the best met gala bathroom selfie. when the person presenting the award announced the category, hailey’s eyes shot up. she knew she was nominated for it and while she really liked the one from 2017, the blonde didn’t think that she would win it. over the years there had been much more legendary bathroom selfies from other people. taking a sip from her drink, even though she was already heavily intoxicated, she leaned back in her chair, waiting for the person to announce the winner. “and the winner is…. hailey baldwin.” immediately reflexively raising up when she heard her name being announced, her heart started to pound. even though her mind was all over the place, her eyes started to roam around the crowded room. spotting the person she was looking for, the blonde walked over to her, the irritated eyes from the presenter for not straight up walking on stage following her. hailey grabbed rihanna’s hand, not caring if she was in the middle of a conversation or whatever else, and pulled her with her to the stage. walking up, she accepted the award with a grateful smile, letting go of the black woman’s hand for just a second to walk up to the microphone. “thank you,” she held it up, “i didn’t expect to win, so i’ve got no speech prepared. but since this is an award for something that happened on met gala grounds, i just wanna say that this woman here,” her finger pointed to rihanna, “is an inspiration to me on met gala days, and also every other day of the year as well,” a small chuckle escaped her lips. practically pushing the trophy back into the presenter’s arms, the blonde walked up to the business woman, both hands carressing her cheeks to pull her in for a kiss, letting her lips move against hers slowly.
rihanna wasn’t paying attention. her anticipation of the award was not high, but she looked favorably on it. it meant that they had made it, with the sum of weird categories, the zero press presence inside, and the fact that all her friends were there and could call it work, it had all turned into a perfect night of pure fun. she was drinking and joking at the her table when hailey came by and took her hand. shit that meant she did it. hailey had won her cathegory and now they were about to hit the stage for a thank you speech. whenever riri realised what that meant for her, she just followed hailey with a happy smile. standin right there next to her she even blushed as the model said all those kind words. and then the sweet moment came. she kissed hailey back for a second, but decided to put some flare at it. holding her back she sweep one of her feet off the ground, bending her in a truly tango kiss, giving the audience a show. once they were both stable on heir feet, she took the mic. “this woman right here is the best. you cherish that met selfie, no one gonna ever top it!”, with a smile she gave hailey another peck, before offering her hand for them both to leave stage.