Personality

Hayato is an extremely, calm, stoic man. No one can ever really recall him acting out of anger or any other emotions. He's extremely calm and level headed, even under pressure or on the battle field. His calmness makes him a perfect teacher for younger, wannabe samurais, and he often gets all the students dumped on him. It annoys him greatly, but he'd never admit it. He was relieved when someone his age was picked as his student instead of a young teenager.

He is a horribly moody man, often staying quiet and brooding over things, usually how lonely he is, and the pressures put on him for being the only son in his family. He doesn't hold close friendships or relationships to anyone really.

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Appearance

Description

• Height: 5'10"
• Build: Muscular and athletic.
• Eyes: Dark brown.
• Skin tone: Tanned.
• Hair color: Black, a few strands of gray.
• Hair style: Long. Either kept down, ponytail, or topknot.
• Demeanor: Stoic, moody.
• Aesthetic: Japanese Samurai.
• Appearance Notes:
  • He usually wears dark greens and blues, and lots of black. His war armour is black with golden accents.
  • He only lets his hair down in the comfort of his own home. Topknot is his usual hairstyle. He will wear a ponytail for training or other physical activities or more informal gatherings.
  • He absolutely refuses to wear modern clothes unless he is forced into them. He will always wear traditional kimonos, no matter the weird looks he gets.
  • To deal with not being allowed to carry his swords, he carries a sharpened letter opener in his sleeve.
  • Jeremy wondered about his eyesight when he had to hold things up to his nose to read and took him to an optician. He has glasses, he just hates them and never wears them unless he's reading.

Aesthetic

History

Background

Hayato grew up in a relatively quiet village. Ocassionally the next village over raided them, or they raided their neighbours but that was it. His father was a samurai under their lord, and Hayato followed his father in the family business, being the only son. Hayato grew up with many sisters.

Hayato was a bit of a loner as a teenager. He never had close friends, nor did he have a close relationship with his mentor. Really the only people Hayato could say he was close to were his sisters and parents. He kept himself distanced from other men so he wouldn't be tempted to sleep with them and disappoint his parents.

Disconnecting himself with his sexuality and bottling up his feelings resulted in a rather moody, rather bitter older man. He often looked upon the younger, more free men with a bitter jealousy, wishing he could be free to love like they were. His outlet for his frustration was martial arts and fighting. He was known for being fierce on the battle field nad was quite feared by rivals. He pushed himself hard in his training to keep his mind off other things, so he wouldn't fancy any other men. He became a well respected and well sought after man, turning down men who wanted him to marry their daughters. He had no interest in a wife or family whatsoever.

He was chosen to be the teacher of a strange foreigner, to teach the golden haired man the way of the smaurai. For once, Hayato was happy to teach someone, knowing this man wasn't a wild teenager, but someone his own age, a more matured and wisened man. The two stepped quickly over the line of student and teacher to close friends. A romance happened between the two when Jeremy heard Hayato having a bad dream and comforted him in his sleep. Hayato woke up in Jeremy's arms and they became intimate lovers not long after. To Hayato's surprise, his family didn't mind, after witnessing Jeremy was a well educated man and a fine fighter. They believed Jeremy would bring great honour to their name.

After a while, Jeremy needed to return to his own lands. After many emotional conversations, they agreed that Hayato will travel with Jeremy, to learn about his culture and lands, and they would settle on if they should marry or not after that. The culture shock caused Hayato insane amounts of stress and anxiety, ocassionally lashing out at Jeremy. They are still figuring things out and Hayato is still struggling with his identity in a new world, though he is thankful that Jeremy's world is much more accepting.

Family

Hayato's household was nothing but peaceful. His parents were kind, his sisters were as well, despite frequent pranks he played on them when they were younger. He has many nieces and nephews, those of which are the only children he will put up with. He has a rather large extended family that sticks together in the same village. A few of his sisters moved and married men from other villages, though it hurts Hayato to have to fight his sisters' husbands and sons, he has his duty.

Accepted Headcanons:

• Ever since he had stumbled upon the man from the flying metal dragon, Hayato keeps a certain blade with a small draconic design etched into the metal. He has some other blades he has kept from the years, but doesn't use them due to their sentimental value.
• Despite not liking other clothing than his usual, he has a small interest in anything with a hood. He has a childish like for these types of things, liking a hood to conceal his features from time to time. He wouldn't be caught dead wearing something like that around others though, Jeremy caught him once and that was enough.