𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝐸𝑦𝑒𝑠 ~ 𝐴 𝑆𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑠𝑢 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 (𝑆𝑘𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐴𝑈)

Part 35 ♥︎

In Sakusa's car, Sakusa drove with Atsumu next to him and Osamu and Suna in the backseat. They exchanged conversation but they all noticed Atsumu repeatedly cracking his knuckles and restlessly bouncing his leg up and down.

"Hey," Sakusa said, handing him the aux cord, "play that one playlist, ya know?" Atsumu took the cord and plugged his phone in, smiling at Sakusa knowing exactly which one he meant.

He hit shuffle on the playlist titled Kicking ass and taking names. The first song to play was Supermassive Black Hole by Muse and they all laughed, singing along with the windows down.

A couple hours later they pulled into the parking lot of the huge stadium. Osamu reached up to the front seat and squeezed Atsumu's shoulder reassuringly. Sakusa parked and they got out, carrying their bags. Atsumu went to check in at the front desk as the rest of the group hung back.

"Hi, how may I help you?" a nice, older man asked Atsumu.

"Hi! I'm here for one of the competitions, the Japan finals? I'm Atsumu Miya."

"Oh goodness! You must be quite talented, young man! I'll have Izuku take you to your dressing room and he can tell you where to go from there!"

"Great, thank ya!" Atsumu said and waved the group over as a boy about their age with green curly hair and freckles came out from a back room.

"I can take you guys to your room!" he said happily.

They followed him down a hall and Atsumu could hear cheering people from elsewhere in the building.

"Izuku right? How many competitions are happenin' today?" Atsumu asked the boy.

"There's going to be a total of ten today. Seven have already finished and yours will be the last cause it's the biggest one." he said, showing them into a large dressing room with sofas and a bathroom. "Here you are! Your competition will be in about 2 hours but we'll keep you updated. Feel free to explore the facility and if you need anything just buzz me with the phone there!"

"Thanks so much Izuku!" Atsumu replied, waving as the boy left. They set Atsumu's bags down and Osamu plopped down on the sofa.

"It's pretty nice in here, huh." he said, looking around the spacious room.

"Yeah, they really spoil their contestants." Suna said, making his way to the fridge and grabbing 2 diet cokes then taking a seat on Osamu's lap and handing him one.

"Well I guess there's nothing to do but wait. Do ya wanna walk around or chill in here, Tsumu?" Sakusa asked.

"Uh, chill in here for a while I guess." he said, shrugging.

Atsumu grabbed a strawberry Celsius from the fridge and sat down next to Sakusa, laying his head on the taller's shoulder and putting his feet up on the leg rest in front of them.

They all sat for a couple minutes in silence until Atsumu leapt to his feet as though he had been burned by something, making Sakusa jump in the process.

"Woah, who lit a fire under yer ass?" Osamu asked, raising an eyebrow at his twin.

"Goddamn it I can't sit still! Gyah, I'm going for a walk. I'll be back in a bit, guys." he said, grabbing his Celsius and heading for the door.

He looked right, then left down the hallway. Taking a swig from the can, the blond decided to go left, heading the opposite direction from where Izuku had led them from before.

The noise from the rink he heard before was steadily getting louder as he passed other doors that looked similar to his own. He came to a cross section and decided to go left again, following the noise.

There was a stairwell that Atsumu climbed up, leading him to a door. He pressed his ear against the cold steel of the door and heard shouts and cheering coming from the other side. Carefully he opened it a crack and peaked his head through.

On the other side he could see the backs of people and glimpses of the ice through their legs. He opened it and walked through, finding a spot to watch the competition.

The rink was smaller than what he would be using later, and he realized why when he saw the competitor who was about to start their routine.

It was a small girl, probably about middle school age, with short, ear-length, curly hair. She was cute, probably one of her first major competitions, Atsumu thought.

He heard quite a bit of cheering from the quarter of the stands he was in but the rest of the rink seemed to be silent. 'Oh, they must be here for the other competitor. Wow, she seems to have a pretty small group here.' he thought to himself.

Looking closer at her he spotted something on her jacket that made him smile widely. It was a transgender flag pin, stuck to her costume. He tapped the man who was cheering next to him on the shoulder. He looked at the blond and smiled but before Atsumu could ask his question the man burst out in excitement.

"OH MY GOD ARE YOU ATSUMU MIYA?!" he exclaimed.

Very taken aback, Atsumu looked around to make sure he wasn't talking to someone else.

"Uh, yeah that's me." he said, smiling nervously.

The man's outburst had attracted some looks and a couple people down the row from them muttered menacingly to each other, glaring over at Atsumu.

"Wow, it's so good to meet you! I... my s- daughter is a huge fan of yours! She's performing right now! Gosh, you're the reason she loves skating so much. I wish she could meet you!" he said, shaking Atsumu's hand enthusiastically.

"Well I was actually going to ask you if you knew who was performing right now!" Atsumu said and they both laughed.

"Yeah, that's my daughter, Dakota. She's had a rough last year but you were a real inspiration to her."

"Wow, I didn't even know I had any fans at all! I would love to meet her if that's alright with you Mr..."

"Mr. Kai, and that would be amazing! Thank you so much Mr. Miya."

"Please, call my Atsumu. I have a twin brother so it gets confusing." he said, laughing.

"If you insist. Dakota will be finished in about 30 minutes so could we find you in the lobby afterwards?" Mr. Kai asked.

"Of course! I should be heading back to my changing room anyway." Atsumu replied, looking at the time on his phone.

"Awesome, looking forward to it!" Mr. Kai said.

"Me as well!" Atsumu waved and headed back out the door he came.
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Ya-hoo Boos!

You guys, I am so so so sorry I didn't post anything yesterday. I wanted to try and let you guys know the chapter would be late but we were going through some family issues and I wasn't able to get to my phone. Nothing serious, everyone is okay but I was pretty wrapped up yesterday.

Real quick, I am not a skater personally so I have no clue how competitions work but for the convenience of the story they may not be portrayed 100% accurately and I'm sorry about that!

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I know not much happened but it was a Segway chapter and it had to be there to set up events for the finale!

Anyways, I love you all so much and I hope you have an amazing week. Please, everyone be careful out there. Covid numbers are higher than they've ever been and I care about you guys a lot so please take care of yourselves. If there's anything I can do please don't be shy and let me know!!! Be sure to drink lots of water and get plenty of rest. And remember, no matter what, you are an amazing person and you deserve to be loved and to love yourself. Keep being you and keep being kind. Again, love y'all to the moon and back! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

~ Aspen-san <3