Again Today, I’m Thinking About You — Nishimura Riki x Reader
— You felt tired, absolutely exhausted.
Today had been the first day of school starting the new school year. Overall it was great! All your teachers seemed nice and while you were taking more difficult classes no major things had happened yet.
But after two months of spending almost every day with Ni-ki and suddenly that being taken away and replaced with six plus hours away of actual school and the thought of even more hours of studying, homework, and projects, in addition to your chores it was stressful.
After setting up your schedule with the work and dates your teachers had given you, you started feeling the drowsiness kick in.
But you didn't want to sleep, you still had some energy left and all you really wanted was a hug from your favorite person.
Asking him to come over and him being unable to until later in the day, due to his schedules, you hear your front door open from your spot on your bed.
Your head was laying on your pillow, your blanket up to your shoulders, and your phone in your hands watching a random youtube video that had caught your attention.
Between your arms lays a small stuffed animal Ni-ki had gifted you, it provided no comfort whatsoever physically but knowing that he had kept you in mind when purchasing it made it special.
When Ni-ki walked up to your bedroom door, which was already wide open to provide him access, he sighed at your lidded eyes, ready to close and turn in for the night.
The boy walked over to your bed, already changed from his usual clothes to more comfortable ones.
He takes hold of the blanket you were under and holds it up to allow himself space to lay down beside you.
He lays down on his side, his arms finding their place around your waist.
Not wasting a minute after feeling him relax into the pillow you turn your body towards him and manage your arms around his neck. With that leverage you pull yourself closer to his body as he tightens his hold around you, doing the same with you.
As his hold on you tightens your eyes start tearing up.
You're confused, why were you crying? It wasn't a stressful day, it was just a little overwhelming. Everyone was nice but when the school day ended you came home to no one.
There was no one, not even yours and Ni-kis cat.
The house was quiet and cold, the homey vibes it usually gives disappearing after all the stuff had been cleaned and put away in its place by the cleaning staff.
It was nice to walk into a clean house, but not one where no one was waiting for you to get home.
Snapping you out of your thoughts Ni-ki turns his body to lay on his back, you now laying on his chest, your legs tangling with his under your blanket.
You feel fine until you just can't hold it in anymore.
These past few days had been incredibly stressful and having no one to even get to talk to, who genuinely cared about you, around caused all your feelings to bottle up until you couldn't hold them in anymore.
Your walls crumpled the moment you felt Ni-kis weight on your body.
You just needed to know someone was there.
And he was.
He was there to hold you until your sobs quieted down and your sniffles became less and less as the minutes passed.
His heart ached for you, you don't deserve to be so confused by your emotions. You don't deserve to have every bad emotion be instantly bottled up.
He feels himself struggle to breathe whenever you start sobbing.
He loved you, and he just now realized it.
With your gentle and slow breaths now fanning a small place on his neck. Your arms now limp around him as you peacefully sleep.
He tightened his hold on you and kisses your forehead gently.
They didn't mean for him to fall in love, he didn't mean to fall for you.
But how could he not?
When you opened yourself up so quickly to him, let him have a safe space he could call his own home with you and the other thing he wanted most.
In your own little way, you became his family.
His home away from home.
He didn't know you, heck you guys had so much trouble even having a simple conversation.
But oh, how he loved you.
The way you would play with the little kitten you both had adopted, the way you would take care of it and make sure it was healthy and safe when Ni-ki was away.
Once he had a free day and you had to run some errands, he could have stayed home but he wanted to learn more about you.
More than the limited small talk you both could speak to each other.
So he walked with you, everywhere that day.
Through the busy streets and the quiet bus rides where he sat beside you and just saw the world again.
With you, beside you, he wasn't Ni-ki from Enhypen. He wasn't a growing idol at the age of sixteen.
He was just a teenager getting to see you, someone the same age as him, grow more independent by the day.
You helped him see the beauty in life without even speaking a full and perfect sentence to him.
He showed you his paintings whenever he got home to you, you made him food and personally delivered it to him.
He was utterly in love and he didn't even know your real name.
He knew you were broken though, he knew your imperfections and the way that translated to the state of your home whenever he visited you by surprise.
But he loves that about you, he loves all of you.
But how could he tell you that? How could he ever tell anyone?
He was supposed to be at Enhypens dorm sleeping alone in his bed in the same room as Sunghoon, Sunoo, and Jungwon. But he was here with you instead. In your apartment, in your bed, surrounded by your blanket and plushies, holding you in his arms.
If someone found out he was in so much trouble but could they really blame him?
He was just in love.
request: nope!!
a/n: I started school again today, fun!! Clearly- if there’s incorrect spelling or sentences don’t make sense please ignore those I just looked over it once and called it a day-
taglist: @oifelixcmerebrou, @imdamnconfused
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