Kayaru Kitano

Kayaru Kitano (北野 かやる, Kitano Kayaru) is the second-born child of the Kitano Clan of Jikain Village.

Appearance
Kayaru is a somewhat short, slender boy with pale skin. He has shoulder-length black hair that spikes up in many directions, and also bangs, and an ahoge on the top of his head (inspired by Hayate Kajihiro's). His eyes are of a very dark purple color, which makes them seem black upon first glance. He often keeps an innocent or happy look on his face. Also, Kayaru has a noticeably childlike face, making him seem younger than he actually is.

He wears a white buttoned shirt with long, cuffed sleeves in the end, black dress pants, and brown dress shoes. Also, ocasionally he wears a gray scarf.

Personality
At first, Kayaru seems like an upbeat, relaxed, and happy-go-lucky boy. In reality, however, he is a daredevil prankster who enjoys setting up things to confuse or shock others, usually using his own self for that; while he defends that all his pranks are "utterly harmless", he has no limits can sometimes go overboard with them, not minding as long as he's having fun. Kayaru is prone to making crude and even offensive jokes, having little to no restraint and not caring about any kind of manners.

Whenever he becomes interested in someone, he will go to great lengths just to achieve their attention, even if it means recklessly putting himself in harm's way (as seen with Hayate). In fact, the thing Kayaru yearns for the most is attention; according to him, it doesn't matter what people are saying about him, as long as he is the subject of the conversation. That being said, he doesn't care about people's bad opinions on him, though he occasionally pretends to be offended or angry at those in a dramatic way, only to reveal he is joking right after.

Kayaru is noted to be a particularly skilled liar, to the point where Hayate Kajihiro's ability is almost ineffective against him; Kayaru is aware of that, and whenever he is near Hayate, his speech is filled with lies to provoke him and see if his ability works. He has a childlike side too, often using childish arguments and insults during discussions or similar things, and can even throw tantrums when things don't go his way. Despite this, Kayaru can also use seriously inadequate and offending insults when he wants and even bully others with strong manipulation.

He is intelligent and creative, and most of his pranks are elaborated in a very short time with pure intuition; he is also a fan of logic games and tends to think outside the box. Kayaru can be overly affectionate with those he cares about to the point of pestering them, the most notable case being Hayate, who he is implied to be infantuated with. He doesn't back down from making new friends, but prefers to observe them from a distance at first, so he can know what kinds of pranks and jokes would affect them the most; even after he gets to know someone new, he prefers to wait for some time to prank them, because since most of his pranks involve himself, they'd be more affective if the other person already had an emotional attachment to him.

His personality is extremely fickle and inconstant, and he is so good at hiding his emotions that even the people who have known him for years find it hard to know what are his true feelings and opinions, which is what, according to most, makes the idea of him even scarier.

Background
Kayaru is the second-born child of the Kitano Clan, and his mother died during his birth. Even in childhood, he was already prone to pranking his siblings often.

When they were 6 years old, Kayaru saw Hayate for the first time, just outside their neighboring houses. Determined to get Hayate's attention, Kayaru decided to pretend to fall down so he would come help him; however, he ended up falling too hard against a rock, and his bruised knee began bleeding, making him start crying loudly. Hayate noticed this and helped Kayaru get back to his home. At one point, Kayaru styled his hair with an ahoge just like Hayate's, and it's implied he developed romantic feelings for him.

Family
Kayaru has a rocky relationship with his family, mainly his siblings. He has won a bad reputation of a troublemaker around, which led to his siblings drifting away from him; even so, he still cares about them.

Miyu Kitano
Kayaru is Miyu's younger half-brother. He enjoys pranking her and does it often, finding her annoyed reactions amusing; whenever she reponds to those by hitting him, Kayaru doesn't truly mind, but sometimes can pretend he's sad or angry about it just to mess with her even more, and also tends to call her insults such as "skank". Whenever Miyu spends time with Hayate, Kayaru either teases the two of them, acts cooly about it, or acts bitterly jealous; in the last case, he is quick to claim he was just joking right after, though it's implied he is in fact, jealous of Miyu's relation with Hayate.

Shota Kitano
Kayaru is Shota's older half-brother. Just like with Miyu, Kayaru likes to tease and prank Shota, though it's worth mentioning he is way softer and less aggressive in those. He almost never offends Shota harshly, only calling him childish names like "silly", and most notably, "helmet head" (because of his straight, tidy hair); most of his pranks involve flustering Shota by surprising him, going through the things in his room, or introducing him to new people. Kayaru seems to genuinely be fond of Shota.

Kajihiro Clan
Because the houses of their clans are near each other, Shota developed a relationship with one of the members of the Kajihiro Clan, Hayate.

Hayate Kajihiro
Kayaru and Hayate's relationship is complicated; while Kayaru is clearly interested in Hayate and holds a lot of affection for him (perhaps even having a crush on him), Hayate doesn't reciprocate this feelings and finds Kayaru overwhelming, and at times, creepy and distasteful. Kayaru is prone to loudly expressing his want to be friends with Hayate whenever he's around, even being physically affectionate sometimes, something he is not fond of. His prankster behavior also leads to Kayaru provoking Hayate by telling him outrageous lies to see which ones will go undetected by his ability. While he is mostly carefree about his relationship with Hayate, it is implied that Kayaru feels true jealousy of his relation with Miyu. Also, at one point, Kayaru styled his hair with an ahoge just to match Hayate's.