Excuse me? ~~João Felix

"there's actually something I need to talk to you ab-"

Valentina

A loud sound wakes me up, slowly opening my eyes, and yawning. What the shit, why is it so warm next to me, and why does it feel like someone's arm is around my waist? I try and focus on what's next to me but I realize that it's Roman. I sigh out of relief and look at the clock: 4:27am. The loud sound comes back-someone's snoring. Who else is in here?

I blink a few times to get my eyes to fully focus and I see Onyx asleep on the couch, curled up into a ball with no blanket. He's using a pillow to substitute as one.

I gently pull Roman's arm off of me and I grab a blanket from the end of the bed. I walk over to onyx and carefully place it on him. "World cupppp its time..." onyx says, pulling the blanket closer to his face.

No way he sleeps talk.

Dahlia have fun with that girly!!

Just when I'm about to get back into bed I notice another person in the other bed. I walk over and see João on his side with a pillow pressed against his body and his arms wrapped around it...

this looks oddly familiar.

"Why are you staring at me." João whispers, making me jump. He laughs quietly, "I know I'm beautiful but it's a bit stalker-ish to stare at someone in the middle of the night, V."

V.

"You just scared the fuck out of me." I put my hand over my heart, trying to calm myself down. "I thought you were sleeping."

"I can't."

"Why?"

He sits up and rubs his eyes. "I'm nervous for the game."

"You'll be fine. You have practice for the next two days back to back. You're a good player, João." I tell him truthfully, still standing at the side of his bed. "You need to sleep though."

João stares at me with a soft look on his face. "What's your favorite color?" He questions out of no where, catching me off guard. "It's probably purple or some shit." He gives me a smile that makes me blush for some reason.

"So you've been stalking me?" I play along, remembering when I said his favorite color was probably red. "You must be obsessed."

João tilts his head to the side, both of our eyes slowly opening and closing. "Ah, you remember huh?" He says, his voice raspy, and tired.

God damn.

"Mhm," i hum looking down at the floor, too nervous to look at him. "Your favorite color is red."

João gently grabs my arm and pulls me onto the bed. "Why aren't you looking at me?" I can hear the smile in his voice.

"No reason." I lie, now looking at him.

"Mhm.."

"Mhm..."

"So, what's your favorite color. You didn't tell me." He repeats himself, scooting closer to me.

"purple."

"For real?"

"No."

He rolls his eyes with the same smile on his face. "Such an asshole. It's probably blue, huh?"

"Yes, actually."

"For real?"

"Yeah."

"Hm, okay. Next question, what do you what to be? I know we're grown but you can still aspire to be something." João shrugs, fixing his hair.

I swear he's obsessed with his hair...but so am I.

"V?"

"Oh, shit, yeah. I want to be an actress. Yes, my friends and sister have offered me stuff but I want to do it on my own, you know?" I smile through the pain.

"Yeah, I get it." He nods, "but at the same time, I would've taken what's been offered to me. You never know, you know?"

"Yeah, I guess." I shrug, "but at the same time it's like, if I take the offer from my friends or family it's like I owe them my career." I fidget with my fingers, "it's kinda rough to be honest."

"My brother had the same mindset as you. I always offered him an agent and all the shit but he said the same as you. He figured out all his stuff on his own so if he can, you most certainly can. He's dumb as shit, and I don't think you are so..."

I smile, "thanks. I've never really spoken about this to anyone...kinda weird but it's nice." Why is he easy to talk to? Why do I really enjoy talking to him.

"Maybe it's because you're tired and don't really have control over what you say."

"No, I think I just like talking to you." I say truthfully, nervously bitting the inside of my cheek. Why did I just say that?

His eyes light up but he try's to brush it off. "Really?"

"Yeah."

"Um, V, there's actually something I need to talk to you ab-" João is cut off by a loud sigh coming from the other bed. We both turn to face the noise and we see Roman sitting up.

"Guys, why am I not included in this conversation? This isn't fair. I'm tired. João? Val?" Roman rambles on with his eyes completely shut.

"Yes, Roman?" João and I reply in unison.

"Val, why'd you leave." He frowns, his eyes still shut. "Now I can't sleep"

"You need me to sleep?" I blink at him in disbelief. "Are you for real?"

"Very much so."

I get up from the bed and turn to face João, "can you tell me tomorrow?" I ask, his eyes go wide as if he's surprised.

"Yeah, that's fine." João gives me a small smile, "night."

"Oh my lord. I'm tiredddddd Valllllllllll" Roman drags my name like the five year old he is.

"Roman, I swear." I groan, getting back in bed, and he puts his arm around my waist again. "Night, João."

"Goodnight João ferizz"

"Im gonna kill you while you're sleeping." João huffs, I can practically hear the eye roll in his tone of voice.

"It's time to play footballllllll" Onyx sings again, all of us sigh loudly

"ONYX SHUT UP." Roman throws a pillow at onyx and flops right back down, getting comfortable again.

Damn. Onyx for real didn't wake up from that? I wish.

I wonder what João needed to talk to me about.

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