Melody of You | Yuzuru Hanyu

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Sophia's eyes widened at Josh's question and she visibly gulped.

"Huh... What do you mean?"

"He very strictly told me not to open that chat of yours... I know it can be hard to be far away. So, do tell...What kind of naughty things do you send each other?"

"I'm going to kill him"
The huge grin on Josh's face told her he knew far too much. "You opened them?"

"No... I wasn't sure if you were making it out of surgery. I would never invade your privacy like that."

"Why do you have that stupid grin on your face then?"

"Your expression tells me everything... And well, I still have your phone here."

"Josh! Give it back!"

"I will... But you have to tell me. It's nudes, isn't it?"

"Among other stuff... We avoided it for a while but with the distance..."

"Other stuff? Like?"

"Just conversations, audio, and a few videos, I guess"

"Damn... You two are naughty"

"Josh!"

"And you're telling me I missed the opportunity to miss that glorious body naked?"

"I'm going to regret this so much..."

"I'm just jealous of how lucky you are... It's good right?"

"Doesn't matter, please let's not talk about this again."

"If you want, you can tell me how good he is in bed... It's a matter of preferences, honey"

"It's good...both. Now stop"

Sophia wanted to hide behind the sheets so much but thankfully her friend didn't nag her more about the subject.

Josh was happy for her. Sophia needed someone to help her through all of this.

"It's almost funny how you both managed to have injuries to heal at the same time."

"He's injured?" Soph already suspected as much given how much he was limping but her friend confirming it took the doubts away.

"You haven't talked about it?"

"So much stuff going on... We barely had time to talk about anything" Sophia said and he nodded.

"I should probably go back to my room before the nurses find out I'm gone. Please make sure you two talk... About everything..."

"Ok. Thank you for being here, Josh."

"Always"

He said before leaving the room.
Josh found Yuzuru sitting in the hallway and gave him a small smile.

"You two have a lot to talk about." Josh told Yuzu and gave him her phone "I didn't open any messages."

"No questions?" Yuzuru asked, surprised that he would just leave it like that.

"I made her tell me" he told the other man with a wink "good job, Hanyu".

At any other time, Yuzuru would freak out about someone knowing that he pretty much sex-chatted with Sophia while they were apart, but if she trusted Josh, he would too.

Phone in hand, Yuzuru went back inside her room, his limp slightly more evident now after not taking any painkillers for a few hours.

"Something tells me you should be on crutches"

"It's fine... Another sprain."

"When did you injure yourself?" She asked. "Was it because of me? Distraction?"

"What are you talking about? I got injured in practice"

"The one for the free? I was watching that when..."

"Josh told me. I fell on the Loop in my run-through. The only reason I knew something was wrong was because you weren't replying to any of my texts for a while. At first, I thought you were mad because I was still doing the free, but then..."

"You did the free?" She almost screamed at him. "Injured?"

"I wanted to skate Origin in Russia..."

"You're so dumb sometimes" she said, noticeably pissed at him.

"Anyways... I did the free even feeling like there was something wrong. Ghislain was the one that told me later at night, he knew it before I skated but didn't want me to be even more distracted"

"And you came here after? Even if you should be resting?"

"Sophia... I had to come. I hadn't slept the previous day, I wouldn't sleep without seeing your face and knowing you were alive."

"Yuzu..."

"This is definitely not the time, but I have to tell you."

"Don't"

Sophia knew very well what he was about to say, they had almost said it to each other several other times before and she always stopped him, it was almost second nature to do it now too.

"I have to"

"But I'm in a hospital bed, probably looking worse than I ever did. "

"Doesn't matter to me"

"But..."

"Shut up, Soph" he said, finally coming closer to her and sitting on the bed like he did before Josh showed up.

Taking her hand, he resumed the soft touches he was doing previously, calming her in the process and making her body relax into his touch.

"You're too good to me" those words brought a smile to his face. In the middle of everything that happened, being able to be there for one another was what held them together.

"And you're the best thing that ever happened to me." Yuzuru said softly "I knew it even before you came to Japan..."

"What? What are you talking about?" She asked, breaking his line of thought.

"I asked them to invite you... I saw you playing 'The Swan' on a YouTube video and the way your playing made me feel was unlike anything else. I needed to see you playing in real life and it was the easiest way."

Sophia was surprised by this, up until now, she always thought he had never heard of her before the show. The knowledge that he had been the one behind the invite was shocking and raised far too many questions.

"You know you could look like a stalker with those words?"

"Maybe I am... It was an unthinkable action that I still don't understand from myself... But it turned out that it wasn't just about the music. The whole friends-with-benefits thing was a way for me to be close to you, even if it hurt me that you might not have any feelings, I would take anything I could get."

"Yuzu..."

"I love you, Sophia"