Claude was known as the cold Duke’s heir from the North. A personality that matches the freezing weather in that region, it makes others wonder how you could ever put up with him as his closest friend.

Claude wouldn’t consider his upbringing as abnormal, it’s what shaped him to the man he is today, but it was certainly different. Growing up, his parents taught him to always mask his emotions and thoughts from others, especially his enemies. And he did just that, still does to this day.

As wise as he was strategically, he was clueless when it came to expressing himself, about romance especially. You were always a bit of a flirt, he was just oblivious.

So please forgive this helpless haze I’m in, I’ve really never been in love before.

Sitting beside each other in some lecture, he tried to make sense of your words, oblivious to the undertone, “Why would you want to be with me this weekend. I was planning to study and practice swordsmanship per usual.” Claude stays with a straight face.