"so you and ricky."
"me and ricky...."
"well are you dating? you seemed close when i saw you at the cafe the other day, you know when he called you babe?" ryan teases, nudging nini with his shoulder.
she looks down at the grass to hide her blush, "it's kinda a long story."
ryan only looks at her and raises his eyebrows, "i've got time."
"well," she begins, trying to find a way to put her relationship with ricky into words, "we were best friends in high school and then we.... fell out of touch. four years later he shows up on my doorstep and i ask him to be my fake boyfriend so my moms would stop bothering me. and now we're here."
"so it's all fake? you're not actually dating?" ryan asks, a small sense of excitement lacing his tone.
nini laughs, "yeah. it's fake."
she tries to ignore how it hard it is to find the truth behind her words.
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for the holidays | rini au
Randomnini salazar-roberts, fed up with her moms' disapproval of her always being single during the holidays, turns to the first person she can think of for help, ricky bowen. someone she hasn't been in contact with for years, and frankly, hasn't wanted t...