SO. no Dawn doesn't have a crush. It's pretty hard for him to crush on men because it has to be purely emotional, and you basically have to fall into one of two categories: VAN, or someone Dawn feels really really strong empathy for. The latter pretty much amounts to people who he knows well enough that he can feel strong empathy for them, and the reason that only Acedia and Dusk have made it into this category is because they're the only ones who have been that open about their past and their feelings. Dino is very closed off and thus Dawn is limited in that area.
So it's weird because Dino has, since the beginning, flirted really openly with Dawn, kissed him several times, even romantically. And it's kind of bizarre because kissing Dino has more blushy dere feelings involved than kissing people he knows and cares for more (Acedia, Nii...). It kind of CONFUSES DAWN'S SIGNALS because on one hand they aren't that close?? on the other hand there are feelings in make outs??? But Dawn has very little baseline on... how sexual relationships are, or what 'rules' there are or anything so he can't reach a complicated conclusion like "Dino holds himself apart from people but is a romantic at heart and genuinely fond of me so when we do something intimate like kissing he does his best to include an emotional element even if it isn't entirely true". ALL HE KNOWS IS KISSING DINO IS WEIRD BUT PLEASANT?
BUT THEN Dino asked Dawn to join the mafia and Dawn was like 'k' because he has no concept of the importance of groups to people. He ultimately decided to STAY in the mafia because Dino is someone he cares about and he wants to support him, but later he felt guilty because Dawn's group mentality is non-existent and he was worried Dino would get upset at him for the same reasons Acedia and Wrath do, so he came clean. And Dino was like "I like you because you think differently from me so you should just keep being your yourself (=" and Dawn was like ".////////////." and that was probably the first time he felt something in the DIRECTION of a genuine crush for Dino. Tho they are still kind of firmly separated by the fact that Dino is aloof and a liar and Dawn doesn't even know it yet. HOWEVER the fact that Dawn is not in the mafia and Dino seems to be pretty genuinely dere for him (even if he is still an aloof liar) meaaans I won't be surprised if it eventually goes somewhere...
OVER TO THUSIA how is Yuri feeling about his death and this new situation.
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SO. no Dawn doesn't have a crush. It's pretty hard for him to crush on men because it has to be purely emotional, and you basically have to fall into one of two categories: VAN, or someone Dawn feels really really strong empathy for. The latter pretty much amounts to people who he knows well enough that he can feel strong empathy for them, and the reason that only Acedia and Dusk have made it into this category is because they're the only ones who have been that open about their past and their feelings. Dino is very closed off and thus Dawn is limited in that area.
So it's weird because Dino has, since the beginning, flirted really openly with Dawn, kissed him several times, even romantically. And it's kind of bizarre because kissing Dino has more blushy dere feelings involved than kissing people he knows and cares for more (Acedia, Nii...). It kind of CONFUSES DAWN'S SIGNALS because on one hand they aren't that close?? on the other hand there are feelings in make outs??? But Dawn has very little baseline on... how sexual relationships are, or what 'rules' there are or anything so he can't reach a complicated conclusion like "Dino holds himself apart from people but is a romantic at heart and genuinely fond of me so when we do something intimate like kissing he does his best to include an emotional element even if it isn't entirely true". ALL HE KNOWS IS KISSING DINO IS WEIRD BUT PLEASANT?
BUT THEN Dino asked Dawn to join the mafia and Dawn was like 'k' because he has no concept of the importance of groups to people. He ultimately decided to STAY in the mafia because Dino is someone he cares about and he wants to support him, but later he felt guilty because Dawn's group mentality is non-existent and he was worried Dino would get upset at him for the same reasons Acedia and Wrath do, so he came clean. And Dino was like "I like you because you think differently from me so you should just keep being your yourself (=" and Dawn was like ".////////////." and that was probably the first time he felt something in the DIRECTION of a genuine crush for Dino. Tho they are still kind of firmly separated by the fact that Dino is aloof and a liar and Dawn doesn't even know it yet. HOWEVER the fact that Dawn is not in the mafia and Dino seems to be pretty genuinely dere for him (even if he is still an aloof liar) meaaans I won't be surprised if it eventually goes somewhere...
OVER TO THUSIA how is Yuri feeling about his death and this new situation.