𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲 [ 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗮𝘂 ]

victim .31

nini woke up. she looked around the room and realized she was laying down on her couch in her dressing room. the girl groggily got up to see ricky laying down on the other couch. the boy was fast asleep. the side of his face was resting on the arm rest. he had coffee in his hand but it looked like it wasn't touched yet. nini let out a soft giggle as she stood up from the couch.

"ricky?" the girl peeped out. no answer. she took out her phone and took a quick picture. she smiled at the picture and tucked her phone in her pocket before shaking the boy, "uhh.. ricky?"

ricky immediately woke up. he looked up at nini and let out a sigh of relief, "oh .. nini. you're awake?"

"uh yeah," nini said, "what happened?"

ricky sat up and looked at the coffee in his hand. he handed it to nini and sighed, "you kinda fainted earlier while we were filming.."

"fainted?" nini asked a bit astonished. she couldn't really remember anything. all she knew was that her head hurt and she felt dehydrated.

"uh yeah.. you kinda had a panic attack earlier," ricky quietly told her.

"i did?" nini asked. she tried to recall the memories until they resurfaced her brain. her face fell and she nodded her head with understanding, "oh yeah.. i did."

"your head doing a little better? you banged it pretty hard when you fell. ive been icing it from here and there but i guess i fell asleep," ricky explained. nini touched the side of her head. it did still hurt but it could've been worse. she looked at ricky and gave him a soft smile.

"it's not so bad. could be worse," nini told the boy, "thank you for taking care of me though. i appreciate it." he let out a sigh of relief and smiled at the girl. they stared at each other for a couple of seconds until ricky broke the gaze. he cleared his throat and shot up from the ground.

"uh well.. since you feel better... i guess i'll leave then," ricky awkwardly said.

"no...  you don't have to go. i don't mind you being here," nini softly told ricky, "we could just keep each other company and maybe ... talk?"

ricky sighed. he ran his fingers through his hair and shrugged his shoulders, "again nini.. there's nothing really to say."

nini stood up from the couch and scrunched her eyebrows at the boy, "please ricky.. i just wanna talk about things. i don't want it to have to be this way between us—"

"nini, we're costars. we're not friends," ricky simply said. nini got quiet again. she looked down to the floor and nodded her head. the boy saw how sad nini got but he couldn't afford to comfort her. he was trying to get over her and maybe this was the best way, "anyways, we gotta start writing that song tomorrow. i guess i'll see you then, okay?"

"yeah, i guess so," nini told him. she rubbed her arm up and down as she continued, "thanks for everything. i really appreciate it. i know i didn't deserve it but .. it means a lot."

"yeah well, the show must go on, right?" ricky stated. nini's smile faded. she just nodded her head and ricky left the room without another word.

"show must go on.."

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nini sat at her piano. she brushed her fingers along the keys, trying to find the perfect note to start her song. she finally landed on the note "G". it was probably one of her favorites, but it feels different to her everytime.

"i've been bad to boys ... i love..." nini sang as she started to play the piano. the girl throught about what else she could say, "maybe i'm selfish... maybe i'm young."