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ioculus2015-02-11 11:24 am
deontology) wrote in ioculus2015-02-11 11:24 am
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Kaoru and Tenka ;
FIRST AND FOREMOST THE THING THAT I DO NOT GET TO WRITE IN MY TAGS ALL THAT OFTEN: Tenka is actually holding himself back with Kaoru a lot - and by that I mean considering how much time they spend together, how kind Kaoru has been, and how easily Tenka enjoys people who talk about their families and their hometowns and do good tasks for others, Tenka probably would've entertained the idea of dating Kaoru by now. except Tenka's dates are literally still really shallow but he does think that anyone who gets to marry Kaoru would be lucky!!
except except the thing is that Tenka and Sousei are really, really good at the "unspoken understanding" thing now and registering little cues from each other even when they're engaged in conversation with another person. So Sousei acts weirdly around Kaoru and treats him differently than how Sousei is with.... well like, Shinpachi and Sano for example. and Tenka picked up on that, even though he doesn't know why yet. but it doesn't keep him from hanging out with Kaoru simply due to the fact that Sousei will speak up on things that he's concerned about when he has enough evidence because at that point, they might seriously hurt Tenka!! and Tenka knows that. The fact that Sousei acts weirdly around Kaoru is just probably based off of a hunch or a feeling but nothing grounded yet, so Tenka trusts that Sousei will bring it up properly if anything does happen.
but yes, that weird acknowledgement that for some reason his partner doesn't seem to like Kaoru much or otherwise acts strangely around him is reason enough for Tenka to not think about pursuing a relationship with Kaoru deeper than friendship. (that said even Tenka's girlfriends never learn about his deep dark secrets so it's not like much has changed anyway??)
OTHERWISE this is why I say that Tenka has 98.9999% fallen for Kaoru's act. it's because he has. if anyone asked him, he'd say that Kaoru is a wonderful person and someone worth getting to know! he hasn't picked up at all that Kaoru is interacting with him mostly because Tenka is a good person to get close to if you want even more friends. so that much is a success because he's still totally singing Kaoru's praises to anyone besides Sousei and would probably defend Kaoru instinctively if anyone started talking shit!! (until someone dropped the bomb that Kaoru's a dude, but that's something that only the Shinsengumi can do) so there you go, Kaoru, you've got Tenka wrapped around your finger
because honestly Tenka is.... really really really fond of Kaoru already! like, Kaoru has only been completely helpful and sweet and innocent and wants to do good things for other people so what's the catch here? (a huge catch that Tenka can't see but whatever) Tenka melts whenever he sees those acts of kindness and he's especially caught off-guard when they're directed toward himself. whenever Kaoru offers to cook for them or brings him sunflowers or some shit he's basically a human pile of mush and super touched.
aka yes he's another one of those super sunny people who don't recognize his influence on others and that'll probably never change because that's part of Tenka's charm. he acts arrogant and haughty but he's really super humble so when Kaoru surprises him with kind gestures, he really is kind of like oH. OH WOW YOU'RE SUPER NICE TO ME...... and is really happy over it!!
there's only so many ways that I can write "Tenka adores Kaoru" tbh
but I'm just laughing because even if Tenka was aware of Kaoru's intentions, he wouldn't..... even be that mad. like he'd be most mad that Kaoru made him think that he was a really cute girl!!!! but otherwise.... Tenka doesn't care if people want friends? which is literally how Tenka would see it like - oh yeah, of course I'll introduce you to my friends? hE'S SO OPEN-HEARTED AND DUMB, SOMEONE COME SAVE HIM
But in truth for right now it's literally just.... adoration and affection!! Kaoru is probably one of the people here that reminds Tenka a lot of the villagers back home - aka people that seem to like him a lot and do nice things for him and therefore he feels the need to protect them. but also not close enough for Tenka to even think about sharing his deep dark secrets with just because he's Tenka and you'll need to rip those things out of his literally cold, dead hands.
wow i'm so glad i could end that on a light note
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