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“Yeah, of course.” Juan said without even thinking. As soon as he agreed, Steve took off, calling the two players to follow him.
“I just needed someone,” Eden said quietly, and when Juan looked over at Eden, he noticed that the Belgian’s lip was quivering. They walked along side by side and Juan took Eden’s hand, which he noticed were also shaking, and squeezed it lightly. Juan was trying to say that he was there for him, that he was going to support him through all of this, but he couldn’t get any of it out. Juan hoped Eden got it, and from the small, albeit weak, smile that appeared briefly on his teammate’s face, Juan knew he did.
The pair walked into the manager’s office, which was deadly silent, moments later Jose walked into the room, and sat at his desk, swivelling round in his chair so he faced the two players. He didn’t even acknowledge Juan, but turned his attention straight to Eden.
“What happened this morning is unfortunate, but I just wanted to call you in here to say that everyone at the club is going to support you. I’m not going to bullshit you and say from now on it’s all going to be rainbow flags and cupcakes because it won’t be - it’s going to be really difficult.” The manager waved his hands in the air as if searching for the words to say. “People are bastards and they’ll say anything to try and hurt you, especially if you’re in the public eye.” Fear flashed across Eden’s eyes and Juan just shuffled a little closer and placed his fingertips from his crossed arms on Eden’s bicep. Just to let him know he was still there.
“But what you need to remember is that you have a family that love you. You have a team that loves you. You have Benjamin.” Juan was secretly impressed that Jose had remembered Eden’s boyfriend’s name considering they’d only met briefly and Eden never disclosed that they were a couple. Although he shouldn’t have been surprised, it was only a week before when the manager had told Juan to wish Paula a happy birthday when Juan couldn’t even remember telling him that he had a sister, let alone what her name was and when her birthday was. Jose was much more perceptive than people gave him credit for. “You can’t let them get you down, I know it’ll be hard at times, but you need to power through. Play like you’ve never played before, run until your legs feel like they’re going to drop off, give it your all out there. The only way you can respond to this is by continuing like you were before. You were an incredible player then, you still are now. Just make sure that’s the only thing people care about.”
Mourinho got up and then hauled Eden out of his seat and into a hug. “Just go out there and show them. Show them all.” he murmured into Eden’s ear.
Jose clapped Juan on the shoulder as he and Eden left the room, he told them to take their time going to training, that he and Rui wouldn’t hound them if they were late.
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