Cherry Boy And His Funny Frenchman Friend

cherry boy and his funny frenchman friend

anyway sorry for being mean and gay

              Before I met you       I never SMILED as much                  as I do now.

Alright, I've been meaning to post about Noriaki's gender & orientation for a while. Fair warning that this might get a little uncomfortable at times, so if you're sensitive to negativity around the topic, it might be worth skipping this one, although it's not going to be too bad.

He has understood the fact that he's nonbinary for a long time, and is at peace with it. Because of that, he's had a lot of time to work on tweaking his presentation and come up with something that satisfies him both from a personal standpoint and as a public display. As he gets older, the latter aspect will become less important to him, and he'll be a lot more comfortable expressing himself through his presentation from the get go.

He'll accept more gender neutral pronouns, but they're not an important aspect of his identity to him, so it's very unlikely he'd request it. What's more important to him is that he knows who he is and feels comfortable with himself.

His orientation is something he's spent far less time exploring, and as with so much else about himself, he isn't inclined to share that journey with others. That makes it trickier to come to an understanding about how he feels about these things, and necessarily, he's slow to come into acceptance of it as well.

To begin with, he finds romantic attachment simply unattainable and unfathomable. His standards are high enough to be nearly insurmountable, starting and ending with the potential partner being a Stand user. Even when he relaxes his requirements for acquaintances and even friends, this will not ever change. Furthermore... finding someone like that with real compatibility with him? He's under no illusion that he's easy to love, even to friends that he trusts. He has a volatile streak that can put off just about anyone, and he's not even remotely interested in changing his inner self just for the sake of others' comfort. That's what the public mask is for.

He hasn't given it very much thought, but he very likely does not have a lot of interest in women, if any. Coming into that realization is not easy for him, due to the stigma. He's also more hesitant to make any declarations towards a male partner for that reason-- although, in general, he's not one for PDA. He is very private, just especially so when it comes to his love life.

He's demisexual though, so. You know. Disregard.

Note to self: writeup of Noriaki's exact feelings for each one of his friends.