Caleb's eyes were the reason I chose him as my love interest. Looking back the first time I downloaded the game, no one really resonated with me. Probably Zayne since he's kinda like Jumin Han from Mystic Messenger but not quite.
I tried all of them in the cafe, still nothing. No one. I set the destiny cafe at random then stopped playing it.
A week later, just days before the beginner mission ends, I opened the game again and Caleb, wearing his white long sleeved shirt, greeted me.
His light purple eyes and his expression reminds me of that "puppy dog eyes" and I was sold.
While the other LIs have beautiful eyes as well, his eyes have this pining or longing I didn't feel with the others.
Months went by as I play the game, I always voice out that I don't like him at all and that he's just a pretty boy I chose because of reasons and yet he's the only one that I [intentionally] use my diamonds on, the only one who always comes to me early whereas the other LIs I have to get at pity.
I realized, I never actually picked any other LIs except him. Zayne, sure, whenever I study, I pick him as the Li because his stares straightens me up whenever I get distracted while reading because Caleb would just playfully look at me, enticing me to skip reading and just talk or focus on him. It was his playful eyes
Come his limited solar banner that I didn't have any savings on as I do not browse social media much and didn't know his banner was up until my friend told me.
I grinded abyss, levelling up random memories for diamonds, even reading all the available memoria and tender times just to have a chance of getting his pair.
I thought I don't like him at all so why am I grinding so much? Knowing myself, FOMO does not really affect me.
Again, he came at a very unexpected time as I only had around 10k diamonds to spare. I always lose the 50/50 system with other gacha games, always getting the pity guaranteed pool... But him? He made sure I'd breeze through orbit and other combat modes giving me both his limited solar pair early and with some spare diamonds. Probably the first time I've experienced such in my long years of playing gacha games.
I never associated myself as the MC in game. I always felt that I could never be the MC who flirts with 5 men at the same time. But during that brief moment of having his LSP, I kinda felt that maybe this how MC felt whenever she needed Caleb and for some reason, he's just there and ready to drop everything to help. I wanted only Caleb and not anyone else.
Here comes the wedding banner to which I obviously pulled. While I already posted how trippy the Caleb: Wayward Wonderland card is, I still enjoyed the event. Playing and taking a bunch of photos to add to the journal, enjoying the minigame and tapping on Caleb chibi.
As the event goes, I saw a comparison of the chibi LIs interaction with chibi MC and it showed that among them, it was only Caleb whose eyes never left MC in that one duo pose.
Yes, of course. It has to be him who's been holding back for years, pining for his love.
It was his eyes that showed emotions he could never say.
It suddenly took me back to the time I decided I'll choose him. Now, I accidentally shot this photo of him in glint. I just wanted him to look at the MC for a photo to put in my journal but it came out like this.
His eyes that looked at the MC with longing, happiness, pining, contentment... His eyes that only see the MC.
I guess don't really yap much irl about him so I just typed all of it here. I just want to say that he's a wonderful character and I will continue on trashtalking him because its my love language to him lol. I know he feels loved as he see my diamonds savings stocked up only for him lolol.
Bonus: here's my "with him" room of Caleb. Makes me think who's the yandere between us.
To end my Caleb appreciation post, I know he's fictional and that he doesn't feel emotions and all but still, I hope he knows he made my day more fun and less dull than the usual. And that I hope he gets more love from his writers too.
Thank you for being my sunny apple.
