𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄 | 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐮

FIVE

nini watched ricky fiddle with the apartment key, attempting to unlock it. "do you not know how to unlock a door?" nini snapped, pushing ricky out the way and unlocking the door, with ease. the squeaky door swung open, the pair entering. ricky pressed his lips together at the girls attitude, following her inside. he shut the door softly behind him, contrasting to nini throwing the keys on the kitchen counter making a rather loud noise. 

nini's phone dinged, a small gasp leaving her mouth at the noise. on the other, ricky went straight to the kitchen to make some lunch. instant noodles to be exact. "do you want some noodles?" ricky questioned, keeping his back to the girl who was sitting on their one and only couch that faced the tv. she didn't reply. "nina." he was now watching the girl who was infatuated with her phone. he gave up. 

meanwhile, nini was texting kourtney...

"sorry, were you talking to me?" nini innocently said, knowing damn well he was talking to her, she choose to ignore. the girl simply sat with one leg over the other on the couch, her head resting in one of her hands. 

"you can't just answer now that you have finished what you are doing," his back was faced to the girl, but she knew that she was frustrating him. i love being annoying, nini thought. why didn't i do this more often?  she heard the boy talking to himself in the kitchen. she was intrigued, so she got up, walked to the kitchen and leant against the kitchen counter right next to ricky.

"are you talking to yourself, richard?" she asked, sarcasm lacing through her voice. she had to admit, she would have never said any of this to anyone back in indiana. she blamed it on the different air quality. ricky gave her a side eye, continuing to prepare his instant noodles. "so you are ignoring me now?"

"sure am." ricky said through his teeth.

"okay," nini muttered, biting the inside of her cheek. "well i'm going out tonight, so i am going to start on-"

"your going out? where too?" a smirk formed on nini's face. she knew what ricky thought of her. just what everyone else in indiana thought. a nerd who stays home 24/7. ricky realised that he now looked too interested in her. his plan of ignoring her had now fallen through. "uh- um, i'm just wondering because i'm going out tonight too." he scratched the back of his neck, avoiding eye contact, so he continued to stir his noodles that were in the pot of boiling hot water. 

"my friend, kourtney, invited me so unsure, sorry!" nini exclaimed, before skipping out of the living room to her own bedroom. the brunette thought that now would be the best time to have a shower. she thought that it would give her a clean pallet to work on. 

the girl stripped, wrapping a towel around her small body before grabbing her shampoo, conditioner, body wash and razer. she swung open her bedroom door to reveal ricky standing right outside it with a bowl of instant noodles in his hands. the pair where both surpised at the sudden appearances.

"i, uh- made you a bowl of noodles." he stammered, a soft smile arising on his face. nini had her shower belongings clutched to her chest, which was also being used to keep her towel from falling down. 

"thank you," she accepted. "just put it on my desk, i'm going to have a shower." she slipped away  , off the the side of ricky before she closed herself in the bathroom. ricky slowly entered her tidy room, feeling like he is invading her privacy, even though she instructed him to do so. he placed the hot bowl down on her desk, just like she said, before he took one more good look around the room. his eyes landed on a family photo, in what ricky was guessing was nini and her two moms. 

ricky's eyes continued to wander. everything was laid out so perfectly. there was no creases or bumps in her bed cover, all her school books were upright in the shelfs, no gaps. fairy lights were  stringed along the top of the wall, going around the whole perimeter of the room. next thing he knew, he heard the bathroom door open and the sound of feet patting on the floor was getting louder.

ricky's eyes widened as he stood right in the middle of her room. have i really been in here for that long or did she have a really quick shower? ricky thought. his reaction time was not the best as nini was now standing at her bedroom door, her hair was wet, the towel was wrapped around her body again, being held up by her hands which was filled with all her shower stuff. 

"you're still in my room...?" she said very awkwardly, not really understanding why he was still stood in her room after her 10 minute long shower.

"uh..." he scratches the back of his neck, looking down at the floor. "i was just about to leave. sorry." he basically ran out of the room, back to his own across the hallway, shutting the door behind him. 

"weirdo." was all nini had to say before she shut her own bedroom door.