Of Angels and Phantoms

Chapter 29- A new friend

SORRRRRYYYY I'M LATE. INTERNET HERE IS NOT GOOD.

BUT ANYWAY THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING!!! I REALLY LOVE READING YOUR COMMENTS I LOVE YOU ALL. AND MY FRIEND WON 4 GOLD MEDALS AT HIS SKATING COMPETITION AND I'M SUPER HAPPY FOR HIM. HIS GIRLFRIEND IS DELIGHTED AND SO ARE WE. WINNING ALL HIS EVENTS GODDAMNIT THAT GENIUS. (we nickname him the Hanyu Yuzuru of our rink lmao)

anyway here goes!

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"Ahh, you were so close, though..."

"Meh. Second place is a miracle with the kind of short I had." I put on my boots and did one last stretch before getting up, swinging my arms.

"You were 2 points away from first, though. Your free was really impressive." Nam squatted on the ground beside Javi while they warmed up. "It's circulating all over our circles now, you know!"

"Huh? What circles?"

"Among the skaters, duh. Everyone's going to be watching out for Junny during Skate Canada!"

"Psh." I rolled my eyes and took off my guards, stepping into the rink. "My free at Finlandia was a fluke. I hardly ever have a clean skate..."

And anyway...NHK Trophy's going to be the real deal.

Practice went on for a few hours until lunchtime but I quickly cleaned my skates and packed up right after the debrief.

"Hey Coach, I'm going to leave my skates in your office, alright?" I popped into his office and dropped my skates bag in a corner. Yuzuru sat in the office in front of Coach at his desk. "Oops. Sorry for interrupting."

"Sure. See you later!" Coach nodded as he went through some papers with Yuzuru, who gave me a confused look.

"You finished practice? No afternoon practice?"

"I have school in the afternoon. Doing morning and evening sessions now." I quickly replied before closing the door as I exited the compound, running for the bus.

Oh man...I hope I'm not late for the tutorial. It'll be awkward as hell to walk in-

"Hey...June, right?"

"Yeah...huh?" I turned around and noticed a blonde guy in a blue sweatshirt sitting behind me, smiling. "Uh...Sorry, do I know you?"

His nose crinkled up as he laughed, shaking his head. "I'm in the same lectures and tutorials as you."

"Wait. Oh God, I'm so sorry. I'm really bad with names and faces..." I laughed apologetically, turning my body around to see him clearly.

"You wanna sit here?" He shifted in and patted the seat beside him. I smiled politely and joined him, looking at his face for a while.

"Sorry. It still hasn't come to mind."

"It's alright, I'm Augustus."

I covered my mouth as I tried to stop myself from snorting, my eyes tearing up. "A-Augustus? Were you born in August?"

"Yes, I was." He rolled his eyes and chuckled, shrugging like it was the most natural thing ever. "I guess you're a June baby then?"

"Yeah..." I sighed. "Our parents are real creative, aren't they. I've been meeting a lot of people with month names these days..."

"Oh, really?"

"There's this girl working at my rink now, her name's May. My roommate, her name's Marcia. Go figure."

"Ah, that's where you're wrong." Augustus smiled, wiggling a finger at me. "Marcia's a name that's derived from the Roman God Mars. Not March."

"Oh, really? That's cool to know. But she's born in March, so I guess it fits too."