Football Imagines

De Jong 😀

I thought I was hard to love but you made it so easy

(Thank you to ShaynaMai04 for the request😀)

Frenkie De Jong
🇳🇱Dutch National Team
🔴🔵Barcelona

Frenkie and I are watching the sunset from the front of the boat. It's quiet moments like this where I realize how much things have changed over the past two years.

I'm a blondie now. We live in Barcelona. I'm even starting to like the idea of settling down. Some days I barely recognize myself and other days I'm filled with pride over how far we've come.

"Let's just throwback to how different things were a few years ago," I say breaking the silence.
"What's got you thinking about that?" He asks.
"I just caught myself thinking how I can't wait to get back home and that would've never happened a few years ago," I say with a laugh.
"Does this sound like Bianca Van Mieghem setting down roots?" He says sarcastically.
"I think I'm sick. Lately something happens when I'm in a store and I'll see baby clothes and something inside of me just can't wait to one day have my own tiny humans running around. Who even am I?" I say dramatically.
"So I take it you're keen on settling down soon?" He asks.
"It's kinda been all I can I think about lately. You know the family house with a big garden for the kids to play football. Teaching them the alphabet and even that annoying baby shark song," I say with a laugh.
"What's changed?" He asks.
"I can't quite put my finger on it. It's just crazy how one day I just woke up and decided that the running around the world trying to find fulfillment wasn't what I wanted anymore. And maybe somewhere slower was what my heart was leaning more towards," I say.
"Oh no, does this mean we're grown ups now?" He asks.
"Don't even remind me. Just because I can't handle the sight of alcohol doesn't mean I'm forty or anything," I say with a laugh.
"You gotta admit that closing the book on your past and starting a new chapter is kinda exciting," he says.
"Surprisingly yes. It's like once you meet the one everything in the past means nothing. However many times you promised yourself that you'd never cave in to settling for marriage and kids," I say.
"Gosh. You were a bit of nutjob when we met," he says with a chuckle.
"And that's putting it lightly," I say.
"I remember you telling me that you thought all men are trash on our first date," he says with a laugh.
"Granted, I was three quarters through a wine bottle so I can't be held liable for anything I said that night," I defend myself.
"I still don't know what told me to ask you out on a second date, especially after the disaster that was our first date," he says.
"It was definitely the drunken banter and maybe me accidentally slipping up that I thought you were the cutest Ajax player after Ziyech," I say with a laugh.
"I never look at the guy the same way again," he says chuckling.
"We've come along way from Ajax Frenkie and men are trash Bianca," I say.
"I swear it's like we're not even the same people anymore," he says.
"I think you're still the same in many ways. You still believe in fate and the kindness of strangers," I say.
"But you on the other hand...." He says.
"I mean I don't think all men are trash now," I say.
"Not to mention this newfound desire to settle down," he says.
"I don't know how you did it," I say.
"Did what?" He asks.
"I don't know how you turned someone who was hell-bent on the idea of not needing anyone and wanted to spend the rest of her life backing through the world into someone willingly ready to settle down and start a family," I say.
"I didn't do anything, this was all you," he says.
"I guess when you find someone decent enough to spend the rest of your life with, you kinda decide that "backpackers Inn" is the furthest place you want to find yourself," I say.
"Decent enough, gee don't make me seem so perfect," he says sarcastically.
"I really love you," I say getting all sappy.
"This feels anti-Dutch, but I really love you too," he says grabbing hold of my hand.
"Some days I think I'm so difficult to love but you make it look easy," I say.
"What's hard to love about your terrible cooking and constant sarcasm?" He asks.
"Screw you," I say rolling my eyes.
"Seriously though, you were never hard to love. You just needed to find the person who loved every one of your difficulties. And in a world of 7 billion people, that person was just a bicycle ride away," he says.
"So you loved the fact that I was always running from continent to continent?" I ask.
"Maybe not that so much, but hey, we have a good collection of fridge magnets for our future kids to ask about," he says.
"Maybe we should put the Ibiza magnet away until they turn 18," I say with a laugh.
"Yeah, because I'm not sure how I'm supposed to explain vodka poisoning to a 4 year old," he says.
"I never got Vodka poisoning," I say playfully hitting his leg.
"Sure," he says not buying into my story.
"How the hell did I stumble upon you Frenkie?" I ask shaking my head.
"Amsterdam, three quarters through a wine bottle not knowing what the hell we were getting ourselves into," he says.
"Not too bad for two blunt, unromantic Dutchies," I say with a laugh.

@bee_vm: at the expense of boring people with an excessively long caption, I just want to express my utmost gratitude and appreciation for this man❤️

Frenkie "mij stroopwaffel" De Jong: You make me happy. You challenge me. You make me smile. You make me forget that the world can sometimes be a cruel place. You make me feel like a kid back in Breda wanting to travel the world. If only that little Breda kid knew that she would get to see foreign horizons alongside someone she loves.

Thank you for everything you do for me. The late night calls, the weekend trips, and all the endless laughs. Who knows where I'd be had I never met you, all I know is that I'd never be able to live a day without you now.

Thank you for loving me. For amplifying my strengths and exploring this crazy amazing world with me. We met and made a disaster of our first date, but somehow we made it out of the storm and now it's just sunny days ahead.

I love you. I love you. I love you.❤️
In every language. In every time zone.

We wrote ourselves a pretty good love story❤️ @frenkiedejong

(ps. I swear I'm Dutch, but sometimes I have my sappy moments😂)

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