Playing With Fire || Maeda Riku

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"Thanks again for walking me to my room Riku"

YunHa said as she stopped in front of her bedroom door and she smiled at the boy in front of her.

Riku chuckled and shrugged with a smile on his face.

"I'd do it any night"

That comment made YunHa's stomach fill with butterflies. She smiled and looked away.

"What time tomorrow?"

YunHa asked as she finally looked back at Riku.

"Does noon work?"

Riku asked and YunHa nodded.

"Let's take my car since it's my treat tomorrow"

He said and YunHa nodded again and smiled as she opened her door.

"I'll see you tomorrow Riku, sleep well"

YunHa said and went into her room.

Riku smiled a bit and once YunHa shut her door, he turned and got scared by Taeyong himself standing there.

"Oh fuck!"

Riku held his chest and he sighed heavily, bowing to Taeyong before he looked at him.

"What're you doing?"

Taeyong said as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"I- um... I was walking your daughter to her bedroom.."

Taeyong took a deep breath he put his arm around Riku and started walking away with him.

"Listen... I... I'm sorry, okay? I didn't mean... It was how I was raised, I was told to always walk a lady to her destination"

Riku panicked and stuttered his words. Taeyong stepped outside and sat down and looked at Riku.

"Sit down kid, you're not in trouble"

Riku felt a heavy weight get lifted from his chest. He swallowed and nodded before he sat down.

Taeyong pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to Riku.

"What's that?"

"Just take it, stop asking me questions"

Riku looked at Taeyong before he sighed and took the item in his hand. It was a packed bowl of weed.

"Hyung-"

"Nobody needs to know kid, I can't talk to your paranoid ass until you've calmed down"

Taeyong said and Riku knew he was right. Reluctantly he nodded and took a few rips off of the bowl of weed before he started to feel fuzzy, then Taeyong took a deep breath and spoke.

"You're probably the first good thing YunHa has seen in a while... since her mother died... I knew from day one I wanted you two to be working together, it's how I met her stepmother, Leeyah"

"Really?"

Riku asked as he set the bowl of weed down next to him and he looked at Taeyong who nodded.

"I just want my daughter to be happy, that means you have a job to do for me"

Riku nodded and he sighed a bit, scratching his head.

"I just got really scared when I found out she was your daughter, talking to her... I thought I would disappoint her"

"She may be my daughter but she has her personality, just... whatever you do... the only rule I have set in stone is that you don't hurt her... you hurt her and you and I will have issues"

Taeyong reached his hand out for Riku's.

"Hold out your hand"

Riku looked at Taeyong before he held out his hand and Taeyong set the necklace he got all those years ago from the gala Taemin held during his last Super M demonstration.

"A necklace?"

"Leeyah already gave hers to YunHa, I think mine belongs to you now"

Riku blinked a few times, staring at the necklace before he smiled and put it around his neck.

"Thank you... Taeyong"

"It's a gift, don't thank me, now... get some sleep, you look like you need it"

Taeyong grabbed his bowl of weed, stood up, put it in his pocket, and went back inside, leaving Riku with his thoughts.

Riku touched the now familiar necklace and smiled. He stood up and headed inside, going to his room.

Riku changed into something more comfortable and he laid down. Sighing he stared at his ceiling for a while before he felt his eyelids become heavy, eventually letting himself drift off to sleep.

In the morning YunHa rolled over and snoozed her 9 A.M. alarm.

Groaning, YunHa sat up and ran her fingers through her hair.

YunHa uncovered herself and swung her legs off her bed.

Letting out a sigh, YunHa stood up and walked over to her dresser. Grabbing out clothing she went to shower.

After she finished showering, she got dressed in a very casual white crop top and baggy camouflage jeans.

She sat in front of her mirror and braided her long hair that she cherished and promised herself to never cut off.

YunHa sighed after she fixed her braid to her liking and she rubbed her face.

"Fuck"

Was all she said as she stood up and grabbed the first pair of shoes she saw and put them on.

She finally left her room and almost instantly ran into Riku.

"Oh! Hey! I was just coming to find you"

Riku said as she showed a smile that made YunHa feel those butterflies again. She smiled back.

"I was just about to come and find you myself"

The two laughed in sync and Riku sighed.

"Wanna go early?"

"Why not?"