𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦 / 𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗜

three

"So Rodrygo" I smiled as I sat down on his bed. "How are you doing?"

"Amazing, Tite is a whole different person," He said excitedly and I nodded.

"I agree, he's more relaxed than usual. Ever since you arrived he calls me Stas. That's weird no?" I mumbled and Rodrygo sat up.

"He calls you Stas?" (which is btw pronounced as Stash 😭🤞🏻 ) His jaw dropped and I smiled.

"Well, it took me off guard too. Remember when you guys were singing?" I asked and he nodded as he furrowed his eyebrows.

"Yeah"

"Exactly, that's when he said 'There are some boys here who can twist your mind with a smile. Stay focused' " I explained and he stood up and walked over to the bathroom.

"Hm, he's right" He looked out the bathroom but disappeared again.

"What the fuck do you mean he's right?" I stood up too and walked to the doorframe. I leaned onto it while I crossed my arms.

"Well, these youngsters are all difficult. They grow up in a generation where girls drool over them. That girl is you" He pointed at me and then washed his hands.

"Come on, you know me," I said and leaned back a little.

"Yeah, I've heard that speech many times, 'Oh I'm heartless but I only have a soft spot for football and Brazil and Real Madrid and, and, and' don't you think this is stupid?" Rodrygo asked and I exhaled deeply.

"That's a bit harsh" My eyes widened for a second while I licked my lips.

"Don't you understand what I'm talking about?" He paused for a second. "You're too young" He walked past me and my jaw dropped while I looked after him.

"Too young my ass" I whispered under my breath and then went to his door.

"Where do you think you're going?" He asked and I turned around.

"I'm gonna go hang out with someone else, you suck" By turning around again and stepping out of the hotel room I heard him scoff.

"Too young" While repeating the words in my head I walked down the black-painted corridors of the hotel. I eventually reached the elevator and pushed a random button.

Time to explore this place because I don't want to see my brother. He's been nothing but an asshole to me the last few days.

The world cup was supposed to go perfectly. The perfect plan cannot fail. If one thing fails we fail, and nobody wants us to fail.

At least we don't want them to fail, I'm not doing much but watching the players and telling Tite what they could do better.

As I walked through the corridor I was reading the names on the door. After some time I arrived at the Spain national team. Rodri, Balde, Jordi Alba, Busquets and Asensio. These were only on my right, I didn't pay much attention to the left.

I heard one of the doors open but I chose to ignore it and kept walking straight. But as soon as I heard my name I turned around.

"Stas" The voice caught my attention immediately and I turned around with a huge smile on my face.

"Marco Asensio" I walked over to him and dabbed him up. He smiled as he patted my head.

"What are you doing here?" His smile still hasn't washed down his face when he asked me.

"Exploring this place. Rodrygo was being a dick so I thought I'd hide from him" I looked around, but nobody was there.

"You can't stand your brother huh?" He laughed and we started walking down to the elevator.

"How did you figure this out" By acting shocked I made the smile on his face even wider.

"Yeah, about that. We're going to a restaurant tonight, to eat together. You know before our big rivalry starts. Brazilian and Spanish players, how does that sound?" He pushed the button with the big number 0 written on it.

"Sounds awesome, count me in" I smiled and as soon as the door opened we walked outside. "Who's gonna come?"

"Oh, just the younger players, like Raphina, Rodrygo, Neymar-" I burst out laughing at his words.

"You call Neymar young?" I laughed and he hit the back of my shoulder softly. I didn't even react to it.

"Anyways, he's coming. Then we got me, Vini, Rodri, Balde, Gavi, Pedri and that's it" Asensio said and I nodded my head while we walked outside. It was just getting dark. The sky was colored a beautiful pink color.

"I'm excited, is it fancy or just casual?" I turned my head away from him, looking at the sky.

"Rather casual but still elegant you know what I mean," he muttered and I nodded my head. "Meet me at my door around 8, okay?"

"Alright, I'll get going to get ready" I smiled while I turned the other way.

"Okay, don't be late or you'll have to drive with your brother." He pointed at me.

"Oh god, I'll be early"I laughed and then walked back to the elevator. I saw Pedri waiting there in front of it.

"So I heard you're also going out tonight for dinner?" I started the conversation and he immediately turned off his phone while we got into the elevator.

"Uhm, yeah. Anastasia right?" He squinted his eyes as he pointed at me.

"Please call me Stasia, just not my full name. I hate it" I laughed a little while he stepped forward to the buttons.

"Which one are you on?" He looked at me and I looked up to the ceiling for a short second.

"eight" He pushed the button and then turned to me again. He leaned against the wall and looked at me.

"One of my friends is named Anastasia. She hates it too when people call her by her full name." He explained and I nodded a little.

"Oh, who? Because I've never met anyone with the same name as me"  I said and he smiled a little bit.

"You know her, she's the sister of Rodrygo Silva, from Brazil, you know" He smiled while he looked at which floor we were on.

"Ohhh, do you want me to be your friend?" I laughed a bit while I looked at him.

"We're already friends, not much to deny" He laughed and we were on the 3rd floor.

"Awesome, I'll see you later okay?" The smile was still clearly visible on my face as the doors opened.

"Byee" He waved at me and I watches the door close. I walked to my room and opened it with my card.

Another exciting evening.