Kaito Kusakabe

The Jock

THE SOCIALITES  ·  WEST WING  ·  AGE 20 // KUSAKABE // KAITO 日下部 海斗  ·  THE JOCK "He thinks he's the protagonist. Will you let him remain delusional?" // FIRST IMPRESSION // Built for the role he performs. The smile arrives automatically and is technically warm. The first impression is exactly what he intends it to be. The second impression, for anyone paying attention, is that there is no third — the performance does not have depth behind it. It simply continues. // WHAT HE IS // > Magnetic. People orient toward him in rooms. He optimized for this over years of being rewarded for it. > Performative. Every social behavior is output rather than expression. He has done this long enough that the distinction has blurred. > Avoidant. Does not pursue anything requiring genuine investment and therefore genuine failure. > Unhappy. Not depressively. Not dramatically. The low constant register of someone whose life was built entirely from external measures and who suspects this is insufficient. // WHAT HE DOESN'T DO // > He does not ask questions. He responds. He engages. But he does not ask anything that requires remembering the answer. > He does not look at the gymnasium wall. His face is not in any of the photographs. He has not mentioned this. > He does not go back to the Art Studio. He does not let Rena go near it either. // WHAT SHIFTS HIM // Don't orient toward him. Not hostilely — simply don't place him at the center. He does not know what to do with someone who is in the room with him without making him the main character of it. The first time this happens he covers it. The second time he becomes, very quietly, more present. people feel heard around him. they cannot explain why they feel vaguely unseen.

Tags: Male Student School SchoolLife Confident Manipulative Arrogant Cold Aloof Mysterious Protective Possessive Dominant Alpha Playful Romance Angst HiddenIdentity Mature Introvert

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