Falling for you in every universe

Part 28

I took some of his favourite cereal with milk and an apple with it to the living room sofa table so he could eat there. "Ven y come." I said and he sat down and started to eat while I turned on the tv.
"¿Qué quieres que hagamos hoy? (What do you want us to do?)" I asked him.
"hmmm, jugar futbol y comer helado!! (play football and eat ice cream)" he said and I laughed. It is supposed to be winter but at usual he wants ice cream.
"Está bien, pero no le digas a mamá que comimos helado, ¿vale? (Alright, but don't say to mom that we ate ice cream, okey)?" I asked him and he promised to have a secret with me. Cute.

I dressed him in some warmer clothes and we went out to the soccer field that was close to us. Mateo, as every other Spanish kids loves football. He watches it all the time and always wants to go watch Barcelona.
There was no one at the field thankfully so I laid the ball at the grass and ran into the field.
"catch me" I said and he ran after me.

"¡Lenaaaaa, mira ahí! (Lenaaaa, look!!)" Mateo said while pointed somewhere. I was sitting down for a while since we have now played here for like 2 hours. He never gets tired. As I look where he pointed I saw Pablo. He was coming towards the field. Or me?
"fuck" I whispered for myself. My brother ran away from me and I assume he was running towards him but I ran after him in case he was running away.
"Mateo, wait" I said as I approached him and eventually Pablo was in front of us.
"Es él, de Barcelona. (It's him, from Barcelona)" Mateo said and I smiled at him and Pablo just laughed.

"eres gracioso mi amigo (you're funny my friend)" Pablo said and caressed his hair while benting down a little bit to see him eye to eye.
"¿Quieres un regalo de mi parte? (Do you want a gift from me?)" Pablo asked and Mateo nodded happily.
Pablo then took out his keys he also had a bear key chain with Barcelona t-shirt on.
"Graciasss (thank youu)" Mateo said and hugged him. I smiled just watching them but then quickly remained how I was to not show to much emotions.
As Pablo stood up again, Pablo watched directly into my eyes and we had an eye contact for a few seconds when I then broke it.

"Puedes seguir jugando, Mateo. ya vuelvo. (You can continue to play, Mateo. I'll be back)" I said and Mateo ran back with his football.

"why are you here?" I asked as Mateo was playing. He wasn't here to play or anything like that so there must be something else. "It is a public place, why can't I be here?" He asked me and I just did that 'you are so funny' face. "just saw you here and wanted to finally see your brother" he said which made me surprised. Since our parents are still friends I thought he already met my brother for a few times or seen him with Bella. "alright" I said. Nothing else did I have something to say. "He doesn't look like you, you know?" He said and now I was interested.
"how do I look then compared to him?" I asked. He just laughed quickly and replied "that's for me to know and for you to dot dot dot" he said and didn't even answer my question, leaving me like that, right there.

Mateo ran back to us and asked if Pablo could play with him. He willingly stood up and they played together for about one hour while I just sat there and watched. Mateo really started to like him.
Sitting there my thoughts about him came back. He's here and playing with my brother. Does that mean he isn't angry. That question has been in my head everyday since I left Spain. I want to explain everything for him but I don't know if he wants my story, does it really matter now? For me it does, it'll always do.
Every time something good happened in my life I wanted to call him and tell everything. Every time something bad happened or if I just had a bad day I wanted to talk to him.

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"Serás mejor que nadie en el futuro. (You'll be better than anyone else in the future)" Pablo said and high fived Mateo as we were walking away from the field. "Sí, ya soy mejor que tú. (yeah, I'm already better than you") Mateo said and i just smiled secretly.
"good one" I said and I could see Pablo staring at me. "we'll go." I said and took my jacket and then Mateo said goodbye and waved with his hand.