Perfecto || lukamos [english]

For The First Time

Life was an endless winning and losing, as a soccer player he knew it very well and even so, Sergio always wanted to win.

Ramos never considered himself a greedy person, he grew up comfortable and never demanded anything, time always rewarded his effort; the beginning of his career as a professional footballer, his signing to Real Madrid, the world cup with Spain in 2010, were just some of the things that life had given him in exchange for days of training and sweaty games and, however, the arrival of Modrić in his life was what he most appreciated.

Luka Modrić was undoubtedly one of the least acclaimed signings of Real Madrid, a short and skinny player, not flashy and who didn't even speak Spanish, it wasn't something that the media expected for a prestigious club like Madrid; now, Luka became one of the important pillars of the team that no one could imagine not having.

Luka gave himself his place and proved to be more than what people thought he was, he won the hearts of everyone, inside and outside the locker room and as quickly as he learned the language, he became the voice of reason for the Spanish club.

If you had told a Sergio from 5 years ago that the Croatian that they just signed, with whom he couldn't hold more than one sentence due to the difference in language and with whom he started on the wrong foot on the field; would have him up at night, he would have laughed in your face. And yet, he was there dumbfounded watching the older man talking with Gareth and Toni after an important game in LaLiga, he hadn't the slightest idea what they were talking about, and yet you could see hearts in Sergio's eyes.

However, his crush on Luka wasn't something recent, but something that had been forging in his chest for years, his heart began to warm from the first laugh that the shorter gave him, and despite this, the idea didn't come to his mind until he was confronted by Marcelo a year ago.

Marcelo was undoubtedly the best friend of the whole Real Madrid, he was the ray of sunshine that everyone needed in their lives and, like any good friend, he was the first to understand his teammate's feelings for the Croatian midfielder.

He started throwing jokes about the two of them on the air, jokes that made them laugh but also warmed their faces, so when Marcelo took him away from the group to talk about his feelings for Luka it wasn't a big surprise, but it still made him think for days, and damn if he thought, he, Sergio Ramos García, in love not only with a boy, but this boy was one of his best friends with whom he shared kisses on the cheeks and lots of hugs, who he saw every day and had a teeth-brush in his house of the common thing that was that he stayed in it, it was a surprise really dumb.

After this it was easy to imagine that their friendship would change, but Sergio hid everything to stay as they were, hoping that his feelings would dissipate over time; he never thought that with each night sharing the couch where Luka fell asleep on his shoulder in the middle of whatever movie Sergio chose, would only make him fall more in love.

Marcelo encouraged him with pats on the shoulder and words of encouragement, but Sergio gave up, because Sergio was afraid of losing and Luka's heart was something he didn't think he could ever win. But for today, he would go celebrate with his team and drink with Cristiano until his tongue fell asleep to avoid talking too much, and if he did it, then no one would say anything, he would just wake up in his bed with Luka in the next room with both of them not remembering half of their night.

Except that he did, he remembered talking to Cris and Marce about his feelings for the midfielder, he remembered talking that even if his feelings were reciprocated, it would be problematic if they were together being teammates in a sport as exclusive as soccer, and even so he remembered to say that he would risk his entire career for Lukita.

His face blushed while he cooked something to eat, but seeing Modrić walk into the kitchen with messy hair, blushed nose and rubbing his eyes, giving him the cutest image he could think ever, only affirmed that what he said was the truth. So maybe, just maybe, he would try to reach the Croatian heart to see that image every morning, because Sergio loves to win and Luka is a total victory.

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Sorry for any mistake, English isn't my first language, but I wanted to translate this story 'cause I love it. Btw, "Lukita" is "little Luka" in Spanish, it's a pretty way to call him. See ya :)