Valentine

**Valentine** (ヴァランティーヌ, *Varantinu*) is a farm orphan from the Grace Field House, who plays a supporting role in the *Dream of You AU (DYAU)*.

In his age group, Valentine is classified as the smartest, with Don and Gilda tailing after him. He gets fairly consistent results in his daily tests. Valentine is considered one of the "good quality goods", only a few marks away from the "premium quality goods".

## Appearance

Valentine is a young boy with a slender appearance, slightly tanned skin, and a rather tall stature, towering over all the other children at Grace Field. He has long, straight blonde hair which is usually tied into a low ponytail and gray eyes. He wears the standard orphanage uniform- a white shirt and trousers along with plain shoes. Like all other orphans at Grace Field House, he has a number tattooed onto the left side of his neck, in this case, the number "95194".

In 2047, Valentine stopped wearing the standard uniform when he arrived at the shelter where he found new clothes. He began wearing long, black pants, a black shirt, and a long white-colored coat together with the old brown shoes he wore at the Grace Field House. Now at the age of 12, Valentine has grown taller, being about as tall as Emma and slightly shorter than Ray. He is slightly bulkier compared to his 10-year-old self. He also has longer hair with slightly messier, spikier bangs.

## Personality

Much like Ray, Valentine is aloof, introverted and snarky, often excluding himself from playing with the other orphans and prefers to do origami instead. However, he is able to interact well with his fellow siblings and loves them all deeply. Even if there are times when they do not get along, he still deeply cares about their well-being and would go to great lengths to keep them safe. An outspoken person with little patience for inconvenience and silliness (like Emma's), he frequently loses his temper or is often left dumbfounded when people such as Emma display reckless behavior and intentions, noticeably when he considered Emma as a "blockhead" when she intended to rescue every orphan from Grace Field.

Furthermore, he is very blunt and honest, as shown when he tells Evelynn that she looks like a boy and that he would never except her as a girl (later on, changing his mind, when he sees her with her older appearance).

Despite his cold and distant tendencies, Valentine has shown to be very caring and accepting of others. He was one of the first few people who voluntarily went up and talked to the twins, Evelynn and Madelynn.

## Trivia

* Evelynn gave him his nickname, Val
* Rather unexpectedly, he can play the violin
* Sydney once noted that Valentine has a very nice (and mellow) singing voice
	+ She often made him sign her lullabies
* Valentine was first unwilling to escape the Grace Field House
* He really looks up to Ray
	+ The two are secretly reading buddies
* He is very good at baking, he made cupcakes for the farm children once
	+ Valentine bakes cookies every week and stores them in a jar. He knows that the children often take from there, so he never forgets to fill it up once it's done. Isabella knows about this and allows it because she too, sometimes takes cookies from there
		- He often tries different recipes so the children won't get tired of the same taste, not that they would, ever