summary: house parties in college? truly, what can go wrong?
warnings: art student!reader, best friend/college student!oscar, college student!lando, slight enemies to lovers!au, slight grumpy x sunshine, sexual themes mentioned (stamina), a lot of banter, lando's playboy vibe is back and in full swing! and who're oscar and lily secretly seeing?
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“so the answer for number four would be fifty-six,” you said, pointing to the formula on the lined sheet of notebook paper. you had been helping lando with his econ homework since you got out of your last class of the day, meeting up at the cafe on the other side of campus.
you looked up to see that he wasn’t paying attention, his face buried in his phone as he smiled, fingers moving a mile a minute as he texted. you huffed, rolling your eyes before reaching across the table and snatching the phone into your hands, locking it and tossing it onto the table next to yours.
“hey!”
“you asked for my help and you’re not even paying attention,” you said, “did you even hear what i said?”
“sorry, but this is important,” he said, “the guys are throwing a party tonight and we’re going over the checklist for all the supplies.”
“which entails what, exactly? booze and bitches?”
“no!” he scoffed, sending him a pointed look as he sighed, “well, we don’t call them ‘bitches’.”
“lando, this is serious!”
“so is this!” he said before taking in your very clearly annoyed facial expression, “okay, okay, fine. all my undivided attention is going to you now, i promise. im sorry.”
you took in a breath before walking him through the problem again. he nodded in understanding, asking questions about certain things but shortly getting the hang of it once you talked in through it. he had made a decent amount of progress in the short 4 weeks you had been holding up on the deal the two of you made. your painting was slowly coming along and he was on track to passing his econ final with flying colors.
maybe this wasn’t so bad after all.
his phone buzzed next to you, which you ignored as you continued explaining the next chapter to him. the buzzes got more consistent, making it impossible to ignore as you tried to help him study.
okay, last statement retracted.
finally you sighed in defeat, pushing his phone towards him, “we’ll cover more on monday,” you said, “i think whatever is going on requires your attention a little more.”
he sent you an apologetic look as he opened his phone, “oh, no way! jackson got some of the girls from the cheer squad to come!”
you nodded, packing your things into your bag, “sounds like a good time,”
“you should come,” he said, “you can bring lily, too. ‘s gonna be fun,”
“hard pass,” you sent him a tight lipped smile, “a bunch of college guys, cheer women and booze in the same room? absolutely not.”
“there’s gonna be other people there,” he contested, “i’m pretty sure oscar’s going, that is if he can get the balls to ask the girl he’s been non-stop talking about to come with him.”
oscar and a girl? this was the first you were hearing about this. definitely something to take mental note of and pester him about later.
“lando-”
“just say you’ll think about it, yeah?”
you huffed, grabbing your coffee cup from the table as he stood from his chair, “fine, i’ll think about it. no promises, and it’s for sure looking like a 99.9% no and a .1% chance of a yes.”
he shook his head as he followed you out of the cafe, holding the door open for you as you made your way back outside into the harsh winter weather, cold wind hitting like a smack in the face. he had made it a habit to walk you back to your apartment if you were studying somewhere that wasn't yours.
you bid him a short goodbye and thanked him for walking you back before heading inside and up to your floor. you opened the front door, lily immediately calling to you from her side of the apartment.
“hey!”
“hey!” you called back, throwing your things by the front door, making your way to her bedroom. she sat at her desk, mascara in hand as she studied her appearance in the light up mirror. you fell back onto her bed as she raised her eyebrows at you.
“that bad, huh?”
you hummed, sitting up on your forearms, “that’s the thing, it’s not bad,” you sighed, “i hate to admit it, but i think he’s growing on me a little bit.”
she wiggled her eyebrows at you as you groaned, “gross, not like that!”
“i’m kidding!” she laughed, “who knows though, maybe all that deep hatred you two have for god knows what reason will lead to really hot sex!”
“please, shut up!” you let out an even louder groan, pressing the heels of your palms into your eyes.
“i’m just saying!” she laughed, putting her hands up in fake surrender, “i mean, c’mon! do you know how many girls would kill to be in your situation right now? he’s hot, single, and it’s not like i don’t see the way he looks at you. he definitely is feeling something he doesn’t want to show just yet,”
“never in my life will i ever hook up with lando norris,” you said sternly, “even if he was the last human on planet earth.”
“whatever you say,” she said, placing her makeup back in the bag, “what’re your plans for tonight?”
“well, i was gonna ask if you wanted to get wine drunk and have a shitty rom-com movie marathon, but clearly you’ve got other plans.”
“i do,” she smiled, “you know that guy in my chem class i’ve been kind of talking to?” when you nodded, she continued, “he invited me out to a party one of his friend’s his having. told me i could bring someone,”
“what is with people and parties tonight?”
she shrugged, “could be because it’s almost the end of the semester, dunno.”
you shrugged back at her, “you’re going?”
she nodded, giving you her signature pleading look. the one that had always worked in the past and you knew was always going to work in the future.
“please come with me,” she asked, “it would be a lot more fun with you there.”
“i don’t know, lils-”
“look at it this way, if you go and you find a hot guy, he’ll take your mind off of all the lando bullshit,” she said, “plus, we won’t get to go out next year, we need to make the most of it this year while we still can.”
you hated how good she was at convincing you to do something. she was the master at things like this.
you sighed, “okay, fine!”
she smiled and cheered in her chair, the two of you rushing off to your side of the apartment to pick out an outfit for you. you opted on the simple black dress, slipping it on and fixing up your makeup before running a hand through your hair.
simple, but effective. you looked and felt hot. maybe this wasn’t such a bad idea after all. after letting her snap a few mirror pictures of the two of you, you were out the door and heading to the house where the party was.
the walk to the off campus housing was longer than expected and the chilly nighttime air made the two of you walk a little bit quicker. as you neared the house, you could hear the music from outside the house.
lily practically dragged you inside, the air thick and humid from the amount of people jammed into the house. there were people everywhere, drinks in hand and dancing together. the cliche couples making out against the walls, and obviously it wouldn’t be complete without the beer pong table set up in the middle of the dining room. the scene looked like it was straight out of a teenage coming of movie.
“i’m gonna go get a drink, you coming?”
you nodded at the light haired girl, following her into the kitchen. you grabbed a cup, letting her pour some of the vodka into your cup before you topped it off with whatever kind of juice was on the counter. you took a sip, taking the opportunity to actually take a look at the people around you.
you spotted a blonde in a cheer squad uniform, clearly arriving just after practice. the conversation you had with lando re-entering your mind as you looked around the house.
lily looked down at her phone before smiling softly at you, “chem guy is here, i’m gonna go find him. are you gonna be okay?”
you nodded, smiling softly, “yeah, yeah! go ahead! have fun,”
she smiled, “i’ll text you!”
“don’t do anything i wouldn’t do!”
she laughed, exiting the crowd of people who had found themselves in the kitchen. you heard cheering coming from the dining room, pushing through to see what the commotion was about. you looked past the bodies and found lando with his hands up in the air, beer in hand as he celebrated beating the other team in the game of beer pong.
“no fuckin’ way, mate! how’d you manage a comeback like that?’
“the master never tells his secrets,” he smiled, giving the guy who was on his team a handshake before he felt your eyes on him. he smiled when his eyes met yours, whispering something in the blonde’s ear before he started making his way towards you.
“looks like that .1% managed to overpower tonight, huh?”
“lily asked me to come,” you spoke loudly over the music, “the guy she’s been talking to is here.”
he nodded, smirking, “you can tell me you came for me, i won’t tease you about it.”
you rolled your eyes, cocking your head to the side, “does your ego ever get tired?”
“stamina,” he smiled, “which i happen to have a lot of.”
“gross,” you scrunched your nose up, “didn’t want a visual.”
he took in your appearance, coming to the conclusion that you looked good in just about anything. he swore you could pull off a trash bag if you really wanted to.
“i like this,” he said, pointing to your dress, “suits you.”
you smiled softly, he looked good too. a little too good for your liking. his curls were wild, slowly growing a little bit longer and he was wearing a white button up t-shirt matched with a pair of black pants.
one thing you couldn’t say was that he wasn’t attractive. sure, you had known this before, but especially right now. the top few buttons of his shirt undone, a silver chain hanging from his neck. the way his tanned skin looked under the dim lighting, the flashy watch sitting on his wrist.
god, stop it. you’re not supposed to find him hot. you’re supposed to hate him.
“not too bad yourself, norris.”
why’re you feeding into it? stop it.
“can i let you in on a secret?”
you held your breath as he leaned in closer after you softly shook your head. his expensive cologne filling your nose as he spoke lowly into your ear.
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