What is Agape?// YURIO PLISETSKY

He Is Happy

It was pretty tensed in the hallway I was walking through. The Rostelecom Cup was going to begin in a few minutes, and the skaters were warming up. I just decided to head on to the rink side, I wanted to feel the coolness from the ice.

On the way though, I happen to pass by skaters.

"Hi Al---" I ignored JJ for fun. "Where's Lee?" I muttered to myself, pretending I did not hear JJ.

"Michele" I said as I pointed at him. He sent me a dark look, most likely because I pointed at his face rudely. I glared right back. Except I turned away first because... he was about 22 years old. Where was my respect to the elderly?

I saw someone wave at me, I looked down to see Emil sitting on a mat. "Heyyy" I smiled as I passed by.

"Hi Yurio"

"What the---" I had just made him loose balance. He was practicing his splits standing up. Who would not be tempted to push him off?

"Viktor! Yuuri!" I yelled with open arms as soon as I saw the two--- "Wait, where's Makkachin?"

Viktor shoved a tissue holder to my face.

"No thanks" I turned away to look for my rink mate.

"Can you just not skate in that attire?" I ask as Seung Gil took off his track jacket.

"You couldn't have told me sooner" he replied bluntly.

"I've been telling you since I first saw the costume, idiot" I hopped to flick his forehead.

Before I could withdraw my hand to my pocket, Seung Gil had caught me by the wrist. "What did I tell you about accepting your height and calling me idiot?"

"I'm not stopping you from jumping" I pulled my hand from his, and stormed off. 

Okay, I just jumped. What does it have to do with my height? Then I realized that it did have something to do with it.

To comfort me, I look for someone just as tall as me. But how can I find him? "YURIO"

"I TOLD YOU I AM NOT---"

I just laughed at him, "Yeah, come over here" I dropped my arm over his shoulders, also looking like a headlock, and led the way. "Come meet my rink mate"

"Why were you laughing during the performance of your rink mate, Ms. Altin?" an interviewer asks me, "Just a fun thing to do?"

"No, sir" I continued to laugh, "I-- I'm imagining... a--- a..."

"A what, Miss Altin?" the camera was zoomed closer to my face.

"An ice skating parrot!" I blurted out.

"Thanks" Seung Gil, "For that wonderful answer to that interview"

"You won't kick me out anyway, right?" I ask him, "Or disown me as your rink mate, right?"

"I'm thinking about it"

"Come on, you won't, right?"

"Yurio, everything alright?" I ask.

He didn't even answer me, "Heck, why am I even asking? What's the matter?"

"My grandpa isn't here" he tells me, looking up to me.

"He's your agape if I remember correctly, so you can't perform because he isn't here?"

"Why else do you think?"

"Then look for another agape" I rolled my eyes.

"How? I'm not as close to anyone like with my grandpa"

I raised a brow, "Anyone at all?"

Yurio shook his head.

I scoffed, "Make me your agape then" I said simply, "Don't get the wrong idea, but it's only for this performance, just for now"

"I gotta go" he turned and skated to the center of the rink.

"I love ya!" I waved at him when he looks back, I snickered. I saw his cheeks turn red.

"Did you just tell Mr. Plisetsky you love him!" an interviewer immediately runs to me, "I need to ask you more questions!"

"NO" I always hated interviews, I ran for dear life as people stared.

"BEKA" I greeted him.

"Ouch" he replied.

"Where are you by the way?" I ask him, "I checked your hotel room, but it was empty"

"How did you get in there?" Otabek was suddenly interested, "You couldn't have just opened it like that, I have the room key with me. Or is it still with me--- wait"

"Calm yourself, it's still in your butt"

"What?"

"I meant in your wallet that's in your pocket, that you're sitting on, you must be on your bike right?"

"Good guess, but how did you get in?"

"Rayven Plisetsky helped me open it, well she did the work, I don't know what she did, it was like magic" I told him, "She muttered something and a few clicks and yeah I got in"

"I'm with Yuri"

I was in the middle of trying to remember how Rayven opened the door, she was even with a guy that told her not to, but Rayven helped me anyway--- "Uhm, excuse me?"

"I'm with Yuri Plisetsky"

"Nice joke, I don't believe you" no he can't possibly have Yurio now, I felt my heart become heavy.

"Yeah we are, in Park Guell, you can join us" Otabek informed me, "We'll wait for you here"

"Yeah okay sure, wait for me" I growled, he doesn't even bother to pick up his own sister.

'It's you. It's always been you' I stared dreamily at him, 'You don't even have the slightest idea how much I like you' 

I've been trying to grab Yurio's attention since I joined the duo, but every time I did, his attention went back to Otabek in a couple of seconds. I can't help but growl, and catch their attention, then turned away embarrassed.

Otabek did join me in a few conversations, but I was mostly silent following the two from behind while I looked away in humiliation and just pretended that I didn't care about them and was just tagged along without my agreement.

But Yurio seemed okay, he didn't have that scowl he usually had. He didn't even complain once.

"I'm winning gold this time" Otabek told me, he was about to start his performance and I was at the rink side to see him off, but I found myself sulking and keeping quiet instead.

"How about the one with the higher place gets to order around the loser for the week" He started, "Nice bet?"

I looked away from Otabek, not even bothering to respond. "You've been like this since yesterday when we met at Park Guell. What's wrong?"

"How am I to answer that when everything is not alright" I snapped back, "I just---"

"Otabek, davai!" I heard Yurio from behind. And that was it, I turned to take my leave.

"Alia!" I heard Otabek call out, people were starting to notice the scene happening. "AL"

"Alia!" I was about to open my hotel room when I heard Rayven Plisetsky, "Tell me... what's wrong?"

"I'm fine, I just need time to think" I replied.

"Are you sure?" Rayven insist.

"You don't bother people when they don't want to be bothered" the tall guy beside her said, "We can play with Nox instead"

"Okay---" before Rayven faced me again, I already closed the door.