Best Friends / Mariano Castano

chapter 6 // mattia polibio

months before ~
      "samy. guys! where you at!" i yelled. "upstairs!" i heard ash scream back. i grinned, taking my shoes off at the entrance and closing the door behind me. i navigated my way to samys room, stopping at the kitchen for chips. "hey boys." i greeted. they all turned from samys desk. "val come meet our new friends." mike said as samy gave me a hug. "hi." i greeted smiling brightly. "holy shit you're beautiful ." the boy holding the phone blurted out. "thank you." i blushed seeing how cute he was. "im mattia." he grinned. "valentina."

2 months into talking~
"i promise. ill make you some orecchiette, when i go to canada or you come here." mattia promised though my laptop. i giggled. "okayyy...you cant back out now, you promised." i warned him. he extended his pinky out to the camera. "i promise, we'll meet and ill make you the best pasta." he recited. "i take pinky promise very serious tia." he grinned. "so do i." i smiled before extending my pinky out. "promise mattia?" "promise amore."

a month later~
     "hey ale!" i greeted him happily. i had become quite close to mattia's friend group. "hey bestie." ale greeted with a high pitched voice. i giggled. "what you up to?" i asked throwing myself on my bed. "zip. nada. im bored af." he complained. "same. tia is out for gianluca's birthday." i grumbled. "broooo!" alejandro yelled. "what!" "you got him whipped." he grinned. i blushed slightly aiming the camera away from my face. suddenly someone knocked on his door. "come in!" he yelled. the door swung open and kairi, alvaro, roshaun and robert ran in, jumping on ale. i laughed loudly as the boys trampled him. "is that my girly?!" roshaun yelled. he swiped the phone from alejandro. "hey mrs. polibio." he grinned. "shut up ro." "you are all he talks about!" robert yelled, the rest of the boys agreeing loudly.
  
weeks after~
   "hey do you know why mattia has been so distant?" i asked kairi sadly. "no. what's wrong?" i knew his was lying. i had gotten the closest to him and i knew when he lied and this was one of those times. i sighed. "i thought we were close kai?" i questioned tears welling up in my eyes. i was beyond frustrated, mattia had been blowing me off all week. "what? we are?" he exclaimed. "bye kairi."

later that same day~
"i don't think this is going to work out." mattia spoke softly the second i answered the call.
"why." i whimpered sadly, i had already guessed but hearing it from him caused my heart to squeeze sadly.
"the distance."
"you've never seemed bothered by the distance between us." i shotback.
"im sorry valentina."
"can i have it back."
"have what back?"
"my time. the 4 1/2 months, i spent on you." i asked while tears ran down my face.
"valentía please don't cry." he pleaded sadly.
"you shouldn't have lead me to believe we could be something mattia."
"it wasn't just me."
"what?"
"you were leading me on too."
"what are you talking about!"
"mariano."
"..."
"see you can't even deny it."
"tia.."
"listen to me amore, mariano lives 10 minutes away from you, you seen him almost every day. i don't even live in the same country as you valentina. don't you get it? im fighting a losing battle. i can't and won't fight for someone that doesn't just have me in their thoughts. i can't. i told myself to give it time. that you would forget him but it didn't work. i thought i could change the fact that you're in love with him but i just can't valentina." his voice cracked. he was crying.
"please mattia. im sorry." i sniffled, rubbing my eyes harshly trying to get the tears to go away. he had in all truthfulness become my best friend. my rock. he couldn't leave me.
"im sorry too. bye valentina. i love you." he whispered.
"mattia-"

  i never got to eat the orecchiette he promised me.
  
now ~
"hello?"
"hi mattia." i greeted nervously. i heard him sigh. "i thought you weren't going to answer." he confessed. "i wasn't." i responded awkwardly, walking away from my friends.
"glad you did." he replied sweetly. "was there a reason for this call?" i asked unsure of what to say. "yeah uh...im guessing you've seen tiktokroom?" he asked. "yes. i-umm thank you for defending me." i lamely thanked him. "always. um i also wanted to see how you were doing." he asked. "look mattia, i just woke up and i haven't eaten yet." why did i even answer. "oh im sorry i forgot you were in LA for a second." "it's okay..." i hesitased. "maybe we can talk later?" he questioned. "oh yeah sure." i agreed twirling my hair in between my fingers. "great. i- okay cool. ill call you." he chuckled nervously. "bye mattia." "bye valentina."
     i hung up and walked back to where everyone was. they were eating but when they saw me, they stopped and stared at me expectedly. "i told him we could talk later." i sighed. "did mar not come down?" i asked trying to change the subject. malcom answered me. "nah he's probably crying or something." i rolled my eyes. "yeah right." keith handed me a plate with eggs and french toast with strawberries. "thank you." he nodded. i stayed standing as everyone started to talk amongst themselves. i glanced at the stairs and back at my plate. "want to take this to him?" i looked up and devy smiled at me sympathetically with another plate full of food. i nodded slowly. "thanks devy." she smiled and sat back down. i turned away and began walking up the stairs, careful not to drop the food. as i got closer and closer to our room, i regretted coming up to see him. i sighed once i stood at our door, contemplating whether or not i should go in or not.
     before i could reach out to twist the knob. the door swung open and mar stood in front of me. "holy shit." he gasped startled. a giggle escaped my mouth but i quickly stopped. "i brought this for you." i mumbled shyly, staring down at his shoes. "im sorry." he blurted out. i looked at him and his eyes shined with regret. "im so so sorry nena. i really don't know what came over me. its just i- um im worried he'll play with your feeling again." he explained. i smiled softly. "its okay mar don't worry." i told him handing him his plate. "i love you." he grinned taking the food. i rolled me eyes, my face turning pink. "i love me too. come on let's make some tiktoks with everyone."

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