Ecuador v Qatar
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Today was the match between Qatar and Ecuador, a match I didn't attend. Not because I didn't want to, as I was allowed to go to every game if I felt like it but because I decided to stay in with Pedri and wait for the arrival of my two dear friends from back home, Sira and Ela.
'God, do you get this excited about me?' Pedri asked as I was bouncing my leg, my arms crossed, waiting in the hotel's lobby.
'You know how excited I get about you.' I chuckled, making his cheeks flash red. 'I just haven't seen them in ages and it's always nice to be surrounded by my female friends.' I smiled.
'You do have a lot of male friends.' he rolled his eyes playfully. 'And weirdly, I like it.'
After what felt like years, I spot the girls entering the lobby. I rush towards them and wrap my arms around their necks.
'Oh my God!' Ela laughed.
'Irina, you're literally leaving us breathless.' Sira chuckled.
'Sorry, sorry.' I said softly, taking a step back and looking at them. 'I missed you girls so, so much, you have no idea.'
'Yeah, I missed you too.' Ela smiled. 'But I doubt Sira can say the same thing.' she rolled her eyes. 'All that's been coming out of her mouth is her boyfriend's name.' she said quietly, making puke gestures.
Sira hit her playfully. 'That's not entirely true.' she rolled her eyes. 'But you should understand how it feels.' she looked at me with pleading eyes.
I helped them with their bags, walking towards Pedri who greeted them with a smile.
'Come on girls, the boys are waiting so we can go eat.' he said grabbing some bags off of me.
***
We were now sitting in the hotel's restaurant, waiting to make our orders. Ela's meeting with Gavi went exactly how we all expected.
Their eyes sparkled, they shared a hug and then turned awkward.
On the other hand, Sira and Ferran couldn't keep their hands to themselves, to which Ela and Gavi constantly made fun of and me and Pedri just laughed at their reactions.
'So how's everything back home?' Pedri asked.
'The weather is still nice, a bit boring without you guys there, but we managed.' Sira said softly.
'I actually bumped into Carolina and Davi a few days ago.' Ela smiled. 'Have you spoken to her?'
'Yeah.' I nodded my head. 'They'll be flying in, in a few days too, right before the Brazil game.'
'I'm kinda excited to see Davi.' Pedri chuckled.
'Oh, trust me, he's probably excited to see you too.' I laughed.
'So how's everything with work?' Sira asked.
'What teams did you end up picking?' Ela said curious.
'England, France, Spain, Morroco, Argentina and Brazil.' I answered.
'Oh my God!' Ela's eyes grew wide, a smile spreading across her face. 'Please take me with you at the next training.'
Gavi frowned his eyebrows. 'She's not allowed.'
Totally brushing off Gavi's comment, she spoke once again. 'You're literally living the dream.' she said excitedly.
After ordering our food and talking a bit more about what we've been doing in Qatar, I feel two arms wrapping around my shoulders.
'Hey.' I smiled widely, without having to look up.
'Where was our invite?' Luca chuckled, pulling away from me and greeting the rest.
'You kinda bailed on us.' Kylian said, approaching the table too.
Ela's eyes grew wide in shock, as this was the first time she was meeting Kylian. She's met Luca previously, which was no big deal.
'Ela.' Luca smirked.
'You're here too?' she smiled.
'Yeah, me and Irina are working together.' he nodded his head.
'You forgot to tell me that.' Ela said looking at me, her eyebrows slightly frowned.
'Kylian, nice to meet you.' he extended his hand towards her.
'Ela.' she nodded her head. 'Pleasure's all mine.'
He then moved on to Sira, who shyly shook his hand.
'Grab some chairs, sit with us.' Pedri smiled.
The boys did as they were told, Kylian positioning himself across from me, while Luca sat next to Ela, Gavi following their every move.
***
'Any plans for tonight?' Ela asked as soon as we finished eating.
'We could go out.' Luca shrugged his shoulders.
'Because starting tomorrow, Irina and Luca are going to become very busy.' Kylian rolled his eyes with a smile.
'As to why, we shouldn't go out and get fucked up.' I chuckled.
'No one said we have to drink that much.' Ela laughed.
I glanced at Pedri who had a smile on his face. He clearly liked the idea of all of us going out as we finally reunited.
'Sure.' I smiled. 'We're in.'
'Yeah, me too.' Gavi said, his eyes fixated on Ela.
'You two lovebirds?' Luca chuckled, looking at Ferran and Sira.
'I don't know...' they both said at the same time, chuckling.
'Come on.' I said with pleading eyes.
'You'll have plenty of time to enjoy eachother's company later on.' Kylian winked, Sira's cheeks flashing red.
'It'll be fun.' Pedri said.
Ferran and Sira exchanged glances and then looked at us with a smile plastered on their faces.
Looks like we're going out.
