If you're familiar about the 'thousand years of death' from Naruto, then let's be friends! <3

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Ojiro glides slowly on the ice while catching his breath, standing up straight. Inhaling and exhaling to the sound blaring in his ears. He lets his body calm down before preparing for another jump.

There are a lot of rink users and onlookers for the day, and his face, as well as his Oji wear, is already sticking with his sweat, but he won't let anything distract his focus.

He skates backwards on the clean ice, looks over his shoulder, and steps forward with his left foot. He draws back his arms and jumps forward, rotating three times, and then lands with an extra half rotation.

He nods to himself as confirmation that he can still pull off a stronger jump. So he takes another turn, skating backwards again, and jumps forward. The speed became faster this time, so he could add up another rotation but fell on the landing.

He let out a scream, catching his breath as he felt the surge of adrenaline in his system.

Tanoshikatta na...

He chortles to himself and then punches the ice, starting to feel the frustration when the adrenaline starts to wash away.

"I told you to stop doing that, or no more quad axels for you from now on, kid. Understand?" Minoru-san warned him, handing him his towel.

"Uhn, hai. Wakarimashita," he says, wiping off his sweaty face and nodding to him apologetically.

He reminded himself to be less stubborn when Minoru-san is around, or else everything will go back to the start, ruining his entire plan.

"I want to do it," he said when he announced he wanted to start training for the quad Axel in an important meeting with them to discuss his plans for the new season.

His entire team stopped talking at once and threw him a look, like he wasn't being serious.

He knows there are a lot of things to consider. Training for a new jump requires a lot of time and energy. Sometimes it takes years for others to polish it. And he's talking about the quad axel here, the most difficult jump in the world of figure skating that no one has dared to do and which jump he's been challenging all his life.

His injury from the 4CC last season just got healed. He received a lot of invitations from the Challenger Series, in which his sponsors expected him to at least pick two from the competitions they supported, leaving him no time to train for a new jump in a short period of time for the season's start.

And he needs to earn points in the Grand Prix series to qualify for the finals. He also needs to prepare for the Japan Nationals after that.

After he presented his plans to his coach, trainer, and choreographer, none of them were a bit pleased, especially his coach.

"This is insane, kid. This is crazy."

He had actually had second thoughts about it before. He thought about it thoroughly. Even though the new season has started, while he's spending nights together with Louise, he's been stressing over it.

He remembered that night in the penthouse; they both just finished a fiery sex, and they were lying on the crumpled sheets of bed. Their hot, sticky, and sweaty bodies entangled with each other.

Louise's head sat on his chest while his arm wrapped around her shoulders in the silent hum of the darkness of the room, and then all of a sudden Louise spoke.

"I love you,"

And the first thing to come out of his mouth is, "Ehh?"

The embarrassment every time he remembers his reaction.

It feels new, and it was out of nowhere. He actually admitted at first that it felt weird, but he liked it.

He doesn't understand it either, but he likes how it felt so good.

It was like he was floating.

"Say it again," he said, but Louise was also too embarrassed to repeat the word, and he giggled like a child hearing her moan in frustration.

It was just crazy for him how she always blows his mind with the way she reminds him of all the important things in his life.

And from then on, when he kissed her head to calm her down, he knew exactly what he wanted. What he needed to do.

"I'm going to jump it and win," he declared to his staff, which made Minoru-san throw his head in exhaustion.

After a lot of meetings and arguments, Minoru-san finally scheduled him to start training for quad axels. That means an extra time of training aside from off-ice training and on-ice preparations for the programs he's working on for the Challenger series.

He worked hard every day, getting in shape, monitoring his sleep and diet, strengthening his muscles and core while polishing his routines, and training for the new jump.

Every day, for weeks. He hardly noticed a month had already passed.

And Louise was glaring at him when they met again after a while, but she quickly recognized the fatigue in his face.

He immediately made up with his girlfriend, and she's diligently attending her skating class again so they can see each other even in the distance.

"Hey you, do you see what I'm seeing?"

"No way those are real,"

Ojiro heard his two junior skaters beside him while he's draining his drink to replenish. He follows what they are looking at and sees Louise with Ichika and Kaimen in the distance, trying out a jump.

He smiles at seeing her enjoy skating with the kids. But then his smile fades easily, realizing that his juniors were actually talking about her breasts, which bounces in her every movement.

She's wearing the tight cold gear that he gave her, and it perfectly fits on her, highlighting her small waist, curvy hips, and healthy breasts.

Even he, who has already seen them naked, pauses for a moment to admire it, but he shakes it off and approaches the guys, who barely noticed him as their eyes are already glued to Louise.

"She's an angel." The two guys' mouths hang open while watching her.

"I'll go ask for her number."

"I'll ask for it, man; don't get in my way!"

They stopped in their skates upon seeing Ojiro towering over them.

"K-Korishima senshu?"

"There's more work to do other than ogling at newcomers, don't you think?"

"H-hai!"

"Sumimasen deshita!"

He watches as the two skaters resume their routines.

It was not like the first time someone had come up, trying to hit on Louise in the rink. It's also often happening outside, on the sidewalk, and even at work.

He decided to talk to her about it, but when he finally got to approach her and the kids, to his surprise, Louise just skated past him. Not even throwing a look in his direction. He thought that maybe she's just avoiding him if he ever asks how she does in her skating class.

Ojiro found her in the pantry for the rink staff, where he gave her access. It's one of his go-to places every time he wants to take a break alone.

She just walks past him, giving him the cold shoulder again.

He's peeling a banana while observing her from the corner of his eye. She grabs a bottle of water quickly from the tray and then motions to leave.

He put his banana inside his mouth to take a bite when she shoved his head hard, making the long rod-shaped fruit go inside his throat, choking him.

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