✔️ Body and Mind 3

Intense

Yuzuru was brushing his teeth before going to bed and thinking about the kiss. He really enjoyed it. Though to him, it was nothing more than a really nice kiss with a lovely girl.
He was already excited about next Thursday, listening to more of her singing and hopefully chatting some more. To finally have somebody who understands how he feels.

He got to bed, once more googled the article about Anya's theory to properly read it, hoping for more mentions about her, yet except for the beginning of the article, the author didn't mention anything else. And the content of the rest of the article brought him to sleep sooner than he expected.

In the morning he packed the jacket as usual and dropped it at the post office on his way to the morning practice.
And until Thursday the week was uneventful, just his usual schedule of on-ice and off-ice training, trying to land the Quad Axel. Over and over again. Just with the glimpse of the concert coming up soon, one of the few leisure time activities he allowed himself.

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Emily was leaning over the bar, watching Nyx preparing a coffee order for a tall guy standing in front of her and shamelessly flirting.
As soon as she handed him his coffee and he paid, she came up to Emily, waving with the banknote of her tip in her hands.

-Ohh, more guys like these!

-Was he even your type? Wasn't he way too tall for you?

-Yeah, he was too tall, especially for me, but did you see those shoulders. Damn girl....

Emily laughed and slowly shook her head, not letting her sight from her constantly cheery friend.

-And considering I set you up with Yuzuru, you should find somebody for me!

-I don't even know anyone here yet. And where should I even start to describe you!

-Just tell any nice, ideally less tall guy you meet that you are friends with a cute, brown skin marshmallow and send him my direction. That's it. I will take care of the rest.

They both laughed but Emily pointed out, like so many times in the past week, that the only thing that Nyx set up between her and Yuzuru is a potential for a really nice friendship, but nothing more. Yet like so many times that week, Nyx ignored it and still kept pretending as if they would be already dating.

-By the way, where is he anyway? He should be here by now. You told me the kiss was nice, right?

-Yeah. But that doesn't mean he is obligated to come!

-But he said he would! I really do hope you didn't scare him away with that kiss!

-I doubt it. Maybe he is just like all the other figure skaters, just skating, skating aaand....skating. He probably forgot. Nathan always did as well.

She picked up her hat and guitars, walking to the podium to get ready. Meanwhile, Nyx was watching her with a frown, wondering why would Yuzuru actually not show up. He always made the time to come to the cafe at least once a week unless he was away competing. And he never seemed to her like that kind of a guy who would promise something and then not keep it.

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Yuzuru knew he is being late and took only a quick shower when he got home, going then to his drawers to dress up.
He only managed to put on his pants when his phone started to ring.
He checked the name of the caller and immediately froze.
It was Anya.
He didn't hear her voice for almost two years.
Yuzuru slowly sat down on the bed, feeling a lump in his throat as he picked up the call, hands trembling.

He was silent, as he couldn't produce a single word and Anya was silent on the other line as well, yet after few seconds he could hear her quietly sobbing.
That finally gave his brain a clear impulse to start functioning.