Tis’ the season to be jolly! As promised, today marks the first post for our annual holiday story! I’ve mentioned in the the photo teaser that it’s going to be a bit different than the one’s from the years before. The reason? It’ll be a bit longer (haha no surprise there) and more in-depth. 

I hope you all enjoy this first look (Was supposed to post it with the first chapter but I figured a prologue would be nice. ;) Enjoy and happy holidays!

Foreword: The Break

(March 27, 2014)

Saitama Super Arena [Saitama, Japan]

“Good evening ladies and gentleman! And welcome to the annual ISU World Figure Skating Championships!”

Skaters glided through the rink dressed in their costumes, their blades sharpened and grazing flawlessly against the smooth ice. Competitive figure skating has always been one of the highlights of the year in the sports field and tonight was the night to crown the best among the best.

“This is Sandy Jones,”

“And this is Robert Goudge,” the commentators introduced themselves earning cheers from the crowd.  "And we’ll be guiding you through tonight’s segments as each of these talented young skaters go head to head to get the gold in the Junior-Senior division!“

"You’re right, Robert. I mean, just looking at all of these skaters right now as they warm up is exhilarating!”

“Are you looking forward to someone in particular, Sandy?” Robert asked.

“Well it is the Junior-Senior division’s competition, so we can already tell that the show is going to be pretty spectacular!”

“I agree and,” Robert raised his left arm then swept his hand from left or right. “And look at the crowd tonight!”

Cheers and yells resounded through the arena as several banners were raised, each stating the names of the skaters they’re in support for.

“Yeah the fans are definitely excited!” Sandy chuckled. “I see a lot of banners here tonight… oh hold on— I see one banner up here with a face.”

Sandy’s lips turned up slightly at the corner upon recognizing the skater on the banner. “Ah… of course! Tonight, a fan favorite is competing.”

“Fan favorite?” Robert asked while smiling; voice lilt with teasing. “Who could that be?”

“Well it’s no other than two-time world champion—the ‘hottest’, as termed by many, single skater in the males division…” Skating enthusiasts in the arena cheered at Sandy’s words and when she finally dropped his name, the crowd went wild. 

“Jimin, are you ready?”

Jimin rolled his shoulders once before checking himself in the full-body mirror one last time. He made sure his dress shirt was tucked in and his skate laces were tight and secure. His hair was dyed a bright orange, something his best friend Taehyung had somehow managed to make him do when he told him how it would look amazing while he glided through the ice.

“Like an oversized orange,” said best friend teased and Jimin had to pray to all the gods in existence for resistance to push him off the chair he was currently sitting on.

Though he knew he could never (ever) do that considering Taehyung was his best friend since pre-k and knows him like the back of his hand.

They were bro’s for life. And Jimin was very thankful to have Taehyung by his side till now. He loved the guy to death and was grateful for his help in designing and making all his costumes for his competitions. Taehyung was a graduating college student and Jimin thought it was almost convenient how he decided to major in fashion design.

“Yeah.” Jimin answered before turning around and catching sight of his coach in his navy blue jacket and turtleneck, standing by the doorway. 

“Let’s go, then.” Suho nodded as he stepped aside to let him through before following in suit and matching his strides. 

“Warm up good?” Suho asked as they walked towards the main rink. Several reporters and camera men were scattered around the place and Jimin wore his best smile as they passed through; the camera’s flashing and begging for a shot.

“Hmm.” Jimin waved at one of the camera men who gave him a thumbs up. 

“Your short program was… good.“ Suho began. "But you have to watch your Lutz—not to mention your triples if you want to get the gold tonight after the long program.” 

Jimin snickered at that. Suho has been his coach since he decided to take part in competitive figure skating, which was way back when he was thirteen years old. Yes, the Suho Kim, Olympic gold medalist, was his coach.

And the older brother he never thought he needed.

Jimin found it a bit funny that almost eight years later he was still the same uptight and completely meticulous coach he had come to know. Suho never did know how to chill whenever competitions came. Even more so during the competition days itself.

“Come on, everyone already thinks I’m going to win it. It’s in the bag,