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In the big and flashy world of figure skating, there were many pairs, some good, some bad, some of the individuals were close, some weren’t, but Vasilisa and Valery were another kind of close. The two were always goofying and teasing eachother. Also they were very good skaters and is is very obvious why. They are training long hours and also they have an unique connection that lets them be more trusting with eachother and be more open with eachother.
It was about 2 weeks before a big competition and Valery and Vasilisa were training intensevly. They took this very seriously, but some jokes would slip and slide inside, with Valery sometimes grabbing Vasilisa and spinning with her and the girl jumping in his back and making him skate around the rink. Their coach was always laughing with them about all the goofy things they do and is always stern in her correction with the pair. They would always put passion and soul in their performance and now were rehearsing the more technical side of their choreography inspired by the story of Romeo and Juliet. The two russian birds were going at it and were nailing every single technical stunt and step, but there was still a lot of interpretation between them. The coach could see that the two had a strong connection but it also looked like that connection was transforming into something of a red ribbon. Valery always loved to shower the girl with hugs and she would always tease him by poking his sides. On the other hand Vasilisa loved to have him close, and to always have some sort of physical connection with him, either it be a finger holding a finger or holding hands. But they made it clear to eachother that they were just close friends, that are very extroverted and have a very funny friendship full of teases and jokes, like the ones cracked during the rehearsals where they would be sassy or cocky with the other. At the end of each session they would hug and bid eachother goodbye, always smiling and talking on the phone about their great time spent with eachother.
The weekend came and the last training session of the week came and went and the two skaters decided to stay a little longer and do some tik toks at Vasilisa’s request. She already knew the dances so she put Valery to an intense learning of those goofy steps, and knd of hard moves. She looked at the boy in front of her and wondered how she got him, this bundle of joy and positive thinking. Maturity didn’t change him, she cloud argue that he even has maturity at some points, but he is all but dreamy. Vasilisa started to think of the wierd times when they first danced together, at how this unknown scared her, but now all that unknown is lit by the bright shines of close friendship that has sailed 2-3 years ago, when they started to go out and socialize more. He was there for her when she needed help the most, when she had anxiety or panic attacks or when she was feeling down. He appeared in her life like a cold wind that somehow managed to get warmer until it melted her frozen heart. She didn’t know when her platonic feelings changed into romantic ones but she clearly knew that now she has a lot of love for him to give. Maybe it was his smile that shined like the sun reflecting in the ice, or his warm yet protective personality like a comfy outfit. Maybe it was his attractive voice or his way of expressing himself through hugs. Maybe it was his way of complimenting her and her friends or the way he always buys her little gifts. But one certain thing is that she loved all these qualities he has.
While all these thoughts were rolling in her head, she was unintentionally staring at Valery learning the steps. He catched her looking at him and was a little confused at why she was looking so insistently at him. And then he realised she wasa looking nowhere, her eyes were empty, and she was probably lost in some thoughts.
"Hey Vasi, are you ok?"
"..."
"VASIIIII?!"
"Oh,yes!?" the girl said in a very confused and lost tone, her face being a slight shade of red.
"Are you ok?"
"Y-yes yes! I am ok, w-why do you ask?"
"Because you were staring into nothingness in my direction and it looked a little wierd not gonna lie." said the boy with a sly smile on his face.
"Oh, sorry!" said the girl turning redder. "Anyways did you learn the steps?" she told him while clearing her throat.
"Yes ma’am! Also you looked so interested in my moves, did you looked at this booty?" said the boy curving his spine to conture his butt in her direction.
"N-no! Valeryyyy!! Yuck no!" the girl told him laughing at his goofyness.
"Yeah sure! Continue to be jealous of this iconic ass!" said the boy almost bursting out laughing.
"I would be if you had any to be jealous of."
"I feel betrayed my icy wind!"
"Don’t feel, my cold water! Now, are you ready to do this?"
"Yeees ma’am!" and as he said this, both of them laughed a little at their stupid and childish yet cute exchange of lines.
Before they started the tik tok, Vasilisa hugged the boy tight, smiling and both of hem blushing a little. They continued doing tik toks for about 2 hours, laughing at their mistakes and enjoying the time spent together outside the rink. The two didn’t allow themselves to be this detached from seriousness, and doing something silly like this made the two more relaxed and made them more aware of the fact that they need to live in the moment. As the filming session came to a final, Valery grabbed Vasilisa by the waist and spun with her like crazy, both of them laughing and smiling at eachother. When the girl took the phone and posted the tik toks, she hugged him again, and thanked him for everything he did for her. He was a little confused as to why she was so touchy. Normally he was the one with the hugs and kisses but he didn’t mind receiving this kind of affection. He loved it. That’s why they both were a little pink flushed in the cheeks.
Before they left to go home, Valery asked the girl to go to the movies next weekend. She agreed and then they parted ways. As the time passed, Valery tried to found what was happening with his heart as now, he found it very hard to focus on the skating and with every touch his heart skips a beat.
The weekend has came, and the pair is sitting at the cinema, waiting for the film to start. The boy was now wondering how he got into this point of their relationship. He didn’t always care about his feelings but now it seemed like it was interferring with his friendship. It’s true that he didn’t feel anything but a somewhat restrain at the start of their partnership, but with time, he could be his true self. He always gave out hugs and kisses, and he loved the physical contact. From the moment he became comfortable with Vasilisa, he started to show off his true colors, and the girl didn’t fight the hugs or holding hands. She became used to it and he knew that. He always told her that he does this with everyone and that is somewhat true. Yes he is like a golden retriever to the people he’s close to, but only Vasilisa knows what he is feeling inside. He may appear happy, but he is also human and only Vasilisa knows this side of him. Now every time he looks at her, he cannot see anything imperfect about her. She was like the most perfect ice cube, completely transparent and cold. He didn’t know how this ice statue came into his life, but with time he got to discover a bright fire awaiting to be escape his ice prison. Her skin may be cold but her heart is so full of passion even ice cannot keep it locked forever. Maybe it was the pure smiles she gave him from time to time, or the rare but lovely and full of warmth hugs he recieved from her or maybe it was her glimmering eyes or her perfect posture and attitude. Or maybe it was her special personality that made him like her. He didn’t know when it happened, but now he was sure as hell he loved her. It is wierd to feel like this when you didn’t know what love is. But he was glad she was the one he could feel like this.
While this internal questioning was happening, Vasilisa catched Valery looking at her like she looked at him. She wondered if he was thinking about the same things as her, but she lied to herself, saying that is just a dream and then decided that she is going to take advantage of this moment to tease the shit out of him. After all he teased her numerous times.
"Vali?"
"..."
"My sweet cold waterr!!!"
"W-wh-what did you just call me?" said the boy a little lost and with his face turning a shade of red.
"My cold water, are you ok?" she said with the utmost worried face she could muster.
"Y-yeah! W-why do you ask?"
"Well, you looked at me like I was the moon on the dark sky."
"Well you aren’t far from that." he said it in a very quiet voice.
"What?"
"No-nothing!"
"So, at what were you staring? My eyes, nose, hair?"
"Hey! I wasn’t staring at anything! I just remembered I had some homework to do and I was trying to figure out the subject for my essay."
"Suuuuure! Lie to yourself all you want. Maybe you were jealous I brought a big blankie and you didn’t."
"Yeah sure, as I get cold so easily. And me, jealous? Never!"
"Ok, mr I am never cold. We’ll see about that."
And as they looked at the film his cheeks finally started to cool off from the previous tease. He really started to get cold, but his ego was too big to ask for a part of that blanket. Vasilisa looked at the boy who was almost shivering and put the blanket over him too, keeping his feet and lower torso warm. Valery thanked her and then he put his head on her shoulder. Vasilisa smiled at the boy but then they both turned a little pink in the face as this was unexpected. She chose to put her head on his head and they looked at the rest of the film like that. After some time, their blushes went away, letting the true friendship and feeling dominate their body language. At the final of the movie, they both hugged and wished the other a good night and went to their homes. Next week, the championship is taking place, and they needed to go with the airplane for 3 hours.
For the next week, they trained hard and set aside their feelings to give out the best performance, but the coach said that they need to let their expresivity free and to show actual emotion. They were afraid to do that, but now the weekend made it’s way and there was not much time to rehearse. So they prayed everything will be great there and their expresivity will come back. The airplane ride was just the two of them being a goofy ass old couple from their embarking to them departing.
When they embarked in the airplane, they were sitted and then the cuteness began. The two put the blanket over them and then did a staring contest because they got bored waiting for the airplane to take off. As they held their eyes open the space between their faces closed of and they almost bumped their noses and they blushed a little by doing this, but the two started to laugh at their sillyness. They restarted their little game, and Valery won. The girl was a little sad, but quickly forgot as Valery started to poke her. This annoyed her, but then she turned to him and grabbed his shirt closed the space between them and this made him blush a little and made him stop. She laughed and then she kissed his cheek, putting her head on his shoulder, snuggling closer to his warm body. This made him blush like crazy, and even made her blush a little, surprising herself with such confidence. He then snuggled closer to her, covering both of their bodies with a blanket and then fell asleep when the airplane took off. They slept like an old couple with her on his chest and his arms around her.
The two woke up before the plane landed. After this, the pair started to tell each other all kinds of jokes. They laughed all the time until they got out of the plane and sometimes teased the others with silly and childish lines. Then they start to laugh more at their own stupidity and it seemed and felt like their friendship got even deeper. Also they had some moments of vulnerability, where the two exposed their deepest fears and their biggest dreams. After each moment they hugged and shed some tears and their heart didn’t stop from beating like crazy. Sometimes they would hold their pinkys because they made a promise when they were younger, that they will always be best friends. And this was a good reminder that before any feelings they have, they are best friends first.
As they got down from the airplane they went to the hotel and went straight to sleep as the competition was tomorrow and they needed to wake up early to get ready to skate. But for now sleep was at the utmost importance. As they slept, both of them dreamt of the competition and a confession in which the other accepts to be their respective partner. When they woke up, both of them were really confused and shocked at what they had dreamt and were kind of panicked that they were a little late to the time they set to be at the building where the figure skating competition is taking place.
Anyways, they got to the competition on time. They were extremely aggitated as the emotions were at an extremy hard to manage intensity. The nervousness from the competition on top of their feelings for the other and the stress from the lateness and performance almost made them quit. Their coach talked some sense into them and calmed them down, and she took each one in particular to discuss what was on their minds. As each of them confessed their feelings to the coach, she gave them the advice to confess these feelings to the other after they skate, and to use their feelings to their advantage, by skating from the heart and because their moment is Romeo and Juliet, using their feelings would make the moment more authentic.
As the two got ready to skate, they looked at eachother and simoultaniously said: „I need to tell you something after the competition”. They laughed a little and agreed that they really need to talk, but for now, skating. When they entered the rink, everyone applauded them. They circled it 2 times and them positioned in the center. As the music started it looked like the two transformed from regular human beings to figures of pure emotion, that moved with such grace, elegance, that had such good technique and such beautiful positioning. But the thing that made the whole public and the jury flabbergasted was the emotions that could be seen on their faces, from the euphoric lickering in their eyes full of love to the heart ripping expressions of grief and sorrow as the two died, and also a hope that can hardly transpire, the hope of reunion in the afterlife. It was so beautiful, that all the people in the room started applauding. They pair was surprised to see that many humans appreciating them and when they looked at eachother, all the feelings of nervousness went away. It was an amazing feeling and they were a little shocked that they danced so good. And as they looked in eachother’s eyes, words cannot tell what they felt in those moments. They didn’t feel any barrier and now they were free to love as they already knew the other’s answer. The little glimmer in their eyes spoke harder that any love dedication, and the moment they dacned earlier was more that enough to confirm their feelings.
As the people continued applauding them, the two hugged eachother, and then they kissed. It wasn’t a passionate kiss, no it was a pure and full of emotion kiss, like in the movies. It felt like time had stopped around them and the kiss lasted forever. In reality it lasted a couple of seconds and when the people saw it THEY WERE JUMPING WITH EXCITEMENT. They cheered for the new couple and even the juries were happy for them, some crying and some cheering the couple aswell.
They exited the rink and went outside to talk because now they really needed to.
"Soooo....."
"....."
"Sorry, I don’t know what to say." said the boy smiling shyly.
"Believe me, I don’t either."
"Well..., I have romantic feelings for you and I had them for some time. I think you are so special and in a way you complete me. You are so important to me and you make my life much enjoyable."
"I have been in the same place as you, and I really hope we can make this work out. You are so dear to my heart and I think you are my biggest supporter. I don’t want to lose your friendship."
"You will never lose my friendship because, don’t forget we are best friends before lovers!"
"Wow such a wise man! I kinda love this side of you! I love you!"
"I love you too, my icy wind!" said the boy smirking.
And as they confessed the two hugged and even cried a little from happiness because they finally could let out the burden from their heart. They of course teased eachother for crying, but in the end they shared a kiss again.
When they got back inside, for the results, Valery and Vasilisa won the competition and the two hugged eachother, being happy for their own results. They went back to the hotel room and then they slept. They needed sleep. The next day they went back to their city and the airplane ride was so special now, as they could be themselves, always kissing eachother’s hands or holding their hands.
A week went by from the competition and things were amazing between them. When they rehearse, they give off a very emotional feeling and it’s very rare that a person could witness this. Their bond was so strong they managed to amaze the coach with every session. The pair worked on the past choreos and modified them to show more emotions through them. The coach is proud of them and the couple is proud of themselves that they achieved this much and they are happy for their relationship. But after 3 weeks, they entered the Christmas break, that gave them the oportunity to bond more as a couple.
It was the night before Christmas and Valery invited the girl out to the outside ice rink. If they had to be perfect on the ice rink before, now they got to do goofy shit and some shock value moves. When they got there, the girl was so glad they could do silly things so, the first thing she did was to grab her boyfriend’s vest and to pull him into a romantic kiss, gliding over the ice. She also pinched his sides, making him laugh and as revenge he grabbed her by the waist and started to spin with her. And without noticing, the couple was watched by a lot of people. They cheered the couple and begged them to teach some moves. The pair smiled at eachother and went to teach them some moves. But they didn’t know something, the people planned to make the two knock into eachother, by spinning around them and closing the circle. And as they did that, the two got caught in the little space that remained, and all of a sudden, the skaters started to chant „KISS! KISS! KISS!”. Valery and Vasilisa laughed and then kissed. They did some more silly stuff, like Vasilisa sitting on Valery’s shoulders and then started moving his hair as in the ratattoui movie, Valery hugging her from behind and skating in sync around the rink, talking about all kinds of things and enjoying themselves.
As the time went on Vasilisa invited the boy to stay with her this Christmas and he was more than excited. He kissed her hands and her forehead and then went to her house. The boy sat on a bean bag under the Christmas tree and when she came, she brought hot cocoa. Vasilisa sat on his lap, and as she gave him some hot cocoa, he hugged her. They shared a lot of kisses and jokes, but the most fun part was when he drank some hot cocoa and a chocolatey mustache remained on his lips. She saw it and started laughing. When he asked her why she’s laughing, she kissed him and with that she cleared his sweet accesory. He took some of it and when he tried to touch her nose with the chocolate on his finger, she tried to protect herself, but at the end, let the boy to do this to her.
"Now clean me!"
"Well, how? said the boy smirking."
"By kissing me you dumbass."
"Well, I don’t want to kiss you now."
"Ok, you asked for it!"
And she took the blanket over her and covered their heads. Before he could realise what was happening, she stained his neck with her nose. When he saw it she hugged her even tighter. They decided to stop this sillyness, and when he asked her to turn her head to him, he kissed her nose, getting rid of the chocolate marks, and then she kissed his neck, to get rid of his mark, but he tried to protect it. The girl teased him, and after some persuasion, she convinced him to let her kiss his neck. She did it slowly and kind of intimatly, making him laugh at her gentleness and caring. She changed the direction of her body, now facing his’ and she put her head on his chest. The two cuddled and snuggled closer to eachother and started to sing carols. The two liked to do this from time to time, and doing this made them realise that most of the time, their hearts are in sync, making the silence between them full of love, a space where it can thrive, without judgement or sadness, just the calmness of two hearts beating at the same time, the peace of mind and the comforting sensation that only the touch of a loved one could give it. It was the best Christmas they ever had, because, well... it was their first Christmas with their hearts complete and fulfilled.
As the summer break is coming to a start, the two went on a trip to Greece. There they got even closer, sharing the same bed and taking care of eachother. In the first day they went out in the city and to the beach. There they tanned, and Valery insisted Vasilisa needed to put cream on her back but she didn’t listen to. Valery plead with her but she instead offered to massage his back with the cream. He accepted it in no time, and as she was moving her hands up and down his back, covering every inch of skin that could turn red, he leaned on his back, letting himself being engulfed in his girlfriend’s touches and warmth. She hugged him and kissed the side of his neck, making him smile, and he circled the hands that were going around his body, as in a hug-in-a-hug. They stayed on the beach for a long time and strolled all over the city, but at the end of the night the girl had her back in a vibrant shade of red.
"Haven’t I told you, you will get sun burns?"
"Oh shut upppp!"
"I told you! said the boy smiling at his winning but having a worried expression on his face."
"Come here and lie on the bed."
"Why?"
"You’ll see."
"Valery I hope you won’t do anything stupid."
"I wooon’t!"
She layed on her stomach on the bed and then he got some cream from sun burns and massaged gently her back. Sometimes he would kiss her and his big and strong hands would be so gentle over her red back. After half an hour, Vasilisa thanked him profusely and when they went to sleep, he took care of her. She would kiss her head or caress her cheeks and she would search for him and he would put her hand on his hace or his chest for her to feel his heartbeat. He watched her when she slept to be sure she was alright and after the frist day, they were much more careful when it came to their health. But this didn’t stop them from having fun in their week of warm heaven. This made their relationship stronger as now they knew that they were there for good and for bad.
A lot more happened after that and the two partners in skating became partners in fate, as their hearts made sure to acknowledge the love they carried for eachother. Valery and Vasilisa lived a happy and long life with a long marriage that lasted them decades. They had thousands of cute and meaningful moments like the one’s I presented to you. I only told you, dearest reader, how they got together and some of their cute moments from the beggining of their relationship. The two performed at the Olympics and won a gold medal. Likewise, they continued to skate until they died, and they also had 3 children. Valery and Vasilisa would often do trips to Greece, their warm paradise where their relationship could hide from the icy winds and cold waters and to be itself. Their love story is a known story, one in which the matters of friendship and the heart are tangled in eachother and their strenght and emotion is beyond normal comprehensions.