Ikesen Mitsunari with bipolar creative MC
(Trigger warnings, discussion of mental illness, suggestion of MC with suicidal tendencies)
When the creative juices flow, you couldn’t ask for a more supportive partner than Mitsunari.
He’s always there to lend an ear if you want someone to bounce story ideas off of. He’ll help you hunt down plotholes and give you kind, helpful critique.
He makes a perfect model for paintings too! Just put him in whatever pose you want, then give him a book. He’ll hold still for hours - as long as someone is there to turn the pages. The ink drawing you made of him and Kitty sleeping together is now a wall scroll in his office.
When you play new pieces of music for him, he’ll lie on the floor, eyes closed, listening carefully to every note. When you finish, he opens his eyes and tells you honestly how much he loves it. When he’s done with work for the day, he’ll beg you to play for him while he unwinds.
He’s perfectly content to let you vanish into your writer/artist/musician cave, though he’d rather you do it with him there. He likes being near you even if you don’t talk. He’s thrilled just to coexist, side by side as you both immerse yourselves in your own little worlds.
On the days when the creativity well dries up and your world goes dark and bleak, he refuses to leave your side. He makes you tea and it’s so terrible, you can’t help but smile even if only for a few seconds. He vows then and there to never improve at teamaking.
When you can’t leave your room, he holes up with you, letting you talk if you need too, reading to you when you can hardly bear to keep breathing. He makes sure you get food in you, remembering how well you took care of him when you first met and understanding that right now, you are the one who needs taking care of.
When you beg him to leave you alone, it’s the only time he’ll refuse to give you what you want. But he gets a folding screen to give you the illusion of privacy while he works quietly on the other side keeping an ear on you just in case you need him.
Hugs and cuddles? Man, he is an endless supply of them. He could spend all day wrapped around you, holding your heart together for you while you fall to pieces and count himself lucky to have the honor to be by your side helping you.
You will never catch him getting frustrated with you - the man has endless patience and kindness. He’s read texts and essays on people with similar conditions and has listened closely to you when you explained to him how your illness affected you.
You are the one shining star in his world. He won’t let you down and he won’t lose you. He will do anything he needs to protect you, even if it’s from your own brain chemistry.
With your permission, he talks to Ieyasu to try and figure out a way to lessen the affects of your illness. After much hard work, they come up with something that helps get you through the dark times and a preventative regimen to help stave them off.
You are a miracle to him. Your creativity fascinates him. He loves how you can create entire worlds from nothing. There is no amount of work or hardship that would make him think you aren’t worth it.
He knows exactly how lucky he was to find you and would do anything to keep you with him. And while he prefers his beloved to always be happy, he’ll content himself with keeping you safe when making you happy isn’t possible.
