[✓] serendipity, yang jungwon

[017] ━━ yuri goes ice skating with sunghoon

real life

YURI'S been avoiding going back to the ice skating rink for ages. But now, there's no way out of this trip with Park Sunghoon. All throughout school Yuri's felt nervous. Her eyes were darting to the clock every few seconds, waiting for school to finish. Her leg had begun to shake at random intervals as she did her best to listen to the teachers. Why does time seem to pass slowly whenever Yuri had somewhere to be?

Business class was fine though! Yuri got to sit with Jungwon and talk about anything but their assessment. Yuri was doing her best to avoiding her stomach flipping every few seconds as Jungwon's dimples appeared, as his face scrunches up when he laughs — this stupid crush was getting hard to contain when Yuri was spending most of her time talking to Jungwon.

The only downside of business class was getting stared at by Do-yun and her friends. Yuri's honestly had enough of her shit and she's waiting for the right time to punch Do-yun. (The right time is; any time Jungwon isn't at school).

Now, her ice skates in a bag she was holding, Yuri enters the busy skating rink. It was an hour before private lessons began, so the public were milling around the cold rink, hiring ice skates, getting food and warm drinks from the cafe in the ice skating rink, lines to the toilet circling the rink, and people already on the ice; some learning how to skate, some bravely skating to the middle, and others skating laps around those struggling.

Yuri doesn't know how to act.

Her heart longs for the feeling of the ice beneath her feet, cool air whipping her hair back as she builds momentum on the ice, the feeling of calmness, freedom, the feeling of belonging — it all comes back to Yuri. Her fingers twitch, gripping the bag that held her figure skates that haven't been touched in over a year.

But yet, Yuri doesn't know if she can remember how to ice skate. What if she's lost her mojo? What if she forgot how to skate properly? What if she can't do a single simple trick she learnt at the age of six? Fear floods Yuri again and now she's hesitant to get on the ice. Maybe this was a bad idea. Oh no, what if Yuri injures herself again? Now, the fear is more than just a flood; it's a hurricane. It's torrential rain.

"Yuri!"

Pulling her eyes away from the rink, Yuri sees Park Sunghoon jogging over to her, waving on hand in the air while the other held a bag for his own figure skates. Although he was wearing a mask, it was easy for Yuri to identify who he was — but then again, Yuri's seen him in person before. Yuri smiles softly, gripping her bag tighter in her hands.

"Sunghoon, hey," Yuri greets softly as the pair of them walk over to the bench seats sitting next to the rink. Loud music filled their silence and Yuri's still stressing out — what the fuck will happen when she steps out onto the ice rink?