We're Not Married | m.yg

THREE ; harsh

A cafe. Many idols went there on dates as it was popular among elderly who didn't really recognize popular faces. But who knew that an elderly couple would decide to take a picture and capture me and Rise in the background?

"Do want to try skating without holding onto the wall now?" Risa suggests. I look up at her as she blinks innocently, and then at the wall.

"The world seems big and scary without this wall to support me," I say bluntly. Risa only laughs like she always does whenever I say anything, regardless if it's funny or not.

"Wow, so you can joke," she teases. Annoyance fills me, but then I quickly filter it out. Yeah, I have a sense of humor apparently. Who would've thought.

Risa continues to usher me into not holding onto the wall and I finally give in.

This episode has to go somewhere.

I push off of the wall and stay upright for a solid six seconds. I counted.

Next thing I know, I'm on the ground with a sore bum.

And, of course, Risa's laughing again.

"You okay?" Risa asks. Her arm is kinda circled around me and I realize she caught half of my fall which is why I don't have a broken leg right now.

I ignore her concern and instead ask to go back to the wall. She laughs and nods.

I try to get up but ultimately fail. Risa looks hesitant and asks if I need help. I, being stubborn, declined even though that meant I had to struggle just to stand up.

Risa had this look of amusement in her eyes and I turn away from the camera, scowling.

"You know, I just realized I'm taller than you." I turn around and although she's not smiling, she has this small sparkle to her eyes.

She has kind of pretty eyes.

I quickly look away. "It's the shoes," I grumble, starting to skate back.

But my stupid unbalanced self almost slips again and Risa grabs onto my arm. I give her a look and she senses that I don't want that but she still holds on.

"Here, I'll help you," she says, her voice not wavering at all.

I want to refuse, but I know I'll just fall without her there to support me so I clamp my mouth shut and skate silently to the wall.

We continue skating. Risa was trying to make conversation with me and I tried to answer as enthusiastically as possible.

I was drained for the day. This was too much. I nod as Risa continues to talk about her experience with skating, trying to engage in the conversation and look interested. But the truth was, I couldn't care less.

RISA'S POV:

I continues skating around the rink a few times. Just skating, nothing else.

I had been away from the ice too long to attempt any spins or jumps.

Filming had just ended and as soon as the slate was clapped, Suga's awkward and slightly blank expression turned into a frown as he tried to get off of the ice as quickly as possible.

I offered to help guide him back but he quickly shot down that suggestion.

He was still wobbling over to the entrance, which was still a few meters away. A grin creeps onto my face and I stop alongside Suga.

The thrill of skating once again was overpowering my fear and embarrassment towards our last meeting.

"You sure you don't need any help?" I ask. Suga's jaw tightens visibly and he shakes his head.

He knows that he looks hilarious skating slowly to the entrance and I tried desperately to hide my amusement.

"Can you stop being so..." Suga stopped. I smiled and cocked my head. "So what? Please continue."

He seems to remember something. "You're going to go along with this, right?" He asks. I remain a blank slate. "Along with what?"

He looks frustrated. "All of this. Acting. Acting like we like each other. That I'm not dating somebody else."

A weird wave of emotions run through me but I quickly shake them off. "Of course."

Suga looks visibly relieved. "Then can you stop laughing at me? And stop doing things like giving me your jackets or whatever?" He sounded annoyed but I hardly cared.

"Why? Look, it was only for the cameras. You can't expect to clear this scandal of yours if we look unrealistic, right? Besides, you were cold. I was merely giving you a jacket out of concern... from a friend."

Suga looks forward, trying to skate faster off of the ice by pushing himself forward with the wall. I quickly catch up to him. "Can't we at least be friends?" I ask.

We've reached the exit and Suga quickly gets off the ice, I stay at the exit. Aoi still hasn't gotten the service and I want to continue skating after Suga leaves.

"You should know I have no interest in any of this," Suga replied simply.

Before I can say another word, he turns around and I scoff in disbelief.

He really was stubborn. I smile and look down at my hands, which held my bundled up hoodie.

Whoever his girlfriend was was lucky.

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A/N: school starts in a week and I literally have not touched my summer work

So yeah, I'm basically screwed and school hasn't even started yet