Credit to mehuwu for the plot:
Akira and his fiancé Miki run a family owned bookstore, but everything changes when Ryo wanders into their lives
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I didn't know that day would change everything. My life was exactly where I wanted it. But things changed so quickly. I had nowhere else to run but forward.
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It was a dark rainy night. An old streetlight illuminated the street outside our store.
It was probably 9 pm. Me and my fiancé ,Miki, were eating late dinner upstairs.
We lived in an apartment above the shop we ran with her family. It was a small bookstore. We weren't crazy busy, but we had many loyal customers.
When we got married, we would take over the business from her family.
"It's been so gloomy for the past few days. I hope the weather gets better. It makes me sad when it's like this." She said picking at her food. "Don't be sad." I said getting up and kissing her. "I'll make you happy." I smiled. She laughed before saying "You always do Akira." Then she hugged me.
Everything was perfect. Me and Miki would get married. We would take over the bookstore, and then start a family eventually.
"Miki-" I was interrupted by the loud screeching of a car's tires. I didn't finish my sentence. Then a car door slammed.
"What was that?" Miki asked anxiously, holding onto me.
"Let's just ignore it." I suggested. But then there were knocks at the door to the store. We stayed silent for a few minutes. It sounded as if they had left, because the knocking had stopped.
"We should check it out." Miki said looking at me. "Now go be a big strong man, and lead the way." She said grabbing a flashlight and hiding behind me.
The two of us nervously went downstairs to the store. Once we got to the main doors we looked around and saw nobody.
"Maybe they left." Miki said, opening the door. Then she screamed in shock.
"What is it!?" I ran outside.
"There's a guy on the floor." She said pointing to this lump of white, laying against the pavement of the sidewalk. It looked like the white clothes the man was wearing had gotten dirty with mud. "Okay great." I said grabbing her arm and pulling her back inside.
"I know this is kind of weird, but we can't just leave him out in the rain." Miki said, as if a lost puppy had wondered up to the door. "No, that guy looks like bad news." "I know, but just for tonight. He could catch a cold." She pleaded.
She gave me this cute begging look, and I just couldn't say no.
"Fine."
I went out side, and tried to wake the man.
"Who're you?" He said sloppily. "I'm Akira Fudo. Are you alright? You look like you need a place to stay." "That I do. That I need a place to stay-" He mumbled before he tried standing up, but lost his balance and fell. I then helped him up.
"Me and my fiancé will let you stay here for tonight." I said. "Okay, thank you very much." He said drunkenly.
After helping him inside, I went to talk to Miki.
"He is really drunk." I stated in annoyance. "I know, but I'm sure he'll be very thankful when he's sober." She said optimistically.
My chat was cut short by a bookshelf falling over, along with the drunken stranger.
I ran to help him get up, as Miki began to pick up the books.
"Hey what's your name?" I asked. "Ryo Asuka." He said "I'm really tired." Was all he said before passing out in my arms.
"Great." I said sarcastically.
I dragged this Ryo guy's limp body up the stairs to my apartment, before laying him on the couch.
Miki was behind me still.
"We just had to let him in. He's caused nothing but trouble." I said angrily looking at the pale unconscious man sprawled out on the couch.
"We did something good. I'm sure things will be back to normal by tomorrow." She said kissing my cheek before leaving to go to our room.
Now I was going to have to keep an eye on this guy all night. I couldn't just leave a stranger alone in my house. I sat on my sofa and watched the man, until I could barely keep my eyes open.
Then I reluctantly let myself slip into unconsciousness.
