ricky and nini's realizations

chapter 50

general pov

ricky walks nini to her next class still fuming with annoyance and worry that greyson will never give up on her, but also very giddy from publicly being a couple with nini along with the funny comeback he had for greyson as they finally parted ways in the hall. his day drags on with stress and pain that comes and goes while nini works quickly in each of her classes to finish all possible homework for the day that way she could just be with ricky this afternoon. when lunchtime came around, the friend group was quick to catch on to say the least. well mostly big red given that he knew ricky liked nini before ricky even knew he did. en and gina's faces were shocked, but switched to sweet smiles of "awes," in response to the new information. ricky was proud to be seen with nini in a new light especially in front of his friends. he felt supported by them and excited that everything was in the open right now. nini was nervous at first trying to read their faces when they picked up on it due to ricky not so discretely rubbing her thigh for a quick moment. she relaxed when their faces changed to sweet, supportive ones and knew that everything was okay. she got butterflies when the group look back and forth between them. their day finished as normal with the best friend lovers hopping into nini's car and heading to ricky's.

ricky's pov

i reflect on my day as nini plays her music in the car ride back home. people know about us now and nini's the one to instigated it. greyson is an actual idiot who won't leave my girl alone. and now our friends are supportive of us. my heart is full knowing thinking back on the way nini has been there for me these last weeks and the way she was okay with people seeing us as a couple for the first time today. overall though, my day was quite the first day back and i'm exhausted. we grab our bags from the car as nini walks in front of me to the car. i start to reach into my pocket for the house key, but realize that nini already put one into the door absentmindedly. i completely forgot about my dad having made her a key for coming her after school everyday to keep an eye on me. i feel my face heat for a second from thinking about how she has a key to my house now before i try to make the blushing stop. i drop my bag by the door at the same time as nini. she starts to walk towards the kitchen, but i wrap my arms around her from behind stopping her from walking any further. her hands move up to rest against my own. "yes ricky," she giggles in a slightly questioning tone. i put my chin on her shoulder smiling although she can't see it, "i don't know. i just wanted to hug you," i say tiredly. her head relaxes against my chest by leaning it back, "k." neither of us say anything for a moment and it's starting to feel kind of intimate. it's completely comfortable though and this wouldn't have been a while ago for us. she breaks the short silence, "wanna go watch a movie or take a nap? i'm gonna go get your next round of medicine," she states trying to step out of the hug. i ignore her words only focused on her trying to walk away, "woah who said i was done hugging?" i question honestly pulling her further against me. she doesn't respond, but i feel her attempt to shrug her shoulders that are buried in my embrace. i bend my head around her shoulder to see her face and she turns up to the same side to meet my eyes, "i guess i can stand here longer," she says sarcastically complaining followed by her rolling her eyes to then look away from me. "that's mean," i pout, but laugh as she turns away to giggle purposely not looking at me. she refuses to look at me as i swing my head to her other shoulder wear she's looking, but she whips her head to the opposite direction again. it's frustrating despite it being cute and funny as she giggles when she does so. i've had enough, so i start to tickle her mid section knowing that she's extremely ticklish. "ricky!" she exclaims in a fit of laughter. i pause for a moment and pick her up moving towards the huge fluffy rug in the middle of the living room. "bowen, put me down!" "i will in a second," i say doing what i want. "you're the one who's mean now," she pouts while i'm holding her over my shoulder. i just laugh and squeeze her leg as a reply. i put her back down to the ground and she tries to make a run for it, but i grab her quickly pulling her against my chest to tickle her midsection again. her hands try their best to pry my arms from around her, but she fails repeatedly to do so. "ricky stop!" she laughs through her words. and i can't keep the smile off of my face. she gasps loudly, "ow!" with a sound of worry present in her voice. i freeze immediately removing my hands entirely from her and holding them up in front of me, "what wrong? did i hurt you?" i rush out. the second my hands are off of her she runs to the other side of the couch away from me. a look of confusion completely plastered on my face. she's smiling confidently and shrugs her shoulders so innocently, "what?" she sweetly asks, "i had to do something to make you stop." realization washes over me now knowing that she completely faked that and now i just want to get to her even more. i fake an annoyed look at her, "you're mean nini." "no i'm not," she defends still keeping up the sweet, convincing voice on purpose. "that wasn't very nice and you're gonna regret that," i say taking a slow step towards her. she looks down to my feet and follows my lead by slowly taking a step back. she makes the first move sprinting to the other end behind the couch that's separating us and i follow in a jolting motion, but stop when she stops. "ooh, bowen's too slow," she teases with a proud look. "you're very infuriating right now nini," i tell her jokingly despite my frustration in wanting to catch her. "you started this you know," nini says. i don't respond. instead i look around the room and think of a way to get to her. i fake a move to my right side as if i'll take off that way which prompts her to take off to my left. i take off to my left side where she was running towards me thinking i was taking off in the other direction causing her to collide with me bringing both of us to the floor on the cushiony rug. "that's unfair!" she exclaims when our bodies hit. i feel very proud of my quick thinking though. on the floor, she tries to get out of my strong, but gentle hold on her. we end up play wrestling for a few minutes as she fights against me. "ricky!" she lets out through a number of giggles once i've gone back to tickling her beneath me. "what if i don't want to?" i pause my movements. "then that would be very rude of you," she says as i smile down at her and she smiles back. i've learned that she always waits till i'm off guard to make any kind of move because she flips us over to when she's now hovering over me, but i didn't fight it. "k, i win. now let's go get your medicine," she starts to get off of me to head towards the kitchen. i pull her back to my front by her waist and roll of over. she gasps in surprise from the unexpected movement and pushes at my chest, "you really need your medicine baby," she coos. my heart and face soften from her change in emotion that was previously energetic and smiley. i know she's right, but i'm not nearly as worried about it as she is. and i'm not even thinking about my head or how i'm feeling at the moment. i still haven't gotten used to the word baby from her mouth yet. it's so new, unfamiliar, and holds so much meaning to me. and i absolutely love it. i soften my voice to the same level as hers, "i know. in a little bit," i say fully knowingly that i should take it soon. i get lost in staring into her eyes with our long holding eye contact. they're deep brown color reflecting the lights above us. i have brown eyes too, but hers are so different. they're captivating and get an even darker brown the further out the color goes. her hair is sprawled out around her and messy from our wrestling. she looks perfect. the longer i've been staring the more i can feel her eyes are searching me and the closer i'm moving towards her face without realizing it. her cheeks are rosy from our winded breathing we had minutes before. her lips are shiny from the strawberry chapstick she applies all too often. one of her hands finds the curls at the back of my head and my arms frame in her head. i can't process my mind right now from being all too consumed by her. just her. no specific thing. i can't get enough of her ever. i move my eyes from her lips back to her eyes that were already looking at me. it feels like forever, but was probably a few quick seconds that our eyes flick back and forth into each other's eyes trying to know if she other person is going to do something. i slowly lean down brushing our lips against each other and she breathes out as i do so fully allowing me to lead this as she waits for what i'll do. which i'm not even sure of. butterflies jolt through me when our lips lightly touch. i pull back just an inch to look into her eyes once again. just say it. you know you do. thoughts flood my mind, but i shove them away closing the gap between us. we softly kiss before i slide my tongue across her lips where she then parts her lips. her hand that's not in my hair finds it's way to my back where she strokes up and down creating goosebumps all across my skin. her kissing becomes more eager which is new territory for us. our slow pace intensifies as she presses further into my lips and her hand tugs on my curls. i slide one arm under the arch of her back to feel her closer to me, but realize that i don't want to continue this on the floor. i hold my arm against her back firmer and use my other to guide her leg to wrap around me leaving that hand there. i use all of my strength, without breaking our kiss, to stand up off of the ground. the feeling of us moving off of the ground causes her to squeeze her legs tighter around my waist and wrap her arms around my neck. i carefully lay her down beneath me again, but onto the couch. i break apart from her to go to kissing her neck to which she tilts her head back. "ricky," she moans out softly and i swear i about jumped out of my skin from it. her hands find my curls again harsher than before causing a groan of my own to slip out. i move away from her neck and back to her all too perfect lips again. she slides both of her hands to my chest and pushes, so i immediately pull away from her, "you okay?" i ask placing a hand to her cheek. she doesn't say anything, confusing me, just pushes me further until i'm sitting up and she leans into kiss me again. for the first time, her tongue slips into my mouth and i feel her move to straddle me. my hands fly to her waist gripping her tightly as i feel her move to my neck like i had done to her. "nins," i groan not being able to hold my head up as it falls to the back of the couch. she moans lowly against my neck and i can't take it anymore as she nips my collarbone that she pulled the collar of my shirt down to do. i grab her cheek pulling her back so our mouths collide for a bit longer. i lean back from her to separate and my thumb finds her bottom lip that i stare at as i try to catch my breath. she leans forward to rest again my forehead and my maintain my thumb on her lips. i feel her lips turn into a smile under my finger, that's rubbing there not wanting the moment to end, making me shyly grin myself. "you still owe that movie date bowen," she says still a little breathless with her eyes still closed and our heads resting together. we pull back at the same time and meet eyes for the first time since our make out. she looks down to my thumb on her bottom lip then back to me. i drag it down slowly just mesmerized by how pretty she is, "you're so beautiful," i say as my eyes take in her features looking everywhere but her eyes. those words slip out without thinking and i look up again seeing her with pink cheeks looking at me sweetly, but surprised. her subtle, shocked face switches to a closed smile where she closes her eyes intentionally to press a soft kiss to my lips. "let me go get your medicine and you pick a movie," i'm frozen in place as she backs up off of me and i know i am completely lost in her. when she returns to the couch i had the tv on and we cuddle before i i'm knocked out from complete exhaustion.

a long chapter today :) chapter 50🎉