hey babes, just have a request. im sorta playing around with this idea myself, but i wanna see where you take it. could you do a ricky bowen one where the reader is nini's sister and she looks up to nini a lot and so shes given up a lot for her. like she really liked ricky before he started to date nini but she never did anything about because she just cares so much about being a good sister? LMAO that's really freaking specific but yea.
what sisters are for ☆ ricky bowen
y/n loves nini to death, she’s her sister. she just want to see nini happy, even if it means sparing her own feelings
warnings: kinda angst, mainly fluff, long, very much unedited
“Here, Nina, you can have mine.” You smiled, giving your older sister your cupcake.
She looked up from her gaze at the floor, water droplets clouding the carpeted floor underneath her chin. She wiped her flushed cheeks with the back of her hand, stumbling to get up and fixing her festive, red dress. You hold out your cupcake in your hand, hoping it would help her stop crying. She picked the treat from your hand and wrapped her arms around your shoulders, tightly hugging you close to her.
You smiled at the memory brought back by the photo in your hand, both of you were six at the time. Nini and your cousins were running around the house as you helped your mothers serve food to your relatives and other family friends. Your grandma put on display some freshly baked and iced cupcakes, the smell of the french vanilla catching the attention of the kids. They all ran towards the table of desserts, each grabbing their own goodies from the counter. You managed to save the last cupcake for yourself, until you noticed your sister wasn’t around. You squeezed past your family members until you saw Nini on the floor crying. That was when you offered her your treat.
“Whatcha lookin’ at?” You heard Nini’s voice ask after she knocked on your open bedroom door.
She climbed your bed, sitting down next to you and peering over your shoulder. Her laugh ringed through your ear as she picked up the photo and looking at it closely. You had matching dresses, hers red and yours green, with a black brow wrapped around the waist. Nini was holding your hand while the other held the cupcake you gave her, smiling brightly at the camera in front of her. You used to hate photos, so you tried your best to give a big smile to match your sister.
“You were so dramatic back then, crying over a cupcake.” You joked.
Nini’s mouth widened as she shoved your shoulder, “You know that wasn’t true. Our cousin pushed me and laughed in my face as I cried. He was so rude.”
“Yeah, yeah, keep telling yourself that.”
“You’re a bully.” She complained.
She grabbed the pillow behind you and smacked it across your face. You gasped, immediately pushing her off your bed, making her fall on the floor. Her hair was tossled across her face, some strands peaking upwards. You held your stomach as you laughed intensely, Nini matching you.
“If you two girls don’t get ready soon, you’re going to be late for school!” Your mother yells from downstairs.
You and Nini enter through the open school doors, squeezing through the tight hallways and the multiple students standing in large groups or barely moving an inch for you to move faster. You both managed to make it through and get to your locker, awaiting Kourtney to come by and greet you two.
“So, is EJ going to be with us during lunch?” You wonder, twisting the knob of your locker and opening it.
Nini grabbed her textbook and put it away in her bag quickly before responding, “Yeah, Kourtney wants to discuss some of the outfits she put together for our costumes. Sound good with you?”
“All good.” You reply, grinning at her.
“Did someone say Kourtney?”
You giggle, turning around to see your friend strutting towards you both. Kourtney comes up and gives you a quick hug, soon giving one to your sister as well.
“How are my favorite twins doing?”
Nini laughed, “We don’t even look that much the same.”
“Still twins. By the way, I saw Ricky on my way here, and I overheard him talking to Big Red about wanting to talk with you about something.” Kourtney warned, pointing at your sister.
“What would be want to talk to me about?”
“I’m not sure, but it didn’t seem too serious. Now let’s hang out in class until the bell rings, because I am not being late again.” Kourtney joked, wrapping her arm around your shoulder.
You laughed, “Yeah, I need to rest my headache from Nini hitting me in the head this morning.”
“Weren’t you the one who pushed me off your bed?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
As the three of you walked to class, you started to blush as you thought about Ricky again. You and Ricky knew each other for a long time; kindergarten; to be exact. The earliest memory you can think of with him was when he helped you up after you fell off the swing set during recess. After that, you and Ricky would push each other on the swing everyday and make sure neither of you went up too high. You introduced Nini to Ricky later on, and they grew to be good friends as well.
Even when the three ( five, once you all met Kourtney and Big Red ) reached high school, you managed to stay extremely close with each other, you and Ricky significantly closer. Freshman year, you discovered you had different feelings towards Ricky, some you never felt before. You haven’t had a crush before, Nini would talk about it, but you never understood her. Of course, you being you, those emotions were hidden away. Sophomore year came around, your feelings towards Ricky grew, and you were just about to gain the courage to ask him out. Then, Nini had asked out Ricky before you could. You weren’t mad, how could you? You never talked to her about how you felt about Ricky to her before. When he agreed to go out with Nini, you were happy for them. There was no chance you would be able to tell her that you liked Ricky, you only told Kourtney about it. After that, you pushed away those feelings again, locking it in a box, and throwing it towards the bottom of the ocean.
Their relationship was short-lived, however. Ricky and Nini only dated for six months , and had a mutual breakup with each other. There was only one night you comforted Nini about their relationship, and it was the same day it happened. They become more awkward with each other, Kourtney stopped talking to him altogether, and you tried your best to keep your friendship alive with him. As far as you knew, Ricky and Nini were still friends, just more distant. Now, after meeting him in a summer camp for acting, she began to date EJ, and you couldn’t be more happy for her.
“Hey, babe, you want to come with me to get lunch?” EJ asked, resting both his hands on Nini’s shoulders.
You, Nini, and Kourtney looked up from your conversation to see EJ smiling brightly.
You and Kourtney wave back at him, giddily smiling at each other over how cute he was to Nini. Nini turned in her seat at the cafeteria table you were sat at and stood up to hug her boyfriend.
“Sure, let me just get my wallet.”
She begins to dig through her backpack, her eyebrows furrowed and a frown built upon her face. After a few more seconds of rummaging around her bag, she groans.
“Crap, I think I left my wallet at home.”
You shake your head at your sister. You pull out your wallet and bring out a $10 bill. You give a light shove to Nini’s arm, offering her the money.
“Here, I’m not going to eat lunch today. Don’t like what they have.” You shrug.
Nini shakes her head rapidly, “No, you don’t have to do that.”
She sighs, hesitantly grabbing the bill and hugging you from behind tightly. She thanks you right before she took EJ’s hand and went to get lunch.
You turned back to Kourtney, wanting to continue talking about her plans for all the actors’ costumes. She had a smirk on your face, confusing you.
“What’s wrong with you?” You question.
“So Nini and Ricky talked during third period today.”
You squinted your eyes at her, tilting your head slightly to the side. “Ok, and?”
“Nini told me what they discussed.”
“It was about you!” She rushed, quickly tapping the table underneath her hands.
Your eyes widened, suddenly feeling your heart rate pick up. You shook your head, not believing what your friend had told you.
“About what?” You wonder.
“We’re back!” Nini smiled, placing her tray down in front of her along with EJ. “Thanks again, I’ll pay you back at home.”
You give her a quick smile. Nini and EJ go back into a conversation while you look back at Kourtney. She nods at you, smiling.
A vibration from your phone startled you. You picked up your phone and saw it was a text from Ricky. Your heart stopped, you instinctively started to bounce your leg up and down.
“Uhm, Ricky wants to meet up. I’ll see you guys later.” You say confusingly.
“See you in class.” Nini smiled as Kourtney winked at you.
You didn’t even notice your sister and friend giddily squealing with each other as you walked away from their table.
Ricky’s text said to meet you at the staircase by the auditorium. Most of the students at this time were in the cafeteria, making it easier for you to veer through the school and make it to the staircase. You didn’t want to run, why would you willingly run anyways, but you did speed across the hallways.
Once you finally reached the staircase, you carefully made your way down the steps as to not fall down. You turned to go down the final flight of steps, and immediately noticed Ricky sitting on the last step. You only saw his back side, but it was enough to make you blush.
“Ricky?” You call, making the boy turn his head and stand up immediately.
He instantly smiled at you, running one hand through his curls and the other patting down his green hoodie.
“Hi, Y/N. I’m surprised you came to talk to me.”
You finished walked down the steps, standing on the last one where he sat before and making you almost match his height.
“Why wouldn’t I? You’re my friend.”
“I know, it’s just been a bit different since we really got to talk like this.”
“And may I ask why we are here?”
Ricky scratched the back of his neck, breaking eye contact from you to look around the area. You moved your head to try and meet his eyeline, hoping he would look at you.
“I’ve had something on my mind for a while, and I feel like you should know.”
Your heart started beating quickly again, feeling your face warm up and your hands beginning to fumble with each other.
He took a deep breath, closing his eyes for a few seconds before staring back at you. His small gaze alone surely made your cheeks flush.
“For these past few weeks, few months, actually, I could not stop thinking about you.”
Your mouth opened slightly, and your eye widened. No noise was able to come out of your mouth, his words made you completely shocked.
“It’s been a little over a year since Nini and I dated, and for that time we were together, it didn’t feel real.”
“What do you mean?” You asked in a hush tone.
“It just didn’t feel like a real relationship. I did like her, but something just didn’t feel right. After a while we sort of lost that spark, you know?”
You were scared for Ricky to finish his sentence. Everything you could have thought he was going to say terrified you.
“When Nini stopped talking to me, I was somewhat ok. I mean, yeah, we’re friends, but it didn’t bother me as much. But then you stopped talking to me, too, and I realized what was happening.”
He took a short pause, as if he was trying to find the right way to phrase what he would say next.
“I thought I lost you, like we would never be friends again, and that caused me the most heartbreak. We would still talk, you know? Even when Nini and I were together, we were still best friends. But those few months that we barely spoke to each other, it was like a piece of me was missing. I needed you, more than anything in the world. I know it sucks, especially because I dated your sister, and it took me so long to realize this, but I have to know. Do you like me the way that I like you?”
You felt like you were going to faint. This is what you have always wanted; for Ricky to tell you that he felt the same way about you. But none of this felt right. It was as if you were stabbing your sister in the back. How could you date your sister’s ex boyfriend? How selfish could you be to say yes to him?
You mustered up the courage to finally speak up. “Ricky,”
“Yeah?” He responded hopefully, his body starting to lean closer to yours.
“I do like you, for like, a long time.”
Ricky let out a relieved breath, slowly inching his head closer to yours. Your breath hitched in your throat just as his nose touched yours, but you placed a hand on his chest, preventing him from moving any closer.
“But I can’t be with you.”
He pulled away, his smiled faded into a frown.
“You still dated my sister, and I know you mean no harm, but I can’t do that to her. I really do like you, and I wish I would be with you the way you want to, but we can’t. It’s not right.”
He shook his head sadly, taking a small step back from where you stood. You felt a pain in your chest as you regretted rejecting him.
An awkward silence grew over you two, making you feel uneasy. Your skin itched the more you stood quietly.
“We’re still friends, right?” You asked shyly.
The corner of Ricky’s lips turned upwards, a sense of relief washed over you. “Always.”
“Let me know if you change your mind, I’m always here.”
You grinned, holding your arms out for Ricky to come to you. He greatfully scooted closer and wrapped his arms around your waist, yours around his neck. You felt so comfortable again, having him hold you. His hands on your torso felt like it grew slightly tighter. You mirrored him by holding him closer to you for a little longer.
You looked up from your laptop on your lap. Your back was up against the headboard of your bed, typing out some of your homework assigned. Nini was standing by the doorway, a soft smile on her face.
“Yeah, something wrong?” You shut your laptop and put it on your bedside table, making room for your sister.
She climbed your bed and sat in front of you, crossing her legs. “I know what you did today.”
You took a deep breath, closing your eyes and rolling your head back.
“Look, Nini, I’m so sorry-”
“I didn’t mean to hurt you, I promise I-wait, what?” You ramble.
“Ricky told me what happened. He said that he finally told you that he liked you, and you felt the same but you wouldn’t do anything because you didn’t want to hurt me.”
“I never want to disrespect you, you’re my sister.”
Nini sighed as she crawled up next to you and sit right by your side. She placed her hand on your arm, giving you a reassuring smile.
“Don’t you think I know how much you have given up for me for our entire lives?”
You raised an eyebrow, confused as to what she was implying.
“Like that Christmas when you gave me your cupcake, and when you took the blame for me for knocking over that vase, and when you hid your feelings for Ricky from me, and when you gave me $10 to buy lunch, and now you rejected Ricky just because you didn’t want to hurt me.”
“Wait, you knew I liked Ricky?”
“I figured it out after we broke up.”
You groaned, resting your elbows on your knees and shoving your face in your hands.
“Stop being sorry, Y/N. You have done so much for me, and I have been the terrible sister for not being able to do anything for you. I’m sorry.”
You shook your head at your sister, but she held up her hand before you could continue.
“Let me do something for you. Text Ricky right now and say you will go out an a date with him.”
“No, Nini, I can’t.” You started.
“Trust me, it’s weird for me, too. It’s so weird to think of my sister and my ex being together. But you deserve to be happy, and it’s not like I hate his guts or anything.”
You both laugh together. You finally felt complete relief inside, especially now that your sister was happy for you. You brought your sister into your arms, hugging her as tightly as you could.
“Thank you, Nini.” You whispered.
“I know, I’m the best big sister ever.”
“Shut up and text him already!”
You laughed, unplugging your phone from its charger and opening Ricky’s contact.
want to go hang out afterschool tomorrow?
i thought you’d never ask
A/N - im not going to lie i got real carried away with this one . i also said i would update yesterday but i totally neglected my ap test oops . so hope u guys like this one and next update will be saturday !! love y’all xx
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