The Punching Machine

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After my reunion with Pedri, to which Marco quickly excused himself out of there and disappeared into the crowd, the four of us decided to leave the booth and go to Ela and Gavi, who was probably with her after seeing the kiss.

Ferran had his arm around Sira's waist, steading her. Me and Pedri weren't saying anything, just closely following the two loverbirds.

'Nothing happened.' I said after an awkward silence.

'I don't want to talk about it.' he said sternly.

'I just wa— GAVI!' I said as soon as my eyes feel onto the boy who pushed Ela out the way and rushed towards Jack.

I sprinted towards them, trying to stop Gavi from causing a scene, but before I got to him, Jack's face was met with Gavi's fist.

'Gavi! Stop!' Ela, yelled, trying to pull Gavi off of the guy.

'Okay.' I said grabbing him. 'That's enough! That's enough!'

I managed to drag Gavi away from the guy, Pedri and Ferran helping Jack up. People around us started recognising them, taking their phones out and snapping a few pictures and videos. I signalled to Pedri to look out after Ela, as I was going to take care of Gavi. I quickly took my jacket off and threw it on Gavi's head, trying to protect his image as much as I could.

What a night.

***

I woke up with the worst hangover I've ever felt in my whole drinking life. I lay in bed, covering my face with the blanket, trying to shield myself from the sunlight that was rudely coming through the window.

After a few more minutes I decided to open my eyes, letting out an exhausted grown. Looking around I couldn't help but notice that I wasn't in my room.

I was in Pedri's.

Trying my hardest to remember why I'm not home in my own bed, everything starts coming back. The dancing. The drinking. The FaceTime call. Marco. The boys. Ela kissing Jack. Gavi punching Jack.

I let out one more groan, shielding myself with the blanket once again. I can hear someone's footsteps approaching the room and opening the door.

'I heard your groaning.' Pedri slightly chuckled, making me poke my head just a tiny bit from under the covers.

'Hey.' I said quietly.

He's holding a glass of water in his hand, the other one having a pill in it. He takes a seat on the edge of the bed and hands them to me. 'Carolina said this should help you.' he hands me the pill and then the glass of water.

'Carolina?' I asked confused.

'I called her to ask what works after a crazy night out drinking.' he said mockingly.

I couldn't help but smile at how careful and thoughtful he was. 'Thank you.'

'You three really drank most of the alcohol that club had to offer!' he jokes, his cute and boyish smirk starting to show.

'How's Ela? Where's Gavi?' I asked.

'Ela is sleeping and so is Gavi.'

'Wait, what time is it?' I asked confused.

'It's 3.' he chuckled.

'3PM?!' my eyes grew in shock.

'Yeah, we went training and came back.'

Pedri and I talked more about last night, explaining to him that Marco was merely a new friend and that I made it clear that I wasn't available or interested.

***

We were now sitting at the bar in his kitchen. 'So yesterday, we saw you and Gavi at that restaurant...' I confessed, while he was pouring me a cup of coffee.

Pedri quickly looks up at me, probably understanding the reason for our crazy night out drinking.

'Those girls, I barely know them.' he said sincerely. 'One of them is like super obsessed with Gavi and he called me for support. We dreaded being there. I dreaded being there.' he reassures me, making sure to big stray his eyes away from mine.

'I know, I know, it's just...' I took a deep breath. 'You told me you'll be spending your free day at home and then I saw you there and...' I shook my head. 'I'm sorry.' my eyes met his.

'You don't have to apologise.' he smiled softly. 'And you most certainly have nothing to worry about.' he said pulling my chair closer to him, making me shriek a little. 'Because I have eyes only for you.'

He smashed his lips on mine, feeling the urgency. It was like he's been waiting for so long to do this, like he was trying to tell me something through this kiss.



Pedri's POV:

She had no idea how in love I was with her. How for me, she was the only one that mattered. The only girl I was looking for in a crowd. The only girl I wanted to wake up next to and fall asleep next to.

Irina pulls back a little from our kiss, our heads still touching while we're both trying to catch our breaths. Her usual smile was spread across her beautiful face, making my heart flutter.

Every time I'm with her it feels like I've known her my whole life, like we're supposed to be with eachother our whole lives.

I took a deep breath trying to build up all the courage inside of me, holding her gaze as I manage to whisper something to her.



Irina's POV:

'What do you say about being my girlfriend?' he grinned. 'Like... officially.'

I suddenly forgot how to breath, Pedri's question surprising me.

I loved Pedri. And I started to realise that as soon as I was in Paris. And now he was asking me to be his girlfriend and all I wanted to do was burst into tears.

But what I did, was close the small gap between our faces once again.

'Yes.' I whispered against his lips after a few moments.

'EW! GET A ROOM!' Gavi's voice startled both of us, making us turn sharply towards him bursting into laughter.

'Oh.' I smiled. 'Look who's here! The punching machine.' I laughed.

'Yeah, I was thinking me and you can make a duo.' Gavi said gesturing with his finger from me to him. 'We can even come up with a name like The nose breakers.' he said mockingly, referring to the story I told them about what happened with Aiden in Paris.

'So funny.' I rolled my eyes with a smile on my face.

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