My Italian Nightmare

Chapter 9: New Faces

4th of October 2021

The rest of September had flown by and before I knew it, I was on my way to university again, starting my 5th semester in fashion design and management. I was pretty excited to go to uni again, because we struggled a lot during Covid when we couldn't use the art facilities.

At the entrance, I met Cecile and Freyja who already waved at me. Cecile was studying graphic design, she wanted to be an tattoo artist later. Freyja studied traditional art and illustration and was already working on her first own manga book.

Cecile was truly a goddess when it came to makeup looks. She always wore bold eyeliner and her makeup always matched her outfit. Her dark brown hair reached her shoulders and she was rather slender at 1,78m.

"Hi you!", I said and smiled. I hugged my friends and we walked onto the campus.

"Coffee first?", I asked and looked over to the cafeteria.

"Yes, please", Cecile said and we headed right.

"I can't believe summer went by so fast", Freyja said and looked a bit sad.

"Yeah, same", I agreed.

"Well, but at least we can go back to uni...and I hope we are gonna meet some hot new students." Freyja laughed and watched around as if she was already on the look out.

"Yeah Ari, now that you're not a virgin anymore you can start jumping into the dating pool", Cecile said and bumped me gently with her elbow.

Of course I had told Cecile everything that had happened, and I wish I had recorded the moment because her face had truly been something else.

"Oh no Cecile, haven't you heard? Ari is still saving themselves for Angelooo", Freyja said and stretched out his name in mockery.

"That's not true!", I exclaimed in a defending tone and Freyja and Cecile started laughing.

"Oh Freyja, I'm either going to marry Angelo or die alone", Freyja imitated me dramatically and I blushed heavily.

"I was fucking pissed when I said that, you can not hold that against me!"

"You would say stuff like this stone cold sober as well, honey", Cecile said and I rolled my eyes.

We arrived at the cafeteria and went in to buy coffee. We took it outside, because it was still bearable temperature-wise and I really needed a cigarette. Next to our table, a group of new students sat down. We casually checked them out, and Freyja kicked me under the table.

"What?", I hissed and she raised one eyebrow.

"This guy is fucking hot!"

I looked again, quickly and then back at Freyja.

"He's okay, his friend is cute though."

Freyja checked out the guy next to the other one and sighed.

"You've got no fucking taste, Ari."

"Come onnnn", I complained and looked at Cecile. "What do you think?"

"I like the girl the best so I'm out of this discussion." I sighed. Useless bisexuals.

Before I could stop her, Freyja waved at the new students.

"Hey you! Are you new here? You can sit with us, if you want."

The three looked at us, a bit shy and smiled. "Thanks, that's nice of you", the taller guy said.

They got up and came over, sitting down at our table.

The guy that Freyja had noticed had bleached hair with dark roots, styled in this kind of e-boy haircut and wore several piercings, rings and earrings. His style gave me skater boy vibes. He was cute, but not really my type.