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He is reckless and impulsive. Kayn makes really bad decisions about you when he's around you and has a crush. He NEEDS to look cool around you. He needs you to find him fun and worthy of company. Just something about wanting to spend any possible moment with you without being too obvious about it too. Like you wanna go to a concert? Alright he's gunna use some connections to get tickets for you both, " Right now, lets go, tonight, I'll drive us both!!" Or how you can sigh and talk about wanting to try some special chocolate brand that isn't available in town. He's on it, what no it just so happened he was on tour and bought this for himself but he doesn't mind sharing it with you! No he didn't order it online and ship it over for an exuberant price. What? You think bassists are cool? " Did you know I play the bass too?!" He's brought you into the studio. Huh? No? You think pianists are sick too? " Hahaha, what? You think I can't play the piano. I tried learning every instrument at least once baby." He's embarrassing himself, he thinks he's being subtle about his crush. But everyone in Heartsteel can see it. Man is obsessed with you.

When Spirit Blossom Aphelios, the Kanmei of Night, has a crush on you, anyone else who sees him by your side can tell that the night loves you. I feel like it would be obvious in the way the sky changes when he sees you. The subtle ways the clouds clear up just enough for the moonlight to illuminate your face. How a shooting star goes by if your hand accidentally brushes against his. How the stars twinkle so much brighter whenever you speak to him. It is in the way the night never leaves you too cold, how the stars always guide you home and how the ending night as the sun rises always seems to linger a little longer in your peripherals, almost clinging onto you, not wanting to wait a whole day to be by your side again.

Surprise him! Kayn thrives on spontaneity and adrenaline. Pop by his shows unexpectedly. Get him gifts out of nowhere. Prank him. Plan day trips to random places without telling him. Go get piercings or tattoos together(or just book a session for him if you're not about that). Make his heart race in every single possible way. Kayn would love someone who could light up his life in ways he can't do alone.

It is gentle. The way he looks at you. The way he smiles at you. The way his blades fly so swiftly to kill any Azakana that dares lay their eyes on you. He talks to you a lot, maybe out of his own loneliness. Maybe from his own want to right his wrongs. Yone can't help but to seek you out even though he knows he shouldn't. He just loves your company that much. He writes you poetry, secretly. Beautiful calligraphy brushed onto paper, folded neatly and placed in places you visit, anonymous letters but it is not hard to tell who it came from. Your name written oh so delicately on the cover, ribbon so carefully wrapped around the paper holding it close. Who else in your life would speak such sweet words to you other than him.

Let him be soft around you. Man is THE BOSS and already has such a prestige and persona to uphold. In private he needs someone who can let him relax and be himself. He doesn't want to have to always be the big strong unfeeling man that everyone sees him as, he wants to have hugs, lovingly sleep with someone in his arms, ask for kisses and be treated as an equal. He needs someone he can come home to and actually fully relax around. Let him be vulnerable and be accepting of it!

He cries a lot. Silently. Alone. When he is left off Noctum, when he is alone, when the moonlight cascades over his features, when his sister can't speak to him. When he sits alone in the temple, the same place he spent his childhood with his sister. He mourns her. Alone. Never letting anyone else see this side of him. No noise leaves him with he cries. Silent tears and silent screams. The only person he has ever considered telling this about was you. Only because you asked where he went once, when you woke up without him by your side. But even then he hesitated. Unsure if you would still love him if you saw how weak he was. How much he couldn't shoulder the Lunari burden placed upon him. How he curses the world for making him suffer when he never asked for any of this. Aphelios wouldn't dare admit any of this to you. It was his secret. For now.

3. Let him love you. He is outwardly affectionate, he wants someone who would let him hold them, kiss them, love them. Sure he isn’t as touch starved as some others, he hugs all his friends, but its different. He needs someone he can hold onto when he’s sad, he needs someone who would hold onto him when he’s angry and he needs someone who would ground him by just letting him feel like he exists with a tight hold (be it a suffocating hug or a good squeeze of the hand.)

"💘- 3 ways to win your heart?" 1. Be soft with him. Contrary to expectations out of someone like Rhaast. If you come up to him, treat him with respect, treat him like his own person, and through all that, genuinely, truly, care for him. He becomes a bumbling mess. Tend to his wounds. Cover for him when cops show up. Buy him gear for his escapades. He folds!!! He folds! Gently kiss him after he crashes a car and tumbles down the road to your side? He's a mess. 2. Listen to him. In the same vein, if you actually hear what he's saying. Taking him and his wack ass opinions seriously. Not brushing his crazy ideas off. Oh how his heart races. Not talking him down about parkour from the building roof top? Seriously making plans with him about the safety of spray painting the security cameras before he climbs the roof? Being his stunt cameraman? You don't have to follow through with the plans but just entertaining him and his uninhibited thoughts. Being by his side and laughing along with him not at him. He loves it. 3. Be bold. He's not good at taking social cues or reading between the lines. Especially when his thoughts are already speeding off one after the other. Rhaast is impulsive, his brain thinks something up and he does it. He can't understand subtlety, he doesn't get hints. If you're loud and proud about your feelings, straight forward enough for him to understand and actually connect with you. To not be confused by your actions and words. Its perfect for him.