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Heart To Heart

The day of the match against Leganés arrived.

Sergio went on with his normal life after his last movie night with Luka, the day before they went to training together, enjoyed an ice bath and spent the rest of the day in the team gym. Marcelo didn't  make any reference to his feelings again and Cristiano showed no sign of remembering their past talk, which he was grateful for because he didn't want to think about it too much.

That morning, before going to the Bernabéu to catch the bus, he stopped to pick up an order he had made weeks before, a pair of rings with a beautiful L+S carved on them. The idea arose thanks to Marcelo who said that it would be a good way to show his love for Luka camouflaged with a friendly gift, Sergio thought it was corny but he couldn't deny that he liked the idea of seeing the Croatian wear a gift from him with their initials.

When he arrived at the stadium, most of his teammates were already there, but that didn't stop him from greeting everyone one by one with all the joy characteristic of Sergio Ramos, with a brilliant smile that made the others smile, all brusque and friendly, at the same time, at least until he came to greet his favorite midfielder, his smile and his gaze became soft as he put his arm around the smaller one's shoulder, greeting each other with a kiss on the cheek. Out of the corner of his eye you could see number 7 shake his head with a graceful smile before starting to talk to James.

- "How are we feeling for the match?"- spoke the defender with a smile.

- "If everything goes well there is no doubt that we'll win"- the midfielder mentioned sharing the same smile as the minor.

- "Who said you could doubt?"- said now Ramos with a soft smile as he ruffled the older man's hair, who closed his eyes in reaction. They left a comfortable silence between them, listening to the babbling and laughter of their companions, while they looked at each other tenderly, hypnotized by the other's eyes.

- "I have to give you something" - Sergio said almost in a whisper, as if it were a secret between them, he was received with a confused look from Luka who was going to ask before being interrupted by Zidane calling them to the bus, destroying the spell between their looks.

- "Give it to me later" - Luka said with his accent, as he gently removed Sergio's hand from his shoulder with his own hand and patted him on the back as he carried his bag to the bus. Ramos sighed as he did the same.

On the bus, Luka shared a seat with Keylor, both using their headphones and cell phones; Sergio, on the other hand, sat with Karim, Casemiro and Nacho, leading a talk with the first two throughout the 30 minute ride with Nacho joining in from time to time.

He knew they had arrived when the screams of the Madrid fans filled his ears who were shouting their names (mostly the famous number 7), they all got off the bus without stopping to look and he hurried down to Luka's side with his arm around the shoulders of the man.

-"Yes, you're clingy"- Luka said to the two of them without taking it seriously, Sergio laughed knowing he was right.

The white team used the time until the start to warm up and go fresh for the match, now they were in the locker room waiting for Zidane to plan their game. When Zizou entered and explained how they'd play and who would enter, Sergio could swear to see the fire of enthusiasm in Modric's eyes fade into a frown, even though they had left him as a substitute at least he had a chance to enter, otherwise Cris or Toni, who were left out for that game.

Everyone began to prepare and wear the white heart uniform, the substitutes with the team jackets; Sergio felt restless and seeing Luka with his bare torso only made him run away as quickly as he finished putting on his uniform.
He had to erase all thoughts that could make him lose concentration and give a bad game, he was the captain and as such he had to measure up. Rubbed the bridge of his nose while listening to someone
get out of the locker room.