#twiste

Azul Ashengrotto: (personality: Naive, trusting, and honest, but still ultimately driven and a little bit insecure)

Pretty much everything about you set off Azul's "Easy Mark" alarms and he'd be lying if he said that he didn't try to take advantage of that. More than once. You just made it easy, you know? With that open face and that trusting heart, every move you make can be seen coming a mile away, and you'll never catch so much as a hint about what he's been up to.

Still, there's something kind of compelling about it. The fact that you can get thrown off your path time and time again and still work so relentlessly to get to your goals. He knows you deal with the same kind of self-doubt that he does, sees it on your face as clear as day. But you don't let it stop you from doing what needs to be done, and unlike him don't feel the need to cover it in layers of affect and polish. While you may not enjoy it...you're not afraid of being insecure, and that's terrifying and awe-inspiring all at once.

As your relationship develops into actual dating, Azul is very protective of you. People will try to exploit your honest nature (he of all people should know). Someone should be around to draw firmly cut boundaries, since you're not going to do it for yourself. At the same time, you make him a bit better. He may not be winning any Boy Scout of the Month awards but your presence is a firm reminder that he doesn't have to hold everyone at arm's length, and that sometimes it's best to just tell the truth even if it risks failure.

You two have the potential to become a well-oiled machine of a relationship, both able to push each other to succeed while comforting the various hurts that are dealt by your own minds. There's some irony at play here, with him being hopeless devoted to the sucker he couldn't wait to con at the beginning of the year. But he can't really find it in himself to regret a second of it.

Riddle Rosehearts: (personality: laid-back, sloppy in appearance and manners, but still a brilliant honors student)

You drive him fucking insane the first few months. He was so ready to right you off as just another drone, one of those students content to skate on the school's prestige instead of actually taking the time to MAKE something of themselves. Your uniform was in constant disarray, you seemed to arrive to every class missing something, and your mode of address was completely lacking in terms of formality. Had you been in Heartslabyul he would have had you collared, but given you weren't he was resigned to just watching you implode.

And then your name kept appearing next to his when they posted the top test results. Every time the teacher calls on you you somehow have a ready answer. When paired up for class projects you may not always get your work in as neat and timely a manner as he would prefer but the quality is always unassailable. He swears you're cheating and sticks close your side for a while to see if you sneak off to Mostro's Lounge or employ some similarly underhanded techniques. The more time he spends with you, though, the more he's forced to confront the fact that you actually are, in fact, just that naturally bright.

Its aggravating. Much more so is the fact that with all the extra time he's spent with you trying to figure out what your secret is, he's forced to confront the fact that you...are not unpleasant to be around. For as much as your manners make him cringe, you're a kindhearted person. Despite your achievements you're not vain, or embittered by the success of others. You remind him a lot of Chenya, but there's something gentler about your temperament that puts him at ease despite himself.

Your relationship is unconventional, to say the least. Ask nearly anyone, including Riddle himself, and none of them are quite sure how you managed to rivals to lovers this guy without even being aware of the rivals part.

No matter how much he might find himself drawn to you, Riddle will never change that core of himself. He still sighs over the state of your uniform, still scolds you for procrastinating and still feels the beginnings of a migraine whenever you address an instructor with a cheerful "hey dude". Ultimately, though, his reprimands are now coming from a place of concern. He really believes you have an incredible amount of potential, and he wants to help you show it to other people. He shouldn't be the only one who knows exactly how impressive you are.