The Return || rini au

05

"in the flesh!" she laughs

"i missed you so much!"

"me too girl."

"how's everything and everyone?" nini asks trying to open her locker, instead, stumbling back in annoyance

"their good and do you need help?" kourtney laughs

nini looks at the locker "this stupid thing is against me."

kourtney shakes her head and jams her fist at it, making a loud crash sound and opens it with ease

nini's jaw is dropped and she shakes her head "i'm going to keep that trick in mind."

they both laugh and kourtney leans against the locker next to nini's

"so, i heard that you saw him." kourtney says bluntly

nini takes a deep breath as she takes the books she needed for the first two periods and nods

"he didn't know you were coming back." she explains

nini looks at her confused

"he - he sort of doesn't follow any accounts that has to do with you..." she explains

the brunette nods solemnly and closes the locker

"i deserve it i guess."

the two girls walk through the halls to their first class together, catching up on everything.

the two classes for nini were quite normal. and she loved it.

everyone acted normally with her and the teachers treated her like any other student

at lunch, nini walks out and tries to look for the cafeteria.

she keeps her head down looking at the map with her phone in her other hand.

suddenly she bumps into someone hard causing her to drop her map and phone. the two instantly bend down to pick them up

"oh crap i'm so sorry-."

nini and ricky freeze and stand upright to see each other

the boy looks at her and gives her the phone

"th-thanks."

"yeah." he says before walking past her

"d-do you know where the cafeteria is?" she asks in her vague british accent.

ricky forced himself to not think about how much he loved it when she talked like that as he silently walks back to her and takes the map out of her hands

nini's eyes shift down to his finger and she notices him wearing a ring. the exact ring.

flashback

"happy happy happy birthday!" nini squeals as she jumps into her boyfriend's arms

ricky laughs and puts her back down "you're more excited than i am."

"you're fourteen! how does it feel?" she asks him

"it feels the exact same. except now i can spend the year with an amazing girlfriend." he smirks

nini blushes as she looks down to the floor and fiddles with her charm bracelet

"do you like the charm? i'm so sorry about not getting you more than one it's just that-"

"ricky it's perfect." she smiles "but now it's my turn to dominate the gift-giving competition!" she exclaims as she takes out a small paper bag decorated in skateboard stickers

ricky raises his eyebrows intrigued and takes the bag from her, taking out a small box

"what's this?" he asks her

"open it." she giggles

"what?" he laughs as he opens the lid and sees a ring inside

he notices something engraved on the inside and tilts it

"my skater boy" he reads out loud ricky looks at her and laughs "that's- wow."

she continues to giggle and he puts it on his finger

"i'm a guy who wear rings now. apparently."

"yeah." she laughs

he leans in to give her a quick kiss and smiles "i will never take this off. i promise"

"just like i promise to never take this off." she smiles, showing her wrist

end of flashback

"you can stop making a big deal about me wearing this."

nini snaps herself out of her thoughts to see ricky looking at her with the map still in his hands

"uh-i-"

"i'm wearing it because i keep my promises," he says "unlike some people." he mutters under his breath

nini opens her mouth in slight shock and takes the map from his hands

"two right turns, then a left and your there." he tells her as he walks past her.

nini watches him walk away and takes a deep breath, forcing herself not to let him affect her. she knew that he was hurt, and she knew that he had a right to act like that. which is why she just chose to swallow it all and keep going.