𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢 - 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐮

𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐬

RICKY'S POV

"i seriously can't believe you are making me go on this stupid date." i muttered in distaste for probably the a millionth time that day to nini,

but she wasn't listening to me.

 i wouldn't be listening to me either if i were in the situation she was in right now. 

"it's not pokey." nini muttered in awe, her eyes glued to the sea urchin she held in her hands. "i thought it was going to be pokey, but it's kinda squishy... and soft. like a hedgehog." 

see? this was exactly what i was talking about; she just wasn't listening. 

nini and i were currently standing in front of the touch zone in a aquarium, completing item #14 on the bucket list: hold a sea urchin. i wasn't partial to this one in any way, shape, or form. the other items on the bucket list at least had me a little excited, but not this one, oh no. 

this one scared me. 

the sea urchin was a round, purple, spiky ball that was somehow alive. of course that's going to terrify me. not to mention, it's yellow on the inside and some people eat it? i could never, especially now that i know what they look like in real life. besides, the color yellow can be used in two very different ways: sunshiny, or horrific. 

this was horrific for sure.  

"do you want to hold it?" nini asked me, putting her whole heart and soul into cupping her hands around the little sea animal and bringing it towards my face. 

it was nearly impossible to hide my look of disgust as i let out a nervous chuckle, "no thanks, teeny." 

nini frowned at my response, because obviously in her head, who could possibly not want to hold a sea urchin? but, she simply shrugged and returned to smiling at the little creature. "your loss. i think i wanna keep him forever." 

i think i wanna keep you forever...

patting nini's head fondly, i gave her a smile as she sent heart eyes to the urchin. "you do that, little one." 

let me give a little recap, because last time we were here, we left at a very frustrating place and you all are probably very upset. but believe me when i say this: none, and i mean NONE of you are as upset as me that there was a kiss that was interrupted. you can argue with me, but you are wrong in this situation. 

i wanted to scream. i still want to scream but because of more than just the interrupted almost kiss. 

you thought the chaos ended there? it didn't. 

after hanging up the call and telling nini the news, i was expecting at least a little look of disappointment, a trace of sadness, but you know what i got? i got an emotionless 'oh'. like, SERIOUSLY nina. out of all the responses, i got an oh?? 

but it doesn't stop there, oh no, it actually gets worse. i went on to say to nini that i had no desire to go on this date, and i would later tell nova that i had no interest, but as i went to go pick up nini's board from where it had lay stranded, she stopped me, saying 'no! what are you talking about? you should go!'

like, what the actual heck, nina?

i probably looked like a smoothie of emotions. a nasty smoothie; a complex smoothie. one, i was sad because she wanted me to go on a date after we had just almost kissed. did she not feel anything? was there just nothing there for her, so she wanted me to go on this date to try and get me off of her back? then, there was slight disgust, because if i were to want to date anyone right now, it wouldn't be nova. and finally, pure confusion, because last i remembered, nini wasn't very fond of nova.