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The ice rink was especially loud today. New students joining from all ages. Everyone trying to make new friends and trying to meet their respective coaches. Little kids running around while some already gathered the courage and were already on the ice.
Midst of all this was Por. He was 23, had been figure skating since childhood and loved coming here. He was known to be quiet, talented, and mannered by old students who didn't know him much while being known as "unconsciously funny" by his friends . He already knew all the tricks so he really wasn't a student. Some coaches would even assign him to coach kids while they didn't have time. Por really didn't mind doing that because he loved helping out.
Por was just skating around, looking at all the newbies while one coach, Sam, called him towards the side.
"Por, are you sure you don't wanna start coaching? Like you can even have this very cool badge." Coach Sam said while pointing at a badge that had a polar bear skating.
Por stared at the badge for a small moment. "I don't mind coaching.. Can I meet the student first?" Por suggested.
"Yes of course you can!" Sam replied happily since Por somewhat agreed. "Come with me." Sam said while walking up a few steps to reach the seat his student will be sitting.
Por followed, curious to see who he might be coaching.
Once they reached, Coach Sam pointed at a person sitting nervously on one of the chairs. "That's the person. His name is Teetee. 21 years old. He's a nice guy."
Por looked at the person he was pointing at. And oh my god, That man was beautiful. Toned skin, hair gelled back, sharp jawline, nervous eyes. Por even noticed the moles on his face.
Teetee
"Come see me once you met him." Saying that, Coach Sam disappeared to the void.
"I can do this!" Por whispered to himself and walked towards Teetee
Teetee looked up when he saw an approaching figure. "Hai, I'm Por!" Por reached out his hand for a handshake.
"Huh... oh. Hai, I'm Teetee" Tee shook his hands with Por awkwardly.
"Heard you wanna learn figure skating?" Por asked just to make conversation on the way to enter the rink.
"Yeah. Got bored of uni" Teetee replied honestly.
"What are you studying?"
"Business Administration in Management." Teetee sighed before continuing "It's as boring as it sounds"
Por laughed softly at that. "So, Teetee, I'm your coach. I might quit cuz this is my first time coaching... don't know if I'm supposed to tell you that. But yeah! Come here, you can try on some skates." Por said while guiding him towards the locker room where extra skates were placed.
Teetee listened quietly with a gentle smile on his face and followed Por.
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Once they found skates that fit Tee, they entered the rink.
"Have you ever done this before?" Por asked
"Yeah. Once with my friends. Sucked tho" Teetee replied while trying to steady himself.
"No one's good on their first try. Hold the railing and try to walk. Lean forward." Por demonstrated it out so Teetee could copy.
Teetee shakily copied but he was good. "I'm actually pretty good at this!" Teetee said jollily.
"Don't get ahead of yourself. There's waaaay more coming up" Por replied just so he could crush Teetee's ego.
Teetee pouted dramatically before trying to walk without holding the railing just so he could prove he's actually pretty good for a newbie.... That failed miserably because the next second he was on the floor.
The rest of the session went pretty okay. Teetee and Por got to know basic things about each other.
Once Teetee left, Coach Sam appeared on Por's side.
"Sooo, how did it go?" Sam asked
"It was okay. Better than I expected."
"See! I told you this won't be too bad!" Sam accused. "Are you gonna do this again? Same guy?"
"Sure" Por replied before turning away to pack his things.
And yeah, he got a polar bear badge.