Say 'Kiss'! • bxb

3. Spin the bottle

Tobias' P.O.V.

I slept in the bathroom last night. Well, at least I tried to, laying down in the bath tub while Mateo was banging on the door every 5 minutes, or shouting at me.

He's completely lost it and I'm afraid that if I leave this room he'll beat me up until I can't walk. But I have to get to class one way or another. I slowly open the door, careful not to wake him up if he happens to be sleeping.

He's watching me carefully and I jump in shock, but don't run away again. Getting dressed, he's not saying anything at all and I'm relieved but also suspicious.

What if he's just waiting for the perfect opportunity to punch me? I can't take him in a fight, no matter how much I would like to smack some sense into him. He's not much taller than me, but he has quick reflexes and is also skilled.

"You're not gonna say anything?" I ask, building up the courage, but regret it almost instantly as he's walking towards me.

He stops right in front of me, leans forward and whispers into my ear, sending shivers down my spine.

"You're done"

Then he leaves as if nothing happened between us, slamming the door behind him. I'm confused, but scared at the same time. He's definitely going to hunt me down now. Kill me in the worst case scenario. How romantic would that be? To go to prison for the person you love.

My eyes wander across the room, all my things scattered on the floor from the night before, knowing it's going to take a while to put them back into place. But for now let's try and survive.

I change my clothes and hurry to class. The teacher probably won't care if I'm late, but still.

"Finally. I thought you were dead. You have some explaining to do" Lina whispers to me.

She's my best friend, and I'm sure she already saw the picture too. It's weird that she didn't call me almost immediately to find out what happened. Every little detail.

It's probably the most awkward class I've ever been into. Even though it's an extra class we could've choose not to take, we did. All of us. Me, Lina, Mateo and Sarah. A recipe for disaster.

Mateo's eyes are burning holes in the back of my head with his glare. Meanwhile Sarah doesn't seem affected by everything that's happening.

I can hear some people whispering and laughing. I'm sure I heard my name somewhere there too and my whole body tenses up but I try to calm myself down.

Sarah is chewing gum while taking her notes, twisting her long shiny black hair with her fingers and carefully scanning the room with her monolid eyes. Ever since the kiss happened, I haven't even talked to her. It was just that night when I was trying to clarify the whole thing.

She was drunk out of her mind and we were playing spin the bottle. It landed on me and she didn't even hesitate before crawling across the room right to where I was and kissing me. Before I could process what just happened, one of her friends took a picture and they all laughed.

Probably because of my disgusted expression, as if I just kissed a trash can and not the prettiest girl in our year. She was too drunk out of her mind to see anyway.

But things couldn't stay this way. After the party was almost over and everyone was sleeping in the most random places, I found her sitting outside the dorm, smoking a cigarette. She was sober now and her eyeliner was runny, almost as if she regreted what she had just done.

"Can you keep it a secret?" she asked me and I was taken aback but nodded anyways.

"I'm sorry that happened"

"It wasn't your fault... Also... Am I such a bad kisser? Your face..."

Sarah couldn't help but laugh a bit, remembering my expression and I immediately felt bad, feeling the need to clear things up.

"See... I'm... Well I'm gay. That's why... It's not you" I didnt even know how to say it, without making it extremely awkward between us.

She looked at me with a shocked expression, and then back at her cigarette.

"I understand"

That was the last thing she said to me before I stood up and walked away, unable to stay there anymore. I didn't tell anyone, not even Lina. But somehow that picture got out and now everyone finds it extremely funny to talk about it.

As if worse things haven't happened in this college. Like that one time a girl got pregnant and her boyfriend didn't want to take responsibility. She kicked his ass so bad he had to get taken to the hospital. People talked about it for a week and then it was forgotten. It's probably going to be like this with the photo too.

Class is over and I'm afraid to leave, but I have Lina with me. Hopefully Mateo doesn't find a way to kick my ass even if I have her as my only protection.

"Get her, Tobi!" someone shouts across the hall and my face burns red from embarrassment.

Walking, I look to my left and right, praying to every deity there is that Mateo didn't hear that. Sarah passes by me once or twice, unbothered as always.

I tell Lina everything and she scoffs, crossing her arms over her chest. She's not too fond of her, calling her a 'spoiled girl that was born with a silver spoon in her mouth'.

"I would've smacked her right then and there. Who does she think she is?"

"It was a game, Lina... And she couldn't know I was gay anyway"

She mumbled something under her breath and then widened her eyes, like the realization only hit her now.

"Mateo is your roommate... Oh fuck Tobi... He'll kill you"

"Don't worry. I have it under control... Mostly"

"He's crazy! He'll suffocate you with a pillow or something"

I'm worried. I don't want to say that she's right, but I'm scared shitless. I don't know what Mateo will come up with, what mood he will be in. It all depends on how he's feeling.

There's no reason for me to feel guilty because it wasn't my fault, but I'm afraid. I know most people think I'm an asshole who made a move on a girl who already has a boyfriend.

But the story is far more different from what they believe. What they want to believe.

And in the end I'm the one who will be blamed. Just for a few laughs? For the drama? So they can say 'okay, we know who is at fault so now we can move on'? I don't know.

I can't help but sigh while looking at the hall full of people. Some are whispering while taking glances at me while others are completely unaware of my presence.