Guang was not surprised to see the local rink wasn’t empty as he was used to rinks being because it was a public rink after all and people were free to come and go as they pleased. He was, however, surprised to see a skater he’d not personally met but was fairly familiar with over social media and through the other’s he followed and interacted with at competitions. Mila Babicheva a Russian skater who was being coached by Yakov the very man who also coached Yuri Plisetsky and Viktor, she skated as elegantly as he’d had seen through videos online, but the videos really didn’t do her any justice. It was hard to take his eyes off her because there was so much he could learn just by watching her. Guang almost took a seat with the full intent of just watching her until she had finished instead but remembered that he was also here to practice and didn’t have much time before he needed to return back to his place. So he sits near the edge of the rink and laces up his skates working up the extra nerve to announce his presence so he won’t startle her or throw her off while she’s skating.
He raises his head once his skates are laced, “Do you,” he hesitates for a second and raises his voice a bit more so he knows he’ll be heard, “do you mind if I join you?”
( @babaecheva )
