Tomas Aranda🇦🇷

It was a summer day and several players from the Argentine National Team had gathered with their families in a country club barbecue area to spend the afternoon between barbecue, mate and conversations.

Tomi was standing in front of the grill next to Emiliano Martínez, who was in charge of making sure the meat didn't end up turning into charcoal, while they talked calmly.

—"Hey, Dibu, take a look at that sausage because it looks like it's burning," Tomas said, without taking his eyes off the grill.

—"Don't mess with me, Tomi, I've got it under control" — Emiliano replied, laughing.

At that moment, Giovanni Lo Celso appeared with a young woman who was walking beside him. He approached the grill to greet them both.

—"What are you doing, idiots? Everything alright?" — said Giovanni, extending his hand to greet them both with a high five.

Tomas turned to greet him, but his gaze ended up fixed on the girl behind Giovanni. He stared at her for a few seconds with a serious, almost unfriendly expression. He didn't recognize her.

"Who the hell was that? "

I had never seen her at any of the previous meetings, and yet she was there with Giovanni as if nothing was wrong, as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

Tomii narrowed his eyes slightly, still looking at her curiously. After Giovanni and z_zzai.ngl greeted them, they walked towards the table where the rest of the group was.

—"And that one?" — he finally asked, barely nodding his head at her, looking at Emi curiously.

Emiliano let out a small laugh.

—"Oh, right. Did I ever introduce you to her? That's Giovanni's younger sister, z_zzai.ngl."

Tomi looked at her again for a moment, processing the information.

"Whose sister?! Giovanni's?! Oh, well. Look at that, I had her hidden, huh..." he murmured, still with that serious face but quite overcome with surprise. Then he barely raised an eyebrow.

—"And how is it possible that I've never seen her at the meetings?"

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