I there's nothing quite as annoying as a man who is obsessed with work, which is what earned him the title the workaholic. scolded by various exes and playthings, he usually ends up more in love with his work than, well, anything else. shun works for a very large architectural company, and because of his bachelor lifestyle, is very well off financially.
II however, he tries to use this gained financial power to draw in and trap the slightly-younger generation, as many businessman twice his age would normally do. it starts out with small gifts of appreciation in exchange for dates, and occasionally it will lead to more. this is usually the case with him, but he cuts off the relationships before the other will, because he is convinced he is better off on his own.
III there was, of course, one situation that threw his whole perspective on independence off, and that was his relationship with
jun. shun's relationship with her lasted a while, and even got as far as engagement before he decided infidelity was a better route, thus ending it swiftly with her word. they remain in an awkward love/hate relationship that only they seem to understand, and when they aren't ripping each other's throats out they are being disgruntled and hanging out together.
IV "hanging out", of course, meaning "getting drunk" or "going clubbing", as that is what shun likes to do with his free time. occasionally he will try to pick up on girls with her there to see if he can get her jealous, but it never seems to work.
V when they do get out, and he does get drunk, he is prone to saying rather crude things that are unlike his typical "cool" exterior, such as "i would enjoy fucking your mouth" and "when did you get so fat?"
VI this, half the time, gets him punched in the face. a lot.
VII when he isn't fighting with his ex-fiancée, he is hanging out with the significantly-younger (read: nine years his junior)
eiji, his current escapade. it is the typical flirtation method and wooing stage, where shun continues to offer him gifts and his company, but doesn't push any sort of physical relationship. he's in a tight spot between friends and more than friends, and he knows it. unfortunately, he also knows that eiji doesn't plan on moving the shun pawn in any other direction as of right now, so he tries not to look at them as anything more than unconventional friends.
VIII this doesn't mean he still doesn't try, because it wouldn't be in his nature to just give up.
IX after approximately six months of playing around with people, he'll usually dump them and move on. it's not that he's a cold, heartless bastard; he just doesn't want any attachment issues to pop up. this, however, was not the case with
jun, who he had known for a few years before proposing to.
eiji as well is an exception, as shun hasn't gotten anywhere with him and sees no end to the chase.
X when shun gives up on people as far as pursuing them, he usually drops out of contact completely, but such is not the case for
nalani -- there comes an occasion when someone is just too innocent and too fragile for him to toss around, and she is one of those cases. so instead of dropping her like a rock, he stays around in the background as a sort of cooler, older brother type, offering her help when she needs it and the occasional love advice.
XI not that a guy who hasn't been able to hold on to a decent, ongoing relationship in several years knows anything about love, but he figures he's been around that block many times before, enough to offer his therapeutic services.
XII because of his overall attitude toward people and his friendships with them, most have labeled him as cool or even just plain cold-hearted. he tries not to present himself that way, and often acts like a gentleman so people will realize he really does try to get on the good side of people.
XIII most of the negative feelings people have toward him come from his work schedule, which often leaves him sleeping at his office overnight (sometimes for days at a time) without so much as a call or anything to inform them of his whereabouts. he is married to his desk, and rarely leaves it, and usually only has one free day a week to really do anything -- most of the time, on the weekends, he's completely swamped.
XIV shun still makes time for people, it's just not as much time as they would like, so he's lost a lot of friends over the past nearly decade of his life, though for some reason the people who hate him most seem to stick around.
eiji included as well, though he doesn't hate him, and occasionally he'll try to coax
eiji into coming into work with promises of a nice 'set up', like a television and an extra sleeping area, and of course -- shun's company.
XV because when it comes down to it, that's all shun can really offer at this point is his unattentive, somewhat abstract pattern of companionship.
