𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | footballers

˚˖✧ 𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐢: 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 love?

You never really knew. Even though you've been dating Pablo Gavi for a few weeks now, you never really confessed your feelings to him - that's because you didn't know if that thing you felt for him... if it really was love.

You were standing next to the guys changing room, waiting for your boyfriend to come out, when suddenly Raphinha stepped out first. He grinned at you, waving goodbye when you stopped him. You didn't know why the hell you decided to ask the Brazilian, but something inside of you screamed to ask him.

"Raph, wait," you said as Raphinha turned to look at you, a questioning look on his face.

"Hm?"

"How do I... know if I love someone?"

Raphinha stared at you for a short moment before he started grinning at you widely.

"Ay, it's about Gavi, no? You still didn't tell him? He's your boyfriend," he said, shaking his head at you slightly.

"I just don't know if I really love him."

Raphinha looked at you thoughtfully.

"What do you feel when you're around him?"

You bit your lip - that's what you tend to do whenever you're deep in thought - so hard, it starts bleeding slightly.

"I don't ever want him to leave my side. I feel like I could do anything when he's with me. I want to look at him and know he'll be there - forever. I like touching him, his hair, his lips."

You took a deep breath as you could feel your face getting hot with embarrassment. Raphinha couldn't hide his smirk - the thought of you and Gavi together making him smile widely. Gavi had been annoying him for the past few days, saying that you had never even confessed your love to him, which makes him doubt that you want the relationship with him.

Raphinha tousled your hair before squeezing your cheek with his usual smile.

"You're in love, pequeña. Tell him. He's been waiting for it."

With that, Raphinha left you behind and you bit your lip once again before fixing your hair.

In Love?

After you and Gavi went home, ate and watched TV together he suddenly confessed an idea to you since he's been complaining about how bored he was.

"I'll teach you how to play football. Vale, amor?"

You raised your eyebrow and even though you weren't in the mood at all, you couldn't say no to him. So you agreed. And that's what you two did.

It was dark outside, only the few city lights shimmering onto the field. Gavi picked up a football with his feet, showing you tricks and everything he knew about football.

"Pass the ball back to me, okay?"

You nodded when he passed the ball to you and you kicked it back.

"Woah, you've got the technique quite well."

"Yeah, Pablo, kicking the ball isn't that hard."

Your boyfriend smiles at you.

"That's not what I mean, mi vida. You do it with such passion... such feeling."

You looked at Gavi as you bit you lip as carefully as you could - but the wound that you caused earlier opened again and it started bleeding. Gavi frowned as he walked towards you, wiping the blood from your lips.

"Stop biting your lip so hard, hermosa."

"How did you know you love me, Pablo?"

Gavi looked surprised about the change of subject, but he seemed to be thinking for a while before answering.

"I guess I just wanted to be with you forever. When you smile, my sorrow disappears and all I want is for you to be happy. I realized when I started putting you before myself."

The way his eyes shone when he explained to you how he realized he loved you made you almost go weak in your knees. You were sure now - the feeling you felt for him was love.

"I think..." you started, but you quickly stopped yourself. You didn't want to sound unsure about this.

Gavi looked at you with worry on his face.

"What's wrong, mi corazón?"

By the look he gave you you could tell he seemed to be scared of what's going to come - probably because he thought about you breaking up with him.

"Pablo, I love you."

One...
Two...
Three...

Gavi continued staring at you, his mouth a little open as his eyes widen with every second. Not only that this confession was unexpected, but the way you said it too - with such confidence, like you know for sure with no slight doubt.

"Pablo?"

When he didn't answer you, you said his name and touched his cheek gently without breaking the eye contact.

"En serio?" he finally asked, his voice not louder than a quiet whisper. You felt his breath on your skin. Although it wasn't the first time you'd been so near, this time it felt different. Because you knew for sure - you loved him.

You nodded.

With that Gavi pulled you in gently, kissing you different from the times he had kissed you before. Your hand moved from his cheek to his neck and then it went up to his hair as you run your fingers through it gently. His hands on your waist, pulling your body closer to his.

When you were about to pull back, he pressed your body against his, his eyes looking into yours.

"Stay like this."

Just those three little words made your knees much weeker and you felt like you couldn't hold yourself.

"Okay," you whispered back. You rested your head on his shoulder and he planted soft kisses to your neck.

"I love you," Gavi said quietly, but he cleared his throat soon after to repeat it.

"Princesa, I really do. So much."

You took a deep breath, inhaling his smell you loved so much.

"I love you too. I know for sure, I do."