Chapter XXI. Got Me Thinking
Nonsense

"Vivi, stop moving so much. Stay still." Pedri clicks his tongue in annoyance as he chastises the blonde girl for moving too much while he's trying to paint a picture of her on the canvas.

"I am as still as I can be." She snaps at him and squirms on her seat again to adjust her position.

"No, you're not." He retorts with a single raised eyebrow, eyes flitting back and forth from her face to the canvas as his paint brush moves across the surface of the canvas in an amateur way.

His statement causes Vivienne to huff and roll her eyes at him.

"And also stop rolling your eyes at me." He says with a without looking away from whatever masterpiece he's creating, "I know I said that I love your eyes and that I love to make them roll but not right now, sweetheart."

Sweetheart. Vivienne's heart unexplainably skips a beat when she hears the nickname leave Pedri's lips. For a moment, it seems like time has stilled as she gazes at him wistfully. The way his eyebrows are bunched together in a frown as he concentrates on the painting, the way his hair look so fluffy that she gets an urge to run her fingers through them, the way the sunlight from the window behind him hits his face at an angle that accentuates his cheekbones and the way his slightly growing stubble makes him look older, making him look even more handsome than he already is, the way his honey brown eyes look even more ethereal in the natural light.

God, he looks so beautiful.

"That was so cheesy." She scoffs weakly, trying to hide the fluttering feelings that are encasing her heart just by looking at him.

"But you liked it." He replies while throwing an easygoing smile at her.

"No, I didn't."

Lies. She did like it...very much so.

But the thing is that Vivienne Leclerc is a coward especially in front of love. Getting emotionally abused by love for three years has made her a coward, constantly getting her hopes her while waiting for João to love her back with the same devotion only for those hopes to get crushed brutually every time has made her a coward who fears love.

Love is the most twisted curse of all. And Vivienne Leclerc has been chosen to suffer at it's hand.

It's laughable how she's afraid of love but also desires it. She thinks that she can blame João for it.

João. The familiar searing pain she always felt whenever she used to think of him or whenever someone mentioned his name doesn't make an appearance this time. In the past, just the mere mention of the Portuguese player's name acted as a catalyst for her but now, surprisingly, she doesn't feel the pain, she doesn't feel the need to cry over him. In fact, this is the first time she had think about him in months, the last time she had thought about him was when she had gotten drunk in front of Pedri.

Her eyes flits towards Pedri who's busy making her painting. Is it because of him? She wonders.

The answer is on the tip of her tongue but the fear of love and all it's aspect prevents her from even thinking about it.

The same fluttering and lighthearted feeling returns, it feels as if flowers are growing into her lungs the longer she stares at the Spaniard and that butterflies are clogging her throat the more she pins after him. Looking at him, indeed gets her thinking nonsense.

She thinks that she can make a song out of whatever is going through her heart right now.

'Think I only want one number in my phone
I might change your contact to "don't leave me alone"
You said you like my eyes and you like to make them roll'

"Hey, Pedri?" Vivienne calls out, breaking the tranquil silence that had settled between them.

"Yeah?"

"Can you go and grab my lyrics notebook for me from my room?" She asks, twiddling her thumb as her brain runs through the lyrics she's making up right now, "I think I just thought of what my outro song is going to be."

"Of course, amor." He grins and such a warm feeling envelopes her as she witnesses his smile that Vivienne feels as if she has swallowed the sun.

He stands up and walks out of the room only to come back after some time with a small brown leather notebook in his hand and a pen which he hands them to her.

'Cartwheels in my stomach when you walk in'

Vivienne thinks that he's going to go back to his seat and resume his painting but he surprises her when he doesn't go back and instead stays standing in front of her. She watches him with a confused expression only for her confusion to melt and get replaced by wide eyes when he suddenly leans down and places his hands on either side of her chair, caging her between his muscular arms and then he leans forward towards her till they're eye to eye and only some inches of distance is left between their faces.

"Wh-what are you doing?" She splutters with wide eyes, secretly begging for him to just take her right then and there. Her brain conjures up more lyrics the longer she looks at him.

'When you get close to me
Baby, my tongue goes numb
Sounds like bleh, blah, blee
I don't want no one else
Baby, I'm in too deep'

Instead of answering her, he just leans forward and gently presses his lips against in a soft kiss which makes her melt against him instantly.

His lips feel so divine against hers, like two puzzle pieces fitting together, the way his stubble scratches her chin weakens her legs and it makes her sigh in bliss when she feels his tongue swiping against her top lip.

Though, before the kiss could get heated, Pedri pulls away but not before bestowing another quick peck on her lips.

He pulls away but he doesn't step away from her, still hunching over her figure, both of them trying to stabilise their breaths after that breathtaking kiss.

"Why did you kiss me?" She asks in a quiet voice, watching as a blush rises on his cheekbones and goes upto the tip of his ears.

Vivienne thinks that he'll answer like he always does, in a cheeky manner that shows he doesn't take anything seriously. She thinks that he'll say something flirty and go on about his day like nothing happened. Oh, how wrong she had thought for Pedri opens his mouth and answers her question, her mind is left reeling as her breath hitches and her heart races dangerously.

"I don't know," He murmurs and steals another sweet yet quick kiss from her in between his sentence, "You just looked beautiful and I couldn't help myself."

Pedri González definitely got Vivienne Leclerc thinking nonsense.

pedri ✔

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pedri el nuevo picasso 🎨 (trans. the new picasso 🎨)

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user1 not him acting like he's gonna draw mona lisa when we all know he can't even properly draw a banana 💀
⤷ user2 THAT'S FOUL LMAO

user3 tan hermoso (trans. so beautiful)

user4 i'm so curious about what he painted like i NEED to know

user5 and suddenly i like men who can paint

fcbarcelona que hombre tan talentoso 💪 (trans. what a multi talented man 💪)
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user6 GET WELL SOON PEDRI

user7 💙💙💙

user8 LET'S REST WELL AND COME BACK STRONGER FROM THIS INJURY VISÇA BARCA !!

user9 is there something that he can't do ??? man's supernaturally talented
⤷ user10 i think you're forgetting that he can't cook to save his life 😭

rl_9 pedro picasso
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user11 he's so skskskkskksks 😍 vivi you lucky bitch

user12 EXCUSE ME BUT THE VEINS ON HIS ARM IN THE 2ND PIC ??? HOLY LORD I'M ASCENDING

user13 🎶and you got a smile that can light up the whole town🎶

user14 I'M SCREAMING HE HAS A STUBBLE 😭 he looks so fucking good
⤷ user15 us pedri girls have to stay strong for i anticipate the day of him growing a beard is getting closer and i know i won't survive it

pablogavi jajaja ¿qué pintaste? (trans. lol what did you even paint?)
⤷ pedri alguien hermosa (trans. someone beautiful)

vivienneleclerc ✔

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vivienneleclerc i'm someone beautiful 🤭

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user1 THE CAPTION, 😭😭 THEY'RE NOT EVEN HIDING IT ANYMORE
⤷ user2 i'm so confused rn like what about the caption??
⤷ user3 check pedri's latest post, when his friend asked him about what he painted he said, someone beautiful and here vivi is quoting that because he painted her

user4 NAH THAT PAINTING IS ACTUALLY REALLY BEAUTIFUL

user5 pedri i'm sorry i doubted your painting skills 😔🙏

user6 she's such a princess <3

hwangmijoo you're the most beautiful without any doubt
⤷ vivienneleclerc STOP ILY 💛
⤷ hwangmijoo ILYM MARRY ME
⤷ vivienneleclerc got the documents with me already bae 😘

user7 the lovestgram posts are CRAZY

user8 someone needs to arrest pedri because he's making my standards go unexplainably high

user9 GIRL YOU DEFINE BEAUTIFUL FOR ME WHAT ARE U ON ABOUT

pedri who's the talented painter who painted this, i wonder? 🤔
⤷ vivienneleclerc he runs after balls for a living, i think you'd know him
⤷ user10 FIRST INSTAGRAM INTERACTION ??? OMG
⤷ user11 AND WE CELEBRATED
⤷ user12 mother and father finally commenting on each other's posts 🥹🥹
⤷ user13 THEM >>>
⤷ user14 hey god, where's my pedri

user15 🎶darling, all of the city lights don't shine as bright as your eyes🎶