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7 weeks later, Leo's recovery is going better than expected. The crutches aren't needed anymore, and Leo is getting restless. He's still living with Cris, who's loving the fierce energy from his boyfriend. They channel that untapped urge to be on the field and use it to have the most passionate sex life on earth. This is the happiest those two have been in their lives. Cris has taken time off to take care of Leo, citing personal reasons. He was seen leaving Leo's house with a couple of boxes and loading them into his Lexus by a celeb photographer, who sold the photos to TMZ and Telemundo. TMZ releases the photos the next day. "RONALDO AND MESSI TOGETHER? MESSI NOT SEEN FOR ALMOST 2 MONTHS, POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BLOOMING." Leo and Cris sit down at the kitchen table and read the article on Leo's phone. They can't be mad at the fact that someone eventually found out, but now the whole world may know their personal business, leaving Cris concerned for their safety if they were photographed in front of Leo's home. "This is a serious invasion of your privacy, Leo! It's a disaster! I don't feel safe letting you go back there. We might have to find somewhere else to live soon!" Leo puts his hand on the panicking Saudi player, "Cris, Mi Amor, please calm yourself. I hate seeing you like this." Cris looks up at his sweet and calm lover. "I'm not even mad if people know about us, I could scream about us from the rooftops. They were taking photos of your home. They messed with your privacy. They messed with you. In doing so, they messed with me. You don't mess with my boyfriend or invade his privacy!" The infuriated larger man ranted. Leo takes his chin and turns his face towards his own. Leo is smiling hard and rushes in for a hug. Cris is confused, but accepts the affection. "God, I love you so much, Cris. We can move if you want. Let's look at houses together." Cris lifts Leo's chin up, and slowly goes for a kiss. "Te Amo, Leo." They wanted to come out after he was recovered and back on the field, but God had other plans for this couple. "Well, we can't keep this to ourselves forever, Mi Amor. It's time to come out to the world. I was photographed leaving your home with boxes. If we don't get out in front of this then we'll be accused of hiding our relationship." Leo agrees "Cris, we should contact Antonina and Yazan. They'll know exactly what to say and how to carefully say it." "I'm scared of how Saudi Arabia will look at and treat us. I don't want that for us. I'm contacting Gerardo Martino. Letting Luis Castro know I'm not coming back." They hug.  Several hours later, after consulting both their PR teams, and soccer clubs managers and coaches. The two released a carefully written joint statement. 

"Good evening, to all who read this message, Lionel Messi is recovering very well and adhering to medical advice and orders given by the best podiatrist in the MLS. He is expected back on the field in 2-3 weeks. Cristiano Ronaldo of Al Nassr was seen leaving Lionel's home earlier today with a few boxes of Lionel's belongings. The speculation on their absences of both players from the Major League Soccer and the Saudi Pro League haven't gone unnoticed. Cristiano and Lionel have been living together for the past 7 weeks, Cristiano lent a hand to Lionel after their accidental collision in their 3-3 game in Miami, causing Lionel to fracture 2 bones in his left foot. The lending a hand has lead to something more than anticipated over the past almost 2 months. The two have developed a relationship and are together. Resulting in Cristiano immediately resigning from the Saudi Pro League in fear of how they'd be treated overseas, and has quickly signed with the Inter Miami Futbol Club. The two are happy to hear the concern of their whereabouts and of Lionel's condition, however they experienced a violation of their privacy by TMZ and Telemundo by the release of the photographs this morning and is considering filing trespassing charges against the individual photographer. As a result, they will not be taking questions and request privacy at this time. Thank you.

 Signed Lionel Messi's PR manager Antonina Milani, Cristiano Ronaldo's PR manager Yazan Mubarak, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo." 

The joint PR letter was posted on their Instagram and X Pages at 10 PM. Overnight, the whole world knows, and now everyone is talking. Leo and Cris are now the topic in every League locker room. SPL, MLS, La Liga, UFEA. 10+ million likes on the joint PR letter on Instagram with hundreds of thousands of reposts on X. the hashtag #Cressi has been trending all day into the night.

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