AT FIRST GLANCE - H.IWAIZUMI

06

☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ6. Summer Ice Rink

❝Can you skate?❞

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"So, what's the plan Iwaizumi?" [y/n] grinned, speaking Iwaizumi's name as if she was singing a song. She strolled towards the volleyball player standing by the school gates, hands behind her back. Iwaizumi stuffed his hands in his pockets and kick the dirt under his feet. So much for googling date ideas. This was embarrassing.

"Well, I was wondering if you had any ideas?" he spoke with an awkward tinge in his tone. [y/n] raised an eyebrow at him.
"Why are you asking me?" She chuckled, "I thought you were giving me the best, last summer ever? Isn't it your job to plan the dates?" Iwaizumi's face turned the colour of roses. He could tell she was being sarcastic but it was still embarrassing.

"I — you see —" he tried to explain, only to be cut off by [y/n] laughter. It was loud but sweet. He liked her laugh.
"I'm kidding, can't make you do all the work after all," she said after her laughter faded. "I have an idea." She gave his shoulder a nudge as she walked ahead, past Iwaizumi and the gates, only to turn around after a few steps. "You coming?" She called, holding out her hand towards him.
"Of course," Iwaizumi smiled, catching up and taking her hand in his. She gave it a squeeze.

Her hands are kinda cold. He thought to himself.

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Despite summer edging closer, [y/n] had dragged Iwaizumi somewhere cold, the rubber flooring scuffed from years of renter ice skates. Children and adults alike sat on steps and benches lacing up their boots. It's was absolutely packed in here. Iwaizumi hadn't imagined this to be such a popular activity in the summer of all times.

"An ice rink?" Iwaizumi said, not realising he spoke aloud his confusion.
"Yeah, I love these things," [y/n] answered, admiring the rink and the skaters doing laps around the rink, others clinging onto the sides, one or two on their asses.
"Isn't this more of a winter thing? Something you'd do at Christmas?" Iwaizumi questioned. [y/n] replied with a shrug.

"Well there's always indoor ones. Professional ice skaters have to practice year round, ya know," [y/n] jokingly explained herself. "Plus they do this thing every Friday where they let regular people use the rink. Me and my friends used to go all the time when we we're younger, its fun I swear." [y/n] put her hands up in defence, like she thought he wouldn't believe that this would be enjoyable, although she still had a smile on het face. She grabbed his hands and dragged him along to rent some states. He kinda felt like a lost puppy being dragged along like this.

"Can you skate?" [y/n] asked as she tightened the laces, staring intently at the old, sort of worn out boots on her feet. Iwaizumi shrugged.
"Never tried it."
"I'm taking that as a no then," [y/n] chuckled.

"It's not so bad, people make it look way worse than it is," she explained, pushing herself off the ground and holding her hands out to make sure she could balance on the non icy floor with ice skates on. She wobbled as she caught her balance. "Just make sure your skates aren't loose on your feet, it'll make it harder to skate, and don't lift your feet like you're walking, it's more like gilding." Her hands moved in a gliding like motion through the air.
"Got it..." Iwaizumi mumbled, focusing hard on the laces of his own skates.

He also pushed himself up from the ground, wobbling as he attempted to regain his balance like a baby dear learning to walk. [y/n] stumbled over, grabbing his shoulders with a bright smile.

"Careful," she laughed once more, showing off her teeth with a bright grin. Iwaizumi was already looking frustrated over this whole skating thing. "Don't worry, I'll hold your hand the whole time, yeah?" She half joked, noticing his furrowed eyebrows.

Her hands released his shoulders, pulling back to give some space in between them and holding out her hand, waiting for Iwaizumi to take it. Which he did.

"I don't understand why you want to do something so wintery during summer," he spoke as the two waddled over to the rink.
"Didn't we just have this conversation? I told you it's fun. You'll like it, I promise," she beamed. This girl is always so relaxed no matter what. Iwaizumi thought to himself as he watched her struggle to step onto the rink without slipping on her ass, not once letting go of his hand.

[y/n] motioned with her head for him to join her on the rink, once she had falling gotten used to the ice under her feet, still holding onto the edge with a smile. Iwaizumi skidded onto the ice at full speed, gripping [y/n] hand tight, only to bring her straight down with him as he fell flat on his ass.

[y/n] bursted into a loud laughing fit and she sat on the cold ice. Bystanders angrily waiting to go on the ice as the two blocked the entrance. Neither seemed to care though, with [y/n] laughing too hard to notice and Iwaizumi to mesmerised by contagious laugh.