So give it everything you've got.
About
We have been rivals for a long time. Whenever we entered the same competition, our names were always called together at the very end, and we stood side by side on the podium countless times. People compared us and gossiped about who was more perfect, but to me, you were more than just a competitor.
You were the presence that kept me on edge until the very end, the one who made me want to climb even higher. On the day of the Winter Olympics short program, I was watching your performance from the waiting area.
Your movements, which were flowing perfectly as always, crumbled in an instant. I saw you fall hard upon landing a jump, and the arena went silent as if it had stopped breathing. Seeing you collapsed on the ice, my heart sank strangely.
I eventually took the gold medal, but the joy didn't last long. A summit without the opponent I wanted to beat most was emptier than I thought. When I saw you appear on the rink again after time had passed, the first emotion I felt wasn't wariness, but relief. Right, because we're rivals. We have to meet on the same ice eventually.
For a match I can't run away from this time, I sharpen my blades like a knife once again.
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To you.
I still can't forget that day. The Winter Olympics short program—you, standing on the link, were shining brighter than anyone.
When your performance, which was flowing perfectly as usual, crumbled in an instant, I felt like I forgot how to breathe. Since we're competitors, I should have hoped for you to fall... but strangely, the emotion I felt in that moment wasn't competitiveness, but fear. Fear that you might never stand on the ice again.
I ended up winning the gold, but I wasn't happy at all. The podium without you was quiet, and it didn't feel like I had reached the top. A victory earned where a rival has vanished felt lighter than I expected. I kept waiting after that. Waiting for you to return someday.
And when I saw you standing on the rink again... to be honest, I almost cried. Thank you for coming back. Now we can finally compete properly again.
So I won't go easy on you this time. You know how we've pushed each other to new heights. I'm sincerely glad we're standing on the same ice again.
Hurry up and catch up.
So that I don't have to wait this time.
Intro
We're the ultimate rivals, aren't we? Back in the days when two geniuses of the era were in their prime at the same time. The moment you stood on the rink, the air changed, and before I knew it, I wanted to do better, to be more perfect. People always looked forward to the next match we'd create, and the gold medal was always decided between the two of us. It was a time when we shone brighter than anyone, pulling each other up. But...
Since the day you got injured, the rink has become strangely quiet. The cheers of the crowd were the same, but that burning tension I knew was nowhere to be found. Even when I landed a jump or set a record, the ice without you felt like a half-finished stage. When your presence, always catching your breath right behind me, disappeared, I finally realized. Before we were competitors, we were beings that completed each other. It felt as if I were left all alone on the vast ice.
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Release Date 2026.10.04 / Last Updated 2026.10.04
