Taty's NHL Imagines [Requests Closed]

I Like Me Better ♡ Mat Barzal

This one is based off the song I Like Me Better by Lauv which I'm in love with. It's been on repeat for like two days straight

The song is in the multimedia if you wanna check it out like always

-

To be young and in love in New York City. To not know who I am but still know that I'm good long as you're here with me. To be drunk and in love in New York City. Midnight into morning coffee, burning through the hours talking. Damn

"Maty papi, you're gonna make me late for class!" Sabrina whines, as Mat holds onto her closer on the bed.

"You can skip. Just stay with me," he pleads.

"Tempting but I need to keep my GPA up especially since I graduate in 2 months," she replies, wiggling out of his grip and getting out of bed.

She slides on underwear and makes her way to the bathroom.

Mat takes out his phone and ignores all the messages from his teammates calling him "whipped" for missing team bonding to go on "dates" with Brina. Their "dates" usually consist of going to hipster coffeeshops in Brooklyn and watching romcoms until the early hours of the morning, but he wouldn't have it any other way. He may only be 6 months in, but he knows he's head over heels in love with Sabrina Tavares.

I like me better when I'm with you. I like me better when I'm with you. I knew from the first time, I'd stay for a long time, 'cause. I like me better when, I like me better when I'm with you

Hours later, they find themselves having lunch at a trendy little spot in Queens, which is where Sabrina is from. They're at some Dominican restaurant and Mat loves seeing Brina in her element. She's ordering food for the both of them in fluent Spanish, nursing a Corona, and swaying along to the loud bachata music blasting through the speakers.

"Have I ever told you how amazing you are and how much I love you?" Mat asks her.

"Only about a million times," she teases, before taking a sip of her Corona.

"You know none of this food is in my diet plan right?" he informs her, knowing he would get an earful from the trainers if they heard he was eating high carb and high fat foods for lunch the day before a game.

"If they have a problem, they can run it by me. I'll gladly explain to them how a little rice, beans, and fried plantains are not gonna kill you," she reassures him with a kiss on the cheek.

In that moment he realizes that he can't picture his life without her.

I don't know what it is, but I got that feeling. Waking up in this bed next to you swear the room, yeah, it got no ceiling. If we lay, let the day just pass us by. I might get to too much talking, I might have to tell you something. Damn

A week later, Mat and Brina are back at their place. He wakes up early and sees her laying peacefully beside him, the covers exposing her naked back. It's at this moment that he realizes that now is the perfect time to give her the ring he got a couple weeks back. He was passing by a jewlery store in his hometown hours before the game in Vancouver when he laid eyes on the perfect ring. He knew right then and there he had to get it.