Chapter XVI. Gavi Is Not A Thief

The drive from the airport to Pedri's house is filled with his incessant flirting and begging for spoilers about her upcoming album, her eye rolls at his antics, their laughter, bickering over who gets to drive (Vivienne wins because she swears that as his nurse, she can't possibly let him drive back too) and his awful karoke to her debut album.

It's evident that both of them have missed each other's presence yet even after the texts of i miss you they can't seem to physically voice their feelings.

After about fifteen minutes, they enter Pedri's garage and Vivienne turns off the ignition after parking the car in it's designated place as per Pedri's instructions.

At the same time, they get out from the car and start to walk towards his front door with Vivienne walking in front with the keys hanging from her fingers while Pedri trails behind her, dragging her suitcase with him.

"I still can't wrap my head around the fact that you just dropped everything and flew here to play nurse with me." He says in disbelief.

Vivienne throws him a grin from behind her shoulder and replies, "Consider this as a repayment of that night."

"What night?"

"The night when I embarrassed myself while being drunk as hell and you indulged in all of my shenanigans." She puts the key in the lock and walks inside with Pedri following after her.

He shakes his head with a small smile present on his face and watches as her as she saunters inside his house with a skip in her step till she walks into the kitchen and he loses the sight of her.

"So what you're saying is that you're gonna be the perfect little nurse and pamper me just because I bought you a dress when you were drunk?" Pedri asks as he walks into the guest room to put her suitcase in there.

From further down the hall, presumably from the kitchen he hears her voice, "Don't forget that you also bought and peeled a pomegranate for me!"

"I bet you're back for my perfectly peeled pomegranates and nursing my injury is just an excuse."

Pedri's eyebrows furrow when instead of a verbal reply from Vivienne, he hears her let out an ear-drum shattering scream. This makes him run out of the guest room in a rush to get to where she is in the kitchen to see what's happened.

"Mi amor, what happened-" The rest of his anxious & worried words die down in his mouth and his jaw drops when he sees the image in front of him.

There is Vivienne Leclerc in all her five feet glory screaming bloody murder and throwing curses in French as she blindly and continously hits his teammate and best friend Pablo Gavi with a broom while the said boy is also screaming as he tries to get away from her.

The sight leaves Pedri flabbergasted as he's rooted in his spot, watching all of this unfold.

From her peripheral vision, Vivienne sees Pedri standing there like a scarecrow and calls out to him in between hitting Pablo with the broom.

"Pedri!" She shouts to get his attention, making his eyes snap to her, "Don't just continue standing there. We need to catch this putain de voleur!"

"Wha-what does that even mean?!"

"Oh mon dieu," She mumbles exasperatedly as if she has forgotten that Pedri doesn't know an ounce of French, "Catch the fucking thief, that's what it means!"

With that she lets out a war cry and lunges at the said thief who's not actually a thief.

Pablo lets out a grunt as he gets attacked by Vivienne, "I'm not a thief!"

"That's exactly what a thief would say!"

Finally, after seeing his fallen comrade getting absolutely abolished, does Pedri snaps out of his stupor and rushes towards Vivienne to stop her.

His hands wrap around her waist as he easily lifts her up from the ground and snatches the broom with his other hand and then proceeds to throw it somewhere she can't reach it.

At his this action, Vivienne snaps her head towards him while wriggling in his hold to get free.

"Let me go, Pedri! The thief will get away!"

"Corazón," Pedri struggles to keep her in his hold as she tries to lunge at Pablo again, "He's not a thief."

"How do you know he's not a thief?"

In the midst of their tug of war, Vivienne grabs a plastic plate from the kitchen counter without Pedri noticing and throws it at Pablo who's watching this all unfold in horror.

"Because he's my teammate!"

Unfortunately, Pedri is too late and the three of them watch in slow motion how the plate flies in the air and hits Pablo straight on his nose.

A hard smack echoes throughout the house and all hell breaks lose again.

"I'm so sorry." Vivienne apologises for the nth time since she had hit Pablo with the plate.

In response Pablo just gives her a side eye and slightly scoots away from where she's sitting near him on the couch.

Thankfully, despite the plate hitting him quite hard on his nose, it's not broken. It's only bleeding but with the help of Pedri's exceptional first aid skills, they had succeeded in stopping the bleeding so now he's only clutching a tissue to his nose while ocassionally letting out groans and winces.

Vivienne watches the younger boy with a guilty expression on her face.

This was not how she'd expected that she'd meet Pedri's teammate and best mate.

She opens her mouth to apologise again but before she can, Pedri enters the room and settles on the chair adjacent to the couch where Pablo and Vivienne are sitting.

"You don't have to apologise to him, cariño." He tells her while waving dismissively in Pablo's direction. "He's just a drama queen, the wound isn't even slightly serious so don't feel bad about hitting him."

Pablo whips his head towards Pedri with a murderous glare, "Disculpe? I am not a drama queen. Your girlfriend quite literally killed me!"

At Pablo's statement, Pedri just looked at Vivienne with a raised eyebrow and a perplexed expression as if saying 'you see what I'm talking about.'

Pablo also sees Pedri's expression and in retaliation throws a cushion at him which he easily dodges.

Seeing their squabble makes Vivienne speak again, "Is the pain too much? Should I bake something for you to make you feel better, Gavi?"

"Oh yes, absolutely-"

"No need to pamper this demon spawn, mi amor," Pedri cuts Pablo off, making the other boy frown, "And absolutely no need to tire your pretty hands in making something for him."

"I can't believe you'd say this," Pablo sniffles in disgust, "Who knew Pedro I-don't-have-time-for-dating Gonzàlez  would say something like this. I no longer want you as my best friend."

Then he turns to Vivienne, "From now on, you're my best friend." He declares firmly making Vivienne sweatdrop and Pedri glare at him.

"Listen here, you little shit-"

This time, Vivienne cuts off Pedri as she abruptly stands up and gestures to the kitchen, "I'm gonna go bake some cookies. Anyone wanna help?"

Before Pedri can say anything, Pablo also stands up with a bubbly smile (which is a clear contrast from the murderous look he had been sending Vivienne before).

"I'll help you, best friend!"

"No, you won't." Pedri frowns but Pablo ignores him (as usual) and follows Vivienne into the kitchen as if he's a hyperactive puppy following his master.

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