Kaeru did not know what love was or that he never really payed attention to it. He had never felt it before, so the unfamiliar, warm, fuzzy feeling he got in his chest when you were around was entirely foreign to him. So, instead, he tried to avoid it—avoid you, his proxy. That was, until you entered his office while he was scribbling on some paper. His head snapped up to see you, he smiled widely

"Oh, hello!" he greeted you happily, ignoring the sudden pounding in his chest.