Lalaki

Lalaki is the het ship between Rito Yuki and Lala Satalin Deviluke from the To Love-Ru fandom.

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At the beginning of the series, Rito was already having love troubles with his crush Haruna, and when Lala suddenly appeared in front of him, she only brought him much more trouble. But as the series progresses, he becomes exceptionally good friends with Lala and even falls for her romantically. Rito even states that he feels uneasy when Lala is not around. Rito started out very shy, inexperienced, and incompetent around women, until being forced to get used to the troublesome and shameless Lala, which greatly helped him become more comfortable around Haruna and women in general.

While she can annoy him often and cause him a lot of problems, Rito has come to love Lala deeply for her kind and caring personality and everything she has done/is willing to do for his sake, even if her help doesn't benefit him in certain situations. He's become extremely forgiving of Lala for any trouble she may unintentionally start, and deeply respects her as both his unofficial "girlfriend" and wife-to-be.

A lot of times, Rito is willing to risk his well-being, even his life for Lala. For example, when Black, a hitman, pointed a gun at Lala, Rito stood in front of Lala and refused to move away. It is because of all of his positive traits that she believes he is the most dependable person in the universe.

At the end of the original series, Rito confesses his love to Lala, while also telling her that he loves Haruna as well. Lala is ecstatic about this, however, noting that once their marriage is official, Earth laws will no longer matter, and he will be free to marry both Lala and Haruna. Rito is shocked by this, stating that Lala is "too open-minded" (Chapter 162).

At first, it appeared that Lala was quite childish regarding her love for a generally unreliable boy, but as the series progressed and Rito gradually matures and shows his kinder side, it would appear that Lala was somewhat right about him and truly did see something special in him. When Rito goes to comfort and gives advice and encouragement to a heartbroken Nana, Lala notices that Nana has cheered up, and she states that it's as expected of Rito (To Love-Ru Darkness Chapter 21).

In To Love Ru Darkness, Rito still loves both Haruna and Lala. And while he states that Haruna is the one he "loves first", it is immensely implied through his actions around the both of them that this is chronologically speaking and that he loves the two of them equally. While his main objective is to confess his love to Haruna, he has shown his love for Lala as often and as appropriately as he can and keeps it in mind and often frets over how to manage his feelings for both without causing the situation to hurt anyone. As the series progresses, Rito considers Momo's Harem idea; however, he quickly shakes it off the first time.

Overall, Rito has developed a very maturing, connected relationship with Lala, going with her on errands, weekend activities, after school events, and just hanging around the household like a regular couple. The two of them are very nearly boyfriend and girlfriend (with all the other girls' in Rito's life being the only thing keeping the two of them from actually hooking up) and share an overly complicated chemistry that goes beyond a typical boy-girl crush; one that is still developing and becoming a more understanding, mutual love. Though he can usually get irritated by accidents caused by her and/or her inventions, he still has an incredibly open mind and heart to her personality, and great love for her caring, innocent child-like side (when it doesn't cause problems or stress), as well as her customarily kind and loving self, and is almost always open to strengthening their relationship further.

Lala had put aside her own love for Rito until he had finally confessed to Haruna. But with some encouragement from Momo, Lala began acting like her old clingy self to Rito and still acts childish. With further help from Momo, she now approaches him in a more adult way, like coming to him in the bathtub and asking for a kiss. But because of the pressure Rito has about the Harem plan and the situation with Nemesis, he rejects it. Lala understands that he must be going through a lot of complicated things. Instead, she kisses him on the cheek and tells him she will be waiting until he's ready, which Rito both appreciates and is surprised by.

At the beginning of Chapter 77, Lala suggests to Rito to have dates alternately with her and Haruna because both have confessed their feelings to Rito. While Rito was initially going to reject this idea, he thought back to all the memories he shared with Lala and realized how painful it would be to lose her that he started crying. With this, Haruna accepted Lala’s idea of Rito dating them both.

Lala is a very important existance in Rito life and vice versa for rito just the thought of lala not being apart of his life pains him greatly and gets anxious whenever she's not around as for Lala as there feelings continue to grow for each other throughout the series Rito has become a irreplaceable existance to her.

Fanon
Lalaki is one of the most popular ships within the To Love-Ru fandom, due to how likeable that Lala's character is. Many fans feel they fit well together, considering their similar level of innocence and naivety when it comes to romance and sex. Plus, they're technically engaged in the story, although not on an official basis.

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