Someone Like You | Toni Kroos

Chapter 36 - Kick And Catch

Gabi's POV

"Do you see dada?" I asked the twins as I jiggled their arms. "Dada's coming home!"

"Dada home!" Mia exclaimed. "Where dada?"

"Do you see him?" I asked, peering over the crowd in front of me.

"Nooo," Johann said. He was on his tiptoes, trying his very best to see past everybody, but he could only see their butts.

Toni had been away for the 2016 European Championships, and although the three of us had flown over to see him, we had to take a different flight home, two days before he was due to reach Madrid. We were at the airport to fetch him, although we couldn't really see anything.

After a while, the twins got tired, so I brought them over to a couple of empty seats and sat them down together in one while I sat in the other. I'd given them a drink of water and cleaned their sweaty foreheads when there was a sudden flurry of activity in the arrival hall exit.

I was a little exhausted with carrying the twins around all day, but I couldn't leave them sitting there alone anyway, so I Just continued sitting there and fanning myself, waiting for the crowd to disperse a little so I could catch Toni.

Just a few minutes later, though, a tall blonde figure made his way towards us with his bag covering his face. As he approached, I saw that it was Toni on his way to surprise the twins – he knelt down in front of their curious faces and removed his bag. "Boo!" he called.

The intense look of concentration on the twins' faces suddenly turned into laughter. "DADA!!!" they screamed, flailing their arms in his direction.

"Hey," Toni laughed, wrapped his arms around the both of them and holding them tightly. He glanced up and smiled at me. "Hey, Gabi."

"Hey, baby," I leaned over and kissed him on the lips. "How was the flight? Are you tired?"

"A little," he sighed, putting the twins on the ground and pushing them gently so they'd start walking towards the exit. "Let's go home."

He grabbed the twins' hands and made them start walking, but Mia refused to budge, tugging violently on Toni's arm. She spread her arms wide, beckoning Toni to carry her.

"Dada," she said politely, her eyes huge and gleaming. "Mia up."

Of course, Toni couldn't resist whenever any of the twins did anything like that. He laughed, letting go of Johann and hoisting Mia up into his arms. Johann trotted over to me obediently, deciding not to pester Toni and leave them to their father-daughter time. He grabbed my hand tightly as we walked, and examined the ground thoroughly as if it was the most interesting thing he'd ever seen.

"Watch where you're going, baby," I grasped his chin and turned him to face in front. "Don't bang into things or you'll get a huge booboo."

"No want booboo," he mumbled, looking back down on the ground.

"Then look in front," I lifted his head again, and this time he listened, looking in front and looking really formal as he walked.

I looked back up only to see Toni watching us with a big smile on his face. "What?" I asked him.

"Have I ever told you how amazing you are?"

"You have," I smiled shyly at the ground. "And I'm not," I whispered, thinking that he couldn't hear.

Suddenly, he stopped abruptly and tugged at my arm to make me face him. "You are, Gabi. You're an amazing wife, an amazing mother, and an amazing person. You're my favourite person in the entire world. And my favourite mum. But only if you don't tell my mum I said that."