Teasing Game

Everything was calculated in their heads. They could be friends and enjoy each other's company and everything would be well when he had to travel back.

Of course, she would still miss him, but it was best to end like this instead of a broken heart.

What Mia hadn't calculated in her head was how much she was drawn to him.

Immediately after their conversation, Yuzuru had gotten his skates and placed them on his feet.

Mia wasn't staring at him while he laced the boots at the speed of light... Not at all...

She wasn't staring at the exposed calf muscles either.

Yuzuru joined her son on the ice and was quick to start explaining random things that she didn't understand to her boy.

The lawyer found herself looking at them in silence, observing every single interaction between the two boys attentively.

If you were to tell her that she would find that interaction attractive, she wouldn't have believed it in the past but right now? Now it seemed like she was realizing that seeing a man next to her son and interacting cutely made him even more attractive.

Even so, she had known she found him attractive before and this didn't change a thing.

They had just agreed to stay friends after all.

And Mia was more than happy with that resolution, at least it had made her grumpy mood go away.

But then Alex was off the ice and begging Yuzuru to do some programs.

They were still the only ones at the rink, not uncommon since it was the off-season but still, she never expected Yuzuru to be willing to skate for them.

"What do you want to watch?" He asked Alex while looking at her with a soft smile that she returned.

So he was skating after all...

"Can you do Rondo? I don't know how you can get speed on that program."

"It's all about those boring exercises that Tracy gives you. They are important."

Mere seconds after, Yuzuru started skating right in front of her eyes.

As little as she understood about the sport, it was easy to tell that he was in a league of his own, even if she couldn't quite understand how many rotations he jumped in the air or even why what she was watching was so different than anyone else.

The music playing was calm and soft and yet, every note was highlighted by his body in some kind of way. Yuzuru was one with the music and it was more than impressive in her eyes.

It was beautiful.

He finished the program breathing hard and Mia couldn't help but think of his Asthma. It was easy to forget when he was so good, but she could only imagine how difficult it must have been when he started competing seriously. The experience with Alex was enough to know how hard it was for them.

They clapped happily and Yuzu bowed with a smile, seemingly more recovered as he drank a bit of his orange drink.

"Was it good?"

"You know it was good" was all that Mia answered to the menace of a man in front of her.

"Should I do one more before they close the rink?"

"Isn't that too much on your body?"

"I did a 2-hour show by myself, I think I can handle two programs in a row."

"You did?"

"It will be on Disney + soon" he answered with that devil smirk paired with a wink making her chuckle.

"Do Prince!" Alex suggested and Yuzu smiled.

"That's a good idea" he answered before his hands were on the zipper of the jacket he was wearing and unzipping it slowly.

And Mia wasn't at all ready for what she was about to see.

She was sure he was doing it on purpose. As if seeing him sweating wasn't enough of a sinful image, she had to watch him take the jacket off to reveal a black skin-tight short-sleeved top that clung to his body beautifully.

 As if seeing him sweating wasn't enough of a sinful image, she had to watch him take the jacket off to reveal a black skin-tight short-sleeved top that clung to his body beautifully

It was as beautiful as it was dangerous.

As if she didn't find him attractive enough already, Mia had to now know what he was hiding underneath those jackets and large sweatshirts he had been wearing all the time.

She didn't miss the smirk on his face either.

It was as much of a challenge as it was teasing.

Almost as if he had forgotten about the conversation they had less than an hour before.

Yuzuru went as far as throwing the jacket in her direction and her eyes rolled right away

Yuzuru went as far as throwing the jacket in her direction and her eyes rolled right away.

You're not a stripper, Mr. Hanyu...

And then, the sound of "Let's go crazy" filled the halls.

If Mia didn't think it could get worse for her, she couldn't have imagined what a confident Yuzuru was capable of in a pair of skates.

The provocative look he threw at her while skating to the fast-paced song made the whole experience far sexier than initially expected, especially given that it was all a 3-minute flirting scene directly thrown at her.

It seemed like the conversation had been useless because if he kept it up, Mia wouldn't blame herself if she lost control.

For the first time in her life, she understood what true desire meant and it almost made her understand the need for sex that most people seem to have.

It was just that right now, all she wanted to do was jump on him and kiss him senseless, even if her son was right there.

But then she remembered.

Just friends.