ruby's Links
ruby goes to luci often for medical issues. over time, he's grown to see luci as a friend, though he's unsure if those feelings are reciprocal... the two of them give each other advice - ruby helps him out with looking more approachable and making more friends, while luci helps him out with, uh. whatever he has going on with aria
ruby often comes to luci for medical care - one of his few regular customers. a lot of it is magic-related, though. you'd be surprised at how many afflictions a succulin comes down with can be cured by a bit of white magic. lately, though, these medical checkups have evolved into more casual life advice checkups. specifically, ruby asks a lot about aria, since luci is her closest friend. luci is... mildly entertained by it.
oh he HAAAATES this little shit. just kidding. they're besties. they do a lot of cosplay together and frequent all sorts of cons. nini's the one guy who's willing to fly to a completely different country with him just for a cosplay contest. that's a bond like no other. they may get into petty arguments, but they also forget what they were arguing about the moment the topic shifts, so... win?
the two of them bicker all the time, but in a friendly way. they're buddies. nini likes to exaggerate his cuteness to try and get what he wants, but ruby is completely immune to it. both of them keep each other in line and make fun of each other all the time.
even though ruby hasn't known aria for that long, he's fallen head over heels for her. ironically, this leads to him seeing her less often, because he has a hard time keeping quiet about his feelings and he worries he might accidentally be mean to her in an attempt to not give it away. aria, of course, is entirely oblivious to this crush despite LITERALLY EVERYONE ELSE being able to tell immediately from the way they interact
the two of them met rather recently, only really knowing each other for a few months. they met by chance - aria couldn't help but find ruby's fashion sense to be adorable. the two of them chat online frequently, though they don't meet up in person too often. she finds him to be quite cute, and she gets the urge to spoil him with treats and other gifts whenever she does get to see him.
ruby... feels bad for his past actions towards skye. he's been trying to make amends in the past few years, but he's too emotionally constipated to truly open himself up towards skye again. they're friends, sure, but they will never be as close as they once were. at.. least it's better than nothing?
you wouldn't believe it, but skye and ruby are actually childhood friends! they were very close as kids, so close that they made promises to stay best friends forever... until, of course, middle schooler ruby decided he was too old to be friends with a "little baby" like skye, despite only being 2 years apart. it took until ruby graduated from highschool for the two of them to become friends again,slowly but surely making amends. there's still distance, but skye's glad to have his old friend back.
for some reason, minuet seems to hate him? ruby has no clue why. he does find it a bit annoying that, despite always being soooo busy, she always seems to just happen to be there whenever he gets to visit aria. in his mind, he calls her an old hag (despite her not being old at all...)
the little otaku weirdo who's always hanging out with her sister. minuet doesn't like ruby's attitude, and often has to limit her interaction with him whenever he's around. she's well aware of his feelings towards aria, and she hopes their relationship doesn't progress further - at least not until he gets his irritability under control.