UNREQUITED || NISHIMURA RIKI

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Nishimura Riki is intimidating. Not in a way that you think, but he just oozes an aura that you're attracted to but want to run away from. You don't know how your friend talked to him but you sure as hell wish you were her.

Eventually, you were shifted to take care of the birds while Nishimura Riki stayed taking care of the dogs. Your friend was still in the dog department and you notice them getting really close. Sighs left your mouth way too many times, you couldn't remember what it was like talking to him.

The only time you see Nishimura Riki is when everyone gathers around for volunteering the first hour. And every single time, you keep seeing him with the same friend of yours.

You can't even blame him for liking her because she's so nice, she's so pretty, she probably gives him butterflies.

And you hope he's happy but you couldn't deny the hurt you felt whenever you tried to talk to him to only realise he's too invested in the conversation he's having with your friend to even begin to pay attention to you.

And every single time, you try distracting yourself with that obnoxious flirt from your college, the one that wouldn't leave you alone when you first joined but forgot about you after a few weeks. Funny how you realise you didn't have a lot to find joy in.

It's not long until Nishimura Riki and your friend get into a relationship, and you try your best to look happy for them. You really do, but every time you turn around, you feel your smile drop.

It's hard. It really is

The day Nishimura Riki leaves for Japan, you don't show up at the airport to bid him goodbye like the rest of the students of the college did.

That day, you stared at the ceiling and wondered how it felt to be someone else.

How it felt to be someone that someone liked.

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