Much Ado About Nothing (N.RK)
in which you and niki have some misunderstandings, and a nosy jay is done with it [inspired by a scene from bones haha]
a.n./ this is for the @kflixnet event haha. For @yoongimooni . I have not written in a while but I tried my best. Hope you enjoy it
💞Warnings: profanity, misunderstandings, a lil bit crying, i have described a very simple situation in a very dramatic fashion, reader has a younger brother by the name of alex💞 Word count: approx. 2k💞Pairing: Nishimura Riki x Fem!Reader (featuring jay, sunghoon, jungwon, alex (younger brother))💞 Genre: Fluff, a lil angst (established relationship)
When your thirteen year old self prayed to have a romance like the books, you were not referring to the abduction and trapping. It seemed as if the universe had misread your wishes, for here you were, being dragged by Jay.
"Would you mind explaining why you're doing this?" You asked, to which Jay gave you what seemed to be his standard response where he would not say anything.
"DUDE!"
"Okay fine!" he said in exasperation, "I was sick an tired of you and Niki constantly bombastically side eyeing each other, so now I am going to lock you in a room for three hours until you guys figure this shit out because I can not deal with you petty kids anymore"
"What-?"
Before you could even process his answer, you were thrown into a room (which you later recognized as Riki's) and the door was shut. Sighing, you nonchalantly walked backwards, habit bringing you to sit on Niki's bed.
Your peripheral vision unfortunately missed out on the 6 foot tall boy that was already sleeping there.
"What the fuck?" Niki exclaimed sleepily, his deep voice softly booming across the room, causing you to let out the most guttural scream in history.
"Oh, you," said Niki, his face falling into a seemingly non care-ish expression that kind of hurt your feelings. It also made you quite mad. Like why is he pretending like you're the one in the wrong here. The literal audacity of this boy to pretend to be the victim here is astonishing.
"Okay what is that supposed to mean?"
"What? I didn't say anything..." he grumbled "just let me sleep..." He lazily lifted the blanket over his eyes.
Okay now he was seriously pissing you off. Yanking the blanket away from his face, you leaned in and held him by his collar.
"Okay listen here you little piece of shit. Your self-appointed older brother or dad or whatever JAY said he's gonna keep us locked in here until we settle our differences. So I think it's best for both of us if you man up and apologise," you said, finishing off with a gentle slap to his head.
"Why the fuck should I apologize, you're the one who has some secret vendetta against my dog," he clapped back, sitting up straight.
Excuse me what now?
You turned back around to face him, confusion etched all over your face.
"I have nothing against Bisco- what the hell are you talking about?" you asked him, the tone of your voice softening due to hurt. You loved Bisco.
"Oh don't pretend to be so innocent. I know you're the one who stole his dog food from my cabinet."
"I would never-"
"And that's not it," he interrupted you, "I noticed that you haven't been spending as much time with him lately. You always do homework or practice during times when you usually walk him, something you claimed to have really liked. Recently whenever he comes to hug you on the couch I can see you inch away from him. If you have something against him you could have just told me but noooo~, you would go as far as to starve him??? Unbelievable..." he said, ending his rant by rolling his eyes at you.
You were speechless. You had no idea that he noticed these things. The feeling of guilt caused you to momentarily forget the anger you felt at him.
It was time to tell him- you owed him an explanation.
"Niki I...I have something to tell you," you said reluctantly.
"Damn right you do -_-"
"It's...not what you think it is..."
Niki turned to look at you curiously, starting to become a bit confused. Taking a deep breath, you said,
"I'mallergictodogfur"
"I'm sorry what?"
"I said," you paused, "I'm allergic. To dog fur." You looked down, unable to meet his eyes. You felt really bad about the way you had hid this from him- Niki really loved that dog of his.
A slender finger ducked underneath your chin, gently lifting your face up. You were now eye to eye with Niki, his face inching close to yours. Wearing an amused expression and that goddamn annoying smirk, he looked at you intently.
"What..." you asked, embarrassment evident in your tone.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he sighed, his tone soft.
"I thought it might hurt your feelings"
"And hiding it would make me feel better?" The question was valid.
"When did you find out?" he asked, hugging you closer. Nuzzling in, you narrated the incident to him.
"It was actually during one of my walks with bisco. He was about to lick something I'm pretty sure he wasnt supposed to, and since it was my first time with a pet, I was cautious and terrified. So I picked him up, away from the ground and towards my face. That's when I started sneezing really bad." you finished, looking up at him.
"Well," Niki said, "You should have told me."
"I know"
"Instead of just ignoring me the way you did"
"Actually," you started, sitting up straight, "that's not why i was ignoring you" you said, feeling the anger boil back into your system.
"What do you mean?" he asked- timidly, a response to your sudden change in tone.
Without a single word, you stood up and walked towards his cupboard. Sliding the door open (perhaps a bit too harsh), you took out the box that you had found while looking for a hoodie a week ago. For the sake of assurance, you opened it, and once again you were met with the horrible sight.
You could feel your jaw ache from emotion as you stared at the torn pictures and broken pieces. With a feeble attempt to ignore the clouding of your eyes, you marched back, throwing the box onto the bed, causing the contents to cause a mess (one toy wheel hitting niki's forehead).
Scraps of pictures littered the bed. Fragments of pictures you had taken with niki, bisco, and some of your little baby brother, one that niki insisted on keeping in his bedroom now nothing but a broken frame. The sight of the poorly torn edges was all it took for the dam to break.
Your sobbing form meekly reached and held the wheel of a very familiar toy car.
"You..." you trailed off, catching your breath, "is something wrong with us, niki? Is something making...making you mad? Is this how you take out your anger? By breaking things? Did I- did I do something wrong? What does this mean?" you ranted breathlessly, not waiting for a reply.
You clutched the plastic wheel harder, holding it to niki's face.
"This... You said you were going to give this to Alex. You said you couldn't wait to play with him, that you wanted to gift him like a good big brother. So why..." you paused, heaving, "why would you break it? Did i say something niki?"
His lack of response only made it harder for you, as you continued to sob relentlessly. Until you felt him gently take hold of your hand.
"Oh sweetie..." his deep voice rung through your ear, causing you to look up slowly, your hiccups slowing down. You faced him, and you were surprised to see a subtle smile.
"Why...why are you" hic "why are you smiling?"
He sighed, and then got off the bed and stood up. Walking to the still open cupboard, he unlocked a drawer hidden behind a bunch of unwashed clothes. You could hear a bit of rattling and jiggling as he pulled something out.
"I wanted this to be a surprise..." he said, his back still turned towards you, "but i guess i have no choice"
Facing you, he walked over and gently placed the item in your hands.
The sight was absolutely heartwarming.
You observed the thin threads, inexpertly but lovingly tying together cut out pictures of you, Alex, and niki- pictures childishly stuck into paper balls. There was sincerity in the little doodles that niki had drawn on the sides of the balls and the adorable cartoon drawings hanging from gold threads. You observed the wooden handle with innocent wonder, caressing it gently. It was beautiful.
Niki had made alex a baby mobile. With all of you in it.
"You think he will like it?" he asked hesitantly, unsure of your reaction.
Turning to him with a bittersweet smile, you simply looked into his eyes, hoping he could see the utter happiness you felt.
And then you grabbed his collar and kissed him.
Although surprised, Niki responded soon enough, cupping your face and smiling into the kiss. You pulled back, foreheads still touching.
"He's gonna love it," you whispered, "just like he loves his big brother."
Resting your head against his shoulder, you held it up as niki clicked the remote. Both of you watched silently as the mobile turned around. The sound of music box nursery rhymes filled the room.
"I used the motor from the car for this, you know" he said, breaking the silence.
"It's wonderful sweetie" you replied, turning around to kiss him again. He locked his lips with yours as you both held each other, happy and content.
"Good to see you're both back at it again- can't say I missed it"
'WTF!" you said, turning around, shit scared.
"JAY CMON MAN" exclaimed niki as both of you looked away, red faced and embarrassed.
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*Bonus*
It was no later then 12 am as a strong man nimbly and silently made his way across the dorms. Cautiously amd carefully, without losing hold of the bag in his hand, he opened the door without a single creak. Expertly nudging in, he silently marched to the kitchen cabinet, and placed the packet inside the cupboard.
"YOU BITCH!"
Sunghoon turned around, scared for his life. And in the darkness of the kitchen was you, standing in front of him menacingly. He desperately clutched the edges of the table as if his life depended on it.
" You scared me, ___" he said, "why are you awake right now?" he asked, chuckling nervously.
"Oh shut it! Don't pretend to be so innocent," you said, eyeing him judgementally, "I can't believe you let niki think I was the one that stole bisco's dog food"
"Okay look-" he said, attempting to defend himself in vain. But he took one look at your face and decided there was no point in doing that.
"Okay fine. I promised my sister that I would get the dog food this time and I may have forgot and she may have had a bad day at school and she may have been in a really bad mood because of that and i may have freaked out and stolen niki's dog food and i may have not said anything when he asked which may have led him to pick a fight with you but hey, come on, that's life right?"
"Hmm...okay" you replied, causing sunghoon to sigh in relief.
"And you know," he continued, "I practically did us a favour."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean, there is no way of knowing jungwon hasn't tried eating dog food"
"What the fuck?"
Sunghoon whipped his head around, nearly breaking it in the process.
"I'm sorry did the couch just speak?" he asked.
An angry jungwon crawled out from behind the couch, a phone camera in hand.
"What do you mean you think i eat dog food?"
"WHERE TEH FUCK DID U COME FROM?"
"Relax sunghoon," you drawled, "I just asked him to record this so that i could show niki the truth"
"Hey you can't do that-"
"If she doesn't, I will," said jungwon, trotting up next to you.
"Dammit."
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