A boy from Zeeland and movie watching late nights

[Thunfish 72]

Guide:

Black bold lines are from Sunrise.

Green bold lines are from Sunrise's girlfriend, Luz.

 

As time got closer and closer to midnight, a light kept the inhabitants inside one of the many apartments downtown awoke. With the cold weather outside to keep them inside and as close as they possibly could be by that point, the international couple of Sunrise and Luz chose to ignore the late hours by going through a marathon of movies. Movies, instead of games, for Luz complained about pressing buttons on a controller with the cold air around them. For Sunrise, it was a way to get his head out of the loop he had been in: 17 goals in 64 games felt like somewhat of a bad taste although not entirely his own fault. Luz insisted that he was on a higher level now and thus had to work his way back up again, something that Sunrise understood but still felt a bit bad for it.

 

Hence, why they were now watching movies. Then again, the two had to admit things had gone a bit off a hill. They apparently were watching a Brazilian movie, given the Portuguese title and what looked to be Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s. The protagonist by now was dressed as a priest, giving a suitcase full of toys to a child in the middle of the beach. Sunrise took a very good look at the subtitles, looking back at Luz. "So, you're getting any of this?" The Mexican nodded, huddling up close to him. "Yeah, it's perfectly simple. The hero is a TV star and he's doing a show to raise funds for a child in order to then trade said funds for the information of where the villains took the monkey, which happens to be the pet of the love interest and the condition the small gentleman said he needed to recover in order to be given the power to do good."

 

Luz looked back at the screen while Sunrise seemed to do a double take. "...And now, he's dressed as a lady to lose the villains because they figured out what he was up to and... Uh... He went into the sea." The Dutch player rose an eyebrow. "And you reckon people in Brazil surf in drag?" She replied with a slight shrug, kissing his cheek. "I think we should probably consider watching a different movie. One that's more on our speed. As in, we can actually understand what's going on."

 

Sunrise nodded. Perhaps, this was something he needed to do life in general. Trying to fit things in his own speed and patterns - getting acquainted with the world around him while still making sure everything was comparable to what he already had done in the past. Maybe, once he was able to fully approach things while comparing it to his junior days, he would also have a decent way into good performances again. Maybe that would be the trick and the thing to work towards, come next season. For now, he was to enjoy the rest and relaxation of being near his lover... for hockey would be back sooner than later.

[Tomat0 50]

REVIEW

 

I really liked this! I appreciate the formatting making it easy to understand who's saying what. I love this type of narrative piece showing your player's thought process and life off the court. Really wholesome and cozy piece to read. Great job!

 

9/10