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For who you are | Rei x Reader

There had been countless confessions and letters ever since you started high school. Countless of which you had politely rejected. You couldn’t keep up with it all. It was too hard for you to accept their hearts.

Why? Well, you were a model, well known throughout Iwatobi and almost every boy in Iwatobi High was head-over-heels for you.

Even though you were quite famed and idolized by many, you were still an ordinary person with an ordinary life, but even if you told them that you didn’t want any special attention, they’d still hover around you every single day.

They only saw you for what you looked like instead of who you were.

But when it came to relationships, you didn’t want to be loved just by appearances and such. You just wanted to have someone love you for who you were.

Rei, the only friend you knew that was reliable since childhood, didn’t see you as anyone like that, really. He saw you as you and you were grateful that he didn’t treat you like what the others do.

Over the years, you fell deeply in love with him because of how different he was from all the others, but you were sure that he didn’t see you as a lover.

It was a hot summer’s day, and you were hanging out at the park with Rei. You both were sitting on the bench, silently looking at the bright blue sky until you spoke up.

“Hey, Rei, do you think that I might find someone who will love me for me?” you asked without thinking. After you realized what you had just said, your face immediately flushed, but maybe you wanted his answer.

“Huh? Of course you will” his words shocked you as you both turned to each other with frowns on both faces. “Listen (F/N), if you think no-one will love you for who you are, then you’re wrong. Because I-” Rei was then cut off by various shoutings of (F/N)’s name.

Once you turned to the side, you saw a crowd rushing towards the both of you.

Before you could say anything, a tight grasp had gripped onto your small hand and immediately tugged you away from the bench, running soon after. As you turned your head to face towards your hands, your eyes remained behind a certain blue-haired teen.

You were surprised by the fact that Rei was holding your hand and trying to help escape from the love-struck boys running towards your way. But you were happy that he was there to do that for you. You grinned as you ran along with him and surprisingly, he looked like he was too.

A few minutes have past and the both of you managed to hide somewhere along with heavy breathing and panting, when the shouting died down, your breathing had returned to normal.

You were curious of what he wanted to say earlier though.

“Rei, I didn’t hear what you said before, could you repeat that?” you said while grinning mischievously.

Rei lost his cool and turned away with a dark shade of red across his face. “I-it was n-nothing really...” he stuttered while fiddling with his glasses.

You laughed and walked over to him with a gentle smile, “I want to hear it, please?”

Rei sighed and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, taking quick glances at your smile before becoming serious.

“Because if no-one will…then, then I-I will…” he muttered while managing to look at you with a straight face and tinted pink across his cheeks.

Your eyes widened from his words and your mouth hung slightly opened, a sudden blur covered your eyes for a moment and you immediately used your hand to quickly wipe away the blurriness.

Rei panicked as he saw you in that state, but to his surprise, you lunged onto him and wrapped your arms around his neck.

The boy only stood there oblivious to what he was supposed to do, so he awkwardly wrapped his arms around your waist, feeling relaxed after a while.

“Could you say it one more time?” you whispered into his ear.

“I-idiot! It’s embarrassing for me to say those things” he said.

“But you’re just simply beautiful when you say it” you teased. He sighed in defeat but smiled soon after.

“(F/N), I will love you for who you are, no matter who or what you are.”

-Extended ending-

“Nagisa you shouldn’t be recording this!” Makoto frowned.

“But Rei just did something unnatural! I could use it and blackmail him into giving me anything I want!” Nagisa grinned evilly.

“Nagisa!! Haru, tell him that it’s wrong to do those sorts of things!” Makoto complained to the male eating the usual mackerel.

“Serves him for not being one with the water” Haru muttered as he chewed into his delicious mackerel.

Makoto sighed in disappointment, “You guys are hopeless.”

A/N: I'M TERRIBLY SORRY FOR NOT UPDATNG!!! SCHOOL WAS IN THE WAY!!! Btw, this fanfic seemed too cliche don't you think? But I don't know ahahaha!! But enjoy reading!!!

Thanks, Jay~