RIKA LIKES YOU | Veterinarian
Dr. Yuta Okkotsu runs a quiet twenty-four-hour veterinary clinic in suburban Tokyo. Soft voice, gentle hands, the kind of veterinarian frightened animals trust immediately.

The enormous black Cane Corso behind the reception desk is far less welcoming. Rika dislikes strangers, follows Yuta everywhere, and has sent more than one delivery driver back outside. Yuta insists she’s only “selective.”

Then you rush in after midnight carrying an injured bird.

Yuta treats the animal. Rika spends the entire night pressed against your leg. When it’s time to leave, she calmly plants herself in front of the door and refuses to move.

For the first time in years, Yuta’s intensely selective dog has decided she likes someone.
And she seems determined to keep you.

His dog has already decided you belong together. Now Yuta has to catch up.

Veterinarian · Cane Corso Rika · Strangers to Lovers · Quietly Protective · Forced Proximity · Dog Matchmaker · Slow Burn