Eren pushed himself onto the bitter ice slowly; the dim lights reflected off of the Swarovski crystals on his fitted rose pink suit, the sleeves fluttered back in the wind, as did his brown hair. He came to a halt on the center of the ice his left hand rested under his neck that pointed towards the ceiling, his right hand fully extended towards the judges table, his left foot was position crossed behind the right, he seemed as if he was inviting a faux audience to join him on the ice.
He closed his eyes letting out all his thoughts. He had done this routine thousands of times off the ice since he was 9, but not once did he attempt it on ice. Nobody had ever witnessed this dance. He let his mind go blank and his whole body visibly went from rigid and tight, to loose and vulnerable.
As the music starts Eren holds his pose, before he brings his head down, then proceeds to take his left hand from his neck down to match his right arm. He pushes off backwards slowly as if the night is guiding him home; his arms come up to release his worries into the sky as he slowly glides around backwards. While the violin plays he brings his arms back down to hug himself while his head continues to the right and down, He comes to a stop waiting for the violin to stop. His right hand slowly sides to his right, then the left one follows not too far behind, he holds this until he is ready to put them slightly behind him releasing more worries from his form.
With his right hand he grasp the air next to him, and then with the left he pulls it across his body as if to touch the air tenderly all the while starting to move back again until arms are matching once more. Eren proceeds to bring both of his hand to his face, blocking the 'sun' from his eyes still skating backwards. His arms then sweep to his right blocking the 'lies' and using them to spin in a right rotation on one leg. Eren then stops for a moment allowing his left arm to slide to the left side of his body while his right hand sweeps over his head until it matches his left arm.
He lets out a passionate sigh, the kind only a true skater would let out before he starts to skate forward around the rink, gaining speed. He then flips back still skating in the same direction, still gaining speed, and just before the singer says 'soar' he leaps into the air as if gravity no longer exist landing a double axel, triple toe loop combination, he lands on one foot with the grace of a swan holding it while going backwards until the high note stops. He continues to freely slide over the ice. The song comes to an end with him in the same position he started, his breath is ragged and he has tears in his glowing eyes, it had been so long since he felt so free like that.
Eren was so caught into his routine; he failed to notice the presence of another person, until said person skated up behind him wrapping their long arms around his waist. Eren nearly jumped a mile into the air; he fell back screaming until he heard the sexy deep chuckle of Levi who was now smirking down at a flustered Eren.
"Please forgive me for my intrusion, you skate so beautiful" Levi said as he reached a hand out to Eren.
Eren being as bratty as ever, insisted on getting up without his assistance.
"Quiet! It's called practice"
"Oh really, then why have you not been to the Prix Final" Retorted Levi with a cocky smirk.
At this, Eren couldn't stop the pang of hurt in his chest. He turned his head away from the black haired man and glared at the ice.
"Don't get butt hurt Brat, you've the potential if you would just skate like that in competition".
"Honestly, you need to loosen up, when you are nervous and jump, you lock your knees which causes you to land incorrectly..." Levi droned on and on about everything Eren could do better in competition; until Eren looked up at Levi with his green eyes unguarded.
Levi's heart stuttered looking at the younger male who seemed ready to cry, turning his head to a window he letting out a strangled sound and ran a hand through his waist length black hair frustrated.
"Don't you dare cry Brat" Levi said while he tied his long hair up into a ponytail.
"I think like you" Levi said after a few moments of silence.
Eren's eyes widened as he started shocked at Levi
"What do you mean?" Eren questioned.
"I mean what I said, I like you!" Levi said a bit more forceful that necessary making Eren flinch.
Eren turned to face Levi, but he said nothing, just memorized his features in the dim lit ice rink.
Levi turned to take in Eren, the 22 year old had captivated Levi since they met 5 months ago, though Levi did not want to admit it, his heart speeds up for the young male.
Levi snatched Eren's hand pulling him close to him, Eren lets out a startled gasp ;Levi was as soft as Eren had dreamt. Eren couldn't help but give into the man he had both worshipped and been agitated by for 5 months. Levi Slowly tugged Eren back with him at arm's length; they stayed silently like this for a while, just enjoying each other.
Levi pulled Eren backwards before gaining speed; together they started to dance as if they had been dancing together for years. Levi would snake his arms around Eren, Eren would put his trust into Levi with every spin, jump, and lift. They were nearly connected at the skate the way they matched.
They stopped after a while, both breathing exceedingly hard and hunched over.
"Eren." Said Levi, after he caught his breath, he skated up to him waiting for the younger male to stand from his hunched position.
Levi pushed himself forward, wrapping his arms around Eren's waist he touched their noses, then their foreheads, next they were kissing deeply, and passionately. They both broke apart with Levi grinning like a fool, and Eren blushing like a virgin.
"Go on a date with me, be mine exclusively, nobody has to know until you are ready, but I want to know everything about you" Levi suddenly said still grinning.
Eren could not utter any words, he could only blink twice fascinated by Levi.
"We can go to the Prix Final, with me there, and you skating like you just did, you can win this thing" Levi stated with no doubt in his mind.
Something in Eren snapped at those words as he remembered his true mission, it wasn't to be here with Levi; he felt self-disappointment for letting his desires cloud his judgment. 'He can't possibly win the Grand Prix' is what his logic was telling him, though his heart was reaching out to be loved by the beautiful Levi.
"No, two guys together is disgusting" the lie was bitter on Eren's tongue.
Glancing up, Eren could have broken down and taken the black haired man into his arms; but Eren had spent to many years working to get here, to let levi steal his chance away.
"Pretend this never happened, go back to not knowing me" Said Eren with a false confidence and a broken heart. Eren turned and started to skate towards the exit, he pretended not to hear the heartbreaking 'no' and 'please don't' that Levi could barely get out his mouth; Eren knew if he turned he would break down. So he left the ice rink with Levi's voice following him, he didn't even take the time to remove his skate uniform before he started to sprint all the way home, tears running from his eyes.