Safe Haven | Yuzuru Hanyu

32.

The coaches probably decided that it wasn't up to them to step up and get in the middle of whatever this was.

Thankfully, they arrived at the hotel before anything else could be said.

Yuzuru gave her a small nod to follow him and none of the coaches said a thing as he dragged his suitcase in front of him.

Emma silently followed. The tense ambiance from his question about going to Japan was ever so present, but it was best to leave the full conversation to a time they could be alone.

She didn't expect this tension to be present during their reunion, but they had a lot to talk about. A lot of what the woman hid from him had the potential to bite her back and she had a feeling that she would understand this very soon.

Yuzu scanned his keycard with a frown on his face and they were greeted by his mother inside the room, clearly disturbed by what happened during the competition.

"You had an attack didn't you?" That was all the woman asked in Japanese, with no other questions or greetings in between.

"It's fine now." was all he answered, getting away from the door and entering the room in the same mood. It was only then that Yumi saw her.

"Emma! I didn't know you were here!" the older woman changed to English.

"It was a surprise, Yumi-san. It's nice to see you."

"You too! I expected Yuzu to be in a better mood with you here"

"He will come around." Emma answered with a smile, she was the main culprit for his change of mood, even if he wasn't that happy before she showed up.

"Yuzuru! Stop being an idiot, get your head off your ass, and enjoy that she is here! You've been moody in the past months because she wasn't with you, I don't understand what you want now!" Yumi changed back to Japanese and Emma couldn't contain her laughter. She loved his mom.

Yumi widened her eyes as she noticed Emma laughing and it didn't take too much to connect the dots.

"Mom! She understands Japanese!"

Yuzu wasn't very happy that his mom had just ratted him out.

"I didn't know that... but well... it's still true."

"Thank you, Yumi-san. I appreciate it"

"I will leave you alone.  You will take care of him, right?"

Emma swallowed. This woman was trusting her to take care of her son with no questions asked, not even doubting that she could do a good job. It was a big responsibility.

She nodded in answer, words seemingly failing her at that moment as she watched his mother leave the room.

Yuzuru was fumbling around his closet when she hugged him from behind.

"Talk to me."

He let out a deep sigh and Emma wondered what was going on in his head.

"I'm sorry I'm being childish."

"You're not...You have your reasons." Maybe it was irrational of her, but at that moment, she decided that she wanted to tell him everything, from the mission to how her life has been, even if she could brake a ton of national security laws by doing so. He deserved to know and she had a feeling that he needed to know to understand. "I want to tell you everything"

"Your mission?"

"Everything you want to know."

" Can I take a raincheck on that?" he said with a small smile.

"yes... I guess..."

"Later, then... There are some things I want to do first."

"Like?"

"For now, have a shower, one that you're free to join."

"If you promise it won't end in sex."

"You don't want sex too?"

He had such a puppy face that she wanted to kick him. Yuzu could be such a child when he wanted to be.

"I didn't say it like that... just that I think you should recover before any strenuous activity..."

"You saw me skate, yes? If I can so a quad, I can have sex."

It was such a silly conversation. Emma knew that she would end up giving him whatever he asked for, but she didn't want their reunion to be on a shower,

"Just...not in the shower."

"Okay" he said with a small pout. "But you're still joining, right?"

As if she could ever say no to him.

"I guess I am...I should probably get some clothes from my room."

"You won't need them"

"You will keep me caged and naked?"

"Neither, you can always wear mine."

Emma didn't complain any further and just followed him into the bathroom, not minding for a second that he started stripping almost immediately, slowly staring at her as he removed his jacket and revealed the costume underneath that he still had on. The costume was as gorgeous as he was, but now her priorities were on seeing it off his body.

Thankfully, he seemed to understand that as he peeled it from himself, exposing the toned, naked torso that Emma had grown to love since she met him.

And to think that she was into bulky guys in the past...

There was no one like him for her, not now and probably not ever.

"It's not fair" he said biting his lip "You're wearing too much"

"You're free to do something about it."

He didn't deny such a tempting offer, not when she was standing right there.

The distance between them was closed in seconds with a kiss on her lips. His hands were quick to enclose on her waist and roamed under her shirt with a smirk that said more than any words could ever.

Yuzuru was slowly pulling every garment off her body while never taking his eyes off her. 

Emma had never seen him with such an intense look before and it made her whole body shiver just with the anticipation of what he was planning.

His eyes landed on her still somewhat fresh scar and his fingers traced it slowly, as if trying to heal it for her.

"This is new..."

"It's been a while. I'm ok"

"So you were hurt after all... when you called me."

The fact that he always managed to know things without her saying anything was still surprising to her. Emma couldn't understand how he did it.

"Yes. But you just said you didn't want to talk about it."

"Not now. I just want to make you feel good now."