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SIX.

If Julian had regretted a bit to have came out of the closet like that to Presnel, he soon had realized that it wasn't changing anything between them.

The French player acted exactly like before, and Julian was really relieved.

They were still Julian and Presnel, always together, either to train or just to be partners in crime.

They did not talk about it since that day, and Julian knew he had to bring it up eventually. After all, he said that he wasn't sure that he preferred boys yet. Now, it was kind of confirmed.

The more he was spending time with Presnel, the more he realized that yes, indeed, he was starting to develop feelings for his teammates. To be 100% sure, he needed to kiss him, but he was way to shy to do that. On his side, Presnel wondered if he had read the signs that the German player had sent him correctly when he said that he liked boys. He really had thought that Julian was going to kiss him, but it didn't happen. And honestly, he was relieved, because he didn't want to that third person between Melanie and Julian, even thought the latter kept saying that he was going to break with her.

"What are you doing today?" Presnel asked him while they were tidying the strip after training.

"Mmh, Melanie is coming today."

"Oh," Presnel nodded.

He knew that Melanie still lived in Germany, because she was studying there. She usually came during in Paris the weekends when they had home games to cheer for Julian and spend some time with him.

"When do you think that I should tell her?" Julian asked, and he didn't need to precise what he was talking about for Presnel to understand. "I don't want to screw up her weekend here. But I can't wait till the last day and pretend until there."

Presnel nodded while they were entering the changing room.

"I guess that it's better if you tell her right away. Maybe she'll want to leave, maybe she'll be mad, but...it's better than to lie to her during the whole weekend. Here," he said, putting his hand on his bag and taking out a little white bear wearing a Paris Saint-Germain jersey. "It's my lucky charm. You'll need it."

"Thanks, Pres."