Fools. (Cressi/Lionaldo) (Cristiano Ronaldo/Lionel Messi)

Part Sixteen.

To: My Daddy 😘

Wish I could see you...

To: My Babyyy 😍

same.. ☹️

To: My Daddy 😘

Facetimes getting boring.

To: My Babyyy 😍

😔 yeah it is

To: My Daddy 😘

Why don't we just like... Call each other?

To: My Babyyy 😍

🤔🤔 isnt that more boring than facetiming?? 😅

To: My Daddy 😘

Just call me.

To: My Babyyy 😍

Bossy baby. 👀

To: My Daddy 😘

🥺 Please? xx

To: My Babyyy 😍

❤️

*****

Leo didn't know what to expect next but his phone ringing was certainly not it... He assumed Cris would just keep texting him. He stared blankly down at the phone for a moment, deciding on answering or not. It was on the 5th ring he picked it up.

"You actually called," Leo breathed out. He heard the other man laugh before replying.

"Of course I did," he said it so matter-of-factly, like it was just normal for them to call each other. Leo bit his lip and wished that he didn't feel so uncomfortable. He didn't understand what was wrong with him, he was usually fine over their facetime calls, and even more confident in their texting sessions... Calling just seemed a lot more... intimate? "Leo? You there?"

"Uh, yeah. Sorry I just... Got distracted." Leo mentally slapped himself, what was he doing? This shouldn't be a big deal. He could just talk to Cris, like it was a facetime call.. Except he couldn't see Cris' face, and Cris couldn't see his. "How are you?"

"I'm okay actually..." Cris went on and on about his day, talking about what movies he's watched recently. His workout routine. What kind of new shakes he's been trying. Leo would mumble here and there, letting the other know he was listening. Leo didn't notice he was sweating until he felt his phone slide on his ear. What was wrong with him??

"How've you been baby?" There it was, the pet name... The pet name that Leo grew accustomed to over texts and video, but hearing it through the phone? Thrown so casually into his vocabulary, as if it was just second nature for Cris to call him baby. Leo felt his breath picking up and he gulped trying to shake the weird feeling's he was feeling.

"I-I.." Leo stood and paced for a second, before falling back into the bed. Before he could second guess himself, he blurted out those three words. "I miss you."

Silence... A long aching silence, Leo was too afraid to say anything so he didn't, for a moment he just thought Cris would never reply so he was about to hang up.

"I miss you too." Cristiano whispered into the phone, Leo almost dropped his phone.

This was... New.

"You do?"

"I do." Cristiano was also nervous, Leo could just tell from the little wobble in his words.

"I... I wish I could see you. Touch you..." Leo felt like he was going to explode, why was he saying these things? They were the truth but still, he didn't need to tell Cris this. Inwardly, he was fighting with himself. His heart getting the better of him.

"Leo... Can you facetime me? Please... I need you." Another three words that broke something in Leo.

"Okay," he breathed out. His hands shaking as he pulled the phone away and hung up. He needed to be careful here, he knew he had to... But how could he? If he was falling for Cris then... So what? Neymar, that's what. What if he actually lets himself be vulnerable with Cris? What'll happen if he leaves just like Neymar did... Leo didn't know if he could deal with that kind of ache again...

*****

Oh no? Oh yes?... Poor Leo :(