wave after wave 🌊 [rini au]

fall ; 29

"Good morning, birthday girl." Ricky kissed the girl lying in bed, who was just shaken awake by her older brother, who insisted to cease the day because it was a special day. The curly-haired boy had dropped by the Roberts house in the morning to wish her a happy birthday because they both had a full day of work ahead of them. It was her special day and he didn't want to wait till lunch to wish her. "Are those donuts I smell?" Nini murmured from under her blanket, then pushed the white fabric away from her face to get a whiff of whatever he had brought for her. "Maybe if you come out of your bed and got dressed, you'd find out," He tried to coax her out of bed, knowing that it was difficult to wake up the day after she had a gig. The girl reached out her hands to him, gesturing for Ricky to help pull her up. He laughed at the way her arms flailed around, but pulled her to sit up with his strong grip. Nini tugged him to sit next to her on the bed, wanting his body heat to engulf her as she escaped the warmth of her covers. As he leaned against the headboard, she straddled his waist, to lean against his chest, tucking her head under his chin. Ricky loved the way she snuggled against him, planting a kiss on the crown of her head, as his hand stroked her exposed thigh gently. "As much as I wanna stay here with you the entire day, you gotta get up, Nins. Or at least, so that Nate doesn't come in and catch us like that," He could hear her groan tiredly into his chest as he combed her hair gently, taming the strands that went wild from her sleep.

She finally hopped into the bathroom to freshen up before starting her day, suddenly hoping that she was fast enough that she could catch the sunrise. Ricky had left her a note saying that breakfast was waiting on the porch for her, with a p.s. confirming that it was indeed her favourite donuts from the shop they'd visited when they'd gotten back from Oahu. Her family wished the baby Roberts happy birthday, each taking their time to shower her with love and kisses as she struggled to get to the main door, where Ricky was waiting for her on the other side. Nini leaped onto her boyfriend's back when she finally made it out of the house, a little disappointed when she saw the sun shining brightly in the sky. "Happy birthday, Nina," He let her down so he could kiss her properly on the lips; she was greeted by the taste of coffee on his tongue, craving the beverage for herself. She pulled away and began to dig into the warm donuts, not caring that there was sugar all over her lips. Ricky dusted the sugar from her lips with his thumb as he watched her enjoy her birthday breakfast.

The time they had together in the morning was not long, Ricky having to leave for duty soon after she'd finished the donuts. As Nini walked Ricky to his car, she thought to open the mailbox to see if any of her friends had sent anything for her birthday. Unfortunately, it was empty — not a single letter or parcel. Ricky kissed the back of her hand affectionately, telling her it was okay, and perhaps their mail arrived late, because just Hawaii things. She let him hug her and rub her back to comfort her before he left; not without a morning birthday kiss, her hands tight around his neck so that she could kiss him longer, before she would meet him again later that day.

"Ni, you have some presents in your room," Mr Roberts told her as she walked back in through the door, Mrs Roberts explained that her gift had actually arrived early but her friends had requested that the family only give them to her on the actual day of the birthday. Kourtney had sent her a new set of waterproof eyeshadow and wrote in her card that she could finally be a mermaid princess. Nini laughed and shook her head, there was no way that she would apply makeup to the beach, it was not worth the effort at all; although being a mermaid princess was not at all a bad idea. She figured that she would test the concept someday, maybe when Kourtney was back for the summer to help her put it on. Other friends sent postcards, from whichever states in the Mainland they were at for college, telling her that they missed her and hoped that she was doing well back in Kauai. Gina, on the other, was a wild soul. The past few birthdays, she'd gotten Nini the most sparkly dress that she'd ever owned and even a thong bikini set that she still hadn't worn till this day because it was not practical. There was no telling of what Gina could have gotten her from the streets of New York City. An ominous black box sat under the wrapping paper; the box was light and Nini immediately knew that it was some article of clothing, following the trend of gifts from Gina. The box opened to reveal a dusty pink nightgown, with lace at the bust area and silk flowing down smoothly, as well as a matching underwear set. The gift was accompanied with a pink card, a message written on the back by the Porter girl.