nila
Cunt.
Stupid, ugly, revolting rat. Both of them. They're both equally as unlovable as each other so I presume that's what makes them such a good match together. In the three hours and forty two minutes that Kylie's been here, both her and Maikel haven't failed to piss every being in the apartment off, including Maikel's best friend and beloved sister.
With Kylie's constant dry humping and Maikel's insults aimed toward me for telling them to 'get a room', I was prepared to break a window with a sledgehammer and willingly drop many square feet to the ground to put myself out of this misery I was facing. The worst thing was, I couldn't even go back to my dorm because Brooke's conducting some weird ass experiment for which she requires the whole area for, so I've been temporarily kicked out.
As long as she didn't burn the dorm down, or secretly rearrange my side of the room to fit in with her 'minimalist' style', we were good.
Just kill me now.
My index finger traced the rim of the glass bowl uncontrollably as I half-debated, cracking the tableware and stabbing a glass chip into my neck. Maybe Maikel will finally show some sort of non-hatred toward me if I was dead.
Although, knowing him, he'd probably find a way to be pissed at me for that, perhaps for bleeding out and staining his floors.
Nah, I'm not gonna grant him the satisfaction of taking the easy route out so he could be free from my torment for the rest of his life. My fingers gripped the edge of the bowl and pressed down so harshly, I was beginning to feel numb in my fingertips. A shadow crept from behind, snatching the bowl straight from my grip and into theirs.
"You're looking extra pissy today, sunshine." Damian's voice taunted beside me, taking my bowl as his own and scooping chocolate ice cream into it. Normally, I would have taken the bowl right back and said something rude about him having no manners, but my mind was too fogged with anger.
"Could say the same about you, psychopath. You're looking extra murderous than usual." I snapped back, taking another bowl from the cabinet and seizing the ice cream scooper from Damian.
He sighed, waiting for me to be finished and occasionally turning his head back into the lounge at the sound of raised voices. "So, why are you here? Don't you have a girlfriend to obsess over?" I had a feeling he had come to escape as well, and since we were most likely going to be here for a while, I'd rather it not be in silence.
"Carmen's making conversation with Kylie for some reason. I love that girl to death, but I swear she's too nice for her own good." I kept quiet at Damian's words because, in some circumstances, he's speaking the truth. Cammy's my best friend, but doesn't know when to stick up for herself.
"And you don't help, you know." I handed him the scooper.
"How so?"
"Well, for starters, you don't teach Cammy to have a backbone. When someone's rude to her, you butt in and defend her. Which is cute and all, but what happens if you're not there with her the next time? She's not gonna have a clue what to say because you fight all of her battles for her." I was very much aware I was prodding the bear in this instance, but I was curious to see how far Damian would let me go with it. He's not the patient type.
The psychopath hummed, almost as if he was agreeing with everything that I said. He rubbed his jaw with his tattooed fingers, nodding slowly. "You're no better, either."
I snorted at the audacity that this man had to switch the situation back onto me. "Go on then, how am I in the wrong? What life-changing theory have you got brewing up in that sharp brain of yours? Enlighten me." I welcomed his accusation with an open mind and open arms because in reality, I couldn't give a shit as to what he had to say about me. It was going to be false and silly and far from the truth.
Damian furrowed his brows at my obvious insult earning a bright smile from me at the satisfaction of pissing him off. "Maikel."
"What about him?"
"You claim you hate everything about him yet, at any given moment, you bask in the opportunity to 'waste your breath' speaking to him, even if it's only for a few seconds. And, don't get me started on how much you despise all of Maikel's 'flings'. Anyone close to being his girlfriend deserves to be hated by you for some twisted reason, which is odd considering Nila Java couldn't give two shits about Maikel and what he does with his life. Any logical reason for that?" When I didn't answer, he carried on. "Guess we both have flaws in our characters, Sunshine."
I nauseated at that patronizing nickname, feeling bile crawl up my throat slowly at Damian's fucked up theory. I'd laugh in his face if I wasn't so disturbed. Everything he said with such confidence, was actually the opposite and I feel disrespected he would even dare insinuate that I had more feelings for Maikel other than hatred.
"I knew you lacked a few brain cells, but I had no clue you were utterly fucking stupid." Damian raised a brow. "It's actually pretty embarrassing that you took so much time out of your life to observe my actions and emotions toward others. You woulda' thought that someone who did all of that would come at least halfway close to an accurate conclusion, but I guess I was wrong." Shrugging my shoulders, I slid past his brawly body, looking for something to drink since my mouth, all of a sudden, decided to be drier than the Sahara Desert.
"Deny it all you want now, Nila. But we both know, in five months you'll be obsessing over Maikel like the rest of 'em. It's only a matter of time."
"Don't you have a girlfriend to whine over like a little bitch?" I hissed.
"Don't you have an alcohol addiction to worry about?" His words slashed deep, like ripping open an old wound and sprinkling salt and lemon juice over the cut just for fun. Dicks, all of them.
My mood soured and I was no longer enjoying seeing his misery. I just wanted this day to end as soon as possible. Changing the subject to regain my focus, I spoke. "Trust me, I'd rather stay in a room full of poisonous snakes for the night than ever admit that I like Maikel Marquez."
"I'll hold you to that." Damian wasn't his usual broody self, because if I had said half of this last year then he would've given me a black eye. So, maybe him being with Carmen is doing him some good.
"Am I interrupting something?" Maikel entered the kitchen, and I snapped my head round to see him leaning across the island counter with folded arms. Multiple pink lip stains in the form of kisses were scattered all over his neck and up to his chin, some even touching his ear. Both me and Damian glanced at each other, cringing at the sore sight.
Glad to see that we're both on the same page for at least one thing.
"No, although I'm happy I left when I did because then I might've." Damian retorted, smirking as he made his way into the lounge.
Maikel laughed sarcastically, a tendril of his golden hair flopping down his forehead to hide how humongous it was. "Your girlfriend needs saving in there, so off you go." He dismissed Damian with a roll of his eyes and a flick of his hand, a boyish smile appearing on his face when Damian shoved him.
"And then there were two." He continued with his verbal vomit.
"You're giving me a headache. I came in here to escape you, yet you seem to be following. Obsessed with me, Marquez?" I took a bite out of my ice cream, sucking on the spoon for a few seconds longer than necessary just to tease him.
His gaze was directly targeted on my lips, and it didn't falter when I licked the spoon clean. Maikel cleared his throat, moving to the fridge and grabbing an ice cold bottle of water. "Over my dead body, Java." He opened the bottle more violently than normal and drank almost the whole contents in one sip, taking no care for the fact that it was almost rock solid.
"Someone's thirsty. All that making out with Kylie and dry humping gets you parched?" I joked. He placed the half empty bottle down, wiping the corners of his mouth where a few water droplets rested with his thumb.
"We didn't do shit."
I pointed to the various weirdly shaped kiss marks on his neck, taking a step closer and pinching his skin. "Your neck says differently. Never took you as the type of person to do that sorta' in front of other people. Bit kinky really, but each to their own, I guess."
Maikel scoffed in my face. "Says the one that's got a knack for fucking half the college and getting passed round. Tell me, is there anyone on the football team that you haven't slept with yet?"
"I think I've got them all covered. Unless there's new players." I was lying straight out of my ass right now. I'd only fucked one and it was a drunk hookup which wasn't even memorable. And, Maikel should already know that considering they all tell each other their deepest darkest secrets during their weird blood sacrifices.
Maikel prodded his left cheek with his tongue, dragging his hands along the surface as he stalked closer and bent down to whisper in my ear. "'Cause we all know that you'd be the first to jump onto them like a whore."
What is it with everyone and getting on my damn nerves today?
His warm breath causes the side of my face to tingle ever so slightly, raising goosebumps down the back of my neck and sending shooting nerves down my spine. I should be offended but with Maikel, he's already done and said all possible derogatory things, so this type of shit fails to have a huge effect on me. As long as he stays clear from acting like my dad, we were good.
Right now though, all I wanted to do was create as much proximity between us quickly, because if I say something rude this close to him, who knows what he'll do. I shoved his chest away from me hard, although it seemed I moved more than he did. Coming into contact with Maikel was like coming into contact with a block of Titanium. "You reek of pussy. Tell your toy to start taking more showers so the rest of us don't have to suffer her unbearing smell."
Maikel placed his hands behind his back, leaning his upper body forward so he was almost towering over me. I was a pretty tall girl, but height didn't seem to matter to him. A strong cologne scent mixed with a feminine vanilla masked a cloud around us, and the closer his face got, the more I noticed the light specks of tiny freckles scattered on his nose, or the faded indentation under his eyebrow because he fell from a treehouse when he was eleven. I spotted that the beauty mark resting on his top lip was extra apparent, due to how pink his lips were.
Probably from all that saliva sharing he was doing with that gremlin.
A snap of fingers went off in my face all of a sudden, and my head jerked back on reflex-heartbeat spiking. I quickly realized that it was just Maikel trying to get my attention again, and there was no need for my flinching, but it's become an annoying habit over the years that won't seem to go away.
He eyed me wearily, staring with both caution and slight disturbance, but luckily chose to ignore it. "Just me, then?" He asked.
"Huh?" I was so distracted from his bothersome presence that I had completely forgotten what we were speaking about. "Yeah, just you." I went along with whatever Maikel was saying.
"Better than having every single STD at the same time. Care to explain why there's been an uprising in cases?" Maikel hinted so blatantly, bringing up something from the past.
I've never actually contracted an STD before in my life, but once in high school, Maikel thought it would be a good idea to fake a doctor's report which stated I had chlamydia and send it to almost everybody in the town, resulting in concerned teachers and a very angry dad.
In return, I fucked his childhood best friend and the guy he hated at the same time.
It wasn't my proudest moment, but the priceless reaction from Maikel was worth it. His best friend's broken nose, on the other hand, wasn't.
I smirked, patting his chest whilst digging my acrylic nails in as I dragged them down to inflict some sort of pain. "Maybe your teammates are next on my hit-list. What a shame you'll be losing your matches because half of your players are bed-ridden with lumps and rashes on their dicks."
Maikel snatched my wrist with his large hand, gripping it with enough pressure to raise my heartbeat, but not enough to feel pain. I don't even think he's registered that he's grabbed my arm because his eyes haven't left mine once, shooting daggers from his grotesque green eyes with a clenched jaw.
I tried wriggling out of Maikel's hold, but his fingers only tightened around my skin and his rings were beginning to dig in. "Try not to curse them whilst you're at it, yeah?" His voice grumbled low, and I could make out the faint stubble on his face from how close we were.
"Thanks for the idea. I'll be sure to whip my cauldron out as soon as I get back and begin brewing my potion. In fact..." I laid eyes on Maikel's hand resting on the counter and reached for his index finger was with my free hand and slipped the black ring off that was falling loose, and straight into my palm. "Now that I have an object of yours, maybe I'll use you as the starting sacrifice."
Maikel brought my captured hand closer to his chest, pulling my entire body along with him. I might as well be on top of him.
"Give. Me. My. Fucking. Ring. Back." He grit out, shoving his face in mine so I had to crane my head back.
"Hmm, let me think about it." I paused for a second. "Nope, I think I'm gonna keep it. It'll be a nice addition don't ya think?" I lifted the ring up in the air, shining it in the light but making sure Maikel could see my feline-like smile in the gap.
He reached for the metal but I stashed my hand back down swiftly, forcing him to lean over and almost fall on top of me. "Nila, I don't have time for your fucking games. Give me it, now."
"Come and get it, then." Without thinking, I had a strange burst of excessive confidence and dropped it down my shirt, my bra catching the ring so it didn't fall out from under my clothes.
My eyes widened when I realized what I had done, the cold metal contrasting with my warm skin. Maikel's gaze averted down to my chest, more specifically my tits, and we stood like that for a good ten seconds. I wasn't sure if the chocolate ice cream I had earlier was reacting with my lactose intolerance, or if I had come down with the quickest bug known to man, but my stomach elicited flips, and I felt like I was going to pass out and throw up together.
My breathing quickened as my lips parted but whilst my eyes were on his, he was still looking at my top. And, for a split second, I actually thought that he was debating whether or not to take the ring from me.
But, out of nowhere, Maikel released my wrist, pushing me back and inhaling deeply. "Go back to the lounge." He ordered.
"What?" I was stunned.
"I said, go back to the fucking lounge, Nila. Now."
"Don't tell me what to do." His switch up gave me whiplash, and he was acting even colder than before.
Maikel gave me one last death stare, and for the first time in my life, I felt a flash of fear run through my body because of him. "Don't make me repeat myself, again. Lounge. Now. Before I change my mind and kick you out altogether."
I have a key, dimwit.
I hesitated listening to his demands, but Maikel took one firm step closer with a stern expression and I had no clue what he was going to do to me. Like if he was going to hit me. So, I backed away before he could come within reach and stalked back to the lounge, not looking back once.
"Nila! There you are." Carmen exclaimed, the biggest smile on her face. Her eyes, however, were saying something different. I snorted when I spotted Kylie sitting opposite her and Damian, acting all prestigious and perfect with her straight posture, however Damian didn't seem to give a shit just scrolling aimlessly on his phone.
I returned back to my original seat, sinking in as far as I could into the couch and shutting my eyes.
What the fuck just happened?
In the span of ten minutes, Maikel's gone from being revolted to even having to stand in the same room as me straight to us practically close enough to kiss. That was until he remembered how much he hated me and I with him. Fucking gross bitch. I hope I do turn into a witch so I can put a curse on him.
Which reminded me, the black ring was still resting peacefully in my bra, no longer ice cold. I snuck my hand up my shirt, and fiddled with the bra for a couple of seconds before finding it. I examined the pure black metal, twirling it between my fingers before slipping it into my pocket.
If he wants it, he can ask for it back. And I'll gladly say no.
Kylie twisted her face in disgust, flicking her long blonde hair behind her ears. "Problem, Thornton?" I asked.
She opened her mouth to say something vile, but when she noticed Maikel, her gruesome expression turned sickly sweet. "Baby! You're back."
Maikel stood by the doorway, sending her a small nod in acknowledgement but refusing to step any closer. Kylie cleared her throat to hide her pink cheeks and me and Damian exchanged a small look of amusement.
I avoided Maikel's eyes at all cost, but I could feel his burning stare on the side of my face all the way down to my fucking legs. I should just throw the stupid ring in his face and make him fetch it like a dog if he was that bothered about it.
That's it. I've had enough.
Turning my face, I grabbed the ring out of my pocket and dangled it in front of his face, like a cat to its mouse. Just when his eyes squinted in anger, I placed it on my middle finger and stuck it up at him, smiling. The ring was too big but taking it off in front of him would defeat the whole point I was trying to make.
"So Kylie, are you going to stay for dinner?" Carmen asked, earning a groan from her boyfriend. She was just trying to be polite, but as always, it backfired onto her.
I ignored whatever she was responding with because my phone vibrated with a text, and my attention drifted elsewhere.
brooke: Ok the experiment failed :(
brooke: You can come back now
I let out a huge breath of relief, my mood brightening.
Me: thank fuck
Me: youre a lifesaver
"...Nila?"
"Huh?" I was roped back into the conversation.
"Are you gonna stay?" Cammy asked me again.
I feel bad because I probably shouldn't be leaving my best friend in an awkward situation like this, but I needed to get the fuck out of here before I lose my damn mind. Standing up, I offered her an apologetic smile. "Sorry, no can do, Cammy. Got assignments to complete."
Offering her a wave, I made my way out of the lounge, passing Maikel along the way. I could feel his glare following me wherever I went, but I didn't dare look back or falter in my step. Not until I shut the apartment door and bashed my head against the wall, wondering what the fuck had just happened in there.
a/n
HI GUYS!!! THOUGHTS???
I'VE LITERALLY BEEN MIA FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS SO I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT😭😭😭
honestly everything's been super stressful, i was in a huge writing slump and then when i WAS planning on coming back school just got too much
but since it's christmas, i thought i'd throw in a little update for you guys.
JUST A DISCLAIMER, I'M NOT BACK FOR DEFINITE!!! i just wanted to show my appreciation because i've been shown so much support over the past couple of months so i wanted to get a chapter out,
to anyone who's wondering when i'm gonna be back to updating every week, i'm not sure. but i'm gonna definitely try updating every couple of weeks or so. please just be patient with me!!!
BUT HOW IS EVERYONE?????
it literally feels like ages since i've done an author's note, so much to catch you up on
ALSO WHO'S WATCHED MY LIFE WITH THE WALTER BOYS???
i can't tell if i like it or not. it's just a cringier version of the summer i turned pretty in my opinion
and cole isn't even that hot, IT'S ISAAC IN MY EYES
and alex is so gross i literally had to take a break everytime he came on screen
it was alright though i guess, BUT I NEED MORE MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS I FEEL LIKE I'VE WATCH EVERYTHING ALREADY
but i just wanted to say i love you all so so so much and i do still appreciate you guys for everything, i haven't forgotten about you!!! i'm gonna try my best to update as soon as possible but please just bear with me. i promise i'm trying
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merry christmas and i love you all❤️