「Anime x Reader One Shots」

Longing (Viktor Nikiforov x Reader)

You stood in the very center of the giant ice rink, your heart pounding in your chest. All eyes were focused on you, but their attention didn't matter to you, there was only one person whose attention mattered to you. Looking past the rink and towards where all the people on the sidelines stood waiting, all of your worries were put at ease when you saw a certain gray-haired Russian looking right at you with an encouraging smile on his face.

Viktor Nikiforov.

From the moment he first saw you on the ice, he knew you had the promise to become one of the world's best female figure skaters. From that day on he spent nearly every waking moment with you in order to train you to be as great of a skater as himself. Before long, you ended up standing where you were now, about to begin the free skate final of the Women's Grand Prix.

You tore your eyes away from Viktor knowing that you needed to have all of your focus on skating in order to come out in first place. Relaxing your muscles, you took your stance as you waited for the music to begin and therefore beginning your free skate routine.

Once the music began you were already moving, starting off slow to copy the melody of the music. Like the other skaters competing with you, you expressed your theme for your performances with such beauty and elegance that the whole audience knew the theme fit you well. They were right. The theme being longing was fitting due to the longing you had to prove to Viktor how much better you've gotten; to prove that he would never once regret taking a break from the season to coach you.

As you slowly skated backwards, you outstretched your arm in front of you, your hand longing to grasp hold of the gold medal. Longing to see the look on his face when you've won the Women's Grand Prix....

Your pace suddenly picked up once the music began to play faster. You readied yourself for the first jump and with the same amount of beauty that Viktor possessed when he skated, you stuck the triple.

The blade of your skates glided across the ice so smoothly it made you feel weightless. Your footwork was nothing less of perfect as you made everyone that watched you believe all of your movements were easy.

You started picking up speed once again for your next jump, landing a triple flip and soon going on to land the double and single. The crowd erupted in cheer, but you refused to let yourself get distracted by them. There were still many more jumps left for you to land in order for you to have a chance of winning.

After landing those three consecutive jumps, you soon followed it with a graceful glide on only one food, the other stretched behind you. You continued this glide until the second half of the free skate round started; this half of it being where you really shined.

You picked up the speed once again to land your double loop jump which was soon followed by another double flip. You flew across the ice now, unlike the other times your speed wasn't slowing. Moving faster and faster, you used that speed and your footwork to express how your longing would not be in vain; how you would get what you desired.

Moving with more elegance than any other skater you were going up against, you moved in for another jump and landed the quad. For a jump that was difficult for many skaters, you landed it with such impressing ease. With all these jumps, you had the full force of fatigue weighing on you, but you knew you had to pull through for the final jump, the one that would gain you the most points.

With just as much grace as always, you started getting ready for the final jump. As you made your way to the spot, you couldn't help but flood your mind with all your thoughts.

You needed to land this jump, not just for yourself, but for everyone who believed in you. Your fans, your friends, but most importantly Viktor. He believed in your talents when no one else did, it was because of his coaching that got you this far. You needed to land this to show him he was right to believe and have so much faith in you. But even more, the biggest reason why you needed to prove yourself to him was because....

You loved him.

With that final realization of your true feelings towards him, you went for your most difficult jump of all, the triple axel jump. Time seemed to freeze as you flew through the air and even though you had practiced this jump several times while practicing with Viktor, this time it seemed different. You felt as if nothing could stop you, that everything you once longed for would finally be in your grasp.

Unsurprisingly enough, you landed that jump just as flawlessly as the others. You quickly glided over to the center of the rink where you did a final spin before you stopped just as the song ended. You were panting heavily and several beads of sweat rolled down your face, but you were smiling nonetheless. The crowd roared at your spectacular performance but even still, their response wasn't the one you were looking for.

Once you were able to catch your breath, you skated towards the opening to exit the rink where a proud Viktor stood waiting for you. You quickly skated towards him, never slowing down until you jumped into his outstretched arms. He happily spun you around as he held you, him looking happier than you've ever seen him before.

"Do you think I've won it?" you asked him, a wide smile on your face.

He carefully placed you back down and cupped your cheeks in his hands as his beautiful blue eyes stared straight into your (E/C) ones.

"With that performance, you'll definitely be taking home gold," he told you, looking so proud.

As you and Viktor took a seat in front of all the cameras, all you could do was wait anxiously for the scores to be announced. You were the final skater so what comes next would decide the winners for this year's Women's Grand Prix final. Sensing your worry, Viktor reached over and squeezed your hand encouragingly.

"And the scores are in," the announcer's voice boomed. "The score to beat currently is 306.54. The judges have spoken and (Y/N)'s score for the free skate is 208.27 bringing her at a grand total of.... 309.61!"

Once again, you flung yourself onto Viktor for a hug with tears of pure joy slipping down your face. When you looked at him, you were shocked to see that he was crying too. Words couldn't describe how proud he was of you after all the hard work you did.

Like before, he cupped your cheeks with his hands, but this time something different happened. He pressed his lips against yours and kissed you passionately. Although the kiss didn't last long, when the two of you finally pulled apart you finally realized that he reciprocated the deep emotions you had for him.

"See?" he whispered as he brushed your tears away. "Didn't I tell you that you'd make history?"