♥️Chapter XXIII♥️

⬆️Raina Riele and Leilani
(Riele Downs & Jace Norman)

Happy Valentine's Day!❤️ it's almost Monday here so I figured why not just do an update right now? Enjoy!

Kasey was actually kind of in tears after he had told Raina Riele the story of his friend.

She really had to give him so much credit for saying all of that. She had never expected such an introvert like Kasey to ever be that vulnerable around her.

She had guessed that she was wrong then.

Kasey had just explained to Raina Riele how he had understood her situation, as in leaving Leilani for what she had thought would have been better.

But it really wasn't and everything was just a huge facade instead.

He had a now deceased friend called Tyrone, who he had left for this other group called Good From The Hood... it was almost a talent show.

Long story short, Kasey had gotten deeply humiliated by them, which was why Tyrone had said that Good From The Hood weren't good influences.

But Kasey didn't listen.

"Kasey. I'm so sorry." Raina Riele had said to him after he had explained everything to her, offering to hug the guy.

"Don't mention it," he had replied back, hugging her by the waist tightly back.

"So he's really-"

"Yep."

Raina Riele was about to double check with Kasey if Tyrone was really dead... not that Kasey needed to wait for her to finish talking or anything.

Because he could have already figured out what she was trying to say.

Raina Riele had felt pretty awful, most especially because she had made Kasey be the most vulnerable he had ever been around anyone in a long time.

Kasey had told her not to worry about anything because it really wasn't that deep from his perspective.

Then he had additionally told Raina Riele to wait where she was because he had apparently had a surprise for her.

"Surprise?" She had repeated, looking at him blankly as he had stood up. "But I'm not expecting anything."

"Yeah, that is why it's called a surprise, Raina Riele." Kasey had reminded her, chucking a bit, rolling his eyes. "But yeah. You stay here."

Raina Riele had listened.

She wasn't even planning on going anywhere anyway.

For some reason though, Kasey had really seemed to be taking his time with the said surprise that he had planned for Raina Riele.

Very impromptu indeed.

Sadly, because Raina Riele wasn't exactly the most patient person out there, she did become a bit agitated and frustrated after realising how long Kasey was taking with everything.

Yeah, she knew it.

This was too good to be true.

She couldn't even have thought about what the surprise could have been for her...

Except...

No! Raina Riele had said to herself. No way... he did not-

He did.

Kasey had come out eventually, not holding anything, making Raina Riele confused.

That was when the kid had literally brought out Leilani, and Raina Riele had screamed silently to herself.

They hadn't really talked to each other for a long time, so to see Leilani more or less standing there right now was kind of a dream come true right now for her.

Raina Riele had ranted to a lot of people, RonReaco especially that she had wished that she could have spoken to Leilani again.

Yeah, that's not gonna happen.

Stop wishing that, sis.

Please... after everything that you've done for him and put him through lately?

Leilani probably wouldn't speak to you not even if you were the last person on planet Earth.

Which had all seemed true, yes back at that time... but boy how the tables had turned.

For the better.

"Leilani!"

"Raina Riele," Leilani had muttered through gritted teeth, clapping his hands and rubbing them together. "Kasey just told me everything."

Made sense as to why he had taken so long now.

Not only that but Kasey most likely had to convince Leilani to talk to Raina Riele- which took a lot of convincing.

Though they had all gotten there eventually.

"Really?"

Kasey winked at Raina Riele when Leilani wasn't looking properly.

She had thanked him through another hug again.

Kasey was a godsend.

That was what he was, whether the kid had even realised it or not.

"Right. Imma leave you two crazy lovebirds for a while, so that y'all can sort some things out," Kasey had teased, tapping Leilani by the shoulders a few times.

Then he had moved out of the way.

In the meantime, Kasey was going to try and apologise to Sitara through the phone for the way he had been treating her earlier on.

Not only that but bring her and Rayselle back to the sleepover again hopefully, although that had honestly depended on where they were at the moment.

And how far they were.

Raina Riele wanted to know exactly how much Kasey had told Leilani... and yes.

Her suspicions were correct, he had told him pretty much everything.

"Leilani I'm so sorry," Raina Riele had deeply apologised to her ex best friend. "I-- I don't know what I was thinking. I had this amazing thing right in front of me but I was stupid and selfish and..."

She had bursted out crying because she had genuinely felt really abysmal for leaving such a sensational best friend like Leilani.

Leilani had let her hug him like she had done with Kasey twice today.

"Raina, it's okay."

"No it's not! I left you for popularity but it turned out that popularity wasn't even that great in the long run. The cheerleaders at our school are all just a bunch of pretentious snobby idiots and I can't believe I left someone like you for someone like them."

Then she had begged Leilani to take her back.

Pretty excessively.

If he had done so, then she would have never left him ever again and she would have never taken him for granted at the same time.

She would have replied to his messages on time and she wouldn't have left him on read unless she genuinely didn't know how to reply.

And then some.

Anything that had lowkey symbolised their friendship.

Leilani had asked her if she had really promised that and Raina Riele did.

She had wanted to be best friends with him again more than anything.

Leilani had let his negative feelings towards her slide as he had let her into his life again as his best friend.

It had taken almost a month of being without each other but they had gotten there eventually.

Kasey had even stated that they would have made a cute couple after taking to Sitara on the phone for nearly five minutes now, which was just over how long it had taken him and Leilani to get there.

Seven and a half.

It didn't seem that long but it was.

"Yeah well give it a couple of years and maybe we'll try again," Leilani smiled.

Raina Riele also wanted to join Unsuspected Love because both of the leaders were with her after all. She could have joined the group.

Just no drama between her and anyone else in there.

She had promised that too, and they had all hugged.

It was a shame that Raina being accepted into the group was just about the same time Sitara and Rayselle had come back.

Drama wasn't caused by Raina Riele because it had unfortunately come to her instead.

That was the thing. She didn't even seek it. It just kind of happened.

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