Yuzuru woke up to Emily's finger being repeatedly buried into his shoulder and when he opened his eyes, he saw why. Bellatrix was comfortably lying stretched over his legs and yet again stared at him without blinking.
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-Zu....you locked the door last night. I watched you locking the door. And she was in the living room in that box....
Emily said, her voice wavering and she pulled the duvet all the way up to her nose. Yuzuru gulped and sat up, giving Bellatrix a morning scratch between her ears and listening to her soft purrs.
-See, she is harmless, Em. Maybe I just didn't lock it properly.
-And she closed the door behind her how?
-Draft? Trust me, Bella just wanted some company, that's all.
-Just because you are calling her Bella doesn't mean she is still not a murderous, crazed, demonic, possessed, hellbound---
She didn't finish her speech as meanwhile, Yuzuru got up to go to the bathroom and grabbed the door handle, stopping in his tracks seeing that the door is still locked.
Emily let out a squeak of panic and slid down completely under the duvet, not even daring to breathe.
Yuzuru nervously darted with his eyes between the locked door and Bellatrix who was first staring back at him equally confused and then proceeded to lick her back leg. And then he recalled he did go to the bathroom in the middle of the night that would have given Bellatrix enough time to sneak in until he returned and locked the door again. He let out a quiet sigh of relief, but then he looked at Emily who was still hiding under the duvet, and with a devious wink towards Bellatrix decided not to share that piece of information with Emily just yet. At least not until breakfast.
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They spent the next four weeks chatting about everything and nothing, Yuzuru still going to practice at TCC but in much healthier hours than he used to and Emily was also ensuring he does sign up for everything he wanted to do.
So before he knew it, he already had his schedule full, but this time not filled only with figure skating but also with driving lessons and math and physics classes at UofT. He also joined Shoma's gaming team of his Japanese friends, playing with them few times a week in the evening and yelling at the TV screen in desperation anytime they failed a mission.
And then one evening he took Emily by surprise as he suddenly opened up about Anya. No little hints, remarks, and random pieces of information. No, he told her the full story from the very start. How he first paid no attention to her as she was just a flatmate of a girl he dated, the real Rachel, and because Anya was not only quiet, drawing little to zero attention to herself, but also disliked Rachel, he barely ever saw her. And when he did see her, he still didn't. Not the real her.
Emily sat next to him on the sofa and listened attentively, silently wondering if he actually ever shared that with anyone. And the more she heard, the more she was reassured how opposite Nathan and Yuzuru were when it came to love. Where Nathan knew what he wanted, same as Emily, he just went for it right away, no holding back. Whereas both Yuzuru and Anya, even though they did fancy each other, were just carefully testing the waters, slowly getting to know each other.
