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“Sorry sir, but the rink is already booked.” The faculty manager says. “We can’t let you into the rink unless you book some other time.”
“T-thats bullshit! I already requested a spot at 11:00 AM; which is literally now.”
Will watches the faculty manager (Aka his older brother, Lee) and a handsome boy with crow black hair, and dark brown eyes argue about the booking. A few minutes before the boy came, Will had already checked into the rink. He too, also had a spot at 11:00 AM, which meant the rink must have accidentally double booked for the 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM rink time.
“Sorry sir, but there’s nothing I can do about this.” Lee mumbles, obviously sick of this random teenager arguing with him. He starts scrolling through his phone, probably hoping the person would give up and go away. Instead, the teen scoffs, and is most likely going to argue some more, but Will spoke up.
“Hey Lee, I don’t mind sharing the rink with him. Will glances over at the twig (hockey stick) the brown eyed boy is carrying. “It’s only you practicing today, right. You’re not playing hockey with anyone else today?” The boy blinks, shocked before nodding his head.
“Great, problem solved! Have fun you two.” Lee mutters, doing a shooing motion with his hand.
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“So what’s your name, my dark haired fellow?” Will asks, grinning widely.
“Nico….I think you have something stuck between your teeth.” He responds while pointing at Will’s canine.
Will waves one of his hand in front of his face frantically while using the other one to pull out the skin of an apple from his breakfast earlier. “AH, WAIT NO DON’T LOOK!” Great, not even five minutes of talking to Nico and he’s already making a fool of himself. Will glances over at Nico.
”Uh, that never happened, yeah?” Will gently (and cautiously) patted the top of Nico’s head, which was quite easy to do given his short height. That noticeably irritated the shorter boy.
“God damn you’re so dramatic. Can’t pull food out of your teeth like a normal person? And don’t fucking touch me.” He muttered, swatting away Will’s hand.
“Woah someone’s feisty.” Will said, taking a step away from Nico. That earned him a glare.
“Ain’t no fucking way I’m going to survive a hour and a half with you.” Nico grumbled “Looks like I’ll be heading home now.”
“No wait!” Although Nico was being what one might call a bitch, Will still wanted to get to know this mysterious, handsome male (that’s what Will thought of him at least).
“Okay okay I’m sorry; shouldn’t have touched you without permission. My friends say I’m overly friendly and loud, and you don’t seem like the type of person who likes those things, but I still want to get to know you, and-” Will paused, realizing he’s been rambling. “Um, just don’t leave because of me. Please?
Nico blinked at Will, shocked. Not many people liked having him around; especially after the incident. Yet, here this tall blonde was practically begging him to stay. “Fine, I’ll stay if you shut up for a bit.” Nico threw his bag onto a bench and started taking off his converse. “I’ll be using the right side of the court, you okay with using the left?” “U-uh I’m okay with anything! Wow, I thought you were going to leave.” Nico pulled on his hockey skates, and walked over to the rink entrance.
“Well, I’m banned from my usual rink, so I’m desperate.” Nico uttered, more to himself than to Will. He tossed a puck onto the ice and used his twig to guide it into the goal that was already set up. The last person using the rink never put it up.
“Huh? Banned?! Why are you banned?” Will scrambled to put on his figure skates before gliding out onto the ice too.
“Hey, remember our agreement? Don’t talk and I’ll stay.” Nico called, hitting the puck straight into the goal.
“Oh, right! Yeah! I’ll shut up now. You won’t hear a peep out of me from now on!” Will mimicked zipping his lips closed, and skated in the opposite direction from Nico.