Rika Seto x Male Reader

Delightful Party

"Hey, Y/N?"
"What's up?"
Rika and I were sitting at her dinner table eating some takoyaki she'd made. She was a really good cook.
"Wanna watch a movie tonight?"
"Sure, if you're up for it, I don't mind watching any movie." I said between mouthfuls of Rika's delicious food.
"Well, it's not a movie, but..."
Rika left the room for a moment, only to come back with a cd of some show.
"It's called 'I'll go with sweet today.' Apparently, it's pretty bad, until the last few episodes at least."
"Sounds interesting, I'm fine with that."
"Yay!"

We were both sitting next to each other on Rika's couch, watching the show, which did have pretty terrible acting, I'm still grateful I even have the opportunity to be here right now though, just over a month ago, I was getting evicted, I lived on the streets for a few days and felt like shit, I still do, but, now I have Rika letting me stay with her, and I'll be forever grateful.
"Rika?"
I went to look at her, but she was fast asleep, I nudged her when I turned, and her head landed on my shoulder. It felt nice.
"Rika, I understand now. Why my heart is beating so fast. It's because... It's because I love you, Rika. I know you can't hear me right now, and I'm too scared to tell you normally, but I'll forever be grateful for you."
I sat there for a little while, just staring at her face while she was sleeping, I'll admit, it was a bit creepy, but I've never seen her this close before, so I was admiring her while I could.
I'm not sure how long I was like that, but I could feel myself getting tired, so I layed Rika down on the couch and slept on the floor, it brought back some strange memories of not too long ago, but I guess it led to this, so it's not ALL bad.

"Good morning, Y/N! How are you doing? Wanna party real hard later?"
The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Rika's face directly in front of mine, and boy, was she hyped today.
"You seem more energetic than usual today. How come?"
"Well, I heard what you said when I was asleep, fufufu~ I know what you said, Y/N!"
I looked away, and I could feel myself turning slightly red. What was this feeling? Embarrassment? I'm not sure, I've never felt this before.
"Oh, you actually did talk about me when I was asleep, I was kidding, but seeing you act like this, well, it's new for me!"
"M-Me too..."
I put my face in my hands and turned the other way.
"Okay, I won't pry further, but you look adorable right now!"
Rika threw her arms around me, and she lay down next to me. Wait, she was hugging me?!
"R-Rika?"
She'd fallen asleep again, with her arms still around me, I sighed and stared at the ceiling, I know now that I have deep feelings for Rika, I mean, she practically saved me. But I know she'll never reciprocate those feelings back to me, so I won't tell her unless I get past my fears, but that's not happening.

Later on, Rika was pulling me into a convenience store after I insisted on staying home, but I guess Rika is Rika, and I couldn't argue back if I tried.
"Tsubaki said we should bring some food for the party later tonight, so what're we getting?"
"Party?"
Rika's face turned surprised, and she suddenly stopped.
"Wait, didn't I tell you?"
"Nope."
"Okay then, so, some other units decided to throw a party, and we're coming too! Don't worry, Marika will be going too, so you don't need to worry about not knowing anyone! But it'll be me, Marika, Tsubaki, and some other people from her unit, and probably Nagisa's cousin, too!"
"Nagisa? Anyway, it sounds like fun! I hope you enjoy it!"
Rika looked at me as if I was stupid.
"What? You're coming too, y'know!"
"But it'd be better if I stayed home."
"I want you to come!"
"Fine."
"Yay!"

"Are you sure I'll be welcome? Especially after what happened with Tsubaki last time?"
"Relax! Just give her the present and it'll be fine!"
Rika made some oxtail soup for me to give to her. Apparently, she liked it.
Not long after, we arrived at Alter-Ego, Rondo's club.
Rika did all the talking, and we walked into the main room of the club, and boy, was it cool.
"Tsubaki! Tsubaki!"
Rika dragged me along with her to Tsubaki, who was talking to some boy, maybe her boyfriend?
"Tsubaki! Y/N felt super bad about what happened last time, so he got you something!"
"Eh?! H-He did?!"
I nodded and passed the bag over to her, and she looked inside.
"You really did! Thanks, Y/N!"
Her boyfriend then stuck his hand out to shake my hand, and I returned it.
"My name is Aoi. It's nice to meet you, Y/N!"
"You too! So, are you Tsubaki's boyfriend?"
Aoi laughed and shook his head.
"Oh, he doesn't know?"
Tsubaki smiled slightly, but I didn't get what was so funny.
"Aoi is the DJ in Rondo. She makes really good beats!"
"She? I'm extremely sorry!"
I bowed profusely, I felt so bad.
"Don't worry, people think that all the time!"
Aoi gave me a reassuring smile, which made me feel a bit better.
"Hey, I didn't know you had a boyfriend, Rika!"
I spun round to see a girl with long brown hair and a hat that said: Peaky on it.
"Well, you see... I'm not her boyfriend, it's complicated..."
"Ah, I see, I won't ask further then, but it's nice to meet you! I'm kyoko!"
"Nice to meet you as well, I'm Y/N!"
I bowed, and she smiled at me.
"Kyoko, who's this?"
A small girl with pink hair walked over. She was holding what looked to be a game console. She looked around 5, but I could tell she was older.
"Oh, he's one of Rika's friends that she brought! His name is Y/N, if you wanted to introduce yourself!"
"I-I don't need you to make me introduce myself!"
She walked forward, stopped, stared into my eyes for a second, and then smiled.
"Hi, I-I'm Shinobu, Nagi invited me, thanks!"
Thanks?
Shinobu walked off and continued using her console.

"She's just like that when she meets new people, don't worry about it! So, do you know anybody else here?"
"Well... I met Tsubaki once, but that's it."
"I guess I'll help you know some of the others here, then!"
"Thank you."
She showed me over to this girl with short yellow hair. She was definitely a Rondo member, I could just kind of tell.
"Nagi-San! This is Y/N! He's with Rika, but he said he wanted me to help him get to know everyone!"
She patted my back, and I awkwardly smiled.
"H-Hi, I'm Y/N, Rika made me come here, sorry if I'm a burden to you!"
I bowed at her, and she laughed it off.
"It's nice to meet you! I'm Nagisa! And Kyoko here is with Shino!"
So, that Shinobu girl must be close with her.
"Oh, yeah, could you introduce Y/N to Hiiro-San? I think that's everyone then!"
"Yeah, sure, I don't mind!"
Kyoko walked off, and Nagisa called someone over.
A girl with long pink hair came over, her name was hiiro, I could tell that much from what they said.
"Hello, I'm Y/N, and Rika brought me here!"
"Hello, I'm a Rondo member. If you couldn't tell, my name is Hiiro! I'm sorry if Nagisa gets on your nerves a bit, you'll have to excuse her!"
"I don't see how she'd get on my nerves."
"Hey! Y/N! Y/N!"
I felt a hand grab me and pull me backwards, and I turned around to match Rika's gaze.
"What is it?"
"Let's dance together!"
"Huh?"
I didn't even get a second to think when Rika pulled me onto the dance floor.
"R-Rika, what're you doing?!"
"Awww, so you don't wanna dance?"
"N-No, it's just... a bit sudden."
"So you will dance with me?"
"I guess..."
"Yay!"
Rika started dancing, and I tried to keep up and match her body movements, but she was just too quick for me, and I tripped over.
"Y/N! Are you okay?!"
"Yeah, don't worry."
As I stood up, Rika wrapped her arms around me and pulled me in for a hug.
"Eh? What's this for?"
"Just happy you're here, that's all."
It was a bit strange, but I'm not complaining.
With a puzzled look on my face, I hugged her back.
"I'm glad I met you, Rika. Truly."
Maybe I should tell her how I feel, although if she felt like rejecting me, it'd ruin the party, I'll do it afterwards.

------Later------
"I enjoyed tonight, didn't you, Y/N?"
"Mhm, I sure did."
"You don't sound very enthusiastic!"
"I never do, Rika."
Rika had this stupid look on her face as if to say 'woops! Totally forgot!'
"We should head home, huh?"
It was getting late, but I still had something I needed to do.

"Rika, there's something I want to tell you."