Part 33: Before Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough in the FA Cup, a game I didn't think I'd be playing but I guess I wrong.
The morning of the match I got a text from Ryujin.

Have you seen this?

Have you seen this?

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-Ryujin

No, I haven't. When was this? I haven't even met Nancy before so I how could I have given her a shirt?
Me-

Realisation soon set in and I told Ryujin to phone me instead
"So what was it all about then?" Ryujin asked
"I think she might have been the person I threw my shirt to in the crowd at the Liverpool game, I didn't see their face so it was probably her."
"You threw your shirt into the crowd? You're not lying right?"
"Of course not, you can even ask Joe."
"Who's Joe?"

















"Joseph Park."
I then muttered under my breath
"I missed the best opportunity ever, but it's Ryujin so it's fine."
"So if I ask Joseph, he'll tell me you threw your shirt?" Ryujin asked
"Yes, I promise."
"Ok, that's all you had to say." She said cheerfully
"Is there anything else you wanted to ask me?" I laughed
"Actually now you mention it, Yeji said you might go to a team in Germany called Buy-earn Munch, is this true?"
"You mean Bayern Munich? I would never leave permanently, not now. I wouldn't leave you by yourself here unless I could frequently come back."
"Really? You mean it?"
"Of course I do, the only ways I would leave permanently are if I get old and decide to move to an easier team, or if I move to a Korean team, probably FC Seoul (my favourite Korean team), to be closer to you if you go back to Korea."
"Ok, I need to go now, I'm getting ready to go and record what might be a new album."
"Might be?" I asked
"I'm not allowed to tell anyone so shhhh."
"Ok then, good luck!"
"You too!"

Later that day
I was sitting in my apartment watching tv and my doorbell goes, I go and check the keypad to see who it is and it was Joseph, I then unlocked the door.
"To what do I owe the pleasure of having the Joseph Park in my home?"
"Just came here to hang out before the match, we have to leave in about an hour, and besides I needed a ride." Joseph said
"Me? Give you a ride? You do realise I can't drive yet, aren't you gonna get your English drivers license?"
"I was going to but I can't be asked to do it right now, I feel it's just a waste of valuable training time."
"You? Valuable training time? Yeah right." I laugh
"What? I'm serious!"
"Hi serious I'm (Y/n)."
"Dad jokes!? Just when you think you get away from Jason." Joseph sighed
"Anyway, I have coffee in the kitchen, would you like some? I literally got it just in case you were ever here."
"Sure, nothing beats a cup of coffee."
"Everything beats a cup of coffee." I corrected
"What!? Crazy kid!"
"Whatever."

Joseph PoV
While (Y/n) was pouring the coffee, I thought about something Dele said to me at training a couple days ago.
"He's trained himself so much I heard his reaction time is like one of those superheroes from those comics and movies"
"No way." I whispered to myself
But being myself I decided to test the theory out
I picked up a mug and was debating on whether or not to actually try it or not, eventually I chose to do it.
I then threw the mug at (Y/n) and he instantly turned and caught it.
"It's true!" I yelled
"What's True?" (Y/n) asked
"Superhero reflexes! Dele was right!"
"Of course Dele was right, who do you think tested that same thing on me first?" He said
"Oh... But dude you're like Batman!"
"No, not Batman. I prefer Robin."
"In-"
"And before you say you're Batman, you're not, you're more like Superboy. We're both good at what we do but not quite there yet, hence us being the sidekicks."
"Who are Batman and Superman then?"
"Two players in which we'd have to outplay to become the best in history. Messi and Ronaldo."
"I see, in that case, let's become the main heroes!"
"Sure."

(Y/n) PoV 7pm
I was in the dressing room with Joseph and was scrolling through Twitter, I then see a post which made me really mad

(Y/n) PoV 7pmI was in the dressing room with Joseph and was scrolling through Twitter, I then see a post which made me really mad

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I looked over to the other side of the room where Christian was standing, talking to Jan. I put my phone down and started walking over there.
"(Y/n)? (Y/n)?!" Joseph said
He then looked at my phone and knew what I was gonna do

I was a few steps away from Christian and Jan when they turned and saw me. I then grabbed Christian's shirt collar and raised my fist to his face.
"How could you?!" I shouted
"You wouldn't understand, you're a kid."
"This team made you! And you turned your back on them! All because of the money! I don't know if you've noticed but in this room I'm the person who has scored the most goals this season but I'm not asking for 200k a week! It's people like you that make me sick!"

Jan and Joseph grabbed me and tried to pull me away from Christian
"(Y/n) it's not worth it, just stop!" Jan said
"No, I'm not done yet."
"Jan, let him finish." Christian said
"I'm old enough to know how taxes work so don't try and give me the you don't understand about money chat, because I do understand. If you think I'd even look your way for the rest of the season then you've got another thing coming. Because as soon as you're gone and if we play Inter, just know your legs won't make it out in one piece."
I then let go and stormed off out of the room.

I felt someone touch my shoulder, I turned around and Joseph had two cartons of apple juice in his hands. I then took one and we sat on the floor against the wall.
"It wasn't Christian you were talking to back there was it." Joseph said
"Mostly."
"It was Joshua, he was that person that you were talking about."
"Yeah, But Christian isn't good either. Who leaves a team for money, it infuriates me."
"I know, me too."

A/n: And that is one more chapter done, a bit short but I tried to add some drama. Also those social media posts took so long to do, I probably won't be doing that again.
Stream Answer and Interlude: Shadow!
And as always, thanks for reading!

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