Safe Haven | Yuzuru Hanyu

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Marriage conversations aside, it didn't take too long before they were informed of the clearance for Emma to travel to Japan.

She wasn't happy when Yuzuru still skated at the gala.

If it was her own choice, he would have gotten back into the safety of his home as soon as possible and preferably into a decent rest period.

Rest was, unfortunately, a foreign concept for the skater.

The beautiful performance of her handsome boyfriend didn't make her forget what had happened mere days before and the doctor in her was extremely worried for him, even if she wasn't completely sure of how serious his asthma had truly been.

Getting on a plane by his side brought memories that made her smile. It had been more than a year since he had somehow managed to get her to open completely to his charms and tell him things that she had never told anyone.

Sneakily but certainly, he had found his way into her heart and that was exactly why she was willing to follow him everywhere.

It was weird, boarding a deserted ANA small plane to travel such a huge distance. It was almost like a private jet given that traveling was almost nonexistent for most people at the time.

The lack of passengers paired with the obvious special treatment that the skater had on every single travel with the company made this trip a bit different than expected.

It started out pretty normally, sitting by his side, head slightly tilted and laying on his shoulder casually.

Emma didn't miss the occasional look that she got from the flight attendants, but honestly, she couldn't care less.

The girl had been struggling to get a decent night of sleep, either because he kept her awake or because she had been worried about him.

Funny enough, it was always his fault.

Let's just say that all she wanted was to get a bit of sleep and the comfort of his warmth was helping her fall into the deep slumber that she so desperately needed.

It was only hours later that she started dreaming of him.

There was something about this man that always made her need him desperately, but never to the point of even dreaming about it, not when he was right there.

Still, her mind seemed to want to play tricks on her. Emma's dream started with a makeout session like any other, she felt herself getting wetter imagining his hands roaming on her body, touching every single sensitive spot in a way that only he knew how.

She moaned out in the dream as she imagined his fingers teasing her, not touching where she needed them right away, testing her self-control.

Another moan came out as she imagined his mouth on her neck, peppering her with light, teasing kisses that always managed to work her out more.

What Emma didn't know was how vocal her sleeping figure was.

Yuzuru had ended up falling asleep as well, it wasn't hard for him to sleep anywhere, but part of him wanted to just be able to look at her sleeping figure for as long as humanly possible.

Part of him still couldn't believe that the woman was truly by his side and traveling back to Japan.

For a while, he had known that she never told him how her missions truly were. He knew that there was a lot that she hid from him, but he also knew that if she had chosen that path it was probably due to it being beneficial to him.  Hearing just how different things had been for her, how much dangerous her job had been was a reality check that he still wasn't sure that he needed.