YouRiko One-Shots

Office Crush

Riko checked her watched for the third time today as she stood in the empty grey halls. It was a common routine she had gotten down a bit too quickly for her own liking.

Each day at 12:05pm Riko would walk past the sales department to see a certain grey-haired girl getting ready for lunch. They rarely interacted, nothing more past simple greetings and small talk, but Riko had to see her.

It wasn't that Riko liked being, well, weird, it was just that she couldn't get her mind off of her. They had first met one another on each of their first days of work at the company's coffee lounge. It was only after the mishap of grabbing each other's drinks that Riko got her name.

Watanabe You, junior in sales and new to the city. She was different, most of the women at work tended to wear skirts with their outfits but she wore pants with collared shirts. It was obvious she attempted to straighten her hair but by mid-day her waves were already making their appearance again. While that looked great on her, everyone took a notice to her as well. It was hard to get a moment of time with her after that meeting, which is why Riko had this plan.

She wanted to be a common face to You so that she could ask her to lunch and possibly get friendly enough to get drinks after work, as it would be weird if they didn't know of each other and went out. Then again Riko probably knew a lot more about You then she did of Riko. Curse social media stalking.

Before Riko could let her mind wander more about her inner plan, the clock struck 12:07pm. A bit late but still on time.

Straightening her outfit out, Riko patted down herself to be as presentable as possible before turning the corner.

She got about a step forward before she found herself bumping her head against someone else.

Though Riko closed her eyes upon impact, the voice in pain from the other person made them shoot open once more. You was standing right in front of her, rubbing a slightly red forehead, and with no one around.

It was the perfect opportunity Riko had been dreaming of. All she had to do was utter an apology and treat her to lunch for the inconvenience, a simple yet effective tactic.

That was easier said than done.

All that fell from Riko's mouth was an assortment of,

"Ah, You! I mean, Miss Watanabe, you would-no, I, can we?"

Putting her hand over her mouth, Riko figured it was best if she just stayed quiet for a moment to get her herself. No longer was just her forehead red but her entire face was as well. She really had to rethink her plan.

You, however, chuckled out at Riko's mishap,

"Woah there, did we bump heads a little too hard, Riko?"

"Riko?"

Of course that was Riko's name, but she didn't think they were on that level of friendship to call each other by their first names just yet. That same thought came across You's head though as she immediately backtracked,

"Ah, sorry, Miss Sakurauchi. I'm not used to the whole business formal stuff just yet."

You laughed at the end of her sentence to break the awkwardness but Riko liked the way her name fell from her lips,

"It's fine, you can call me Riko, You."

Both girls smiled at one another, yet the conversation died there. The opportunity to ask You to lunch was perfect, yet Riko couldn't get anything out. It was like something was holding her back from taking that one step forward. She could only ask with her eyes if You would take the words from lips.

Perhaps it was the great goddess from above that answered those prayers as You asked,

"Say, wanna head to lunch together? I just got on my break now and it would be nice to have company."

Beaming out, Riko shook her head up and down, not trusting her own words to give a proper response with all of her building excitement.

As they turned down the hall towards the elevator, You was curious,

"Hey, Riko, aren't you on the top floor with Research and Analysis? What are you doing on the Sales and Accounting floor?"

Riko had not prepared for that question but she didn't want to tell a quick lie.

Turning to face You, Riko smiled with her answer,

"I like the people here."

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A/N: A little treat for Halloween because I did not plan ahead enough to get out the 4th chapter of Infected by today lmao. I saw a fan-art for this that inspired the quick story (https://twitter.com/kyuujitu0922/status/1322174925554110464?s=20)

Anyways, Happy Halloween! Yousoro and out (๑>◡╹)ゞ