beauty and the beast au 1: kuja lives alone in his castle, captures genesis and plans to keep him on the basis of book club buddy, sephiroth sacrifices himself to set gen free, the two fall in love and become more open with one another
beauty and the beast au 2: sephiroth is alone in the castle and kuja winds up there, refusing to leave bc the quarters are luxurious. their talks over books and fiction lead to deep conversations and they get pried open by the other
1. Who initiated the relationship and how did it go? Kuja. Kuja found a reason to need Sephiroth's assistance with his own things and decided to make good on his "foil." It went... oddly. Sephiroth is awkward around strangers and while Kuja can carry a conversation, it took awhile to get Sephiroth to open up.
2. Did they have an official first date? If so, how did it go? Not until after Midgar crashed to the ground and Garland was defeated. It was too dangerous to call them dates until then, so it was more like "simultaneous time off outings." Thanks to spending time beforehand, their first real official date was like two friends reconnecting after ages apart, two partners on the dance floor who know one another's movements. And they got to learn more about each other.
3. What was their first kiss like? It happened after Kuja had been complaining of something Zidane did. Sephiroth decided he did, in fact, like this guy, and decided to make it a little romantic, so he lit a lantern and led them both out into the woods close to a Cetra spring, let the fire burn away, and, as the light went out and the forest lit up, he kissed Kuja. He explained the significance of the spring after, about it being a source of life, a beginning, and that made Kuja blush.
4. Were they each other's first anything? They were each other's first real relationship. Before then, it was just flings, if anything at all. I imagine Sephiroth probably did some exploration, but both of them would say that the kiss they shared that night was the first meaningful one of their lives.
5. Height difference and age difference? Kuja is 5'10"/178cm, Sephiroth is 6'7"/201cm, so there's a large difference there >>;;; Age difference is 3-6 years, depending on when we place sephiroth for when he resurrected. Kuja is officially 24 at the start of his final year and doesn't make it to 25, Sephiroth is listed as 27-30 for ff7.
6. What's their relationship with each other's families? Lucrecia adores Kuja, Hojo is dead, Vincent is okay with him, and the rest of the ff7 protags, while initially skeptical, approve of him the more Sephiroth softens and opens up because of his presence. Garland is dead, Zidane likes Sephiroth because he's nice and polite, even with an arrogance streak to rival Kuja's. Mikoto loves him. The other ff9 protags also had their reservations, but a non-insane Sephiroth is miles better to them than normal Kuja XD
7. Who takes the lead in social situations? Kuja. He's been a socialite for a long time and knows how to handle people easily. Sephiroth just follows him around whenever they're together at a party.
8. Who gets jealous easier? Kuja. Someone speaks to Sephiroth and gets a little flirty and Kuja is willingly teleporting across an entire room to be right there and oh, hello, are you enjoying your conversation with my boyfriend? Sephiroth finds it funny and relieving. Too many strangers like to try to talk to him.
sephiroth's texts come out sounding severe because he always uses proper punctuation. kuja learns about emoticons and emojis from zidane's texts and starts using the emoticons. he refuses to stoop to "emoji level" except for the hearts.
once sephiroth sees the faces and the hearts he starts adding them and everything he types becomes a lot more expressive. it's a jarring difference for everyone and freaks several of them out. Zack Does Not Like It
kuja sends flurries of hearts when he gets a :D from sephiroth
Aww, that's beautiful. Haha, I always shipped them aesthetically too, but my mind alone could never see them working out. It was thanks to my beloved friend I started to see and believe and now thanks to you I get to watch Kuja and Sephiroth further unfolding on wonderful life adventures together. Even now, when sometimes I'm insecure of certain aspects, your writing of Sephiroth and Kuja going through and exploring their highs and lows together is so reassuring ♥️
Ahh I'm still learning to draw, but thank you! I'm grateful to you for all you've written and wanted to show my appreciation somehow.
I hope your love and writing for them continues blossoming ♥️
Dear @duoangelorem,
You inspired me to draw some Kuja x Sephiroth fanart as a thank you.
I love reading your journal. You remind me of my beloved Sephiroth RPer and the happy, domesticated life she envisioned and brought to life for us.
I was a sceptic of the pairing at first, but since my Sephiroth RPer I can’t see any other characters more perfect for each other. Sephiroth is a dedicated devotee and Kuja is a jaded cat. Direct each other’s efforts towards each other, and it’s just perfect, wild, wonderful and fulfilling ♥️ As you so gorgeously write ♥️
I tried to practice simple colouring but ended up going further, hence two versions. I hope you like, and thank you again for writing your gorgeous visions of Sephiroth and Kuja :) ♥️
You inspired me to draw some Kuja x Sephiroth fanart as a thank you.
I love reading your journal. You remind me of my beloved Sephiroth RPer and the happy, domesticated life she envisioned and brought to life for us.
I was a sceptic of the pairing at first, but since my Sephiroth RPer I can’t see any other characters more perfect for each other. Sephiroth is a dedicated devotee and Kuja is a jaded cat. Direct each other’s efforts towards each other, and it’s just perfect, wild, wonderful and fulfilling ♥️ As you so gorgeously write ♥️
I tried to practice simple colouring but ended up going further, hence two versions. I hope you like, and thank you again for writing your gorgeous visions of Sephiroth and Kuja :) ♥️