"Are you going to the bakery today?" Joshua asked to Thiago after training, and the Spaniard shrugged.

"Sure, why not. You coming?"

"I'm coming too!" Corentin said, happily.

"Why? Did Thomas said something to you?" Thiago asked, skeptic.

"Chill, Thomas didn't tell me your secret," Corentin smiled, and Thiago glared at him. "But Demetria actually loved the cake Joshua brought him, so I want to buy something for Célia. She's pregnant and she could use some sugar to calm down. Don't tell her I complained about the pregnancy or I'm a dead man."

"Okay, let's go," Thiago said.

It was Tuesday, which was pretty early in the week. The first two times he went to the bakery, it was on a Saturday and on a Friday, so, it was kinda weird for him to go there today, it was like Mark and Constanze didn't know he was coming.

He was happy to finally be able to call them by their name-in real life, but more importantly, in his head. Mark was a Bavarian, after all, and he was already considering him as a friend, as weird as it may sound. He had an extra jersey in his trunk, today, so he was thinking about giving it to the boy. Constanze didn't seem to be into football-she was always talking to him and his friends as if she had never seen them before, which was probably the case.

But fuck, since he knew her name, he couldn't stop thinking about her. And even though Joshua told him that "age doesn't matter nowadays", he was feeling like he was doing something wrong. He didn't even know if she was 18 and he wanted to punch himself for that.

Nice job, Thiago, you're having a crush on a girl, and you don't even know who old she is.

Soon enough, the three football players were in front of the bakery, Joshua happy because he was sure that Demetria had accepted to go on a date with him just because the brownies were amazing, and Corentin just because it was food.

"Hi guys!" Mark smiled when he saw them, and Thiago smiled back. Mark was very awkward around them at the beginning, but he was starting to relax.

"Oh my God, is that a dream?" Corentin asked, looking at all the pastries around. "This is how heaven look like. Well, in heaven, Célia's here with me, not you two ugly things."

"Why did we brought Cheesy over here with us?" Thiago said, and Joshua nodded. "What do you want today, guys?"

"Do you have anything with peanut butter? Since my wife is pregnant, that's the only thing she wanna eat."

"We do, let me get that in the back," Mark said before leaving, and a feeling of disappointment rushed into Thiago's heart. Mark was usually calling Constanze, who was on the back, not going there by himself. And he wanted to see her. "Here," he came back with a very cute cupcake that would melt any girl's heart-but since Célia was absolutely always mad since the beginning of the pregnancy, nothing was sure.

They all ordered what they wanted, and this time, Mark allowed Thiago to pay, which makes him very happy.

"I actually have something for you, I'll be right back," he said and left the bakery. He took the jersey and was about to go back in when he heard a noise. He looked around, but no one was there.

Besides Constanze, hidden behind the wall. She was out because his dad needed her to unload the sugar from the trunk, and now, she just wanted to go back inside in peace. She didn't know Thiago was there. What was he doing here? He was usually coming at the end of the week!

Why are you acting all weird, woman? He's not hot, remember?

Thiago shrugged-it was probably just the wind or something, when his phone started ringing. When he saw "Rafinha" on the screen, he smiled.

"Hey, Bug, what's up?"

Constanze, that's a private conversation, you really shouldn't be listening.

"I actually am at the bakery right now."

Oh, maybe it was one of his teammates craving for cake. Or his wife, for what she knows.

"Oh my God, Rafa, I'm 26, not 3!"

And, then, cold shower for Constanze. Cold shower, more like frost shower.

He was 26.

He was 26 and she was 18.

As crazy as it may sound, the fact that he was a football player didn't really seemed to be an obstacle in her mind. She did some research on the internet, and most of the football players were dating normal girls, like, not famous whatsoever. Putting the fact that she was working in a bakery, which was probably ridiculous in his eyes aside, them together wasn't that absurd for her. But the fact that he's 26 was just a turnaround. She knew he was older, but she didn't think he was that older. At 26, he was probably married, having a child and another one on his way, a dog, a house, a life.

And she was barely an adult.

She was so deep in thoughts that she forgot to listen to the phone call-it was bad to do it, anyway.

"Yeah, about that..." Thiago sighed on the phone, and lowered his gaze before entering the bakery.

What? But I actually really wanted to hear what he was about to say!

No, Constanze, you don't, she tried to convince herself. It was probably something along the lines of "I love my wife" or "I think my son is gonna be as hot as I am" or...okay, she was going a little too far. She didn't know if he was married or had kids. But even if he did not, there was no way that a 26 years old hot football player could date the 18 years old baker that she was.

And the further she understood that, the quicker she will be fine.

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Thiago entered the bakery, still watching at his feet. He was about to say something that he'll regret later. But he really needed to get that out of his chest.

"I think I like her."

He shouldn't have say that. Especially to Rafinha, his little brother, because it just gave him the power to tease him 24/7. But he had to. It was probably the fact that everybody was right: yeah, the pastries were amazing here, but he was coming for her. He was coming to see her, and she wasn't there. And he was disappointed and annoyed because the only thing he knew about her was her name.

"Finally admitting it, huh?" Rafael said, and he was in another country, but Thiago could clearly picture him lying on his couch with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah. So...what should I do?"

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