Oneshots Galore

diabolik lovers reiji #1

Title: Shower

You cursed your luck at the sudden turn of events. It was already winter, and the pipes at the mansion had turned faulty, leaving only the pipes at Reiji’s bedroom working. He did after all only fixed his as he painstakingly told the others to wait for the repairman to come tomorrow. You’ve managed to avoid going to the bathroom for the whole of yesterday but today, you knew you needed a shower. Contrary to popular belief, vampires can stink given the ridiculous circumstances.

Why did he only fixed his own pipes anyway, You wondered to yourself.

Walking grudgingly towards Reiji’s bedroom, you passed by a smirking Raito who was winking at you.

“Nice timing, (Y/N) chan.” He leered. “Everyone else finished taking showers. You can head for one now.”

“Thanks.” You muttered out of forced courtesy.

Scratch that first thought. You thought to yourself again. Why was Reiji so nice to let everyone in the mansion use his bathroom in the first place?

You knocked on his door and heard a prompt reply urging you to come in. This was the first time for you to step into Reiji’s room, let alone any of the Sakamaki’s or Mukami’s.

“Good morning.” You fidgeted awkwardly near his door. “I was wondering if I could borrow your shower.”

Reiji was busy, you noticed, with piles of paper stacked neatly on his desk. Looking through the room, you realised that there were many chemicals and apparatus that filled the room but not once did it looked messy. It came as no surprise as Reiji did struck you as someone who was very orderly.

“It’s at the back.” He mumbled absent-mindedly, engrossed in whatever it was that he was doing.

“Thanks.” You moved quickly, not wanting to subject yourself to his scoldings that you were often accustomed to.

Walking into the bathroom, you proceeded to lock the door only to realise that it couldn’t be locked. You contemplated into leaving the door unlocked or blocking it with a nearby stool but the thought never did fully come through because the stool could only do so much to block the door.

He’s busy enough as it is… It wouldn’t hurt to leave it unlocked for a little while I guess. Why can’t it be locked anyway? How troublesome.

You swiftly slipped out of your clothes and head straight into the shower, quickly lathering the shampoo on your hair. As you continued rinsing off the soap from your body, your eyes couldn’t help but dart towards the unlocked door, all the while relieved that there hadn’t been any disturbances so far.

You mentally pat yourself on the back for the quickest shower ever and took a towel to dry yourself. Wrapping the towel around you, you rummaged through your clean clothes for your underwear and bra.

Right as you were about to get dressed, you heard the door banging open, startling and leaving you frozen on your feet. To your front was a very shocked Reiji, the towel in his hands dropping to the floor at the sight of you.

“I’m sorry.” He quickly apologised and was about to pick his towel up when the one you were wearing fell.

It was unbelievably comical at your expense.

“Oh my.” His eyes widened and he remained motionless, his eyes ravaging through your whole figure.

It finally dawned on you that you were naked from head to toe.

“Don’t look!” You screamed at the gentleman, scrambling for your towel as you wrapped it around you again. “Please tell me you didn’t see anything.”

“Nothing, nothing.” It was kind of cute to see the usual composed Reiji flustered, but this wasn’t the time to swoon. “I… Take your time to change. I’ll be outside.”

The door closed, and a sigh that you’ve been keeping was released. Honestly, what impeccable timing.

You quickly changed into your new clothes and hesitantly stepped out of the bathroom. Reiji, who was seated on his couch, promptly stood up as soon as he saw you walking towards him.

“Erm, thanks for letting me borrow your shower.” You muttered awkwardly. What could you have said, though? Thanks for not fixing your stupid door that resulted in you seeing me naked?

The man cleared his throat before boring a serious look on his face.

“(Y/N), I would like to formally apologise.” Reiji straightened his back. “I was too distracted in my work that I didn’t notice you were still in the bathroom. But I assure you that I saw nothing and even if I did saw something, I would not be interested.”

What blatant lies. You thought to yourself.

You swore you could have seen that blush rushing to his cheeks as he desperately tried to reassure you.

“Wow.” The words rushed out of your mouth before you could stop them. “I didn’t know which hurt more. You seeing me naked, or you saying you have no interest in me after seeing me naked.”

“Oh, no, no.” Reiji definitely looked panicked for some reason. It was really strange to see the figure who always felt calm and composed be so… vulnerable.

“You’re definitely attractive.” He was clearly jumbling his words up. “Very attractive actually. It’s just that… It’s not… Well… Appropriate to say I’m interested after seeing you naked.”

Wait, this was news to you.

“You’re interested?” You tilted your head in confusion. Reiji the nagging monster was interested? In you?

“I am a man.” He cleared his throat a little too forcefully. “It would be strange if I didn’t felt anything after seeing a woman’s figure bared right in front of me.”

Oh, so that was what he meant.

“I see.” Somehow you sounded sad. “You were only interested in my body as a man. That explains it.”

Silence filled the room and after realising Reiji would not say anything further, you gave him an awkward smile as you bowed.

“Anyway, thanks for letting me borrow your bathroom. Again.” You proceeded to walk out of the room. “I hope the repairman comes early tomorrow.”

“(Y/N)?”

You turned to see a bashful Reiji standing right behind you, catching you by surprise.

“I’m not only interested in you as a man, you know.” He murmured softly. “I’ve been interested in you as a person since the day I first saw you.”

You wanted to interrupt him but he shook his head to stop you instead.

“But we’re hardly people, aren’t we? We’re monsters.” Reiji continued. “Forgive me for being a little too stiff. I really do apologise if I hurt your feelings.”

Before you could answer him, the man had already closed his door, leaving you to process what he just told you.

A small smile etched at the tip of your lips as you made a mental note to remind the man next time that even monsters have feelings and have the capability to be more human-like.

You sincerely prayed that he wouldn’t give you a never ending lecture or debate when you do tell him, though.