R.K ♡

03

A certain Rika ran across the street and jumped in front of me. Her smile and clothes radiated her carefree energy. 

"Me and a few friends were planning to hang out today, wanna join?" She was basically shaking with excitement, it sounded like she ran for miles just to get here. 

"Rika I'm kinda bu-"

"Great!" Before I could finish my sentence she grabs my sleeve and is basically dragging me across town. She should be in track at this point she fast as hell. We ran past multiple neighborhoods, malls, and markets and eventually made it to our so-called meeting point. There were 3 other girls there, all around the same age. Maybe classmates? Or just friends? Rika raises her pointer finger

"That's Ai, Momoe, and Neiru" They all simultaneously wave and that's when I recognize the girl that was with Rika last night. She had a different hairstyle. It was more down and had a braided crown on both sides of her head. Momoe seemed like the kind of girl anyone could get along with, plus she looked incredibly smart like Neiru. Ai had two different colored eyes, one brown one blue, and a sunflower hoodie. They seem to get along well with each other even if they are different. 

"Did Rika drag you away from your original plans Y/N?" Neiru asked, clearly already knowing the answer

I nodded my head.

"Awh cmon! Y/n seemed fun to hang around so I brought her. Did you have something else you had to do today?" Rika asked basically a centimeter away from my face, still buzzing with excitement.

"I was planning just to buy some stuff for summer, and I had a question for Acca and Ura-Acca" 

"Wait your shopping for eggs too?!" Ai looked at me as a nodded at her question.

"Yeah, they do! It's kinda how we met" Rika says while hanging onto my shoulders. Honestly, her spunkiness was kinda cute. She seems so optimistic but you can tell there's more than just that behind her eyes. Before I could respond, Rika rushed the girls to keep walking towards the mall, still holding onto my sleeve. But Rika had different plans.

"Hey! Me and y/n and going to head somewhere else for the day, have fun guys!" Rika waved to the girls and they all waved back.

 I feel like I'm being kidnapped...

She continued to ramble on beside me while having google maps up on her phone, following the little blue arrow on the road. She talked about school, her friends, and how Acca's a hottie. All of it. I didn't really mind seeing as I didn't have anything to say. But in a weird way, I found it cute how she wouldn't shut up.

We eventually make it to where she was going to hold me hostage. It was a small smoothie shop right in the middle of town.

"Eh, it's a little crowded in there but hey it will do." She continues to hold my hand as she drags me inside, I swear I was ready to be held at gunpoint and demanded money for a hot minute. The cashier greets us with a smile and we get in line to order. I take some time to admire her new clothes. Black jeans ripped at the knee, a thin, long-sleeved white turtle kneck tucked into her pants, slightly platformed shoes to have her at least an inch taller than usual, and her usual cross choker. 

"Hey Y/n, you ok there?" Rika waves her hand in front of my face slightly as I wake up from my trance. I nod at her question as I walk next to her in line.

"Not a talker huh? Eh, I get it you know" She says with a softer tone. She leans a little closer next to me, leaning her head on my shoulder as we wait for the people in front of us to order. I realized how touchy she is. In a way, I can tell she wants to feel loved by people, but don't we all want to feel that? We finally make it to the front of the line and I instantly push Rika in front of me to order. 

Social situations scare the shit out of me.

Rika takes the hint and orders herself a strawberry smoothie and orders you something she thinks you would like, which would be (Y/f/d). Rika pulls out some spare cash she didn't even try to flatten out and pays for the drinks. The cashier tells us it would take about 10 minutes for the drinks and Rika takes my hand and sits us down in the very back seeing as those were the only seats left. She places both of our bags down next to her and I finally break the silence.

"Rika? Why did you bring me here?" She looks up from her phone with a slight smile

"I guess you just intrigued me, I wanted to get to know you better... Plus I don't have a lot of people I can be close to"

"So you thought me of all people?"

She nods her head. I don't find myself boring but I also don't find myself as interesting as Rika. Like she's something else. But whatever suits her fancy I guess. Rika swings her legs back and forth seeing as her bar stool is too tall for her to reach the ground while we wait for our drinks. Eventually, Rika's name gets called and she goes to pick up the drinks. I saw her pull out a sharpie and write something on my to-go cup. She walks back and I see what's on the cup

"You wrote your number on the cup?" I ask. She smiles and nods. Cute. 

I put in her number and edit her profile as a quick picture I took of her drinking her smoothie. I set her name as simply "Rika♡" and text her a "Hi" Just so she can get my number. We both set down our phones after she gets her text and she starts rambling again. Classic Rika. She finished her drink way before me and we ended up sharing mine with a disposable spoon she stole from the cashier's table. She tried to feed me like I was her firstborn child.

Eventually, it started to get late and the crowd slowly left as now it was just me and Rika getting near closing time. We both got up and gave them a 20 dollar tip for having to deal with Rika's constant banter and left the smoothie joint. The sun was down and the street lights were shining in front of us. Rika looks down at her phone

"8:49pm"

"It's getting late Rika, we should head home." She nodded and I started walking back to my place. I could still hear footsteps close behind me and I turn around. Rika was walking behind me with her head down trying to not be heard. I stop and she looks up.

"Rika? I thought your place was the other way?"

"It is." That's all she said as she latched onto my arm. I took that as a sign just to let her go with me. My brother won't mind, and my parents are never home. Besides my brother is still probably at work. We walk silently next to each other, hand in hand, Rika's head still low. I take out my phone and headphones and offer her one of the cords and she accepts. I let her choose the songs and she ends up putting on a mix of Conan gray, Sara Kays, and Awfultune. We were both exhausted when we eventually get to my house right on the outer side of town. I unlock the house and switch on the dim, yellow lights.

We both take off our shoes and I lead her upstairs to my room. I hang up my bag and let her get settled in. Although it was small, it was cozy. I rummage through my closet and hand her a T-shirt and shorts,

"it's like 87F here, I don't want you overheating." She nods and goes into my bathroom to change. I plug in both of our phones with the spare cord I found in her bag. I grab some thin blankets and stack them to create a makeshift mattress right by my bed and gave her a pillow and extra blanket just in case it starts to cool down. She opens the door slightly

"Do you have any of those stretchy nonstick kinds of wraps?" I nod my head. I'm not sure what she needs them for but I didn't want to ask just in case it was a sensitive topic. But I had them due to injuries from the wonder eggs and because I used to s/h. I've been clean for about a month, hell I haven't told anyone because no one would care but hey, they're there if I need them. I hand the wraps over to Rika and a few minutes later she comes out in the outfit I gave her and the wrap on her left arm. She drags me over to the bed and she lays down on her makeshift bed. 

"I don't think I want to do eggs tonight" Rika mumbled, face down on her blankets.

"We don't have to if you don't want to" I turned towards her, away from my window, and started to close my eyes, finally going to be able to have a somewhat nice sleep.

"g'night, Rika." I bend down and kiss her forehead. I could already hear her little snores. Although I really did not expect the night to end up like this, I'm glad it did.