9

i woke up tiredly and yawned until i remembered where i was.

"good morning," joão smiled. i also noticed that he was holding my hand.

i smiled back and mumbled "good morning"

i got up from him. "do you have any clothes i can wear?"

"of course," he replied as he got up and threw me another jumper and black jogging bottoms from his drawer.

i thanked him and went into the bathroom to change, it was quite big on me but it looked alright. i fixed my hair up a little bit using my hands since i had no hair brush and i wasn't going to bother doing my makeup today. i unlocked the bathroom and walked out to see joão already changed, he then told me to go downstairs and that he would be there in a few minutes.

i walked down the stairs and into the kitchen where i saw rosia putting toast into the toaster. "hey i'm making toast, do you want one?"

i nodded. "yes please."

"how was your sleep?" she asked, getting the butter out of the fridge.

"it was good." i replied."where is antònio?"

"sleeping." she smiled. "he loves to sleep in"

me and rosia sat down and ate our bread at the table after buttering it.

"where's your boyfriend?" she teased.

"right here." joão said as he walked in the room and kissed my head. rosia looked at me knowingly and i blushed.

"i've got practice today with the team, do you want to come and watch me el?"

"yeah - just drop me home first then we can go," i said, as i washed up the dishes.

"vocês são tão fofos juntos," rosia squealed. (you guys are so cute together)

"cale-se." joão blushed and left the room. (shut up)

"care to translate? i hope your not saying anything bad about me." i worried

she laughed. "don't worry i would never say anything bad about you. i told him that you guys looked so cute together and he told me to shut up, but he was blushing."

i let out a breathe that i didn't know i was holding as rosia went upstairs to wake up my brother so i just went to the living room to joão. i climbed into his arms as he was sitting on the sofa and he pulled me closer to him so that i was basically sitting on him. i pulled out my phone and starting to scroll on tiktok. he watched my phone as an edit of him came up, i blushed and skipped the video.

"wait can i see that?" he asked as i handed my phone to him.

he scrolled through my for you page and smirked. "wow." he exhaled. he then got his own phone out and searched my name on tiktok and followed me back. he then handed me my phone back.

after a few more minutes of cuddling he asked if i wanted to go home and get ready. i agreed as he ran upstairs to get something he forgot. then we put our shoes on and got into his car. he played my favourite song again.

when we reached my house, he opened my door and let me out. he walked me to my door.

"wait, i've got something for you." he smiled as he passed me his jersey which had his name on it.

i smiled "thank you." and kissed his cheek. i then walked inside as he drove off.

it was only 9 am and most of my family was at work or sleeping still. i went into my room and took a shower, i blow dried my hair and put a little bit of makeup on today.

i wore his jersey with some black leggings and straightened my hair.

i still had an hour until he picked me up so i watched tiktok to past the time. i got a notification that joaofelix79 had followed me back on tiktok. my account only had my close friends that followed me.

when it was finally 11 am i went downstairs, opened the door and walked out. i spotted his car and went inside

"i like your shirt," he winked as he started to drive, "especially cause if has my name on it."

i rolled my eyes and muttered, "of course you do," which he laughed at. he put one hand on my thigh and kept it there the whole journey. i instantly froze and blushed.

when we got there he finally took his hand off my thigh. he opened my door and held out his hand

"you know i can open the door by myself?" i rolled my eyes again, taking his hand.

"yeah, but where's the fun in that?" he smirked and kissed my hand like i was a princess or something.

"joão!" i said, nudging his shoulder and blushing.

"i'm sorry." he said and couldn't stop laughing.

when we reached the field, the team was already there. i looked around and spotted rosia sitting on the bench, she waved at me and motioned to come to her. i started walking until joão grabbed my wrist and pulled me back to him, "no goodbye or good luck?" he teased

i rolled my eyes again.

"stop rolling your eyes at me." he smirked.

"fine," i said trying to not roll my eyes, which he smiled at. i then hugged him and whispered in his ear, "goodluck."

i walked away from him and onto the bench with rosia. "he gave you his jersey? wow my brothers got rizz-" she exclaimed.

i chuckled as i looked on the field for him, which we made eye contact and i smiled.

he wouldn't look away so i got shy and ended up looking away. they started practicing with simple warmups like passing the ball to eachother.

when they started a game of football, ronaldo had the ball as he kicked it into the net but with a good save from the goalkeeper. soon joão had control of the ball. he smiled at me and then kicked the ball into the net which the goalkeeper did not manage to save.

i rolled my eyes at him unintentionally and he gave me a stare telling me not do that.

i looked away from him as the game continued. my brother was on the same group as joão so they could talk to eachother.

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about an hour later they were finally finished practicing. joão came onto the bench and hugged me from behind. "hi"

"hi" i said as i followed him to his car. rosia had gone home with antònio already.

"where are we going?" i questioned him as he opened my door and let me get in.

he then got in the car and started to drive, "it's a surprise."

ten minutes later, we finally parked at a beach. he opened my door and offered his hand, i took it as he helped me get out. he opened the boot of the car and took out two hoodies,

"here, it's quite chilly," he said as he gave me one, we both put them on. it was very warm and smelt like him.

he intertwined our hands and rubbed my thumb with his as we walked on the sand. the sun had started to set and the beach was deserted.

i gasped, "this is so beautiful," as we sat down on the sand.

"not as beautiful as you though." he smiled.

i smiled too, "stop with the cheesy pick up lines. i'm flattered."

"oh yeah?"

"yeah.." i muttered quietly.

he gently took my chin and put his lips on mine softly. i kissed him back instantly. i felt like i was melting at his touch - and i was waiting for this moment for so god damn long.

he finally pulled away and we just smiled at eachother.

"i really like you, el." he said quietly. "and you don't know how long i've been waiting for this moment to happen.."

"i like you too, joão," i whispered as i connected our lips again.

in that moment i finally understood my feelings for him. i loved him.

"would you be my girlfriend, eleanor?" he asked nervously as he pulled out a ring.

i gasped but smiled. "of course!"

he sighed in relief and slid the ring onto my finger, it was silver and beautiful; it looked expensive.

"i got us matching ones," he said as he pulled out another ring, he gave it to me to put on him.

i carefully slipped it onto his finger "consider us married now." i joked.

he grinned. we then laid down on the sand holding hands and watching the sun set.

it was one of the best days of my life.

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