[Akuneko Theory] When did the Butlers fell in love with Aruji?
This was something I’ve written in the server a while back like in 2025 hehe
Thinking about this question, I feel like Berrien was first drawn by Arujisama when he first saw them.
Berrien was losing his precious family members here and there, Zepal had just recently passed.
The whole mansion was on the verge of breaking.
Had not the black cat brought Arujisama to them, the butlers would still have this professional barriers between one another, they wouldn’t open their hearts to each other, until Bastien’s arc.
Berrien knew how unreasonable his requests are, wanting Arujisama to stay and help them in this world, when this world doesn’t concern them when they first arrived here. If Arujisama doesn’t have ties here, why would they be willing to risk their lives to save the people here. He was desperate, because he couldn’t bear seeing the butlers fighting without powers again. Especially the strong butlers who fought without powers, are still heavily wounded. When he first saw Arujisama, he knew that they were a kind person who’s willingly to help, who’s willing to stay, and this took a rock off of his shoulder, being able to have the butlers reach their full potential to fight easily. Perhaps, Berrien was drawn to Arujisama’s kindness, he started to notice them more and more, wanting to be by their side.
I definitely think most of the butlers are a combination between love at first sight plus slow burn.
The reason for the slow burn was because of the situation they are in. Love wasn’t something that was in their head when all they were thinking about was survival.
They couldn’t even consider marriage either, which is why the butlers were all single.
They couldn’t bear thinking of their loved ones to wait for their return, or risked their lives on the line.
I think the butlers would have to make a painful decision whether to save their loved ones first or to save the people.
I hope this decision never comes.
But when it comes to Arujisama, it was like a gentle light shone in their hearts.
Trust, to some butlers, is something difficult, because they were hurt by the ones they trusted the most, like Bastien, Ammon, Lato, Hanamaru, Boschi.
But once they open their hearts to you, they would be the most loyal one towards you, serving their whole hearts on a platter, as you do what you please.
Arujisama to them is a second chance at life.
A second chance to help them walk through their survivor’s guilt.
They never knew they would ever have such a close relationship with Arujisama, when they have seen the other family’s butlers not able to achieve such closeness with their masters.
I think the butlers began to realize their feelings when it was butler’s valentine.
Valentine, to the butlers, was another tiring event to host and prepare for the nobles to meet their arranged marriage half. A political marriage to get what they wish. A marriage of convenience.
For a day that was filled with “love”, artificial sweetness was in the air.
The butlers are popular men.
While there were foul rumours of them, causing the civilians to be scared of them, their handsome appearances often catches the eyes of the ladies, and also guys, with no restriction to their age.
They couldn’t take the gifts and chocolates addressed to them, causing their fans to cry when their feelings cannot be reciprocated.
Perhaps the butlers thought it would be inappropriate to receive such gifts or perhaps they didn’t want to give them a false hope that there is a chance they would become their future partner.
When it comes to Arujisama, however, they started asking them if they’ll be giving chocolates to someone, and if Arujisama were to answer, “Yes”. They would all wonder who the lucky person is, and a lot of them mutter, “I wish I could be lucky to get them too.”
They also stated to Arujisama, “I turned them down because I only wish to get the chocolate from my important one.”
The butlers seem to be more comfortable asking Arujisama, revealing their wishes.
As well, for the first Valentine’s Day, the butlers were busy preparing for the noble’s party, but all of them have prepared a separate little party, beautifully decorated room from Boschi with the best dishes made by Lono, with them dancing separately with Arujisama. It was the best Valentine they ever experienced, because they prepared for the one they wanted to spend the most.
But June bride is when they started to think about their future.
Imagining their future to be spent with the person they wanted to be with the most.
Having their survival constantly on their mind, they finally could imagine a bright happy future about what they wanted to do the most for their most beloved one, being able to pursue their love and I think this event really sets the feeling of “I’m really in love with this person” in their mind, having them talk about their thoughts of marriage and about what they would do with their partners.
June bride card stories even have a simulation where aruji and the butler would live together for a few hours, replicating the live-in marriage life, as well, there is a love confession at the end before they take the marriage photos. If they did not have any feelings for aruji, I don’t think they could ever have this love confession for aruji at the end.
I think when they first met Arujisama, they had a ruler inside their mind, observing the type of person Arujisama is.
Ammon even wanted to listen outside of Arujisama’s room door to hear if they would reveal their true self behind doors, but he quickly talked himself out of it because he thinks it’s not ethical.
They have met too much people who hide their thoughts behind their smile, or perhaps they were also the same too, having to put on a mask just to entertain the nobles, but they knew how unreasonable the nobles were.
When they first met Arujisama, they were surprised to see someone who behaves completely different than the nobles they serve.
Someone who treats them as equal, who cares for their well being, who asked them if they are tired or wounded.
Someone who doesn’t treat them as tools.
For the first time, they were seen as just regular people, as themselves, and it gave them a chance to breathe better.
It was like someone had opened an umbrella to hold over the butlers’ head, not wanting them to get a cold from the rain.
They were used to the scorns, berates and insults, when someone finally appreciates them for their hard work, it’s hard not to break down because they have been holding themselves together with fragile tapes, putting one on whenever they see a crack but they knew it was just hanging on.
The reason why they all have heavy feelings towards Arujisama, was because they were their “hope”.
Much like the warmest fire among the coldest winter.
Other than their roles and status that was blocking their paths to confess, there was also another factor in place.
They didn’t want to take this hope away from others, especially they know how much they needed Arujisama.
To monopolize Arujisama completely, that means a lot of people would get hurt.
But if it were up to Arujisama to choose, then the other butlers would respectfully step out, because they wanted to see Arujisama happy.
Also with the Cliane brothers, having to witness a lot of deaths in their lives, with both afraid of loneliness, it’s no wonder that when it comes to Arujisama, their feelings would be super heavy, to the point they wish to be with Arujisama.
And with the butlers, it’s possible that Arujisama is their first love.
The first person to ever felt these strong feelings.
And they couldn’t let their hands go at this rare opportunity for find the one they’ve been searching for.
And the butlers know that Arujisama live in separate worlds as them.
They constantly wish that they could go to Arujisama’s world and be with them there.
But since they couldn’t they would ask Arujisama to stay longer in this world.
It kind of pains my heart how they would try to suppress their feelings down, because “Arujisama has something to do in their world, that’s why they couldn’t come back.”
They could only put blind faith in Arujisama, that they would always come back, that they can hear their voices through the ring.
They would ask Arujisama about what type of person they like, and they would mask it as “it’s because I want to become the type of butler you like” but they knew they wanted to gain Arujisama’s affections.
They also wish to dress in the way Arujisama likes, behave in the way Arujisama likes, just for a chance to get closer to them.
They want to know everything about Arujisama, be the closest to Arujisama.
They would look at other butlers, and lament about what they weren’t, and wonder if Arujisama likes that type of person instead, for example like Bastien and Miyaji, they would ask if aruji prefers someone who would talk more, because they tend to be silent listeners, and with Lamli, he would also wonder if Arujisama likes butlers who are proper, and with Yuuhan he would also ask if aruji prefers upbeat, positive butlers, in their mind, they felt scared that Arujisama would be attracted to someone who is the completely opposite of them, they would feel like if they would change accordingly to Aruji’s preferences.
I think with the appearance of Teddy and Beren, their positive energy really shines through, and the other butlers would be like “I wish I was more like them.”
But I think both of them also wonders if they are really like this. Because they are acting like someone they are not.
They would love Arujisama no matter what, but they would fail to love themselves the same way too. They couldn’t see their good sides.
I hope the butlers would have more confidence in themselves too because they are all incredible people.
One thing I really love about the butlers is that they aren’t afraid to reveal their vulnerability when they’re with Arujisama. They also have parts of them that they wanted to change and they thought of them as weaknesses.
But what they didn’t know that it’s what makes them even more lovable.
I guess cn otome likes to name their childhood friend love interest 夏(summer) with a golden retriever energy w a dash of possessiveness (except for luke i think)
Last winter, after reading Leona's dream, I wanted Baymax to play the therapist for him cause his line broke my heart... I drew other stuff but didn't finish them back them.
Now that Baymax event is coming, it was the opportunity to finish them :3.
(Working on Leona's birthday, so I'm gonna answer you guys next month :x)
Yandere!Dragon treats you like the crown jewel of his entire existence. Dragons are biologically driven to hoard precious, beautiful things, and the second he laid eyes on you, his instinct labeled you as his permanent property. He doesn't care about gold, gems, or ancient artifacts; your cold skin, your elegant fangs, and your immortal grace are the only treasures he cares about protecting.
Yandere!Dragon is obsessed with your cold temperature. Because his own body naturally runs incredibly hot, his blood practically boiling with draconic fire, he treats you like his personal cooling system. He loves pulling you into his lap and wrapping his massive, leather-scaled wings completely around you, effectively trapping you against his chest. He’ll sigh happily as your icy, vampire energy balances out his heat, completely ignoring the fact that you literally cannot move until he lets you go.
Yandere!Dragon handles your nocturnal lifestyle by creating the ultimate, sun-blocked sanctuary. He knows the sun is your literal kryptonite, so he took over a massive, deep cavern complex or a heavily fortified, windowless estate and turned it into a luxury "nest." He’s lined the floors with the softest furs, silks, and velvet blankets, making sure you have absolutely no reason to ever leave the dark safety of his territory.
Yandere!Dragon has a terrifyingly possessive attitude toward your feeding habits. He flat-out refuses to let you hunt or feed on random humans. Instead, he insists that you take your blood directly from him. Because dragons possess incredible vitality and hyper-accelerated healing, you can feed on him heavily without ever putting his life in danger. He gets a dark, intoxicating rush whenever your fangs pierce his scales, whispering about how your immortality is literally being sustained by his fire.
Yandere!Dragon goes into a state of pure, destructive rage if anyone else gets too close to you. If a werewolf, a human hunter, or even another vampire looks at you for too long, his draconic eyes will slit, and smoke will literally start curling from his nostrils. He doesn't just scare threats away; he obliterates them. He’ll remind you with a low, rumbling growl that he can burn down entire kingdoms if they try to take you from him.
Yandere!Dragon weaponizes your natural vampire weaknesses to keep you dependent on him. He knows you can't cross running water easily or handle bright sunlight, so he purposefully picked a territory surrounded by roaring rivers and harsh day-lit valleys. He will happily carry you across any obstacle in his dragon form, but he makes it very clear that without his wings to shield you and his strength to move you, you are completely stranded.
Yandere!Dragon views your immortality as a divine sign that you were made for each other. Dragons live for millennia, and the fact that you won't age or die of sickness means he never has to worry about losing his hoard to time. He’ll hold you tight in the dark of his nest, his heavy tail resting across your waist like a seatbelt, completely satisfied knowing that for the next thousand years, you belong entirely to him.
Yandere!Dragon is actually just the latest in a long, ridiculous line of dragons who completely lost their minds over vampires. It’s a massive running joke in his family. His grandfather married a noble vampire countess, his father married a rogue vampire assassin, and his older brother’s nest is already packed with black velvet coffin-beds. When he first brought you home, the men in his family didn't even look surprised; they just sighed, handed him the "welcome to the coven" handbook, and said, "Yep, the family curse strikes again."
Yandere!Dragon gets aggressively roasted at family gatherings because his yandere behavior is so incredibly predictable to them. While he’s sitting there glaring at the servants, wrapping his wings tightly around you, and lowkey snarling if anyone looks your way, his dad is just drinking wine and laughing. "Look at him, he’s doing the exact same brooding thing I did when I met your mother. let the poor kid breathe, son, they aren't going to evaporate."
Yandere!Dragon hates how comfortable you get around his family’s vampire in-laws. Because his brother’s and father’s wives are also vampires, your arrival basically sparked an immediate, exclusive group chat. They understand exactly what it’s like to be hoarded by hyper-possessive, fire-breathing lizards. If you ever complain about how suffocating his nest is, your new sister-in-law will just pat your hand and say, "Oh, honey, just freeze his tail when he sleeps, he’ll loosen his grip instantly."
The family dynamic makes his possessiveness ten times funnier but no less intense. When you guys visit the family estate, the architecture is already fully optimized for you. There are massive sun-blocking curtains everywhere, subterranean tunnels, and zero silver decor. Your dragon gets incredibly frustrated because he can’t use the "the outside world is too dangerous for a fragile vampire" excuse when his mom is literally outside in a giant sun-hat, casually tending to her night-blooming gardens.
Yandere!Dragon tries so hard to prove that his bond with his vampire is the most superior one in the family tree. During family dinners, he’ll loudly brag about how your fangs are sharper, or how your icy skin feels the best against his fire scales. His older brother will literally roll his eyes and start a bidding war over whose vampire partner has the higher body count from their days of human hunting. It’s just a room full of terrifying, ancient dragons aggressively flexing how much they spoil their respective bloodsuckers.
Yandere!Dragon gets highly defensive when his father tries to give him advice on "dietary maintenance." Since dragon blood is the standard food source in their household, his dad will criticize his healing speed. "You're looking a little pale, son, are you letting them feed properly? Back in my day, I could let your mother drain me twice a week and still burn down a village the next morning." It drives your partner insane because he wants his relationship with you to be private, but his entire bloodline is treating it like a team sport.
At the end of the night, when you two finally escape back to his personal nest, his possessive facade comes right back. He’ll lock the massive stone doors, pull you into his lap, and bury his face in your neck, letting out a low, rumbling pout. "Don't listen to my brother. and don't listen to his wife. You're my hoard, not theirs. I don't care if 'everyone' marries a vampire, you're the only one that matters to me."
Yandere!Neko had the perfect life before you arrived. He had been the undisputed king of the household for three whole years, completely spoiled by the owners. He had the best sunspots, his favorite silk pillows, and the undivided attention of his humans. He was perfectly content being a solitary, lazy predator. So, when the owners walked through the front door carrying a travel crate with you inside, his entire world tilted on its axis.
Yandere!Neko knew exactly what the owners were planning the moment he caught your scent. Nekos have sharp instincts, and the way the humans were cooing about "making a beautiful litter" and "being a perfect match" made his stomach turn with pure disgust. He didn't want a mate. He didn't want some strange, anxious neko invading his territory, shedding on his furniture, and stealing his food.
Your first meeting was a disaster. You were just trying to get your bearings, stepping out of the crate with your ears flattened against your head, cautiously sniffing the base of the sofa. The owners gently nudged you toward him, trying to force an introduction. He didn't even hesitate. His ears pinned flat back against his skull, his tail puffed up to twice its normal size, and he let out a low, venomous hiss before violently swatting at your face. If you hadn't flinched back in time, his claws would have left deep marks.
For the first few months, he made your life an absolute living hell. He was a textbook bully. If you sat on a cushion, he would stalk over, shadow you with his massive frame, and growl until you ran away. During feeding times, he would push you away from the bowls, eating your portions right in front of you just to prove a point. You quickly learned to keep your tail tucked and your eyes on the floor whenever he entered the room, completely terrified of his volatile temper.
But the territorial hostility slowly began to morph into something much darker and far more possessive. Because you were so submissive and constantly tried to stay out of his way, he grew accustomed to your presence. The turning point happened on a bitterly cold winter night. You were shivering on your small, flimsy floor mat across the room, curled into a tight, miserable ball. He watched you from his plush, heated bed for an hour before letting out a sharp, irritated chirp.
When you didn't move, he got out of bed, padded over, gripped the scruff of your neck with his teeth, and dragged you across the carpet, shoving you onto his mattress. You froze, terrified he was going to bite you, but he just wrapped his long, heavy tail tightly around your waist, pulling your back flush against his chest. "Stop shaking," he rumbled into your ear, his voice low and vibrating with a sudden, intense heat. "You're making too much noise. Just sleep."
Once he allowed you into his bed, the dynamic completely flipped. He didn't stop being aggressive; he just redirected that aggression into forcing you to be close to him. He developed a strict, suffocating morning routine. The exact second the sun hit the blankets, he would pin your shoulders down with his paws, trapping your body beneath his, and begin ruthlessly grooming you. He would lick your ears, your cheeks, and the top of your head with rough, demanding strokes. If you tried to squirm away because his sand-paper tongue was making your skin raw, he would nip at your throat just hard enough to make you whine. "Be still. You smell like the humans' laundry. I need to get my scent back on you."
Yandere!Neko completely ruined the owners' original plans, but in a way they never expected. He still glares at the humans and refuses to cooperate if they try to lock you two in a room together for "breeding purposes." He hates being told what to do. But the moment the humans leave the house, his possessive facade locks down tight. He will herd you into the master bedroom, block the door with his body, and force you to curl up under his chin, purring so loudly it rattles your ribs.
Yandere!Neko went from hating the idea of having a mate to becoming entirely, violently obsessed with the fact that you belong only to him. He won't let you greet the owners at the door anymore; if you try to trot over to them, he’ll swipe at your heels and pull you back into the shadows of the hallway. He doesn't care about making a litter for the humans, but he is completely consumed by the dark, primal reality that you are trapped in his house, sleeping in his bed, and covered in his scent and he is never, ever going to let you go.
I tried making this gender neutral but idk if I did it right, please tell me any mistakes i made!
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The royal family has always been held to high standards. how they dress, how they act, everything has to be perfect in the eyes of the public
But a corpse sprayed with perfume is just a corpse nonetheless
Behind the closed doors of the royal chambers, anything was fair game; that was what your mother taught you: nobody is your friend, nobody is your ally. Do what you must to survive.
You never understood why you, being the youngest of 7 siblings, would have to fight to survive. The crown was never yours to take. So you stayed in your room, read books about knights in shining armor and princesses in castles, dreaming that maybe when you inevitably get sold to the highest bidder with the disguise of a political marriage, you could escape and live an adventure of your own
Oh, how foolish you were
you the one that was never seen as a treath and lived a quiet little life in your room, while your siblings, their mothers and allies stabbed eachother in the back.
one after the other the numbers where decreasing, 8 at the start now only one remains
your father very past his prime not able to have more children, so there’s only one heir to the throne.
long live the new ruler Y/N
You were never meant to be the next ruler of this kingdom, with all the responsibilities that came with being the head of the empire also came with a lot of expectation, one particularly was the one that gave you the most headaches
children.
you were expected to have multiple children ideally with different people to make political alliances and join new lands into your territory.
and a couple people were more than eager to bear them.
kalos the knight
Kalos was your friend, Was.
He was a trainee for the royal guard, he was an extraordinary strategist but lacked a lot of physical strength due to an illness he had.
you two met as kids bonding over a book you were reading, he used to pretend to be the knight in your stories and made promises of saving you when the time comes. You never meant to make him join your harem, you only suggested it when you found out that as a consort he would be able to join war meetings and go up the ranks as a knight.
it was a simple plan really, one with not much thinking behind it, he would get to use his brain as a war strategist and you had the excuse of starting a harem with somebody you had no interest in touching you or you touching them.
That was until in one of your personal tea parties kalos came dressed in silky clothing, one that showed his chest and shoulders. He put make -up on that day to accentuate his beautiful eyes and keep playing with your hair and trying to make excuses to touch you, after all you were so very tired of being a ruler and he was so very capable with his hands after all.
you understood too late that his devotion as a knight was not to the crown but to you
Bella the scholar
Bella had once been the apprentice of your father's most trusted advisor. After his passing, she inherited both his position and, much to her dismay, the responsibility of advising you. She often claimed she'd much rather spend her days tending to plants than attending council meetings, yet somehow she always managed to have the answer to every problem placed before the throne.
For a scholar, Bella looked nothing like the stories described. There were no flowing silk gowns or delicate gloves hiding ink-stained fingers. She favored practical tunics and sturdy boots, clothes that could survive crawling through forests or kneeling in muddy garden beds. Her hands were rough, littered with tiny cuts, calluses, and dirt permanently lodged beneath her nail,a testament to countless hours spent cultivating rare herbs and studying botany.
Rumor had it she could outlift half the royal knights, and after watching her haul sacks of soil across the palace gardens without breaking a sweat, you were inclined to believe it. She had little patience for etiquette, even less for nobles who mistook appearance for competence. More than one arrogant lord had learned the hard way that the woman they dismissed as a mere gardener possessed both a sharper mind and a stronger punch than they did.
Bella joined the harem by a dirty trick she pulled on you, the way you spend countless sleepless nights trying to solve problems for your people charmed her heart very quickly. One day while having some tea in her chambers you found that this new brew she prepared was specially sweet.
the next thing you knew was that you were passed out on her bed.
according to her you were just so sleepy and so vulnerable that she just let you sleep on her bed for the night.
After all, if any noble or servant saw their ruler in that state, they would talk and talk and that could harm your reputation.
oh but the implications of spending the night in another’s one chambers was so scandalous!
and thus she became part I of your harem as a “cover up”.
is not like she has been planning for months no, that would be foolish
Midas the foreigner
Midas was the only one that was disgusted to join the harem at first, he was more or less a gift sent by their parents to promote good relationships between lands.
When you two meet he was disgusted by you, not that he found you ugly or unattractive but that the thought of somebody using people for pleasure the same way one would use a new shirt everyday makes him feel inhuman.
he was very surprised when you made the statement of having not intention of touching them. A wave of relief washed over them, but only followed by skepticism, this must be a dirty trick to make them lower their guard, well news flash is not gonna happened.
they didn’t lower their guard for the first two weeks, even when you offer pastries and books about music that he adored so much.
Even when you got him his very own arp to perform in front of a banquet of people, something he's been dreaming of since he was a child. He didn’t lower his guard.
even when he tried so hard to convince himself that the ache in his heart and pant was not because he caught a whiff of your perfume.
when he finally lower his guard, full expecting you to take him, he got offended by you not doing anything.
not offended at YOU exactly. Maybe you were just too shy?
what if he wasn’t beautiful enough?, he was selected for you rather than his sibling, then why. Won’t. You. Take.him
he was breathtaking in any sense of the world
he could be more beautiful, he could be stunning he could be whatever you want him to be
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