' sweetheart you are changing my mind '

...

in real life !

before i opened my eyes, i felt the heat of the sun shine onto my face. i scrunched up my nose as the light almost blinded me when my eyes fluttered open and to my surprise, i was met with a sound sleeping wilbur. i was laying on his chest while he had his arms wrapped around me. i smiled to myself at how adorable he looked when he was sleeping, wait. adorable?  i then quickly realised what position we were in and my cheeks immediately turned a clear shade of red. uh oh.

before i could move, the curly brunette opened his eyes. shit. he noticed me and gave me a warm smile.

"good morning sleepy head," wilbur said with an adorable grin.

"g-good morning," i stuttered back. what's wrong with me? and has he not noticed how we're laying?  trying not to overthink, i gave him a smile back. and before anything else could transpire his eyes widened a bit, presumably noticing how we were positioned. i spoke too god damn soon.

"uh i'm sorry," he sheepishly chuckled. not knowing whether he was okay with it or not, i started to move away.

"no no it's completely fine, i think i moved there in my sleep," i giggled, "i just didn't know whether you'd be okay with it when you woke up."

"of course i'd be," he chuckled and wrapped his arms around my waist. if my cheeks weren't still pink from before they definitely are now. i giggled and hugged the tall boy back in a warm embrace. we stayed there for a while, it was comforting to say the least.

wilbur went home that morning seeing as he hadn't left my house in a few days. i was looking for something in the kitchen when i heard a vibration on the counter and realised i got a text from karl.

messages !

frog boi
hellooooooo

frog boi
answer me rn.

e-girl
shi okk hi

frog boi
stream today. rn.

e-girl
okay but why tho

frog boi
why not?

e-girl
mf answer my question.

frog boi
ok ok fine

frog boi
me and niki are gunna play roblox so was wondering if u wanted to join but u have to bc you already said yes so :)

e-girl
well i was already saying yes but idk if want to now.. ur too demanding hmm >:(

frog boi
shuddup and join.

e-girl
<3 u too

in real life !

sighing and walking into my recording room, i sat down at my desk and started setting up to stream. i positioned my microphone correctly and clicked onto discord to join the vc with niki and karl in it.

"TORIA!" niki exclaimed the second i joined the vc.

"NIKI!" i shouted back in excitement.

"karl!" i heard the other boy in the vc quietly say. i giggled at karl's remarks and said a quick hello to him too.

"wait, i gotta start my stream give me a sec," i told my friends and swiftly deafened myself to start my stream. i clicked on twitch and set up my stream, "hey guys! hey chat! welcome back to my stream and welcome first timers! i hope you guys are having a great day. today me, karl and niki are just going to play games on roblox! preferably horror games!" giggling at the last part, i undeafened myself and we got onto roblox.

"so what do you want to play?" niki asked.

"horror!" i exclaimed.

"NO!" karl protested.

"hey! you wanted me to get on stream this is your fault." i laughed at his reaction.

"ugh. fine, ONE GAME." he was not so secretly scared for his life at this point. both niki and i excitedly looked for a good horror game to play and finally found one.

a few minutes into the game karl was already freaking out, hiding behind us two girls.

"i don't like this! i really don't like this i'm going to turn bac- WAIT I CAN'T!" i chuckled as karl was frightening himself more and more, "THIS ISN'T FUNNY E-GIRL."

"YES IT IS FROG BOI." we kept arguing until we all got majorly jump scared by something in the game.

"HOLY SHIT NOPE NOPE I'M LEAVING!" karl shouted and clicked quit game.

"aww no frog boi sad face," niki giggled.

"let's play something else then shall we since we have a baby in the vc," i teased karl.

"i'm not a freaking baby," he said half-frustrated. i could tell he was holding in laughter. we kept playing games on roblox for a few hours until i eventually turned off my stream.

"i think i'm going to get off for today, i'll talk to you guys later," i said to the vc. niki and karl said their goodbyes to me and i turned off my pc. i checked my phone to find another message from wilbur, sent only a few minutes ago.

messages !

simp
guess what

tori :)
wot

simp
i'm going to record with my band

tori :)
OHH SHIT YEAH THAT'S GUNNA BE SO MUCH FUN

simp
AND

simp
guess what

tori :)
what what what

simp
i want you to come along with me

tori :)
really me???

simp
of course you loser why wouldn't i choose you lmfao

simp
sooo??? you in or not

tori :)
OFC I AM WHEN R U LEAVING

simp
i'm kinda almost at ur house

tori :)
stop texting and driving bitch.

simp
no <3

simp
get ready

tori :)
fine

tori :)
just put ur phone down pls i don't want u dying

simp
awh is someone looking out for me for once

tori :)
ok idc if you die now <3

simp
offended

tori :)
STOP TEXTING AND DRIVING WOMAN

in real life !

shit. he's almost here. i hurried through my house and ran to my mirror to attempt to fix myself up. hoping i looked decent enough, i brushed out my hair and reapplied my smudged eyeliner. i stuffed things i thought i might've needed in a bag, and my camera because why not.

before i could do anything else i heard a patterned knock on my door. wilbur of course. i ran to my door and swung it open to reveal a tall figure swinging car keys around his finger.

"you ready?" he chuckled. i nodded and quickly went to grab my bag. i locked the door behind wilbur and i and we raced down the stairs to his car that was waiting out the front of my apartment building.

"do you want to put your music on again?" wilbur asked, glancing over to me in the passenger seat.

"of course," i giggled and plugged my phone into the aux, only for it to play one of wilbur's bands songs. his face turned a shade of red and an embarrassed smile crept up on his face.

"really?" he exclaimed while still focusing on the road.

"i had to. it was only fitting for this occasion! come on!" i laughed and sang along to the music. one day i know that you will be there. he eventually started singing along with me which i found cute because he doesn't let loose around too many people, i enjoyed being one of the people he trusts.

as we pulled up to the recording studio, i saw joe standing there so i jumped out and gave him a big bear hug.

"someone's excited! hey toria," he hugged back and ruffled my hair up.

"of course i am! i love being able to come here," i giggled and attempted to sort of fix my messed up hair. wilbur came over and said hello to joe and we all walked up to the studio. i greeted the rest of the band and before i knew it, they were already swiftly setting up to record.

"need any help?" i walked over to wilbur.

"yeah that would be nice actually. could you plug the lead from my guitar into that big amp over in the corner there?" he looked up from what he was doing and gave me a thankful smile.

"of course, of course," i smiled back to him. i grabbed the lead and walked over to the amp, almost tripping over every other lead on the floor.

"woah, watch out for the leads, they'll trip you over easily if you don't watch where you step," ash exclaimed from the other side of the room.

"yeah that would've been helpful like five minutes ago," i sarcastically answered with a giggle. once i set up the amp for wilbur and helped him with other things in the studio, i sat down and let the professionals do their work. i pulled out my camera to take some photos of the band as they were practicing to record. i hadn't taken many pictures lately but i loved photography so i wasn't ready to give up the talent yet.

"my voice sounds really croaky right now," wilbur looked down, feeling like he let down the band.

"your voice is always beautiful wilbur," i muttered under my breath. wait, i said that out loud. i hope no one heard. i looked up to find wilbur had gone red in the cheeks and a small smile was plastered on his face, "uh i mean, uhm," my face also went a bright red as i looked down at my crossed legs. uh oh, you fucked it, good going victoria.

"thank you tori, but i'm not the only one with a beautiful voice," wilbur finally answered. wait. he was talking about me? a smile immediately appeared on my face after he said that. i was speechless, but in a good way, i think?

once they were done recording i, again, helped the band with their equipment. wilbur and i said our goodbyes and went down to his car. we both got in the car and looked at each other with the same knowing look.

"smoothies?" i giggled.

"smoothies."

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a u t h o r ' s n o t e

song: love song - yungblud

hey guys! this is the first update in like four days but anyways, i had so many more ideas for this chapter but i felt like it was getting too long lmfao anyways. i hope you are enjoying this book and thank you for reading! <3