Fever Dream ~ Neymar Jr

Chapter 61

2018

The next day, we went for a quick practice at Lyon's stadium in the morning and then went back to our hotel to wait for the game. I was distracted the whole time, still thinking about those photos of Bruna and that guy. After searching online, it turned out the guy was a coworker of hers and the pictures were taken yesterday, while they were out together. But the question I had, and it was the same that was shared all over twitter and on gossip sites, did Bruna cheat on Neymar? I couldn't believe it.

"Hey Liv." Clara said, sitting down next to me. "Earth to Liv?"

"Hey." I said, smiling at her.

"What are you thinking about?" She asked me.

"It's a long and complicated story."

"Featuring a certain Brazilian superstar and his actress girlfriend?" She asked.

"You know about that?" I asked surprised.

"I'm Brazilian. It's practically all anyone's talking about back home. Even my mom asked me if I knew anything about it when I talked to her last night."

"And what do you think?" I asked her.

"Neither has released a statement yet. That might mean they're trying to deal with it privately first."

I nodded. The situation made me nervous. Not knowing made me nervous.

"You know the interest in Neymar's love life has always been huge. And those two years that he appeared to be single yet he'd post these cryptic tweets and the photos and stories of the mystery girl, it drove people crazy. And when you told us it was you this whole time? It blew my mind."

I chuckled. "What blew my mind was that we got away with it. A lot of people knew, especially right before we broke up, but it never leaked. And you know, I think Neymar enjoyed the speculation a little bit."

"I could tell. And the people in Brazil, they were really invested. Trying to crack the clues, looking at videos of him frame by frame and stalking his friends' social media accounts."

I chuckled. "I've noticed that." I said. Ever since the photos at the fountain were re-released with me identified on them, I'd get tagged on them and get messages about Neymar every day.

"And they knew when you broke up because he was suddenly more active on social media again, posting photos with many girls."

"Yeah... I also saw all that." I said remembering how tough it had been to go on Instagram every day and see his new stories.

"But now, you rate pretty high as a potential girlfriend. You as Olivia, not as the mystery girl." Clara offered.

"What do you mean? Is there a poll or something?" I asked incredulously.

She nodded. "You get extra points for having the same profession. It means you understand the sacrifices it takes to be an elite football player."

"Clara are you messing with me?" I asked her.

"I wish. Wait, I'll show you." She said and pulled up a website on her phone. There was an actual breakdown of the scoring system. I lost points for not being Brazilian but apparently, I still scored higher than Bruna. I rolled my eyes, wondering if Neymar and Bruna knew about it.

~*~

Neymar's POV

The doorbell rang and I went to answer the door.

"Hello man." David said as he and Thiago came in. Kylian was already in the living room, devouring a bag of popcorn along with Marquinhos. The girls' game against Lyon would be starting soon and I had invited everyone here to watch it.