yogen wants to hear ur cr

pictured: you, talking about what ur character thinks of someone else
step 1: post with your characters
step 2: respond to others with the characters you have CR with (or not, i aint gonna stop you)
step 3: get all the details on how their characters feel about yours!
step 4: return da favor?
i havent made one of these in a while it ok
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but yes rubs hands... lena actually is a really cute one. i think it's because she's always surprising him? like he doesn't see her as helpless and, while he would rather she not be in danger, she's not quite someone he feels like he needs to entirely shield from the world because of the way she opened up about her circumstances to him earlier on during that meeting. on the other hand, i think that he does struggle a little bit with that, because he's so slow to open up himself, and he's very much the type who needs to be chased after in order to get anywhere with him. the more you let him say "not right now" or "i don't want to talk about this" and get away with it, the more he's going to continue to hide behind those excuses. so it puts lena in this really strange little zone where there's more that he could tell her, more that he tentatively wants to open up about, but he also feels obligated to continue as he has been for so long, because she's too patient and understanding to push him in this way.
that said, the surprise has been mostly pleasant despite his inability to respond in kind. whenever she shows that faith in him it's like this mix between being so caught off guard, to the point where he's almost hurt that he's probably going to let her down, but also this feeling of it being unfamiliar and him actually... being really grateful at the same time. because he can't open up the same way to her, he tries to reflect his gratitude through things he can do — together, mostly. chatting and showing dedication to the studying together, and giving her those lessons on cooking and things. he's glad he can do something like that for her because he respects her desire for independence a lot, so it's kind of a small way he can be thankful to her for having so much trust in him and care for him, but also show his appreciation and help her have more tools to support that independence.