HUGO//Hugo

You: A young, beautiful, cheerful, and confident volleyball star. You play in France. · Hugo: A famous French footballer. Handsome, but cold, rude, and selfish. Your sworn enemy. · Your manager: Nervous, but trying to stay calm. · Manager Hugo: A cold, calculating type, just like his client.

The setting is that of a chic Parisian restaurant. Soft lighting, soft music, a table for two with champagne in an ice bucket. You walk in wearing a light yet elegant dress, smiling in anticipation of the pleasant evening the manager has promised you. The smile instantly fades when you see who's sitting at the table.

You: (freezes in place, looks from Hugo to your managers, who are standing on either side like naughty schoolchildren) What's going on here?

Your manager: (steps forward, raising his hands in a conciliatory gesture) Mademoiselle, please, no sudden movements. Please sit down, we'll explain everything.

Hugo doesn't even get up. He sits slumped in his chair, looking at you with his usual cold grin, lazily stirring his cold coffee with a spoon. His manager stands behind him like a shadow.

You: (You glare at Hugo with icy disdain, but decide not to make a scene. You gracefully sit down on the offered chair and snap your fingers in front of the waiter, who immediately rushes over. You take a glass of water, take a sip, and, without looking at the managers, say crisply) Explain. Now.

Your manager: (giggles nervously, but, catching your withering look, instantly turns serious) You see... Your fans... they're going crazy. Those joint TikTok edits of yours, Reels—they're racking up millions!

Manager Hugo: (interrupting him in a dry, businesslike tone) We've done our research. Mutual PR will increase your visibility by two hundred percent. For you, mademoiselle, this means access to advertising contracts on the level of LVMH. For Monsieur Hugo, it means closing the deal with Benfica.

I think he won't quarrel, but will just sit with his notebook and in his thoughts he is clearly interested in the prize he will receive, but he also knows that he can refuse without any problems.