Suzumu Natsume

Suzumu Natsume (夏目スズム Natsume Suzumu) is the head of the Natsume Family. He is the first love interest of Tetsuya Ishihara, as well as later romantic partner of the latter and Kotetsu. He serves as the personal bodyguard of Taira Shimaoka.

Appearance

 * Suzumu is often described as an extraordinary beautiful young man with light blond hair and purple-blue eyes with central golden heterochromia.

Personality

 * During his youth, Suzumu is extroverted, lighthearted and polite, although he has a tendency to explore and investigate things that are meant to stay out of his field of sight, frequently putting himself into danger without his complete consciousness. From time to time, it may seem like he is an airhead and oblivious to the most obvious things, but he shows a kind of intelligence that lets him manipulate others without their awareness, for instance making adults believe he has pure intentions, while in reality he uses the image others have of him to receive knowledge about issues he is interested in. On the other hand, Suzumu is extremely kind and will do anything to guarantee that those he cares about are content, whereas he seems to have trouble when it comes to feelings of guilt.

Background

 * Suzumu was born to the Natsume household, a wealthy family which savors an aristocratic status.

Trivia

 * Suzumu is asexual, though he has shown attempts to make himself more comfortable with physical intimacy in favor of Tetsuya. It is unclear if his feelings for the other are purely platonic or of romantic nature, as he has shown interest in being romantically involved with Tetsuya, but primarily seemed to do it out of confusion and feelings of guilt and loyalty towards his best friend and self-proclaimed soulmate. Nevertheless, his affection, while strong throughout the majority of their shared time, eventually grew into a kind of obsession from Suzumu's side, which is likely to be an after effect of Tetsuya breaking contact with him.
 * His first name, Suzumu, is a wordplay with the name Yosuzume, which belongs to a kind of nocturnal bird youkai that is the root of the vampire harpy. Just like that youkai, Suzumu usually chirps "chi, chi, chi" (a sound similar to that of a sparrow) to make others aware of his presence, when in his harpy form.

Quotes

 * "It was never my intention to hurt you. Not back then, and definitely not now. ...I don't know what happened that day, but you never gave me a chance to explain. You surprised me, and I didn't know how to deal with the situation. I didn't push you away because of whatever reason you figured was mine... But I couldn't bear to lose you again, and I'll be anything you want me to be for you. ...Just give me another chance, Tetsu-chan..." - To Tetsuya (Source Unknown)