They talked for a while longer, until there were more yawns than words, and sleep finally managed to grasp all three of them. The day after it was up early, Rylan left them at breakfast along with Ye-Min and their coach to prepare for the free program. The rest met up with family outside the arena, taking some time to just walk around before they went in to watch. They had been placed almost in the middle of the field, so even after they were done, there would be an awfully long wait for everyone.
Flynn: I think that's the best free run I have ever seen them do.
Emil: Agreed.. Now, to wait.
Liam: I hate waiting.
There was a chuckle from everyone, as they all agreed that they really had outdone themselves. And had a firm grip on the first position for now. The question was, would it be enough? The answer to that question was only in their possession 2 hours later, when the final list glowed over the ice.
Tyvan: They did it!
Their performance in the free program had snagged them third place, and with that, a ticket to the Olympics. And although they all knew these two loved winning, they had a feeling that this ticket was as big a thing as the win would have been. Watching the ceremony, they knew that they would stay one more day for the Gala show that would be the next day, where the contestants would just show off a routine made more for fun.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Summary: Wind, Wild, and Hyrule do shenanigans. Everyone ends up having a great time with it.
@wildsage00 THIS IS FOR YOU HAVE SOME FLUFF I HOPE YOUR DAY GETS BETTER <3
Their clothes were singed and completely covered in soot. Wind’s and Wild’s hair looked almost as dark as Hyrule’s from the thick coating of ash. They walked back to camp slowly and carefully, each of them nursing various injuries.
“So,” Wind said. “What are the chances we’ll get out of this without a lecture on being more careful?”
Wild huffed a laugh. “Not very high.”
“We could try to spin it?” Hyrule said.
“Spin what?” Wild asked.
“We did take out an entire bokoblin camp. That’s good, right?” Hyrule said.
“Yeah, I like this! We did a good thing!” Wind said, bouncing slightly on his toes.
Wild nodded, then winced as his head throbbed. “Before the calamity, controlled burns were a thing to help forest health,” Wild added.
“Controlled?” Hyrule asked, then gestured to the raging fire behind them.
“It’s controlled by the stream, technically,” Wild said. Wind and Hyrule held back laughter.
“We’re almost there,” Wind said. “Game faces.”
They pushed through the last of the brush and into the clearing. Everyone in camp stopped what they were doing to stare at the trio.
Time was the first to break the silence with a long sigh. “Is there any property damage I have to deal with?” He asked.
“None at all! The fire won’t even reach the town!” Wind said triumphantly. He received more than a few glares, and his grin morphed into a frown.
“You don’t even have a fire rod, how did you manage that?” Sky asked. Wild looked closely at his body language and expression, but Sky didn’t seem mad at all. He almost sounded… curious?
Wild opened his mouth to respond, but Wind jumped in front of him. “Plausible deniability,” Wind whispered.
“Everything’s fine and we killed a camp of ‘blins. Happy?” Wind said. Twilight sighed and smothered a laugh with his hands.
“Hylia above, please go wash off. I can’t even recognize you under the soot. I just washed my clothes, so anyone who gets them dirty will meet my blade,” Legend said. He winked at Wild briefly so Wild would know he was joking then the scowl returned to his face.
“Legend, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your friendship,” Hyrule said, arms outstretched toward Legend.
“Don’t you dare,” Legend said, frozen in place and staring at Hyrule with wide eyes.
Wind turned to Four, who was standing closest to him, and smiled widely. “Smithy, I just remembered I never thanked you for fixing my shield last week.”
Four’s eyes darted between the trio just as Wild caught on to the game: Hyrule wanted to tease Legend by threatening to dirty his clean clothes. From the looks of it, Hyrule might go all the way and actually hug Legend.
Although washing off sounded heavenly, and the unusual texture of the soot was starting to make him anxious, Wild was never one to pass up an opportunity to be a gremlin. He could hold off the washing for a few minutes longer, he decided, and started swaying on his feet to alleviate the sensory discomfort. Wild smirked, and brought his hand up to his chin in an imitation of the thinking pose he’s seen on Warriors and Time.
“Put that hand down!” Legend yelled at Wild. Wild thought he saw a wink, so he knew Legend was playing along at least a little bit.
“Now that I think about it,” Wild said, looking around to see who was closest to him. Warriors was next to Legend and also frozen in place. “I owe the captain a thank you for teaching me that sword maneuver yesterday.”
Hyrule and Wild both took a step forward
“Stay back!” Warriors said.
“Nope, I don’t think so,” Hyrule said. He took off towards Legend and Warriors at a run, and Legend screeched. Wild was close behind, and he heard Wind laughing and Four yelling behind him.
Warriors grabbed Legend by the shoulders and shoved him towards Hyrule before running in the other direction. Legend cursed loudly. Hyrule tackled Legend while Wild ran after Warriors. Time, Twilight, and Sky were laughing from across camp.
“You’re next!” Wild called as he ran past them, still in pursuit of Warriors.
Laughter filled the forest for the rest of the day. The sun was warm enough that the impromptu laundry day wasn’t completely miserable, but Wild still cooked a spicy meat and seafood fry that night to make up for the shenanigans. Judging by the smiles and laughter around the camp, he didn’t think any of them truly minded.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
I did it, I finally did it! After so much months of putting my other works on hold, and now it’s posted, finally! This is a lot of hard work here. I really hope you’ll enjoy it!
This is a fulfilled request from the MX requests forum! Go and visit it~!
