𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐬 | niki

15 | a little gift

"Nari, girl, I still can't fathom the fact that you're so chill about this right now." Hana says breathlessly, as we stroll through the courtyard after the quidditch game. "Was that your first kiss with him!?"

"Yes it was." I sigh. "I'm shocked too to be honest."

"I'm never getting over that."

"I guess it all just happened so quickly." I shrug.

"It was sooo perfect though! The perfect moment for it to happen." Hana states and I nod in agreement, with a faint smile on my face.

I guess I should try and look a little happier. Pretend it was real.

"Am I alright to borrow my girlfriend for one second?" A voice asks from behind us, myself and Hana turning around to find Niki approaching us.

Hana looks at me excitedly and pushes me towards him. "Yes, yes, of course. Anytime." She giggles, before heading off to Jake who isn't too far behind.

"Nari." Is all he says, and I smile, but his gaze is set on the bracelet on my wrist. "You wore it."

"You noticed."

There's a moment of silence and intense eye contact, the two of us both appreciating the fact that it's been an awkward two weeks of minimal communication or interaction.

I snap out of my trance and pull a little box out of my bag. I don't forget that practically everyone around us is watching right now, but proceed to do what I was going to do anyway.

"I got you a little something." I say, and his face lights up, as he takes the box off of me and opens it. His eyes widen when he sees the ring that I bought for him.

I watch as he inspects it, holding it up so the sunlight reveals the personalised engraved writing on the inside of it. He looks back at me with a huge smile on his face.

"Cute message."

"It was fitting." I look away, getting slightly embarrassed as I scratch the back of my neck.

It took me ages to choose this gift, and a while to even decide whether I should get him one. But it's only right to, since it's his birthday and we've been spending a lot of time together. Even if I really don't like him, and even if we've not been on the best of terms recently.

"Happy birthday Niki."

"Thank you, little witch." He ruffles my hair and I push him, the both of us laughing as we ignore the people around us staring.

It's all a show anyway.

"Nari." He continues.

"Mhm?"

"Do you want to maybe..." he takes a step closer to me, so he's practically towering over me as he lowers his voice a little, so no body else but me can hear what he's saying. "Come to my dorm later tonight?"

"God, she's such an ugly bitch. He must be using her for something."

"Probably sex. I know what Niki is like."

My mind goes blank for a moment to long, and Niki has to practically shake me out of my day dream. I blink and look back up at him, my fists clenched into a ball again.

Before I can ask him 'what for', he takes my hands and opens my fingers up, to stop me from hurting my palms again.

"You seriously need to stop doing that." He says worriedly, not letting go of my hands for some reason, and instead just holding both of them there as he speaks to me.

"I can't help it." I reply. "What for by the way?"

"Huh?"

"Your dorm." I whisper. "What do you want me to come over for?"

He laughs at my question and leans down, gazing into my eyes teasingly. "You'll see princess."

"Why can't I know?" I groan.

"I think it's normal for a girl to spend the night with her boyfriend on his birthday, no?" He states and my jaw drops in shock.

I scoff. "What are you getting at?"

"As I said, you'll see." He raises his brows, leaving me there with zero thoughts as he returns to his friends feeling accomplished.

Hana jogs back over to me, and asks me excitedly what just happened but I remain stood here, frozen.

What on earth is he planning? Spend the night!? What does that even mean!?

***

"Thanks for walking with me Hana." I say, as she links arms with me as we make our way back to our dorm.

"Anytime girl, you should've told me about those pesky Slytherins earlier. What they've been doing is so wrong." She explains and I nod.

"There's nothing much we can do I guess."

"No because didn't you see them? They were waiting for you in the corridor but they didn't do anything because a witness was with you."

"True." I sigh, flopping onto the bed. "Mind my language but that Daphne is a bitch."

"Oh my god you're so right, she's honestly such a cow." Hana agreed, shuddering at the thought of the mean Slytherin girl. "Why is she even bothered that much though?"

"I guess she wants to be with Niki." I reply.

"A lot of girls want to be with Niki, Nari. That doesn't give her an excuse to do what she's doing." Hana explains as she begins searching through my closet.

"What are you doing Hana?" I ask, sitting up on the bed cross legged.

"Finding you a sexy outfit." She says blankly and I look confused. "And with no surprise, I'm having no luck at all."

"Sexy?" I pull a face. "Why that?"

"Girl, from what you've told me," Hana begins. "He so wants to get freaky with you tonight."

My jaw drops once more as Hana squeals.

"Freaky? Hell no." I laugh in amusement.

What if Daphne was right?

"You do it when you feel ready babe, but he's your boyfriend and it's so obvious he invited you over for ulterior motives." She explains.

"Ulterior motive? That means it's a bad thing?" I infer.

"Not necessarily. He just wants to spend time with you, and you need to look hot as fuck. So let's get you all dressed up." She says and drags me off the bed whilst I groan in annoyance.

She pulls me to my vanity and begins with my hair and makeup, her speciality. I'm so glad to have Hana, I have no idea what I'd do with my appearance when it comes to things like this.

Once she's done with my hair and natural makeup, she hands me my outfit and I immediately attempt to put it away. She pushes me to sit back down and refuses to argue with my over it.

"You're wearing this babe. I don't care." She states sternly, handing me her Victoria Secret black lingerie set along with some pyjama shorts and an off the shoulder t-shirt.

"Hana, no."

"Don't worry, I've never worn the lingerie before. It's new." She explains. "Make sure you can see your bra strap when you have the shirt on too, that's why it's off the shoulder." She winks and I groan.

"You're not gonna let me go unless I put this on, aren't you?"

"You know me so well." She blows me a kiss and I fake cry one last time as she flops onto her bed whilst I get changed.