#mostly bc birdy needs to suffer

[chimonai]

❥ what form would your daemon take?

        SERPENT. Your daemon would take the form of a serpent! Those who have serpent daemons are sly and observant people whose aim is to endure. They are mysterious and private, deeply intellectual and preferably three steps ahead of everyone else. They live in the big picture rather than day by day, and their vanity is well-deserved.

        VIPER. Your daemon would take the form of a viper! You are an intuitive and efficient individual who knows how to twist things to their favor. More so than others with serpent daemons, those with vipers are practical and aware people, capable of adapting to different situations and moving on when it suits them. They don't readily get attached to environments or people; while smooth-talking and good motivators, they prefer to work on their own, and don't truly trust anyone.

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[theminiestofmins]

Alex Shibutani/Yuzuru Hanyu---> How Do You Like Your Men?

Whipped.

Oh god, Alex realized with looming dread.

He was so whipped.

"Maia, Maia please."

His sister smiled at him, a perfect picture of gentility. He groaned, slumping on her shoulder. Some twenty feet away, Yuzuru Hanyu eased out of his Biellman smoother than a free-flowing river moving around immovable rock.

"I can't do it, Mai. How am I supposed to stay sane after seeing that? It's like the third one he's done in the past ten minutes. Teach me how to live, little sister, because I think he just killed me."

"Oh please." Maia scoffed, tone light as air as if this was some laughing matter.

She was a cruel, cruel woman.

"You're being a baby, Alex. Just tell him you want to tap that already."

He choked on his own spit.

"Not so loud!"

She fixed him with a look rife with irritation.

"There's literally no one even mildly within hearing distance of us, Alex. Chill."

Nevertheless, the older Shibutani threw nervous glances from his peripheral, laughing awkwardly to fill the silence. He was lucky gala practice had only just started and it was only him, his sister, and Yuzu on the ice- the latter being thankfully too immersed in the phantom music playing in his head to pay them any attention.

"He's Yuzuru freaking Hanyu, I can't just approach him about wanting to get down and dirty like I'm talking about the weather."

"He's also Yuzu, our friend. You remember that part don't you?"

"Yeah so?" He spluttered.

"So just stop being a noob about it and go tell him you like him. What's the worst thing he could do, reject you?"

"Um, how about tell everyone I'm horribly whipped for that ass and those legs and that face and that everything in general?" He muttered miserably.

Silence.

"Wow." Maia blinked owlishly.

"You're really whipped, aren't you?"

He groaned again and she shook her head as if to clear her thoughts.

"Okay well, first of all, we both know Yuzu's not that kind of person. He could never talk bad about anyone, especially a friend."

Alex didn't budge from where his head was buried into her shoulder. She sighed.

"And second: Alex, you're my big bro and I love and hate you, but mostly I love you. So believe me when I say, it's better to not leave things unsaid. Yuzu's cleverer than he looks, we all know that, and he's going to notice when you start avoiding him because you can't handle your feelings like every other grown adult."

She could feel him pouting into the material of her sweater.

"At least try a pick up line??" She offered hesitantly.

"If he doesn't react then laugh it off and say I dared you to do it or something. And if he does react, well then problem solved, go bang after practice."

Alex looked up at her then, a terribly fragile but still hopeful gleam in his eye.

She recognized that gleam. This would either be really good or really bad.

yuzuru honey pot hanyu excuse me what this is me switching between povs unsubtly lol

"Are you an ice skater because damn what a figure."

Yuzuru turned abruptly, the music in his head cutting out quicker than a quad. He registered tall, broad shoulders and a hesitant smirk.

Alex?

Wait, what did he just say?

Yuzuru ran the words back over and over in his head.

Realization dawned.

Oh.

Was he??

Going by the increasingly awkward manner with which the man opposite him was holding himself, he definitely was.

Huh.

He nearly laughed. About time.

The other man was visibly sweating at this point, Yuzuru's prolonged silence most likely not doing wonders for his self-confidence.

He spared a glance around the eldest Shibutani's shoulder, catching Maia's hopeful look and taking notice of her crossed fingers.

Briefly he considered feigning incomprehension but- well- where was the fun in that? He settled for thinly veiled sarcasm instead. Just enough to tease but not enough to bite. Alex was admittedly cute when he was flustered and Yuzu didn't see it often enough what with constant training on his part and the awkward air that sometimes hovered around them.

He always wondered what that was. Guess now he knew. It made things easier for him.

"12 world records, you?"

The other male froze, clearly unprepared for his response. Maybe he hadn't expected him to respond at all?

"Uhh"

Yuzu, in a rare moment of sympathy, giggled in that lovely way he knew made people weak.

(Oh how Alex was suffering.)

"I kid, I kid."

With the older male still frozen, Yuzu pouted.

"Alex not like joke?"

More stunned silence.

Internally, Yuzuru grinned a cat-like grin. Outwardly, he let his expression fall.

"Alex not like me?"

"Nononono." It all came out in a rush.

Internal-Yuzu preened.

"I like you very much, Yuzu." Alex groaned, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly, looking like he wanted to die.

(Alex can confirm he did.)

"That's the problem." He mumbled under his breath.

Yuzu brought a hand to his chin, index finger poking lightly into a soft cheek in what he knew was an irresistible look.

"I like Alex very much, too. What is problem?"

As if it was somehow possible, the eldest Shibutani turned redder than a cherry.

"No, Yuzu- I mean like- I really, really like you. More than a friend should."

Yuzuru tilted his head slightly to the left. He didn't need a mirror to know how adorable he looked.

Hook, line, and sinker.

"I like Alex more than a friend too."

He had a feeling the other male still didn't get it so he elaborated.

"Meet me in dorm later?"

Alex's eyes widened but he managed to nod dumbly.

(Was this real?)

Yuzuru absolutely beamed, bouncing a little on his skates before skating forwards and leaning on his toe picks- just about tall enough to plant a short peck on red cheeks.

He smiled once more, infinitely bright and infinitely pleased, before skating away, turning three back crossovers into a spreadeagle into a Biellman.

Surprisingly, the sounds of Alex choking and coughing were more pleasing to listen to than the nameless melody stuck in his head.

From twenty feet away, Maia thanked the skating gods it was still too early for the camera crews to get here.

A/N: a little birdie asked for Yuzu x Alex and I couldn't resist bc I've been craving since even before gala practice and gala practice in no way abated the urges

if you didn't catch on the things in parenthesis were Alex's thoughts and yes I made Yuzu a tease I'm just trying to stay accurate to real life here

btw did you like my pun with the title and first line lol