Unmistakable.

SEVENTEEN - Girlfriend

The next morning

Nick's POV

I slowly open my eyes and adjust to the brightness of the room, then turn to my side. y/n sleeps peacefully beside me, and I smile, watching her half bare, half duvet covered chest rise and fall. Last night, we had sex for the first time, and it's making me wonder what our relationship actually is. Are we together? Seeing each other? Friends with benefits? We've both said 'I love you', but we haven't exactly labelled our relationship yet. I make a mental note to ask her about it later, but right now, I'm content with watching her sleep beside me. Whatever we are, I'm just glad I have an amazing, beautiful woman with me, something that I've waited such a long time for.

I watch as the warm orange sunlight shines on her skin and makes the colour of her hair stand out. I reach out to softly caress her face, using my thumb to rub her cheek. Her eyes flutter before opening, and I'm met with her bright blue eyes. A cute smile appears on her cheeks as she takes a deep inhale and shifts her position in the bed. "Hi." I say as she cuddles up to my chest. "Hi." She mumbles in a sleepy voice. "Sleep well?" I ask. "After last night, I slept like an actual baby." She lightly chuckles. "What did I say about big feet yesterday, hm?" I laugh. "Nick, don't start with that shit again." She giggles, kissing my cheek. I wrap my arms around her in a warm embrace and peck her forehead as our legs become intertwined. I could so get used to this.

After a while, we decide to get up as we hear the sound of the guys chatting in the living room. y/n stays in bed for a minute, and I go to put underwear on. "You have a cute butt." I hear her say behind me. "Oh really?" I say, reaching to put on some pants. She nods with a smirk and gets out of bed, also putting some clothes on. When we get out of the room, the guys turn to us and say good morning. "y/n, are you ready for your first backstreet concert tonight?" Kevin asks as he hands us both a plate of toast, perfectly done. "Hell yeah, I am, I haven't been to a concert in such a long time!" She says. We all sit down together and talk for a bit until we start to pack our things ready to go to the airport. Our next stop is Amsterdam, in the Netherlands just for one show this time then straight after we're going back to Germany for one last show in Colone before taking the usual two days off then straight to France, so it's gonna be a busy week.

y/n's POV

I pack up my stuff into my pink suitcase that I've had since me and Iz ran away at 15. I should really call her later to give her an update on what's going on. I walk out of mine and Nick's room and meet the guys near the door to leave. This is going to be a fun couple of months.

Once we arrive at the airport, Nick and I leave the guys to go to a store to get some things to take on the flight with us. We stop in front of a row of carts, and he looks at me with a cheeky grin. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She smirks. I grin and nod, climbing into one of them and sitting down with my legs crossed. Nick starts pushing the cart and picks up the pace. "Woooo!!" I giggle as he lets go, and the cart goes flying down an aisle. It slows down before slightly bumping into a shelf, and I look at him to say 'oops'. "Okay, my turn!" Nick says excitedly, hopping into the cart. I start pushing him, building up the momentum until it speeds up, and I quickly jump onto the back of it. We both laugh as we almost bump into a shelf again. The people around us give us dirty looks and stares, but we're having too much fun to care, that is, until a security guard comes up to us and tells us to leave. "Shit, we didn't even get a chance to be the things we wanted." Nick pouts. "It's alright, it was funny." I giggle as we walk back to the waiting area hand in hand.

We walk up to the guys and sit down in two empty spots beside Kev. "I thought you guys were gonna get some stuff for the plane? Brian asks, confused as to why we came back empty-handed. I look at Nick, and he looks at me as we start laughing almost uncontrollably. "You two are so weird." He says, checking the time on the board. "We only have a few minutes until the plane gets here. There's no point in getting stuff now." Kevin says. "I was really craving chips." Brian sighs dramatically. "We got kicked out, so we couldn't get any, sorry Rok." Nick says. "You got kicked out? AJ gasps. "We were messing around with the carts and bumping into shit." I laugh. "Pft, I would've joined in if I was that security guard." He says. Our gate opens a minute later, so we get on after showing out passports and sit down in our seats, away from everyone else.

I take this time to call Izzy quickly before we take off since it takes ages for everyone to settle, and we got on super early. The phone rings and picks up. "Hello?" She says. "Iz!! How are you!?" I squeak. "Oh my god, y/n! I'm good, how are you? How's Brussels?" She asks. "You'll never guess what." I say, heightening the pitch of my voice. "Go on!" She squeals. I lower my voice to a whisper since Nick is beside me. "Me and Nick made up, and now he's taking me on tour with him!" I quietly giggle. "y/n, that's so great! I'm glad you're happy. We really need to meet up ASAP!" She says. "Oh, we defo do, I've missed you so much." I reply. "Girl, me too. The apartment has been so empty and quiet without your loud ass." She laughs. "Hey, enjoy the peace and quiet whilst you can cause I'll still be just as loud when we next see each other." I say, adjusting the phone to my left ear.

We finish up our conversation due to the fact that we can't have our phones in use during the flight, so we hang up, and I put my phone away, holding Nicks hand. He smiles at me and looks out the window. "Hey Nick?" I ask. "Yeah?" He replies. Just say it y/n, you know you've been dying to ask it. Just do it. "Uh..." I hesitate. No, not now, I'll just ask him when we land. "Never mind, I forgot what I was gonna ask." I force a smile. "Alright, babe, if it comes back, just say." He says, squeezing my hand and settling down into the seat. There it is again. My stomach drops, and I get instant butterflies and have to stop myself from staring.

Time skip

Nick's POV

We landed safely around an hour ago and have just unpacked at the hotel. Me and y/n decide to go to the store to pick up the things we didn't manage to get at the airport because Brian hasn't stopped bugging us about his craving for chips. We walk in and grab a basket each. "Split up?" I ask. "Yeah, I'll go down this aisle. You go down that one there." She says, pointing to the other side of the store. I make my way over to the snack aisle and make sure to grab Brian's chips as well as some other bits for the rest of the guys and us to share. Next, I go over to the fridges and pick up two large pizzas. I can't wait to eat these tonight. After a while, I meet y/n on her side of the store, she's looking at music magazines. "Boo!" I shout, scaring her as she jumps up. "Oh my god, Nick, I almost shat myself!" She says, catching her breath. "You should've seen your face!" I laugh. y/n rolls her eyes. "Whatcha dooin'?" I ask. "Looking at these MTV magazines wishing I was a pop star honestly." She replies.

"It's definitely not easy, y/n." I say. "Yeah, I know. I guess I kinda just have a bit of a dream to sing and perform, yknow?" She smiles. "Yeah, I totally get that, hey, at least you're with a super famous pop star." I wink, messing with her. "Nick..." She sighs. Oh god, what did I do? "Yeah, what's up? Are you okay?" I ask, worried. "What are we?" She whispers, searching my eyes. I stop for a minute. I guess she's been wondering the same. "You know I'm in love with you y/n, but I care about you so we can be whatever you want us to be." I say, cupping her cheek. "I'm in love with you too, Nick." She says, smiling wide. "Will you be my girlfriend?" I ask. Please say yes. She takes my hand from her cheek and holds it to her heart. "I'd love that." She says. Joy fills my heart, and my stomach does flips. She's finally mine.

I grin and lean in to kiss her. She kisses back lovingly, and we pull away before we get weird looks from people again. We pay for our stuff and walk back to the hotel before unloading the food we got. Rok dives into the pile for the chips. "Dude, you just saved my life." He says dramatically, pouring them into his mouth. "You're welcome." I say. y/n goes to put the pizzas in the fridge for when we get back from the concert, and we eat a couple of snacks. "Do you guys wanna go out and do something in a bit before the show tonight?" Howie asks. "Ooh, yeah, what should we do?" Brian replies. "How about we go shopping? There's a mall 25 minutes from here." Kevin suggests. Plan sorted.