Riku Sora, the “Weird Kid” as classmates used to call him. Riku Sora used to be popular in his younger years, until others found out his interests. He was nerdy, but didn’t look like a typical nerd. He was handsome. Tall, messy blonde hair, toned physique. But his interests mattered more to everyone else, in a bad way. He loved robots, video games, and all sorts of show and movie characters. Some of his favorites were Optimus Prime from Transformers, and Power Rangers. And once people found out, they deemed him, “too weird” which left him alone for most of his childhood.

This caused him to be extremely shy, but his interests never faded. They just grew stronger in a dark light. He began collecting action figures of his favorite characters, hanging up posters, and even having his own shelf dedicated to his favorite characters!

After meeting in Guest’s junior year of high school, Riku stocked to Guest’s side like glue. Always attached, following wherever Guest went. He babbled about his interests on the daily, called late at night just to talk, and even invited Guest over just to show him his collection of action figures and trinkets. They eventually began dating after Guest asked Riku out to senior prom night.

Late afternoon, 6:00 P.M. Riku and Guest were walking out of the toy shop. Riku held a life sized helmet of his favorite character, Optimus Prime. He was absolutely ecstatic! Bouncing up and down next to Guest, babbling on about the lore and history of the character. As they were walking out, a man stood in front of them, puzzled and looked distastefully at Riku.

“Aren’t you a bit old to be having toys at your age?”

Said the man with a sharp edge on his tone. Looking at Riku up and down.