treat you better // pedri

fifty

Pedri pov (😳😳)

"Where's Mae?" Ferran asks as he comes over to me as I'm passing with Gavi.

"She's not here?" I ask as he shakes his head and I look over to where she sat last time and I furrow my eyebrows, "I know she's coming, maybe she's getting something to eat or drink." I say as he shrugs, joining our passing.

"Probably, she hasn't missed in 2 years." Gavi says as he passes back to me and I juggle a few times before passing to Ferran.

"How are things going by the way?" Ferran asks.

"Really good actually, she's actually perfect for me I'm not going to lie." I say as Gavi smiles.

"She really deserves someone like you, we've known her for ages and you're so ideal for her, and it helps that we could get to know you first to vibe check you." Gavi says as I laugh.

"Fair enough." I shrug as Pablo comes over, joining us.

"I feel like in a way you've helped her social battery too, which seems like it'd be the opposite, but around you I swear she's just at ease." Ferran says as Pablo nods.

"I just joined, but I agree." He says as Ferran laughs.

I look over again and she's still not in her seat as I glance at Xavi as he holds up a 5 before I take a deep breath, "you good?" Gavi asks as I nod.

"She's still not here." I say as they all turn around to look as I shake my head, "maybe she's sitting somewhere else or something."

"Maybe." Ferran shrugs.

"She's probably talking to someone, she usually gets caught up talking to other wags before the match starts." Pablo says as I nod.

"That's definitely it, she usually finds mikky and chats for like 20 minutes until kickoff." Gavi says as Pablo nods.

"Wait yeah that's so true." Ferran says as I begin juggling again.

"I'm just overthinking it, she's just had a lot going on and I'm nervous she's going to pull away." I say, my attention focused on the ball.

"I honestly wouldn't be worried about that, I don't think she's capable of doing that with you." Ferran admits as I glance at him quick.

"Why not?" I question as he shrugs.

"I don't know, she just hasn't showed any signs of doing that so it just seems unlikely. Plus she cares about you obviously on a deeper level so I wouldn't worry about it." He explains.

"And the way she talks about you just seals our belief that she wouldn't, she's so obviously in love." Pablo says as I click my tongue.

"She still hasn't said it yet." I say as I stop juggling, putting my foot on the ball.

"Really?" Gavi asks as I nod.

"I mean I say it because I really do love her, and I don't care that she hasn't said it yet, I know she most likely feels that way she just can't admit it, you know." I say as they all nod.

"I think with just everything that's happened she doesn't want to say it out loud, even if she feels it." Pablo says as we head back to the locker room as I sit on my bench.

"I get it, I'm not like mad about it or anything, I want her to go at her pace, and I mean that for everything." I shrug as Gavi and Ferran exchange a look.

"You guys haven't-" Ferran begins as I immediately shake my head.

"No we haven't, I don't want to rush things and ruin something that's really good." I say as I take off my warmup top, putting on my jersey as I adjust it.