NCT Ten as a Lover
Ten likes to be seen as the perfect lover in other people's eyes. He is more caught up with keeping up that image of being perfect in front of others than actually caring about his lover in a deeper way. Their relationship will be super envived by others, but his lover can often feel very lonely, isolated, misunderstood, and upset in the relationship.
He will be very open to giving gifts to show his love and appreciation towards his lover. However, this can be a turn off to some of his lovers because they will feel that they are just being "bought off". Often Ten will use gifts to make up for missed dates and promises or for getting angry or doing something that hurt his lover.
Ten also likes to be in control in the relationship. He will be the one that makes the decisions. In a way, his lover won't have to worry much or think much because Ten has everything under control. However, he can be too self-focused and will often forget to consider his partner's feelings when making decisions. He can also care too much about what looks good on paper in a partner, meaning that he can value someone's exterior or other non personality-related qualities too much like wealth/power/influence etc.
In a relationship he is looking for a business partnership. He doesn't really fall in love deeply with anyone because he cares most about his self and success. He also doesn't trust others. He may be all smiles and may be very friendly to others, but deep down he strategizes, plans, and calculates. Similarly, in a relationship, Ten thinks about the benefits of being in a steady one. For a long-term public relationship, he wants one that will propel his career or be beneficial for his career somehow. It's very possible for him to do a fake relationship for publicity or a relationship where the terms are already discussed between the parties like a relationship of convenience/marriage of convenience.
What a lover get from Ten is the perfect lover to others and he will make sure that his lover has the luxuries in life to be admired by others. He cares a lot about keeping up with his image. However, he will expect his lover to follow his decisions and to keep up with this perfect image so they will need to maintain their appearance and maintain their image like going to charity events etc. They will need to help him with his career, whether it be by investing in his career or by making connections with others for him. He will expect them not to have any scandals. In a way, you can see his lover like a royal member being caged in a fabulous palace or a bird being in a golden cage.










