might aswell be real- joão félix

cinquenta e seis

The next day

They had a match against France and they lost so the whole team's morale is low and we leave tomorrow. I know I should be upset but I still have to meet Joao's parents and to be honest he doesn't seem all that upset so I hope he's just as excited as me.

He walks into my room, "you ready?"

"yep, do I look okay?" I ask, some people stress over how others dress so I just want to know if I'm presentable enough.

"perfect," he says with a smile and gives me a kiss before we head to his parents hotel room.

I take a deep breathe as we stand outside and he rubs my back in reassurance. Joao knocks on the door and his mum opens it with his dad and brother behind her.

"come in," she moves out the way letting us inside. I'm a bit nervous I don't want to be awkward.

"hi guys," Joao says greeting his family. 

"oh sweetie, I'm Carla, Joao's mother how are you?" She hugs me tightly and I'm no longer nervous.

" hello I'm Tati and I'm good thanks, what about you?" I say with a smile. I think everything is going to be fine.

"we are good and trust me, we know who you are," his dad, Carlos tells me also giving me a hug.

"yeah he can't shut up about you, I can't believe he even got you, you're way out of his league, me however," I can already tell Hugo is going to be funny.

"shut up," Joao hits him clearly annoyed already.

I laugh, "it's so nice to finally meet you, he talks so highly about you all the time."

"thank you for being patient with him, I trust he's changed and I'm glad you found it in your heart to forgive him," his dad tells me as we all sit down.

"I can't even believe he thought of going back to that girl, I assure you I didn't raise him to be like this," she gives Joao a dirty look which is amusing to me. His parents already prefer me over his ex and that makes me feel comfortable.

"of course, everyone makes mistakes we were both going through some things I'm just glad we overcame it." The situation is over and I'm just focusing on spending as much time with Joao as possible.

It's been a couple of hours and I honestly feel so at home with his family. They are funny and they treat me like I'm one of their own.

Joao's POV

I'm glad she's enjoying herself I can see she feels at peace and that's all I wanted I'm so happy my family approve of her that's all I've wanted. But suddenly I see her face drop.

"I need to go." She is scrambling and grabbing her things.

"everything alright love?" My mum looks at her worriedly.

"oh no, it's fine, I'm so, so sorry it was honestly so nice to meet you and I'd love to come and visit again," I'm confused what happened we were having so much fun, that's what I thought anyway.

"it's okay we'd love for you to come over as well," my dad says giving her a bright smile.

"thanks and I'm so sorry for ruining this," she says. She didn't ruin anything but one second she looks at her phone, the next she needs to go.

"no," my mum shakes her head, "it's absolutely okay."

"what's wrong are you okay?" I look up at her as she stands up. I swear I see tears in her eyes.

"don't worry about it," she shakes her head.

She gets up and storms to the door but I follow her, "I'm going to worry, what is it about?"

"I don't have time to stay and talk," I grab her hand.

"just please tell me anything," I plead, I just need to make sure she's safe.

She looks around before giving in, "something's wrong with Jr that's all I know everything will be fine I feel so bad."

I sigh relieved, "no need, we all had a great time they love you, text me yeah?"

"of course," I kiss her.

"go," I tell her. I hope Jr is doing fine even though he apparently prefers Pedri over me.

"thanks." She runs out, leaving me worried but I'm sure she'll be fine.

I go back to the dining room, "is she okay? I wouldn't want a pretty face like her to go through so many troubles."

Hugo is so annoying, "stop flirting with my girlfriend."

"what?" He shrugs his shoulders innocently, "I'm just saying."

"don't be silly Hugo," my mum scolds him which is what he deserves. Good things happen when you're your mothers favourite. "Is she alright?"

I nod my head, "yeah it's her cousin, they are really close so she had to leave."

"she's close with her family as well?" My dad asks me. I'm not exactly sure how to word this.

I sigh, "not her parents, or her siblings but Cristiano and his family are basically doing that job for her."

"Cristiano Ronaldo?" Hugo says eyes wide in shock and I realize I probably shouldn't have said that. I'm sure they would've found out eventually but I wish it was on her own terms.

"shit, probably shouldn't have said that but yeah Cristiano's her uncle please don't tell people she doesn't exactly like people knowing. She wanted everything she worked for to be because of her, not her uncle so don't bring it up," I tell them seriously.

My mum nods her head in understanding, "of course we respect that."

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