yuri x oc

01

Sighing, I walked down the streets, stopping at traffic lights and continuing when the light turns green.
Another portrait, almost like in the entrance exam, but this time of a famous person, that can't be true.
Luckily we get to choose who we draw, but we need a photo to compare.

Suddenly my phone rings, I answered the call and hold the phone to my ear.
"Yes? Hoshi here," I said neutrally as I stand in front of another red light.
"Hello! Your mother told me that you will be living with me for a few years now?" I heard a familiar voice and have to think for a moment who that is.

"Ah, yes Lilia. I was accepted at the art university," I said as the traffic light turns green and I crossed the street, "I'm already on the way to the ice rink. You're training Yuri Plisetsky, aren't you?"
A quiet giggle on the other end and she speaks again: "Yes, and your things?"
"They're already at yours. A guy named Yakov opened the door and I told him everything. I just have a bag with my drawing supplies," I continued to tell her, "Also, could you tell Yuri that I only speak Japanese and English? I want to know what he says about me when he speaks Russian."

She giggles again, which happens very rarely, but still says yes to my request.
I told her I'll be there soon, so we hang up and I run faster for the last few meters.
Carefully I opened the front door and quickly sneaked over to the benches surrounding the ice surface.

On the ice, Yuri skates with his hair half up and wearing a T-shirt, while I sit here in a thick sweater.
Lilia stands with her back turned to me and watches Yuri's jumps and spins.
Finally I pulled out a small A3 sketchbook from my bag with a pencil, turned to a free page and thought for a moment before I draw Yuri's silhouette on the ice.

When Yuri finally takes a break, he skated up to the gang and spots me: "Кто зта коротышка?" (kto eta korotyshka?)
Confused, I look up and see Yuri studying me as he drinks.
"This is Hoshi, my niece. She can only speak English and Japanese, so please be so kind and speak English around her," Lilia introduced me and turns to me.

"Hi, nice to meet you," I said and waved slightly.
That could be something!
Yuri makes a tsk sound and turned around: "Play the song for my short program, old hag!"

A song immediately plays from a box on the gang while Lilia looked at her phone.
The first notes sound, Yuri skates off and I watch him.
For a moment I can't remember what song is playing, but when Yuri jumps the first toe loop I realized it's 'Seven Nation Army'.

A triple salchow that he stands and continued skating.
His movements are smooth and soft, but also sharp.
I analysed him, while he is skating.

I even laid my sketchbook to the side to stand up and walk to the gang.
His expression on his face is neutral and it looks like, he would kill someone in the next moment.
"What's his theme?", I asked lilia not looking away from yuri.

"Power and mighty and all this other stuff.", she answered and looked at me for a second.
"Interesting.", I mumbled and watched him skate to the middle to do his end pose.
He skates up to the gang, took his bottle and drinks with a heavy breath.

"I think you should change some of the jumps. Like the last one in the first half should be a double axel and the last one in the second half should be a rittberger and then a tribbel salchow.", I said with my eyes focusing on the ice.
"Who asked you?!", yuri yelled and placed his bottle back.
"No, no, she has a point. Try it.", lilia ordered and yuri skates in the middle.

He jumped one or two jumps, bevor doing the jumps I changed.
Now it looks even smoother and it will fit better to the music.
Yuri skates back to the gang and mumbled something under his nose so lilia said, that he should talk louder, but then he yelled:" Thank you for the changes!"

"Sure.", I said a little bit shocked and softly looking at my shoes.
He turned around to skate away from me and practiced the jumps and spins even more.
Suddenly I heard lilias voice behind me asking:" What's that?"

"Oh, nothing!", I yelled, taking away the sketchbook from her hands and hiding behind my back.
"Come here. Was this yuri?", she asked, while I sit next to her and looking at my sketch.
"Yes. The first task at the university is to draw a famous person with referenz photo.", I told her and looked up to yuri, minding his own business. 

"And you want to draw him?", I nodded," Why don't you ask him for a photo?"
"This would be too awkward. Also he was my idol to start with skating, even though I don't skate since a year. I mean, I started to skate when he was seven and I nine.", I sighed and stood up," I will buy something from the bakery."