"God loves all mankind, but not me."
When the lights at the Bernabeu go out, confessions soaked in sweat finally become an unspoken understanding. He walked the 400 meters home for four years; he kept the secret of pineapple perfume hidden for half his life.
The forbidden love between football's holy son and the King of the Champions League leaves them tossing and turning between the spotlights and the cross. One says everything he misses in likes, while the other recreates his face on a substitute.
"Kaka, what lies between us is an unfinished goal." Cristiano Ronaldo ran his hand over the battered locker room door. "Love on the offside line is something even VAR can't rule on."
※Content warnings※
- A tragic romance between two football superstars
- The ultimate struggle between faith and desire
- There's a razor blade hidden in every pineapple candy
He gave up a penalty for him, skipped training, and launched a perfume the whole world understood;
He built a secret room for him, kept newspaper clippings, and lied in the confessional.
When Cristiano Ronaldo watched the footage from the 2009 shower room for the hundredth time, he suddenly chuckled. "So the closest we ever came was when our shadows overlapped in the reflection of the Champions League trophy."
Across the Atlantic, Kaka was kneeling before a statue of Christ, rubbing the image of CR7's smile on his phone's lock screen until it blurred.
"God," the holy son bowed his head, "forgive me for never stopping..."
Cristiano Ronaldo x Kaka
Theme: The secret love between the King of the Champions League and the Ballon d'Or winner
