the sky was pitch black and the sound of distant, feint street lamps buzzed quietly.

mattia had led me to a stone staircase that was just out of the public sight.

as i walked down the steep steps, mattia held me as if i was some five year old. honestly, i kinda liked it though.

when we reached the bottom, we were faced by a tall, black, wooden door which was accompanied by a keypad next to it.

'where are we?' i whispered to mattia, becoming ultra aware of my surroundings.

'this right here, is basically my second home. hopefully it can be ours soon.' he replied wistfully, admiring everything around him.

'okay..' i couldn't help but giggle at his state.

he turned back to me and intertwined one of his hands with mine, trailing his index finger and thumb of his other hand down my face, on my lips and under my chin, making me tingle.

'you're gonna love this place, i promise.' he said.

he quickly turned around and tapped six or seven digits into the keypad and opening the door.

a combination of feint music, chatter and a warm cinnamon scent all flooded through the door.

'is that mattia?!' i heard someone say enthusiastically.

i trailed behind him as he walked through the door, a huge smile plastered across his face.

'it's definitely me.' he cheered.

i held onto his elbow awkwardly, watching around 6 elated faces crowd around him.

'everybody.. i want you all to meet my girl, y/n.' he announced.

i smiled and waved shyly, embarrassed by my own lack of social skills.

i suddenly realised that mattia introduced me as his girl and i began beaming, making my smile seem far more genuine.

'yo mattia got a fucking girl!'

'oh my god.'

'i'm so happy for you polibio.'

i picked up from around the room.

mattia intertwined our fingers again and introduced me to his friends.

'y/n this is robert, roshaun, ayiana, cynthia, hector and mar.'

they all seemed really welcoming.

around half an hour later, mattia was sitting at the bar on the other side of the room with the guys, whilst i sat on the couch with the girls.

i felt comfortable with them. we had all taken off our shoes and i sat crossed legged between ayiana and cynthia.

'so how'd you guys meet?' said cynthia enthusiastically.

i told them the whole story and they seemed genuinely so happy for me. it felt good to be the centre of attention for once.

'oh my god, please tell me mattia has told you about the red room.' said ayiana.

'oh my fucking god, yes, has he?' echoed cynthia.

my cheeks burned up a little bit, i had no idea what they were talking about. it sounded harmless but it wasn't like mattia to keep anything from me.

i glanced over at him, seeing his gorgeous smile and innocent face, and i decided that there was definitely nothing to worry about.

'no, what is it?' i laughed.

'typical fucking polibio.' said ayiana.

all three of us burst out laughing, my boyfriend was pretty weird.

my boyfriend.

'no seriously though, i wanna know.' i said after recovering from the laughter.

'looks like you're about to find out.' giggled cynthia, nodding her head towards something behind me.

i turned around to see the guys pushing mattia in my direction, encouraging him and mattia stumbling towards me nervously.

i turned back to the girls.

'guys what the fuck- oh my god tell me what's going on i'm literally scared.' i said in a half joking way.

they rolled around in hysterics and a few moments later i felt a small tap on my shoulder.