caller • mattia polibio

047.

Claudia finished her shift at the family restaurant.
Her father was aware that on a Friday they only received one call and technically, Claudia had done her job, letting her finish the shift early. The girl practically slipped towards her car in an uplifted mood. It was obvious Mattia had improved her mood greatly.

The boys had invited her over, so of course Claudia was going to head home, doll herself up a little and head over to Alejandro's house. She wanted to try again with the boy but if she had learnt one decent thing from Laura it was that to make the boys work for it.

She threw on an effortlessly cute outfit, brightly pattern pants and a black crop top; she let her hair fall down her back and touched up her makeup. Once she felt certain that she looked cute, Claudia headed out and to her friends house.

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Mattia had been checking the window every minute.
It resulted in great teasing from the boys but they didn't understand how unbelievably excited he was to be with her again in a happy manor. A lifetime it felt to not have been in her company.

Once her car arrived, Mattia hopped back onto the sofa and picked up a slice of pizza.

"All that to just act natural when she gets here? You could've place your game bro" Alejandro groaned.

Mattia rolled his eyes and tapped his foot impatiently, he didn't know what to expect when Claudia walked through the door, would she sit with him again? Or would they still just be strangers? Whatever it was going to be, he was about to find out as the girl stepped into the room.

"I brought cake!" Claudia beamed with four boxes from her arms to her chin. With an instance, Mattia got up to help her, taking the boxes off of her hands, the boy's coughing making jokes about him.

"Hey Clauds, I think we should eat their cake, you know, dicks don't deserve cake." Mattia hummed.

"Then it looks like I'm eating all to myself then."

Alejandro and Kairi winced at the roast, the Italian boy's mouth dropped slightly, pleased with herself: Claudia took one of the cakes and shoved a piece into Mattia's shocked mouth. The girl simply had him on ropes.

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The friends had spent the evening just having fun.
It felt good to be able to all hang out again, they had all definitely missed each other. Every now and again, Mattia would slyly hold the girls leg, play with her hair, get caught staring a little too long for her to blush. When one am can around, Claudia decided she was getting rather tired and it was time for her to head home. At first, Mattia offered her a lift home, stupidly forgetting that he had a) gotten a lift to Alejandro's and b) Claudia drove here.

"Hey Claudia would it be okay if you give me a lift home too?" Kairi asked.

"Of course!" She smiled.

The pair said goodbye to the other boys and headed out to her car, it was clean and organised and Kairi loved the little weird gadgets she had 100% got off amazon.

"So how are you doing lately? With everything that's happening." Claudia asked, heading towards Kairi's home.

"I'm okay, I think I like this girl too." He replied, staring at her concentrated face with a side smile.

"Oh my! I'm sure she would be lucky to have you Kairi"

"If she saw that herself.." Kairi muttered under his breath.