Ojiro Korishima became the biggest name in their figure skating discipline, bigger than anyone could have ever imagined. He bagged the gold in his Olympic debut, the same season after he dethroned Austin in the Grand Prix final, and in the following years, he held the biggest fan base in all figure skating histories.

"How are we going to face the federation from now on? The sponsors? I didn't raise you to be a failure like this!" His father's voice echoes in Austin's mind while looking at the faces of people that he disappointed.

His friends, fans, and sponsors disappeared one by one. His mom, who used to support him in all of his endeavors, left their home. His parents have been fighting a lot lately, leading to his dad developing an alcohol addiction.

And Austin couldn't help but watch everything crumble before his eyes. Everything that he'd done, every sacrifice, and all of his hard work has come to nothing.

Ojiro Korishima snatched everything away from him. His fans, his titles...

his whole life.

"All because of you," he growled under his breath, looking directly at Ojiro on ice while doing their six-minute warm-up in 4CC.

His coach barks orders at him, but his hatred is the only thing that envelops his system in that moment.

After replenishing, he continued warming up, and with all the rage that controlled him, he had only one thing in mind.

To crash with Ojiro and inflict an injury on him.

He had already committed this crime before, and he didn't expect to have the best outcomes. He once tried it on an amateur from Thailand, and he can't believe he actually made it look like an accident.

It's even more believable with a bit of a touch of acting in front of the camera, as he also hurt himself in the process, but the other skater suffered more, ending up with a broken ankle.

With determination, he carefully studied Korishima's movements. His lightning speed becomes a problem at first, but with proper planning, he can be able to use it against him.

He familiarized himself with Korishima's warm-up, doing foot stops that created an infinity shape around the ice, and with Austin's right timing, he met him in his way with the same lightning speed.

The two skaters, looking in different directions, collided with such impact that Ojiro was sent rolling on the ice while Austin did the same.

The result was even more impressive to him this time, as he didn't just make it look like a pure accident; he also successfully gave not just a simple cut but a career-ending injury to Ojiro Korishima.

To him, nothing has ever been more satisfying than watching him bleed, lying unconscious for a moment on the ice.

The accident made headlines in all sports news, but even if Austin managed to dethrone him, Ojiro became a hero for continuing with the competition, and even with a concussion, he managed to win a bronze medal and podiumed with him.

The story of an injured hero pisses Austin off, but it actually paved his way to start all over again and claim what he thinks is rightfully his.

Him on top of his sport.

But he needs to destroy Ojiro Korishima first.

If he only thought of it carefully before, he actually has everything that he needs, and he will start by using his fame against him.

It's long been a celebrity's PR strategy in the industry to target someone's personal life to put them in a bad light, slowly destroying their career.

What made Ojiro Korishima different among other figure skating celebrities was him being extremely private, just like the traditional Japanese that he is, and this unique trait of his piqued the interest of the majority of fans from all over the world.

He was viewed as a hardworking, disciplined hero who has a strong mentality and a pure heart that overcomes all struggles and challenges in his figure skating career and yet, no one really knows what's going on in his private life.

He's just living as a complete mystery.

Despite all that, for Austin, with the world he's living in, he doesn't believe that a pure-hearted person exists anymore.

Everything is corrupted and blinded by money and fame.

And surely, Ojiro is no exception.

Just like him, he's just purely human with breakable, weak emotions, and if he's going to look carefully, he will surely find fault in this perfectly painted reputation of the Ice Prince that the media has created.

The biggest Ojiro Korishima scandal ever recorded was when his dating status got leaked by a paparazzi, stating that he was in fact dating the Japanese figure skating prodigy, Kaede Ishioka, along with photos of them together in a café around the time, just after his Olympic debut.

Austin couldn't believe his luck when he heard of this allegation.

He perfectly knows his bitch's fucked-up life, and leaking all of her rotten dark secrets was enough to put his whole fandom into chaos.

But Ojiro Korishima's team was quick and clever enough to put the leaked claims down and completely transform them into just a dating rumor.

He doesn't know about Korishima, but he can definitely tell he came from a well-off family for him to afford a secret service that could back him up in this kind of trouble.

But Austin will never give it up. Among all the issues he could throw at him to destroy him, this part has been the easiest and the deadliest.

His love life.

In a figure skating career, the strongest power one could ever possess is a fandom's support.

...but the darkest part also comes from it.

People worship you.

Loves you, like they own you.

They will not like it if your heart settles on one person. In order to go on in this rotten sport, you need to feed everyone's fantasies.

You need to be dedicated.

Give your everything.

Until nothing has left for you.

And Austin has nothing left to lose.

In the following years of living in the industry, Austin has developed connections that have contributed to his plans against Korishima.

He reconnected to the same paparazzi that leaked his affair with Kaede Ishioka, and now the man has successfully invaded his home in Tokyo.

Within 24 hours, Korishima will be the subject of every news outlet, exposing his well-kept private life.

He's certain that he's been hiding something, and he's going to prove it to the world.

That the hero and the prince that they've been looking up to is not the way they have painted him.

But Austin waited, and 24 hours have passed and nothing has happened.

Finally, news broke out reporting that someone had trespassed on Ojiro Korishima's apartment, and his security successfully captured the man in question.

"How did this happen?" He screamed into his phone. He managed to contact the man at the last minute.

"I don't know! It happened quickly. The only thing I remembered is this someone...a girl. She hit me on the head. I passed out, and when I woke up, I was already tied up! "

Austin's jaw hangs, wondering why the situation feels so familiar, but he screams again to the man on the other line and smashes his phone on the floor.

"Ojiro Korishima, you son of a bitch!" He bellowed in anger.