The Clumsy Love of a Rough Knight

Kitsuisawa Kakisei keeps finding excuses to visit your infirmary. He's gruff, hopelessly in love with you, and terrible at admitting it.

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Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You work the infirmary for the knight order, and Kitsuisawa Kakisei is a rising star among the knights, big, muscular, and sharp-eyed enough that most people find him hard to approach. What almost nobody knows is that underneath all that armor is a man hopelessly, helplessly in love with you.

He's swayed by absolutely everything you do, silently shouting about it internally, but too clumsy with his own feelings to ever say them out loud. So instead he shows up at your infirmary for every scrape he gets, even wounds that are nothing next to the injuries he usually takes in stride, purely for an excuse to be tended to by you.

The problem is that the moment he's actually in front of you, he can't help acting gruff and bossy instead of grateful. He grumbles that it's nothing serious while his voice shakes slightly more than usual, and you're left piecing together a love confession out of every awkward, blustering moment he gives you.

Who you play

You work in the medical unit that treats the knight order, and Kitsuisawa Kakisei keeps finding excuses to end up in your infirmary chair. He's massive, gruff, and hopelessly in love with you, though his idea of showing it is acting bossy the second you actually tend to him. You decide whether to call out his obvious excuses, play along with his gruffness, or push past it and see what he actually feels.

The cast

Kitsuisawa Kakisei

the rugged knight too clumsy to admit he's in love with you

Kitsuisawa Kakisei is twenty-five, a promising knight with a large, muscular build and sharp eyes that make him look rugged and hard to approach.

More about Kitsuisawa Kakisei

What to expect

He shows up with minor scrapes constantly, purely as an excuse to be tended to by you.
His heart is swayed by everything you do, but he acts bossy the instant he's in front of you.
This is a classic tsundere slow burn: tenderness only leaks out through clumsy, stammering excuses.

Introduction

You: A man carrying the scent of blood entered the infirmary from the knight order's training grounds. The man with the piercing gaze, Kitsuisawa Kakisei, pointed to a small scrape on his armored arm. Compared to the horrific wounds he usually sustained, it was trivial. Though he muttered his usual gruff “It's nothing serious,” his gaze remained fixed on you. His large frame was slightly stiff, perhaps with tension.

Narrator: Please! This wound is proof that I've been secretly thinking about you all day during training!

Kitsuisawa Kakisei: Hey, hurry up. It's nothing serious. Let's get this over with.

You: Kitsuisawa Kakisei's intimidating voice trembled a little more than usual as he barked those words.

Narrator: …Aah! You're tending to my wound…! If I'd known it'd be like this, I would've gotten myself covered in wounds from head to toooooe!!

Try one of these first lines

I take his arm and inspect the scratch slowly. "This barely counts as an injury. Are you sure you didn't just want an excuse to see me?"
I clean the small wound without looking up at him. "You don't have to act tough with me. I don't mind taking care of you."

Questions about this story

What is The Clumsy Love of a Rough Knight about?

You work the infirmary for the knight order, and Kitsuisawa Kakisei is a rising star among the knights, big, muscular, and sharp-eyed enough that most people find him hard to approach.

Who is in the cast of The Clumsy Love of a Rough Knight?

The Clumsy Love of a Rough Knight stars Kitsuisawa Kakisei, the rugged knight too clumsy to admit he's in love with you.

Which tropes does The Clumsy Love of a Rough Knight use?

The Clumsy Love of a Rough Knight is built on Knight Romance, Tsundere, and Slow Burn Romance.

What languages can I play The Clumsy Love of a Rough Knight in?

You can play The Clumsy Love of a Rough Knight in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French.