𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒 | rini & jolivia oneshots

darling, just kiss me slow

Dedicated to @Tntgoal24. What if Episode 8 of HSMTMTS was twisted...hmm? What if our favorite couple didn't break up, Lily never existed, they didn't do the whole Gotta Go My Own Way thing...makes you wonder. Welcome, climb aboard.

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"Look, Ricky, I know we've been out of sync lately, and...maybe I need a little time to myself. Just a brief break," Nini said in the treehouse that night.

Ricky slowly nodded, as he understood. "I've also been kind of a real jerk lately, but...just...take your time. I'll be waiting here for you, only when you're ready."

Three weeks later, it was raining hard when Ricky heard a light tapping on his door. He put down the journal that his therapist had given him and went to open it. There was Nini, soaked to the bone. When she saw him, she stood up on her tippytoes and kissed him with all her heart and soul.

"What was that for?" he asked once they'd pulled away.

"I'm sorry," she mumbled into his chest, wrapping her arms around him.

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"College applications, college applications!"  Nini said, frantically flipping through all the pamphlets she'd grabbed from the assembly earlier that day. Ricky knew this tone, she was panicking and overthinking again.

"Calm down, love, we'll figure this out all in due time," he said, kissing her hand. "We still have four months left, it's going to be fine. It's summer, and we still have four months before we need to make a final decision. Come on, what can't a pool day and some strawberry ice cream fix?"

Nini reluctantly took his hand and followed him out the door. "Oh, and I brought our swimsuits so you don't have an excuse to go back into your room and spend the entire day freaking out over college pamphlets."

She bit her lip to suppress a smile and rolled her eyes. "You think of everything, don't you?"

"Only for you, love," he whispered, sending shivers up her spine.

Ricky leaned in to kiss her, and for a second he must've forgotten they were in public. Before it got too heated, Nini slapped his hand away. "Alright, there's time for that later. The last one to the ice cream truck pays!"

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"Ricky, I'm nervous," Nini said. They were at NYU and putting on a reimagined musical production of The Notebook for the fall semester, in which she was Allie and he was Noah. "We've never made it through a whole show before since North High sabotaged BatB, there were too many understudies for High School Musical that I lost count. What if I can't do this?"

"Hey, look at me. You'll be amazing. You're Nini Salazar-Roberts, there's nothing you can't do once you put your mind to it," he answered, quickly pressing a kiss to her lips. "They're waiting for you."

Two hours later, applause and cheers rang throughout the theater as the two bowed. "To that, I say a job well done."

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It was about a year after when Ricky proposed. They got married in a small ceremony in the Salazar-Roberts' garden, where the weather was fine and the cake tasted delicious.