Unrequited by Luke's Dragon

Disclaimer

As with so many wonderful things, like sports cars, a professional football career and a quick PC, Suikoden isn't mine.

A/N

SPOILERS (but then again that's fairly evident if you think about it. Since it's a fic about Suikoden knowing the general plot of the series would seem important)

Cool, after my Mcdohl fic (This Perfect World) I've got my first ever request so I thought I'd give it a shot, even though I'm not really into the Ellie/Riou relationship that much, I'm a yaoi kinda guy but here goes. This is probably a one shot not too good fic but if I get a couple of positive reviews then I'll do another chapter from Reo's POV or summat like that.

Anyway this fic is set just after Ellie, Rina and Bolgan leave Jowy and Riou (Reo) near the start of the game.

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Do you believe in love at first sight?

Just a snippet of a conversation I wasn't supposed to overhear and it wouldn't be unfair to say it's turned my world upside down.

Just a few days ago I'd have laughed at the very idea, but now I don't know anymore. Stupid when I come to think about it, I'm always so cool and so level headed icy even but now I'm acting like some love struck school kid.

And why am I feeling like this, all because of some kid with a cute face.

He came into my life so quickly, like a storm in the middle of the summer. One minute there we were performing away and it was time for my staring moment, the knife-throwing act. As per usual I needed a volunteer and looking around I saw him, just a dumb looking kid more interested in what his friend was saying than our act.

I figured that I'd teach him to pay a little more attention, and like I said, he was kinda sweet.

Everything was going fine, until we came to the coup de grace or whatever Rina called it. Anyway I am quite simply the best knife thrower this side of the Toran republic, my aim was perfect, it would have been the finest throw ever, but the idiot moved.

Luckily it was only a glancing blow and a dose of mega medicine later and everything was fine, even so I can't remember being so embarrassed. It's a feeling that I'm not used to, and the situation wasn't helped by the kid's friend giving me death stares the whole time, or my beloved sister laughing to herself about her easily distracted sister.

He didn't care though; he just laughed it off as though it was no big deal. How cool is that, I mean I almost kill him and he just shrugs it off as if it were nothing…what am I saying, I just seem to lose my head when I think about him.

We all decided to work together to sneak through the North Sparrow Pass, it never used to be so hard to move around, it really does look like another war is brewing, which will be bad for business. It's kinda hard to entertain people in a burnt out town.

I wonder how different my life would have been if we hadn't have met him. Probably much shorter, the pass was filled with bandits and monsters, and of course the mist monster that people had warned us about. Myself, Rina and Bolgan can look after ourselves, don't get me wrong you can't travel these days without being able to fight, but he was something else again. The way he fought, it was like he was fighting just for me, so brave and heroic.

I'm doing it again; I just can't help it.

Try as I might I can't hide the way I'm feeling, I'm walking with a spring in my step and all the rest of it. I know Rina has picked up on it but from the lack of taunts I don't think she knows the full story yet. I'm sure she'll figure it out though she seems to have a knack with these things but it doesn't really matter, it's not like I'm ever going to see him again.

These past few nights I've caught myself dreaming about him, nothing serious just meeting up with him out of the blue and going on some huge adventure together. That would be nice, but…

But I'll probably never see him again anyway. he's going home and that'll probably be the end of it. I guess we could have a trip to his hometown but these little border villages just aren't good for business.

Anyway the winds of change seem to be blowing through he Highland region, maybe we should go somewhere quieter and I should just forget about him.

Huh, I guess something's are much easier said than done.

Do you believe in love at first sight?

Yes.