Note: A character from our other fic, Omegle, is going to make an appearance in this chapter. So for those who don't know, Zarine is Cristiano's girlfriend (ASDFHJKL #ZARIANOFOREVER) from that story. You all should definitely read it sometime, if you haven't already :)

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"Marcelo, why did you SEND HER A SNAPCHAT!?" Karim grabbed his phone back, glaring.

"I don't know, man, it just went on its own, I guess. This snapchat thing is a bit new for me but I like your girly. Sha-Shaheen, right? Well, guys, his Shaheen called me cute. You should totally marry someone who finds me cute."

Karim scoffed, "Whatever. Besides, Shaheen and I are just friends."

Others were laughing. "She just called him a bald fucker. I approve of this girl," Dani grinned.

"And you're not just friends, okay? My ship can't sink before it sails. Hell, my ships always sail. HASHTAG SHARIMFTW!" Isco shouted.

Keylor whispered, "Relationships which are based on basic banter have very low chances of succeeding."

Toni tutted with pity, "Besides how many people do we know who find their perfect partner over social apps?"

"I don't know," James smiled, looking proudly at Cristiano who blushed and shrugged happily.

"Guys, guys, you're blowing it out of proportion, seriously," Karim whined.

Marcelo grabbed back the phone and opened the screenshot.

"Give it back! And why the hell did you need to take a screenshot!? She'll think I'm weird."

Isco chimed in, "That means there is more to your relationship than what you say."

"Yeah," Nacho nodded, "it means you care about what she thinks of you."

Karim's ears reddened. "W-what, no. I don't, I don't care."

Jese whistled as he looked at the screenshot with Marcelo, "Karim, Shaheen is hot, like in a cutesy way, but totally hot."

His friend gave him a glare.

Jese coughed, "Uh I say it as an objective third party opinion with no personal interest in the matter of course."

Everyone was giving Karim the thumbs-up regarding Shaheen now.

"And she has a great sense of humour," Gareth said. "It'll complement your personality."

Arbeloa asked, "So where is she from?"

"I don't know," Karim shrugged.

"What does she do?"

"I don't know."

"What's her favourite food?"

"I don't know?"

Isco gasped, "Oh my. This is not good."

"Fear not, my fellow madridistas," Arbeloa smiled benignly. "I always have a solution."

"Look I'm fine," Karim wiped his palms on his tee. "Can we just stop whatever this is?"

Cristiano patted his back, "C'mon, guys, give the poor guy a break."

Arbeloa smirked, "But don't you want know who she is, don't you want to know more about her? She knows everything about you, don't you want to know at least a bit? It's not like you'll misuse the information."

"Of course I won't. And you're right, she does know everything about me, even my whereabouts. It's kind of creepy," he looked at his teammates. "I suppose a simple Google search never hurt anyone, right?"

Everyone cheered. Isco the loudest and Arbeloa stroked his beard proudly.

And that's how the Real Madrid team found themselves working at 2-3 laptops in groups trying to find "Karim's Shaheen" from all the information they knew.

"So all I know is that she's a huge Varane fan-"

"Oooh, does that hurt?" James laughed.

"Shut up. And that she makes YouTube videos. And er her snapchat is raphaelvarrane. And she's a madridista."

"No shit, Sherlock," someone remarked.

"So when did you come to know you love her?" Isco asked excitedly.

Karim rolled his eyes, "Must be in the future."

"The sass is strong with this one," Cristiano smiled from the desk where he and Gareth where researching.

"Maybe you could, you know, ask Zarine, to look for Shaheen, you know," Karim asked as nonchalantly as he could.

"We'll never find her this way. There's too many Shaheen's," Toni's pessimism returned.

Keylor wasn't behind on the negativity, "It's hopeless."

"I'll ask Zarine, okay?" Cristiano told Karim warmly while throwing a shushing look at the pessimists. He got up and called his girlfriend. "Hey, babe. It's me...I love you too, hon. How's it going? That's great...Is this an okay time? Karim needed some help in his love life...Gosh, that excited shriek nearly destroyed my eardrum...Yeah, yeah, Isco is on the shipper board too...So, she's called Shaheen, she's a Youtuber and she likes Raphael...Wait, is she famous?"

Karim stood up as the room went quiet.

"Oh YouTube famous? That's cool! Can you send us a link? Okay, thanks. I love you-...Yes, I know I said that twice. Gosh, I'm surrounded by sassy people all the time...Yes, I know, Gareth and I look good together. Bye, babe."

Karim immediately asked, "WHATDIDSHESAY?"

"Turns out your Shaheen is a pretty popular YouTuber. Zarine's seen some videos. She's sending us a link to Shaheen's YouTube page. Ah here it is."

( Shaheen's YouTube - thevaraneliciousgirl )

An hour later, the team was in splits when Sergio came in the conference room, "Are you guys studying or something?"

James had tears of laughter down his eyes, "Nope, it's just Karim's girlfriend doing fantastic impressions of us."

"KARIM HAS A GIRLFRIEND? When? Who? How?"'Sergio was intrigued. He sat down and looked at the screen, stifling a laugh, "Is that Cristiano?"

Karim tried, "She's not my girlfriend."

"Wait till you've seen her impersonate Karim or Iker," Dani said, nobody even caring that Karim had spoken.

"Yes," Cristiano agreed, "Iker's is the best."

Karim stared at his phone as he thought about all that he had learnt about Shaheen in the last hour. She was Indian, studying Physics, living in Dubai and boy oh boy, she LOVED Raphael with a passion that was evident throughout her videos. Even the match reaction videos were filled with her little quips about his "chiselled face", "beautiful smile", "gorgeous defending skills" and all of his best friend's little things.

For some reason the thought didn't give him much consolation.

> Shaheen

karimbenzema sent you a snap!

"It was my team I swear."

karimbenzema sent you a text!

"thanks for calling me a bale fucker, now everyone's laughing."

"I've deleted the picture, okay?"

"Sorry, Shaheen, they're all douchebags...

"On the plus side, I watched your YouTube :)"

> Karim

raphaelvarrane sent you a text!

"LOL WHEN DID I CALL YOU A BALE fucker XDDDD"

> Shaheen

karimbenzema sent you a text!

"NOOOO"

"OMG THAT WAS A TYPO."

> Karim

raphaelvarrane sent you a text!

"Or was it a Freudian slip? XD"

"Have you and Gareth been naughty? XD ;))))"

"Imma Cristale and Varzema shipper but whatever floats your boat :DDD"

> Shaheen

karimbenzema sent you a text!

"Oh man, I hate you."

"And what the hell is Varzema now?"

[ so they know how she looks now and THEY ALL APPROVE YASSSS #SHARIMFTW

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