courage dear heart | Yuki Ishikawa

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Arms tightened around me as I silenced the blaring 5AM alarm.

The warmth radiating from Yuki's body was so comforting that I didn't want to move, especially not to face the freezing cold outside.

I pressed my face against his neck, inhaling his scent, and wrapped a leg around his waist to pull him even closer.

He positions his hard erection between my legs "yes but you're not helping me" I mumbled rotating my hips for some friction.

He grabbed my ass to guide my hips.

I straddled him. "Okay, enough. You're doing this on purpose!" I said with a scowl.

He chuckled softly. "At least now you're awake enough to go," his voice still thick with sleep, which made me seriously consider staying.

I narrowed my eyes, looking at him lying beneath me, observing me with a half-asleep smirk. Using all my self-control, I leaned down and gave him a quick peck before getting up to head to the bathroom.

I got ready for the gym, and when I came out of the bathroom, I found that he had made the bed and was waiting for me, sitting there.

How am I supposed to leave for training when he's sitting there, looking like that on my bed...

"Don't give me that look so early in the morning, Nabi," he said, stepping closer to me. "Or you'll end up missing your morning workout."

My brain went fuzzy for a moment. He leaned in slightly, giving me a kiss while keeping his body distant from mine, then pulled away soon after—too soon.

"Let's go," he said, taking my hand.

As I opened the door to the room, the door next to ours opened as well, and the new guy stepped out. Noticing me, he turned and smiled. "Good morning, Chō."

Then he glanced up, noticing Yuki behind me, who was closing the door. The smile slowly faded, and he gave Yuki a nod as well.

"Good morning," we both replied.

We walked to the elevators in silence, Yuki beside me with his hand resting on my waist.

When we reached the elevator, we found Hiro and Ayumu waiting.

"Good morning, guys!" Ayumu said, full of energy, in contrast to Hiro, who mumbled a quiet greeting under his breath.

The three of us greeted them in return as we waited in front of the elevator. Yuki pressed his hand gently on my hip. "I'll see you later. Have a good training session," he said, leaning down to kiss my temple.

I turned to smile and nod at him before he headed back to his room, while we stepped into the elevator.

Standing next to me, Ayumu nudged my shoulder. "So, are you two sleeping in the same room now? Are you using protection?" he teased.

"Don't start so early, you're giving me a headache," I said, rubbing my temples with two fingers.

"Remember, the room next to yours isn't empty anymore, so you can't go wild like you did at the hote—" I elbowed him in the side with a scowl.

He laughed, clutching his side where I'd hit him. "Okay, okay, I'll stop!"

After our gym session and breakfast, we headed up the mountain. At the snowpark, the coach asked the new guy to go first and show us what he could do.

He was pretty impressive, pulling off tricks I hadn't even attempted before but couldn't wait to learn.

You could tell he had a lot of experience and control over his body and board. Every time he was in the air, it felt like time slowed down, the number of tricks he could string together in one jump was incredible.