33. here i am, next to you

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nini stirred around sleepily as she exhaled deeply, her eyes closed and feeling a comfortable warmth around her before the sun creeping through the curtains caused for her to open her eyes slowly

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nini stirred around sleepily as she exhaled deeply, her eyes closed and feeling a comfortable warmth around her before the sun creeping through the curtains caused for her to open her eyes slowly

the first thing she was met with was ricky's face; his eyes were closed, fluttering every once in a while to show he was still fast asleep - she figured he was dreaming about something too - and he let out quiet, soft snores every time he exhaled, making a small smile form on her face.

she looked down to notice that her hands were resting on his chest and his arms were wrapped around her waist, the smile widening at the feeling and sight

as slowly as possible, she lifted her hand to the side of his cheek, her thumb grazing his skin before moving up to his curls, playing with them aimlessly

"no curly-haired guys in autonia?"

ricky's groggy voice interrupted the brunette girl's daydream, her jumping and quickly pulling her hand down as she saw the boy in front of her with his eyes still closed

"sorry..." she mumbled shyly, her voice going small

she noticed how ricky's lips turned upwards into a smile as he shook his head lightly "don't be. it felt nice."

the girl mirrored her expression as his eyes slowly opened to find her brown eyes gazing at him, seeing how the strands of her long brown hair escaped the withdrawal from her hair tie to cascade around her face and the rays of sunlight peeking through the window made her freckles more visible. in ricky's opinion, it was definitely the best sight to wake up to.

"sorry for waking you..." she whispered, breaking the trance of the boy "i thought you were fast asleep...and you seemed tired yesterday, i didn't-"

"it's okay." he replied quietly, giving her another smile to reassure her

nini exhaled deeply and nodded "okay..."

they both stayed in each other's arms, their gazes still on each other as she giggled softly when seeing his eyes search her face non-stop and his smile widened

"why are you laughing?" he asked, chuckling himself at the sound of her

"you keep looking at me like that..." she said, pointing her finger before booping his nose as he scrunched it up in response

he grinned "like what?"

"i don't know...you're eyes do this...sort of expression...thingy..." she tries to explain

"like this?" he asked, crossing his eyes together which made her shake her head with another light laugh

"no!" she exclaimed, fiddling with the strings from the hood of the big grey sweatshirt

"then how?" he asked, amused by her shyness and how cute he found her being at this moment

"i don't know...you're just looking at me with a sort of...sparkle..." she said, her voice going quieter with every word "like i'm the only girl in the world..."

ricky felt his heart swell and he neared his face a little closer to hers, making her look up into his eyes again "because you are...to me..."

nini's face heat up and she smiled uncontrollably "...me?"

he chuckled "yes, you."

"yeah?"

"yeah..."

the two both stayed there for a few seconds before the sudden sound of the door opening made them jump and sit up within half a second, ricky with his arm still around nini's waist while she brought her knees up to her chest as erica walked in through the door

"hey! you're both awake! good. ignore my first message about not being able to cook, kevin's down there and has a load of free time so i'm up here to make some breakfast and got some groceries! ricky, come help me with these please?"

the curly-haired boy nodded as he quickly stood up and rushed over to the woman, taking the shopping bags from her hands as he made his way into the kitchen with one more glance at nini, who had a dazed expression as she watched him walk off into the kitchen

"so, did you see the picture??" erica asked in a hushed whisper with a grin, sitting on the edge of the couch

nini knit her eyebrows "what picture?" she asked, taking her phone and opening it up before gasping "wha-aunt erica!"

"what?! you both looked so cuddly and cute! it'd be like not wanting to take pictures of two puppies asleep!" erica justified, making her niece roll her eyes with a sigh, trying to hide the small smile on her face

nini suddenly gasped though "ooo, no school today!"

"nope, but i got your teachers to send in the assignments so you can do it for the day with ricky up here!" erica grinned, nini's smile dropping

"well that's not very 'day off' like to me." she muttered

"ricky hates missing out on important things; including school. you chose a rule-guy, hun." erica smirked as she tapped nini on the head a few times

"hey-erica?! can i start with the eggs or-?"

"sure!" erica exclaimed before her eyes widened and she rushed towards the kitchen "wait-nope, wait for me, you will not burn another kitchen of mine!"

"it was once!"

nini chuckled with the smile on her face still standing, exhaling deeply as she took her phone and looked back down at the picture erica took, her heart growing two times bigger at the sight, thought, and feeling.

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