Zlatan, The God

10-When?

After he left, I immediatly started working on Davi's birthday present. I'm painting him something for his appartment. He has wanted to hang something by the door since he got to Paris, but never actually found what. I got a huge canvas from my closet, that I had bought a couple of days before. I decided to paint his silhouette on kind of a blurry background, something resembling the first picture I took of him after that game. This wouldn't take more than a couple of hours; it's a simple painting. I put some classic music on, changed in some old clothes and got started. Sara has planned his birthday party, apparently, as Steph told me, which is in about 1 week. Speaking of which, I got a call from her around midway through my painting.

"(P)Hey, Charlie, it's Sara"

"(P) Hi! How did you get my number?''

"(P) I've wanted to call you for a couple of days, now, so I went through David's phone"

"(P) I'm actually working on his present right now!"

"(P) I was actually gonna talk to you about that! I want to make him a surprise party at his place"

"(P) Steph told me"

"(P) Yeah, but here's the thing. We're all going to act as if we forgot all day. Nobody's gonna answer his calls, and we'll all be super busy, so he'll feel bad. And then, when he'll come back to his place, we'll surprise him! I'm also flying his family to Paris, so this should be fun!"

"(P) Oh poor thing! I can't wait!" I can imagine how sad Davi will be.

"(P) Yeah, I'm gonna feel so bad"

"(P) How can I help? I don't want you doing all the work by yourself"

"(P) You have his spare key, right?"

"(P) Yeah"

"(P) You'll help me decorate his place while he's at training that day!"

"(P) Perfect!"

"(P) Oh and can you pleaaase take care of the cake? I have so much going on I-"

"(P) Of course don't worry! Trust me!" We spent some more minutes planning that day, making sure everything will be perfect. It's tough to think about presents for him. Usually, I can just buy expensive stuff for my friends. It's impossible for him, so the present has to be different, thought, and personnal. What does he need? Hairties! I'll get him hairties! Pink flower ones, even! Oh, and I'll get him that showerjel I'm using right now, he loves the smell. It should be enough; A painting, a beautiful cake, decorations, hairties and shower stuff, I guess. I can't wait! I kept on working on this for a couple of hours, until I was done. I now have to hide it really well, he spends alot of time here, I don't want him to see it for another week. As I finished cleaning the paint off myself, I heard the door opening.

"(P) Honey, I'm hoooome!" Joked David. I walked out to greet him, getting a kiss on both of my cheeks.

"(P) How was training?" I asked him, as I began to cut veggies for dinner.

"(P) I had to run 10 times more than the others, cause I was late and hungover"

"(P)Oh, poor athlete" I sarcastically cried

"(P) Thanks for this morning, Flor, you saved my guts"

"(P) Help me make dinner, then" He answered me with a long groan, getting up from the counter stool he was sitting on. I handed him a knife and a carrot, both of us now cutting veggies. I eat much healthier since I hand out with David, who's on a strict diet. I can't do me any wrong. He told me about funny stuff that happened at training, as he usually does on these days. We sat at the counter and started eating.

"(P) There's a chilling at my place tonight, if you want to come" he told me

"(P) A chilling?"

"(P) We're having a FIFA tournament"

"(P) Who's coming?"

"(P) Thiago, Marquinhos, Lucas, Max, Lucas and Marquinhos' girls...."

Great, I thought.

"(P)... And Sara" Bless, I won't be alone. "(P) Are you guys alright, Flor? I don't want it to be awkward between my best friend and my girlfriend!"

"(P) We talked yesterday, while you passed out in the back of you car, actually" He widly smiled at what I said, which forced me to immitate him. "(P) I'll come, tonight, It'll be fun"

"(P) Good! I'll take a shower, okay?''

"(P) My shower is your shower, Davi" He took off after washing all the dishes. I headed to my room to get some work done. After a couple of minutes, I realized I left my phone in the bathroom. Oh god! I really need it! I just walked in, lucky that my shower curtain wasn't transparent I went to take it, and at that moment, the curtain was pulled away.

"(P) Flor, you got any chips? I want to make nachos for the boys but-"

"(P) DAVID WHAT THE FUCK" He was standing completely naked in front of me, as if it was completely normal. "(P) CLOSE THE FUCKING CURTAIN"

"(P) Oh gosh, I'm sorry, i forget you're not Sara sometimes!" I just walked out and went back to work. I've seen him in boxers before, and I've seen his butt, but never completely NAKED. Oh well, it had to happen sometime, anyways. He came out after half an hour, in his boxers, his hair flat on his head from the water, and his clothes in one hand. He jumped on my bed next to me, taking my laptop from my lap and putting it on the betside table.

"(P) Like what you saw, Florinha?"

"(P) it was traumatizing" He just flung his arm around me and squished me in a hug. "(P) You smell really good, and I'm cold" His body was still warm from the shower, so I snug in his bare chest without any problem. It felt just like hugging your big brother. At some point, he got up, and headed to my wardrobe, where his clothes had their place. he put some on, and threw me his Nike huge sweater.

"(P) The guys'll be there any minute, lets go" I nodded, grabbed my phone, and headed to the door. "(P) You got any chips? I want to make nachos or something"

"(P) Yeah, I'll bring them" I grabbed two bags from my kitchen, and headed out the door. No need for shoes, the travel isn't long. He jumped the stairs 2 by 2, as usual, as I followed behing. We never get out of this place, it's become our playground. That's the downside of having a famous best friend, you can never go out and have fun, unless it's like midnight. We only alternate between his place, my place, and the Parc-des-Princes. It doesn't get boring, tho, we always find stuff to do. We got to his place, and I automaticaly popped on the corner of the sofa, which we both established as mine.

"(P) Davi, why isn't Sara staying here, instead of at a hotel?"

"(P) She doesn't want to stay attached" I looked at him opening the bagof chips "Saying goodbye is already hard, you know. Saying goodbye to a home, too, that's even harder, and I don't want her to put us through that" He put the chips in a bowl. "She leaving in 15 days, you know. I won't see her for 3 months." He looked sad. "Can I tell you a secret?" His eyes grew brighter. He ran to his bedroom and came back as quick as he left. I got up at this point. He just handed me a small box. I automatically started yelling. He's going to ask for her hand! I jumped on him, wraping my hands around his neck. I couldn't stop laughing! I'm so happy for theeeem!

"(P) When, Davi, when?" I grabed his face with both of my hands

"(P) The day she leaves" I hugged him again. We heard a knock on the door, and I quickly took the ring to his room, hiding it in his top drawer, under a pile of clothes.