The Ice Prince // Yuzuvier Fan Fic

Chapter Seven

Yuzuru:

I waved goodbye to Phillipe as he got into the car with his mother and he stuck his face up against the window as soon as the door was closed. He signaled for me not to forget and I gave him a single nod.

"Thank you." I turned around to find Javier leaning against the wall near the door, arms crossed over his chest.

"Thank you?" I asked and he smiled at me.

"He was having a rough day. You made him smile. So thank you." I coughed lightly but it didn't do anything to stop the warming in my cheeks.

"Oh. I ...I like children." I replied and he grinned.

"I can see that." He said and I avoided his gaze, taking out my phone so I could call my mother. Her phone rang for a while before it clicked over to voicemail. Damn it. I sucked in a breathe and tried again. Still voicemail. "Everything OK?"

"It's fine." I sighed. "I just..." I jumped a little when thunder rumbled suddenly in the sky and I saw a brief flash of lightning in the distance. "I need to get back to the hotel."

"Were you calling a taxi?" I shook my head.

"My mother. But she isn't answering." I pursed my lips. "She probably put it on silent and forgot again."

"Like my Dad then." Javier chuckled and stuck his hands in his pockets. "Where are you staying? I can drive you home if you...want." He murmured and I worried my bottom lip. I really didn't have money to call a taxi anyway and I had no idea when my mother would answer her phone...

"We're staying at Doubletree." I said softly and he pulled a set of car keys out of his pocket.

"Fancy." He said wriggling his eyebrows and hopping down the steps. "Come on. It's about to pour out here."

"So you stay with your mom?" He asked when it started to drizzle and he flipped on the windscreen wipers.

"Yes." I answered quietly.

"That's nice. Do you have any other family?" He looked at me before looking at the road again. Did he really not know? I felt like I knew everything about all the other figure skaters currently competing around the world right now. Takahashi Sensei had said I was important...

"My father and sister are in Japan." I said.

"You have a sister? Me too." He sounded excited for some reason and I couldn't keep back a smile.

"I know." I sniffed. "Laura Fernandez. Competed in Ladies' singles and Ice dancing. Retired." He stopped at a red light and gave me a look that made me want to blush again.

"Did you Google me?" He asked.

"No." I mumbled and picked at my nails. I hadn't. I'd searched on Wikipedia.

While we were waiting for the light to turn green, we were both quiet and my stomach chose that exact moment to remind me I was hungry. Loudly.

"What the hell was that?" I put my arms around my waist and looked out the window at the rain. "Was that your stomach?"

"No." I lied and squeezed harder when it made a noise again.

"Are you hungry?"

"I can eat when I get to the hotel." I said and Javier snorted softly. A few minutes later he was stopping outside what looked like a little restaurant at the side of the road.