Ma chérie • Kylian Mbappe

13. Can I

When I woke up it was still dark outside, so I figured it would be still the middle of the night.
I don't know why I'm making this big of a deal out of it, but Kylian asking about my family didn't leave me this unbothered as I thought it would. My mind kept wandering back to them and how the day with Kylian's family had went. Sooner or later I do have to tell my family about him and introduce him to them, but this also means I have to tell them about Jason and my breakup. They love Jason, like really really love him and I'm afraid they won't accept the fact that it's over with us, even though he treated me badly. I'm aware I have to call them these days and tell them everything, there's no way around it and I hope they won't react too bad.

I looked over to see Kylian laying next to me deep in his sleep. He looked so cute right now. I admired his face and watched how his chest rose and fell evenly because of his breathing. I stretched out an arm and carefully wiped my fingers over his soft cheek until they reached his full lips. Softly I let my thumb trace his lips. How can a person be this beautiful without even trying? Kylian took a deep breath and laid his arms around my body, turning around in bed and pulling me with him on his chest still keeping his eyes closed.

"What's keeping you up?", he wanted to know in a sleepy voice holding me tight.

"I don't know", I whispered.

"What's on your mind?", he asked.

"My family", eventually I gave in and told him.

"Is it about what we talked about earlier? You know I'm not pressing you into doing something you're not ready for", he said.

"Yes I know, it's just.. I don't know it's ridiculous", I murmured.

"Just do what's best for you love", he said before he placed a kiss on the top of my head, letting one of his hands slide over my back reassuringly.

"Try to get some sleep babe, it's alright I don't want you to worry", I snuggled more into his chest and snoozed my face into the crook of his neck, inhaling his almost hypnotizing scent.

I felt safe and protected in his arms so it didn't take long until I finally was off to sleep again.

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After we had breakfast together Léo dropped me off at home to get ready for work. When I arrived at work, Kylian was already training since he's back to playing tomorrow.
Today there wasn't too much work to do, that's why I was already heading back home at lunch time. After taking a deep breath I decided it's time to call my mother.

"Hello?", she picked up the phone.

"Hey mum, it's me", I said.

"Oh honey hey, how are you? You haven't called in a long time."

"Yes I wasn't sure if you wanted to hear me or not", I admitted.

"What are you talking about? Of course I want to hear you! How's life? Everything alright?", she wanted to know.

"You know, a lot has happened since the last time we spoke", I continued.

"What do you mean? Did something happen to you? Are you sick?", she started worrying.

"No, I'm not sick. But there are some things I have to talk with you about.", I took a deep breath and then started, "Jason and I broke up."

"What? Honey no that can't be!"

"Yes, I found out he was cheating on me the whole time."

"Are you sure? Jason loves you, I don't think he would cheat on you."

"Yes Mum, I'm sure. I even saw pictures and he admitted it himself."

"I see. But you can work it out, you've been together for a long time and it's always been good between you two, I'm sure it was a mistake and Jason regrets it, so why just call it all quits because of one bad thing!", she said.