A/N Wished by landochamps_f1
WORDS: 1839
[9]-"When do you think help will come?" "Not for a while, I guess we are stranded here alone for the time being."
[45]-"Ah, your hands are ice-cold" (swapped out feet for hands)
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"Yuki, some of us will meet up to play videogames at Max room. Will you come?" Pierre suddenly appears at Yuki and mine dinner table, almost making me flinch because I did not pay attention to our surrounding. Of course, I heard the chatting of the other people in the dining hall, but I was not prepared for someone to join us.
"You can join too." Pierre now offers me, because Yuki is clearly hesitating since I am his guest, and he doesn't want to leave me alone when he is the reason I am here. The words of him surprise me because we only meet a few days ago and I did not think that he would invite me too.
"Oh, I don't want to disturb you." I quickly say because I do not want to be at their play evening when not all of them know me, plus when it is an evening just for the boys to relax and do something normal. Their schedule can be hectic, and they need something to calm down again and I don't want to interrupt it.
"Ah, you don't disturb us. Charles will bring Charlotte and she is probably happy to have another woman there." Pierre laughs happily and I can't think of another reason why I shouldn't attend this evening when there is another girl. I look at Yuki who is waiting for my reaction, not wanting to say something I would not like.
"Okay." I finally give in, and Pierre looks even happier that his teammate will join this evening. These two have a special bond and I am extremely happy that Yuki found such a good friend in Pierre.
"See you." Pierre says goodbye and disappears as fast as he just had appeared, leaving Yuki and me alone again. We finish our food in silence, but it is not this awkward silence rather a comfortable one you can have with a good friend.
"Want to go upstairs?" Yuki asked when both our plates are empty and there is no reason to stay in this dining hall for longer.
"Yes, I need to change my clothes."
"You don't have to change; you look good in this." These words come fast out of Yuki's mouth and a second later he looks like he wants to take them back while I blush because of them. I rarely get compliments and if I get one, I don't know how to react.
"Thank you, but I actually want to change into something more comfortable. Kind of to prepare for a long evening." I explain to him that I don't want to dress up for the others but change into something comfortable because I think they will play for a long time.
"Oh, okay."
"Stairs or elevator?" I asks quickly because I want to change the, a little bit awkward, atmosphere. Our rooms are on the second floor, means we could easily walk but sometimes the elevator is just the easier choice.
"Elevator, I am a lazy person." Is Yuki's choice and I laugh because I could have thought of this myself. Yuki hates everything that has to do with exercising, making me speak out something that came to my mind before when I heard him whining about his training.
"I still wonder how you managed to become a professional athlete."
"Me too." Now we both laugh loudly. At least he is aware of the fact that it is unusual for a professional athlete not to enjoy sport. Just when I want to say something a jolt shook the elevator, and a surprised scream leaves my lips.
"Woah!" Yuki's voice is louder too, and we both hold onto the little railing on the side of the elevator which is not moving anymore. Just the light flickers lightly while my heart races in my chest because I just have seen my life flash before my eyes.
"Are you okay?" Yuki asks me in shock, looking at me like he is searching for an injury, but I can calm him down. There is no injury just a very big scare for the rest of my life plus a new habit of not using an elevator again.
"Yeah, just scared me."
"It is not moving anymore." Yuki announces and he is right, the elevator is stuck. Neither moving up nor down and its doors does not open up what means we are probably between to floor. Or that this thing isn't working in general anymore.
"Uhm, press the help button." I give Yuki this advice, trying to keep my head cool and think of ways we could get out of here. The ceiling of this elevator is sealed and there is no opening we could climb out of; means we are stranded here until help will come.
"Nothing." Yuki sights when he presses the button, and nothing happens. Normally it would at least glow and someone would speak to you, but nothing happens.
"Let me try." Even though I know it will probably nothing happen too I want to try pressing this help button too. I press it with my thumb, wait for a bit but nothing happens. A sight leaves my lips before I tell Yuki what I think.
"I think it is broken."
"Great." Yuki grumbles, letting himself fall to the ground, not looking amused by this situation and I do understand him. He had a rough day at the track and probably just wants to relax and now we are stuck in this elevator until someone will help us out of here.
"When do you think help will come?" I ask Yuki with a frown, not sure how quickly someone will recognize that there are people stuck in the elevator since there is a second one that might be still working.
"Not for a while." Yuki mumbles, probably not sure either how quickly Pierre or someone else will miss us. "I guess we are stranded here alone for the time being." Is my sighted response. This is not how I imagined my evening here.
"Come, sit down. This is probably going to take some time." Yuki pats beside him and with another sight I sit down. The floor is cold, and I would not be surprised if I will have a cystitis tomorrow.
We sit there in silence for a while, and I don't know how much time passed since this elevator decided to stop working. I play with the shoelace of my shoes to distract me, and I want to speak with Yuki, but I can't think about a topic.
"Do you enjoy this so far?" He suddenly speaks up and I do not know what to say. If I enjoy this situation?
"Sitting in a stuck elevator?" I ask him and he blushes, realising how this question sounded to me. "No..." He mumbles before he specifies his question for me.
"I meant this weekend. You never visited a race, so I am curious." It is true I never was at a race before and I was over the moon when Yuki invited me to this one. This has been the best experience ever so far and even this situation can't dampen my happiness.
"I love it. There is so much to see, and I can finally spend some time with you." The words blubber out of me, and I maybe regret the last ones but now I have said them and there is now way back. Why take them back when they are the truth.
"With me?" Yuki asks in surprise that I enjoy spending time with him and that I am not just here to watch the race and for the action it brings but for him as a person and my friend.
"Of course, with you Yuki, I miss you a lot when you travel through the world." I admit and look to the ground, not able to look into his eyes during it but there is no reason for me to worry about his reaction because it is a good one.
"I miss you too." His words are almost whispered, but they draw a smile onto my lips. This evening has just turned into a direction I never thought it would be. Maybe I should gather some more of my courage and speak with Yuki about my feeling, even though I am not the best with words.
Carefully I let one of my hands wander to one of Yuki's, hesitating for a moment before I slowly touch his hand with mine. Making him flinch and just when I want to pull my hand back, he grabs it and holds it.
"Ah, your hands are ice-cold." Yuki exclaims and suddenly I feel uncomfortable in this situation. I don't know why but it doesn't feel right anymore to hold his hand and I would like to pull it back but at the same time I don't want to make Yuki feel bad about his reaction.
"Sorry, that ruined the atmosphere." He apologizes, his hand softly squeezing mine and my heart flutters softly. Maybe it isn't ruined, and I just have get used to holding hands with who I though is only my best friend.
"Nothing is ruined." I mumble and lean my head against his shoulder, making me feel safe and I am finally able to relax. Yuki's thumb draws comforting circles onto the back of my hand on slowly I start to drift into a light sleep. Still close with Yuki I can rest and forget that we are still in a stuck elevator.
"Ha, I knew it!" It is Pierre's voice which rips me out of my little nap, and I need a few seconds to remember where I am. My hand is still in Yuki's lap, intertwined with his hand and I have a warm feeling in my chest when I feel his touch. But we are not alone anymore, there is Pierre and someone who is working for the hotel looking at us.
"I am sorry for the issue with the elevator. The hotel would like to apologize." The employee speaks faster while Yuki helps me up onto my feet. I do not want to deal with this nervous person right now, the team of Yuki will probably take care of this, and just mumble some calming words.
"It's okay, nobody got harmed." Yuki and I walk to the rooms with Pierre, still holding hands and the Frenchman is grinning from one ear to the other while his eyes are fixated on our hands.
"I knew that you are a couple." Pierre laughs when we want to say goodbye and even though the word couple still fears me a bit it also leaves a warm feeling inside of me and I could get used to being called Yuki's partner.
"I don't know what you are talking about Pierre." I grin at him before smiling at Yuki, knowing we might not be a couple yet but that there is a possibility for it to change very quickly.
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First time writing Yuki! Hope you like it (: