Babies of the team - Vicky Lópes

Summary: Vicky and Y/n want to hide their relationship, but they aren't very subtle about it.

a/n: reader and vicky are the same age here (18/19) - wrote this on may 17th (draft)

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Vicky López and Y/n have been dating for a while now, three months to be precise, but with both of them being the youngest players on the team, they have decided to keep their relationship a secret for now.

They loved being around each other, and they had fun. Y/n would laugh at any joke Vicky would say, and Vicky would always be the guinea pig whenever Y/n would try to create a new baking recipe.

And after all of that, they would go to Y/n's room and make out for hours. It was a very good, very happy relationship.

It was the kind of relationship that they wanted to share with the world and their friends/teammates.

But their teammates' constant teasing about their 'friendship' made them nervous. The team, especially Patri and Pina, weren't blind to Y/n and Vicky.

They knew they had something going on, but whenever they would ask, Vicky would try to change the subject while Y/n would get straight up red and turn around.

Still, the team wasn't a hundred per cent sure about what they were. When Pina would start teasing them in the locker room, Alexia was already there, smacking her playfully in the head, murmuring "Deja a las niñas en paz' [Leave the girls alone.]"

Knowing that they weren't as subtle as they would like to be, both girls were very careful around each other. They still sat next to each other on the bus or the plane when they had an away game, but they never shared a room in a hotel, although they did sneak out in the middle of the night sometimes.

For any outsider of Barcelona, they were just very good friends. For their teammates, they were friends who were still trying to figure out if they were something more. For themselves, they were the best girlfriends in the whole world.

And it was good for now, at least.

But as the time passed, and their three months of dating turned into six, it was becoming harder and harder to ignore the ache in their chest whenever they had to stop themselves from holding hands.

It was getting frustrating, really.

They just wanted to be themselves, just wanted to share what they had with their close friends.

One day, after a hard training session, the two of them are walking back to the locker rooms, laughing over something silly that happened during training. Jana had been hit in the head by a ball Aitana kicked, and it became the joke of the day.

But then, in the hallway, right outside of the locker room, Vicky accidentally bumped into Y/n's side, which caused Y/n to trip. Vicky was faster, though; she held her quickly.

They froze as their eyes met, and then, Vicky very carefully pulled Y/n closer to her body and pecked her lips.

Y/n's eyes widened.

They had never kissed inside the training grounds. Well, except for when they sneaked out to the closest bathroom stall.

Vicky's touch was warm against Y/n's skin. The hallway to the locker room was empty; most girls were already changing to go home, but still they glanced around nervously to see if anyone noticed.

"Vicky!" Y/n said exasperatedly, still looking around. "We can't do that...they'll see!"

Vicky rolled her eyes playfully and let go of Y/n's arm when the girls looked steady enough.

"No one saw anything, sí?"

And then, as if nothing had happened, she opened the door to the locker room and held it open for Y/n.

As they walked into the locker room, they found the team already gathered there. Unfortunately, some of the girls had grown accustomed to poking fun at Vicky and Y/n whenever they showed up together somewhere.

Kika asked why Y/n looked flushed, which made Y/n even more embarrassed. Vicky ignored them.

"Vayan a ocuparse de sus vidas," [Mind your own business], Vicky said as she opened her cubby to get her change of clothes.

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Vicky was good at dealing with the teasing, Y/n, on the other hand, was not.

The next week, when Vicky and Y/n showed up at the morning training session together, because Y/n had spent the night at Vicky's house and didn't have a car, the teasing began once again, obviously.

Y/n tried to play it cool, just like Vicky always did, and made a quick excuse to get away.

"I'm just going to grab some water, be right back." But as soon as she walked off, the teasing continued, this time the focus was on Vicky.

"Oh, so you came here together," Esmee said, looking at her phone as if she didn't really care.

"sí," Vicky said, "I stopped at her house on my way here." Vicky was impressed by how easy it was to lie.

"Are you sure?" Pina said, lifting only one eyebrow.

"Yes, of course I'm sure," Vicky rolled her eyes. "Why wouldn't I?"

Ingrid, who had been very silent so far, finally spoke. "It just looks like she was wearing the exact same clothing from yesterday."

Vicky shot Ingrid a look of betrayal. "Ingrid! Even you?"

Ingrid held both her hands up. "Sorry, but it's the truth!"

While Vicky was putting her training kit on, she heard the girl singing:

"Vicky and Y/n sitting in a tree–"

She knew it was going to be a long day.

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Later, when training was done, Y/n got into Vicky's care without anyone noticing, and she felt like she could finally let out a breath she was holding.

"Are we really doing this?" Y/n asked, glancing at Vicky as she drove around Barcelona. "Hiding, sneaking around, pretending we're not together when we...pretty much are?"

Vicky placed a warm hand on Y/n's thigh.

"At this point, I would say we're not hiding anything; the team knows something's going on, but they think we just have a crush on each other."

"I just want to be able to talk to you like I do with everyone else, without worrying about who's around, or if someone sees we're holding hands...I just don't want everyone to tease us for it, if we do end up coming out as a couple, you know?"

Vicky grinned, "Well, the 'no-teasing' part will be the hardest one to achieve. We're the babies of the team, remember? The teasing is almost mandatory."

Y/n smiled, just a little, before hiding her face in her hands. "But it's so embarrassing!"

"They like embarrassing," Vicky explained, "That's why they keep doing it, especially with you, you turn into a tomato, if or when we tell them we're dating, it's only gonna get worse... but we'll figure it out, okay?"

Their relationship was still a secret, but they knew they would have to come clean soon, because being in love was a big thing to hide forever.

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Vicky tapped her fingers nervously against the steering wheel as they pulled into the parking lot at the training ground a week later.

Y/n was sitting beside her, staring out the window with a distant look in her eyes.

"Are you sure about this?" Y/n asked, her voice barely audible over the hum of the car's engine.

Vicky stopped the engine and turned to face her girlfriend.

"I'm tired of hiding, aren't you? Every time Kika or Pina makes a joke, I just want to say, 'yes, we're together, what about it?"

Y/n smiled softly. "I know. It's just... they're going to be insufferable."

"Yeah, but for like a week, maybe. Then they'l find something else to tease us about." Vicky reached over and squeezed Y/n's hand.

"Remember what Alexia told us when we first joined the team? We're family here, they won't...judge us or anything, it's going to be pure 'big sister teasing' energy, nothing more."

"Okay, okay," Y/n said. "Let's go and tell them."

Vicky leaned over and pressed a quick kiss to Y/n's cheek. "Great, no more hiding."

Y/n took a deep breath and nodded. "No more hiding."

They walked into the building together, not bothering to keep the usual careful distance between them.

It was their third training session in a row, arriving together, and they both knew what was coming.

As they approached the locker room door, Y/n could feel her heart pounding against her ribs. Vicky gave her a reassuring smile when she sensed how nervous she was.

"Just...be casual," Vicky whispered. "Follow my lead."

The moment they walked in, all eyes turned to them. Kika, already changed into her training kit, was the first to speak.

"Well, well, well... look who's arriving together...again," she said with a teasing grin. "Did you stop by Y/n's house on your way here again, Vicky?"

A few of the girls laughed.

Pina and Esmee exchanged knowing glances. In the corner, Alexia was watching the scene unfold with a small smile on her face.

Y/n felt her cheeks heating up, but she kept her eyes forward as she headed to her cubby. Vicky, however, stopped in the middle of the room and shrugged casually.

"Yeah, she spent the night at my house," Vicky said, her voice loud enough for everyone to hear. "Yesterday too... oh! And the day before that, as well,"

The locker room fell silent. Y/n froze, her training shirt halfway over her head.

Kika's mouth dropped open. "Wait, what?"

Vicky started changing into her training kit as if she hadn't just dropped a bombshell.

"Did I stutter?"

"Oh... so you two are..." Esmee gestured between them, eyes wide.

"Dating," Y/n finished, finding her voice at last. She pulled the rest of her shirt down and faced the team. "For six months now."

There was silence.

"Por fin!" [Finally!] Alexia exclaimed, throwing her hands up. "I thought you would never admit it!"

The team erupted in responses.

Pina was demanding to know all the details, Jana was complaining that she owed money to someone now, and Kika was standing there looking completely stunned.

"Six months?" Patri asked, collecting what appeared to be betting money from several teammates. "And none of us knew for sure? We honestly thought you guys were too scared to admit your feelings to each other, not that you were already dating."

"Well, Alexia had her suspicions," Y/n admitted, glancing at their captain, who just winked in response.

"Is that why you were always defending them from the teasing?" Esmee asked Alexia.

Alexia shrugged. "Someone had to look out for our babies while they figured things out."

Vicky walked over to Y/n's side and casually put an arm over her shoulders.

The gesture was so natural, so comfortable, that Y/n wondered why they had even bothered hiding it.

"So..." Vicky said, looking around at their teammates. "That's it? No more teasing?"

Kika finally snapped out of her shock and burst into laughter.

"Are you kidding? This is just the beginning!"

But there was no malice in her words, just the familiar warmth of the team's banter.

One by one, their teammates came over to congratulate them, some offering genuine words of support, others making jokes about how obvious they had been all along.

As they headed out to the training field, Y/n felt lighter than she had in months.

Vicky's hand found hers as they walked, and for the first time, Y/n didn't pull away.

See?" Vicky whispered. "That wasn't so bad."

Y/n smiled.

"No, it wasn't." She squeezed Vicky's hand. "Though I think Patri just made a lot of money betting on us."

"Good for her," Vicky laughed. "At least someone benefited from our...secrecy."

As they joined the rest of the team on the field, Y/n couldn't help but think that maybe the teasing really wasn't so bad after all.

Not when it meant she could finally be herself, with the girl she loved, surrounded by a team that had become her second family.

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a/n: ok so i re-read this and I think it's honestly so sweet oh god...