Facing Phantoms, Pursuing Flowers

Be My Flower

Btw, if you didn't already know, this book is ending soon :) happy sad feeling...the next chapter shall be the epilogue.

At the 2016 World Championships...

For Javi, it was a top of the podium finish. With a stella performance he defended his title.

Yuzuru, sadly faltered and couldn't steal it from Javi but was nonetheless, very happy for Javi. If it had to be someone else being crowned 2016 World Champion, Javi was the best someone else.

Nam...well, Nam stayed spicy and strong as usual. Though he didn't do as well, he swore to come back storming next year.

Melody finished an impressive 7th place behind the amazing legends : Mao Asada, Evgenia Medvedeva, Elena Radionova, Satoko Miyahara, Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner.

After returning home from Boston, Team Orser ended the season with a celebration and relax camp instead of training camp.

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Into the future... In the year 2023.

Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, had finally found love on the ice.

Two words.

Yulia Lipnitskaia.

Took them a while, but it happened when it happened and all one could say was, 'awww'

Javier Fernandez and Miki Ando eventually got married with a beautiful family. Performing in many ice shows in Spain or Japan, the couple never cease loving each other.
Happiness was theirs to lose.

Nam, struggling with that beast of a growth spurt, survived. He had his moment when he made it to the top of the podium in multiple major competitions. Being satisfied career wise, he continued the search for someone who might fill his other half after retiring a year ago.

As for Sota and Melody... Well, they certainly won many competitions in their careers. But most of all, they won each others heart....successfully forever, I might add.

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One spring morning, the sun light bursts into Melody's room. A knock on her door could be heard. She groggily got up and grumbled her way to the door in her sweats.

To her surprise, Sota stood outside the door of her house. Beside him was a bike.

She blinked in shock realizing she had forgot it was their 'dawn date' that day to celebrate their dating anniversary. It has been 7years since they got together.

Getting dressed quickly, they hopped on the bike together and away they went.

Riding into the sunrise.

Later, laying on the grassy field in front of Lake Ontario, talking about the future, Sota thought it was the perfect moment.

Melody gazed at the multi colored sky, and the blazing sun streaming through, waking everyone up.
'I wonder, when should we retire from competitive skating? I mean, I still love it, but I think 10 years of competing would be enough. I mean, after the next two years, I'd be almost 25. Yuna Kim retired at 24, so...'

'Haha, well, Yuzu retired at 24 too. Maybe it is a lucky age. I think I'll aim for 2025. Seems like a good year to retire. Anyways, these legs are getting stiff and old now haha'

Sota continued after some moments.

'Dy, did you know that when the sun rises, the colours all travel at different speeds because of their slightly different wavelengths? And that's how you get streaks of colours as the sun light streams through in the morning. It's like, when the lake is half frozen over and half water, it's densities are all different and it produces this amazingly unique glow when it reflects and refracts light....' Staring at the purple-turning-blue sky, he was off on a blue streak.