#ellery

Liviana: I don't think you'll see her yearning much, or it won't be very obvious. MC lives in her castle, so like, she's kind of around them all the time...💀 Hard to yearn in those circumstances, but! I think MC will definitely notice her visiting more often and insisting on spending more time together. They may also notice her staring at them often and wanting to be close to them. You may not notice her like, being very desperate for MC, but she's definitely lying in bed at night thinking about them and wondering how they're doing. I think she's very good at being subtle about these things, ahaha.

She kind of has to be, I think. When the queen gets into a relationship, it's front-page news! She has to be selective and evaluate the prospects before moving in. But I think Liviana is pretty direct, so MC would still know she's interested, but she's just being cautious. The yearning would probably pick up more when she realises she's serious about MC, but has to decide if she's willing to take the risk to move forward. Secretly holding MC's hand under the table, sneaking kisses in alleys and behind trees...This is fun to think about!

Estelle: Yes. Ahaha, Estelle is a big yearner, I think. She's always repressing her own emotions, trying to fool people into thinking she doesn't have any. I think having a crush is both really fun and also really horrifying to Estelle because she starts acting so differently and suddenly loses control of herself more often. Like she'll smile more, laugh at MC's jokes, be more attentive, etc... I feel like at first, she won't recognise why she's doing this until one day she snaps and she's like "FUCK."

But yes, Estelle is definitely a yearner. She refuses to show how she feels and also refuses to go for what she wants. So she'll just watch from the sidelines until MC forces her to confront her feelings and fight for them~

Amare: Ami here is pretty used to people pursuing him rather than the other way around. While I'm excited to write all kinds of MCs with Amare and the other ROs, I'm especially excited to write a shyer MC who doesn't really express their crush on Amare's route, because it's the perfect example of fell first x fell harder, but Amare wouldn't have realised MC is crushing on him, so he thinks he fell first and harder. 😆 It'll be fun to watch Amare's inner turmoil as he realises he fell for a human. He'll be in denial, but trust that the day he accepts his feelings, he'll be all over the MC! He's a big flirt, but he's quite soft when he's in love. ❤️ It'll be nice to see him without his arrogance!

Ellery: Also yes! Ugh, writing responses for Ellery is going to be a bit more difficult because I completely changed his role in the plot, but I'll try to write this while avoiding spoilers.

Ellery will go through a lot of inner turmoil when he realises he has a crush on MC. But it's for a different reason than Amare. Ellery has a lot of insecurities that he hides; he tends to struggle with believing someone could like him the way he likes them. So, similar to Estelle, Ellery would hide his feelings and may even encourage MC to pursue someone else.

But he can't deny his feelings, or his jealousy... I think his route will have the most obvious yearning, so I suppose the yearner award will go to Ellery here, haha! All of the routes are slow burns, but some burn slower than others, and I think Ellery's is one of the slower ones. MC will slowly become a comforting and safe person in Ellery's life, and I think the trouble they went through to get there will pay off! Ellery is a very doting person in a relationship. ❤️❤️

Vega: Ho boy, Vega! I'd kind of place them in the middle? I think Vega avoids relationships and romance in general because it gets in the way of their career and their mission. But MC is meant to be a special person, so they'd obviously be the type of person Vega is willing to throw their mission for...they just don't know that yet, haha.

I think for someone as special as MC, they'd be a bit of a yearner? But I just think Vega wouldn't see the point in denying themself of what they want. One of the main obstacles in Vega's route will be outside influences rather than internal conflict. If Vega wants something, they just go for it. They run on the mindset that closed mouths don't get fed, ahaha. If you want something, you have to make it known and persevere!