My Secret Gambler: Kakegurui x Male reader

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Ryota's point of view:

"Keep your head down , do your thing and walk away." , that has always been the way of my life. I Suzui Ryota had always lived like this , but it was fine. I was not fond of getting into trouble and I always believe that if I keep to myself then I would never end up in such situations itself. But that was all until I reached high school or to be more specific , until I joined this living hell of a school called Hyakkou Academy.

At first I thought that as long as I keep my head down, study , without messing with these rich kids who have everything presented to them on a silver platter and graduate then I can be rest assured of a bright future. But my hopes were shattered when I found out the dark truth of this place. Here in this school you are as close in getting what you desire based on how good you are at gambling. Teachers are nothing but mere puppets in this system fabricated and ruled over by those people whom you would generally not call normal. I was left to the mercy of people who stomped upon other people without remorse. But yet, I somehow survived , by observing their people I managed to pay off my due to the student council, but then I had gotten desperate one day and I challenged the gambling juggernaut of my class Saotome Mary. I was desperate for cash and I had to rake up some huge amount in order to avoid being a house pet and in the end I ended up becoming one. From that moment I felt my life was over. I was used as a slave, subjected to bullying by everyone and had lost almost all of my dignity. At the moment when I thought my life was over......they came.

First it was Ian , the mysterious foreigner, yet who possessed something like some sort of spark that I could not fathom , he who had the nerves to talk to the president about her regime without being scared even when he was in danger of being stunned by her assistant and then beat Saotome in a gamble. I was already in shock that someone was there who could have beaten her, as she held her position in this class longer than any other student , in fact her skill even rivals some of the student council members, but then I was completely thrown off when he abandoned the game. I mean, who in the right mind would do that ?, beating her not only gets you ahead in this devouring system but also puts you on the front seat in choosing your life as you wish. I was left with thoughts that day when I asked him as to why he acted so and thought to myself,  "Here was someone who could have gone further ahead and beat the student council members but instead he chooses to walk away, knowing Saotome things will go back to the way they once were, I really hoped , for a small moment of time that things were going to change around here, but it doesn't look like that. After all how rare is it for another such person who had a mind sharper than these people , for whom tricks and lying is like breathing to appear ?". 

My question was answered sooner because the very next day was when Jabami Yumeko had transferred to this school. She was completely different from Ian who was aloof and mostly kept to himself , whereas Yumeko on the other hand was very easy going and cheerful in nature. Her true nature however was soon revealed when Saotome challenged her to a gamble. I thought greatly of Ian and how he had gotten away with this during his match but in the end it was Yumeko who had won and it was also at that her true nature was revealed. Unlike Ian who has never shown interest in the game as a general , Yumeko was in love with it, her love too was more psychotic , the way she acted and spoke sent shivers down my spine. But it was her who had released me from my debt and bought me out of the darkness which I thought would have swallowed me.

From then on my life was not unlike before. I watched Yumeko and learnt a lot about what a true high roller looks like as she took on one student council member after another and even Ian who had shaken the student's emotions with his defeat of Ikishima , the most crazy and cold hearted person in this school. Even though with their behaviour  they were still my friends and by friends I mean, true friends. They were the reason my life was changed for the better and the aura of trust and reassurance they gave me strengthened my once frightened heart. It was because of them that I held my head up when walking up to this place , because I know I will see them and go on another wild ride with them. They were .........the best.