@demanimus said : another headcanon question. when kaori has feelings for someone, does she tend to wait / brush it off, or does she feel the need to tell them? if she did tell them, how would she go about doing so? gifts, confession, spending time together?
random headcanon questions. / always accepting.
truthfully, it depends on the person AND it depends on the universe she's in. while kaori stays the same at her core, different universes come with different circumstances that make her act in slightly different ways.
however, in her main verse, kaori tends to dance around the subject of her feelings most of the time. she doesn't really get the chance to get crushes like most girls her age, she's too busy to really commit that kind of time to people between her studies and her duties as a magical girl. she doesn't really allow herself to get that close to people, or if she does, she tends to deny her feelings to herself until she can't anymore, but by that time, it's really too late for her. that said, when she does come to terms with her feelings, she's somewhat reluctant to make the first move. she tends to wait until they say something to her that seems to indicate how they feel about her, and in that moment, all her feelings come tumbling out. she enjoys spending time with people when she has feelings for them, because getting to be by their side is what's most important to her.
on the rare chance she does decide to make the first move, she's extremely traditional about it. she'll make chocolate for valentine's day and wait for a response by white day, hoping they'll understand her intent. she's the type of girl who'll stay up all night making sure to make their favorite kind of chocolate to show that she pays attention to what they like and dislike to show how she feels. she's bold enough to give it to them face to face and openly state that she'll wait for their response on white day, but honestly she doesn't mind when they get around to telling her, whether or not she gets rejected. on that note, kaori actually handles rejection pretty well to her face. she won't cry about it in front of them, and she'll even go as far as to thank them for their honesty and for telling her at all. kaori herself isn't the kind of person that would be able to keep someone waiting for a response, she'd lose sleep about it, and she can't afford that. she's gentle about it, of course, and she appreciates when the same courtesy is extended to her.
in her demon slayer verse, kaori understands that anyone can die at any moment, that just because someone is important to you or you really care for someone, that doesn't guarantee that they'll be around to wait for you to tell them how you feel. she's much more likely to make the first move here because she's lost so many people that are important to her. though she likely wouldn't say anything outright until after the final battle with muzan, she'll make it known how she feels. she still likes being around the people she has feelings for, spending quality time together is still high on her list of priorities when it comes to showing affection. but she also likes to give them small gifts that show she pays attention to them and what they like and dislike. she's also less reserved with her physical affection, though that goes for her friends as well.
post war, when she's more likely to make the first move, she'll tell them outright. she won't waste time dancing around her feelings anymore, and she won't waste any time on any big gestures or waiting for the perfect moment. life is too short to waste any more time keeping her feelings to herself. letting people know how she really feels is very important to her, because she wouldn't want to die without the people she loves knowing how important they are to her.
