How I cope || Wilbur Soot

Chapter 28~ darling

After a few more hours out with the others, and going out for our dinner and even dessert after, we went back to Georges house. Well, I didn't stay as they were planning to start the stream soon.

I got my keys from inside the house, said bye to everyone and got in my car. After a short 10 minute drive, I was at Wilburs apartment.

I made my way to his door on the third floor and unlocked it. It felt weird, knowing I was coming here to stay the night without Wilbur. It is his apartment after all. The only reason I knew he wouldn't mind me staying is because of what he said at the train station the day he left.

His words rang through my head:  'Check into my apartment once or twice a month for me? You can stay there whenever you'd like if you want to get away or something.'

I locked the door behind me and sat down on the sofa. For a while, I just sat in silence, not knowing what to do. Then I went onto the twitch account Ranboo had set up for me when he was in London.

I managed to connect it to the tv and after a few minutes of just scrolling through my 'recommended channels' I got a notification saying 'Georgenotfound is live!'. I didn't even know that I followed him, but I smiled and clicked 'okay' on the remote to watch it.

I smiled watching them have so much fun. I knew I could be there if I wanted to so it didn't bother me the way it would some people. Normally, if peoples friends hang out without them, they get jealous, whether they were invited or not.

It was amusing watching them. Their chat going crazy from the unexpected meet-up. Just the four of them, playing the most random board games they had bought whilst we were out.

My thoughts were interrupted from my phone that rested beside me on the sofa. It felt like all my phone did lately was ring. It was a FaceTime call from the one and only Wilbur Soot.

I smiled to myself before turning down the tv and answering the video call. "Hey, Will!" I smiled as his face appeared on my phone screen.

"Hey Kenzie!" He replied with a little wave. "Where are you? You're the only one not on George's live." He asked.

"Oh, yeah, I decided not to join. I'm all for Tommys vlogs and all that but, live streams? I'm not sure yet." I smiled as he just nodded understandingly.

"Oh right, are you in another room or something then, I guess?" I looked around. Wilbur couldn't see anything behind me as the phone was quite close to my face, not too close of course.

"Urmm, no." I laughed to myself as he sent me a look of confusion.

"What? Where are you then?" He questioned. I chuckled slightly and nodded to myself.

"That, my friend, is a very good question." I joked as he just got more and more confused by the second.

"Okay Kenz, I know you can't have got to Canada that quick because you were with them earlier so where have you gone?" He laughed.

"Imagine if you could actually travel that fast? That'd be awesome. I would have visited the whole world by now, I bet you." We both laughed at my rambling as he shook his head at me.

"Hopefully, if you could travel that fast, we would be in the same place right now and not like 2 hours away from each other." He spoke. I smiled at him through the camera as I decided to answer his question.

"Yeah, good point. Well, to answer your original question. I'm actually in your apartment. I didn't feel like staying at home, it would be too obvious."

"Aww Kenz, I feel loved." Wilbur joked. I rolled my eyes and rested my phone against one of the arms of the sofa.

"So you don't usually feel loved?" I joked back.

"That depends."

"On what exactly?" I laughed confused.

"The situation? You're making this very complicated for me Mackenzie." He also laughed.

"If you say so Mr Soot." We both smiled and laughed.

A while later, the conversation was still going on with Georges stream still playing quietly in the background.

"Ugh, I'm missing you all so much. It's too much to handle." I complained.

"I know Kenz, I know, and we miss you too, so much. I'm on a trip in a couple of weeks with Tommy and that, after that I will get a train back to London and try to see if I can stay with you for a while again." I smiled at his effort.

Even though I would be seeing him sooner, the fact that he was willing to make time to stay with me, made me feel, in a way, special. "Thanks, Will."

"No problem, love." My eyes widened at the new nickname. Did he just call me love?

"Did you just call me love?" I laughed, shocked. Secretly, it made my stomach explode with butterflies, but he would never know.

"And if I did?" He joked in reply.

"Well then I would feel flattered." I answered sarcastically.

"Classic Mackenzie, sarcastic." I shook my head at him and smiled.

"What'd you expect? It's me!"

"Oh trust me gorgeous, I know." He threw in yet another nickname.

"Love? Gorgeous? My god Will, where does it end?" I joked as he just winked at me. This man was getting more and more confident by the minute.

"Who said there's an end?" He smirked.

"Oh fuck off. Do I have to deal with constant pet names from you now?" I laughed.

"Well, duh! It's funny to see your reactions." Little did he know, each and every one of them made my stomach fill with excitement.

"Funny? Yeah, sure." I stuck with hiding my feelings and put on a straight face, holding back a smile.

"Of course it's funny, princess." I glared at him through the screen as he just laughed.

"Fuck you Wilbur Soot." I laughed.

"Ahh, third times the charm, you're blushing!" I hid my face as I realised, I was in fact blushing. "Is princess your favourite pet name?" He laughed too.

"In fact, no it is not." I uncovered my face to look back at him.

"So what is?" He questioned. My biggest mistake, was answering him.

"Darling." I answered as he just smirked at me. "Hey, hey, no! That's unfair!" I attempted to somehow take it back.

"You should get some sleep Kenz, you know that?" He laughed. I nodded in agreement as we said goodbye to each other.

"Goodnight, Will." I smiled at him, to which he returned.

"Goodnight, darling." Before I had a chance to react, he cut off the call, leaving me a flustered mess.

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