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

thirty-four

Vic's pov

Knowing I'd officially finished my bachelor's degree felt...strange. Very strange. My first day in college definitely didn't seem like it was almost three years prior. The past years both felt like they'd flown by and like they'd taken forever to pass by. Mostly because so much had happened.

I'd changed as a person since then, and as much as I was scared it wouldn't be for the better, it eventually was. I was so scared of moving to a huge city all alone and it took me a long time to get used to it, but I managed. I was scared I wouldn't be good enough or lose interest in what I was studying, something I'd been dreaming of, but I turned out more than okay at it. I was scared I wouldn't make any friends, and it took me changing friend groups and suffering to do so, but I did. I would have never thought that I'd have rather had a few good friends than lots of them, but I was fully convinced of it by then. And I was pretty convinced of the fact that I'd never find anyone from the romantic point of view, but after even more suffering, I eventually did. And I couldn't be more grateful for her.

The past months with Mei had felt great to say the least. Just talking to her through the phone was enough to send sparks throughout my body. We'd only gotten to see each other in real life for a few days during spring break, and that was probably when I realized how much I wanted her to be part of my life. I wasn't even sure I'd ever felt something so strong for someone before.

I kind of didn't want to show it too much because I didn't want to scare her, since I knew she needed to go slow with everything related to relationships, and I respected that. And part of me was scared the feelings weren't requited. She obviously did like me, but maybe I was starting to feel something stronger than just liking her.

I tried to not overthink about it, but it was harder once we finally got to see each other as we'd both gone back home for the summer. We were both going to be there for more than a month, and I couldn't be happier about it.

That same evening, we went to the spot on the hill next to her house where we'd spent some of our best moments. The sky was full of stars and the whole atmosphere felt perfect as we sat on the barely lit bench, my arms wrapped around her curled up body.

"Will you come to my graduation ceremony in October?" I asked her as the topic of the conversation had moved to us ending college.

"Of course! You didn't even need to ask. I can't wait to see you in a cute little graduation outfit" she enthusiastically said.

"I'm not really looking forward to that part" I giggled. "But it'll be great. When is yours and El's?"

"In like, March. Which is insane. Why would they make us wait so long for a stupid ceremony?"

"Because you go to an important and prestigious university and the ceremony is in an actual huge football stadium" I said.

"Hm, fair enough" she just said. "You know, I'm still not sure what I wanna do next year. Is that bad?"

"Not really. You still have about a month to decide if you wanna enroll in the writing course you got into, right?" I asked. She hadn't gotten into the courses she mainly was interested in, but she'd got accepted for a minor one.

"Yeah. I don't know, part of me wants to take a break from everything for a while. And then I can try to get back on track with my writing in the meantime, and maybe apply for the courses next year"

"That sounds like a good idea" I said. "Just don't do anything because you feel obliged to. If you need a break, you deserve one. I'm sure it won't make you lose your work rhythm or whatever"

"I hope not...I'll definitely try to improve my writing in the meantime"

"I love your writing already. But I get what you mean" I said.