Part 36: The coach's wisdom and a blue surprise

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"So then what happened?" I asked Joseph
"He answered the call and said he was expecting me to call."
"He was expecting you to call?"
"That's what Coach Boer said to me, he said he knew I wanted to talk to him."

Flashback
"Joseph, I knew this time would come."
"What do you mean coach?"
"I knew you'd call me, I had a feeling you wanted to talk to me, but I didn't think you'd call me so early."
"You knew what I wanted to talk about?"
"Joseph, I knew you'd want to have this talk, I knew the day you signed for Atlanta. Back then you were quiet around the rest of the guys, but you were always a troublemaker at heart. And there was something I saw in you, something you'd only see once or twice in a whole generation of players."
"What was that?"
"Something you'll figure out, in due time. You will not figure out alone though, never will you go alone. So are you going to ask me your first question?"
"Oh, yeah, why did you reject Galaxy's interest in me but welcome Tottenham's with open arms."
"The reason. I didn't want you to be in the MLS all your career. I knew you were destined for something much better than just playing here, you were made for more. You are a champion, and what better way to become that, than to play for a top four team in England?"
"I guess I can see your point."
"Joseph. Did I ever tell you about my time at Ajax?"
"I think you did once or twice, but only briefly."
"Well, when I was playing for Ajax. Winning the Eredivisie five times was good, but the feeling of winning the Champions League, that will put your name amongst the greats in the hall of fame. With the likes of Zidane, Ronaldinho, Carlos, Raul, Messi, Rooney, Gerrard and Beckham to name only a few."
"I still don't understand."
"Ok, to put it simply. Atlanta can't unlock your full potential, I can't unlock your full potential. Think of your career as a journey, Atlanta was only the car that drove you to the airport, and Tottenham will be the plane which will enable you to soar."
"I get it now, thanks coach. Thank you for everything you've done for me."
"I'm not your coach anymore Joseph, and I didn't do much, I only put you in an Atlanta shirt, the rest you figured out by yourself."
"But if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be where I am now, so thank you."
"Don't worry about it, and Joseph, if you ever find yourself back in Atlanta, don't hesitate to stop by."
"I will, bye Coach."
"Bye Joseph."

Present
"I can't not call him coach, I got too used to it."
"I see, well he sounds like he was a great coach." I replied
"Yeah, he was one of the best."
The doorbell to my apartment then rang
"I'll get it." Joseph said
He then opened the door and Itzy and Twice came in
"What a pleasant surprise, what are you guys doing here?" I asked
"Joseph told us to come here, for a celebration." Yeji said
"A celebration? For what?" I asked Joseph
"Well, two letters addressed to us may or may not have found their way to the Tottenham training ground."

Joseph then pulled out two letters and passed one of them to me. I then looked at the letter and there was an England football team crest on it, I then looked back to Joseph.
"This isn't what I think it is, is it?"
"(Y/n), you've been called up to the England squad." He said
"What about you? What's your letter?"
"US men's nation team, I'm going to play on the first of February against Costa Rica."
"But doesn't that mean you'll miss the Man City game?"
"Don't worry, Poch said if I don't end up playing then he'll get me on the first flight back. Anyway you should actually read your letter."

"Maybe later, but now we're celebrating, Wait a minute, where's Ryujin?" I realised
"That's weird, I haven't seen Sana yet either." Joseph said
"Oh about that, they went to do something, they should be here any minute." Momo said
"Oh ok, well since it's a celebration I have a lot of drinks in the fridge, you can help yourself. And I have some stuff I could cook for everyone." I said
"The Drinks can't be alcohol." Jihyo said
"Jihyo I'm 16, how am I gonna get my hands on alcohol!?"
"Right." Jihyo facepalmed

I went to the kitchen and took all the drinks into the living room, I then went to prepare the food.
A minute or two into making the food, I heard the front door open and close with two additional voices joining in the conversations in the living room.
While seasoning the jokbal, I felt two warm arms wrap around my waist and a head resting on the top of my back. I then turned around to see Ryujin, but with something different.

I then decided to tease her a little"Huh? Who are you?" I said"(Y/n) it's me, Ryujin

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I then decided to tease her a little
"Huh? Who are you?" I said
"(Y/n) it's me, Ryujin." She replied
"No, because my girlfriend Ryujin has long pink hair."
"(Y/n)."
She then made a sad but annoyed face which was really cute
"I'm only messing with you, I love your new look." I said, hugging her
"Really?"
"Of course I do. Now come and help me prepare this food, it's getting lonely in here by myself." I said
"Ok, what are we making?" Ryujin asked
"Well I'm making a lot of different dishes, but the main ones are steak and some Jokbal."
"I couldn't possibly think about who the Jokbal is for." Ryujin says sarcastically
We both laugh and resume getting the food ready

I was chopping up some vegetables to add to the food when I accidentally cut my finger with the knife
"Ouch, shoot!" I said and hissed in pain
"What's wrong?" Ryujin said worriedly
"Nothing, I just cut myself accidentally."
"Do you have any plasters (band-aids)?"
"Yeah they should be in that cupboard over there." I point to the other side of the kitchen
Ryujin then gets the plaster and comes back to me, I hold out my hand for her to give it to me but instead she started to put it on my hand herself.
Once she put it on my finger, she looked at me
"Does it still hurt?"
"A little." I said
She then grabbed my hand and lifted my finger to her lips, she then kissed my finger
"There, all better." She said
"What? Do you have some magic healing kisses?" I laughed
"Is it still hurting?"
"Not really."
"See, it works."
"Well actually, something else hurts." I said
"What's that?" She asked worriedly
I then pointed to my lips
"Well In that case."

She then kissed me on my lips and threw her hands around me, I did the same and it lasted around 20 seconds until
"Ahem." It was the sound of someone clearing their throat
Ryujin and I quickly separated to see who it was, it was Dahyun
"Oh, Dahyun, What are you doing in here?" I asked nervously
"I just needed some ice." She said innocently
"Oh, right, there's a bag of ice cubes in the freezer, let me help you." I said
"No need, you two can just continue with what you were doing."
Dahyun then quickly put some ice in her drink and left.
"That was a bit awkward." I said, we then laughed
"Where were we?" Ryujin said

A/n: And that's one more chapter down, you know if someone went back in time and told me I'd be writing an x Male Reader story that's actually kinda good with over 35 chapters, I'd have thought you were crazy.
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