Book of Love: Rini One Shots

The Oblivious and Otherworldly

Summary: Ricky moves into a small town and befriends his reserved neighbor who he shares a lot in common with, but something about their relationship is a bit...peculiar.

In honor of the 1st day of spooky season, please enjoy this!

(Don't worry it's not actually scary. I understand horror isn't everyone's forte)

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Nini smelt something burning as she stirred in her sleep. Finally realizing that she was smelling a fire, she sprung up from her bed knowing she had to alarm her roommates.

"Fire! Fire! Everyone get up before it gets worse! Gina, Kourtney, Ashlyn wake up!"

Suddenly a large wave of smoke entered her lungs, and she began coughing like a maniac. She felt her heartbeat slowing down and passed out.

Nini popped up from her bed and began panting. She looked around the room to check for any sign of smoke or fire and was relieved to see there was none. She took a deep breath; it was just a dream.

She had been waking up from the same nightmare for the past few months, and she had to admit she wasn't exactly a fan. It always felt so real.

"Oh, thank god. For a moment there, I thought I was toast."

Feeling her stomach grumble, she decided she could surprise her roommates with breakfast for all four of them. She was always the first one up anyways, so it just made sense she'd prepare food.

As she walked down the hall, she noticed something was a little odd. It was silent. Even though her roommates were in their bedrooms, they usually weren't actually asleep especially at ten in the morning.

Gina normally would be working out in the living room, Ashlyn would be reading with music playing in the background, and Kourtney was always taking a shower while singing whatever musical soundtrack she felt like listening to that day.

This also had been going on for a while. They'd stay in their rooms for most of the morning fast asleep. She never had the heart to wake them up though. When she looked in her fridge, she noticed there were close to no groceries.

"Damnit, I told Kourtney she was on grocery duty this week! Guess I'll have to remind her later today."

She hears the sound of a bunch of preteens talking on their bikes outside her window and rolls her eyes. Like most small towns, there was always that one group of rowdy kids that loved to bother their neighbors just because they could.

She had seen these boys a few times start coming around here. They'd usually ding-dong ditch her or try to look inside like the little creeps they were. She saw them roll up her driveway and figured she could set these kids straight.

She cracked the window in the kitchen slightly stunning the boys in the process. She smirked because they probably didn't expect her to actually retaliate for once.

"Hey can you guys stop coming around here? It's getting a little stalkerish, and you're disrupting my morning!"

They were all frozen in fear, which isn't exactly what she was expecting but was glad they felt intimidated by her. Maybe they won't bother her anymore now.

One of the blond kids reached in his pocket and threw a rock straight through the window almost hitting her in the process. She got pissed that the little brat would almost assault her.

"You little shit! I'm coming for you!"

She picked up the rock and threw it back at the kids. They all screamed at the top of their lungs and rolled away before she could even make it outside to them. She began laughing at them. Serves them right.