Best Friends / Mariano Castano

chapter 7 // highest in the room

🔞 mentions of underage smoking later on in the chapter
after i had spent the entire day making and posting tiktoks with everyone in the house, other people came over. so much for quarantine, I thought. it was 8 pm now and i decided i wanted to go live on my instagram. i quickly peeked to see if mattia had texted. it's 11 pm in jersey right now, why hasn't he called. when i saw nothing, i clicked on the live button.
i waited for a few seconds, smiling when people started to comment. "hey peeps!" i greeted happily. "what you guys up to? currently everyone is doing their own thing." i said lifting the phone off the piano to show them. i placed it back down, reading the comments.
"where's mar? oh he is on the couch." i replied. "want me to call him?" i asked the live, already knowing their answer. i giggled before twisting  around on the seat. "mariano ven parar acá por favor." (translation: come here please) i called him. he looked up from his phone and stood up. "what's up?" he asked in his regular monotone voice. "they wanna see you. sit." i patted on spot next to me. he listened and sat down, i was tempted to put my head on his shoulder but refrained myself from doing so.
"mar thoughts on mattia?" mariano read quietly. i chuckled awkwardly. "he's old news. ion want him talking to val." he said raising his voice slightly. i looked at him and we made eye contact, he raised his hands up in surrender. "but we are not gonna get into that." i said looking back at the live. i heard mar 'tsk' but i ignored him. "you look so pretty. thank you!" i continued answering questions, skipping the ones that said things about me and mariano or mattia vs mariano or me and mattia.
i read one that said, 'the way mar is looking at her.' i glanced at mar to see him staring. i giggled turning pink. "what?" i questioned him. he shook his head, "you should straighten your hair." he said simply. i rolled my eyes, "ill straighten my hair when you get a matching tattoo with me." i joked. "okay." he blurted out immediately. my head snapped towards him. "i was kidding!" "im not." he replied seriously, "im not killing my hair mar!" "it's been mad long since you've straighten it. it not gonna fall off or nun." he argued. i sighed looking at the live. "what do you guys think?" i asked in hopes to have people in my favor. "they finna agree with me val." mariano teased poking my side. i winced immediately grabbing his hand. "mariano castano para!" (translation: stop) i whined my accent thickening. "no te estoy haciendo nada malo!" (translation: im not doing anything bad to you) he exclaimed trying to pry his hand out of mine. "ship!" i turned to see devy and jackson laughing at us. i immediately let go of mars hand and flipped them both off. mar chuckled besides me. "i don't want to straighten my hair mar." i whined trying to divert his attention away from devy and jackson. "come on it will look so good on you! right guys?" he asked turning once again to the live. i didn't even want to look at the comments, probably going wild right about now.
"samys here!" mariano exclaimed. i immediately snatched the phone looking for the asian boy. "request it samy!" i urged him excitedly. i smiled widely when the boy popped up, dividing the screen in two. "samy!!!" me and mariano yelled happily. "best friend i miss you!" samy yelled. "miss you more."  mariano answered. "not you im talking to val." samy said laughing. "i miss you and the boys so much!" i whined. "fuck you samy!" marinao said getting up and walking off. "anyways... today is tunesday!" tunesday was basically the day the boys and i vibed to music and smoked together at lucas' house. samy pouted and nodded. "i know!!! im about to head over there. i just saw that you were live and wanted to join." he explained. i nodded, "the way nobody cared mariano left." i read, laughing loudly afterwards. samy laughed too reading another comment, "samy and valentina are superior besties. deadass tho! fuck mar!" samy yelled. "bitch im here with her!" mariano yelled from the kitchen. i laughed while samy rolled his eyes. "when are you going back to canada? uh..im not sure yet but not for awhile." i answered. "should've taken me with you." samy said sadly. "i know." i whined sadly. "who do you get along with better in the vault? im really good friends with everyone but i tell keith alot." i answered. "i heard my name." i smiled when keith sat down next to me. "hey bro." they greeted each other simultaneously. i chuckled. "hey guys. im keith, vals best friend." keith grinned, knowing both boys would say something. "who does valentina like?" samy asked. "you mean love?" keith asked back. samy lifted his eyebrow up before he laughed loudly. "you know too! i can finally talk to someone about it!" samy exclaimed happily. "bruh shut up guys. oh my godddd." i felt myself get redder as both boys began to laugh hard. "it doesn't exist anymore." i insisted starting to get irritated. "what doesn't exist anymore?" mariano asked walking up to us with a plate of pizza rolls. "my feeling for some guy." i quickly told him so the two boys didn't say anything stupid. "oh...keith get off my seat." mar pushed keith off and sat down next to me. keith punched mariano and ran off to hide. "watch!" mariano yelled as we watched keith run upstairs. i stole a pizza bite off his plate and continued to read the comments. "i need to hop off. the boys are waiting." samy said. "okay bye! stay safe alright!" "yeah! love you!" he exclaimed blowing a kiss. "love you too!" i waved as mar blew him back a kiss. i sighed sadly, when the screen turned back to normal. "i miss my boys." i whined. "atleast you have mar and malcom. malcom is from toronto so it's a little different. i miss my boys from owatta. samy and other guys. basically my brothers." i explained as mariano kept eating. "wanna do tunesday?" mariano asked. "really?" i asked hopefully, i needed the high honesty. he nodded and i squealed happily. "i might hope off soon." i informed the live. "whats tunesday? uh its basically where me and the guys vibe to music and just chill." i said leaving the part where we got high as fuck out. mariano chuckled, before he suddenly lifted his finger up slightly. "look." mariano pointed. i followed his finger to see that mattia had joined the live. we made eye contact and i immediately shook my head no. "no digas nada." (translation: don't say anything) i told mar turning back to the live. "why do i feel like you can read each other's minds? we can." mariano said winking at the camera. "imma just get off guys its 8 and mariano owes me tunesday." i waved slightly. "bye! love you guys! say bye mar!" "bye guys" i grinned turning off my phone. "come on." mar said getting up. i followed him up the stairs quietly so nobody would notice. we reached our room and i made my way to my closet to change. "hey who organized my things!" i called over my shoulder. "me!" mariano answered. god damn it. you just can't stop can you mar. i shook my head, grabbing a pair of sweatpants.

i walked out to see mariano opening our window with a bag in his hands. "come on. not trynna stink up the house." he said climbing out to the roof. i grabbed and blanket and tossed it to him. "put that on the roof." i grabbed my phone and climbed out next to him. "wow." i mumbled seeing the city lights. i grabbed my phone and started to play music. he nudged me and handed me a blunt. i smiled putting it up to my mouth and inhaling deeply. "wish the boys were here." he grumbled. i nodded handing him the blunt. "we got each other tho." i spoke watching the smoke. "always." he agreed. i glanced over at him. his jaw was clenched as he held in the smoke. he looked absolutely breathtaking. i swallowed harshly before looking away. i shivered, "are you cold?" he asked. i nodded. "here." he handed me his maroon hoodie that had a crown on the front. i slipped it on, smiling when i smelt his cologne. i grabbed the blunt again. "do you actually miss mattia?" mariano asked as he watched me take another hit. i shrugged letting the smoke seep into my lungs before exhaling. "i don't know." he didn't say anything but
continued to stare at me. i swallowed my nerves and looked at him. "why are you looking at me like that?" i asked. "you beautiful nena." he blurted out. i didn't say anything but i could feel my cheeks turn red as we kept staring at each other. i don't know if it was the weed or what but he started to lean in and i felt myself leaning in too.

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