Likes: haru, claw machines, keychains, the beach, sweets, mechanics/engineering
Dislikes: small towns, spicy food
Notes: -The little chibi in the corner is the first version I drew of him I was to lazy to redo the lineart so I adjusted stuff to make the doodle the lineart so if you were wondering why it looks like that then here's your answer
Age: 19 at death early 20s now
Height: 7'0 (213cm) monster form 0'3 (8cm) plush form 5'9 (176cm) before death
Likes: Kazuki, claw machines, rabbits, plushies, cute things, surfing, spicy food, sweets, photography
Dislikes: soup, sunburns, his lactose intolerance
Notes: -this is more on the ref than the character but I'm not the best with rabbits so sorry if the ref looks kinda whack. He's meant to look creepy I think I still achieved that but I'm aware it wasn't the best it works as a ref at least.
-his monster form changes slightly every time he transforms
Since their story covers them in a lot of different ages I decided to make a drawing of refined doodles to show what they looked like at different ages.
Haru and Kazuki grew up together in a small town. They were neighbors and loved to go to the beach together and when they would occasionally visit the city or a bigger town they loved playing the claw machines, even though they sucked at them. Kazuki had always been able to see spirits and apparitions while Haru could not, Kazuki had never told Haru about this because at first he was scared to scare him off then after knowing him he wasn't sure if he could keep it secret. After narrowly avoiding death in middle school Haru suddenly gained the ability to see spirits and apparitions too. At this point Kazuki helped Haru to acclimate to his new reality. Having another way to connect with each other made their bond closer and Kazuki began to develop feelings for Haru. When they made it to their second year in high school they took a visit to their favorite arcade where Kazuki finally won his first prize from a claw machine. Taking this as a sign he confessed his love to Haru that day and gave him the small rabbit plush. They started dating and by their third year of high school they'd planned their life together. They were gonna move to an apartment in Tokyo together where Haru would become a photographer while Kazuki would become a mechanic or some sort of engineer. They had secured their new apartment and one day Haru decided he was going to surprise Kazuki by decorating their apartment early and on the way back he was hit by a car and died. When he died his spirit was bound to that plush bunny he always carried around. Kazuki ended up getting the plush rabbit and quickly realized that it contained Haru's spirit. Unfortunately, this attracted evil spirits for reasons unknown to Kazuki. Fortunately for him and Haru however, with his death Haru gained the ability to take form of a kind of spirit creature himself which he could use to fight evil spirits. Kazuki did end up moving to the apartment where he and Haru had promised to live together and instead of following the dreams he had planned he wanders the dark streets of Tokyo fighting evil spirits and yokai.
-These two are in the same world as my OCs Azzy, Kobe, and Apollo
-Some smaller details are subject to change in the lore as I figure out how spirit stuff works and solidify that though honestly I'm considering just making it not always make sense since death and what happens after it isn't really something we can really grasp the full scope of anyways
-When they would go to the arcade they wouldn't just do claw machines they'd do other games as well, hence another reason why they didn't win anything for so long. If they'd used all their money on claw machines they'd probably be able to win something sooner because of payout but they never did that. They also didn't get to go there a lot hence another reason they didn't win anything sooner. It's not really important but I know personally I would be a bit confused/bothered as to how the hell it took them that long to win something if I didn't have the context behind it so here it is.
-the changes in hair color and skin tone are intentional, both of them tan a lot as they age and while Kazuki's hair darkens overtime and Harus hair lightens from sun exposure (he does end up bleaching it after graduating) also Kazuki and Haru both have tan lines with Haru's being more obvious.
