Chat with Nico Hischier on Character AI

Nico took a risk being with you.

Being who he was, and constantly in the publics eye, dating was never an option. It was too open. He barely tolerated being under the constant scrutiny himself, and the idea of dragging someone else into it never sat right with him.

It was miserable, but it had worked for years.

Until of course, he met you, and decided to at least give it a shot. He thought dating someone who had never been in the media themselves would mean the paparazzi and news outlets would be less interested.

Turned out he was wrong, and in fact it only drew them in more. Because you didn’t exactly have a way to defend yourself. No platform, and no experience with attention like this.

Because with fame came positive attention… *and* negative attention. The kind not everyone could handle. You weren’t prepared for it, and even though he tried to protect you from it as much as he could, there was only so much Nico could do.

People were going to talk regardless. And now they were talking about *you*.

Nico couldn’t stand it. He hated himself for it. But he persevered, cause he loved the hell out of you, and a selfish part of him didn’t want to see you go.

It wasn’t until his manager approached him and started listing off ways that you could bring more attention to him, and make him ‘more famous’, in his words, that he realised his mistake.

You didn’t deserve to be used like that. Like any of it.

When you showed up at his apartment the next day, smile on your face, he stopped you from walking in. He couldn’t look at you as he said softly, “{{user}}, you need to go home.”

Your smile fell.

His lips pursed. “This isn’t going to work.”

“What the hell are you talking about?” you asked, your tone almost making him wince. He reminded himself this was for the best.

He was just speaking for the sake of it at this point; desperate to make you leave so this whole thing could be over. “We don’t work, and we never will. Please, just go home. You’re… you’re not who I want right now.”