" Now let me introduce myself, because If Leigh introduces me I'm sure I'll come off as a complete idiot. " He said stretching out his hand but quickly taking it back to scratch the back of his head. " Well, at least if I introduce myself you won't think I'm a complete idiot. " He paused. " I think... "
I chuckled and he quickly regained his beautiful smile in no time. " Anyways! I'm Valerio Kentin Grates nice to meet you. "
" Since we're telling our full names. " I smiled like a stupid cow. " Olivia Barbara Jionni. Nice to--. " Before I could even finish my sentence he hugged me like an excited little boy with that fascinating smile still glued on his face. " Excited much? I know I'm awesome. " I nervously tried to make a sarcastic joke.
" And I thought I would make the impression of a complete idiot. " He chuckled making me feel even more embarrassed about what I just said.
Funny but, I wasn't feeling uncomfortable or weird around him. Almost as if I could say anything I wanted. Almost as I knew him for years...and years. Indeed.
" Waddup cousin? I see you already met the disgrace of this family! " Raphael. Of couuuuurse he would have to ruin a moment with his raw humour and personality of a pure born dickhead.
Nah I'm just kidding. My cousin is the most prescious thing on this earth for me...he was just a specialist at ruining moments with his douchebagginess.
" Can everyone finally stop teasing me and let me talk to Olivia? Jeez... " Val got irritated and crossed his arms like a stubborn 5 year old boy whose candy has just been stolen.
" Awwww. " I sarcastically put my hand on his shoulder. " Don't cry. "
" You, young lady, are making it worse. " He stuck out his toungue.
" You have a tongue ring? " I said half shocked half excited. " I always wanted one! I was just too scared to get one! "
Let me pause for a second and have a chance to describe the angelic creature standing in front of my eyes looking at me with so much mystery.
Valerio Grates was very tall and skinny. With light brown hair and beautifully shaped lips that held a Labret piercing. He had a strong body, something that could be distinguished from his shoulders and torso. He also had a lot of other piercings. His eyebrow was pierced and so was his nose, and of course the tongue ring. Val had a huge tattoo of an ant on his left hand....it caught my attention but I will later explain further. Funny how all of these things didn't matter to me. Hell, I didn't even notice them.... the only thing I noticed about him were his huge nicely shaped eyes. Those green monster eyes sucking the energy out of my body, pulling me closer and closer to him. Green eyes with a touch of gold that you could notice everytime he got excited. Damn those green eyes, damn those green mysterious eyes. They made me eager, eager to find out the story they held behind them. The untold question mark that no one else in the room could see. That's what made me shiver....that's what made my soul soften for a moment.
Okay. Back to reality now.
He jiggled his tongue around playing with his piercing still not losing his idiotic smile. I could see myself following each and every movement his tongue made, somehow triggering me. I felt like he wanted to provoke me.
" What's the matter? You like it? " He asked suddenly sharing his cockyness with the world.
I rolled my eyes letting a small laugh escape my lips.
" Tell me about you Olivia. I wanna know more about you. " He said, adding a more serious tone to his voice.
" Mmmmm, I love cats! " I awkwardly responded saying the first thing that popped into my head.
" Me too! " He quickly responded showing off the light gold color in his green eyes. " My cat's name is Noah! "
I gave him a weird look just for fun. " Myyyy cats name is Harry...from Harry Potter. "
" Ha! So don't look at me with this weird look plastered on your face you dork! " He said elbowing me. " You little geeeeeeek. "
We stayed there for hours, talking and talking and talking to eachother as if no one else was around. It was scary...and fascinating at the same time. How we shared so many similarities, little things, but with so much meaning. Imagine seeing yourself, hearing your thoughts, your aspect about things, your hobbies and your taste in music from another human. It is impossible to find all of these combined in one single creature. Yet, I did. And it scared my living breathing inner self.
" Guys? " Raphael arrogantly waved his hand in front of our faces. " GUYS! "
" It's time to go....jeez, get a room and a pair of new ears you deaf love birds! "
We both laughed realizing we spend the entire time talking to each other, so interested in what the other one had to say, so sucked into the conversation that we didn't even care that everyone was staring.
" Come on. " He pulled me into a one arm hug. " Let's go have a cigarette before we leave. And I can see you shivering so you'll wear my jacket. "
" N-no. There really is no need for you to do this. "
" Oh shut up. " He said, taking off his jacket and giving it to me.
I smiled sweetily feeling myself blush a little.
" You're weird. " He paused. " But you're funny, I like you Olivia! I definitely wanna hang out with you more before I leave. "
" So smooth. " I mocked him inhaling the nicotine.
" Will you give me your number? Pretty pretty please? " He said trying to sound cute.
" Uh, yeah. I guess... " I said looking down at my feet.
" Guys it is seriously time to go for fuck's sake! " Leigh's voice echoed in the background and we quickly made our way to the car.
I shot Val one last look feeling something building up inside me. Something so similar to...happiness? I guess you can say it was happiness. True fucking happiness. Inner happiness.
That was the first night I dreamt of his eyes, the first one of hundreds of nights to go. The first night I felt the connection, not the love. Cause I saw a person in Val, a human being so special, so unable to give but so eager to. Call me a lunatic. But 45 minutes was more than enough time for me to wrap my soul around his insides. I didn't see a gender, I didn't see a good looking guy. I saw a heart, a human that could change my whole life, my whole theory of living. And I would hold on to that no matter what.....
A/N: Soooo I felt like updating :) Hope you enjoyed it! Make sure to VOTE & COMMENT If you liked it. Support and opinions mean everything to me! MWAH
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