PATHS, JOAO FELIX

T W E N T Y - T H R E E

malia sat in her bedroom as she went live while answering questions on getting into sports broadcasting while doing her makeup.

"I think if you put in the work and effort then you can achieve nearly anything especially with this industry" she answered with blending out her contour.

"i did go to university! it is not necessary but for me it was some of the best years if I ignore all the drama and how broke i was" she laughed while pretending to hold back tears.

she read through the comments, scouting for questions she liked and hadn't answered until she saw joaos user name.

joaofelix79
recognise that shirt🧐😍

and that was all it took for the comments to blow up as they started realising that the shirt did not in fact belong to her.

"right well anymore questions?" she tried to move the subject along but it didn't help when joao kept commenting about stuff she was saying or complimenting her. she knew what he was doing and that he had good intentions but it kept throwing the girl off.

she ended up answering a comment about where she has travelled as she did love going to new places.

"i've been to quite a few places. i would love to do more of Europe, i was meant to go to Portugal soon but i'm not sure how that plan stands currently." as soon as she said that she knew it was a bad idea.

everyone started tagging joao and suggesting they were meant to be going together, while they were correct, she did not want that rumour going around.

joaofelix79
you still are going

she absolutely hated the effect that the comment had on her while joao was on the other of the screen determined to win the girl back and their planned trip to Portugal seemed like a great way.

neither were sure how the plan was made but it was scrambled together during late night talks at his.

malia wasn't sure what had possessed her in this moment to rush over to his but she wanted to so desperately.

"anyways I'm going to go for now. i will do another one of these next week and answer more questions" she grinned at the camera and waved before ending it.

the girl instantly jumped up and ran downstairs
to grab her shoes, pulling them on before grabbing her keys before sprinting out the house.

she drove straight to joaos and banged on the door and waited patiently for him to answer it.

which he did, moments later with wet hair and a confused face as he had not expected malia to be stood on his patio.

she put her hands either side of his face before connecting their lips and shuffling into the house where she shut the door with her foot.

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[I listened to yours by ella henderson while writing this part <3]

the pair laid in bed later that night while trying to regain a normal heart rate. the two were facing each other where malia had her hand across his waist while his hand held her cheek while his thumb stroked her upper cheekbone.

she had missed feeling his touch and presence and the comfort that came with it and Joao felt the exact same. 

they were in comfortable silence as they recollected their thoughts and were enjoying being back in their bubble.

"why do you always go back to her?" she broke the silence with her eyes closed unliked joao's whose shot open.

"i don't, amor. that story was from ages ago and i know that you might not believe that but it's true" he had wiggled closer to her.

joao was telling the truth and had hoped the british girl would believe him. she hadn't said anything else so he continued.

"I haven't seen her since ending and i only messaged her once to tell her to delete the story. with you, i've learned the kind of person i want to love and what i deserve" he noticed that her eyes had opened as well now.

he admired her beauty as he ran his thumb along her cheekbone before tucking a bit of hair behind her ear. this is all he had thought about from the moment he got out of bed on the day he left for international break. she was all he had thought about.

"you deserve a lot, joao. there are so many girls who will treat you much better than she would" she closed her eyes again and avoided any eye contact.

he now sat up and held his body up on his elbow.

"i'm sure they could but i only want one of them. the best one and that's you, mal."

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A/N: tears