Since everyone seems to be with the Flik feels today I thought I'd chime in. I was 7 when I first played,and it didn't occur to me that I had a full blown crush on the blue idiot until half way through the game my sister got sick of me bugging her to have him in our party all the time and went "what do you LIKE him or something??ugh" and I was like omg I really really do O_O At the end when you're left hanging as to whether he and Viktor survive I got totally upset and concocted all these headcanons on how they'd made it out alive. Flik was mostly behind these heroic endeavours because hero worship the hottie? yes I did (no disrespect Viktor ilu you too).
So when Suikoden 2 came out years later and you first meet Flik and Viktor again I was like "OMG SEE I KNEW!! IT KNEW IT! WHAT DID I TELL YOU!!" and holy shit, Flik somehow got even hotter during those few years and he has that half grin on his face and that cool new outfit with that weird bit which kind of looks like a garter belt (srsly tho what is that?) and I was sucked right back into hardcore fangirling every time he was on screen. I loved how he had grown so much and the banter scenes and his sass and the mentions he makes of his strong love for Odessa. That whole game Flik was just a++++++
It's kind of funny though that I didn't even realize Flik and Odessa were a couple until I was like on my 5th play through because I was just so excited to be playing a game with so many fun characters and stories. When I finally got it I was like ooooooooooohhhh. And since Odessa was my favourite character already the fact that she was Flik's lover was just extra awesomeness.
Flik started a life long obsession with spikey haired characters wearing bandannas. Any character that even vaguely resembles him is an instant like until proven otherwise. I am eternally sad that I will never have a figurine of him because konami are more interested in other franchises these days.