#fluff hcs

azul ashengrotto

as the housewarden of octavinelle it almost goes without saying that azul is very academically talented and, as such, one of the better options to turn to when it comes to seeking out a helpful study partner — especially if you happen to be a dear friend or his significant other

of course he does offer high quality study guides to all of the unfortunate souls who come to him seeking help… for the right price… but for those he holds near and dear he’s much more willing to offer his services as a personal tutor without the whole ‘binding contract’ involved

(not to say that his services are free, because they never are, just that he’s happier to negotiate a lesser payment for his dearest friend or an alternative, affection based, form of payment from his lover)

now with all of that out of the way, when it comes to actually sitting down and studying with him you’ll find him to be a very patient teacher — the type who excels at breaking down each new concept and rephrasing them so that you’re better able to connect with and comprehend the subject at hand — and so long as you’re not prepping for a physical exam you’re always going to be set up for a solid mark with azul in your corner

he’ll even make a date of it if you’re already in a relationship: having the tweels make you both something to eat and drink, setting up a comfortable nook in his office for you both to work in, bringing out his own notes for you to examine, and really taking the chance to both show off his knowledge (and thus earn even more of your praise and respect) and actually help you (because, well, you are his lover and he does actually want you to thrive)

all in all he’s a solid 8/10 study buddy — points removed for his bragging and the whole anemone incident during last exam season — fantastic if he likes you, not so great if he doesn’t because now you owe him

epel felmier

coming to epel for help with physical training, especially if it’s related to spelldrive and especially if you’re someone he’s already fond of, is a sure-fire way to both feed his ego and make his absolute week — seriously, he’ll be grinning so broadly in the hours after you seek him out that it’ll earn him a lecture from his housewarden (well worth it, though)

gives surprisingly good instructions and pointers when you two are on the field, helping you adjust your form and balance better on your broom — but the trade off is that he will tease the hell out of you if you fall off or eat the grass in a bad landing (as long as you’re not hurt, anything is fair game to him)

gets all passionate about the sport and the spirit of the game, and will happily rant about everything he knows if you give him the chance — his usual polish long gone in favour of his natural demeanour coming out: beaming grin, thick accent, and all

if you start to get discouraged or actually upset he’ll help you back up, brush you off, and offer you some very awkward but earnest words of comfort and encouragement — because he does actually want you to succeed, you know

there’s absolutely no hiding how proud he is of you when you actually succeed at pulling off a particular manoeuvre or exercise after following his guidance, like he’s full on cheering for you like you just pulled off the winning move in an actual game — very cute

6/10. very well intentioned and a solid tutor when he gets into it, but he’s also a bit of an asshole (said lovingly) and that can be a bit offputting if you’re not already used to his real personality — because sevens knows he’s not putting on the whole ‘prim and proper pomefoire student’ act when he’s in his element…

jack howl

jack may actually be the perfect person to go to if you need any help with your physical training — or, at the very least, the best option amongst the student body of n.r.c

no matter how much or how little experience you have with a specific movement or exercise, he always makes a point to meet you where you are and help you work up your endurance and strength in a gradual and healthy way — never rushing or shaming you for a plateau in progress or for being less ‘fit’ than he is

he’s super supportive too! not in the sense of being an outright cheerleader, but he makes no secret of how proud he is whenever you achieve a new personal best or manage to overcome yet another obstacle in your training — and while his congratulations may be spoken bluntly and quietly, the rapid wagging of his tail more than gives away just how excited he is to see you improve

and if you’re in a relationship, or just a really good friend of his, he may even take the time each week to help you meal prep to help you get more consistent with it — helping you fall into the same habits he has learned, all with a small smile on his face (he’s just happy to be helpful to someone he cares about, that’s all)

he’ll even lend you his own equipment to use if you don’t have any of your own just to make sure you have what you need to meet your goals even when you’re on your own or otherwise limited to what you have on hand at your dorm

a solid and unshakeable 10/10 — this guy actually wants you to improve and will stick with you patiently and supportively until you reach your goals (just so long as you’re using honest methods to get the result you’re after, anyway)

neige leblanche

being both an working actor and a full time student, it’s rare that neige actually has the time available on any given day to actually sit down and help you with your studies — but, eternal ray of sunshine that he is, whenever he does get a day off or just has a few hours spare between shoots or lessons he always reaches out to you to offer his help however you need it

after all, you’re one of the most important people in his life so he’s more than happy to lend a hand and make your life just that little bit easier whenever the chance arises

brings your favourite drink, some healthy snacks, a handful of books relevant to the subject you’re studying, and his own notes to every session with you — the first two to put a smile on your face, and the latter two to cover all your bases and make sure you both come out the other side feeling confident in your subject knowledge

quizzes you every so often to keep you on your toes and make sure that what you’re going through is actually sticking in your mind, and he gets the cutest smile on his face whenever you get the answers right — and even if you can’t recall something he’s still very softly encouraging of you, in typical neige leblanche fashion

this especially applies if the subject in question is one that you were really struggling with or have failed before, but when you show him an improved test score after your little study dates he will celebrate your success with you, making it clear just how proud he is of you for doing so well

7/10 — he’s very sweet and encouraging, and he likes being helpful for you, but he can’t always make it to your study sessions because of his schedule and sometimes has to leave early. not his fault but if you need some more consistent help leading up to exam season he probably shouldn’t be your go-to

riddle rosehearts

being riddle’s study partner is not a task for the faint of heart because he will not tolerate any degree of slacking off or drifting off of task (outside of any rule mandated tea breaks or the like) and the lectures you’ll get for trying to do so will leave you feeling ashamed and exhausted in equal measure. that being said, he can be extremely encouraging and motivating — especially if you’re someone he’s close to — and that alone is enough for many people, deuce included, to put up with his strictness

much more patient than you might expect and is more than willing to slow things down and to help you completely understand whatever subject you’re working on at the time — and when you do eventually crack it and are able to move on to the next part, he will offer you some words of praise (and a proud smile too, but only if you’re already close friends or partners)

won’t make you any study guides or give you his to use, but he will sit down with you and help you rewrite and reorganise your notes into something more structured and comprehensible. he’ll even let you use his own highlighters to make your notebook pop if you ask very nicely and he trusts that you aren’t a stationary thief (he has lost so many pens since coming to n.r.c that it borders on comical at this point, and none by any fault of his own!)

enforces regular breaks with the same authority he enforces unbirthday parties, making sure that neither of you get too overwhelmed and that the information you’re taking in has the chance to actually settle — do not try to fight him on this, he may be less of a tyrant than he was before he overblotted but he is still very stubborn and this is not a fight you’re going to win

just be warned that he will be seeking you out to hear how you’ve done in your latest assignments/exams after you two start studying together, if only to make sure that his lessons are sticking and that you’re benefitting from his help

beelzebub

beelzebub looks at you like you’re the only thing in this world left to live for

to him — a god who has spent his entire life isolated from others, initially against his will and later out of necessity to protect everyone else from his curse — you’re the embodiment of everything he believes that he doesn’t deserve: you’re good, kind, patient, loving, loyal… and he is a demon that destroys everything he comes to care for

… except for you somehow

and that exception, the fact that he is able to love and covet you without consequence, means so much more to him than you will ever know — to the point where your devotion and adoration and affection is the only thing holding him back from finding a way to finally end his life for good

and while he’s not the type to wear his heart on his sleeve anymore, if you pay attention it’s obvious how much you mean to him because you can see the way his gaze softens whenever he sees you, how his whole demeanour seems to relax the second your voice reaches his ears

like he’s only able to breathe when he’s with you

brunhilde

brunhilde looks at you like you’re her soulmate; the missing piece she never realised that she had, and that she can’t imagine feeling complete without ever again

most people only know brunhilde as the cold hearted eldest sister of the valkryie or as the manipulative and vindictive demigod who will go to any lengths to get what she wants — be that victory or vengeance. but you, as her lover, have always brought out a softer side of her that she struggled to truly express, even to those she loves the most

where she is calculating and logical and cold, you are emotional and warm and kind. able to counter her arguments and point out flaws in her strategy and make her think through her plans in ways she wouldn’t have considered without you, making her stronger by bringing out her more human side… something that she once thought as a weakness but now sees in an entirely separate light because of you

where she is fiery and vulgar, you are calm and polite — tempering her excitement and evening out her anger, helping her regain her composure and giving her beloved sisters the tools needed to navigate her more aggressive moods

and where she is faltering and falling apart, you are present and unwavering and supportive. there to hold and soothe and sit with her as long as she needs without making yourself oppressive or suffocating — there to help and make sure she doesn’t have to grieve or panic or weep alone, providing either comfort or silence depending on her mood

her better half, the love of her life, the one who truly completes her… she doesn’t know what she’d do without you, and the way she looks at you during quiet moments tells you precisely that (even when she can never quite find the words to say as much outright)

qin shi huang

qin shi huang looks at you like you’re the only gentle thing he’s ever known

he spent most of his childhood in exile, surrounded by those who despised him for who his father was and forced to feel every bit of hatred they felt like daggers in his skin because of his curse. only offered a fleeting sliver of kindness and love from his guard before she was slain while protecting him, and then condemned to spend his life and afterlife wearing a blindfold to protect himself from others — even long after he started to become beloved and revered and worshipped as the first emperor of china

so to have someone love him unconditionally — not as an emperor to pander to or an abandoned boy to handle with care — as you do is something that he both revels in, and looks at as an irreplaceable gift

because with you he is able to be himself without expectation or pretense. he’s able to remove his blindfold, drop his guard, and look at you with full confidence that he won’t be met with anything less than that warm, gentle love that he’s come to appreciate more than any material pleasure he knew in life

and, as such, whenever he truly bares his eyes and looks at you it’s with an unmatched softness about him that most would never expect to see the king of all beginnings wear — vulnerability and adoration all at once

muzan kibutsuji is a monster of a man, if you could even call him that anymore. he’s power-hungry, bloodthirsty, entirely devoid of empathy, and unrepentantly violent even towards those that revere him as a god. a demon to his very core. he doesn’t even belong in the same sentence as concepts such as gentleness or softness or sentimentality… but with you, somehow, he’s different

certainly he’s taken on his fair share of lovers in the past — some for cover, some just to pass the time — but he never treated them as he did you. with them his kindness was a ruse, his affection conditional, his tenderness a means to an end, and even the identity he presented entirely false

but you… you don’t get that. with you he hides nothing, not his name or his nature or his goal, and yet he gives you everything. everything that even his most loyal and long lived underlings didn’t even think him possible of giving

like tenderness, or something close enough to it that the distinction becomes irrelevant. ever-mindful of his claws and fangs as he caresses the side of your face or the column of your throat, his careful touch betraying him as he reaches for you and holds you and examines you like a specimen even more precious than the blue spider lily he’s spent a millennia searching for. holding back his strength with a restraint previously unseen, so tightly wound that you can almost see his muscles writhing beneath his skin, as he holds you close and initiates every intimate touch that he’d previously scoffed at or only engaged in for the sake of maintaining a facade

and honesty, opening up to you about his every accomplishment as well as the parts of his past that fill him with shame and disgust. answering your questions with little reluctance and granting you a far fuller picture of who he is and how he became the man before you today than anyone else could ever dream of knowing. a remarkable show of trust for someone the upper moons had perceived to just be a fleeting fancy of their master… but even those with hundreds of years of experience can be wrong every once in a while, it seems

as a member of the shroud family, and more importantly as the next watchman of tartarus and the isle of woe in general, idia has no other option but to move back home and work towards taking over s.t.y.x after graduating from night raven college. and as his partner, and eventual spouse, you will inevitably end up moving with him — unless you really want a long distance marriage, though that’s really not feasible in the long run. so best get used to the view and the general isolation from the outside world because this is where you’ll be spending the rest of your days… but at least you have good company, right?

his free time has dropped into the red zone and in the period of time where he’s slowly taking over more control of the organisation from his parents he’ll be lucky to get even one weekend off completely every month. sevens, the only reason the two of you get to spend more than a sparse few hours together each day is because ortho is more than willing to step in on his brother’s behalf and otherwise the two of you would be isolated from each other way more often than not. of course that’s not to say that he doesn’t try to get more time to spend with you, but he also can’t just up and abandon his job for a date because there’s so much that could go wrong without a watchman to keep track of everything… necessary evils and all that

that being said his parents and ortho are working with him throughout the entire transitionary period to help him work towards a more balanced split between his work with s.t.y.x and his life with you, using their own experience during his and ortho’s childhood as a jumping off point. of course this isn’t immediately possible as there’s just so much for him to adjust to and deal with at the beginning of his tenure as director, an even afterwards it’s a very slow process as he has to work around his colleagues and ortho’s limitations, but he will get there eventually. please be patient with him, he promises he’s trying his best

while the transitional process is still underway, his parents do what they can to both help idia fully adjust to his new role and everything that entails (a task which his father mostly takes over as he was the previous watchman) and help you adjust to what your new life within the shroud family entails (a task which his mother steps up to take over with an enthusiasm so potent you almost feel like you’re talking to the sun — after all, she has experience moving and settling into the isle of woe and being married to a watchman, so she’s the most well equipped for this particular assignment). and, frankly, the two of you couldn’t be more thankful for their well intentioned meddling because it makes the whole process go so much smoother for you both than it possibly could have otherwise

provided that you yourself don’t work with him at s.t.y.x (in which case you’d be working with him all day and there’d be no real need for him to do this), you can bet on idia taking every opportunity he can to call you just so the two of you can spend a bit of extra time together whenever his, frankly hellish, schedule allows. even if it means just a few blissful minutes between meetings or blot phantom testing sessions. because even just getting to see your smile through his screen and hear your voice is enough to give him the strength needed to make it through the rest of his work day… the venting he does also helps (after all he has no need to censor himself as you’re his partner and he doesn’t need to worry about you leaking classified information), but that’s neither here nor there

you have free rein to decorate the shroud family estate however you please as idia couldn’t care less and his parents, and even his grandmother, are more than happy to see some new life breathed into the historic building. and if you have any issues with mobility you can guarentee that the first modification the family will be doing to the old building is making it completely accessible to you — both in more mundane ways (e.g. constructing a stone slope up to the door to accommodate a wheelchair or to otherwise remove the need to brace your way up and down stairs) and in more technomantic ways, which your fiancè, brother-in-law, and mother-in-law are all particularly excited to experiment with (e.g. replacing heavy wooden doors with automatic doors that open with a specific verbal command or, if you’re unable to speak, open with a facial scan, and offering an alternative route up and down the various floors of the home by creating a hovering stair lift… the possibilities are endless and you’ll end up spoiled for choice if you don’t step in to redirect their focus back to their other responsibilities)

you have the freedom to roam every square mile of the isle of woe at will — excluding the obvious, like tartarus and the private residences of other people living on the island — and both idia and ortho encourage you to explore to your heart’s content, if only to give you something to do to stave off the boredom that tends to creep up on residents of the isle. though you will be shadowed by a few guard robots as you go, at a far enough distance for you not to feel suffocated unless its ortho himself as he always makes his presence known when he tags along for your ventures through town and the ruins, and that’s because idia refuses to take any chances with your safety and would much rather have you within grabbing distance of a guard just in case a breach happens if only to soothe his anxiety… after all, as rare as those incidents are they do still happen and he cannot lose another loved one to an escaped phantom, especially not you

gaming dates are still a staple of your relationship and he’s even made a few games specifically for you to play during his free time at work. it’s just that those late nights aren’t so late anymore and the dates themselves are few and far between, as is a necessity of his new life as the acting watchman of tartarus. but aside from that those dates are the same as they’ve always been, unhealthy gummy snacks and endless banter included

idia may be the director but he’s still pretty antisocial, even more so than his predecessors, so it almost goes without saying that he’s not going around making casual conversation with his colleagues — sevens, if it’s not about work or some standard social thing that he’s obligated to say (e.g. congratulations when they’ve had a kid or condolences when they’ve lost a relative) he will not be engaging even if you put a wand to his head. but despite his best efforts to avoid letting others in on his private life pretty much all of s.t.y.x knows that you’re idia’s partner because of just how much he brightens up whenever you’re around… oh and ortho and his mother’s habit of gushing about ‘idy’s wonderful fiancé/e’ helped a lot of people put the pieces together beyond that. not that they’d bring it up to him of course…

ace trappola & deuce spade

a former delinquent that’s trying his best to break away from his bad habits and old persona to make his mother proud… but that still manages to be a magnet for trouble regardless, and a mage in training who almost never stops joking around and has a knack for pissing off people stronger than him and getting himself (and whoever is in arm’s reach at the time) in hot water… you really know how to pick ‘em, huh?

ace’s particular brand of flirting is pretty much indistinguishable from the way he used to mess with and tease you back when you three were just friends — the difference being how he looks at you two whenever he’s saying these things, which is (contrary to how vehemently he denies it) disgustingly soft and adoring in all the ways he used to claim were ‘gross’ whenever he saw other couples doing it in the past. deuce, meanwhile, cannot flirt to save his life (or without going bright, riddle-adjacent, red from his collarbone up to his ears) but he’s at least much more earnest and openly complimentary when he does it (unlike your other boyfriend)

both are very jealous and very protective over you — for pretty good reason, all things considered — and neither of them are good at hiding it. ace even less so than deuce, what with his blatant pouting and crap talking about whoever got under his skin the second they started bothering him… but deuce is also painfully unsubtle too, and much more likely to get into a fight over either of you (even though he does try to avoid violence when possible, but old habits really do die hard…)

ace is more casual with initiating physical affection and doesn’t mind engaging in pda, like when the three of you are together he’s always touching you both in some way — leaning his head on your shoulder, wrapping an arm around deuce and putting his full weight on him, interlocking elbows with you and dragging you to the cafeteria, reaching over and messing up deuce’s hair during a quiet moment in their dorm when riddle isn’t watching, etc. — while deuce is more intentional about when he initiates physical touch with you two and is very easily flustered by pda (and paranoid about getting caught, scolded, and collared by his housewarden for it)

they still argue with each other a lot, but it’s never particularly serious and usually just them butting heads because they’re just as stubborn as each other. unfortunately for you, as the only neutral party in your relationship they will be making you pick sides every single time — unless you manage to evade them for long enough that they both forget whatever they were bickering about in the first place

as they’re both in the same dorm, and equally prone to getting themselves collared and having their sleepover privileges revoked, most of your out-of-school-hours quality time with them will either be spent on video call or desperately trying to keep quiet after ace snuck you into their room (which deuce is always more hesitant to do as he doesn’t want you to face any punishments… but that he always ends up going along with anyway because he loves spending time with you just as much as ace does)

study dates! how helpful they are for each of you kind of depends on how dedicated of a student you are and how good you are at picking up the material you’ve learned, but sevens above if nothing else it will at least distract them enough so they don’t go back to making contracts with azul for exam help again… please don’t let them make that same stupid mistake, you may be the only one they’ll actually listen to

neither of them are super big on pet names — ace because he’s a tad emotionally constipated and deuce because he always talks himself out of using them — but if you’re intent on calling them something affectionate neither of them will stop you… just be prepared for ace’s teasing to increase tenfold as he lovingly bullies you for being so down bad for him and deuce

both of them love it whenever you show up to support them at their clubs, both during practices and especially during actual games/events, and as you can’t exactly be in two places at once they end up fighting over who you should go and watch each week — though, of course, for any more important events with no crossover (like ace’s basketball games against other schools, or deuce’s track competitions) it’s quietly understood that all of you will be there, even if it means skipping out on a practice session for their own clubs to attend

do not sit with them if you plan on getting anything done during your lessons, because best case scenario you get distracted trying to help deuce keep on top of the subject at hand so he doesn’t fall behind and worse case scenario ace gets bored and decides to make it everyone’s problem and you get caught up in collective punishment. just pair up with literally anyone else, for your academic career’s sake

floyd leech & jade leech (hinge!)

between floyd’s fondness for charging at and squeezing you hard enough that you feel like you’re about to pop, and jade’s particular fascination with mushrooms and incorporating them into virtually everything he makes for you, it’s safe to say that your life after entering a relationship with the leech twins will never be dull… and that the concepts of personal space and peace will be a thing of the past, but you knew what you were getting into when you accepted this arrangement so you only really have yourself to blame

they are both extremely territorial and are only willing to share your time and attention with each other. they are also more than willing to intimidate, threaten, attack, or manipulate other people for their own amusement or their own benefit. putting those two traits together, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to say that most people will start outright avoiding you once you start dating the twins — with only the most stupid or stubborn of your friends being willing to stick it out. but, hey, at least you’re no longer being targetted or bullied because nobody is dumb enough to want to purposefully antagonise your boyfriends

floyd is the more unabashedly clingy of the two of them and would happily hang off of you every second of every day if given the chance. unfortunately for him, though, you do have a life to live so he has to settle for just squeezing you in between lessons and kidnapping you after school so he can keep an eye on you during his shift at the lounge (until he gets bored, wants to cuddle you properly, and ditches to go and nap with you in his room). he’s also much more of a biter than jade is and will just randomly chomp down on your neck or hand or wherever else he can reach whenever the mood strikes… so… that’s something to keep in mind

jade, meanwhile, isn’t very into pda and is very particular about where, when, why, and how he gets tactile with you. for the first two points, he saves more overt displays of affection for when you’re alone (e.g. in his dorm while floyd is out doing whatever he does, in a quiet store room at the lounge during his break, or out in the mountains during a club meet because nobody else but you ever comes out on hikes with him). the furthest he’ll really go in public is smaller things like adjusting your uniform, holding your bags for you, and so on. the only major exception to that rule is if he’s feeling territorial and needs to show off the fact that you’re also dating him and he has no intentions of letting anyone else take you away from him.

whether you work at the mostro lounge or not you will be there during their shifts. even if they (floyd) have to literally kidnap you and force you to stay at the bar while they work. you do not have a choice here — but at least you will get plenty of free drinks and free food as an incentive to keep your boyfriends company (much to azul’s very vocal dismay, not that either of them care)

no more alone time for you, because if floyd isn’t picking you up and holding you captive in his arms until he finds an interesting fishie to bother instead, then jade will be following you around at a (barely) respectable distance and either infodumping to you about mushrooms or just quietly smiling and observing you as you do whatever it is you want to do

you will be attending all of floyd’s games with the basketball club. and as many of his practices as possible, because you’re the only person who can motivate him to actually play the damn game. you are also a member (the only other member) of the mountain lovers appreciation club, and that is non negotiable

there is no hiding anything from these two, especially not if it’s something that impacts your mood (like sickness, upset, grief, etc.) — and jade doesn’t even need to use his unique magic to make you come clean about it because between his subtle prying and floyd’s pestering you will end up confessing sooner or later… even if only out of desperation to get the two (well meaning) eel-mers to leave you alone for a bit

georgina knows about you and asks about you at least once whenever she’s talking with either of her sons. so sevens help you when you finally get to meet her in person because she has plenty of things she wants to say to you directly as a warm welcome into the family (and, chaos lovers that they are, you can bet every thaumark you have to your name that neither of your boyfriends will give you any sort of warning about this before throwing you into the metaphorical deep end with their mother)

as far as pet names go, floyd will always call you ‘shrimp’ or ‘shrimpy’ with the occasional use of your actual name thrown in every now and then when he’s in one of his rare serious moods. jade, meanwhile tends to lean towards more traditional gentlemanly terms of endearment, like ‘darling’ or ‘my dear’ or ‘my pearl’ — and while the latter is more commonly used back in the coral sea where the twins come from, rest assured it does have a similar connotation and reputation as the other pet names he uses

rook hunt & vil schoenheit

well… if you didn’t have a thorough, personalised, and effective skincare routine before entering this relationship you absolutely do now — even, and especially, if you have particularly sensitive skin or are in need of a more gentle or complex routine in order to actually get a desirable result. because your boyfriends are both very dedicated to the pursuit of beauty, and passionate about skincare enough to put in the work, time, and money to make you feel as beautiful as they both know you are (and if it comes to it vil will even formulate something personalised for you himself — just be prepared for a lot of trial and error if it gets to that point)

in addition to his very extensive collection of vil photographs, rook now also has a large section of his room dedicated to the photos he’s taken of you — all of which are joined for his favourite because, well, how could he possibly choose when you look so charming in them all? — and quite the hefty display of pictures he’s taken or had sent to him of you and vil together. there are also a good number of photos of all three of you together (and of just you and him, and of just him and vil), but as the photographer of the three of you he just doesn’t have many pictures of himself to put up… at least not in comparison to the amount he has of you two

(and neige… but those photos have since been taken down and moved to a more discrete location. he’s still a massive fanboy, of course, he’s just a bit quieter about it out of respect for your shared boyfriend)

whether you’re an official pomefiore student or not, you will be held to the same standard and will be subject to a lot of (albeit well intentioned and far more affectionate in tone) corrections and critiques about your uniform, posture, and so on. mainly from vil, perfectionist that he is, but he will lay off if you ask him to or if he notices you taking his advice a bit harder than he intends for it to be taken (he does love you after all, and his intentions are never to hurt or upset or embarrass you — merely to help you grow)

the three of you do have a group chat — with vil’s perpetually packed schedule it’s kind of a necessity — and it is never not chaotic. more often than not because of rook either spamming photos he’s taken of you or another one of his interests, fanboying out over one of vil’s latest magicam posts (the pictures got sent to the chat first, and he was just as eager to praise then as he is the second time around… he just loves him a lot, okay?), or some other such random (french) burst of affection that never fails to make you feel all flustered and warm and seen no matter how many times you experience them

vil will on occasion, when he’s in a playful mood, start ‘testing’ various lip products on you and rook to see how smearproof they are — despite all of you already knowing what the result will be — and this always ends with the two of you absolutely covered in random smudges of lipstick and lipgloss and smiling while vil admires his work. he always insists on the two of you cleaning up properly afterwards (as this usually occurs in the evening and sleeping in makeup would be awful for your skin), but he will wait for rook to take his photos before grabbing some makeup wipes and saving you both from clogged pores

because of how invasive the media and his fans can be, vil is pretty insistent on keeping his relationship with you both private for as long as he can — but that doesn’t stop you and rook from showing up for him when the moment calls… after all, your beloved hunter has plenty of experience with moving around unnoticed and he is more than happy to put those particular skills to good use for the sake of your mutually beloved roi du poison

circling back to how busy vil is, the partner you’ll end up spending most of your quality time with is rook — sometimes knowingly (like when he invites you back to pomefiore to study for an upcoming exam, or when you two spent an entire weekend binging your boyfriend’s entire catalogue of work, or when you went out to run errands together), but mostly unknowingly… because rook is always there whether you can physically see him or not. past a certain point it becomes more endearing and comforting than unsettling, after all he is just keeping an eye out for you and he never forces himself into a situation unless he feels it’s absolutely necessary, but the point still stands

you will always, always, be ‘potato’ to vil — sometimes sweet, sometimes specifically his or ours, but always potato — but rook cycles through so many terms of endearment that it’s borderline impossible for you to keep track of them all. the only commonality between them all is that he always calls you ‘mine’ whether he’s talking to you in the common tongue or in french (e.g. ‘mon tressor’, ‘mon amour’, ‘my love’, ‘my dearest’, etc.)… though, admittedly, the pet names he uses with you both are more often in french than not

gentlemen at heart, both of your boyfriends are very fond of giving and receiving kisses to the hands — with vil defaulting to either your fingertips or knuckles, while rook tends to go for your palms or wrists

kento nanami

kento is a man of simple tastes when it comes to this kind of thing, with his current favourite photo of you being the selfie you insisted on taking with him after he proposed to you

mostly because he thinks you look absolutely stunning in the picture — smiling brightly, eyes crinkled up at the corners, showing your engagement ring to the camera, and practically glowing as you cuddle into his side — but also partially because it’s just generally a lovely photo of you both (he didn’t think he could smile that widely, and in fact he’s quite certain he never did before you)

it’s his phone lockscreen (cropped and zoomed slightly to focus more on you), it’s kept in his wallet, it’s in a frame on his desk at work, and he even has it hung up in a very visible place in your newly shared home

yeah… needless to say it’s very clear which photo is his favourite

satoru gojo

quite frankly, satoru has so many photos of you on his phone that asking him to pick out his favourite from the lot is a borderline impossible task. of course there are some that stick out more than others — like the candid he took of you smiling with megumi a few years back that he has in his wallet, or the picture he caught of you mid-sneeze that never fails to make him break out into a fit of giggles — but deciding an all time favourite is something that’s gonna take him a while

that being said, it’s probably a very close tie between two very different pictures. the first because it’s so silly and so you that it makes him hopeful for what the future holds for you both whenever he sees it, and the other because it’s a cheerful snapshot of a past he can’t return to but that still makes him smile whenever he catches sight of it in his album

with the former being a selfie the two of you took together during a spontaneous holiday abroad, the two of you grinning and leaning into each other and wearing those silly matching outfits he convinced you to try out while the sun rises just behind your heads. it’s a great shot, perhaps accidentally the best one he’s ever taken. it’s one of those photos where he looks like a normal guy… a normal guy that’s head over heels for the person next to him… and it’s nice. he hopes you’ll have a lot more days like that in the future

and the latter… well… it’s a group selfie he dragged you into with his old school friends. one of which is now dead, another defected and wanted dead, the third gone from the world of jujutsu all together, and the last just barely hanging on to her sanity. but in that photo, you’re all smiling. even nanami. and especially you as you’re smushed between him and his old best friend in the most awkward position imaginable. it’s bittersweet to look at now, but he refuses to delete it

yuki tsukumo

if you asked her outright which of the countless photos she has of you is her favourite, yuki would either straight up deny having one or just point to the latest cute selfie you sent her during one of her recent missions abroad

and while it’s true that she does love all of those pictures — the silly ones, the cute ones, the staged ones, the candids, the mirror selfies, the ones you intentionally take at the worst possible angles just for the hell of it — she does secretly have an absolute favourite of them all

and it’s a really old selfie the two of you took together after a ride on her motorcycle. you’re wearing her jacket across your shoulders, grinning so broadly that it’s borderline contagious, and holding onto her like she’ll vanish the second you let go, while she’s only half in frame and half-smiling-half-scrunching her face up to get the angle right (and fighting the awkwardly low winter sun in the process). it’s far from the most photogenic either of you have ever looked, but it’s such a nice memory and she loves how you look in her clothes so it’s kept it’s ‘number one’ spot for years and will continue to do so until you manage to take a photo cute enough to dethrone it (like your eventual wedding photos, perhaps?)

amo empool

amo is the type of person who tends to wear her heart on her sleeve, and consequently it’s impossible for you (and everyone else in earshot of her in the moment) to not notice when she’s feeling jealous — and it’s equally difficult not to recognise exactly who she is being jealous of

she is loud about her jealousy. loud and sharp and aggressive in a way that sets your teeth on edge and leaves a pit in your stomach even though she’s not directing any of that anger towards you

amo is clingy too, hanging off of you and holding you tight (as if she’s terrified you’ll slip away and vanish the second she lets go) and keeping as close as she possibly be to you as she all but screams at the other person to leave you alone

but despite it all she’s not angry, not at you, not unless you were actively going out of your way to make her jealous. no. she’s just terrified of losing the only good thing she’s ever known and she lashes out because that’s the only way she’s ever been able to keep others away from her things

and you can tell how scared she is because she is trembling as she clings to you, because you can hear the break and shakiness in her voice as she shouts her voice raw. and you know that you’ll have to reassure and comfort her when you’re finally alone again, make sure she knows that you’re not going anywhere and that you want her as much as she wants you

… on the bright side, the longer she’s with the cleaners and the better her mental health gets the less frequent these outbursts will become, so just be patient with her in the meantime. okay?

riyo reaper

riyo’s jealousy is a quiet thing that you’ll have to know her extremely well to be able to pick up on. partially because she does trust you not to do anything to hurt her and does her part to keep her negative emotions to herself as a result, and partially because old habits die hard and some days she is much closer to grabbing her gun and pulling the trigger on whoever is trying to steal you away from her than she’d care to admit

the most you’ll notice is her keeping her distance from you for a little while — leaving the room, finding somewhere peaceful and away from everyone else, and shutting down the conversations others try to start with her as casually as possible as she goes through the motions of rationalising and working through her jealousy

and if she notices that you’re uncomfortable, obviously, she will step in and play up the possessive girlfriend thing to get the other person to back off

but otherwise she trusts you a lot and has a very mature approach to handling her negative emotions, especially compared to the other cleaners around her age

so just give her some time and space to cool down and she’ll be back with you whenever she’s ready

… but if you want to spoil her with affection and show off how taken and in love you are in front of whoever was trying to hit on you before, well, she certainly won’t turn you down

rudo surebrec

rudo may not be the most emotionally open member of the cleaners, but if you’ve been around him for long enough it’s painfully easy to pick up on when he’s in a jealous mood — sometimes well before he’s able to clock the tight feeling in his chest for what it actually is himself

primarily through his body language — the way he seems to almost curl in on himself at first, the scrunching up of his face like he’s just bitten into something particularly grim tasting, the way his shoulders pitch up like a startled cat, the way he may start pacing around and trying to work out his upset through movement, the blank stares he’s sending your way, etc.

but also through his tone of voice if things go on for long enough — muttering under his breath, language turning foul and crude enough to get him a stern look from any of his seniors that aren’t enjin, the way he starts insulting the other person in increasingly nonsensical ways, the little monologue he has going that barely makes sense to anyone in hearing range, and so on and so forth

like he is so blatantly obvious about it that it borders on comedic — and, rest assured, up until the point where rudo is genuinely really upset his fellow cleaners will be treating the whole situation like it’s the funniest thing they’ve seen all week

oh and he has absolutely started fights with people because of his jealousy — he’s flung feces at people for far less after all — he’s just a bit more reluctant to do so nowadays as he feels more pressure to keep up a certain image as your boyfriend and as a member of the cleaners. but if he’s pushed far enough than anything is fair game and he will not apologise for putting someone in their place (unless you’re upset with him and want him to apologise because then he will fold)

… on the bright side he is relatively easy to cheer up if ever he gets really jealous: just bring him some cool junk to fix up, and offer him your undivided attention for a bit, and he’ll be right as rain soon enough

zanka nijiku

while zanka does generally always try to take the high road and not let his jealousy show — partly because of how much social etiquette was drilled into his head growing up, and partly because he wants to present himself as a ‘mature’ and ‘reliable’ cleaner in order to garner the approval and respect of those he admires (namely enjin, but others too) — but he is far from perfect and if you know him well, or just push him far enough, it becomes laughably easy to know whenever he’s jealous

he acts bored and disinterested at first, but in a way that’s very clearly performative and overcompensating for how annoyed he actually is to anyone who knows him — many of whom would be more than happy to call him out for it if they were present (see: riyo, enjin, and rudo)

he sticks close by you while you’re talking to the person, either being right by your side if the situation allows or staying within arm’s reach and very obviously staring down the other person — in other words, making it abundantly clear that you’re with him and he is watching them

and if they start actually flirting with you then he’ll completely drop his (terrible) nonchalant act and go straight to confront them and will not stop until they back up, apologise, and are just about ready to flee the scene and never talk to you again

because he does not play when it comes to you and your relationship

the purple-prose loving hunter of savanaclaw is… well… not someone that you should pursue a relationship with unless you’re prepared to be on the receiving end of a lot of grand gestures of love, and to be dragged into several hour long discussions and binges of all available media featuring his favourite actors. but if you’re the type of person who finds his endless dramatics charming, his stalking habit endearing, and his questionable hair care habits excusable, then you’re sure to find your person in rook… just be prepared to be dragged along for the ride whenever he gets around to transferring out of savanaclaw and finds his purpose as a vice housewarden elsewhere (and, tragically, starts covering up all of his freckles along the way… truly a tragedy)

his dorm mates absolutely hate him for this, but he will gush about you pretty much constantly to everyone in earshot — sometimes entirely unprovoked because you truly are always on his mind and he can’t help himself but start spouting sonnets in your honour. and his uniform may be a different colour but, rest assured, his flowery prose is very much so the same as it would come to be after his move between dorms. lucky you!

neige and vil movie marathons? neige and vil movie marathons. and not just movies, he will sit down and binge their interviews and stage performances with you as well if you let him. just, please do these marathons with him… even if it’s just once a month… please… you’re the only one he has who he can talk about this with

fighting over status, and territory, and even just for sport, is very much so a way of life in savanaclaw and rook is absolutely no exception to that particular rule. in fact since getting into a relationship with you he’s gotten into so many fights that he can hardly count the number on both hands — and he’s absolutely remorseless about it too, because he was only doing what was right to protect your reputation amongst his dorm mates. and isn’t that just what any good boyfriend would have done in his place?

compared to how it would come to be after his move to the fairest queen’s dorm, rook’s hair is perpetually a complete and utter mess. he manages to make it work for him, somehow, but still it’s always in rough shape — usually with some twigs or branches sticking out from one of his hunts. so please, please, introduce him to the wonders of a solid hair care routine because his poor scalp desperately needs it and he will thank you… even if he takes a while to actually get around to doing all of the steps you laid out for him (he has marks to hunt, okay? he’s busy!)

after running into vil, rook makes his desire to move dorms absolutely no secret. though outside of the headmage, you’re the only person he talks to about his reasoning in depth — and in fact the two of you will spend a good amount of time going back and forth on the subject as he tries to figure out whether he should, or even can, make the move over to pomefiore. because, after all, who better to go to with his dreams and debates than the person who perhaps knows him the best out of anyone in all of twisted wonderland?

as he doesn’t really have many people in his life that are willing to indulge him by listening to him talk about his interests and participating in them with him, rook values you and your relationship that much more. this also means that you will be subject to a lot of gushing and fan-boying about his favourite celebrities and everything he knows about them, but he’s cute when he’s passionate so you can’t say you mind too much — plus he’s not completely inconsiderate and is just as encouraging of you to gush and share and engage in the things that interest you in return, even partaking himself just so you have even more to bond over as a couple (even if your interests aren’t exactly his thing)

he is both extremely strong and extremely tactile, so when he’s in the mood to cling to you like a very loud and affectionate koala there is nothing you can do to pry him off — save for making it clear that you’re not in a touchy mood, because rook is stubborn and physically affectionate but not cruel. he’s also more than strong enough to just… pick you up and carry you around. which he does. often. whenever the mood strikes him, really. and he rarely ever holds his strength back with you, certainly not to the same extent as he would come to after transferring to pomefiore anyway, so… do with that whatever you will

while everyone that gets sorted into savannaclaw tends to embody the king of beasts’ spirit of persistence to some extent, rook’s persistence is especially blatant. he’s persistent in how he hunts his prey, he’s persistent in his pursuit of the things he’s passionate about (like vil and neige, for example), and he’s particularly persistent in his endless attempts to woo and flatter you throughout your courtship and, later on, established relationship. to the point where some of his attempts border on stalking, even. but he’s just so genuine and passionate and unwavering in how he goes about things that it’s almost impossible not to feel at least a little flattered by his attention… so he ends up being far more successful in his pursuit that most people would be if they found themselves in his position