Hold On ✹ Diego Lainez

FIVE.

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chapter five:
quien es ella?
[who is she?]
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THE NEXT MORNING, you had to get ready for work. last night was exhausting, so you leaned on wearing a comfortable outfit today. you slipped on a sweater and zipped on some denim jeans and added jewelry to make your outfit pop a little more.

after doing your routine, you decided that this time you were going to drive to work, something you haven't done in a while. you turned the volume up to listen to your playlist. after six songs, a podcast episode started playing.

a lady begins speaking, "on today's episode, we'll be discussing the bad bunny concert."

a friend of the lady adds onto the conversation, "let me tell you, we had the best fucking time of our lives. the bad bunny concert was worth our money."

you were in the middle of driving when the podcast ladies mentioned diego and kevin.

"this is probably the most interesting part of this episode, and it's the celebrities because we got some storytimes."

"we saw a lot of them singing to bad bunny's music, and not only one, but two celebrities caught our attention."

"we were in front of two football players from seleccion mexico, diego lainez and kevin alvarez," the first friend counts, "there's not much to say about kevin, but we caught diego with a girl throughout the entire concert. they were cute together as they danced and whispered each other things."

"we saw a glimpse of her face, and she's so beautiful. her beauty resembles that of both [your celebrity lookalikes]."

"whoever she is, and if she's listening, diego better treat you well."

you paused the podcast to process what they said. you feared that they were going to shit on you from the start, but by the end, they seem to be down-to-earth. you laughed at their little comment before you paused.

you went back ten seconds of the podcast, "diego better treat you well."

were you two officially serious? or did it look like you were official with diego? because it looks like it to the public.

you immediately started thinking about what you whispered to him the night before, "i feel like i owe you something."

you felt like he did a lot for you, yet you have nothing in exchange. the date and the concert was already enough for you, and now it was your turn to give back. once arriving to louis vuitton, you had one question in mind, "what does diego want?"

you started your shift by looking around the store, organizing each section. you carefully looked at the entirety of the pieces, 360 degrees turn for each piece. you thought to yourself, "would diego wear this?"

it was just until vivianna walked in, causing you to flinch. you tittered, "vivianna, hi."

vivianna saw you raising up a piece of clothing, "eres empleada o cliente hoy?"

"los dos." you said, sliding a hanger onto the piece and placed it on the rack.

the store was empty, and it was a good time to talk about drama that happened during the weekend. at the store, there was a couch that people can hang out and wait, and for you and vivi, it was the place where you can talk before the store opens for everyone.

you both sat down at the couch and began to spill. vivianna first brought up bad bunny, "so, did you attend the bad bunny concert?"

you had a smirk on your face, "i did and i had fun. did you?"

"yeah i was at the front! benito was right when he sings yo perreo sola because i did that all night long."

this sparked concern, "you didn't go with anyone?"

"no, but i made some girlfriends here and there. y tu?"

"yeah i was with two friends of mine." you didn't want to expand more details, saying that you were in fact dancing with diego and kevin all night.

vivianna got out her phone and showed you the tiktoks that she posted. some of her tiktoks even went viral overnight, with one of them being bad bunny dancing to "safaera."

once finished, she went back to the for you page, and a tiktok about kevin and diego immediately popped up on her phone. the caption read, "quien es la nueva mujer de diego lainez? 😱"

the clip starts playing, and the three of you look like sims dancing. another clip was shown, where the person zoomed in on you and diego, who was wrapped around you. your face was revealed throughout the tiktok.

"oh he won with this one," vivianna placed her phone down the coffee table, "y/n why aren't you telling me this? he's head over heels for you, it's obvious he wants you, i called it!"

you moved from your seat to the couch where vivianna was sitting. you leaned closer and gave her a soft response, "vivi, you know me. i'm a private person, and i don't want my life to be publicized even if i'm not dating him. also, have you checked in with his fans?"

vivianna grabbed her phone and clicked on the comments icon to see everyone's responses. she began reading them.

"no diego no!"

"i miss my [hair color] era."

"at least it wasn't with a colonizer."

"i wish he knew how much i love him."

"she's pretty holy shit."

"she's fine as fuck, what's her user?"

"i wish i was her for real"

you were speechless. you knew most of the heartbroken comments were jokes, but overall, people seem to have a good first impression of you. you expected a lot worse especially for a person who has recently gained a fandom filled with younger fans.

you pull up your phone to go through your social media settings, "i'm still keeping my shit private."

"at least i could finally flex that i've known the y/n l/n for two and a half years now."

"oh my god," you rolled your eyes at her, "don't expose me like that!"

"and then you'll become a future wag," vivianna pictured, "like i could see you cheering on for diego at his football games-"

"we're not dating!"

"it's a possibility, y/n," vivianna said, "i give it until valentine's day that you guys are novio y novia."

you quietly nodded, "alright."

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