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[adornmental]

punches u to the moon

YOU PRETTY MUCH COVERED KAORU AND SOUSEI Sousei is an irritating nonentity more or less, someone who Kaoru dislikes but in a distant sort of way... As long as they don't have to share a room it's not too bad but otherwise it's puffedcat.png all the way GOOD WORK GUYS.

Kashuu likes Leon much to the surprise of approximately zero people! Sure he's prickly and rude and blunt, but Kashuu has actually dealt with people who are even more caustic than Leon and he still likes them, so keeping up the friendship with a cute tsuntsun is really no effort to him at all. He can tell that there's more to the distance Leon keeps than just him being socially awkward and bad at the friend thing though, but he isn't the type who pries, so that may just stay a mystery forever. WHOOPS. That said, he doesn't feel super close to Leon or anything! As things are now, Leon's mostly just a friendly(??????) acquaintance who Kashuu wouldn't mind getting to know better. He automatically has an appreciation for anyone who's good at sword fighting and the fact that Chal likes Leon so much basically makes Kashuu think it's okay to like Leon too. Moron logic at work, honestly: "if another talking sword likes this person, he must be okay!" NOT THAT HE'S WRONG IN THIS CASE but still... Basically he's dumb and he's decided he likes Leon and so Leon will never be able to shake him, rip.

He also really likes Chal who is obviously the pure bean of this duo. Chal is so chatty and sweet and genuine! Kashuu feels kind of empathetic toward him because he assumes some of the chattiness is a result of... not really having many people to talk to. Considering he couldn't communicate with non-spirits for most of his existence, he's like "THIS SUCKS, I KNOW" and so he'd 100% take the chance to chat more with Chal one-on-one if he could. Sorry Leon, swords gotta sword sometimes, you know.

AND THEN SOUSEI AND KASHBROKE. Canonmates and Souji aside, Sousei is definitely the person Kashuu is closest to in Cerealia... STARTED WITH A DANCE NOW WE'RE HERE. Somehow their personality types just meshed in a way that Kashuu could latch on without latching on to the unhealthy extent that he usually does (though this could always change HE'S A MORON), and theirs is a friendship that has a stronger balance of give-and-take than most of his other ones. Sousei is level-headed and down to earth and extremely sure of himself/where he stands in the world, which is the exact sort of tether that Kashuu needs in order to keep himself grounded. It's harsh sometimes, especially since Sousei never really sugarcoats what he wants to say or what he thinks and some of the truths he points out can be really hard to swallow, but Kashuu is grateful for the guidance and understanding.

He values Sousei's opinion very highly and tries his best to understand where he's coming from and what he's talking about, and because of that, he's actually learned a little more about himself. LIKE, AS AN EXAMPLE, when Sousei pointed out that Kashuu is probably putting too much on Haru's shoulders - that never would have occurred to him on his own. That sort of reliance is just innate to him, and while he still doesn't entirely get what's wrong with a sword leaving every choice up to its master, he's at least aware of the fact that something might be off-balance there now. Sousei works as a guidance like that to him; it's a subtle hand, but he speaks in a way that's easy to understand and difficult to hide from, which is basically what Kashuu sometimes needs.

His trust for Sousei is also off the charts, good lord. Like Kashuu is obviously a very trusting sword in general but Sousei is absolutely in the same blind trust category that his comrades and Haru are in... Sousei could literally be like "hey go walk off the side of that building" and Kashuu would do it because he'd trust that there's some sort of weird Sousei logic at work, and he fully believes Sousei would never do anything to harm him or put him in danger intentionally. This is also obviously where things start to edge into potentially Unhealthy™ territory, because this is just a Thing Kashuu does... He goes turbo when he trusts and he trusts Too Hard and relies Too Much and it puts a lot of pressure on the people he selects to lean on. It's awful and selfish and he doesn't even realize that, but Sousei is one of the people helping him to realize it, so that's one step in a better direction.

While he doesn't really spend a lot of time mulling over the intricacies of human relationships or anything, he does subconsciously realize that Sousei's already done a lot for him, which is why he's always so eager to help out where he can! He wants to be able to support him too, whether it's by telling him to give himself a break when he overworks himself or by being there to listen when he recounts his crazyass anime backstory. He doesn't pry, so this kind of leaning and support is a slow process, but he's also always in it for the long haul once he finds someone who's really important to him. He's absolutely willing to stick around and wait for Sousei to bring things up on his own, and he appreciates the fact that Sousei trusts him enough to share important things with him. It makes him feel useful, but it also makes him feel a little more human to have a genuine friend like that.

THAT SAID Sousei will never be able to escape Kashuu being a menace in the same way that Kashuu won't be able to escape being teased occasionally because he's an easyass target. He'll always be pestering for more dances (and probably sparring matches but it's not like either of them mind those), trying to shove Sousei into the makeover corner and generally being an overly-energetic bother who is probably a little too clingy a lot of the time. He's just overbearing by nature!!! Sousei opened the doors to hell the day he accepted that first dance and now there's no escape...