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"so, how do you know 'wardo?" dustin asked, his hands lacing themselves in your hair as you snuggled closer to his chest. his small single bed just fitting the two of you on.
"he's my brother's best friend. he'd dragged me along to meet 'wardo here in the library. something about mark making a website for students to go on and look at other people's profiles. but, like the good brother he is, ditched me as soon as he saw 'wardo and left me stranded in the hallway. luckily, i bumped into you." dustin smiled fondly at the memory. that had been a mere few hours ago, and now, here he was, snuggled in bed with his roommate's best friend's best friend's sister. confusing, he knew. but, god, you were worth the confusion.
"i can't believe we're here right now. i'm so shit at talking to girls." the chuckled which escaped his lips made you giggle too.
"i'm so shit at talking to boys. but i felt comfortable when i saw you, it was such a weird feeling."
"same for me." he sighed. never did he think that he'd be laid in bed with the girl he liked, her head on his chest and the two just close together. that was exactly what was happening now. dustin was scared that if he moved he would make you uncomfortable, so, for the first time in his life, he was as still as a statue.
"hey," he whispered, catching the your attention. you raised your head to meet his face, seeing the softness in his eyes made you want to melt. "i'm glad i ran into you."
"i'm glad you ran into me." you gave a sheepish smile before leaning closer to dustin's face. he closed his eyes, waiting for your soft lips to touch his. instead of being welcomed by a pleasant kiss, the door to his and mark's dorm swung open, revealing mark, eduardo and john, your brother.
"no way!" john exclaimed, listening to mark explain how he came up with facesmash.com. you instantly got out of dustin's embrace and sat down at his desk, picking up the first thing you saw. dustin stayed laid on his bed, his body still in shock of what almost just happened.
"yeh, we were all on the verge of being drunk when it went public. the site crashed harvard's system in four hours" mark continued to explain as he grabbed three beers for himself, eduardo and john.
"hey, dustin" 'wardo smiled happily at the boy, noticing he was now sat on his bed. john looked up to the direction eduardo was and saw his sister, innocently swinging around on dustin's chair.
"(y/n)!" john shouted, walking towards his younger sister, embracing you. "we've been walking around campus looking for you."
"not very well, though," you remarked as you was released from his grip, you comment earning you a laugh from dustin. as your brother left dustin's small room, you gave him a smile which he instantly returned. god, you wished that you could jump into his arms and kiss him right then and there.
"how'd you find dustin?" 'wardo asked, taking a swing of his beer.
"when john left me stranded outside the library, dusty-in bumped into me and invited me back here." you tried to cover up the nickname you'd given him in hopes of not revealing your fast-paced friendship with dustin - dusty.
"i did not leave you stranded-" john argued.
"yes, you did," you ended it there. he knew he wouldn't win and so stayed quiet. "at least someone in this dorm cares about me." you spun around in the chair and smiled widely at dustin. a light blush appeared on his face as he smiled back at you.
"what happened between you two while we weren't here? dustin, you've never smiled at anyone like that ever." mark pointed out, in a way matter-of-fact way.
"oh, nothing," dustin began. "just talking." surprisingly, the three boys on the sofa nodded and believed dustin. he thought there would be more push back, but there wasn't.
dustin quickly moved into the living area once john, mark and eduardo began talking about thefacebook. you stayed in dustin's spiny chair but moved through the door way to join the four boys.
they talked and talked for hours on end about thefacebook. eduardo finally left the dorm, waving everyone goodbye at around 1am. mark and john had moved into mark's room shortly after that and began to look at mark's coding for thefacebook. you and dustin stayed in the living area but had moved onto the sofa, both as close as you could get without seeming suspicious to the other boys.
you spent hours on end talking to dustin about anything and everything. you easily glided though your conversations, laughing and giggling like teenagers whenever the other either flirted or said something genuinely funny. you had slowly moved closer to dustin by now as well. your legs were thrown over his lap, his hand rested on your jean-covered thigh while his other held a beer.
one of your hands was left free to use expressions while talking, but your other one had made its way to the back of dustin's head. you stroked his hair up and down, feeling the softness on your fingertips with each movement.
dustin's head moved quickly to see if john and mark could see you two. he looked carefully before turning back around and catching your lips with his. you quietly hummed, hoping you wouldn't attract the attention of your brother and mark. dustin's lips were as soft as you imagined.
it was the perfect first kiss with many more to come.
