may 3rd, 2023
"hey." she said opening his room door after knocking. "are you gonna come downstairs? the games are set up."
once every two weeks, their friendgroup hosted some sort of game night. theyd generally do this and every season theyd end off with a prize. they usually did boys vs girls, and right now the girls were losing by a point. tonight was a spin on twister, they trusted they would win.
"maybe later." he said, not looking at her, looking through his boxes.
she closed the door behind her and sat on his bed. "whats up with you?"
"im unpacking."
"can you just sit with me for a second?"
he got up running his hand through his hair, fixing his hat and then sat on the bed. it just felt awkward, it never had felt like this before, they were always a little too comfortable with eachother and very touchy. they joked that since the day they met they never got their hands off eachother.
"youve been acting really different with me lately. is there something wrong?"
he looked mad, she recognized his body language. hed only been like this for a couple days, less than a week.
"vin." she said putting her hand on his, rubbing it back and forth. "can you talk to me? i know youre mad about something."
he looked down at our hands, his jaw was clenched. "i dont think we should pursue anything anymore."
she felt her heart in her stomach. it sounds ridiculous to say she felt her heart sink and felt herself get emotional. if she didnt have any emotional control, she couldve cried. "can you tell me why you think that? is there someone else?"
"you tell me." he scoffed and his voice was raised. "am i just a guy on your roster now? is that what it is? dont fucking look at me with that dumb face. dont act clueless."
"why are you talking to me like that?" she said feeling not only hurt but taken back. he never ever raised his voice.
"if youre gonna play the victim get the fuck out." he said pretty loudly, the people who were downstairs definitely heard it.
"breathe." she said holding his hand tighter, finding patience in herself for the boy she was in love with. "i need you to tell me, what youre talking about."
"tayler? fucking tayler?!"
"vinnie, can you at least not scream? is this between us or the whole house?" she said signaling him to lower his tone. "tayler was just a guest on the podcast. he knows you and i have a thing."
"bullshit! he was flirting with you the whole fucking time! dont play stupid."
"did i flirt back?" she scoffed.
"you let it fucking happen and sat there all innocent, if he knew you were talking with me he wouldn't have flirted with you. thats bullshit y/n! to top it off, he asks you if youre single and what did you say?"
"i am single..." she said quietly, not wanting to cause a bad reaction out of him.
"youre single? youre fucking single?! have you not slept at my place 80% of the year, have you met my parents, do we go on dates like every week, i dont even just fuck you—i make love to you, and youre single?!"
