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