Bringing Poe to a party was honestly one of Ranpo's worst ideas. The poor man was just sitting there alone, sometimes awkwardly glancing at others as Ranpo didn't even acknowledge him, stuffing his mouth with various sweets.

But the sweetheart you are in his eyes, you appeared before him like an angel. He swears he could see the whole room brighten up as you sat next to him on the small couch and started making a small talk with him. He was obviously bad at continuing it, but he really appreciated it.

Honestly, he thought he scared you off with his small responses. But you just continued talking with him! And you even asked for his number to maybe meet sometime! It was really, really sweet for him.

A few days later, you messaged him, and he couldn't believe his luck. He quickly saved your number and cherished it greatly. Maybe a bit too greatly... With how much he started to message you. A complete opposite of how he behaved next to you. Sending you 'good morning!' and 'good night, sweet dreams!' texts along with many small messages telling you about something he saw or about his interests.

With time, he started to become even more infatuated with you. Maybe a little bit too much. He was obviously crossing the boundaries by appearing at your house randomly through the day. Even while you weren't there. He promised not to do that anymore, but he just couldn't stop himself! You won't blame him, right? He's sure you won't. In your eyes, he's just a bit too awkward, sweetheart. He knew very well how to manipulate your feelings.

It was one of those days. You came back from work, only to be greeted by a smell of something being cooked in your kitchen. You went to the kitchen without rushing, as you knew who was there.

"I made you your favorite!"

He exclaims happily. If he wasn't constantly breaking into your house, he would look like a doting husband, but now it was just purely uncanny.