BAREFACED

Chapter 78

A few days pass and it's the night before Christmas day. After meeting again with Kisaki and Hanma, you and Chifuyu walk the streets of Tokyo. The snow was falling and the lights outside was making everything look pretty.

"Are you scared?" Chifuyu asks. You slowly look at him, not knowing how to properly respond.

"Yes... and no-"

"Why do you say that?"

"I'm afraid we will mess up... but at the same time- I'm not afraid- I don't know... Nevermind." You sigh. Chifuyu looks at you and softly smiles.

"You look tired."

"I am tired." You slightly sigh. Chifuyu nods. 

"I'm more afraid that we are being played..." He comments.

"What makes you say that?" You question.

"I mean... what if they're actually setting us up... Kisaki seems like the type to do that."

"Seems like?" You look at Chifuyu. He smiles and nods.

"Yeah yeah... I mean- you know what I mean." He sighs. You smile and nod.

"So what now..." You calmly say.

"We wait... do you wanna do something together tonight?"

"Like what?"

"I don't know... we can watch a movie... or uh..."

You stare at Chifuyu a bit, smiling at him. He slowly looks at you and sighs, smiling back.

"I don't know- something..."

"We can go skating..."

"Skating?" Chifuyu looks at you confused. You smile a bit and nod.

"Ice skating... or- we can just watch a movie... like you said."

"Isn't it too cold to ice skate." Chifuyu huffs. You can see clouds of breath coming from him every time he speaks. You smile and slowly nod.

"Then lets just watch a movie."

He slowly looks at you with soft eyes and shakes his head.

"No no- we can go ice skating... If that's what you wanna do..."

"Like you said... it's too cold- I kinda agree." You softly reply. Chifuyu looks at you and then grabs your hand, leading you somewhere.

You stand still watching people skate on the ice. Couples are holding onto each other and laughing. Chifuyu walks back to you holding two pairs of ice skates.

"I've got you a pair and me a pair..." He slowly says handing you the ice skates. "I think I've gotten you the right size... right?"

You lift up the skates to check the size. You slowly nod at him after reading it. He smiles and sighs a bit in relief.

After getting your skates on, you both make your way to the ice. You slowly step onto the ice, holding onto the sides. Chifuyu gets on behind you. You hold onto the side tightly, trying not to slip and fall. Chifuyu glides a bit beside you, slowly. You look at him confused and shocked.

"You know how to skate?" You ask.

"Mmm... kinda- not well but well enough not to fall..." he awkwardly laughs. You slowly nod feeling a bit shocked and surprised. He holds his hands out, wanting you to grab onto them. You slowly move your hands, grabbing onto his. He smiles at you when you do. He pushes away from the wall, holding onto your hands and gliding backwards.