Facing Phantoms, Pursuing Flowers

Jealous

Sat....
The day of the free skates......

'Melody Pang of Canada has scored 135.78 for the free skate. Her total score is 207.67. She is currently in second place.'

'Damn! Curse that flip! Had it not been for that stupid fall, I might be in first right now!'

Brian tried consoling her, 'Hey, hey, it's alright. You were great.'

'Except for the flip'

'Except for the flip, but everything else was fantastic'

After Evgenia's stella free skate, Melody ended up in third behind Satoko Miyahara and earned the bronze medal at her first Senior Grand Prix ever.

But of course, that was so not the most exciting thing.

Javi broke 200!!!! For his free skate!!!

And of course, best for last....
Yuzuru broke his world record again for the free skate and the total score which he just set two weeks ago at NHK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'Holy ba-geez! Yuzu! That was freaking awesome! I thought I saw all that I was going to see last week at NHK, but you just proved me wrong!' (Chris Reed's words, not mine :) ) yelled Melody at Yuzuru.

'Yuzuru Hanyu! Alien from Mars! Banned from further competitions as he is not human!' Announced Javi with laughter.

'Hanyu-sempai! That was absolutely brilliant! Phenomenal! Congratulations, for working so hard and achieving your best' said Sota with wide eyes, still shocked at the beautiful performance.

'Ah thank you very much!' Said Yuzuru with incontrollable tears streaming down his, glistening with sweat, face.

'Why am I crying? I don't know why I'm crying!' Said a very emotional Yuzuru.
Little did he know, that he had made many people very emotional themselves.

'You're crying because you had just put all your heart into that performance and performed the best anyone ever could' replied a sympathetic Brian.

Later, after many many interviews and congratulations Yuzuru and Javi received, Yuzuru took time to recall his thoughts in that skate.

'I was actually so nervous, especially after Javi's great performance. I felt the need to set another world record and was so pressurised. When I went on the ice, everyone was still cheering for Javi and chanting 'Javi! Javi! Javi!' Then, I went to try my triple loop, but I missed it!!! I thought "shit! I never miss the triple loop" and so I went circling the ice and did a triple Axel as hard as I could and when I landed it, I was like 'Hey! It's me! You will shut up! You will watch me! And I will deliver!' And then I really did do it!!!' Said Yuzuru with so much relief.

'Well amigo, you really did it! So amazing dude! You gotta teach me what tricks you've got that allows you to performed so well!' Joked Javi.

That peaceful night, Yuzuru Hanyu slept soundly and pressurelessly, with a smile on his face.

Next morning.....

Gala practice....
The choreographers were busy trying to pair everyone up for the gala performance.

'Alright, we'll go youngest first. Melody! Who do you want to pair with? Eh, scratch that, who can you communicate with and understand, considering everyone speaks a different language' said the rather frustrated choreographer.

'Um, well I can understand everyone practically. Yuzuru, cause I train with him anyways, Javi's English is okay, Daisuke's English is good and Patrick's English is fantastic of course. And Boyang Jin, cause I can speak Mandarin, Shoma and I talked awhile ago and seemed to understand each other just fine.'