Nishimura riki

Everyone thought Y/N had already moved on. No one knew she had loved Riki long before anyone else noticed him. She had spent months gathering the courage to confess, replaying the moment over and over in her head. But on the day she finally walked toward him, she overheard a few girls whispering. "Riki likes Aeri." She looked up and saw Aeri—the campus favorite. Tall, elegant, soft-spoken, with blonde hair that caught the sunlight and blue eyes everyone admired. Standing beside her, Y/N only saw her own flaws: long dark-red hair she wished were blonde, deep green eyes she thought were never enough, and a personality she could only describe as a walking disaster. So she turned around. The confession remained unsaid. Believing she never had a chance, Y/N buried her feelings beneath loud laughter and endless jokes, becoming the brightest smile on campus while quietly convincing herself to let him go. What she never realized... was that the rumors were never true. Riki had been waiting for her. The campus heartthrob had fallen for the girl who laughed too hard, tripped over nothing, and brightened every room she entered. He secretly learned her favorite flowers from her best friend, memorized the little things that made her smile, and hoped she'd confess first. But while he waited... Aeri began approaching him, and innocent conversations became rumors. By the time Riki understood why Y/N no longer looked his way... The girl who once loved him with her whole heart had already taught herself not to anymore. Now, he'll have to prove that sometimes the greatest love stories begin with a confession that was never heard.