Muse On Ice

5.

 *Suzuka's POV*

When Himari, one of my closest friends, invited me to watch her practice with the costume I made for her, there was no way I could say no. That dress was one of my best works so far and I haven't seen Himari in ages so what better way to catch up than this?

Himari taught me how to skate before, so I wasn't stumbling and falling like I used to. Other than that Yuzuru guy, she was the only other figure skater I knew and she was good, like really good. I watched her perform her program, spinning on the ice, jumping (and maybe almost flying) effortlessly on the ice. 

Once she hit her ending pose, my natural reaction was to clap, I mean after that performance , how could you not? It was all too good, the spins, the jumps, the step sequences, all of it tied together with the costume, my costume. She takes a few bows, laughing.

"Woah... Mari-chan, when did you get this good? That was incredible."

"Aww... thanks," she waves her hand around, dismissing the compliment until she stops and tenses up " Uhh... Su-chan, there's like two guys coming our way."

I whipped my head around, then I saw him. His jet black hair falling messily around his face, his cheeks a bright pink. I can tell this is not his idea, his eyes landing on everything but us, and a shorter, maybe younger guy behind him, snickering. Even obviously embarrassed, he looks pretty cute.

"Y-Yuzuru-san! What brings you here so late?"

"Just a late night skate with my friend," he forcibly pulls the arm of the other guy, chuckling awkwardly. "What about you, Suzuka-san?"

"Me? Oh, I'm just here to watch my friend practice," I gesture to Himari, who's looking at me weird, but I'll deal with that later.

This is so awkward. I can feel Himari side-eyeing me, I just know she'll bombard me with a million questions once they leave.

"Yuzu-kun here just wanted to say hi, so uh, we'll get going." Finally, Yuzuru's friend broke the agonizing silence and skated off with him. I let out a big sigh, bracing myself for Himari's interrogation.

"One question, who was that? How did he know you? Where and when did you meet him? Have you even met him before? Why did you not tell me? Is he your boyfriend?" I could hear her signature overly dramatic gasp "Have you been dating him in secret? Is that why you didn't tell me? I swear on my life, I won't tell your parents."

"Himari! He is not my boyfriend! He's just my client, nothing else, I swear."

"Mhm... sure... he isn't your boyfriend," she giggles, rolling her eyes. "Su-chan, you're not blind right? Did you see how flustered he got? Did you see how he looked at you?"

She dragged me out of the rink, obviously needing more details than that.

another kinda short chapter💔💔 so so sorry😔 im procrastinating sm and spending hours on tiktok oops

-sophia