s I again from @bleachhaven :D I have a headcannon request for Kyouraku Shunsui. What would be the stages of relationship with him? Him liking her? Asking her out? Deciding to be exclusive? First time? When he knows he loves her? When he knows it’s marrying kind (if he ever does wanna marry that is)? You know what I mean!? Only if you can ^_^
Ah, the yummy Shunsui…. *dreamy sigh* I’m going to do these question by question, hope that’s OK. :) Enjoy! @bleachhaven
Stages of the relationship/him liking her?
Believe it or not, despite his knack for being a shameless flirt, Shunsui is pretty traditional when it comes to a woman he really likes. He doesn’t flirt with her, he gives her genuine compliments and treats her with the utmost respect. Once he’s decided that he really likes a woman, he’s going to put his best foot forward to make a good impression.
Goes down one of two ways: He offers her a single flower and eloquently delivers a request that she join him for dinner and an evening together. Or, he waits too long and she asks him out. This second option comes with a lot of mental self-kicking on his part. She deserved to have him be gallant so he’s going to make up for it on the date, you can bet your sweet ass on that.
Deciding to be exclusive?
If he asks her for a second date, they’re exclusive. Shunsui isn’t one to juggle women no matter how much he tries to come off as a player. He’s not that kind of man. On that second date he’ll drop a couple of pointed remarks about exclusivity and gauge her reaction. If he sees positive reception then he’ll outright tell her he’d like this to be the beginning of a relationship so they can see where it goes.
He’s got the whole night planned out in his mind. He’s got so many things he wants to experience and he’s going to make sure he checks them all off his list. Of course, the lucky lady that gets to have all this loving attention lavished on her is going think she hit the jackpot, won the lottery, and struck oil all in one shot. He’s going to go as slow as he can and relish it all. Of course, once she starts making all those wonderful noises he loves so much it’s going to chip away at his self control.
When does he know he loves her?
First kiss. That’s pretty much the first clue. His feelings after that first deep kiss are going to tell him whether or not his heart is really connecting with her. First sex. That’s the clincher. The moment he sinks into her and looks into her eyes, he’s going to know right away the depth of his feelings for her.
This is a hard one to call. In all the many years he’s been alive, he’s never married. I don’t know if it’s a duty to the Court Guard first thing or a I’m a confirmed bachelor thing. It would take years in a stable relationship to turn his thoughts to matrimony. Unless she is the one. If he feels that she’s the one he’s been waiting for, the one he wants a family with and can picture it all easily, then I don’t think he’ll wait or hesitate, he’ll have her in front of an altar so fast the ink will still be wet on the invitations!