The Ice Prince // Yuzuvier Fan Fic

Prologue

Javier:

"Is the practice rink open yet?" I whispered to Coach Brian while he was on the phone. He nodded once and gave me a thumbs up so I grabbed my skates and headed that way quickly. I felt bad. I really did, but I couldn't spend another second in that room with him, listening to him defending my stupidity. I sighed heavily and rubbed at my chest. God, I had made that comment randomly and thought it was harmless at the time, but now it was all anyone could talk about and they'd twisted it into something that hadn't been my intention at all. That was the media though. I should have been more aware of myself and remembered that.

I jogged the last few feet and pushed the door open with my shoulder, wincing when my skates knocked against my thigh. I hissed and was rubbing at it when I heard music playing inside the rink. Huh... There was still quite a few hours until the competition actually started and I thought that I would be the only one out here practicing this early. Who else would be crazy enough to -

My breath caught in my throat when I saw a dark head shoot across the rink in a flash. Shit. Of course he was here first...

Current World Champion and Olympic favourite. I'd seen on the news how some of his fans had flown from all over the world just to see him skate. The wonder child from Japan. Yuzuru Hanyu. Even thinking of his name made my skin prickle with goose bumps. They said Yuzuru was fast becoming the greatest figure skater of our time and it was hard to argue watching him launch himself in the air and land a quadruple salchow like he was born doing them. If it were anyone else, my competitive jealousy might have spiked, but watching Yuzuru skate was somewhat like an honour. It didn't feel right to be jealous of him.

The music playing tinkered to an end and Yuzuru stopped in the middle of the ice. His chest was heaving and he waved his arms around slowly. I tiptoed closer to the rink just as another piece of music started playing. I'd never heard it before, but the rhythm was slightly different from what I'd usually seen him skate to in his competition programs. Yuzuru moved his body along with the music, bending and flowing and twisting his body in a way one rarely saw one move on something as precarious as ice skating blades.

The music turned darker and I watched him transform with it. He threw himself across the ice and my mouth fell open. My heart skipped a beat for a second when he dropped low and touched the ice, but he hadn't fallen he was just... gliding. Yuzuru ended his performance with his signature spin and then there was quiet in the arena.

I didn't realise I was clapping until Yuzuru spun around to look in my direction.

"I ...I'm sorry." He mumbled, skating to the edge of the ice.

"No, I ... That was beautiful." I chuckled and his eyes widened just a little. "I've never seen anyone skate like that before."

"I was just..." He breathed and waved his hands back to the ice. "I was just messing around. If you need the ice...I can leave."

"I was just coming to warm up." I shrugged and bent over so I could sit down on the bench and put on my skates. "You don't need to go. We can ..." I grunted as I pulled on the lace and tightened it around my ankle. "We can skate together if that's OK with you."

"To...gether?" He blinked at me and I nodded sharply.

"I don't mind." I smiled at him. "I'm Javier...by the way." He nodded minutely.

"Hanyu Yuzuru..."

"I know." I chuckled and he sucked in a breath as a blush coloured his cheeks. He looked back at the ice behind him for a moment.

"OK." He said eventually. "We can skate together."