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"hey," he winked.

i ignored him and pushed past him, walking inside the room and starting to pack my belongings. he shut the door and stared at me.

"where are you going?" he asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

i ignored him once again and continued to pack.

he sighed. "you can't ignore me forever,"

i stayed silent and walked inside the bathroom to get my toothbrush, but this time he followed me and locked the door, trapping me in there.

he leaned on the door and crossed his arms.

"joão." i said seriously, unintentionally crossing my arms too.

his mouth turned into a slight smirk, "yes?"

"please let me out," i said quietly. i mentally face palmed myself for being so nervous in his presence.

"hm?"

"i said, please let me out." this time my voice was a bit more stronger.

"i can't do that." he shook his head.

i furrowed my eyebrows in confusion, "what, why not?"

"because." he said. "we need to talk this out. i can't stand not being with you,"

"i'm sorry but i need to leave now-" i said and tried to push past him

he grabbed my wrist and pinned me against the bathroom door, i gasped in surprise.

"please," he said softly.

i felt my face flush and i swear my knees were about to give out as he stared at me with serious eye contact.

"fine." i said. "who was that girl you were with yesterday?"

he sighed. "it was penny. you know that really weird girl i was telling you about?"

"-and what were you doing with her?"

"nothing. she somehow got into the room and tried to persuade me into dating her." he scowled. "i told her she was a psychopath - and she tried to get on me but i pushed her away. and that's when you came in.. i'm sorry.."

my expression softened, "i cried so much."

"i know, and i'm sorry-"

"what the hell happened to your leg??" i suddenly exclaimed worriedly.

he looked down at his leg and chuckled. "i kind of went on self destruct mode. broke a couple glasses,"

"why are you laughing joão? that's not funny." i scolded him as he let me go. i told him to sit on the bathroom counter as i started to get the first aid equipment out.

"i was upset, i wasn't thinking." he said as he jumped and sat on the countertop.

"okay, whoever who did this is terrible at caring for cuts," i giggled as i sat on my knees and took off the terrible bandage wrapping.

"your brother did it actually," he smiled playfully.

"that sounds about right.." i muttered. i threw the old bandage in the bin, i picked up a clean cloth and soaked it in water. i squeezed out the excess water,

"this might hurt a little." i warned him as i started to clean the wound properly with the cloth.

"ah fuck that hurts.."

"i told you it would," i rolled my eyes playfully and finished cleaning the cut. i put the cloth into the sink.

i wrapped a new plaster on his wound properly and not like how antónio did it.

"all done," i smiled and stood up from the floor to wash my hands.

there was a comfortable silence until until he spoke, "are you still mad at me?" joão asked quietly

"i could never be mad at you," i smiled. he grinned and jumped down from the counter, then he put his hands on my waist and pulled me closer to him, leaning in and placing his lips on mine.

"it's only been one day and i missed you so much.. i can't imagine not seeing you for the rest of my life," he said with a small smile.

"i could never imagine not seeing you, either," i smiled and bit my lip, looking at his lips.

suddenly we heard a knocking noise and we immediately turned our heads. he unlocked the bathroom door as we walked out and opened the front door - standing there was joão's coach, crossing his arms.

joão nodded at me then walked outside to talk with the coach, while closing the door behind him.

i decided to sit on the balcony while i waited for their conversation to end - it was night time so it was starting to get dark, as soon as i stepped outside the glass sliding door i felt a warm breeze pass.

i exhaled in admiration and sat on of of the chairs, peacefully watching the stars as a loud boom of fireworks went off. just then joão closed the front door and walked outside on the balcony to join me. he sat on his own chair and patted his lap, telling me to come over.

i stood up and walked over to him, sitting on his lap comfortably. he played with my hair as we watched the fireworks in peace.

"antònio told the coach about my injury so he just asked if i would be able to play the next game, and i obviously said i would." he explained as i chuckled softly.

then there was silence until i spoke.

"it's so beautiful.." i said quietly.

he admired my face and smiled, "not as beautiful as you though."

"i'm getting serious deja-vu right now," i joked.

"oh yeah?"

"yeah.."

just as he leaned in and put his lips on mine another couple fireworks went off - and in that moment i felt like the luckiest girl in the world.