superfluous | thiago alcântara

chapter twelve ; together

august 21st, 2014 * bruna's pov *

I've just officially settled in to my new apartment in Munich. Everything is unpacked and put together.

I walk into my kitchen after a well deserved nap and there's Anna sitting on my couch. "Um hey?" Anna turns her head and her face lights up. "Bruna! Good news!"

"What is this good news?" I make air quotations when I say good news.

Anna gets up off the couch and pours herself a glass of water. "Robert is having people over because it's his birthday. And he told me you have to come."

From my knowledge, Robert's teammate's will be there and so could Mario. I didn't want to stir up more awkwardness between me and him. "I don't think that's a good idea Anna."

"Why not? Who cares about Mario! Just come and have fun please. You don't have to wear anything crazy it's pretty casual."

Before I can make up an excuse for why I can't go, Anna hugs me quickly and walks out the door.

I spent the whole rest of the day thinking about the party. Did I want to meet a whole bunch of footballers? Yeah. Did I want to see Mario? No.

By about 6pm I decided I had to go to the party because it was Robert's birthday and he was one of my good friends. I threw on a simple pair of jeans and a black blouse. My hair was unmanageable at the time so I left it in a bun.

Before walking out the door I slipped my shoes on and made my way towards the first floor. When getting out to the small front door of the apartment building, I looked out to see dark clouds.

Awesome. Before going outside, I debated on going back for an umbrella. Since I was too lazy to go back up, I speed walked out the door and to my car.

After a couple of minutes of driving in the rainy town of Munich. I reached Robert and Anna's home.

Again speed walking to the door I ring the bell and Anna's face comes out from behind the door. "You came!" she hurries me inside when she sees that it's raining outside.

The Lewandowski home is glowing from the inside. The golden light in the kitchen pours through the dark hallway. I'm following Anna down the hallway when I hear voices and laughter radiate down the hall.

When we get to the kitchen, it reveals Robert and three other men. One I immediately recognize to be Mario, the German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and an unfamiliar face.

"Bruna!" Robert walks around the counter to hug me. "You're early like these guys. Anyways though this is Manuel, you already know Mario, and Juan." Robert points the guy I didn't know.

"Hi." I reply then they all respond back greeting me. Mario seems to feel more awkward about it then I do because he seems to not even want to look at me.

Anna quickly pulls me away and drags me back down the dark hallway and upstairs. When we reach the top of the stairs, she pauses to hear the boys talking.

"Why is Mario acting so funny?" she whispers to me. "How am I suppose to know?" I reply back and she rolls her eyes, "I don't kn-"

Anna is interrupted by a knock on the door and Robert yelling for the person on the other side to come in. The door opens and from behind it comes Thomas Müller and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Luckily Anna and I can't be seen from the top of the stairs because of how dark it is. Loud voices start up again and I hear German words thrown around.

The rain starts to beat down on the roof and lighting strikes in the sky above the house illuminating the dark hallway. Anna starts to make her way back downstairs and gestures for me to come with her.

Following behind Anna we walk into the kitchen, and the whole room erupts again. "Anna!" they all say at different times, "Hey boys!"

"And who is this?" Bastian gestures to me looking at Anna. "My friend, Bruna Nicolau." she replies and strangely enough Bastian seems to be shocked.

"He-e-e-y.." he extends his hand to me and I shake it. Bastian almost seems nervous, but quickly recollects himself. "Nice to meet you two." I smile to Thomas and Bastian before sitting down at the counter next to Juan.

After awhile more people arrive and the boys start to migrate into the living room to play Fifa while me and Anna talk and eat in the kitchen.

A couple of minutes later some yelling happens, someone must have scored. I can hear Thomas yell out, "Hey where's the cripple?"

The boys all talk at once and banter with eachother. "He's going to be late." someone said back, "No? I heard he wasn't coming."

"Nein, he is coming. He told me at training yesterday." Bastian replies back to them.

The boys continue playing for awhile till there is a knock on the door. I turn around to look at the door from my seat at the counter. The door knob turns and starts to open.

Rain falls into the house as the person comes through the door way. The tall figure is wearing a black sweatshirt with their hood up. The men in the living room all shout and greet him.

He takes his hood off to reveal his face and that's when I drop my fork. Suddenly he looks down the hall and his eyes meet with mine.

It takes him a second to process, but his smile from earlier turns into something of surprise.

I am now 15 feet away from the guy I have been mostly avoiding for the past five years.

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