Forced Than Loved ★ Pablo Gavi

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Joao is Here!

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You must remember the name, Joao, no? The boy best friend that I texted before the start of my flight, you know the one Pablo got jealous for no reason over? Well, he is coming over to my house today because we haven't hung out in a while and I do have lots to tell him that needs to be told face-to-face rather than on call. We barely see each other given that he is a footballer who plays for Atletico Madrid and that given that we have known each other for a little over a year.

He was staying over for a week, given that his team had the week off however to clear things up, he is staying at a hotel just a few minutes away in the city, sure I would have let him stay in my house given the many rooms I have but this guy only told me about his visit just yesterday so he had everything already booked, still I am happy to have him over, with that said he should be here anytime soon. He texted me ten minutes ago that he was on his way. Pablo on the other hand was still at training, however, his session started in the morning and will continue till mid-afternoon, normally he would stay for longer but he did have a match tomorrow, which I am going to go watch. The coach refused to overly push his players the day before a game, which was a good thing because they did need their rest before their match tomorrow, and really any game. I did mention to Pablo that Joao would be coming over and despite the not needed approval, he didn't cover up his annoyance at the sound of his name and the idea that he was coming over.

But then again, he had nothing to worry about first of all since Joao did have a girlfriend back in Madrid and second of all, I consider Joao to be like a brother to me more than anything else. Anyway I am currently in the living room sitting on my phone and scrolling through my instagram feed, just waiting for the sound of the doorbell or a knock.

Oh by the way, Lilly and I have been talking more and more again, and I feel like I can start trusting her again, despite her not having done anything wrong, but that's beside the point. I really like that we are talking again because we have been friends for I don't know how many years and I feel like I could never lose her, we have been there for each other on multiple occasions and I don't know how life would be without her in it, and I certainly don't want to think about that.

I was in my thoughts still scrolling through my Instagram trying to kill time when the doorbell rang three times, I immediately jumped from the couch, dropping my phone from my hands and practically sprinting to the main door eager to open it. Once I did there was the one and only Joao Felix standing on the other side, mirroring my smile and excitement as I jumped into his arms giving him a tight squeeze as he did the same. "Joao, I missed you!" He laughed at my excitement

"I missed you too Cici" he replied, having that nickname since the third day after we met and sticking to it ever since, once we did let go of each other I moved to the side, holding the door open and gesturing for him to come in and make himself at home. He immediately slipped off his shoes and left them by the entrance as I closed the door before we both made our way toward the living room.

Once we both made ourselves comfortable in the living room, we caught each other up on almost everything. He asked me multiple questions after I spilled everything to him and I returned the favor by listening to his stories as well. He told me a lot about his girlfriend, making me really want to meet her.

"I have to meet your lovely girlfriend one day, she sounds amazing and a fun person to be around" I commented watching the smile just grow on my best friend's face, agreeing to the fact that when I would ever be in Madrid to stop by and say hi.

Through the multiple stories we jumped into, I did mention the scandals from Marco which he did not approve of, and also about the incident with Lucia at the beach a few days ago, it was safe to say that he did not like her, despite not even meeting her, I couldn't help but just chuckle, he was shocked but also comforting. Again I am so happy we met a year ago, honestly, I felt like we should have met earlier, but either way, he did gain my trust pretty quickly and has been one of the first people to know about the drama in my life. I did mention those trust issues to him that I have had since the time with Marco and he was so understanding.