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trentaquattro.

« my night has become a sunny dawn because of you. »

a few months later

paulo and tina lay peacefully in bed, fast asleep until the sudden sound of crying on the baby monitor. tina groans and sits up but paulo quickly gets out of bed.

'go back to sleep baby, i've got this.' he says softly as she lies back down.

having alex has really changed paulo and hers relationship. not in a bad way, in a really good way. they've become so much closer, more honest and caring towards each other.

as she lies down, her face facing the baby monitor, she listens to paulo talk to their daughter.

she smiles before falling back to sleep.

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tina wake up the next morning to the smell of food cooking. she sits up, stretching her arms before getting out of bed. she yawns while scratching her head and leaving their bedroom.

'good morning.' says paulo smiling at the stove, their little girl sat a few metres in her high chair smiling away and playing with her rattle.

'am i missing something?' asks tina confused looking at the food on the island in their kitchen.

'what do you mean?' he asks.

'what day is it? i've forgotten our anniversary haven't i?' she say making paulo chuckle.

'no it's nothing special, i just wanted to make you feel like a princess, more than i already do.' he says kissing her cheek as he goes to the fridge.

'what about alex?'

'she's been changed and fed.' he says as he takes out some freshly made orange juice from the fridge.

tina sits down at one of the stools as paulo puts on some bacon on the plate in front of her.

'i was thinking today, as i don't have training, we could go and walk by the beach or look around the city. even though we've lived here for a few months, we still don't know the real barcelona.' says paulo sitting opposite her.

'that's good idea.' she says nodding.

'and i've already called antonella, she said she would look after alex for us if we wanted to go by ourselves. we haven't had a single day to ourselves since alex has been born, it could do us both some good. but we can bring her with us if you want.' he says shrugging.

'no, i think we should have some time together.' says tina nodding in agreement.

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valentinafranco : barcelona ❤️

'do you miss it sometimes?' asks tina, as they walk around the backstreets of barcelona, hand in hand.

'miss what?'

'turin, italy, all your old teammates.' she asks. paulo looks straight head, furrowing his eyebrow before replying.

'i do sometimes. i mean it was weird moving here, not in a bad way. because it was weird to suddenly go back to speaking spanish all the time. and the spanish play football in an entirely different way. i thought italy was intense but spain? wow. you try and get the ball past marcelo and sergio ramos.' he says laughing slightly.

'and it took me a while to adapt, like i wasn't used to it. the Barca players made me feel incredibly comfortable and welcome and so did valverde but i don't know it just took me a while. and the spanish media were surprisingly nice, i thought they were going to completely destroy me as i didn't score for a while at first but no they were nice.' he says shrugging.

'because they know what a talented player you are. and the fact you get to play with the legend himself, lionel messi.'

'that's another thing i was worried about, the comparison with messi. as i'm a forward and from argentina i was automatically « the next messi ». as much as that's a compliment to be compared to the best of all time. there's never going to be another messi. i'm just trying to be paulo dybala.' he says.

'and what about the boys? you obviously miss them.'

'yeah i do but italy isn't far away and i still text and talk to them on the phone every once in a while.' he says with a shrug.

'and what about you baby? you've never told me, do you enjoy living here?' he asks, putting his arm around her and kissing the top of her head.

'i absolutely love it. it brings back so many memories.' she says with a smile.

'i mean it is here where we met. well again.'

'oh yeah, thanks to gerard. as much as he likes to annoy us, we don't give the man any credit. it's thanks to him, i met the love of my life.' he says with a smile looking at her.

'it's thanks to him that my life was completely ruined.' jokes tina making him roll his eyes.

'i'm kidding, honestly paulo. you are one of the most beautiful caring and loving i have ever met.' she says kissing him softly.

'you're supposed to say that, you're my girlfriend.' he says laughing.

'way to ruin the moment.' she says sighing.

i'm back! after a month yikes, i've been completely wiped out of ideas, i hope you enjoy this even though it highkey sucks 🤷🏻‍♀️