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As a member of the Judgment Day, I was required to be present for the matches of any of my fellow members even if I was not fighting.
I was waiting outside our dressing room for Rhea so we could walk together to meet the boys at the gorilla.
I'd had a crush on Rhea basically since we met almost a year ago. I joined the Judgment Day soon after we met and my crush only got worse. I had fallen hard and fast and I wasn't even sure if she liked women or not.
The only person who knew about my crush was Damien after he found me crying in a closet after a match one time. Rhea and Dom had been all over each other and it hurt to see them like that.
Hearing the dressing room door open, I stepped back slightly to make room for Rhea to walk past.
She walked out in her usual ripped-up Mami shirt and jeans, her hair flowing down around her looking soft and fluffy as hell. Her makeup was flawless as usual, accentuating her beautiful blue eyes. She looked hot as hell.
"Hey, ready?" She asked me, stopping in front of me as she adjusted the strap of her top.
I just nodded my head in response, not trusting myself to speak without making myself sound like a babbling fool.
She smiled and grabbed my hand, making me blush, so we could walk down together.
She would do things like this all the time, hold my hand or blow kisses at me in the ring which always made me nervous, but she did the same things with Dom which made me hold back.
Rhea swung our hands between us as we walked down the hallway towards the spot where the boys were meeting us.
My heart beat faster as I kept my eyes on what was in front of me, trying my best not to look over at Rhea's gorgeous presence.
As we approached, Damien and I made eye contact. He wiggled his eyebrows at me in playfully scandalous support.
I grinned and ducked my head down, hoping no one had seen. But of course, the one person who did see was the one person I didn't want to.
"What's got you smiling, Buttercup?" Rhea playfully asked, tugging on my hand.
Don't be fooled by the cute nickname, it was not a pet name. It was one she had given me after I had introduced her to the fucking Powerpuff Girls after having been appalled at her not knowing who they were. She said I reminded her of Buttercup and has not stopped calling me that since.
I scowled at the name. "Nothing Ree, just Damian being a dumbass."
She threw her head back laughing and gently let go of my hand as we stepped up to stand next to the boys before our cue.
Shaking out my hands and feet to get myself ready, Damian leaned down into my ear from my right. "You feelin' okay, Buttercup?" He mocked, popping the p.
I shoved him away from me right as our music started and the fog machines turned on. I turned my expression to a bored one and gripped the open flaps of my sleeveless leather jacket as we all began our walk down to the ring.
Damian was supposed to be fighting Cody Rhodes tonight for some reason. The other four of us would be ringside cheering him on until Cody's friends come out and then Dom and Finn will join in while Rhea and I taunt from ringside.
I sashay down the hallway, pausing with the rest of my crew to show off our titles as the pyros went off behind us.
Continuing on our way, Rhea and I met up at the back as the boys went ahead, Dom and Damian both holding up a side of the ropes for us to get in under.
Rhea and I went under the ropes together and then stood next to each other off to the side while the boys faced Cody Rhodes in the middle.
Rhea slung an arm around my shoulder, pulling me in close to her as I leaned against the ropes with my arms crossed.
I blushed as Rhea began to idly draw circles on my shoulder with her middle finger as she kept her focus on the men in front of us. She pulled me close enough that half of my back was resting against her stomach and chest, her body pushing against me with every breath.
I wasn't paying any attention to what either party was saying to each other until I heard my name be brought into the conversation.
"What about the little crush Y/n here has on Mami?" Cody taunted me.
I immediately froze as the blood drained from my face. The crowd was silent for the first time that night and you could hear a pin drop.
Rhea's finger stopped mid-motion on my shoulder and I felt her stop breathing behind me.
"Hey, that's too far, man." Damien seethed at him, pushing his chest and making him stumble back. The crowd roared in response, egging them on as I watched on in shock.
Dom grabbed my arm and pulled me out of Rhea's arms and out of the ring as Damian and Cody began their fight.
Finn and Rhea soon joined us on the floor, the two of them on the other side of the ring.
Between Cody and Damien's feet and bodies flying everywhere, I could see Rhea leaning up against the base of the ring. She looked lost in thought and not at all focused on the match at hand.
Hearing Dom slap the floor of the ring next to me in support of Damien brought me back to the match.
I began to cheer Damian on as well, remembering that that was what I had to do. Stay in character and do my job, no matter what.
Theme music began to play as Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens ran out to help Cody.
Sami ran straight for Dom, pulling him away from me and onto the floor as Kevin ran around to attack Finn.
Just as we had planned, Rhea then came running around the ring towards me so we could grab the feet of the guys' opponents when they got the upper hand on our boys. Normally she'd play flirt with me or just say something snarky in general. However, this time she was silent and wouldn't even look me in the eye.
It was crushing.
After Judgment Day won the match, we made up way back up to the gorilla as a group. As soon as we were out of view of the crowd and the cameras I broke into a run, booking it down the hall to our dressing room.
The tears I had managed to keep at bay until then began to make their way down my face as I raced past other wrestlers who looked on in sympathy.
I heard someone yell my name from behind me as I ran which only made me run faster.
Once I had safely made it back to our dressing room I slammed the door shut behind me and locked it before turning around and sliding down it onto the floor.
I curled myself into a ball as the tears continued to pour out. How did Cody even know? I had been so careful and now Rhea knows and hates me and the whole group dynamic is gonna change and they're gonna kick me out and-
My self-deprecating thought spiral stops abruptly as someone bangs on the door behind me enough to shake me.
"Y/n! Y/n open the door!"
It sounded like Rhea.
"Go away!" I sobbed, not even caring anymore if she or anybody else here knew. I just wanted to wallow in my self-misery.
"I'm not going anywhere until you open the fucking door!" She screamed, her voice cracking towards the end.
Slowly I slid back up the wall and turned around, putting my hand on the doorknob. I unlocked the door and closed my eyes, taking a deep breath before slowly cracking the door open just enough for me to look out through.
Rhea stood there with her hair all disheveled like she had run her fingers through it a hundred times over already. Her cheeks were wet with tears and makeup streaked down her face.
She saw the slightly ajar door and rushed towards me, trying to push through.
I put my foot down and pushed back, not letting her through. She gave up after a second and just leaned against the door and the frame so that all I could see was her.
"Please. Can we talk?" She croaked, another tear slipping down her flushed cheeks.
A matching tear slid down my own cheek as I finally succumbed, nodding my head as I hesitantly moved away from the door.
Rhea immediately barreled in as soon as I was out of the way, shutting the door behind her and locking it so as not to be disturbed by anyone.
"Is it true?" She asked, breathing heavily. I could see fear in her eyes. Fear of what answer though I'm not sure.
I nodded my head slowly, looking at the floor instead of her, refusing to make any sort of eye contact.
"Say it." She demanded.
I looked up. "What?"
"Say it. Say that you have a crush on me." She demanded again, her voice wavering as she spoke.
I looked at the floor again, "I-"
Rhea cut me off, grabbing my chin and forcing my eyes to meet hers.
"Look me in the eye when you say it."
I took a deep, shaky, breath before starting deep into her eyes and completing her request.
"I Y/n Y/l/n have a huge fucking crush on you, Rhea Ripley."
She slowly grinned as she took in my words.
"A bit fat lesbian crush?" She cackled, quoting the one movie we watched together over and over and over again.
"Yes, a big fat lesbian crush," I told her hopelessly.
"Good. Because I have one on you too," she whispered before closing the gap between us, taking my face in her hand once again as she kissed me.
It was luxurious. Exactly how I had imagined except a thousand times better in every way possible.
Our chests pressed together as as lips moved in sync. Her tongue pushed its way into my mouth with only slight resistance. After all, I'd waited for so long I'd let her do literally anything she wanted to me. Anything.
And then she did.