Just A Daydream Away || t. kroos

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|| in berlin ||

"toni! you did it!" arianna jumped into the open arms of the german midfielder.

toni planted kisses all over arianna's face, endless happiness flowing through his veins. "we did it." he took a moment to admire her face in delight of winning one of the most important titles a team could get, the champions league trophy.

the shouting of the others filled their ears, but all they could focus on was one another. "guys go celebrate !" carlo waved his hand at the pair standing directly in front of toni's sections of the locker room.

they followed carlo's words of advice and had fun and talked with others for the next half hour in the team's area, not having any cares in the world.

suddenly, gareth bale, one of arianna's friends she had made on the team, stood on a bench, "in honor of the eleventh champions league trophy," cheers from the players and staff interrupted gareth's announcement, "i believe we should celebrate." gareth smiled at the small crowd of players below him. "but we are going to do it on a plane ride back to madrid." he finished quickly, getting a boo in response from most of the players who could understand who he had said that fast.

"lets do this!" marcelo shouted as he pumped his fist in the air, bringing joy back onto their faces.

|| the plane to madrid ||

everybody was having a delightful time, the trophy was being passed around countless times, each payer taking a few moments to think about the long, painful journey it took to win it. of course, toni and arianna sat together on the three hour plane ride back to madrid. they chatted with no moment being silent, and the pair was comfortable with that. toni rested his head on arianna's lap, playing with her fingers with one of her hands, while to other combed through his hair. "what do you think will happen back in madrid?" toni questioned in a hush voice, only audible to arianna.

arianna pondered for a few moments before answering, "i think we will have a happy life together. both of us will be successful, and there will never be a dull moment between us." she spoke truthfully.

toni simply nodded, closing his eyes while ariana began to rub the tips of his hair until he fell asleep.

|| madrid ||

"toni we have to go." ariana exaggerated as she pulled kroos out of his home.

"it is seven in the morning, ari. the sun is barely even up, what could possibly be so interesting at the bernabeu?" Toni rolled his eyes, but walked down his driveway to arianna's car.

"something exciting, plus, everyone else will be there later for the parade around the city." she reasoned, opening the driver's door to the car and starting it. "now, lets go !" arianna laughed as she turned the radio up, reversing out of toni's home.

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"do i really need to have this on? i can just close my eyes, you know. this feels too cliche." toni felt around the walls, walking down the hallway.

arianna didn't reply and continued walking, "okay, stop." She placed her hands on the loose tie, getting ready to undo it. "remember when you said you would be counting down the days until you could see my work?"

toni nodded, small bubbles of excitement bursting inside, he figured she was implying she'd let him see her art.

"well, here you go." arianna dropped the blindfold to the floor.

"you did this?" toni asked in astonishment, as arianna tried her best to hid her sarcastic remark. toni was touching the painted hairs on isco's beard, "it is amazing." He turned around to face me.

"thank you toni." arianna looked down at the floor blushing at his sweet complements that she heard nearly everyday, but it felt special coming from him.

his hands intertwined with hers and arianna looks up. "ari, I have been wanting to ask you this for a long time, and in the movies this would be the perfect time. will you be my girlfriend, arianna?"

arianna grinned, "of course i will."

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