Anti-romantics|| Pedri

9|Cuddle up

Leah PoV

That must be the first time Pedro smiled at me.
And I don't mean when he needs to smile at me to make it seem like we are in love. Because that doesn't count.

"So, you wanna have something to eat? Or are you thirsty? I have water or iced tea." I ask him. I mean I need to be a good host. It is the first time that Pedro is at my house.

"Oh no, don't bother making any effort because of me. I will just stay here until it stops raining." He tells me as he looks around.
"Your house looks so different from what I have imagined. I thought it would be much more plain. Like all white. Walls white. Decorations are white and kitchen white. Like you got all your stuff out of IKEA or from a hospital even." I think he says that because I have so many things laying around. Everything is pretty much cluttered. Books and plants are literally everywhere.
"Thank you I guess?"

He picks up a book and reads the title: 'circe'
"You like to read?"
"Yeah. I can calm down and relax when I read. You know, sometimes I need to get away from my phone. From all the Instagram messages I get."
"It's funny how I know literally nothing about you even though we are dating." He stops for a moment before he continues "I mean fake dating. But still. I think I should know more about you."
"I don't know anything about you either. Nothing besides the fact that you are a football player."
"OK so tell me something about you."
He tells me.

"OK, I like to read as I already told you. I'm half-German. My first ever celebrity crush was Leonardo Dicaprio and my boyfriend before I started to do this thing with you was Lando Norris.
I haven't talked to my parent for 2 years because they don't support me at my job. They always favoured my sister and always made me feel unloved."

I can't think about many things to tell about me. Even though my life seems so exciting from the outside, it is really boring.
"I love to paint. My favourite show is Grey's anatomy and prison break and I hated to be a part of outer banks. Glad I died in the show. I never drank any alcohol but when I was 15 I smoked pot and took drugs. I'm not proud about that but I'm glad that I stopped."
I tell him.

"You didn't like your role at outer banks? I fucking cried when you died."

"Wait I just told you that I was taking drugs at 15 but all you care about is outer banks. And wow I didn't think that you are such big of a fan of that show." I begin to laugh
He is an outer banks fan!

"Now is your turn."

"There isn't much to tell. So as you already know I play for Barcelona.
I haven't touched a book since middle school. The last book I read was 'all quiet on the western front' and that was for school."

"OK but that book wasn't bad, was it?" I interrupt him

"It was alright. It is about an important topic but it isn't my favourite. My favourite is Harry potter."

"So many things I wouldn't have expected from you."

"Hey, Harry potter is cool."

"Yeah, it is. I just wouldn't have thought that you like it.
What house are you in then."

"Slytherin."

"No, you are not. You are Hufflepuff. 100 percent. I'm Slytherin." I tell him. Pedro looks at me like he is devastated about that.
"Aww, you don't need to be sad about that Pedri."
"Pedri?" He looks at me. "You never called me that."

"Guess that was the first time then. I probably won't call you Pedri from now on. I prefer Pedro. But go on."

"There isn't anything more to say about me. Oh, besides I was shocked when I found out that you are a Real Madrid Fan."

"No way Pablo told you. Thought I could trust him. But sorry Real Madrid all the way."

And we both laughed at that and I think that is the first time that Pedro and I really had fun together.