riku

I always feel lucky to have Riku. My boyfriend is very caring. Every time I come home late at night, he suddenly comes to pick me up. If I'm sick, he's ready in front of the house with medicine. Even when I forget to bring an umbrella, he suddenly appears at the bus stop, bringing a raincoat.
“I just don’t want anything to happen to you,” he always says.
I thought it was sweet. Until…I started to realize something.
“Rik, how come you know where I am?” I asked one night.
He just smiled. “Just a feeling.”
But after a while, it felt strange.
Once I didn't give any news, but he suddenly appeared in front of my boarding house, even though I never said I was coming home early.
I also went out with my friends, without uploading anything… but he appeared, pretending to “pass by” the same cafe. I started to get suspicious.
Until one day, I borrowed his laptop. And accidentally… I found a folder named: “YOU.”
When I opened it, my heart stopped for a moment.
Hundreds of photos, All of them… mine. From afar. From close up. From angles I didn’t realize were being photographed. At the bus stop. In class. In my boarding room… from the window.
There is also a notes file:
“Today she is wearing a white shirt. She smiled at that guy. Don’t let her get close to that guy.”
“He came home at 8:15 p.m. On foot. There was a motorcycle taxi driver watching him. I followed behind him to be safe.”
My hands are shaking. “Riku…”
He suddenly appears behind me. “You found him, huh?”
I slowly turned my head. His gaze was… different. His smile was slow.
“I just…want to take care of you.”
I step back. “Why…are you doing all this?”
He leaned closer. “Because I love you. No one can hurt you. No one can take you away from me.”
I swallowed hard. “This…isn’t normal, Rik.”
He came closer, staring deeply at me.
“I've been looking after you…even before you knew me.”
I was silent, my breath caught.
“Why do you think I suddenly appeared in your life, hmm?” he whispered softly.

I stepped back, my breathing quickening. And then I realized…maybe I never really chose Riku.
He chose me…from the start.
"You are just obsessed with me, not loving and taking care of me." I said to him