Note: A collection of Kuragehime drabbles featuring Kuranosuke. Most of them are related to Tsukimi though.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

- Kahlil Gibran

Kuranosuke has always been surrounded by beautiful things: beautiful clothes, beautiful shoes, beautiful jewelry and beautiful women.

He is constantly surrounded by the first three. In fact, he revels in them. But the last one. The last one he avoids.

By high school, Kuranosuke has learned three things about women.

One, he knows that they like him.

Two, he knows that women, especially the beautiful ones, are, more often than not: fickle, jealous, and spiteful. Theoretically, he knows that not every woman fits into this particular stereotype, but he finds it difficult to change his expectations when the stereotype is all that he's known.

Three, no one is as beautiful as his mother.

Then one day he meets Tsukimi.

Her eyebrows are a mess, her hair is stringy, her complexion is dull, and her clothes are despicable. But she's probably the most interesting girl he's ever met.

He knows she has potential but when her eyes met his in the aquarium, her eyes are bright and clear and he knows this cannot be attributed to mascara or the shimmery eyeshadow he (forcefully) applied on her lids.

Kuranosuke has always been surrounded by beautiful things, but for the first time in what seemed like forever, he's found beauty again.

And no, he's not referring to the jellyfish.