The jealousy burnt inside of her so strongly that she had nothing but the desire to hurt her. To put her through physical pain, but to also dig deep into her and find a way to pierce through her heart. How could she take the one thing she's been working towards since she met him. These were the thoughts wandering through her mind before she heard the voice of the very boy who had been taken away from her. "She's my wife."
WIFE?! So she took away any chance of me getting him, but why would they go this far, so young, what could've happened for them to legally bond togeth-. BINGO! There's only one thing that brings two teenagers together, in that big of a way. That fucking slut was gonna pay alright.
Nani's POV
I really didn't know if I should ask about it, it seemed like he had resolved it. Maybe it didn't even involve me, maybe it was a boy problem and that's why he didn't talk to me about it.
My toothbrush had been sitting heavily in my mouth as I was alone with my thoughts. Riki was playing video games while I was getting ready for bed. The events of today weren't my main priority, I just hoped that Riki didn't think he couldn't talk to me cause I was so focused on my own issues.
The toothpaste mixed with saliva began to fill up my mouth to a point where it got disgusting and I needed to spit it out. I finally got back to the task at hand and scrubbed my teeth clean from anything I had gathered in them throughout the day. I was flossing when I decided that I would try to pry, not too much, but just enough for riki to tell me if there was anything wrong. Yeah, just enough.
I put on my sleeping shorts and my silk pink button up pajama top. I dried my hair just enough to not soak my shirt or my pillowcase. "Okay" I reassured myself "just enough".
I walked into the room where Riki had decided to get ready for bed himself. He was turning off his controller while sitting on the bed with his legs criss-crossed. I hesitantly got behind him and wrapped my arms around his neck "how are you feeling?" Riki jolted in surprise but then relaxed and laughed, "pretty good, better now that you're here". He turned around and laid down, pulling me down on top of him. He played with my damp hair, he'd learned to be careful with the curls. He finally looked into my eyes and smiled "and you?" All I could do is stare at his lips as they moved, not even processing the words that split through them. "Hmm?" Riki chuckled, deep, buzzing through my system, "I'll kiss you if you ask". I nodded dumbly, never having felt like this before.
His lips pressed against mine softly, taking their time to move against mine. I could taste the remnants of the toothpaste he had used. I brought his lips between my teeth when the cushiony feeling brought me back into my head. I sat up quickly and let out a deep breath. "That was nice," I nodded awkwardly, "I'm gonna sleep now- oh wait I had to ask something, it was just umm". All the planning I had done, to pry just enough, vanished in a second. So I did what I could, "what did you talk about with Jay?" Riki's eyes widened in surprise, "umm, yeah nothing important." I sigh, "it seemed important to me, you can tell me you know." Riki looked around, avoiding my eyes, "no it's, guy stuff. It would make you uncomfortable." I looked at him suspiciously, "it won't I promise I can deal with it, im your-". "It's guy stuff! Like umm private, guy stuff." And that's all it took to avoid the topic, "oh" I blushed "yeah oh yeah no, no problem." Fuck! I'd made it awkward. I hesitated before looking at him again, "do you still wanna sleep together- no wait that's not right, like bed, sleep in the same bed. This- this bed?" Riki chuckled nervously, "yeah of course." I laid down and got comfortable on my side, "good night". Riki nodded "good night, love you".
Riki's POV
GUY STUFF?! PRIVATE GUY STUFF?! That's the best I could come up with? Oh fuck, she's gonna hate me now.
I covered myself up with the blanket, as If it would erase the humiliation I just put myself through. But better for her to think that I'm, dealing with... things then to know that I told someone the one thing she told me to keep to myself. Fuck, I really should've kept my mouth shut. But I had always told my friends everything, it felt wrong to keep it from them.
I'll just deal with the humiliation, yeah, it's my own fault anyways. I shifted around in the bed and when I settled down I finally realized Nani's breath way uneven. She wasn't sleeping. "Hey" I grabbed her and turned her around, "we're both teenagers, can we not make it weird. We" i motion between us "aren't there yet but it still shouldn't be weird right?" I ask hopefully. Nani sighs and then smiled, "yeah" she wraps her arms around me and lays her head on my chest, "good night, I love you." I sigh and let myself relax "I love you too".
Nani's POV
The rest of the night was a lot calmer, our breaths evened out and we relaxed in each others arms. The next morning we were ready for school on time and even got to eat some breakfast, maybe today would be fine after all.
We drive up to the school and the breeze hit me immediately. The wind blew my hair out of my face, but I borrowed a hair tie from Bella just I case my hair decided to be annoying today.
We all got to our first class and sat in our usual spot. Miyeon had been surprisingly un disruptive. It was toward the end of the school day when my body began to betray me and ,for some reason, release an unnecessary amount of melatonin. "Nani" Riki shook my shoulder and I woke up "you should go wake yourself up, just go to the bathroom." I nodded at him and squeezed his hand as a thanks before raising my hand and asking to be excused.
My body and brain were both so tired that I wasn't able to register the footsteps following behind me. I entered a stall and decided to try and go to the bathroom. I came out and ran my hands under the cold water, which did a great job of waking me up, before I washed my hands with soap. I was grabbing some paper towels to dry my hands with when a stall door swung open. I looked in the mirror and met eyes with the brown haired girl in the mirror.
"Hey" said miyeon. I took a deep breath before clearing my throat "hey" my voice came out fake anyways. "So" she leaned against the wall, "how are you doing?" I bit back my rude remark and just sighed "good." All I was praying for was for this conversation to end. "Oh really, I noticed you were tired," she said, feigning concern. I roll my eyes "yeah, I stayed up late last night." I tried to push past her and to the door when her words made me freeze in my spot. "Oh, it isn't because of the baby?" My eyes widen "what are you talking about?" I can't even turn back to face her. She scoffs, "oh really, you don't know about the baby? Surprising that you just forget a whole pregnancy." I finally turn back, genuinely confused I say, "I really don't know what you're talking about, who said this?" She sighs and looks down at her nails, "well be didn't exactly say that, but I got the implications, he wouldn't have married you unless he knocked you up" she smirks. Realization spreads across my face, "you must be confused, we're dating not married" I quickly walk out of the bathroom, the bell is set to ring in a few seconds, just a few more seconds and I'm out of school and able to figure out how she found out. "Fine" I hear her voice, a bit farther away from me "run away whore".
I freeze in my tracks, the bell rings but not before I rush towards her and slap her in the face. The stampede of students slows down as they see what just happened. Miyeon gasps as she holds her cheek, "this whore just slapped me because I confronted her with the truth." The second time made me even angrier and I grabbed her by the hair "what did you just call me?!" I throw punch after punch, not caring what state I was leaving her in. "Call me that again I dare you!" I feel myself get pulled back and its the first time I register the voice calling out my name. "Riki let me go she's lying!" Riki hold me tighter "there's nothing we can do, let's go home before you get in more trouble."
Miyeon apparently hasn't gotten enough, "don't protect her just because she's carrying your baby!" And this time all the students in the hallway hear, gasps come from every corner. Riki stands there in shock before realizing that it isn't logical for me to be pregnant. Not if we haven't- yeah.
Riki glares at her angrily, "she's not pregnant, we haven't even done anything!" Miyeon scoffs again, oh yeah, give me another good reason for you to marry her. Riki freezes before Jay comes to pull us both out of there.
Riki's POV
It hurt to see nani so distressed. She'd done nothing but scream and cry the entire afternoon while I tried to comfort her. "How could she know?!" She cries out again "who could've told her?!" The guilt begins to claw in me, the truth threatening to spill through my lips. I had tried to comfort myself by saying that girls like Miyeon have sources, but what a coincidence that this took place the day after he told Jay, in a public place, in school.
"Babe, nani?" I said in a soft voice. She looked up at me with loving eyes "I did it" and nothing could ever hurt more than the love being replaced with betrayal.
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