wave after wave 🌊 [rini au]

spring ; 05

Gina was in Nini's room, picking out an outfit for EJ's party. Usually, Nate would have put something together for her, and he actually did — until Gina insisted on styling her for her "first" party, seemingly discounting the previous party she attended because Gina wasn't there to witness it. In the end, to no one's surprise, they settled with the outfit that Nate chose for her. It made her feel confident; she was secretly comforted that Nate still loved her after her outburst, even though they hadn't been talking like they usually did.

The two of them walked up confidently to EJ's porch, Nini's eyes flitting through the crowd. Gina dragged the party newbie to the kitchen and mixed a drink for her. "Nini, let's drink. To your first party ever," She put a red cup in Nini's hand, clinked it with hers and coached the drink down Nini's throat. Nini's face crinkled up at the foul taste of vodka mixed with crappy soda, she was more of a wine and fruit juice type of girl.

"Gina!" EJ wrapped his arms around Gina's waist to press a kiss to her neck, and her arm reached back to cradle his face. Right behind EJ was Ricky, whose eyes were fixed on Nini who cringed at their display of affection, backing away from the pair to let them get their game on. The small girl turned toward him, her tongue grazing her lips as she approached him. In that moment, she felt the effect of the alcohol as blood rushed to her face. She was hyper aware of how hot Ricky looked, and she even admitted to herself that she missed the feel of his lips on hers. She lunged at him, and he stumbled back from the impact of the force at which her body collided with him; he immediately melted into the wall when she licked his lips, before she bit his lower lip with her teeth. She pressed a hard kiss to his mouth and his lips moved against hers in response. His eyes rolled close and he let himself be consumed by the feel of her lips moving with his, a feeling that he'd missed in the past week. After a while, they pulled apart, breaths heaving to fill their lungs with oxygen.

Ricky's arms were still wrapped tightly around her waist, as hers were around his neck, their foreheads still touching. "I missed this, I missed you," She whispered before separating from him and chugging another cup full of Gina's magic drink.

"Nina, stop drinking that." He took the cup away from her hands, though he was too late.

"Well, if you don't let me drink, then you're gonna have to kiss me to make up for it. And, for the lack of kisses in the past week." Nini negotiated, placing a hand on his chest and leaned in for her compensation. Ricky's arms around her waist held her away from him, he fell for it once, he wasn't going to again. He couldn't do this while she was drunk, they still had beef they hadn't settled yet.

"No, Nina, we still have to talk first."

"Ricky, I'm sleepy, I wanna go home." Her arms wrapped around his waist in a hug, her cheek pressed against his chest. Nini was avoiding the topic, but she was clearly in no state to discuss the things that happened last weekend. "Come on, let's get you home." She whined as Ricky held on to her wrist, dragging her to his car. As soon as she settled in the passenger seat, her eyes flitted shut and she was out like a light.

The car ride back to the West Shore from the North was a long one, but peaceful with Ricky's acoustic playlist and Nini's soft snores decorating the sound scape. Soon enough, his car pulled up in front of her house, and he shook her lightly to wake her up. She was confused when she woke up, as if she didn't remember why she was in his car.

"Hey, you had a bit more than you could handle at the party, but I drove you back home. You should head in to rest for the night." She smiled groggily at his soft voice, with arms reached out to pull his face closer to her. Nini definitely caught him off guard and managed to snag a kiss before he put some distance between them again.

"Stop it... Kiss me, Ricky..." She whined again.

"We can't do this yet, not until we talk about last weekend, okay?" His fingers stroked her hair as he saw a sad expression cover her face.

Her brother helped her into the house and waved a goodbye at Ricky. The curly-haired lifeguard sighed, knowing he wasn't going to get any sleep that night.

Ricky

Good night Nina, I hope you have a good rest.

Meet me tomorrow night at the Waimea docks at 8, we really need to talk.

Won't leave till I see you, I promise.

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