the perfect pair | PABLO GAVI

[21] moonlight on the river

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GAVI's POV

"uh gavi?" y/n's voice immediately puts me out of my thoughts from the backseat of the uber we're in. i turn to face her just to already be met with her starry eyes. "sorry you just look a little sick. we can turn back if you'd like-"

"what? no i'm fine, just.. thinking."

thinking about that mortifying speech xavi and jonatan made earlier.

"métanselo en la cabeza que todos ustedes tienen talentos. ya para de joder, tenemos un objetivo y es ganar. no estamos el mejor equipo en el mundo para nada-"

she clears her throat just as xavi's words run though my head again. "yeah you definitely didn't hear what i just said."

the car makes a stop just as i'm about to say something.

i must be moving really slow to get out the car or she's just really fast and already paid the guy who by the time i slammed the door, sped off. "wanna tell me whats up?" she nudges her own shoulder with mine and begins to walk ahead. it takes me a minute because all i want to do is admire her from here but i manage to catch up.

"did xavi and jonatan's words not make you feel guilty in a way?"

she turns to me with a smile across her face. "ay pobre pablito. you forget i live with xavi. i've heard worse from him."

i really do have a hard time remembering that.

i think she must've noticed how i took her response after i went mute. "look, gavi. you of all people shouldn't have to worry. you're only gonna get better from here and all this pressure really isn't good for you. forget what xavi said, i know it's hard because he's literally your coach but he also doesn't know the difference between being stern and motivational,"

she's definitely right about that, "what i'm trying to say is; his words shouldn't effect you. eres increíble. so worry a little less, yeah?"

maybe for her i will. "now that's motivation." she nods proudly and we continue our walk to this cafe she wants me to try. "i still can't get believe you've never tried boba." it's just tea with ice and weird gushy bubbles from what she's told me. "i don't get around like you, okay?"

"well you should." little does she know that's all i want to do as long as it's with her.

i could literally spend hours with her and there wouldn't be a second of bore in me.

"are you excited for your game tomorrow?" and like every other time her beauty puts me in a trance, she brings me back to reality with the voice i love to hear the most, maybe not that question though. "i think you forget how much of a nervous wreck i am the day before one."

that reminder makes her lips form into an ohh.

"well i am because xavi's taking me." she says that so subtlety looking ahead before going to look for the reaction she probably already knew i was going to give.

"are you serious?!" i can't tell whether i should be excited or even more nervous now.

"yeah! i convinced him. plus i've been dying to meet joão felix, but don't tell xavi that before he changes his mind."