The ice is a cold surface, but for them, it was the only place where they remembered being happy. After being wounded by the people they trusted most, fate hands them a second chance in the form of a childhood love. A bond that resurfaces with a single glance, yet comes with a question burned into their minds: "Don’t you remember me?"
​Their love story has only just begun, but the shadows of the past are not willing to let them go. With vengeance looming over their private lives and sabotage threatening their skating careers, danger is everywhere. Will their light withstand the chill of betrayal, or will they ultimately shatter under the pressure?

​The morning Tokyo sun filtered softly through the curtains of Aibek's large yet cozy apartment in the traditional district of Setagaya. After the suffocating evening in the hotel's glitzy banquet hall and the subsequent official farewell to the international delegations, Aibek had returned to his private sanctuary desperately seeking a moment of peace and isolation. Sitting at the light wood kitchen table, wearing a loose cotton t-shirt and holding a cup of hot green tea between his hands, he tried in vain to sort out the storm of thoughts that had been eating away at him since the previous night. The words of his coach Taishi on the hotel balcony still echoed in his mind with absolute clarity, reminding him that he should not let himself be carried away by anguish or allow manipulation or guilt to dictate his decisions, although it was difficult and he made a great effort to move forward.


Chapter 165 - The Aroma of Mint and Truth