Iris And Wings | A Yuzuru Hanyu Story

55 | Okinawa

The next few days were days of waiting. Yuzuru hadn't booked any ice time at the weekend, he didn't want to disrupt the public operation of the ice rink. He knew that this was the only time many skaters could train.

So they ended up spending a lot of time together. It was finally raining again. They used the hours at home to get to know each other even better. They told each other details from their youth, how they had been at school and what they had experienced there.

"The first kiss?" Yuzuru thought about it. Ayame had asked him about it. "I was actually always on the skates... kissing the ice!" he rolled his eyes and Ayame laughed.

"Wasn't there a class beauty you adored when you were in high school?"

"Honestly... I even had a girlfriend!"

"What? Hanyū-san, you filou!" Ayame shouted in feigned indignation. "Now you have to tell me everything, really everything!" she demanded.

"Okay, okay! It's all right..." Yuzuru shifted on the couch where they had made themselves comfortable and began to tell the story.

"We spent five days in Okinawa on a school trip. You must have done something like that too, right?"

"Yes, but I couldn't go... training camp..."

"Oh, what a shame! I was lucky, it worked out for me back then and I was able to go. And that's where it clicked!"

"We're getting closer..." Ayame nibbled on her fingernails.

"She was from the parallel class and I'd noticed her before. Since I was absent from class so often, especially because of the international competitions, I generally didn't have an easy time with the girls."

"Did you have a lot of interested girls?"

"Oh yes... that was never my problem!" Yuzuru smiled. "But it takes time and a lot of attention to get close to each other. I often didn't have that. And I also had to study, on the side!"

Ayame nodded, that sounded somehow familiar to her.

"In Okinawa, we stayed in a great hotel, went on excursions, to the aquarium, painted guardian lions and I don't remember what else... we also had some free time to go shopping or to the beach."

"Now it's getting interesting!" Ayame was excited as hell.

"One evening, I happened to notice that my favorite girl was in the hotel pool with her friends. So I decided to wait for her in the passageway that led to the pool area. There was a small, somewhat secluded seating area. So that's where I sat down... my plan was to reveal my feelings to her!"

"Oho... you were going to go all in!"

"Yeah, I didn't know when I'd get another opportunity like that!"

"Makes sense..."

"So I waited, half an hour I guess. And then she came... with her friends! When they saw me sitting there, they whispered and then all three of them came over to me!"

"Oh no!"

"Oh yes! I stood up just in case. Their leader stood up in front of me and asked what was going on? Why I was hanging around here... she was very brash!"

"Did you let yourself be intimidated?"

"No, I just became more determined. I said that I had been waiting for Mitsudori-chan and wanted to talk to her."

"What was her first name?"

"Naoko... I was lucky, the girls gave each other meaningful looks and their friends left us alone."

"Well done!"

"Yeah... but my heart was in my pants for a moment and I thought, Hanyū, what are you doing! She looked so beautiful. She still had her bikini on, you could see the straps, and a beach dress over it. Her face was rosy from her time in the pool and her eyes were sparkling."

"Oooh... did you lose your courage?"

"Only very briefly. She stood there in front of me, waiting. I finally got hold of myself and wanted to say something, but I didn't know how determined she was!"

"Oh, aha?" Ayame became more and more excited. "Tell me!"

"She spoke to me first, completely unexpectedly. She asked me if I was the figure skater, which I answered in the affirmative. It turned out that she'd had her eye on me for a while and... well... liked me!"

"So the first step had already been taken!"

"Yes! I told her that I liked her too and I invited her to go to the beach after dinner. She immediately agreed to come."

"Well, wonderful, you couldn't have chosen a more romantic place. What about the kiss now?" Ayame interjected impatiently.

"Yes.... that was the big surprise!"

"Ouhhhhh... what?"

"When we had already said goodbye to each other, she called for me again. I was already leaving and turned back to her. Then she suddenly came very close to me. 'Close your eyes', she said to me. I was completely perplexed, but I did and I suddenly felt her hand on my face and immediately afterwards... she kissed me!"

"No!!! She kissed YOU!!!"

"Yes... I would never have dared to do that, right at the first approach!"

"Oh... so you had such a brave girlfriend... was it nice, the kiss?"

"Yes... I thought my heart would explode! I'd never felt like that before..."

"That's a beautiful story, Yuzu. And I admire your mutual courage at that age! I would never have dared to do something like that... and so I remained unkissed in my school days..." Ayame looked a little sad.

"But you don't show that anymore!" Yuzuru moved closer to her and took her in his arms. "You've become much braver now, when I think of how you seduced me!" he grinned, and Ayame blushed.

"You touched me like no one has ever touched me before..." Yuzuru looked at her with velvety, loving eyes. "I can still feel your fingers on my neck now..."

Even though the memory of that first, erotic touch made them both feel how much they desired each other, this time they remained steadfast, their situation was too uncertain...

"Now it's time for you to tell me about your first kiss!" Yuzuru now demanded.