How Did I Become A Rental Boyfriend?

Part 3: Dating

Yumeno positioned Ryota on the couch and sat Vera in a chair at a table a couple feet away.

After a few minutes of fussing, he sprinted over to the door and opened it.

"Welcome!" he said, smiling. "Please, come in."

A group of girls made their way into the room, all talking and looking around.

Yumeno shot Ryota a look and Ryota nodded.

"Go ahead and talk to any of the guys you see here. We're all free today." After that, Yumeno seated himself on the couch across from Ryota and smiled.

Ryota glanced over at Maya and saw him holding the attention of two girls, both smiling at him as he spoke. He turned his head and saw a girl had seated herself across from Vera, and the two were engaged in a conversation.

He turned back to Yumeno as two girls walked over. One girl made her way directly to Yumeno.

"Yumeno!" she said, smiling.

Yumeno stood up. "It's great to see you again, Vicky. And you brought a friend, I see." He smiled at the other girl.

"This is Sunny, she just transferred to my school and we're neighbors. I brought her along so she could meet some people."

Vicky looked around and her eyes landed on Ryota. "Who is this? I noticed some new faces today."

Ryota stood up as Yumeno introduced him.

Vicky stuck out her hand and he took it. She grinned. "Nice to meet you, Ryota. Yumeno has been talking about how he wanted to get you to join. Glad to see it finally happened, you are a pretty good addition to the collection."

~ I sound like an expensive collectors doll or something! ~

"Glad to be here. It's actually more fun then I expected," he said.

~ No really. It kind of is. ~

Vicky turned to Sunny. "You should hang out with Ryota! He totally seems like your type."

Sunny looked up. She wasn't smiling, but she definitely wasn't frowning either. Her face showed no emotions. Ryota smiled.

"I guess..." Sunny started, and Vicky instantly moved her towards Ryota.

Sunny bumped into Ryota and he steadied her with a hand on her arm. "Are you alright?"

She nodded and looked down. He looked around and Maya was pointing towards the couch with a down movement of his hand.

Ryota sat down on the couch and scooted over so there was room for her. She took a seat next to him.

"So you're new around here? I actually moved here myself three years ago," he said. She looked up.

"Did you have trouble making friends?" she asked.

"Kind of. I didn't make any friends until I transfered to the school I'm currently at. At that point, Yumeno and Harukawa kind of barged their way into my life and the other two guys here just sort of followed," he shrugged. "Yeah, it's hard at first, but eventually it gets easier."

Sunny nodded. "I guess. Vicky barged into my life too but I don't mind because she's nice." She smiled a bit. Ryota smiled too.

Just then, Yumeno barged into the conversation. "Sunny, Ryota, why don't you two head to the beach? Or a cafe? Make it a real date, hm?"

Ryota looked at Sunny. She shrugged.

Yumeno looked at Vicky. "Go on, silly," Vicky said. "You love the beach."

Sunny shifted and looked at Ryota. "I don't mind going," he said.

She nodded and they both got up.

"Your suit is in the closet, Ryota. Just bring it back in a bag or something when you're done," Yumeno said.

Ryota nodded and picked up the suit from the closet. Sunny picked hers up from Vicky's bag and they went to the bathrooms to change.

When he was done, Ryota pulled his shoes and shirt back on. He put his clothes in his bag and stood up as the door to the woman's bathroom opened and Sunny stepped out. She was wearing a yellow sundress and sandals.

They walked out of the building and made their way to the beach. On the way, they talked about things they liked and disliked. Sunny laughed a few times.

They got to the beach and left their stuff in the locker rooms then made their way to the ocean. It wasn't crowded and Ryota looked at Sunny. She was wearing a yellow one piece with little flowers on it.

"You like flowers?" he asked. She nodded.

"I guess it's kind of obvious. I have a flower hairclip, a flower sundress and a flower swimsuit. I'm a basic flower lover."

"I haven't met many flower lovers but you're probably the most interesting one I have met," he said, stretching his arms above his head.

She looked up at him. "How old are you, by the way?"

"I turned 17 like a month ago. I'm still in highschool," he said, looking at her.

"Oh. I'm almost 17. I just wondered because you're really tall."

He laughed. "Yeah. Everyone told me I should be a basketball player. It's a fun sport but I prefer swimming."

They made their way to the water.

"Are you on the swimming team?" she asked.

He nodded. "I also do competative swimming. My school's swimming team is compeiting against another highschool in a couple weeks."

"That sounds like fun. I don't play sports, but I really like to go swimming in the ocean. Normally I head off of the dock when I want to swim."

He grinned. "How far out have you gone?"

"Just enough to make me afraid to look down," she said, smiling.

They waded into the water and he looked at her. The water was to her shoulders and barely touched his upper arms.

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They made their way back to the Host Club and got there just as the day was ending.

Sunny turned to him. "I had a lot of fun, thank you, Ryota."

He smiled. "I had a lot of fun too. I hope you have a nice day."

She nodded and Vicky came out, running over. "How'd it go, lovebirds."

Sunny's face turned red. "Says you. That guy knew you by name so you obviously come here a lot."

Vicky shrugged. "So what if I do?"

Ryota looked at the door as Vera emerged with the girl he was talking to. She smiled and he nodded before she left.

He said goodbye to Vicky and Sunny before making his way over to Vera.

"Everything okay?" he asked.

Vera turned to him and sighed. "Yeah, I don't know about this. I think-"

Maya emerged from the room and threw his arms around Vera. "Hey Vera."

Vera looked away. "Like I was saying. I don't know about this."

Maya and Ryota looked at him, confused.

"Whats up, Vera?" Maya asked. He looked concerned.

"I wasn't sure before now but-" Vera stopped again and shook his head. "Nah, nevermind."

Maya pulled them back inside the Host Club and then turned to Vera, putting his hands on Vera's face. Yumeno and Harukawa came over.

"Vera, it's okay, whatever it is."

Vera gripped Maya's wrists and moved his hands from his face. He didn't let go though.

"I should probably start with I'm gay."