Fandom: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Pairings: Ravi x Reader, implied Pip x Connor
Warnings: Kidnapping, jealousy, neglectance, sad Ravi, sad Pip (I’m sorry, I love her too), angst.
Summary: Set in the second book (kind of, only small mentions), but Pip is not the only one receiving warnings. Ravi ignores it until he loses his girlfriend who he had neglected to prove Sal’s innocence.
It has been a few months since Y/N has arrived home. She hadn’t contacted anyone since she arrived. Of course everyone knew. Both Pip, Cara and Ravi had been trying to contact her.
So far, she had 158 text messages and 93 missed calls from Ravi. Every time he called, she would stare. She wanted to answer it, but she couldn’t manage it.
At school, she couldn’t look at anyone. They were always staring. She resorted to eating her lunch in the school washroom, but it didn’t matter because Pip had started eating her lunch to keep Y/N company.
She hadn’t heard from Becca, but she was filled in on all the fun she missed thanks to Pip’s podcast. She still couldn’t wrap her head around what happened with Becca. She missed Bee.
…
Y/N walked into the dining room to find her family sitting for breakfast. They all tensed when she sat at the table.
“Did I miss something?” she asked.
“No…,” her mother said quietly, “It’s just that Nisha and Mohan came by yesterday. Ravi’s not well.”
“Why?” Y/N’s breath was lost. “What’s wrong with him?”
“What’s not wrong with him?” her brother muttered to himself.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Y/N turned to her mother.
“He wants to see you,” Y/N averted her eyes. “He refuses to eat and he’s locked himself in his room.”
…
And so Y/N found herself on the Singh’s doorstep. She heaved a breath and lifted her hand to the door. She gently knocked twice. Not too loud to seem invasive, but not too quiet for them not to hear.
Nisha opened the door. Her expression was a bit like her mother’s when she looked at her. Teary eyes, quivering chin and shifting stare. She lifted her arms out to ask Y/N for a hug. Y/N abided. Her caring arms reminded Y/N of her mother’s as well.
“Come in, come in,” Mohan said as he approached the two hugging figures.
Y/N and Nisha let go of each other and stepped into the house. Mohan gave Y/N a side hug.
“He’s upstairs,” Nisha said.
Y/N smiled and found her way up their wooden steps and to Ravi’s room. She knocked.
“Do you want to build a snowman?" She sang.
“Go away," his voice was heard.
“Okay, bye," She sang once more.
The door opened and revealed the one and only ravishing Ravi Singh.
“I’m joking, he said. “Come in."
Y/N followed him in his room. It was a mess. Other than his bed, his clothes were thrown everywhere.
A framed picture of them laid on his bed. He wore his graduation clothes with one arm around her and the other holding the camera while she had her arms around him and kissing his cheek.
“I’m waiting on you," he said. “We’re supposed to go to that cafe you like."
Y/N sat on his bed and reached for his hand, which he gladly gave her.
“You mean with Bee. Pip covered that on her podcast."
“No," she said. “With us.
“I can’t answer that, I am sorry for neglecting you and it is completely my fault," he glanced at her with his kind eyes. “I got a warning to stop or someone I cared about would be hurt. I didn’t listen and that person was you. I’m just sorry. I thought if I distanced myself from you, you would be in the clearing. I didn’t worry about Pip ‘cause she had Connor.
“That's not what I expected but I completely understand," Y/N could feel the tears burning her eyes. “I just wish you told me sooner."
“N/N, if we could do it all again and you knew why," he paused. “Would you stay?"
“In any alternative, I’d stay."
Ravi got up to kiss her hair. She lifted her arms to his neck and pulled him down for his lips to meet hers.
