#if Yami recounts his early days in clover

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The best thing about Yami as a character is the fact that he has secrets, not out of a desire to keep people in the dark or a sense of shame for his past.

But because he probably doesn’t think to let people know stuff about him.

The audience is consistently shown that Yami has connections to people and none of the Bulls are made remotely aware of it.

Lotus reveals he had an encounter with Yami and Luck’s response is to ask “you know the captain?” Not say “The captain’s mentioned a guy like you before.” Safe to say that Yami doesn’t even boast about his past battle victories.

Henry’s existence, despite the Bulls living in Henry’s house, is a surprise as the squad thought he was a ghost at first. It’s honestly silliest case since how does a group go 6-7 years without meeting their (essentially) landlord?

Zora’s status as a Bull comes as a shock to Asta, Noelle, and Luck at the gathering of the Royal Knights. And none of the Bulls recognized him at the exam so he never showed himself earlier and Yami likely didn’t talk about him even to describe his looks.

Nacht being vice captain, the fact that the squad had a vice captain at all to top it off, was a bombshell to Asta but also long standing members like Finral and Vanessa.

There’s also the fact that Yami has a sister back home which Asta was floored by. (Note that Yami outright lied about being born to fishermen but he just quietly omitted Ichika’s existence in his recounting of his life.)

The details of Yami’s history and relationships are a mystery to the whole squad. It’s not done maliciously by any means. Yami comes off as the type to think “they’ll find out eventually so no need to tell them now.” And leaves it up to fate whether or not anyone learns anything about his past.

Also, literally every time, those reveals happen at some wildly inconvenient times. It’s either in the middle of a fight or when everyone is stressing about an upcoming battle or after Yami’s been freaking kidnapped.

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Fellow Yami simp here, hello!

May I request some Yami HC's with a s/o that's a royal? Like he felt about them before and then how he started to develop feelings and ultimately how their relationship stsrted? Thank you so much in advance!

Hello! I absolutely love doing anything for Yami! I really enjoyed writing this! I hope you like it ! :)

You and Yami didn’t interact much before you were together. You were always quiet, so he mistook you for being just another stuck up royal. Given that your Uncle was the King of the Clover Kingdom, no one could really blame him for assuming this.

Truthfully you didn’t interact with anyone much, most royals stayed away from you, due to your reputation as a bit of a Black Sheep. Sure you had the tendency to out drink the king himself at parties.. And there was that one time you started an illegal gambling ring inside Clover castle that caused a bit of a rift amongst the servants.. but the way people avoided you really was undeserved. That’s royalty for you I guess.

To Yami most people were what he would consider tiny, including you, so on the rare occasions you did interact he would always call you things like “Pint Sized Princess”, and “Little Miss Royal” to try to get a reaction out of you.

You and Nozel were around the same age growing up, so when he had missions you would offer to babysit Noelle for him. Despite his distaste for his sister you always adored her so on the night before her 16th birthday you went over to the Black Bulls base to surprise her with a gift.

You spent a few hours chatting and reminiscing with Noelle in the common area of the Black Bulls base before Magna announced they were going to be play a drinking game to celebrate Noelle’s Birthday, granted Noelle wouldn’t be able to take part, but the Black Bulls loved any excuse to celebrate with Alcohol.

“You gonna play too, Little Miss Royal or are you too high class?” Yami taunted you, causing you to chuckle. You were never one to turn down a challenge, especially when it came to something you knew you’d win.

The game kept going well into the night, long after a majority of the squad and even Wino Witch passed out you were still going strong. “ You sure do know how to handle a drink, Princess. I’ll say I’m impressed.” he teased you. Oh, but the Captain wasn’t just impressed, he was bewitched by the fact that this woman less than half his size kept drinking with him toe to toe for hours.

Your vision had started to blur about an hour before, but you absolutely refused to give in. Sure it was no secret that you loved to drink grown men under the table for fun, but something about this man drew you in. The way the sound of his deep chuckle reverberated in his chest made your knees weak, the way he would flash you a smile when you took another shot without flinching was addictive.

After that night you found yourself visiting the Black Bulls base almost every weekend, taking part in the various drinking games they would play. Week after week you found yourself to be the last one standing with Yami, during this alone time your conversations changed from him teasing you about your status to discussing your lives, and dreams.

Yami couldn’t help but pay attention to you now any time you were in the same room, the way you carried yourself, the small blush that would cross your cheeks when you noticed his gaze on you became addictive. He began to notice the way other royals, other than Noelle, avoided you. The way people spoke in hushed whispers when you’d walk by. He couldn’t help but be reminded about his time when he first came to the Clover Kingdom. The way you held your head high and didn’t pay it any mind made pride swell in his being. “Now that’s a strong woman.” would often cross his mind.

At first you were unsure whether or not The Leader of the Black Bulls shared your affections. Over time the glances he often gave you in passing grew softer and became more frequent. When he’d pass you a beer your hands would often touch, lingering longer than would be considered normal. You were never one to not dive into things head first, but in this instance, for the first time in your life, you found yourself hesitating, unsure of how to handle the situation.

“ Seriously, half the servants went on strike because of your gambling ring?” The captain could hardly contain his laughter and as you recounted the story. It was such a strange feeling for you to be able to tell that story and not feel ashamed, truthfully anytime you were with him you felt anything but ashamed.

“You’re a little rebel, aren’t ya princess?” he grinned at you as he took a long drag of his cigarette. “You haven’t seen anything yet.” You replied to him as you stood up, the liquid courage in your belly was fueling your actions as you walked over to Yami then took his cigarette out of his mouth, planting a kiss on his lips. The captain pulled you in heightening the intensity of your kiss.

In the early days Yami insisted that you kept your relationship a secret, he didn’t want to cause trouble for you due to him not being of noble descent. Eventually he finally gave in after you told him for the millionth time you didn’t care what anyone thought, because after all you were the former bookie of the infamous Clover Castle gambling ring.

Once you two went public he would often be extra handsy with you when around anyone of noble descent, he absolutely loved the appalled looks followed by the hushed whispers that would follow. He absolutely loved touching you, but getting a rise out of the pompous royals was an added bonus.

He finds your rebellious nature incredibly sexy and often greets you with “Started anymore illegal gambling operations lately?” Before pulling you in for a kiss.

He still calls you Half Pint Princess and Little Miss Royal, but now the names that once made you flustered, never fail to bring a smile to your face.

This man absolutely adores you. He wants badly to tell you that you are the sun that lights up his whole world, but words often fail him, so it usually comes out as “You’re the best drinking buddy, ya know that Little Miss Royal?” followed by him planting his lips on yours.