Book of Love: Rini One Shots

We're Gonna be Someday

Summary: Nini can't stand to see some girl be with the guy she longs for.

*Rini hurt and comfort*

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Nini has only felt the emotion of jealousy a total of three times in her life.

The first time is when her first crush Jimmy Baker had a crush on her friend Gina back in second grade, but she quickly got over it since she never fell hard for him. Besides, he ended up being a jerk in the future anyways.

The second time is whenever she didn't score first place in the fourth grade science fair. She lost first to some girl receiving second place. She had gotten over that within a few hours realizing that it wasn't that deep and that girl actually did deserve it.

The third time was in 9th grade when her friend Ashlyn had gotten an important role in the high school play of The Wizard of Oz while she got stuck with playing one of the trees. And just like the two times before, she got over it because it simply wasn't worth dwelling on.

But this time wasn't like those other three times. This jealous feeling was draining her emotionally, and she thinks this has to be the worst feeling she's ever experienced in her life.

She didn't even think it was possible to feel so many negative emotions at once until she saw the guy she had loved since they were 15 in the arms of another girl.

When he first tells her about the new lady in his life, she had tried her best to hide her sadness. She just smiled and nodded as he spoke about how amazing she was and how he can see a possible future with her. She had listened to him ramble about her, and every single word he said felt like he was slicing her heart with sharp glass.

When he had finally left, she went to her car to cry. She knew she should've acted on her emotions sooner. Maybe if she had confessed when she had the balls, she'd be the one he'd be admiring and speaking so highly of.

She hadn't been vocal about her feelings for him to any of her other friends, but apparently her feelings weren't as secret as she thought they were. When Ricky informs the group chat that he had a girlfriend, the first person who texts her separately is Kourtney.

Kourtney had claimed she had been aware she loved him since their sophomore year because she always blushed and smiled more when he was around. She actually thought that maybe Ricky felt the same at one point and assumed they'd end up together one day. Nini assured her that she'd be fine, but even she knew she was lying to herself.

The second to contact her was Big Red, which was shocking considering he was extremely dense when it came to romance. He had pulled her aside when they were all hanging out at the mall.

"How're you holding up?"

She looked at him confused. "Holding up with what?"

"With Ricky and McKenna. I know you've liked him for like forever now."

"Damn you too? Am I really this transparent?"

He shrugged and nodded. "Well I mean to be fair you do act really different around him compared to your other guy friends. You've never once cuddled with me, Carlos, Seb, or EJ."

She blushed at the all of the memories of her finding a way to cuddle with him when they were hanging out. He never minded it and payed it no attention.

"If I'm being honest, I'm not too happy about it."

Big Red puts a comforting hand on her shoulder. "If it makes you feel any better, I'm still rooting for you two. Don't get me wrong. McKenna is cool and all, but I don't think she's the one. He's just too stupid to see what's right in front of him. I'm here for you."