nini salazar-roberts was whisked away from her childhood home town at the age of 14 for fame. she didn't only leave her friends and family, but she also left the boy she thought would be the love of her life.
so what will happen when she has to ret...
nini wakes up with her eyes hurting too much and looks up to see ricky fast asleep with his arms wrapped around her. she buries her head in his chest, terrified of leaving their bubble of safety
a few minutes of silence and ricky shifts around, waking up to see nini fiddling with her charm bracelet, quietly looking up at the ceiling.
"how'd you sleep?" he asks
nini snaps her head up to him and she a cracks a small smile
"really good actually." she breathes
ricky nods "good."
he sits up and yawns as he stretches his arms and gets out of the bed
"i don't want to leave this room ever." nini mumbles into her pillows
ricky laughs softly "you're going to have to eventually."
nini smiles weakly and sits up to face him as she fiddles with her charm bracelet
"r-ricky?"
he looks up at her and nods "yeah?"
"i'm really sorry. for what i said the other day. i promise i didn't mean it ricky it's just-"
"we don't have to talk about it nini." he says shaking his head
"yes we do." she gets out of the bed and walks over to him "i really didn't think that our relationship meant nothing, and i know you have no reason to believe me-" she stops and widens her eyes in realization
"what?" he asks confused
nini takes a deep breath and crawls below her desk
"uh- nini i don't think-"
she opens the vent and takes out the box she's kept in there since she'd arrived to salt lake
"what is that?" he asks her as she places it on her desk
"it's my proof." she says hopefully
ricky raises his eyebrows and she takes the lid off, taking out the few things inside one by one
"what is all of this?" he asks her, seeing three of his favorite photos
"well, i had to leave so suddenly that i grabbed this box and tried looking for as many things that were about me and you as i could, but we did have a lot of pictures and-"
"i mean, why these?" he asks, stopping her from rambling
"oh!" she laughs nervously, "w-well, uh- this one-"
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flashback
"ricky, don't you ever want to fly like a kite?" nini asks as she walks, dragging her kite on the floor behind her
"well, you know that you could." he says, an idea forming in his mind
nini laughs and shakes his head "no silly, we can't fly."
