nini sat at the counter the next afternoon, exhaling a deep breath as she just kept her eyes down on her book, trying to focus on the words written upon the page but she couldn't.
her eyes kept moving up to the clock that hung above the kitchen doorway.
he was late.
he's never usually late...
what if he's not coming?
no, he wouldn't ever miss a day at the café...
but maybe because of her he would...
a frustrated sigh left the brunette girl as she got up abruptly from her seat, slamming her book shut as she made her way towards the kitchen
she really needed to think clearly. all of these thoughts were running through her head and she despised them all too much.
nini looked around the space for a sweatshirt before noticing ricky's that she'd still hadn't given back yet...
she frowned to herself and took a deep breath, taking it in her hands as she looked down and put it over her head to wear, walking forwards
however, she was struggling with trying to find the right place to put her head, still entrapped in the sweatshirt before suddenly feeling someone collide with her as she almost fell back to the ground from her unbalanced stance but someone held her by the waist to steady her
"woah-"
she perked her head around "who's this?"
"star lord." he answered sarcastically, nini feeling completely confused and the boy just shook his head with a chuckle, knowing she didn't know who star lord was "it's ricky."
nini opened her mouth, the grey cotton material still shielding her view "o-oh! um-well-"
"hold on," he said with a breathy laugh, helping her to put the sweatshirt on before she finally exhaled a breath, strands of her tied up hair all messed up and going everywhere around while she looked down
ricky shook his head and took a step forwards, pushing the strands of her hair back from her face so he could see her better
he smiled to himself when seeing her close her eyes instinctively and scrunching her nose up before opening her eyes to look at him
"hey..." he said in a whisper
nini couldn't help the blush that formed on her cheeks...it's just the effect he had on her.
"i-uh-i wanted to go out to the willow tree..."
"oh, yeah not a good idea if you wanna freeze." he said
nini shrugged her shoulders "i've never really had the change to um...go outside in the cold."
"we can go together then?" he suggested, noticing that she was off
and when the girl shook her head quietly, he knew something was wrong and it bothered him seeing like this.
"okay, come on." he said softly, taking her hand and leading her to the kitchen table for her to sit down.
nini brought the sleeves of the sweatshirt to cover her hands from the cold air that blew into the room from the opened back door, sensing ricky put his bag down further away before he slowly made his way towards her
he sat down on the chair next to her , turning to face her a little and she kept her gaze on the table
"i-i didn't think you were going to come..." she said quietly
ricky knit his eyebrows together "why would you think that?"
she shrugged her shoulders quietly and ricky slowly exhaled in the realization
"w-because of you?" he asked with a raised eyebrow "why wouldn't i-"
"because of ashlyn's." she said in a small voice
the boy stopped and swallowed, nodding "oh..."
"i-i'm sorry for leaving so abruptly-i-i hope no one's mad or-"
"what? no, no no, no one's mad at you nini," he said quickly, putting his hand in hers when realizing how nervous she was since she'd been fiddling with her necklace
nini nodded slowly, feeling a little more relaxed when having ricky's hand on hers before she looked down and he spoke up
"they feel bad, they didn't mean to make you feel off and hurt with everything they were saying, but they were just teasing nini-"
"but that's not all it was." she said suddenly, looking up at him as he looked at her taken aback a little
"what?" he asked
she took a deep breath and turned in her seat, looking at him "i'm-i'm a princess ricky."
ricky nodded "so you've said."
but nini shook her head "i'm going to be queen...i'm not going to go do the things i want to do; like travel the world and visit places...or..."
she didn't need to finish her sentence for ricky to know where she was going with this, his heart dropping momentarily as he swallowed the lump in his throat and opened his mouth
"or be with me." he said in a small voice
nini felt her eyes sting slightly as she just nodded quietly and ricky exhaled slowly
"but, nini, you've only been here for two months. you can't dwell on what's going to happen or you'll just miss out on everything that's happening right now."
the girl looked up at him and knit her eyebrows together "i can tell you spend a lot of time with aunt erica..."
ricky chuckled slightly and she let out a light smile, sniffling as she felt a tear fall down her face and he frowned at the sight
"hey," he said softly, nearing a little closer to her as he wiped her tears away, nini shaking her head with a cover-up laugh and looking up at him "why are you crying?"
she sniffled, leaning her head onto his hand that rested on her cheek as she shrugged her shoulders "i-i don't want this to end..."
ricky smiled sadly "me neither...but, we still have a lot of time, right? we'll take it a step at a time."
nini nodded as he leaned over to give her a comforting kiss on her forehead, the girl smiling at the feeling as her heart fluttered before she entangled her fingers in his.
one step at a time.
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