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!! EVERYTHING HERE IS PLATONIC!!
Wemmbu gets his skates on as Manepear calls him over, his afternoons were usually like this. Wemmbu had been practicing and practicing to be better than Flamefrags, an astonishing figure skater who's currently trying to beat a triple axel.
Wemmbu looks up, a bit of jealousy building up inside of him. It's always been like this. Its not fair. Manepear always congratulated Flamefrags, who barely makes a single mistake. On the otherhand Mane only took Wemmbu in due to the fact he nagged him for weeks.
Of course it's not Wemmbu's proudest moments but Mane is known as one of the top figure skating mentors in the industry!! Of course he'd have to.
At the time Wemmbu had begged Manepear, it was two years ago. He's now 15. Of course Wemmbu started ice skating long before that. Though he doesn't remember what year, nor how he even got the interest of it.
Wemmbu's eyes flick to flame who does the triple axel with complete ease, he grits his teeth as mane ruffles his hair. Wemmbu knew he wasn't the favourite. He was usually fine with that but it was times like these that he just can't help but feel sickenly angry.
"Good form Flame, just like i taught you! You'll definitely be first when the olympics come by." Mane calls out to a Flame who now poses, chest heaving.
However, Wemmbu clenches his fists and stands as Flame gets off the rink. It's his turn now.
Wemmbu gets on the ice and starts warming up as he can hear the tiniest bit of Mane complimenting and giving Flame tips.
Wemmbu doesn't bother and blocks out their nosies as he starts stretching.
His music starts to play. 'RIVAL - sounds like ice kind of by AZALI' starts sounding
He doesn't know why it's named that, but we roll.
Wemmbu's routine starts off with a layback, he picks up speed, the anger burning through him as he moves like light, going from move to move, the music behind him sounds, guiding him from what to do next. And he picks up even more speed, he wants.. No he needs to be better than Flame. He suspends himself in the air with the intent of a quadruple axel. He only makes it to 3 spins before he finds himself falling to the ground, losing balance and crashing into the side of the rink.
"Fuck!! Damn it..." his leg aches, badly. This won't be good. If he has to stop figure skating for however long, that'll be bad.
Manepear skates over alongside a Flamefrags. Wemmbu glares up and Flame who just smirks playfully.
"You really tried a triple axel, Wemmbu?" he says mockingly. Him and Flame always bicker. But there's a hint of worry in his eyes. Maybe Wemmbu's seeing things through the extreme pain of his leg.
If flame's rival can't skate anymore, then who will take his place? Flame skates for the thrill of beating others, of taking their spot. Wemmbu, despite both of them being trained by Manepear. Is Flame's biggest rival.
Wemmbu grunts as he clutches his leg, shaking it and standing. Manepear looks him up and down.
"You might've fucked up your leg, to be honest Wemmbu."
Wemmbu grits his teeth and stands, ussing the rink stands for support as he walks. Pain striking through him with each step.
"No i didnt. It'll be fine after a bit of a sleep. Im off." he waves as he walks off, albeit a bit funny looking, Flame thinks.
Wemmbu leaves Manepear and Flame to their own devices in the ice rink. He's so fucking mad right now, what's he going to do? He definitely fucked up his leg. He usually walks home. His house its like half an hour. He can't walk that far. He sighs before realising egg lives like... 5 minutes away.
Of course, he doesn't want to go to a hospital, some healing pots will do the trick.
Wemmbu makes it to eggchans house in agonising pain. Knocking on the door weakly, about to genuinely collapse on eggs porch.
Egg opens the door, beaming brightly "Yoooo Wemmbu! How are y-" he notices Wemmbu's limp and awkwardly painful smile. He sighs and lets him in.
"So what happened?" he gestures to Wemmbu's leg, already heading to the healing chest for potions.
Wemmbu smirks. "i may have fallen after doing a triple axel"
"of course you did." eggchan sighs out.
"Flamefrags was being an asshole so I wanted to prove I was better than him annnnd i may have got caught up in my thoughts and i don't exactly know what i did to my leg but i fucked up something thats for sure." Wemmbu tests his leg, pain wracks up his entire body, making him wince in return.
Wemmbu thinks back to Mane and Flame earlier. They didn't really give a shit. If that was Flame, Mane would have been more worried.
It makes Wemmbu feel sick at that thought. Is he really that much more useless than Flame? Maybe it's because the two are brothers by blood.
Eggchan is now infront of Wemmbu, placing a healing potion in Wemmbu's grip.
Wemmbu drinks it, usually the effects work right away. They did not.
The two best friends decide to just wait longer and decide to go to rest. Eggchan was always welcoming wemmbu. Usually wemmbu stays with eggchan and minutetech... Speaking of that, where is minute?
He pushes that thought to the side. Wemmbu wonders why Egg is so welcoming, maybe it's because he's his bestfriend, maybe it's because Eggchan is kind by his nature of being an angel, he really doesn't know. Despite that.. At.. Certain times Mane would let Wemmbu stay with him and Flame because of Wemmbu getting his house burnt down, and not wanting to bother eggchan for the 7th time that week.
Of course Wemmbu felt like a burden everywhere, Mane acts like he's one at times when he fails even the simplest jumps. Flame is just.. Flame, they're rivals its by instinct to act like burdens to eachother. To egg and minute, he feels as if he's barging in on a home that isn't his. Despite that, Minute and Egg have never, ever minded.
He's thankful for that.
Lost in his thoughts, Wemmbu soon lulls him to sleep in eggs guest room specifically for Wemmbu. With a roughed up leg and an exhausted body.