This is the story of Ayame, a young artistic gymnast who, due to a stroke of fate, can no longer practise her sport. In search of a new purpose in life, she comes to Sendai from her home town of Sapporo by chance to work in the house of a famous fig...
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They had parted from the house with heavy hearts on Monday morning after a last swim together in the lake. They had informed Honda-san that they were leaving. He seemed a little crestfallen because he had an appointment and couldn't say goodbye in person. He would have loved to meet Yuzuru again in person!
Yuzuru had told him that he would come back whenever it was possible. And Honda-san was happy about it.
The drive back to Sendai was characterized by silence. And then filled with music again, because Yuzuru had put together a playlist with songs and pieces that he already had in mind for the show. Every now and then they gave each other a happy, knowing look and sometimes Yuzuru took Ayame's hand and squeezed it. They were in harmony.
Once home, Yuzuru went to his study almost immediately. He wanted to call his team leader, Kai Takamura, urgently. Because he should organize a team meeting as soon as possible, preferably for the next day, so that Yuzuru could present his new project.
This was Yuzuru. Back in work mode faster and more focused than he would have ever imagined a few weeks ago.
Ayame let him get on with it. She felt that she had to take a back seat now. Of course, she immediately missed his closeness, because the intense days at the lake had made her so used to him always being around her. Everything suddenly felt different.
They had both suspected it when they had been there in their sheltered nest: Out here, in reality, different laws just prevailed. But Ayame knew that Yuzuru would not suddenly leave her alone! Now was the time for her to adapt to this new path.
So first she took possession of the house again. Checked what was going on there.
Yumi had taken good care of everything. There was even prepared food in the fridge, because they had told her that they would be coming home today.
After a quick tour of the house, Ayame had nothing more to do, as she didn't have to cook. Now she suddenly felt a little uncertain. Yuzuru hadn't said anything to her, not how long it would take him or when he wanted to eat dinner. Just a little kiss on the cheek and he had hurried upstairs. But she didn't want to disturb him there...
So she decided to ask Yuzuru later to fill her in on everything, to tell her exactly what she could help him with. Especially when it came to his well-being, but also for planning the show. She knew he had a team that would do all the work perfectly.
But she also knew that no one would understand what the story was about like she did. After all, she was part of it. And that gave her the courage to ask him for it - work mode or not!
***
After almost two hours, Yuzuru suddenly reappeared, full of joy and energy.
"Aya, Aya!" he called to her from the upper floor.
She came out of the living room and looked up at him a little uncertainly at first.
"Yes, Yuzu?"
He looked down at her briefly, scrutinizingly. Then he suddenly started jumping down the stairs like a young buck. Ayame laughed out loud at the sight.
