It was the tryouts for the figure skating team of the university.
"That was great, Yuri! Okay, you're in! Next!" the tall man's voice was heavily accented, and everyone in this school knew his name - Viktor Nikiforov, the captain of the team. He participated in the nationals a lot of times and in the near future, it was actually rumored that he'd participate in the European Championships next.
"Wait... That's it?" the blond Yuri approached the brown-haired who was holding some papers on the rinkside who appeared to be the team manager. She was wearing an ID and it says "Yuuko."
"Yeah, because he said so," she smiled at the blond, and Yuri clicked his tongue in annoyance, "It wasn't supposed to be this easy."
"Why, don't you want to be on the team?" Viktor smirked, apparently heard their conversation.
"Tch. Whatever," he got out of the rink and glared at the raven-haired male who was supposed to skate next with no apparent reason.
He greeted him back with a sheepish smile instead and he just looked even more disgruntled and walked away and out. It was his turn next and his heart was beating insanely fast.
"Yuuri Katsuki, right?" the captain flashed a smile, and Yuuri's face flushed a little upon the mention of his name and nodded.
The took off his glasses and placed it on the rinkside as well as the protectors on his skates and then went to the rink.
He would have to calm down or he'd mess up again, and this was just the tryouts. As far as he knew, his roommate Phichit got accepted. It was a funny coincidence that his dormmate was a figure skater too.
When he assumed his initial position, the music started, and he smiled brightly at the audience.
Today, he'll be the "confident Yuuri". Most of the days, he's not the "confident Yuuri." What does it take to be a "confident Yuuri?" He didn't know either. It just comes and goes like the wind. No one knew who the real Yuuri was.
His performance didn't have too many jumps on it. He only landed a quad, and he stepped out of his salchow again. He tried focusing on his strengths.
Yuuri liked the music a lot - it's the Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. As the music slowly fades, he did a combination spin and did his last pose and bowed to them.
This performance was for them even if no one in this school really knew his name. Then, he heard a very loud applause from the audience.
Even the manager was tearing up for some reason. The people who were next in line for tryouts was clapping loudly too.
But most of all, the captain's eyes widened in awe. He wasn't speaking for a while.
"Hey, he made it, right?" Yuuko asked excitedly, and he was silent for a while, before nodding, this time, silently.
There was a small smile on the captain's lips. He finally found him.