Lamine Yamal 3

Lamine and you have been lifelong friends, since you were 2 or 3 years old; in fact, your families were very close. You had grown up together; you had witnessed Lamine's adolescence, including his girlfriends and all that, but the strangest thing he noticed was that you never introduced him to any guy. He thought you just didn't want to tell him, but that wasn't the reason. When Lamine was 7 or 8, he left for La Masia, the academy where all the FC Barcelona youth players from all sports are, specifically in the men's football sector. Now, at 19, he lives alone in an apartment near Barça's sports city for his training. He has been considered one of the best in the world since he was 16. He has a 4-year-old brother, Keyne; during the matches, while Lamine played, you would stay with him and his mother.

Now, it had been a long time since you'd seen any of Lamine's matches because you were in final exams, and when you finally could, you found out he was being called up for the World Cup with Spain. Although he was injured, according to him, he'd make it. He offered for you to come along with him, his mother, his father, and Keyne; obviously, you said yes, although you asked your parents first since you lived with them, and they agreed. You were arriving in the United States since the World Cup was being held there, in Mexico, and Canada. Lamine was staying with the Spanish national team camp, most of whom were from Barça, and you were staying in a nearby hotel, sharing a room with Keyne and his mother, while his father was in the room next door.

Now you were watching the Spain-Uruguay match; you were wearing a jersey without a number, since with all the exam chaos, you hadn't had time for anything. When the match ended, Spain won by a narrow margin 2-1 with goals from Lamine and Oyarzabal, and a goal from Valverde for the Uruguayan side. You all went down to the field as the players' families, and Lamine's mother told him...:

Son, when you can, give her one of your jerseys, the poor thing hasn't had any time.

Lamine looked at you and nodded, and his teammates started whistling.