== r i c k y 's p o v ==
meanwhile, back in ricky and nini's temporary living space
"it's jasmine," nini says under her breath, shutting the door on her way out.
i sigh, sinking down on the edge of the bed.
before i tried to kiss her, she was smiling. and laughing. we were actually having a good time! but of course, i just had to mess everything up. i wish i could just stop everything.
if i could, believe me, i would.
i would just stop thinking of nini, stop waiting for her to be ready, and just focus on someone else in a heartbeat. but when you feel this way about someone..you just, you don't stop. you just can't think about anyone else.
i eye my guitar from across the room, getting up and grabbing it. i take a seat back on the bed, strumming random chords that pop into my head. i think about what nini said a few minutes ago, replaying itself in my head.
"i just..need a second to think everything over."
"you say you've gotta think it over...i can't stop thinking of you," i sing, strumming the guitar, "is he the guy you want to hold ya? i'll be here when you..need me to." i smile, thinking about the other night.
"and now the days are getting longer, i'm caught daydreaming of you..i'm still waiting for my happy ever after--when you're ready, i'll be ready too."
== n i n i 's p o v ==
the royal castle in paris, france
after a few minutes of telling e.j what gina's into--which is information we both knew he would never need, because he's the prince--e.j opens the window back up for me to get inside. after crawling back in, i turn back at e.j with a confused look, because he's pulling his hood back over his face.
"where are you going?" i ask.
"it's only midnight, i've still got tons to do outside before they go looking for me," he says with a charming smile, starting to close the window.
"good luck with that, then," i chuckle, going over the the spilled cleaning supplies and putting them back into my work bag.
outside ricky and nini's house
after working the night shift--which was only two hours long, because not much happens in the castle at night--i ride home, exhausted. i stand behind the closed door searching around for my key when i hear a guitar playing inside. i furrow my brows and lean closer to it to listen.
"how'm i supposed to think about anything else? how am i to go on keeping this to myself? i'm done pretending i want anyone else, anyone else, anyone else," ricky sings strumming along on his guitar. is he singing about me?
"the world melts away when i'm with you..and i know you're afraid to jump too soon, oh." i smile to myself, leaning one side of my head against the closed door to hear it better--no one's ever written me a song before.
"but i promise if you would, i'd love you better than he ever could. girl we'd have it good, we'd have it good.."
wait--did he just..say he loved..no. what? no. i swallow hard and pick my bag back up, turning the key and opening the door.
"how'm i--" he stops singing when i walk through the door.
"hey," i say with a slight smile, setting my work bag down, "what are you doing up? it's like, two in the morning."
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𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 || rini au
Romance✦ IN WHICH ✦ eight years in the future. ricky and nini, like their parents, have trained for and entered an elite rebel undercover program. the pair haven't talked since their messy breakup in high school, but what happens when the system partners...
