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[huffletiika]

Hello, stranger.

GASTINA / UNIVERSITY AU

There’s a new app at the campus that allows you to chat with some other student it matches you with according to your hobbies and likes. Nina logs in this app to prove Luna wrong and ends up talking all night long with a very interesting stranger. Little she knows this guy is Gaston, her high school crush, who is also Matteo’s (Luna’s boyfriend) best friend.

Sorry for no updating that fast, real life can be a b**ch. Anyway, I’m lazy... so I didn’t make a proof read, so if you find any mistake, my bad. Hope you like some gastina in your dash. 

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CHAPTER 5 - ABOUT BUBBLY CHAMPAGNE AND MILDLY HONEST CONVERSATIONS     

“Just… don’t say it.” she asked when she met her best friend outside the bathroom, where she had been hiding for the last twenty minutes. She knows what the Mexican girl is going to see, and she doesn’t want to listen it.

“Ok, I won’t say a word” Luna answered, with that bright smile of her. “But, let me tell you something important: Matteo told me that Gastón thinks you hate him.”

She felt taken aback.

“What?! Why?!” She asked, stuttering.

“I don’t know, let me guess…” her friend answered sarcastically. “You run away every time we meet him, you don’t even say ‘hi’ looking at him, you don’t really talk to him… do you want me to continue?”

Nina frowned.

“You are spending too much time with your boyfriend” she said, and then sighed. “What did you tell him?”

“I told him you were just shy, that’s it.” Her best friend replied, and looked around, like if she was checking there was no-one there. “Do you really want him to think you hate him?” her best friend asked, looking worried.

“I prefer that, than knowing I like him.” She answered, in a shy whisper.

What would he do if he knew it? Like, she REALLY liked him, to the point of drawing their initials surrounded by hearts in the back of her notes when she was at school, or saying to herself how nice Nina Perida sounded, and fantasizing with him stopping talking with his friends on the hallway, and walking directly towards her to give her one of those kisses you only watch on the movies. Nope, she preferred him thinking she hated him than knowing the truth, he would laugh at her if he knew it.

But RollerTrack told her to give it a try, and maybe she could just try not to run away every time he is close, and even exchange some words, there was no need for him to know her feelings.

She didn’t know what to do.

“There you are, girls.” A male voice behind her made them jump. “I’ve been looking for you all around the house.” She peeked over her shoulder, and found Simon looking at them with a bright smile. “Do I interrupt something important?”

“No!” Nina answered, some decibels above her normal voice due to panic.

“It doesn’t look like that.” He pointed out. “Are you okay, Nina? Can I do something for you.” Added, with a worried voice.

“It’s nothing, we were just talking about girl’s stuff, you know.” her friend intervened, with a bright smile. Bless her. “Why were you looking for us? Did something happened?” She asked, to change the topic.

“Don’t worry, nothing happened.” He answered, still smiling. “I just wanted to spend a couple of minutes talking with you. I mean, it’s your birthday, and I’ve been with Ambar all the time.”

“Oh, it’s ok… I’ve been with Matteo.” Luna shrugged with a smile on her face. “But, if you want, we can go back to the party, and spend some time together there.” She suggested, and Simon nodded. “Are you coming with us?” she asked her, and Nina shook her head.

“I’ll go get something to drink on the kitchen, and meet you at the party later.” She said, and even if Luna narrowed her eyes on her direction, didn’t say a word to try to convince her otherwise.

Again, bless her.

She just needed a couple of minutes alone, so she could put herself back together, before trying to follow her new plan: stop running away.

 The kitchen was empty. 

Luna’s mother was nowhere to be seen, maybe spending some time in the party, as the dinner had been already served. And the rest of the employees were possibly there too.

She sighed, and walked towards a tray with several glasses of champagne served, taking one of them on her hands. She is not that into drinking alcohol, but is just a little bit of champagne, and that’s nothing compared with the time Luna had convinced her to take a full shot of tequila.

Her throat still burns at the memory.

She took a small sip from her cup, then other. She leaned her back on the kitchen counter, and began to look fixedly at the bubbles that flowed from that liquid, until someone came to the kitchen, getting her out of her thoughts.

It was him.

She felt her legs shaking.

“Uh, I’m sorry.” He said, as she did everything on hand to avoid his sight. “I just wanted something to drink and didn’t want to bother anyone from the staff” He added, and she just nodded.

What else could she do? She felt as if the words were stuck on her throat, talking was not an option in that moment.

“Are you ok?” He asked, as he walked inside the kitchen, and she went back to look at the bubbles on her drink.

“Yeah, yeah… I’m ok.” She tried to sound as chill as possible, and then took a long sip from her drink. She can’t do this, she can’t talk to him. It had been a huge mistake to think otherwise.

She had to go. Now!

“I… I promised Luna I’d meet her on the living room after finding something to drink, so…” she said, and then tried to walk towards the exit, but his voice made her stop.

“Look, I’m sorry.” He said, and she couldn’t help to turn around and look directly at him.

“For what?” she asked, curious.

“I don’t know, whatever it was that I did for you to hate me.” He replied, looking tired.

“You did nothing.” She answered, without hesitation.

“Then it must be something you heard about me.” He continued. “Look, if it’s because of the things my ex-girlfriend was saying after we broke up, none of them are true. She was just being salty about how it all ended, I’m not that kind of guy, I…”

She raised her hand to stop him.

Yeah, she knew about the rumors Delfina was spreading about him, everybody knew about them, but she didn’t believe any of those things, not even for a second. She knew him, they hadn’t talked at all before those stupid comments started to spread around the campus, but somehow she was sure about the fact he couldn’t do such things.

“I don’t hate you.” She said.

“Then, why are you avoiding me?” He asked, taken aback.

“I’m just… I don’t…” she didn’t know what to say. “I’m not good at social interaction in any kind of way, I feel too much anxiety, and so I rather avoid talking with people… in general.” She explains.

Well, she is not being a hundred percent honest, but at least she’s no lying about her anxiety problem.

“But you talk with Luna, and you don’t look any anxious while doing it.”

“Well, she is my roommate, and my best friend.”  She explains.

“And Matteo?” He is trying to break her argument.

“He is my roommate’s boyfriend, he spends more time in my apartment than myself.” She explains. “And, anyway, he only focus on Luna when we are talking, and that makes it lot easier.”

Again, she wasn’t lying on this statement.

He sighed.

“So, are we cool?” he asked, after a minute of hesitation.

“We are.” She said, with the glimpse of a shy smile dancing slowly on her lips. “Now, can I go to meet my best friend? I mean, it’s her birthday, I should be with her.”

He smiled.

“Yeah, of course.” He got a glass of champagne for himself. “May I go with you? I mean, my best friend must be there where your best friend is, it’s well known he can’t help orbiting around her all the time.”

She would be having a panic attack about him suggesting walking besides her for a period of time, leave it, she should be freaking out because they have been alone talking on the kitchen, but that pun made her giggle and forget about any of her worries.

It wasn’t even funny, but somehow, coming from him, it was.

What was wrong with her?

“I guess you are right.” She said, her cheeks turning red. “We should be going, then.” She added, and started walking to the living room, feeling too conscious about him walking a couple of steps behind her.

“But, can we do something before heading back there?” she heard him say, and she turned around just to find him just a few steps away from her. Her face went full red. “Can we start over?” He extended his hand. “I’m Gastón.”

She felt her heartbeat raising, as she knew she had to touch him.

“Nina” she answered, shaking his hand, and she felt an electric current going through her skin as soon as their hands touched, so she quickly parted away.

 “Tell me everything”

Her best friend looked like a very excited Chihuahua, bouncing around the small apartment they shared near to the campus, after shouting the door behind them.

“There’s not much to tell.” She said, taking off her jacket. “He approached me when I was at the kitchen getting something to drink, and we talked, that’s all.”

Luna rolled her eyes.

“I need details! What did you talk about? Because you looked very friendly when you met Matteo and I at the living room.” She insisted, while leaving her presents on the table. Matteo’s one was the only one she was wearing, a very cute bracelet with some nice pendants: a roller skate, a moon, a sun, a milkshake, and a strawberry. Nina asked herself how would it be to have a boyfriend, she has never had one.

“He asked me if I was mad at him.” She explained. “And I told him I’m not. Then, he asked me why I was avoiding him, and I told him I’m just shy. Something that, for the record, is true.”

“I’m not saying otherwise.” Her friend said, with a huge smile.

“I know, but I needed to point that out.”

“Ok.” She smiled widely. “So now you’re friends” Nina didn’t like the tone her friend used for that question.

“I think we are more like acquaintances.” She answered. “I mean, I’m going to try not running away when he is around, and I guess it wouldn’t kill to say some words to him, answer when he asks me something.” She answered, but the truth is she was freaking out.

How could she talk with him without him figuring out about the massive crush she has on him? She needed to be very careful not showing her feelings towards him. 

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,,Guys we need a girl voice to our new song,” Simon said and you looked up from your book. Pedro, Simon and Nico were sitting near from you and you heard what were they talking about,

,,You’re right Simon, but we don’t have time,”Pedro said. You stood up and went to them.

,,Hey boys, what’s up?” you asked, doing like you didn’t hear nothing.,,We can’t find a girl voice to our new song,”Pedro informed you sadly. 

,,Maybe I can help,” you said and they looked at you. ,,Hm...How?”Simon asked.,,I could be the girl voice.” ,,Are you sure Y/N?” Nico asked you. 

You looked at them with smiley face and you started to sing their song Alzo mi Bandera. 

When you finish they looked at each other and noded. Simon stood up and said:,,Y/N welcome to Roller Band,” he said and hugged you. 

,,OMG thank you guys,”you hugged them all and then you left. But before that you looked at them for the last time before you went out. They were so happy and that made you happy. 

Hi guys so new imagine is here. Did you like it? Also with who you want the next imagine?

[huffletiika]

When the sun met the moon.

LUTTEO / Twins AU

What would happen if Sol and Luna weren’t the same person, but two twin sisters, who were separated after the fire in which their ​​parents died? Luna moves to Benson’s mansion after it’s discovered that she is Sol’s long lost twin sister, and tries to get used to her new life.

So… I know it has been a long time without this one, but it has been a very hard year, and the muses for this fic flew away. I will try to balance this one with the Gastina’s so I can update them more frequently. This one is special for Lutteos ;)!

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CHAPTER 6 -  The Cocky Smile

It had been a couple of weeks, and being in Buenos Aires hasn’t been as bad as she had thought it would be at first. Yes, she missed her life in Cancun, roller skating by the beach, and her friends… she missed Simon the most.  But she had made some great friends there in Buenos Aires, specially a shy brunette girl who sits next to her on her classes at the Blake South College, and a couple of guys who work in one of the best places she have ever met: the Jam & Roller.

She had started working there, indeed, even if Miss Benson (she can’t call her aunt) insisted in the fact she didn’t have the need to do it, the money wasn’t a problem. But she wanted to do something to keep her mind occupied, and being in the skating ring for hours was the best thing that had ever happened to her.

She hasn’t had any chance to have a long chat with Sol since the one they had on the swing, they have talked, of course, but her twin was kind of uncommunicative, always focused on her drawings, and with her headphones on. Luna really tried to start conversations with her, she couldn’t help herself, she needed to talk, but even if the other girl wasn’t rude to stop her from doing it, wasn’t very enthusiastic either.

They were in the same classroom, but Sol seemed to prefer sitting on the back of the classroom, next to the guy who introduced himself to her as Lucas ‘the coolest guy you will ever meet on earth’ while shaking her hand and saying again and again how much she looks like Sol. “Except for the bubbly optimistic aura you have, of course” he had added, deserving a frown from his friend. The guy was really nice, she can easily see why he and her twin were such good friends, and she even felt kind of jealousy as she didn’t have her best friend there.

“Planet earth calling Luna” a female voice sounded besides her, and she jumped a little before looking at her classmate with an apologetic smirk.

“I’m sorry, I’ve no idea where is my head lately” she excused herself, with a soft smile.

“Don’t worry, I understand” answered Nina, who looked more comfortable talking with her than when they first met. “It must be hard for you, I mean… all this changes”. She added, biting her lower lip.

“Yeah, it’s too much to process in such a short time” she answered, looking at the back of the classroom, where her sister was reading a book, while Lucas was having a short nap.

“I know” the other girl followed her sight, and smiled. “Anyway, is good to know Sol has a sister like you now, I can’t imagine how it was for her to grow up having Ambar Smith in her home.” She put her hands over her mouth, as if she had said something really bad. “Please don’t tell Ambar I said that”.

“Don’t worry, I wouldn’t.” It looked like everyone was afraid of the self-titled queen of the ring. Well, everyone except Sol, who looked more tired of her than scared.

During the latest weeks she saw the blondie and her friend walking thru the school’s corridor as if they were in one of the most prestigious catwalks of Paris fashion week. They were royalty, the rest of the students turn away from their path without hesitating, and looked at them as if they were some kind of divine entity. And, most of the time, they weren’t alone. The preppy boy was also there most of the time, her arm over his girlfriend’s shoulder, with that cocky smile drawn on his lips.

She wanted to punch his stupid face.

She didn’t know where these violent impulses come from, she had never felt something like that before, but she can’t help it.

“So, what were you telling me?” she asked Nina, and the shy girl smiled.

“I was asking you if you were going to compete at the skating competition. You’re really good… I mean, you have improved so much in so little time.”

Luna shrugged.

“I want to, but-” she looked around, to make sure no one heard her. “I don’t think I’m in the level to compete. Besides, the competition is in pairs, and I don’t think I could find a partner so fast. Are you going to compete?”

“Me?” Nina looked surprised. “Oh no- no, I don’t skate” she answered looking down to her hands on the table.

“Why?” She asked, with sincere curiosity.

“Because skating is not my thing… I mean, sports are not my thing, in general” Nina answered, right before the teacher arrived, and the class started.

She was hurrying to get outside the school to get home as soon as possible, she had to go to the Jam & Roller to work that afternoon, but she forgot her wrist guards on her bedroom, so she had to go all the way to the mansion, and then go back to be on time at the ring.

That’s so her.

But she wasn’t looking forward, so she couldn’t avoid running into someone.

“Are we going to meet this way all the time, delivery girl?” a familiar voice asked, and she internally sighed. Why him? Of all the students in that school, why did it have to be him?

“It’s not my fault that you keep getting on my way” she answered, putting her hands on her hips, frowning at the thug smile on his face.

“Well, you should look where you’re walking, piccola.” He replied, amused.

Luna rolled her eyes.

“Can we continue this conversation in another moment? I really have to go.” She said, passing by him, trying to put an end point to that conversation.

He followed her.

“So, you want to meet later and talk about it?” he teased.

“As much as I want to go see the dentist” she continued walking. “Seriously, preppy boy. Don’t you have something better to do than following me around?”

“I’m not following you” he answered, and she raised her eyebrows. “It happens that I too must go in this direction, delivery girl. Not everything is about you.”

“You were going the other way a minute ago, remember? That’s why we crashed.” She reminded him.

“And then I remembered I had to do something on this way.” He smiled, and she felt her heart beating faster. Why on earth his stupid smile had to be so perfect? Serious question.

She didn’t believe him for a second.

“So… are you going to join the roller-skating competition?” He asked after a few minutes, and she frowned at him.

“I don’t think I have the necessary expertise, and… anyway, I don’t have a skating partner.” she answered, not looking at him.

“Oh, excuses. Are you afraid, delivery girl?” He mocked, with an amused smirk, and she stopped walking to stand in front of him.

“Can you stop following me?” she asked, putting her hand between them. “I don’t have time to have this conversation, I have to get home, and then to Jam & Roller, before my work schedule starts. And, anyway, don’t you have to meet your girlfriend or something? I’m pretty sure she won’t like to know you’re talking with me.”

“I can do as I please, and you didn’t answer my question.”

“Because there’s nothing to answer, I gave you my reasons to not compete already, I’m not afraid” She crossed her arms.

“Whatever you say” he answered sarcastically, with that stupid cocky smile of him. “It’s ok, Luna. There’s nothing wrong with being afraid, especially when you are going to compete against the king of the ring.”

She growled.

“Seriously, Matteo. Go bother someone else, I don’t have time for this.” She said, before turning around and walking away.

And this time he did as she asked.

“You look annoyed.” her friend pointed out, before taking a bite of his hamburger.

“No, I’m not.” She answered, with a grimace.

“Yes, you are.” There was something she could never do, and that’s successfully lying to her best friend. “Are you going to tell me what’s wrong?” he asked, and she sighed.

“Ok… you win” she sighed. “Did you see what that guy did? He wasn’t even going that way, and when he saw Luna, he just ran to crash into her. What does he intend?”

“And that bothers you because…”

“Because she is my sister, and he is a player.” She growled. “Even worst, he is Ambar’s boyfriend, so he should stick to his own business, away from my sister.”

“Awe, who would have guessed you were the kind of overprotective sister?” Lucas mocked. “Luna will be fine, she’s a smart girl, and I’m pretty sure she can handle Matteo Balsano’s inflated ego.” He took a sip of his coke. “Are you going to finish your fries?”

Sol put them in front of him, and he thanked her with a bright smile.

“It’s just, I don’t want her to get hurt. Keeping her safe from my aunt and Ambar is enough, to sum another person to the list, I don’t want her to stop being the sunflower she is, and becoming like me.”

“And, what’s wrong with being like you?” he asked, with a potato on his mouth.

“You know what I mean” she complained.

“Yes, I know.” Lucas stopped eating to stare at her. “But also that you’re underestimating yourself, and I can’t stand it. You can’t protect her from everything that happens around her, you have enough with protecting yourself, and she is grown enough to know what’s good. And, anyway, I don’t think Balsano is as bad guy as he wants others to think.”

“He is.” She said, stubborn.

“Well, if so, it’s on Luna to keep him away. That’s not your responsibility” He took another potato to his mouth, and she sighed.

Maybe he was right, maybe the preppy boy (as she listened her sister calling him) wasn’t as bad as she thinks, but she needed to keep an eye on her sister, just to make sure no one breaks her spirit.

“I was thinking…” she started saying, thoughtful. “Milkshakes at Jam & Roller are pretty good, right? And happens that I’m craving one right now.”

Her friend smiled widely.

“Oh, I see what you’re doing.” He accused her. “But pay my milkshake and I’m in.”

[huffletiika]

Hello, stranger

GASTINA / UNIVERSITY AU

There’s a new app at the campus that allows you to chat with some other student it matches you with according to your hobbies and likes. Nina logs in this app to prove Luna wrong and ends up talking all night long with a very interesting stranger. Little she knows this guy is Gaston, her high school crush, who is also Matteo’s (Luna’s boyfriend) best friend.

So, I know time has passed, but I have been relly bussy lately with so many things to write, I just let this aside. But well, here is the second part of my Gastina AU, hope you like it. Also, didn’t make proof reading, sorry. It has a lot of Gastteo, some Lutteo, and a mention of Simbar xD!

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CHAPTER 2 - ABOUT ANNOYING BEST FRIENDS AND DEPRIVED SLEEP HOURS

“You look like shit” said his best friend walking to the counter, sitting in front of him, and leaving a cup of coffee for him to take. “Don’t tell me you stayed awake all night studying for the test, because I remember you told me yesterday that it was a ‘piece of cake’ when I offered my help”.

Gastón sighed, before taking the cup in his hands.

He felt so tired he couldn’t even keep his own body straight, his eyes were closing all the time as if they weighted one hundred pounds, and the concert of yawns has been live since he had to leave his bedroom to go to the kitchen.

“You had a date” he reminded him. “And, anyway, it IS a piece of cake... I didn’t stay awake because of that” He took a sip of his coffee, and smiled with relief.

He hasn’t been able to sleep, he tried to do it, but when he closed his eyes he began to think about the conversation he had had with Felicity, and to ramble about her identity. He didn’t know all the girls studying in the university, but knew a good number of these, and although he tried to put the words of Felicity in each of them, he couldn’t find any match.

“Thanks for the coffee, by the way”. He added, looking to his friend with a smile on his face.

“You’re welcome” Matteo said with a grin. “So, if you weren’t studying for the test, why did you stay awake all night? You look like you really needed those sleep hours” He added, taking a bite of his breakfast.

“I was talking with someone” He answered, and saw the knowing smile growing on his friends face.

Oh no, here we go again.

“Oh! Now that I remember, I came back from my date with Luna and heard some laughing coming from your room” he said, “everything makes sense now, Economic Theory couldn’t be so fun” he added, teasing.

“You like Maths” he reminded him.

“Yeah… but you don’t, buddy” his friend replied. “The only reason you are on Economic Sciences is because your parents think Literature is not a making-money degree, and because you are the only one who will take care of the family business when they are too old for it”.

He made a grimace.

Yeah, his parents weren’t in a good mood when he told them he wanted to study literature. ‘Are you joking?’ his dad had asked him immediately, and her mom’s face was icy. That later, came with a lot of words about why that would be a bad idea, because ‘you can read and learn that stuff by yourself, that is a hobby, not a career’ and ‘you will one day heritage the family company, how could we leave all our hard work to someone who is not our son?’ that, followed with a ‘I won’t pay for a literature degree’ that sent him directly to the Economy faculty.

“Anyway,” Matteo changed the topic. “Who is the girl you were talking with?”

“How do you know it was a girl? I could be talking with… I don’t know, some guy from one of my elective classes.” He replied, and Matteo openly smiled.

“Because, my dear friend, I would have known if you were cheating on me” the Italian answered, full of himself. “Who is the girl? Do I know her?”

“No, I mean… I don’t know… I don’t even know if I know her myself” he answered, and Matteo looked at him, really confused.

“Explain yourself, because I don’t get it”.

“Ok, long story short, yesterday I heard to some guys at the cafeteria talking about this new app that was created on the campus to meet people, is like a random chat that connects you with other person who have similar hobbies and tastes as you.” He explained, after taking a sip of his coffee. He needs his caffeine, man.  “And well, you know I don’t usually meet people with whom to chat about books and video games and…”

“All your nerdy stuff, yeah” Matteo interrupted, and laughed when he saw Gastón frowning at him. “Sorry, go ahead”.

Gastón sighed.

“Well, I thought it would be nice to give it a try, so I downloaded it… and ended up talking with this girl whose username was Felicity, and even if at the beginning it was a little awkward, we then started to connect, and were talking about a lot of things until very late. I didn’t even noticed the time had passed, until she pointed that out” he explained.

“Awe, you fell in love” His best friend mocked.

“I didn’t…! I mean, I just met her. I don’t even know how she looks”.

“That’s easy to know, what’s her real name? I can search for it on the University’s database”. His friend offered, and he made a grin.

“I didn’t ask her her name, I didn’t think about doing it”.

Matteo laughed.

“Are you sure it’s a girl? I mean, it could be an old fat hairy guy with pedophile inclinations, or worst, some teacher”. He was having the time of his life.

“It’s a girl, I’m sure”. Gastón replied, without hesitation.

“If you say so…” Matteo looked at him amused, before drinking some of his own coffee. “Well, if we are not going to continue the mysterious girl topic, and you are free next Friday, can I ask you a favor?”

Gastón knew his friend enough to know nothing good could come after those words, but he was so curious about what Matteo was going to ask, he just sighed.

“What can I do for you?” he asked.

“Well, you know, I’ve been dating Luna for a couple of months”

“Congratulations”

“Thank you”. He didn’t mind being interrupted, he was even smiling. Gastón never thought to see his best friend so happy about a girl. “Well, she wants me to go to this birthday dinner at her aunt’s, and I know Ambar will be there, and it’s going to be awkward even if she is now dating the guitarist guy, so I need some reinforcement by my side as I don’t know much Luna’s friends.”

“You want me to go?” he interrupted him, and his friend nodded. “But its Luna’s birthday, I mean, she is really nice but I don’t know her that much”. He didn’t want to be that kind of person who goes to a party without being invited.

“I asked her about it, and she said it was fine.” He replied. “Come on, buddy, it will be fun, and I will pay you for it… I can make your next algebra paper-work” he put his very convincing pretty please face, and Gastón rolled his eyes before accepting. Only his best friend would start dating the niece of his ex-girlfriend’s godmother. 

Thinking that phrase felt like a hell of a tongue twister.  

“And Luna has a friend who studies literature, maybe you can get along with her, talk about your nerdy stuff” Matteo winked.

“Are you talking about Nina? Because I’m pretty sure she hates me” Gastón replied, rolling his eyes.

“Why would she hate you?”

“I don’t know, but she always ignores me, or runs away in the exact moment we meet her and Luna on the campus, last time it was even ridiculous, she said she was going to look for a book in the library, but she had it on her hands.” He snorted. “I know it was the book she said, because I was going to ask her about it before she invented that dumb excuse”. He added.

“Luna told me she is shy” Matteo tried to justify the girl’s behavior.

“Yeah, but she talks to you normally, I have seen you”. He rolled his eyes. “She hates me, I tell ya”.

“Well, you could try to ask her about it in the party” his friend suggested, and he shrugged, before finishing his coffee and saying goodbye.

He had a test to do.

Felicity: Hi, are you there?

He was looking at his phone, trying to decide if he should or not write to Felicity, when the message popped up on his screen, surprising him.

Roller Track: I am, indeed. –he typed. -How are you, stranger?  How was your day?

He waited for a long minute before her answer appeared.

Felicity: It was ok, I guess. How was yours? Did you get to stay awake during your test? I have been worried about it all day.

He felt the smile softly growing on his own face.

Roller Track: Luckily enough, I did. My roommate gave me coffee this morning, and I got to sleep when I arrived home after the test.

Felicity: And the test? Was it hard?

Her worries for him were making his chest feel warmer.

Roller Track: All fine, it was the easiest, I’m sure I got a good grade. And you? Did you get to meet on the library with your classmates? Did you prepare your presentation?

Felicity: Yes, we did. Do you want to read something funny? I thought I was late, but I was the first to arrive to the meeting, all my classmates were late, but we got everything done. The only problem will be the day of the presentation.

He frowned.

Roller Track: Why?

He saw her writing something, and then erasing it to start again. He had never been that focused on those stupid dots at the corner of the screen before.

Felicity: Because our teacher wants us all to participate in the presentation, and I’m not that good when talking in public, I feel like I will have a panic attack being there, in front of all my classmates.

Gastón read the words on his screen twice, and felt a new kind of empathy for this girl growing on him, like if he knew her from before.

Roller Track: Hey! I’ve been there. When I was a child I had scenic panic too, once I had this spelling bee contest, and I totally froze. –he wrote. –because of that, I thought I wouldn’t be able to do anything like that without embarrassing myself, so when my best friend suggested me to try for the school’s musical I thought it would be the worst idea ever, but then I gave it a try, and it was amazing.

He had never told that story to anyone, but he felt he could trust in her.

Felicity: Were you the lead?

He read those words and laughed.

Roller Track: Nah, my best friend and his girlfriend from that time were always the lead, no one could beat them on that, but I got a solo, the drama teacher liked my singing voice and wrote a song just for me to sing.

Felicity: Impressive.

Roller Track: I know. –he smiled. –but hey! We were talking about your presentation, and my story had a moral. I’m pretty sure you will nail it, just remember the guy who froze on his spelling bee contest but got to sing on a school musical, you just have to focus on one person, and talk to him or her. Maybe a friend, as teachers are usually intimidating, I always try to avoid their sight.

He pressed sent, and waited for her answer, getting a little be desperate when it didn’t come as fast as he wanted.

Felicity: Thank you. –she wrote, after the longest couple of minutes of his life. –I have to go, I must meet with my best friend, she wants me to go with her to buy some things, and I don’t want her to think I forgot about it.

His smile faded.

Roller Track: It’s ok. –he wrote. –Go with your friend, enjoy your afternoon, I’ll be fine by my own.

Felicity: Are you sure?

Roller Track: Yeah! don’t worry about me, little stranger. –Her concern made him recover his smile. –I have to do some homework, anyway.

Felicity: Ok. Talk to you later?

Roller Track: Yeah, I won’t go anywhere. –He finally wrote, and after their goodbyes he let his phone by him side on the mattress, and closed his eyes.

He lied, he didn’t have any work to do, but he didn’t want her to feel bad for letting him and going to meet her friend to go shopping. Who would she be? Again, a conversation between the two of them had ended, and he didn’t get her name. He didn’t even thought about asking her about it, maybe this anonymous thing was what made things so easy, there was no need to rush things.

[huffletiika]

Hello, stranger.

GASTINA / UNIVERSITY AU

There’s a new app at the campus that allows you to chat with some other student it matches you with according to your hobbies and likes. Nina logs in this app to prove Luna wrong and ends up talking all night long with a very interesting stranger. Little she knows this guy is Gaston, her high school crush, who is also Matteo’s (Luna’s boyfriend) best friend.

Take it as if I’m trying to make up for two months without any update xD! Eclipse chapter coming soon, too. 

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CHAPTER 3 -  ABOUT SPARKLY DRESSES AND LIFE-LONG CRUSHES

Nina was looking at her phone, reading her last conversation with Roller Track again and again, as if she wanted to memorize it. Was it real? Did she meet a nice and supportive guy who really liked to talk to her? And that spelling bee story, it was so cute, and so encouraging, she wasn’t sure if she would be able to do a decent presentation for her class, but what he told her gave her hope.

“Stop, girls!” Luna’s voice made her jump, like if she had been caught red handed, and put her phone down to look at her best friend, surrounded by Jim and Yam, who were showing her an immeasurable number of dresses and accessories to wear on her birthday. “It’s just a dinner in my aunt’s home, not a brunch with the queen!” she said, with a tired voice.

Yam, who was studying to be a fashion designer, looked at her with an offended expression.

“But it’s your birthday, so you have to be the most beautiful girl over there” she said.

“More beautiful than Ambar, specifically” Jim Added.

“Indeed” Yam was holding a dress in front of the short brunette. “Come on, try this one.” She said, and practically pushed Luna to go inside the changers.

Nina softly laughed.

She knows how hard is to deal with Jim and Yam, she was the one to introduce them with Luna indeed, as they went together to the same school, and kept in contact when it was the time to go to university. Those girls were her only companion during her solitude era, before meeting Luna on her first day at campus, when she had the good luck to be put in the same dormitory as the other girl.  They usually let her pair with them on group activities, and encouraged her to do things as spending time with them on the most popular roller skating rink (even if she usually stayed only on the cafeteria area), but it wasn’t until she met Luna that she got to open her shell completely to someone else than her parents.

And that’s kinda sad.

What surprised her the most was the fact Luna was indeed the long-time lost niece of one of the richest women in the country, Ambar I’m-too-perfect-for-you-all-peasants Smith’s godmother, who had to go to live in Buenos Aires after discovering her past.

She would have freaked out being on her place, but for her luck, she was one hundred percent sure she was the daughter of her parents, even if they might have a competition about who  could embarrass her the most in front of her almost un-existing group of friends.

“That one is perfect!” Yam’s words took her out from her own thoughts, and made her look at her best friend, who was in a very beautiful (yet not Luna’s style) dress. She smiled, putting his phone on her purse, and walked to meet the other girls.

“I think Luna might prefer something less…” she tried to find a good word that wouldn’t make the fashion design student feel devalued. “Ambar-ish” her gaze met her friend’s, who mouthed a ‘thank you’ on her direction.  

The Blonde and the red-head frowned and looked at her dress with a knowing gaze.

“Yeah, is kind of pinky” said Jim

“Maybe we can find something green, it will look nice with her eye’s color” both girls smiled simultaneously, and ran to find more dresses on the store.

Nina and Luna sighed, before starting laughing.

“I feel like I’m some kind of master project for them” Luna said, looking uncomfortable in that dress. “Thank you for coming, by the way, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have survived being alone with those two”.

“You’re welcome” she replied, with a soft smile.

“I guess I will have to wait for them wearing this” Luna sighed, pulling down the hem of the dress. “You were right, this one is so no me, and if I was alone I couldn’t have said no to them about wearing it on the dinner”.

Good Luna, too nice to say something that could disappoint a friend, Nina thought.

“Well, at least you could have let Matteo open mouthed” she said, raising her eyebrows, making her friend laugh.

“Oh God, that would have been so embarrassing” Luna’s cheeks went red, and Nina was so nice to avoid pointing that out. “Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you something… just, don’t freak out”.

Nina looked at her, suspicious.

“Why would I…?” she asked, and Luna looked kind of nervous.

“Well, you know I obviously invited Matteo to my birthday dinner, I mean, he is my boyfriend, and I really want him there to cope with my aunt’s mood and so…” Her best friend rambles.

Nina laughed.

“I know you invited him, it’s the right” she said. “Why would I freak out about it?” she then asked, being sure she wouldn’t like the answer.

“Well, ok… Matteo asked me if his best friend could come with him, and I told him it was ok.” Ok, now she was freaking out, she could feel her breathing speeding, and her hands shaking. “I just want him to feel comfortable about going to my aunt’s mansion, I know he used to go there when he was dating Ambar, and I don’t want it to be awkward for him”.

Nina took a deep breath.

Gastón was Matteo’s best friend. She knows him since they went to the same school, but she was pretty sure he didn’t even know she existed before their best friends started dating each other. She have had this massive crush on him since those days at school, but he was one of the most popular guys there, and she was just… just her, the nerdy invisible girl from a lowest year who no-one cared to notice.

For her, everything was right when he didn’t noticed her presence, she was just a shadow passing in front of him on their way to classes, there was no need to talk to him, at all.

But then, Luna met Matteo, and the Mexican and the Italian started this flirting thing between each other, making his life-long crush to notice her for the first time, because both guys were always together.

And everything would be cool if she wasn’t… well, if she wasn’t her. Because every time he talked to her she wanted to reply, but there was always that knot on her throat that made it impossible to say something on his direction. And there were also her heartbeat that went like crazy on his proximity, and her shaking hands that made her make up the most stupid excuses to run away from him, and his stupid oh-so-perfect eyes.

Luna knew all of it, she had to confess when her friend asked about her behavior in front of said guy, and constantly tried to help her to cope with her anxiety problem around Gastón Perida, but nothing Luna could do could change the fact she will never be able to talk to him without embarrassing herself.

“I’m SO, SO sorry…” her friend was saying, and she shook her head.

“Don’t be.” She said, taking a deep breath. “It was the right thing to do. I mean, if Matteo asked you about it, it’s because that’s something important for him, and he is your boyfriend.” She smiled, even if her whole body was shaking.

“Are you sure?” her friend looked worried.

“Yeah, your aunt’s house is huge, I’m pretty sure I won’t have to talk to him… I could keep myself occupied with Jim and Yam, or with Simon.” She said, forcing a smile.

He friend didn’t look that convinced.

“But, what if you try to talk to him? I mean, he seems nice, and according to Matteo you have some things in common.” Her friend suggested, with a bright smile.

“We having something in common? I don’t think so, Luna.” She said, sighing. “And even if we do, how would I know? I can’t even say a word when he is around, it’s like if my whole body turned off when he gets closer, I feel so dumb.”

Luna smiled.

“Turned off? I think it’s the opposite” said her friend, fooling around, and she felt her own cheeks turning red.

“Don’t say that!” she exclaimed, looking around, because her anxiety made her thing someone could be listening them, even if they were completely alone on that part of the store.

Jim and Yam appeared in that exact moment, the blonde was holding a gorgeous sparkly green dress, and the redhead had a pair a silver/green heels hanging on her fingers, they looked completely proud of their choice.

“Try this one!” shout Yam, putting the dress on Luna’s hands, and pushing her to go back inside the changer. Jim followed them, telling she must use the shoes too, to make a good effect because of her height.

Nina smiled, forgetting for a minute or two about the topic she and her best friend had been talking about recently, but then sighed thinking about the short brunette’s words. Would they really have something in common? And if so, could she finally stop acting like an idiot in front of him? Life was easiest when she was at school and he didn’t know she existed.

The week days passed fast, she had been talking with Roller Track all nights before going to sleep (she had to put an alarm so they wouldn’t forget about the time again), about so many things she could barely remember everything. It was so nice to talk to him, doing it let her forget about the fact she would see Gastón that Friday on Luna’s birthday dinner.

Her best friend’s words were stuck on her head, she must try to talk to him, or at least try not running away every time he is close.

Yeah, as if it was easy.

Roller Track: Everything fine?

His question made her sigh.

Felicity: Yeah… just getting dressed, I will go out tonight.

Roller Track: What a coincidence! Me too. –she read. –Well, I suppose I should leave you alone, so you can get ready without some guy bothering you.

She couldn’t help laughing.

Felicity: You are not bothering me.

Roller Track: Yes, I am. –How could a guy she doesn’t even know make her feel so good? Talking with him was so easy. –So go get ready, have fun tonight, and try not to break so many hearts.

She laughed again.

Felicity: What if they break mine? –she had to ask.

Roller Track: I would hunt them down and make them pay, little stranger. No one breaks the heart of my favorite girl during my watch.

Was she blushing?

Felicity: How could I be your favorite girl?

Roller Track: How could you not? –she bit her lip. –Now, stop talking with me and get ready, we can continue this conversation tomorrow.

She sighed. She didn’t want to stop talking with him, because doing it felt safe, contrary to the idea of going to Luna’s dinner and talking with real-life people. But he was right, she was kind of late, Luna had already gone to her aunt’s, as she had to help there.

Felicity: Ok, read you tomorrow… Have fun tonight.

Roller Track: Thank you, stranger.

She saw her best friend, jaw dropping to the floor, because she looked drop dead gorgeous. Jim and Yam had made an amazing job! That green dress popped up her beautiful green eyes, and the makeup was on point, sparkly but soft at the same time. She, besides her, felt like the ugly duck.

“Don’t say that, you’re gorgeous too” her friend replied.

She had said those words out loud, apparently.

She looked at her own clothes on the mirror, a high waisted red skirt with a white black-dotted sleeveless shirt completely buttoned up, and a cute red necklace under the lapels. There was nothing special on her look, or maybe she was so plain the outfit couldn’t help her look better.

“I’m not, but it’s ok… you’re the birthday girl, you must be the beautiful swan.” Nina answered, with a bright smile.

They were on Luna’s bedroom at her aunt’s mansion, a place that looked nothing like a room that would have belonged to her friend, as it was plain white, without any picture or personal belonging. The only colorful things on that room were those Luna had took there to get ready for the dinner, whose were all spread on the bed.

“Shut up, you just need a little bit of color in your lips” said her friend, looking at her makeup bag, taking a bright red lipstick out. “This would be great”.

“I’m already wearing something on my lips” she replied.

“Transparent lip balm doesn’t count” Luna put the lipstick on her hand, with a bright smile. “And about your hair, just let me…” she released her hair bum, and let it fall softly on her back, just grabbing a pair of strands with a pin.

Nina looked at herself on the mirror when her lips were painted, and felt kin of different, like if she was a different version of herself.

A better one.

They went downstairs when one of the maids told them there were some guests arriving already, and Nina stayed behind with a soft smile, looking at her friend while she greeted those who came to celebrate her birthday.

The first to arrive were Ambar and Simon, she was looking spectacular as always, and Simon was wearing his usual kind of clothing, but at least his girlfriend convinced him to keep his beanies in his drawers. Jim and Yam came after, the second one bringing her boyfriend with her, and then Nina’s heart rate started to go wild, as she saw Matteo and Gastón coming on their way.

OH GOD, OH GOD.

Gastón was looking so handsome she wasn’t sure how her legs were still holding the rest of her body, and he was looking at her, he was freakin’ looking at her. At first, she thought it was just a coincidence, he may be looking at someone else and she was on the way of his sight, but then it became pretty obvious he wasn’t looking anything else than her, and she felt the anxiety growing on her chest.

She had to go somewhere else, NOW! Otherwise she could have a panic attack right there, in front of him and everybody.

Matteo hugged and kissed his girlfriend as soon as he and his friend were in front of them, and Nina couldn’t do anything else than awkwardly looking at her own feet, being conscious about the fact Gastón was looking at her in that exact moment.

Is like if his sight could make her skin burn.

“Hey, Nina.” Gaston’s voice made her lift her head and look directly at his face.

Big –HUGE– mistake it was.

Her legs started shaking, and her throat felt completely dry, while her heart made a personal goal to break her ribs cage.  

Say something, anything! Her brain screamed.

“H-hey.” She Stuttered.

Ok, one word… is ok, you can do this.

“How are you?” He asked, and she looked at her friend trying to find some help, but she was still very distracted with her boyfriend, so she had to look back at Gastón.

“F- fine…?” why did she sound like if she was making a question. “I’m fine, thank you.” she repeated, trying to sound more secure. Why is this so hard? She should have been over that high school crush from long ago.

She looked back at her friend, who finally had parted away from her boyfriend’s arms, thank God! She smiled.

“Hey Matteo” she greeted the guy, and then centered her attention on her best friend. “I will go to the kitchen to check that thing with the drinks you told me, so you don’t have to worry about it.” She lied, and her friend frowned at her knowing what she was doing, but didn’t say a word to stop her.

So she ran away, again.

[huffletiika]

Hello, stranger

GASTINA / UNIVERSITY AU

There’s a new app at the campus that allows you to chat with some other student it matches you with according to your hobbies and likes. Nina logs in this app to prove Luna wrong and ends up talking all night long with a very interesting stranger. Little she knows this guy is Gaston, her high school crush, who is also Matteo’s (Luna’s boyfriend) best friend.

Happy new year, everyone. I know I haven’t finished my “twins” AU, but as I’ve been traveling during holidays, I didn’t have much time to write... and now, is january, and I got this idea to write a Gastina AU, and I HAD to do it. 

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CHAPTER 1 - ABOUT PHONE APPS AND INTERESTING STRANGERS

Felicity: Hi?

Roller track: Hello, stranger.

Nina held her breath, her heart beating so fast she was sure it was going to make a hole on her chest, while watching those words appearing in the screen of her phone.

What on earth was she doing? She is not the kind of girl who chats with strangers via internet. Leave it, she is not the kind of girl who chats with people… at all. Except, of course, Luna Valente (or Sol Benson, which is her birth name), as she is her roommate and her best (and only) friend, and the reason she was doing this absurd thing.

It all started when Luna told her there was a new app in the campus, one you download on your cellphone, and allows you to chat with other students, that the app selects specially for you according to your likes. The thing is, it doesn’t allow you to know who the other person is, there are no pictures, no names, no biographies, and the only thing you know is that he or she liked the same things as you.

She told Luna it was a stupid idea, that she would never use an app like that, but the next thing she knew, she was downloading the stupid app, just because Luna told her she was just afraid of it.

And there she was, laying on her bed, having a mini-anxiety attack, just because a guy nicknamed Roller track (seriously, how could she ever like the same things as a guy called roller track, when she is not even able to stand still on rollers?) said hello to her.

Roller track: Are you still there?

Nina jumped when the question appeared on her screen, and she had to take a deep breath before answering.

Felicity: Yes, I’m here.

Roller track: great! For a second I thought I had to talk with myself, and sincerely, I’m not that good a talker.

She grinned, he was funny.

Felicity: You are doing great by now.

Roller track: Believe me, you will get bored soon.

Felicity: Maybe you’re the one who is going to get bored, I usually cause that effect.

Roller track: Oh well, let’s bore each other to death! The first one to say any excuse to stop this conversation loses.  

Felicity: Deal.

And then, around 3 A.M., they were still there, talking about nothing and everything at the same time. He started asking her about the things she liked, and then they were having a deep conversation about poetry, philosophy, famous and not so famous authors, photography and music. She even sent him one of her old poems! She had never done something like that, she doesn’t like to show her work, she is way too insecure for that. But they were talking about their favorite poems, and she told him she usually writes, and he asked her to send something, and she did it, just like that, she didn’t even have a second of hesitation, and that has been the most insane thing she had ever done.

Is she going crazy?

He loved it. Or, at least, that was what he told her. He insisted that she should publish her poems somewhere, but she told her she wasn’t sure about it, that they weren’t that good.

Roller track: Don’t say that! I wish I could write something as good as that! I mean, it’s awesome!

Felicity: You’re just saying that to make me feel better with myself, but I’m not that good.

Roller track: No, you’re not good, you’re freakin’ amazing. SERIOUSLY!

Felicity: Come on!

Roller track: Well, don’t believe me if you don’t want to… but I promise you, I will frame your poem in my room.

Felicity: You are crazy.

Roller track: yes, I am. Thank you.

By 4:30 A.M., after talking non-stop about several books, Nina finally looked at the clock, and had to cover her mouth to stop herself from screaming and waking up Luna, who was sleeping on her bed some meters away.

She didn’t even notice at what time she came back from her date with Matteo, or if she talked to her or not, did she ignore her best friend? She hopes she didn’t.

Felicity: did you see the time?

Roller track: Oh my… is it that late?

Felicity: Sadly, it is.

Roller track: Shit… I have a test in four of hours.

Felicity: And I have to meet with some classmates at the library around eight, we have to prepare a presentation for one of our classes.

She saw on the screen that he was writing something, and then erased it.

Roller track: So, I guess we have to go sleep.

Felicity: Yes, we have.

Roller track: I don’t want to.

Felicity: Me neither.

Roller track: But we HAVE to.

Felicity: It has been already said.

Roller track: Tell me we will talk again, little stranger.

Felicity: We will, I promise.

Roller track: Perfect! Have some rest, and good luck with that presentation of yours.

Felicity: And you with your test.

Roller track: If I don’t fall sleep on my desk ;)!

She covered her mouth again, this time to silently laugh, and sent her final “good night”, before closing the app and letting her phone on the nightstand.

And she tried to sleep, she really did, but her mind was too busy thinking about roller track to allow her to do it. What would his real name be? Did she know him? Was he in any of her classes? Would he be disappointed to know who she was? She just wanted to chat with him again. 

[huffletiika]

I love how Gastón answers only with a breathless “ES ELLA” before running away to meet Nina, when Matteo asks where is he going, and then how Matteo just smiles and says “si, me di cuenta” because he’s happy for his friend... even being heartbroken himself because of Luna, and having to leave.

[huffletiika]

DISNEY CHANNEL, YOU BETTER FIX THAT THING YOU JUST DID WITH GASTINA! YOU HAVE 4 DAYS LEFT! I’M WARNING YOU!