Love Live! Bravely You (Nico Yazawa x Male Reader)

Chapter 6 - An Outside Perspective

Two Months Later...

As I let out a yawn and took off the apron I was wearing, I put it where it goes and left the building, the setting sun shining on my face as I stepped outside. After Nico rejected me, as much as I don't blame her at all, my heart ended up hurting, and to break out of a funk I was starting to end up in was to get a change of pace. My first thought was to join a club, but since none of them particularly stood out to me, I decided I'd go and get a part-time job. Sure, school policy forbids them, but I figured I'll be graduating in a couple months and so long as I manage to keep it a secret, it'll be fine. Besides, I'm always up for more money for my hobbies.

As I walked down the street, it really hit me how soon it'll be getting dark despite the time of day. I get that it's because of the time of year, but it still sucks.

Because of how far my work is, by the time I got closer to home the shadows stretched out, covering the world around us, and as I saw the sun starting to be partially blocked by the horizon, I saw a familiar silhouette up ahead.

"Hey Nico, what's up?" I said as I walked up to her.

She jumped slightly at somebody calling out to her from behind, but as she turned to face me, she had that typical expression of hers on as she said "Hey Y/n, I was just heading home after spending the afternoon with Muse. I take it you're on your way back from your work?"

"That's right, thankfully I don't work the lunch rush because of school, but it's still a pain when we get busy." I said, "Now rather than having to walk home in the dark by yourself, how about I come with you?"

I still sometimes feel a bit self-conscious around Nico when I think about the fact she's aware of my feelings for her despite the two of us not really mentioning it, but I don't want these feelings to end up ruining what we already have. I sometimes want to just forget about my feelings for her, and move on, but when I have somebody like her so close to me, how could I not love her? I guess I just gotta accept my feelings unreciprocated.

"Sure you can. I guess my cuteness has got you wanting to protect me, huh?" Nico said, smiling

As I reached her, I smiled and said "I'm not gonna confirm nor deny that and you know it."

"Maybe, but I know I'll get you to admit it eventually." Nico said, retorting to my attempted teasing

As we walked together, we ended up talking about whatever as the world around us faded into black, that which wasn't illuminated by streetlights fusing into a single silhouette. It's not exactly my ideal for a perfect scene, but it definitely isn't bad. Walking down empty residential streets like this almost makes it feel like we're the only ones in the entire world.

As we reached her home, Nico said "Say Y/n, would you like to join us for dinner tonight? It won't be too hard to cook enough for another person."

"Sure, I'd love to." I said, smiling. Because we've both been busy lately, we haven't really spent a ton of time together, and this is a perfect way to deal with that somewhat.

"Well then, come on in." She said, guiding me in.

I followed her inside, finding that her mom was there, already taking care of her siblings. She looked at us as she heard the door shut and said "Welcome home Nico. And I see we have a visitor."

"That's right, Nico invited me over for dinner and I was more than happy to take her up on that." I said. I've only ever spoken to Mrs. Yazawa once or twice, but apparently she gets along well with my mom, and she's spoken about her enough. Still, from what I understand of their situation from talking with Nico, I can tell she's a good person.

"Oh really? Well then, welcome to our home Y/n." Mrs Yazawa said

"Alright, I'm gonna go get dinner started." Nico said

"Wait, I'll come help." I said, planning to join Nico in the kitchen.

"Actually, do you mind staying here for a moment? There was something I was hoping you could tell your mother for me." Mrs. Yazawa said

"Huh? Yeah, alright." I said as Nico headed to the kitchen. I guess it's either extremely recent or she forgot to tell my Mom when she went to pick up her kids earlier today from Mom's daycare.

As I joined Mrs. Yazawa, I asked "So what did you want me to tell Mom?"

"Honestly, that was just something so that Nico wouldn't find out what we were talking about." Mrs. Yazawa said "Truth is that I want to talk about you and my daughter."

"Huh? What do you mean?" I asked

She gave me a small smile as she said "It's just the way that you look at her reminds me of how my husband looked at me back when we were teenagers. I know you're friends, but you feel more towards her than that, right?"

Surprised by her bringing that up, I didn't even think to deny it, simply answering "That's right, I confessed to her a while back, but she wasn't interested. I'm just glad it didn't mess up our friendship."

Mrs. Yazawa nodded before she said "I see. Well then, I don't want to interfere too much, but I'm gonna tell you one thing: I know my daughter, and from how she talks about you, I can tell her feelings towards you are different than you think. Though it'll be hard to figure out her specific reasons because of her pride."

"Uh right." I said, completely flabbergasted as to why she was telling me all this.

"Just, make sure to make her happy, got it?" Mrs Yazawa said

Because I can't seem to shake my feelings for Nico, I'll keep her words in mind and after a bit, tell Nico once and for all what my feelings are for her. Nico tries to keep up a front, her idol persona, but under that, she's caring, dedicated, and has a bit of a prideful streak, and when I'm with her, I can't help but be charmed, and motivated. I don't know all there is to know about Nico, but I want to learn more about her, and be with her. I want to see the other facets of her personality, and make her feel like she's able to show them to me whenever, since that's what I'm starting to believe love means to me.

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A/n: Sorry for being away for so long, things have been a mess for me, but hopefully I'll slowly be returning to my normal schedule before long