Semua Bab Hearts on Ice: Bab 81 - Bab 90

His entire body shook aggressively while he squeezed Viktor, as though letting him go would ruin the entire moment.“I'm sorry I wasn't here when you needed me…” Lukas spoke softly, his voice cracking in-between every word. “I'm never leaving you again.” Lukas lifted him from the floor, despite the pain shooting down his leg.They got to his bed and he gently placed him down, and for the first time in a while, Lukas fell asleep first.His light snores filled the air and Viktor stared at him, trailing his hand down his face. Suddenly, he wasn't angry anymore, he was just happy Lukas was safe and fine and they both went to sleep.The rain drizzled softly outside but the first thing Lukas noticed when he woke up wasn't the cold but the warmth, real warmth, right on his chest and he smiled. Then the next thing he noticed was Viktor drooling on him, carelessly.Lukas stared at the wet patch on his chest and then down at Viktor, then back at the wet patch and a soft laugh escaped his mouth.

The arena felt completely different when it was totally full. It wasn't just louder. It seemed bigger. Like the entire building had somehow doubled in size in a few minutes.Thousands of voices blended together into one giant blurb of noise while bright lights reflected off the ice and banners hung from every direction.The championship had officially started, and somehow— nobody died during the opening ceremony, which Coach claimed was a personal victory he had prayed for. "Stop smiling." Coach snapped at Nikola."I'm not smiling.""You are literally smiling.""I'm not."Coach pointed directly at Nikola."Your face is smiling." And Nikola looked very offended."My face is just like that naturally.""It shouldn't."The team continued walking toward the locker rooms while Viktor laughed quietly beside Lukas and for the first time in weeks, he actually saw him laugh. He didn't force it, and he didn't crack a joke. He was just happy.Lukas glanced toward him and felt something heavy insi

The hotel lasted exactly twenty-three minutes before complete disaster erupted. Twenty-three.Nikola had timed it proudly and he bragged about it even prouder because apparently causing problems was a competitive sport and he intended to win.The team occupied nearly an entire floor and somehow that immediately became a terrible decision and honestly? Coach should have known better.Not just Coach, but everybody should have known better, and it all started after Nikola discovered room service."Oh my God." Nikola stared at the menu in awe and screamed again, "Oh my God."Elias glanced over from the second bed."What?""They'll bring food.""...yes.""To the room.""That's basically how room service works." But Nikola still looked personally amazed."Technology is beautiful." And Elias immediately regretted speaking.By six o'clock, Nikola had somehow ordered enough food to feed a small village and nobody understood how, not even the hotel staff.The poor employee arrived pushing an ent

When they woke up, they realized there was a major problem but it wasn't the game. It was that neither of them slept. At all.Lukas realized this the moment his alarm started screaming at six in the morning and he was still deep inside Viktor.He turned it off and they tried to sleep again. But what felt like minutes were hours because it was eight in the morning soon again.The alarm went off and Viktor immediately threw a pillow at it. The pillow missed and the alarm continued.Viktor groaned into the mattress."Kill it.""You kill it." Lukas mumbled back, his voice was low and raspy."I can't.""Why?""Because I'm dead."Lukas laughed weakly and immediately regretted it because every muscle in his body ached terribly."Oh."Viktor lifted his head."What?""I think I just died too." Then silence followed and simultaneously—"Yeah.""We're definitely not getting up."Neither of them moved and the alarm kept ringing.Eventually Lukas reached blindly toward the nightstand and knocked

The first sign something was wrong was when Coach looked happy. Lukas noticed it first. Coach was standing beside the hotel bus at seven in the morning holding a coffee cup and smiling.He was smiling, and nobody trusted that."Why is he smiling?" Nikola whispered."I don't know." Viktor whispered back."We should leave.""We can't.""We can if we believe."Elias looked exhausted already, like Nikola's existence stressed him more than he loved it."Please stop talking." And the entire team loaded onto the bus anyway and soon, most of them were half asleep.Joshua slept against the window. Sam slept against Joshua. Nikola somehow slept on Elias and Elias looked seconds away from either falling asleep or killing someone.Lukas sat beside Viktor near the back and rested his head against the seat."Game day," Viktor whispered. Lukas replied with a quiet hum."You excited?""No." Soon, Viktor looked offended."You were literally happy yesterday.""That was yesterday.""You're impossible."