THE BET ft. mattia polibio

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venuss pov*
7th period just finished. i walk to the front of the school and somehow mattia is already there.
"what did you want to ask me?"
"if you wanted to hang out together later on...or another day?"
my phone begins to vibrate, it's ayonie.
"hold on mattia, sorry.

on the call*
"venus i couldnt find you in your class so i headed for the soccer field. where are you?"
"i'm changing i'll be there."
she hangs up.

back to mattia*
"mattia i'm sorry i have to go to tryouts. i don't want to be late."
"for soccer?"
"yeah..."
"well luckily for you i'm trying out as well."
why. can he just fuck off already.
i walk my way towards the girl restroom to change, the walk towards the soccer field.
"what took you so long?"
"sorry ayonie, i- i couldn't find my cleats."
"uh huh ok."
i'm next. i feel my hands getting sweaty and my legs are becoming weaker and weaker.
i look over to find mattia looking at me. he rolls his eyes and smirks. something he always does...always has done. i flip him off because why not? tryouts are going pretty good and well i've been paying attention...mostly to...ugh mattia. but he's REALLY GOOD. should i give him a chance?

mattias pov*
focus mattia! she's probably not even thinking of you right now, probably some other guy she saw and now she's going crazy over him.

venuss pov*
should i? maybe i will.
"v let's go."
"hey you did good." i say.
"ah thank you. so did you." ayonie says.
"thank you. hey are you taking the late bus?"
"no my brother is picking me up. i would give you a ride but we are going somewhere right after he picks me up."
"oh no that's fine don't worry about me."
after a couple of minutes i see ayonies brother pull up. ugh how he disgusts me. i got chills and felt
as if i was reliving that day.

flashback*
one month ago*

"ayonie pass me the soda please."
"here." ayonies brother (damien) said.
he pulled out a chair and sat next to me. that day i was wearing a red and white polka dot dress. i could feel something cold going up and getting close to my area. i can't move or breathe.
"so tell me more about yourself venus."
ayonies makes her way into the kitchen. i suddenly snap out of it and stand up. i walk over to ayonie.
"a i have to-to go, my mom just called me and wants me home early for some reason."
"this early? fine."
"ok bye."
"wait v, take some dinner."
"fine, thanks."
i head towards the front door and then damien blocks the door.
"tell anyone what happened at the table i will hurt you."
i push him over and open the door and it slams behind me. what the fuck was that!

back to reality*
i shaking. i look down and hear his voice, damien's voice.
"hey venus!" he winks and smirks.
i want to cry. i just wave at him. i haven't told ayonie and it's curling up inside of me. my eyes start to tear up and i see mattia.

mattia pov*
is she c-crying?

venuss pov*
"hey mattia."
"venus are you crying?"
"uhm no?"
"yes you are, come here."
mattia hugs me.

mattias pov*
i hug her. it feels good. i missed our hugs.

venuss pov*
it feels nice to be getting a hug from mattia again. i missed his hugs, i missed everything but he was different now. the bus arrives and i'm the first one to enter and mattia behind me. i decide to walk over to the last row of seats in the back.
"can i sit next to you?"
"it's fine mattia."
"so what's wrong?"
i can feel a knot in my throat. and more tears bursting out.
"n-nothing ttia. i d-don't want to ta-talk about th..this."
"it must be really important for you to be crying this much."
"i'll tell you later."
"later?" he asks.

mattias pov*
she grabs my phone out of my hand and puts in her number. she looks so pretty, even crying, but seeing her cry made me...made me feel bad and want to
cry with her.

venuss pov*
i just gave him my number. woah.
"really 'mamas 🥵'? is that what you have for every other girl?"
"no."
"sure you don't."
"here take my phone and look through it."
i grab his phone once again and to my surprise he doesn't have any names a fuckboy could give a girl.
"ok big boy ttia."
"still call me that huh."
it was a nickname i had given to him.
"yup."

mattias pov*
i rest my head on hers and wrap my arm around her, pulling her close to me. teardrops are falling on my head...i wipe them of course.

venuss pov*
i like this. he has his arm around me. he smells soo good. maybe he isn't as bad as i thought.

mattias pov*
i don't want to do that bet, i never really did. it was sort of i'm not thinking and then ended up making a really stupid decision situation.
"want to come over?" venus asks.
"really?"
"yeah." she smiles.
that smile is by far one of the best i've seen.
"sure i'll go over."