Ricky and Nini - Song Fics

Bad Ideas

Song: Bad Ideas by Tessa Violet

Nini was a shy girl. She kept to herself, and wasn't very good at expressing herself and her feelings.

She had a small friend group who understood her quiet nature, including her in conversations but also not letting her become too overwhelmed with socialization.

Nini's best friend, Ricky, had been there for her since they were little. They hung out a lot with each other on the weekends, but at school, they were in two separate worlds.

He'd developed a small reputation of hooking up with random girls and going out every night. Nini knew that him going out every night wasn't true, since he spent most nights with her, but she was aware that he had his fair share of hook-ups.

Nini couldn't help but feel slightly jealous of his situation. Not because he was hooking up with random girls that weren't her, at least that's what she told herself. She was jealous that he was having this perfect romantic high school experience whereas she'd never even held hands with a boy romantically.

*****

She was laying in her bed late at night, staring at her ceiling, and wondering if there'd be any way to change her high school experience. She was graduating in a few weeks, her teen days slowly slipping away and her rice purity school was a big fat 100.

She closed her eyes to try and drift off to sleep, but her mind only drifted to her curly-headed best friend. She imagined what it'd be like to intertwine their fingers together, how it'd feel to have his lips slide across hers. It wasn't intentional, she didn't mean to think of Ricky this way, but once she started, she couldn't stop.

She just wants to kiss him, knowing that she was going to miss him when they went off to college. She needs to know what it would feel like to at least hold his hand.

*****

A few days had passed since Nini's realization of what she wanted, her and Ricky were sitting on her bed one Saturday night. Ricky scrolling through his phone, and Nini playing soft tunes on her ukulele.

The thoughts she had the other night were bouncing around in her head as she figured out some chords. Her brain was screaming "Bad idea! Bad idea!" but her heart was screaming "Make out! Make out!" and both were very loud.

If she followed her brain, she'd never know what it'd be like to fulfill her most recent fantasy. If she followed her heart, how would she even bring it up? It'd totally ruin their friendship if she did. He'll probably think she's being rude. She's so awkward, he'd never want to even consider holding her hand.

"I wanna make out with you" the words slipped from her mouth before she could even comprehend what she was saying.

Ricky looked up at her, a little bit stunned, but Nini couldn't help but notice the small smile that was slowly forming.

"What?" he asked.

Nini knew she was in too deep, so she might as well continue. The worst he could say was no, she rationalized.

"I wanna make out with you." She said, more confidently.

"You do?" He questioned, still a little shocked.

"Yeah. I wanna make out with someone before I go to college. I think it should be you."

"You really wanna do this? I don't want you to be uncomfortable. You've never expressed yourself like this. Are you okay?"

She nodded quickly, "Yes, yes. I'm positive."

"Alrighty then" he said, as he leaned over to get closer to her, but she quickly stood up.