Requested by @MaleenMalik (697 words)
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Maleen was sitting on the couch on a Thursday night at 1 AM, waiting for her fiancé, Leo Messi, to come home. He's been out of the house since about 5, saying that he's going out with Mascherano, Agüero, and Rojo for a "guy's night out". Maleen finally gave up and decided to take a little nap on the couch. At about 2:30, the door opened and shut loudly. Leo was home. Maleen woke up from the loud interruption and saw a drunk Leo in the kitchen, getting a glass of water.
"Lionel Andres Messi, where the hell were you!?" Maleen gritted her teeth, anger boiling inside her.
"Qui ets?" Leo exclaimed in Catalan. When Leo was drunk, he spoke only Catalan.
"Sóc teu nòvia? Maleen?" She spoke back in Catalan.
"Què vols?" Leo rolled his eyes, he sometimes acts like a jerk when he's drunk as opposed to his adorable self when he's sober.
"I want to know why you're drunk, Lionel..."
"Why do you care? It's none of your business!" Lionel punched his fist on the kitchen counter, making Maleen flinch.
Tears started to pool in her eyes, grabbing her purse and shoes before adding,
"I'll be at the Agüeros if you need me...." Maleen sniffles, leaving Leo alone.
MY POV
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"Who could that be, knocking at the door?" I woke up to the sound of the door knocking. I went downstairs, not caring that I was wearing one of Sergio's flannels and some joggers. Checking the front door, I saw Maleen smiling sadly.
"Hi Maleen! What happened to you?" I let her inside the house, going to the kitchen counter to sit and talk.
"Leo and I had another fight for the 3rd time this week. And he was drunk. Again." Her eyes started to tear up again. I sighed before going back upstairs to my bedroom, to find Sergio wide awake and still in his Argentina shirt and his sweats.
"Sergio, could you go over and check on Leo? I'll stay here and be with Ben..." I sighed as Sergio followed what I said and went to Leo's house.
"Let me guess, Leo's drunk again?" Sergio groaned, grabbing a Twix bar from the cabinet with the chocolates, "Don't worry Mal, I'll beat the crap out of him if I have to."
Maleen laughed before I added, "Why don't we go take care of Ben while Sergio's over at yours?"
"Crap! I kinda forgot Thiago's back home!"
Lionel's POV
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"Oh crap, I messed this up really badly! Why did the Copa America mess me up?" I thought while another round of tears leaked out of my eyes.
"Lionel, open up! It's me, Sergio Agüero!" Sergio yelled, banging against the door outside.
I reluctantly went up to the door, letting him in.
"Maleen came to my house like an hour ago. What the hell did you do to her!?" He calmly said before speaking again, "What happened to you? This isn't the captain nor the Messi that I know."
"I'm just so frustrated about Copa América, Sergio... The stress of carrying Argentina on my back, it's taking a toll on me."
"No one asked you to carry Argentina on your own, Leo... Futbol is a team sport and we all carry Argentina on our backs, not just you! Come on, someone's waiting for you at my place and get Thiago." Sergio waved me over to get ready while he went to get the car started.
~SKIPPING THE CAR RIDE~
"Oh good, you guys are here! And you brought Thiago over! Sergio, why don't we let Ben and Thiago play while we go make something for all of us to eat?" Priya nodded her head towards the kitchen in which Sergio followed her to, leaving Maleen and I alone.
"Maleen... I'm so sorry for treating you like that... I regret it but once we say something, we can't take it back. Sergio talked some sense into me, making me realize that I shouldn't-" I rambled on before she cut me off with a kiss.
"It's ok, Leo. I'll give you one more chance, but that's it." She smiled before giving me another kiss.
