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As an American teenager with too much time on her hands, April Estiano spent a lot of her time on social media sites like youtube, instagram, and twitter. But she was more commonly known on youtube, where she was a beauty guru and had wracked up over a five hundred thousand subscribers in the span of two years.
Sure she hadn't made it as big as some of her idols, but that didn't bother her. She was doing what she loved.
aprilestiano: ready to film a new video #superexcited
Minutes after, she scrolled through her instagram news feed as she often did, replying to some of the comments she received.
She was several comments down when she spotted one that caught her eye.
lucas_2_santos: beautiful ;)
It was a handsome young man with mahogany skin and dark wavy hair. He wore a smile on his face in his profile picture and as April clicked on his profile and scrolled down, she saw pictures of him on a football pitch. He was a football player, and it seemed like maybe he was somewhat professional too.
This added so much more to his appeal to him, as she was an avid football fan, and April found herself clicking the follow button on his page.
It wasn't even two minutes before she received something in her private messages from the handsome footballer she had been looking at just moments earlier.
Instagram DMs
lucas_2_santos: hello beautiful, thank u for following me back.
aprilestiano: no problem
lucas_2_santos: can i just warn right now that my english is so bad? i am brazilian lol
aprilestiano: no way! my parents are brazilian too so we can speak portugese to each other if you want !
lucas_2_santos: no if u dont mind i can practice english.
aprilestiano: fine by me
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As he got ready to exit the locker room for the day's practice session, Lionel watched the young Brazilian footballer with his eyes glued to his cellphone, a goofy smile on his face. His fingers typed away with excitement and Leo thought he was probably talking to a girl.
The locker room was almost empty by this time, the rest of the team was already on the field and ready for practice.
Leo walked past him, tapping him on the shoulder to get his attention. Neymar, who had been distracted the entire time, nearly jumped ten feet off the bench he was sat on in surprise. Finally noticing his surroundings, he furrowed his eyebrows, confused. "Where is everyone?" He asked the only other person in the room. He hadn't noticed when the other twenty members of the team left the locker room.
"They're all out on the pitch." He informed his younger team mate with an amused smile on his face. "I stayed behind to make sure you got out in time." The way he said it was like he was doing a community service by staying behind and waiting for Neymar.
Setting his phone down on the bench next to him, he hurried to tie the laces of his cleats. "I'm always on time." Neymar announced rather proudly. He was back on his feet in no time and picked up his cellphone.
Instagram DMs
lucas_2_santos: i have to go to practice. can we talk later, beautiful?
aprilestiano: goodluck m8
Dropping his cellphone into his locker and letting the small metal door shut with a clank, he followed the football legend of the team out onto the field.
