"she plays guitar?" wilbur soot x reader

last night

(first chapter based a bit off of "Escapism" - RAYE)

also, this book contains swearing. lots of it, at that.

also, also, this is extreme slow burn. especially in the very beginning, so if you want a quick read, this book may not be for you.

y/n POV

I wake up in Niki's bedroom. I know that we were supposed to party last night, but I don't remember shit after that.

"Hey, Niki... do you have any painkillers? This hangover... it's definitely here..." I say as I try to look at Niki through the bright sun her window is letting through. My eyes are burning from the light and I know that today is the day I go back to the UK. I don't want to leave Niki, but she'll move to England soon.

"Yeah... I think it's in my purse... the one you're sleeping on as if it were a pillow..." I look at my "pillow" and, low and behold, it's Niki's purse.

"Ah, shit. Sorry, man." I say as I rummage through her stuff to find the painkillers. I've lived in Germany for a year, and I still don't know German. It's actually fascinating how I've had to commune with people for a whole 365 days and still don't know their language.

I find a box that says "Analgin". I've never seen that medicine before, but I show it to Niki and she nods, so I take one. I also gave one to Niki, seeing as she could barely move as well.

"Do you remember anything from last night? I only remember how we planned to get drunk, I don't even remember getting dressed or going out." I ask and Niki looks at me with her eyebrows furrowed.

"Yeah, I remember a lot more. We got dressed and went to "NRGEE club". You got hammered so I decided to stop drinking after a bit, but it was already too late as I was also drunk. I think we took a taxi here with some random girls? I honestly don't know."

"Niki, I didn't even know we went clubbing until I saw what I was wearing." I chuckle and try to get up. I manage to waddle over to the bathroom. I look in the mirror, I look horrid.

I decide to deal with that later. For now I'll just make coffee for the both of us.

As I waddle back to the living room of our shared apartment, I pass Niki. "Can I have one too?" she says a bit louder than needed. "Of course, but also shhhh. I'm dealing with a hangover stop screaming." I say with a tiny chuckle.

As I made us both coffee, Niki went to the bathroom and washed her face. She got changed too. I was still in my little black dress. I know I wore six inch heels yesterday, and I think we... I know we snorted coke.

"Hey, Niki. Remember how we did drugs? Who were they from?" I ask. She looks at me a bit surprised that I remembered something. "The cocaine? It was from one of the random girls I think. While taking off my skirt I noticed that I had a little baggy tucked in to my tights."

I look at her raising my eyebrows and smiling. I don't know why, but I felt like yesterday was the best night I've ever lived. It felt alive, mostly because I was stupid drunk and didn't give a fuck, but also because I just didn't give a fuck.

When you have a complex childhood, you kind of find coping mechanisms. Mostly hobbies, sometimes harm, but in my case, it was getting stupid drunk and pretending like life was meaningless.

If you think about it, it's true.

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"How the fuck are you working right now? You are so hungover!" Niki asks sipping her coffee and looking at me with a look of shock. "Niki, I went to school drunk when I was like 12. It's actually easy, especially since I'm used to my migraines as well." I say as I write down some more statistics.

I had a job in Germany. They know I'm leaving, but they're pretty shit so my last day will still be work. "You know what? No. My last day in this beautiful country will not be spent at my laptop. Bitch, I quit!" I say tearing apart the probably unimportant document.

Niki snaps her fingers in a "SLAYYYY" manner. "Girl, that's what you deserve. Let's go shopping. Your flights at like 10pm and you're already packed up, might as well." Niki says getting up and elaborating her point with body language.

"Let's fucking go. Oh shit- I literally have no cash. I gave that fucking bartender like all of my money. Stupid whore, he was so hot!" I say groaning and complaining as I look in my wallet.

Niki, being the absolute sweetheart she is, flips me off and tells me that we're not going anywhere. "Okay, so what? I'm still not fucking working." I say disappointed at the thought of staying home and working my ass off for some fat cunt who sells real estate.

"Well... we could just drive to the airport and I could buy you unreasonably expensive food? Or we could go to a cat cafe and not be crazy." Niki says clearly sarcastic during the first "option". "Deal." I say as I walk towards the bathroom.

I grabbed a pretty cute outfit. I was basically a walking Nihachu ad. I had one item from her shop in my outfit almost everyday. On top, I had a white crop-top with strings along the chest. On top of that, was the Nihachu jersey jacket. On the bottom, khaki coloured cargo pants, and of course, all star converse.

I wasn't in the mood to do my makeup, but I basically looked like a fucking ghost, so I had to. I did my usual base, more concealer under my eyes than usual, and a simple wing. I then decided not to be boring and did a bigger look with black and white eyeliner.

"Niki, are you ready yet?" I yell across the apartment. "Yeah, yeah!" she said. A few minutes later she came out of the bathroom looking absolutely stunning. She was wearing a flower pattern dress with a scrunched up torso and puffy sleeves.

"You're fucking gorgeous!" I say as I grab my purse and the keys from my desk. We make sure we have everything we need, and head out. "I've never even been to a cat cafe. Must be absolutely adorable!" Niki said and I nodded in reply.

"Remember not to get carried away. The airport is an hour away and I have to go through security and all that shit." I say in a bit of a serious manner. We wait for our uber, and get it.

"Uber for y/n?"

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this is a slow burn book, but i feel like this chapter felt slower than it should've so i might shorten the rest.

hope you liked it though! :0