Songs For Us [English Version]

Twenty-three. Plans.

"Look." The Japanese man told her, showing her a Silver medal. "This makes two of us."

She shook her head, grinning like a fool in the middle of her practice as she remembered a conversation with Yuzuru. She eluded another skater as she waited for Irene's voice to call out her name to start their training session.

"Two of us?"

Yuzuru nodded repeatedly.

"Dal-chan has European's Silver medal... and I have this one."

Bewildered, she mumbled an 'oh'.

"Dalia?" he called but then shook his head when her eyes met his.

There was something he wasn't telling her and weeks had passed by until the day she finally found out what was happening. But, still... why were her visits to her Club's Principal's Office becoming an everyday thing?

It was only because Mrs. Carmen seemed to find Dalia's shocked face delightful. Or so she wanted to believe.

"Was it your idea?"

"What?"

It was. His and Javier's. He just didn't want to admit it.

"Brian Orser invited me to a Training Camp in Toronto during the Off-season."

It still sounded crazy -her, training in Toronto with Top skaters and coaches, instead of staying in the very familiar ice rink in Madrid that had seen her grow, cry and land her first jumps.

"Well, you see -most of Team Spain trains here, and we want you to do so too even if it's just for a couple weeks. And who knows, it could become an every year reunion."

Javier grinned and she ended up shedding a few tears out of pure excitement.

"Hold on- we? You and...?"

"Me and that stubborn Japanese you see over there" He smirked, as the camera focused on Yuzuru calmly moving on the ice.

"You gotta be kidding me."

Yuzuru's idea? She was definitely dreaming – or so she thought until she remembered a conversation she had with the skater.

"How's Japan?" She inquired as she prepared for training one morning after Spain Nationals when Yuzuru was resting back in Japan -sick and dying of boredom as he had said. "Freezing cold? Deadly hot like Spain today?

"It is cold, yes."

"Oh, I'm a bit jealous. The only cold I get these days comes from the A.C."

"Spain...hot?"

She groaned in response.

"I'm used to the rink's coldness -this weather is killing me."

Yuzuru chuckled, amused.

"Come to Japan."

"Can I?" Dalia sighed dreamily, briefly looking up at the dressing room's ceiling. "I'd love to. I'd live there if I could."

"Why not you?"

"It's 'why don't you?', Yuzu."

She heard an annoyed groan before he nodded, resigned.