i'm bored as hell and i thought... do you want to go ice skating? there's this outdoor ice rink that opened up last week 🕺
minerva's eyes lit up, almost stars shaping in her eyes.
"ice skating! dude! i haven't done that in YEARS! yes, yes, yes! let's go!" she jumped in one place in excitement "give me a sec, i'll change!"
he let out a quiet laugh and sat down at the sofa, smiling to himself. his main goal was to have fun. but his secret mission was to somehow cause her to squeak. but as he remembered how happy she was to go... his mischievous plan called "minerva = dagger?" faded out in his mind.
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"before we step on that ice rink, listen to me. you won't be able to communicate quickly so three taps on my arm if you want to stop for a second or leave the ice rink, two taps if you want to tell me something. okay?" minerva asked ajax, looking him in the eye.
he nodded and pointed at the rink, then at himself, then at her and then he drew a question mark in the air.
"yes, go on first. you'll catch me if i lose my balance... hehe" she chuckled and he gave her a soft smile before entering the ice rink.
then nodded, giving her a sign to come in. she carefully placed her feet on the ice, holding onto the bridge of the crash barrier.
"oh god! i'm so bad at this–" she laughed, her legs trembling a bit.
ajax scooted closer to her, offering her a hand.
"okay, okay. but if you go down with me, it's on you" her laughter filled the air and her pearly whites flashed mischievously.
minerva's gloved hand grabbed ajax's one. her fingers instantly tightened on his when she let go of the edge.
"okay! now right, left, right, left... here we go!" minerva cheered and started moving on her own, with ajax on her side. "i think my muscles weren't ready for this"
he scoffed and watched her get more comfortable on the ice.
"im so good at this" she grinned when they smoothly started skating together, still holding hands. ajax nodded happily, smiling. "look at you, shy guy! you're killing it! wait let me go, i wanna see if i can go on my own..."
he basically didn't have to do anything since minerva was the one that was gripping his hand tightly.
but the second she let go, she trembled a bit and in panic grabbed his hand again
"nope, not doing that" the brunette laughed nervously and continued to ice skate smoothly along with ajax "if that's fine with you, of course"
he rose his other hand up, showing her thumbs up.
"sorry if i'm holding you too tightly but that's just my thing. i'll buy you some hot cocoa after that" minerva looked at him. ajax grinned like a kid.
