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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From the moment Yuzuru set the premiere date with Ayame, things went quickly.
He was actually able to fix Saitama as the venue for the premiere. The ice rink was free and ideal with its 22,500 seats. Yuzuru left it up to the team to choose other locations for the tour. He only limited the number to twelve shows in total.
"I'm proud of you for imposing that restriction on yourself" Ayame said. "Anything else would just be crazy and doesn't have to be!"
"Yes, I think the worst danger is averted like this..." nodded Yuzuru. Nevertheless, he knew that it would be another challenge! But, he wasn't alone this time... Ayame would be by his side. And he felt ready!
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In the first few weeks after the start of the production phase, both of them also took care of their health.
Ayame had made an appointment with the gynecologist that Yumi had recommended to her and was happy that everything was fine. And it was nice to have taken precautions in every way...
Yuzuru had consulted with Toshiro-sensei several times so that he could increase his stamina without any major problems and would also be able to keep up the show from a medical point of view.
He also had several intensive consultations with his new psychotherapist. He wanted to be absolutely sure that he was mentally stable enough to cope with the heavy workload that lay ahead of him.
Ayame's experience had encouraged him to finally do this. He no longer saw it as a weakness to seek outside help, but as a strength to accept it. And it actually helped him a lot, he felt much better.
Yuzuru knew that Ayame was also a big part of this. And he only loved her more and more every day.
Ayame was completely absorbed in her new role as assistant right from the start. She checked every detail in the planning, gave the team good advice and also provided some artistic input. Her gymnastics career was more useful to her than she had thought. It was all about presentation and precision, and she was still a master of that.
But the most important of her tasks was him.
She looked after Yuzuru, checked his training schedule, drew on her experience and meticulously adjusted his diet accordingly.
Unfortunately, it was unavoidable that he would have to train at night again. She discussed this with Toshiro-sensei, who had also become a good friend to her. From a medical point of view, he agreed that Yuzuru could work night shifts again for a while if it was absolutely necessary.
So Ayame changed their sleeping pattern so that she could always be by Yuzuru's side when he was training.
It was almost 5 months, or 19 weeks, until the planned premiere... they would keep up this rhythm if necessary.
