Cw: Just fluff, and a bit of crack, slight angst if you squint, him thinking that you would only love him if he was cool and manly. kohaku pines HARD. Kohaku trying to win gn producer!reader’s heart. reader is older but their age is close to Kohaku’s (when kohaku is 15, anzu is 17, so let’s say ~2 years apart). mama jumpscare.
Kohaku, who believes you when you say that Niki is the cutest member of Crazy.B (he is pretty cute tho. "chorissu!")
Kohaku, who doesn’t know you actually think he’s the cutest member
Kohaku, who would get all pouty if you told him the truth…
Kohaku, who starts to pine for you because he admires his reliable producer a lot
Kohaku, who tries so dang hard to hide his childish side from you
Kohaku, who gets embarrassed when you find out how happy he gets when he’s enjoying Japanese sweets
Kohaku, who heard you laugh softly when you caught him comparing his lengthened shadow to how tall he wants to be (that voice line is so cute!!)
Kohaku, who feels insecure because of how many older idols at ES are friendly with you.
Kohaku, who doesn’t realize you find his own youthful charms refreshing
Kohaku, who’s trying to seem more mature in front of you
Kohaku, who behaves like gentleman in front of you to seem more capable
Kohaku, who’s actually rebellious in spirit and a playful teen at heart
Kohaku, who plays into this as a member of Crazy.B
Kohaku, who acts like a bit of a bad boy on stage
Kohaku, who doesn’t want to just be a little brother to you anymore
Kohaku, who starts to realize that you’re seeing his growth as an idol and as a person
Kohaku, who hears from you that you find him charismatic and cool on stage
Kohaku, who catches you giggling the next day at certain things he says during variety shows, and at his little laugh
Kohaku, who’s confused and frustrated because he was trying to act cool, not cute
Kohaku, who realizes that just because you’re older than him doesn’t necessarily mean you have everything together
Kohaku, who remembers that you work so hard as a producer while also going to school/uni or doing other side hustles (pick which ones apply)
Kohaku, who sees you sleeping at the ES building during the day or staying up late to work
Kohaku, who gently nags you to stop overworking yourself
Kohaku, who huffs when you softly chide him in return to sleep at a reasonable hour since he’s still young and needs to grow and be healthy (main story 1 says he’s used to sleeping later)
Kohaku, who takes it upon himself to take care of you… not because he sees you as incompetent, but because he knows it’s rough to have these responsibilities as a young adult
Kohaku, who gives you a cup of coffee after you’ve woken up from a nap
Kohaku, who tries not to get frustrated when you advise him not to drink too much caffeine himself
Kohaku… who realized you got shy when he sang a flirty line in one song
Kohaku, who starts to tease you every now and then ever since he found out
Kohaku, who finally saw you blushing after he chuckled and said that your cheeks looked like mochi when you ate food, and that you looked cute eating
Kohaku, who thinks you’re the cute one between them. Or rather, he wants you to portray you as the cute one before you can make him out to be cute.
Kohaku, who now stares at you with a smirk whenever he sees you eating, making you remember the “mochi cheeks” comment.
Kohaku, who buys you mochi to tease you
Kohaku, who “happens to have too many sweets on hand” and needs to “drop some onto you”
Kohaku, who teases you whenever that sweet happens to be mochi
Kohaku, who realizes this plan backfires when you sweetly joke that his cheeks look like mochi when you saw him eating sweets (babie!!)
Kohaku, who buys insoles to look taller
Kohaku, who tries to find out what clothes will make him look cooler
Kohaku, who isn’t being slick at all, especially not when Crazy.B has eyes
Kohaku, who doesn’t know that HiMERU and Niki aren’t saying anything because they think the young love is endearing.
Kohaku, who catches Rinne giving him a shit eating grin and panics at being found out.
Kohaku, who realizes that Aira is the only person he can confide in
Kohaku, who listens to all of Aira’s ideas of confessions and date plans but still has no idea which one to execute, when and how.
(Ignore if you’re taller than him) Kohaku, whose insoles come in clutch when he reaches to grab things that are too high up for you (hey… don’t look down, producer, because he may still be tiptoeing a little bit!)
Kohaku, who gets platform Doc Martens and blows the Crazy.B bank 😭 (someone tell him he doesn’t have to be tall and manly to be loved please!)
they suit his aesthetic, lowkey.
Kohaku, whose group had finally had enough
Kohaku, who has to sit through Crazy.B arguing while devising a plan to help their youngest member “bag the baddie”
Kohaku, who comes to you with sweets that Niki learned are your favourite from your orders at Cafe Cinnamon, and a script prepared by HiMERU.
Kohaku, who ignored all of Rinne’s advice. (thank god)
Kohaku, who confesses to you at last.
Kohaku, who says he wants to prove that he can be the cool, reliable guy you need.
Kohaku, who says he doesn’t want to be cute to you.
Kohaku, who’s surprised that you chuckle and look like you're hiding something.
Kohaku, who sees Mama in the shadows, glancing between you two of you with a smirk.
Kohaku, who gets distracted at who's behind you and is about to knock out a six-foot-tall man.
Kohaku, who pauses when your soft hand grabs his.
Kohaku, who hesitates when he hears your less soft sigh and you telling him not to punch Mr. Worldwide for spilling the beans to you.
Kohaku, who realizes that the not-ginger was holding flowers and looking at him with wide eyes like "Dude, you forgot!!".
Kohaku, who feels like a dumbass for forgetting to bring the flower bouquet that HiMERU suggested to give you.
Kohaku, who catches the bouquet that our brunette bro threw at him over your shoulder with the reflexes of a Double Face member (rest in peace.)
Kohaku, who distracts you so that Mommy can run away, even though you already saw him
Kohaku, who knows you have high standards and won't let just anyone into your heart
Kohaku, who is encouraged to prove himself on their first date
Kohaku, who gets sheepish when you tell him not to forget flowers when that date happens.
Kohaku, who is reassured by you saying that you're attracted to cute people like him, but that him being cute doesn't mean he's childish and immature.
Kohaku, who asks if he can kiss your cheek.
Kohaku, who chuckles at your flustered face because you know what association he's made with your cheeks.
Kohaku, who steels his nerves before diving in to give you a kiss on the cheek, before improvising a silly line out of pure confidence.
"Koh koh koh... I was right. It's sweet like mochi, Producer-han".
Kohaku, who blushes immediately, stutters and bows in apology when you laugh softly and reality sets in.
"Kohaku-chan, did you really have a good taste? You're so flustered now that it would seem that you need another"
Kohaku, who chokes in embarrassment and blushes as pink as his hair.
Kohaku, who doesn't deny that he wants to kiss you again.
Kohaku, who doesn't even stop you from calling him "Kohaku-chan" this time
Kohaku, who holds your face with two shaky hands this time to give you a shyer kiss on the cheek.
"Mm, thank you Kohaku-chan. This feels nice~ I'm happy."
Kohaku, who knows he has a long way to go before he can be the cool man he wants to be for you.
Kohaku, who's glad that you accept him for who he is, not who he wishes he could be
