Wait for You (wlw) (Bitter spin-off)

six

Vic's pov

I'd been lying in bed for the past hour, mainly because the first week of the new semester had already worn me out, but also because I hadn't gotten around to meeting new people in college ever since whatever happened before the holidays.

Ellie told me she was going to be studying all morning, so not even talking to her to help time pass was of any use. So I just layed there, scrolling through my phone as I watched people enjoying their weekend through social media.

Among the Instagram stories I watched, Mei's ones suddenly appeared. She seemed to be in some nightclub with her friends, probably quite drunk judging from the volume of her voice in the video. I could imagine her asking Ellie to join and my friend obviously declining.

I'd enjoyed going out to clubs and getting wasted on weekends my whole first year of university, but something in me seemed to have switched lately, probably because I hadn't been my best self due to the whole roommate situation. Speaking of, she seemed to be prolonging her winter holidays because she hadn't come back yet. But we weren't really on speaking terms. Just as I was thinking about it, I heard keys turning in the door's lock.

Just a few seconds later, the brunette I was thinking about appeared in front of me.

"Hey" she said, not too happily.

"Hi Sam" I sat upright, watching her put a suitcase next to her bed. "I was wondering where you were"

"You were?"

"I mean, classes started four days ago"

"I just wanted to stay home a little longer" she said, not even looking at me. "Do you mind if I don't tidy my stuff up right now? I have plans with the others"

"Sure, don't worry" I mumbled, lying back down.

I knew "the others" were the friends we had in common but had all decided to ignore me now. And I was stupid to think that maybe she would have asked me to come along.

This girl had really fucked me up more than I liked to admit. And that's exactly why I decided I was never going to casually sleep with someone more than once. Or twice. I'd just end up falling in love with them. And that was absolutely something I didn't want.

I just hated how I'd let this girl ruin my college experience for the past months. And also the fact that I thought hanging out exclusively with her friends for so long was a good idea.

I'd never found it hard to make friends and start conversations, and it felt so frustrating to be so distraught about losing that friend group. I'd met so many other people during the previous year, and I'd meet other people in the future, so why was I feeling so pessimistic about it all?

I wasn't going to allow myself to spend my Sunday in bed without having lunch and thinking about my life mistakes, so I got up to go to the common area of my dorm's floor, where I could at least microwave a pot of instant noodles.

I'd made friends with many people in the rooms next to mine but I'd kind of lost contact when I started hanging out with the others. Maybe I could have spent more time with them.

And luckily for me, some of them ended up being where I headed to, a group of five people sitting on the couch and eating pizza.

"Hi Vic!" a blonde girl said as I walked in.

"Hey" I smiled. "That pizza looks good"

"It is, we accidentally ordered too much of it yesterday evening" another guy said with a laugh. "Wanna join us? There's plenty more"

"Oh, uhm, sure. Thanks" I said, sitting next to them.

I ended up spending lunchtime and part of the afternoon with them and it was really pleasant, it made me wonder why I'd stopped hanging out with them a few months before. And it was proof of the fact that everything would eventually work out. I didn't need to be so dramatic about it all.