bookandkpop (ao3)
We're going ice skating and it's pretty obvious that you're secretly an Olympic figure skater or something how the hell are you so graceful you're literally twirling around on one foot on a frictionless surface and I can barely make a left turn
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It was one of their yearly traditions. He was dragged out of his warm and comfortable room where he was perfectly content watching anime all day to venture outdoors in the freezing cold snow to do physical activity. Disgusting. His only comfort was that he wasn't the only one not enjoying these annual outings. Chani also despised being forced to leave his hermit cave for five hours of socialising by their cousins. Although, the younger students main problem with it was how overwhelmingly cute and lovey-dovey Inseong and Youngbin acted when they were out in public, especially around the Christmas time. Not that he was a bitter single or anything.
Hwiyoung really wasn't bothered by their cousin's antics, they were a cute couple after all. His main gripe was that he had to be active. The activity in question? Ice-skating, aka the most ridiculous sport in existence. Honestly, he couldn't understand how people got enjoyment out of racing around on solid water with literal blades on their feet in the freezing cold. It had nothing to do with his atrocious lack of balance and the fact he couldn't let go of the railing at risk of falling on his ass, not at all.
But despite the two younger boy's constant moaning Youngbin and Inseong were never going to give up this tradition. It was how the couple first met five years ago after all, and as much as they complained they would never deny their cousins this festive reminiscence. So that's how the four of them ended up piling into Youngbin's car and driving half an hour across town to the only ice-rink in the area. It was always very busy especially leading up to Christmas, but Hwiyoung didn't mind. It meant there were fewer people going to be focused on him and his stumbling around.
They arrived and queued up to get their skates, which was the only part of the entire night where Hwiyoung would be able to feel his fingers. He could already feel the warmth leaving his body even through the multiple layers of clothes he was wearing. It was only going to get worse once he got on the ice. Like they did every year, Inseong and Youngbin would skate off hand in hand and just enjoy one another's company, while Chani would stick with Hwiyoung as he slowly pulled himself around the ring by the wall making small talk about nothing in particular.
And for the first half an hour of their night, that's exactly how it went. But then Chani spotted a group of his uni friends, and Hwiyoung was hardly going to stop him from going over and joining them. The shorter boy was actually a half-decent skater and after checking three times that Hwiyoung was ok with it, he headed over to them. Hwiyoung, now all alone, decided that once he made it back around to the exit of the ring he would get off the ice and go get himself a hot chocolate to warm up. It was going to take a little while, but he would do it.
Or at least, he would have had he not bumped into an angel on his way. Literally, the blond boy was sent flying in Hwiyoung's direction by one of his friends and had he not been supporting himself with the railing they both would have ended up on the ice. As it was, he managed to awkwardly catch the other with his body getting squished against the wall.
"ROWOON! I AM GOING TO MURDER YOU!"
The blond whipped back around to face Hwiyoung after yelling at his friend, who was doubled over with laughter in the middle of the rink. His eyes scanned over Hwiyoungs face, and at such a close proximity he couldn't help but notice how handsome this stranger was. There was a healthy glow to his skin that came from exercise and his cheeks were flushed a pretty pink from the cold - an angel. Hwiyoung was certain he was probably closer in resemblance to Rudolf.
