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✯¸.•'*¨'*•✿ Twenty six ✿•*'¨*'•.¸✯
You aren't the best at ice skating, but you aren't the worst either. You knew the basics since Azami and you would go ice skating every year and he thought you a few things. Around twenty minutes had passed and you were having fun. The chilly winter air went through your air as you were ice skating at a comfortable speed.
''Kurapika?'' you called out his name, only now realising he wasn't next to you anymore. You stopped yourself and turned around, brows slightly raised as you couldn't seem to find him anywhere. It was busy, but not so busy that it was impossible to find the person you came with. You looked around until you saw him on the ground, rubbing his back as he tried to stand up but ended up on the ground again.
You goggle at him in surprise whilst your lips curl up into a smile until you couldn't keep quiet anymore. You burst out into laughter, seeing Kurapika still struggling to get up on his feet. You covered your mouth, realising how loud your laugh was, but no one seemed to look at you.
''What the hell,'' you whisper to yourself as you decided to let Kurapika struggle for a little longer. He deserved it after everything. You bit your bottom lip whilst trying your best to keep your mouth shut. Kurapika looked like a newborn foal or calf that tried to stand up after being born and it was amusing to you.
He holds his arms next to his body as he bent his knees slightly, trying his best to stay steady onto the slippery ice. You skated towards him now, wanting to laugh in his face. ''Hey!'' you smirk and he frowns and rolls his eyes playfully.
''You did not see that.''
''What? How you fell and tried to stand up only to fall back on the ground again?'' you giggled, taking both of his hand in yours to give him a little more support. ''Since when are you so good at this?'' he breathed out, already short of breath.
''I had a professional teacher!'' you smirked at him and he shook his head a laugh following right after. ''Come on,'' you giggled and began to skate again, holding onto one of his hands so you could basically pull him with you.
You looked over at him and smiled at how cutely he was struggling to stay up and not land on the ground again. You look straight ahead, averting your focus on the 'road' and decide to go a little faster, hoping Kurapika would keep up with you. You suddenly felt him pull your hand and you look over at him right away. His eyes widen and he falls again, but you quickly let go of him so he won't take you down with him.
He fell on the hard ice with a thump and slid a little further because of how slippery the ice is. You slap your hand on your mouth, feeling the embarrassment he must feel right now. You tried extremely hard to stay silent and not laugh at him, considering the loud noise his body made on the ice.
''Wow, are you okay, Pika? You just ate shi—''
''SHUT UP!'' he laughed loudly whilst he tries to stand up, now kneeling in front of you. His coat was covered in the loose ice that was on the ice skating rink and you couldn't stop laughing as he realised how awful he is at this. He put his hands on his thighs, resting on them as he tried to catch his breath desperately.
''I thought you were going to be bad at this,'' he admitted and you propped your hands on your hips as you gave him a look that told him he'd be sleeping on the sofa tonight, ''what? I've never seen you ice skate before!''
''Don't underestimate me.''
''Right! I shouldn't have. I'm making a fool out of myself!'' he laughed and you smiled back at him. ''Yeah... maybe just a little,'' you joked as you held out your hand, wanting him to take it to drag himself up. He looked up at your hand and his eyes shifted to your face as a playful grin reached his face. He placed his hand in yours and pulled you down out of the blue, catching you off guard and on the ground.
''HEY!''
''What? It's not fair if I'm the only one who fell today,'' he grinned and you lift your brows before shoving him onto his back and standing up, skating away as fast as you possibly could.
''Go on. Try to stand up on your own, Kurta!'' he hears you yell in the distance. He notices you lean against the fence, one leg over the other as your arms were crossed in front of your chest. You waited patiently for him to stand up again, secretly hoping he'd fall again as payback for making you fall also. ''Alright, this isn't difficult. Not at all,'' he whispered to himself as he tried to convince himself to trust his own words.
He managed to stand up with wobbly legs and pretty much walked back to you since he wasn't going to try ice skating again. It would only make you laugh at him and feed your ego, but that wasn't what he cared about. He just didn't want to end up injuring himself very bad. He cherishes your laugh and if that meant he had to fall once or twice ... or about ten times, then he'll do whatever it takes to make that happen. He wanted to see that beautiful smile on your face again and again and again.
''Okay, before I end up getting myself a concussion, let's go get something to eat,'' Kurapika huffed as he was out of breath again. You hummed with sparkles in your eyes. Both of you took of the ice skates, paying for the time you spent on the ice skating rink and walked to the little bar that was part of this all.
You ordered two hot chocolates, giving one to Kurapika and paid for it. You walked next to the blonde man, searching for a table and sitting down. ''This was fun,'' you smiled at him and he returned a loving smile, sparkles in his eyes twinkling.
''Apart from the pain I feel right now, I had a good time.''
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Hi, I enjoyed writing this chapter! I hope you liked this chapter— and this book so far (:
