Romeo & Cinderella
stammivicino
Chapter 01: Prologue
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny,
But in ourselves."
–William Shakespeare
The sun slowly starts to rise up from the skies above. It was another day for the people in the kingdom to make a fresh new start. Everyone was preparing for the start of the Lantern Festival that was always for three days every year. It is a tradition wherein everyone would celebrate the birth of their beloved kingdom. With everyone excited with the festival there was a certain man who doesn't really look forward with the celebration; Katsuki Yuuri who is the son of Mr. Toshiya Katsuki and Mrs. Hiroko Katsuki. Their family runs a business; the business they run was a skating rink called "Ice castle" with a hot spring and inn next to it. Everyday people in the kingdom would love to skate in this place especially during summer season. The rink was filled with kids, teens and adults wherein the place can be a form of bonding with friends and family. Meanwhile, during the cold seasons the hot spring would be filled with people who wants to experience a traditional Japanese bath and their rooms would be filled off the hook. During this time, it was close to summer season after New year was finished. Both the rink and Hot spring was not that full.
"Yuuri!" A brown haired woman who appears to be her sister, Mari, stomped her way into the raven haired boys' room. As soon as he reached the boys' room she opened the door slamming it onto the wall making Yuuri open his eyes in shock, "!"
"Yuuri! It's almost noon! We still have work to do!" Mari said as she put a hand on her waist.
"I know… I know…" Yuuri slowly got up and reached out for his glasses and wore it, pushing his glasses to his nose with his fingers, "I'm coming."
"Good." Her sister was about to leave when suddenly she remembered something. She looked back at Yuuri and spoke, "By the way, Yuuri, your bestfriend is here."
Yuuri looked at Mari with a questionable look, wondering, who was that 'bestfriend' her sister was talking about, "Bestfriend?" Yuuri asked.
Mari sighed in disbelief, "Don't tell me you forgot Phichit? Phichit Chulanont, your best friend the Prince of Thailand."
"Aaah! Phichit-kun!" Yuuri suddenly remembered, "He just arrived?"
"Yeah, together with his family. Apparently, they are staying here for a month because there are things to be discussed with our king in the kingdom." Mari answered his brothers' question as he starts walking away from Yuuri's room, "Start moving okay, it's a new day."
"Y-Yeah! I will." Yuuri responded as he watched his sister walk away. The boy started to smile when he heard the exciting news that his best friend was here. He suddenly felt happy and feel that he wasn't that alone anymore unlike before. It's been years since they last saw each other in the kingdom, it was their first meeting and started to have a strong bond with each other, they were children back then and both of their families were good friends. But like any other friends, they had to separate from each other since Phichit needs to go back to his country when he was a kid.
Yuuri starts to prepare himself to meet Phichit and excitedly runs to the lobby as he saw her mom working, serving the guests, "Mom! Morning!"
"Aah, Yuuri! Good morning!" Hiroko smiled at her son. His mother was really kind hearted and never been angry at them since they were little, she was an understanding mother.
"I heard Phichit-kun and is family is here. Have you seen them?" Yuuri asked her mother as he smiled at her.
Hiroko can sense her sons exciting aura surrounding her making her giggle in a cute way, pointing out the place where his best friend is "Phichit is over there at the garden taking pictures of himself."
"Okay! Thanks, mom!" Yuuri smiled and starts to run to the garden. As soon as he reached the place he saw Phichit taking a selfie in the garden with his hamster on his shoulder, "Aah! Phichit-kun! Sawasdee krab!" Yuuri greeted the Thailand prince as he continuously ran towards him.
Phichit turns to Yuuri smiling and waving at him, "Yuuri!" He also started to run towards him, "It's been awhile! How are you?"
Yuuri looked down the ground and tries to catch his breath, "I-I'm fine." He stood up properly once his breathing returned to normal, "You? It's been awhile! We both grew up!"
Phichit nodded in agreement, "Yeah! We both grew taller also. Aah! Yuuri, next time you should come to Thailand. I'll show you around." Yuuri smiled, "Sure—Let's have a seat." Yuuri suggested as both of them sat on the bench.
"So, Yuuri, how are things?" Phichit asked as his pet hamster starts to roam around his hand.
Yuuri looked at Phichit and smiled faintly, "Well… Things have been the same. By the way, why didn't you tell me that you guys are arriving?"
"Well, I wanted to surprise you. I actually tried holding back in not saying this to you to our last video chat." Phichit sticked his tongue out with a joking expression.
Yuuri laughed, "You never changed. By the way, tonight is the start of the lantern festival. Do you want to go?"
Phichit's eyes sparkled in excitement, "Sure!"
"Phichit! Fix your things in your room!" A faint calling was heard from their place making Phichit startled, "Yikes! My mother is calling me, I forgot to fix my things before I went here. I'll go ahead now Yuuri." The Thailand prince stood up making Yuuri do the same, "Aah, Okay. I'll see you later." Yuuri waved goodbye to Phichit as he did the same as he left.
Yuuri sat back down on the bench and decided to start his work his family business.
/
As soon as Yuuri finished his work it was already close to evening and it was almost time for the festival to start, but there wasn't any slight hint of Phichit coming down from his room, "Maybe he isn't finished yet?" Yuuri thought, "Oh well, I'll just leave a note that I would be at the rink." He stood up and goes to the front desk just to find his father in charge, manning the desk, "Hey dad, can you tell Phichit that I'm at the rink?"
Toshiya smiled and nodded, "Sure, sure. No problem!"
Yuuri smiled back, "Thanks!" He starts to put on his running shoes to get ready. And as soon as he was done he started to run out of the inn going to their rink. It was already evening the sun already hit the ground making the sky be engulf with dark but glittering stars. Yuuri while running, looked up and admired the beautiful creation that was made, making him slow down and stop, watching the stars glitter as he slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "It's not so bad after all." He faintly smiled and continued to run to the rink.
As soon as he arrived he was greeted with his childhood friend, Nishigori Yuuko who works at the rink together with her husband, "Yuuri! You came for the same reason?" Yuuko welcomed her with a smile and already knows the reason why Yuuri was there. The raven haired boy nodded and blushed slightly, "Yeah."
"Okay! I had the rink ready for you to use anytime!" Yuuko responded making Yuuri smile with appreciation, "Thank you, Yuuko!"
Yuuri starts to put his skating shoes on as Yuuko suddenly sat beside Yuuri, "Yuuri, are you going to attend the festival?"
"Hm? Oh yeah, I'm going with Phichit-kun, but it seems like he'll be running late. Tho, I left a note for him that he can go here after he finished his tasks." Yuuri replied as he tightened up his laces.
"Phichit? Phichit Chulanont!?" Yuuko screamed in excitement, "The prince of Thailand!"
Yuuri nodded slowly, "Y-Yeah…?" He started to move away from Yuuko slowly and dashed going to the ice, leaving Yuuko and her fangirling moment to herself.
Yuuri settled his things down on a small table and also settled his phone down at the same place. He went to the ice to have some warm up before starting the routine he has been practicing in secret. Since he was a child he always felt alone, well not always but there are times he would feel lonely and think about life. The ice is the place where he can recollect himself and think about his emotions and thoughts, it's the place where he can shout his emotions out through his physical movements.
As soon as he finished warming up, he went to his phone and starts playing the single of stay close to me:
I hear a voice crying the distance
Perhaps you, too, have been abandoned?
Yuuri starts to move in with the music letting himself be engulf with his emotions as he glided in the ice becoming one with the music. His own emotions starts to run down his entire body letting his feelings do the work in skating.
Come to me now, as I quickly finish this glass of wine
And start to prepare myself
Now it is silent.
Yuuri starts to prepare himself in doing a toe loop when suddenly heard an applaud coming from inside the rink making him have a sudden stop and trip on the ice, "Ouch!"
"Aaah! Yuuri! Sorry! Did I disturb you!?" Phichit shouted from edge of the rink exit.
"N-No, it's fine!" Yuuri quickly got up on his feet and starts to skate out of the rink.
"Yuuri, I'm really sorry…" Phichit frowned as he helped Yuuri to sit down. Yuuri smiled and starts to remove his skates, "I told you it's fine, also I'm used to fall in the ice."
"By the way Yuuri… Are you making your own routine? Did you finally tell your parents about your dream?" Phichit asked as he watched Yuuri remove his skates and walked to the table where he left his things, "No… Not yet." Yuuri sighed.
"Eh? But you dreamed of becoming a figure skater since we were kids." Phichit said as he continuously followed Yuuri now going to the locker room.
Yuuri retrieves his shoes from the locker and starts to put it back on, "I'm scared that they might not like it…" Yuuri sighed as he starts to lace his shoes up. As soon as he was finished he stood up and made his way to the front desk.
"Yuuri, done already?" Yuuko asked in wonder. It wasn't normal for Yuuri to leave after half an hour even if he had guests.
"Y-Yeah." Yuuri nodded, "I'll come back tomorrow as always. See you at the festival!" He waved at Yuuko as she waved back at him, "Have fun you two!"
Once out of the ice castle Phichit pouted at Yuuri making the raven haired blink a few times before asking, "What? What's wrong?"
"It's just that—Why do you think such negative thoughts when you know your parents are kind and understandable?" Phichit ask as they continued to walk going to the festival.
"I wanted to tell them but my mind says 'no'. I mean, what about our family business? Who will look after it?" Yuuri asked as he frowns.
Phichit shrugs as he responded to Yuuri's thoughts, "Your sister, Mari?"
"Well… I guess there's that but still, it's a family business. Meaning I have to take part too." Yuuri continued to point out his thoughts.
"Okay, fine. But let me tell you this, you can't run from it. It's either you move to your dreams or your dreams will run away from you." Phichit said as he put an arm around Yuuri's neck, "Well then! I assume we're here at the Festival now. Right? Yuuri."
Yuuri nodded and was in shock with what Phichit said, 'Phichit-kun is scary sometimes.' He looked a little terrified but soon it faded all away as he saw the festival with beautiful lanterns scattered. Phichit suddenly let go of Yuuri when he saw a shop with a drink, "Yuuri! Come here quickly!"
Yuuri chuckled and made his way to Phichit until suddenly he bumped into a man that was wearing a coat, hooding his head as if he was trying to hide his face, "I-I'm so sorry! Please let me hel—" Yuuri suddenly stopped speaking when he met the man's eyes; The ocean can be reflected in the color of the mysterious man. It's like as if he was drowning in another dimension. 'His eyes… are pretty.' The mysterious man's eyes also widened as he met his eyes back he can see his own reflection in Yuuri's eyes. The man hid a smile under his coat as he looked back at the boy's hazel nuts eyes.
"Yuuri!" Phichit called out for his childhood friend making both men break their eye contact, "P-Phichit-kun!?" Yuuri stood up and looked at Phichit who was already approaching. Suddenly in a swift movement the man in the coat ran through Yuuri's direction. As soon as Phichit approached Yuuri he noticed the raven having a flushed cheeks, "Yuuri?"
"A-Ah, I-It's nothing?" Yuuri out of the blue responded making Phichit raise a brow, "What do you mean it's nothing?" Phichit shrugs and gave Yuuri a drink, "Here! I bought you one~"
Yuuri accepted the drink and held it with both hands, "T-Thanks."
/
Both friends went back to the inn as Phichit had a blast. Both of them said good night to each other before going to their rooms. Yuuri changed into his night wear and went under the covers and stared at the window.
The man suddenly stood up and ran towards Yuuri's direction as he left a shuddering whisper onto his ears,'Krasivyye kariye glaza. (Beautiful Brown eyes)'
Those foreign words suddenly made his cheeks become flushed once again making him cover his face with both of his hands, "What is wrong with me? I don't even know what words he said." He went under the covers and shuts his eyes closed, but after a second he slowly opened them back, "But… His voice is soothing… Like music." He closed his eyes once again and slowly drifted to sleep.
"Who is he?"
A/N: Hi guys! It's my first time posting here and at AO3. I am a writer but I took a break for 2 years so I don't know if my skills are still there lmao. Before, I actually post my fanfictions in instagram but sadly I deleted them since I became broken because of some things happened in life. But yeah well, it's been a year since I recovered and I'm back! I hope you guys like the story because sooner or later things will get hot and steamy LOL HAHAHAHAHA but sooooon qwq
I'm not sure when I'll update next but hopefully by next week chapter 2 will be up! (Since school is starting and break is over damn). PM if you have any suggestions in my writing or story so I can improve next time! Thank you! :^)))
