lavender; nishimura riki

five.

4/24 9:48pm - in your hotel room.

Felice is smiling at herself in the mirror. She's just returned from a dinner with Mateo.

"Sooo." You roll over, placing your book down on the nightstand. "Are you and Mateo in love, then?"

Felice flushes. "No one falls in love that fast."

"Okay, juliet." You grin.

"Hey!" She turns around as she pulls off her outside clothes and slips on her pajamas. She gestures towards you. "You're one to talk."

"What do you meaaann??"

"You and Riki!" She flops down on your bed beside you. You throw an arm over her stomach. "I dunno what you're talking about."

"You two clearly like each other."

"No, I despise him." You declare. Felice giggles. "But you seemed so flustered when-"

"Felice!"

She slimes and rolls off your bed. "You can convince yourself whatever you want to, darling."

4/25 11:26am - in your hotel room

"I planned another outing for you two since you have more filming on wednesday."

You sigh. "But Felice, I don't want to."

"But Felice." Felice mocks. "I won't accept no for an answer."

You walk out of the bathroom, drying your hair with a towel. "The day is half over anyway."

"Not my fault you wake up late, is it dear?"

"Beauty rest." You grin. "Continue."

"Okay, basically we're going to drop you two off at this outdoor mall. You can just hang out, buy some souvenirs. They have a movie theatre too. We already bought tickets for a horror movie at 12:30. If you're not going, Mateo and I will go."

You glance at Felice as you apply moisturizer in the mirror. "You and Mateo can go."

"Alright!" Felice glances up from her computer then makes a face. "Put on some clothes, you have about half an hour to get ready."

"HALF AN HOUR?"

"You should have woken up earlier!!"

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4/25 12:02am - in the hotel lobby.

"Oh, ew, we're matching." You say when you see Riki.

"Mateo told me to wear this." He fiddles with his denim jacket.

"And Felice told me to wear this." You sigh. "Can we never listen to them again?"

Riki stifles laughter but it doesn't quiet work so it comes out as a soft giggle. "Uh, yes please. We never have to meet again if we don't listen to them."

You chuckle slightly then startle slightly when Felice puts a hand on your shoulder. "You two should exchange phone numbers since you're working together." She smiles.

"I already have his email."

"But would it be better to have his phone number? Easy access." She nudges you slightly.

"Felice." You whine. You lower your voice. "I don't like him." You refer to the talk the two of you had the previous night, which included far too much teasing.

"Your reaction yesterday says otherwise." She whispers back.

"Fine." You take your phone from your bag and unlock it, opening it up to create a new contact then offering it Riki. He eyes the both of you then puts in his number. You accept the phone back from him as Felice steps away from you. You rename his contact as "that annoying guy" and smile proudly. The next moment you raise your phone to take a photo of him before setting it as his profile picture and sending it to him as an indication that the number is you. Riki frowns at the sudden photography.