the dragon's happily ever after ⋆ p.js | ✔

six

"Eep!" You let out a squeal as you nearly lost your balance, grabbing onto the shoulder of the closest person to keep from completely wiping out.

Jeno thankfully wasn't very easy to knock over, and held your elbow to help you stay upright as you struggled to get reoriented. All your friends had gone ice skating today, and you were now realizing that you couldn't even remember the last time you'd gone. You were a bit out of practice.

"You got it, Y/N?" The werewolf asked warily as you took a couple more cautious steps forward.

You wobbled a little. "Uh. No. Sorry, Jeno, just put me on the wall."

"Here, you got her?" Jeno was talking to somebody else, but your eyes were glued to your skates to make sure you didn't slip. So you weren't even looking as the werewolf's shoulder disappeared from your grip and was replaced by somebody else's.

A warm hand was taking and moving yours, encouraging you to hold onto his upper arm for support. You immediately recognized it as Jisung's, the only other person who would be this warm in the freezing temperature of the ice rink besides the werewolf who just left you. Pulling in closer to Jisung now, you felt a little bit more stable, and finally comfortable enough to look up from your feet to your boyfriend.

"Thanks, Ji," you said genuinely, squeezing his arm.

"You're welcome." He smiled down at you. "Do you think you're ready to start skating? The other guys have kind of abandoned us."

Focusing your gaze ahead of you, you saw that your other six friends were way ahead of you on the rink. In fact, you couldn't even see some of them at all, suspecting that they were about to be coming up behind you to lap you.

You nodded, preparing yourself mentally. "Yeah, I think I'm ready."

And so you and Jisung started slowly moving along the ice together. Despite Jisung helping you stay upright initially—you still weren't sure if he volunteered or was volunteered by your little matchmakers—he wasn't really too adept of an ice skater either. He was truly only marginally better than you, so the two of you were slow going, and had a couple close calls in regards to stumbles. But you didn't mind, you were spending time with your boyfriend and your friends. It was shaping up to be a really good day.

"Sorry, be right back. Bathroom break," Chenle excused himself from the conversation you three were having at the moment, skating off at the next exit you passed by.

Craning your neck around, you realized that none of your friends were on the ice anymore. Renjun went to switch his skates out for a different size fifteen minutes ago, Mark and Jeno went to get food ten minutes ago, Jaemin and Donghyuck needed a water break five minutes ago, and now Chenle's bathroom break.

"Huh..." You caught Jisung's eye knowingly. "Looks like it's just us now, Sungie..."

"Miraculously it is," he agreed sarcastically.

"You think they're coming back?"

Then both your phones went off, a text tone. Jisung stopped the two of you skating to take his out, showing that it was a text in your group chat with everybody.

[donghyuck: the concessions stand nachos gave mark food poisoning and he threw up everywhere so we're all taking him home! you guys stay and skate though! have fun!]

"Guess not," you sighed. "For Mark's sake, and the poor employees' sake, I hope that's a complete lie."

"Well, now that they're gone..." Jisung turned to you, taking both of your hands in his and bringing them up to his mouth, blowing hot air over them. Your numb fingers quickly warmed up, and you watched his every move lovingly. He brought your hands back down from his mouth, eyes pleading, as he asked, "Can we go? I hate the cold."

You laughed, nodding as you squeezed his hands. "Of course, yes."

"Oh, thank you, thank you." Jisung practically dragged you to the exit, lifting you with an arm around your waist to help you down the big step down from the rink to the main floor.