Back to Spain. (1)
As I enter the airport, the familiar scent of Spain washes over me, greeting me warmly. Maybe this place feels more like home to me than the Korean airport ever did.
Leaving Kim Chae-ri waiting at the airport, I follow the usual Barcelona staff and security provided by the side as usual, walking towards the team facilities. Unlike her usual self, Yu-ri shows a slightly uneasy expression.
“…Do I really have to come to pick you up like this? We could have gone just the two of us.”
Hearing her monologue in Korean, it seems she thinks the time alone with me is being disturbed.
From Yu-ri’s words, during this national team period, our relationship has become quite close. Especially physically.
Well, it’s only natural. Yu-ri is a healthy adult woman, and I’ve held back for almost twenty years, so once the start was made, I had no choice but to run.
Fortunately, I’ve used my patience to the max, so it didn’t interfere with training or matches, but we burned our youth so intensely that the bathroom in the team dorm felt like our own bedroom.
Even the day before taking the flight to Barcelona, we spent the whole day and night at an inn, using the excuse of a drive, so our closeness had deepened.
Thanks to that, Yu-ri seemed to understand my words that if it became known that I like other friends and that teammates are dating, it would be a huge storm to handle.
But from her muttering alone, it seems she’s quite disappointed that she’s being deprived of alone time like this legally.
“Still, Yu-ri, it could be dangerous.”
“I’ll protect you.”
“You?”
“Let me show you my womanly side? …Shall I show you in bed?”
Speaking in Korean, but to be safe, Yu-ri whispered the last part softly. Thanks to my efforts to maintain my pride, Yu-ri is in a quite confident state.
Well, it looked cute to me.
“Anyway, if you tell anyone else, no. I want to be the one to tell them.”
Anyway, in this state, Yu-ri might make a mistake, so I asked her for strict secrecy. I don’t know how others would feel, but I think it’s better for me to say it than for Yu-ri.
“Yeah. But, I’ve been thinking about this for a while… Why was I the first?”
How do I explain this? I could say it was the right time, or that I confirmed my feelings with the others. But in my true heart, there was a slightly dirty desire I couldn’t tell Yu-ri.
I chose Yu-ri as the first because she is Korean.
Compared to the open European style where you have sex and date, Korea is quite conservative. But if I confess my feelings to Yu-ri while already dating the others? Then a normal Korean woman like Yu-ri would likely not understand me.
So, approaching Yu-ri first was a somewhat strategic choice.
Of course, now that I’m in this situation with Yu-ri, I can’t know what the others will choose, but once the water is spilled, I have no choice but to pray for things to go well.
‘…If not, I have to seduce her with my body.’
Hiding that dirty thought, I answer Yu-ri’s question.
“Just, somehow it feels like I have to tell you first.”
“G, really?”
Yu-ri, who had been pouting about being disturbed by security, brightens up and smiles happily when she hears my answer.
Anyway, she’s so transparent.
Anyway, after returning to the dorm with Yu-ri, Valentina and Camila, who had arrived first from Europe for the games, greet us.
“Ha-neul! Yu-ri!”
“Kami, long time no see. You started as starter?”
“Ah, saw it? How was it?”
“Well done.”
I greet Camila as usual happily. Yu-ri, probably a bit uncomfortable, gives an awkward smile and just waves her hand.
“You’re here?”
“Uh…”
And as usual, Valentina gives a short greeting. Unlike Camila who exchanged normal greetings, I smile awkwardly and receive Valentina’s greeting. Probably because the next target is Valentina, it’s a bit uncomfortable to act as usual.
The reason I chose Valentina as the second target was simple. Camila is nicer than Valentina.
It was a slightly trashy thought, but since I’ve already done a lot of trashy things, I decided to go even more trashy, and as a result, I decided to target Valentina first.
Honestly, I’m not sure if Valentina would continue to like me after hearing about my relationship with Yu-ri, but the die was already cast.
‘How should I talk to her?’
After finishing greetings with the others, back to the room.
My dilemma was how to arrange a place for Valentina and me alone. First, the dorm is not a space where two people can easily meet alone, and the training ground is the same. It seems difficult to create time for the two of us.
But, it’s also true that if I go out with Valentina alone on a rest day while leaving the others behind, it would look suspicious.
‘Indeed, the dorm is too inconvenient. I should get my own place soon…’
The agent is secretly looking for a house near the training ground, but it seems I can only move after this season ends, so it’s a bit disappointing.
‘Well, the time I have is probably around away games?’
I was thinking that to spend time alone, away games would be better, but when I actually returned to the dorm and checked the inside, it seemed impossible without an away hotel. Still, during away games, I could have alone time without anyone knowing.
Moreover, thinking that our away accommodations are high-end hotels, it’s even better.
After checking the plan once more, I confirm when the next away game is.
‘Next match is home against Leganes… And one week later away to Sevilla, and three days later away to Atalanta, another three days to Bilbao away?’
If so, the best opportunity is the Sevilla away game. And we arrive in Sevilla two days before as usual, do local adaptation training, and then prepare for the match. Maybe Valentina might play before Sevilla, so the day we arrive, I’ll call Valentina right away.
After planning, I feel a sense of relief? My heart feels a bit lighter.
It might become more uncomfortable in a few days, but…
After that, the days continue as usual.
No, something happened.
Whenever Yu-ri meets my eyes, she sends eyes full of love, and when alone, she touches my body and subtly seduces me. I also want to enjoy time with Yu-ri as I wish, but unfortunately, the alone time isn’t long enough, so I have no choice but to endure.
But Yu-ri, who had the first intense experience, seems unable to hold back anymore.
“Can’t do it here…”
“Still, no one here…. After all, the men’s bathroom at the training ground isn’t used by anyone.”
She seduced me subtly at the training ground.
“Yu-ri.”
“…Huh?”
“Must distinguish between work and private? Gone crazy during training? Soccer too easy? Monkey? And what if others see?”
Of course, even as a pro among pros, I can’t do such things in the training ground even after training is over.
Feeling sorry for Yu-ri, I haven’t said anything until now, but if I continue like this, I might neglect football, so I have no choice but to scold her sharply.
“…Sorry.”
Fortunately, Yu-ri gave an apology to me, admitting her fault in a small mishap.
But, I don’t particularly want to blame Yu-ri. It’s natural that a Yu-ri who just became an adult can’t hold back the skills I’ve accumulated from my previous life, and I feel a bit good that I did so well that she became like that.
Of course, I have to distinguish between work and private.
Anyway, after that small mishap, the match against Leganes came.
Leganes was in the lower ranks, so there was no particular difficulty. No, rather, it was much easier than the national team match where Yu-ri and I played passionately.
- Ryu Ha-neul, hat-trick explosion! 5:1 victory over Leganes!
With a lightened body, recording a hat-trick against Leganes and easily securing the win, we prepared for the Sevilla away match.
And finally, the awaited day arrived.
“Valentina.”
“Huh?”
“I have something to say. Can you come to my room tomorrow?”
“If tomorrow, it’s going to Sevilla, it can’t be talking about the dorm…. Don’t tell me hotel?”
“Yeah.”
Valentina’s expression sways when I say that. It seems Valentina also guesses why I’m calling her.
“When can I come to find you?”
“I’ll call you.”
Valentina looking at me with an expectant expression. I think my words tomorrow might betray this expectation, but since Valentina is smiling, I have no choice but to smile at Valentina now.