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ntranslator: baumkuchen editors: serefina, glitterypanda

nA month and a half later, on the ice rink in Finland, Dong Ge won the gold in one stroke, He Changsheng and Fang Xiaoyan won silver, and Liang Xiao won bronze. Each of them had found success.

nGoing by the requirements of the competition, in order to thank the audience, the top ten skaters were invited to perform in the exhibition gala.

nAfter the competition, the talkative Canadian skater Lawson came to the lounge to harass Dong Ge as usual.

nHe smiled brightly. “Dong, what are you going to do for the exhibition skate? I’ve already thought up my program!”

nDong Ge pulled up the zip of his jacket. “Aren’t you going to pay homage to your idol?”

nLawson clapped his hands together. “I’m going to strip on the ice! That’s always been my dream!”

nDong Ge, “……Your dream is truly something special.”

nLawson pulled up his shirt. “Look at my abs, they’re the result of my special training for these past few days. Touch them!”

nDong Ge had a face full of “can’t bear to look directly at it”, “Aiya.”

nLawson put his clothes down, watching Dong Ge’s expressions. “Dong, you seem to have become a lot more lively lately. ……Could it be that the rumours are true?”

nJust as Dong Ge was about to reply, the door opened.

nHe Changsheng stuck his head in from the outside and looked at Lawson. “What are you guys talking about?”

nJust as Lawson was about to show off his abs again, Dong Ge immediately stood up and interrupted him, “Lawson was saying that Canada’s butter tarts are delicious.”

nOnly then did He Changsheng’s expression get a little better. “……En. The coach is looking for you, let’s go.”

nAfter saying this, he turned. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Lawson ask Dong Ge from behind him, “Wow, is He jealous?”

nThe He Changsheng facing away from them quivered. The back of his neck was entirely red.

nDong Ge observed him for a moment. “Seems like it.”

nHe Changsheng hadn’t thought that Dong Ge would tear down his stage too. He bore it until even his shoulders started shaking. “……Dong Ge, let’s go.”

nDong Ge, “Going, going.”

nAs Lawson watched the two walk off side by side, he scratched his hair and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but tick upwards.

nIt seemed like he didn’t need to ask whether the rumours were true or false.

nDong Ge and He Changsheng walked towards the assembly point.

nDong Ge asked He Changsheng, “Does qianbei eat sweet things?”

n“I don’t like them.” After taking a while to calm down, He Changsheng’s embarrassment had lessened and his words flowed a lot more smoothly. “But I can go with you.”

nDong Ge pursed his lips in a light laugh.

nHe Changsheng, “What are you laughing at.”

nDong Ge said, “Qianbei.”

nHe Changsheng, “&#k2026;&#k2026;You’re not allowed to laugh.”

nDong Ge then stopped laughing. He reached out his hand and hooked it around the other’s pinky finger.

nHe Changsheng hadn’t forgotten to put on gloves before coming to find Dong Ge, but this action of Dong Ge’s seemed to pass through the gloves, hooking right onto his heart and making it itch, tingling slightly.

nFive minutes later, Liang Xiao, Fang Xiaoyan, Dong Ge and He Changsheng gathered in the temporary meeting room.

nTheir expedition this time had garnered great success. Radiant with happiness, the coach asked, “Dong Ge, what plans do you have for the exhibition skate?”

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nBefore opening his mouth, the coach had already prepared himself to let Dong Ge do as he wished, even if he wanted to try whatever high-difficulty movement, he would be fine with it.

nUnexpectedly, Dong Ge’s words still shocked him, “I want to try pair skating.”

nThe coach, “……Have you practiced pair skating before?”

nDong Ge, “It’s not like there hasn’t been any precedent for single skaters changing to pair skating in previous exhibition galas.”

nThe coach looked at the other three, thinking for a moment, before deciding to give his favourite student a chance.

nHe focused his gaze on Liang Xiao and Fang Xiaoyan. “Which of you two wants to try it out with Dong Ge?”

nLiang Xiao and Fang Xiaoyan met eyes, nodded slightly, then stepped back together at the same time.

nBut soon, the two of them realised how unnecessary their actions had been.

n……Because He Changsheng had stepped forward.

nSeeing this, the coach was thrown into confusion for a good ten something seconds.

nDong Ge looked towards He Changsheng, but He Changsheng didn’t look at him, staring at the trees outside the window.

nAfter a lot of effort, the coach finally found his tongue. “……You two?”

nHe Changsheng reply was unexpectedly smooth, “It’s not like there hasn’t been any precedent for two men pair skating together in previous exhibition galas.”

nThe coach, “……You two discussed this earlier, didn’t you?”

nDong Ge and He Changsheng replied simultaneously, “No.”

nThe coach, “……”

nDong Ge gave him a reason, “I often train together with qianbei, so we’re both familiar with each other. Qianbei also excels in pair skating, he’ll guide me well.”

nThen, he turned his head. “Qianbei, isn’t that right?”

nHe Changsheng, “……En.”

nThe coach, “……” Sigh.

nHe knew Dong Ge too well, at least, he absolutely wouldn’t take figure skating as a joke.

nJust let him try it out.

nAfter a day of practice, Dong Ge and He Changsheng stepped onto the ice rink with countless eyes on them.

nIn the program list that had been released, this pair of males’ pair skate was the most anticipated. Before the gala, everyone was wondering and debating whether one of them would be wearing a women’s costume, and if so, whether it would be Dong Ge or He Changsheng.

nWhen the two of them slid out of the passage, the audience exclaimed in unison.

nBoth of them were wearing men’s costumes, with the same style, each wearing an elegant, beautiful gauze top and black pants.

nDong Ge’s gauze top was completely ash purple, his sleeves light and airy, studded with starry crystals. On the other hand, He Changsheng’s top was pure white, matching the crystals on it. His collar was a little low, decorated with small feathers. The designs looked different, but when they held hands, one would realise that at the place where their right and left hands intersected, the crystals lined up perfectly.

n……Like a connected river of stars.

nSitting right at the front of the stands, the coach could only sigh.

n……Sure enough, they had come prepared.

nAs he was warming up together with Dong Ge by the side of the rink, hand in hand, He Changsheng said, “You knew early on that we would be able to perform in the exhibition gala.”

nThe clothes he was wearing had been directly pulled out of Dong Ge’s luggage yesterday.

nDong Ge said, “I could do it. I believed qianbei could do it too.”

nHe Changsheng, “When did you peek at my measurements?”

nDong Ge and He Changsheng skated to the centre of the rink together and came to a stop there.

nDong Ge whispered into his ear, “We’ve embraced so many times, I estimated them.”

nThen, Dong Ge raised He Changsheng’s right hand lightly, opened his mouth, bit down on the tip of the ring finger of his thin glove, and helped him slowly pull it off.

nJust like how he pulled off his glove at the end of every one of his competitions.

nThe warm, moist heat from the tip of his finger made He Changsheng’s body tremble slightly. “You……”

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nThe entire stadium burst into an uproar.

nEven their coach straightened his body, staring at the two young men on the rink.

n……Was this part of the program?

nHe Changsheng’s ears were buzzing. Blood rushed to his face. “You……”

nDong Ge patiently stripped off his glove, then pulled off the glove on his own right hand and entwined their fingers together.

nHe threw those two gloves into the stands beside the rink, causing a small-scale looting.

nHe Changsheng followed the gloves with his eyes, but then Dong Ge touched his forehead to his.

nDong Ge’s breath was scorching hot. “He Changsheng, don’t look at the gloves, look at me.”

nHe Changsheng’s eyes began to burn slightly, but there was nowhere to hide.

nUnder the excited and surprised cries from the audience, He Changsheng looked at Dong Ge and whispered, “Aren’t you——”

nDong Ge’s ears flushed red. “I’ve gotten used to the feeling of…… holding hands with qianbei.”

nHe Changsheng didn’t know what to say. He could only instinctively tighten his grip on Dong Ge’s hand, pressing their burning palms together. “That, that’s good.”

nDong Ge said, “Let’s start.”

nHe Changsheng said, “En.”

nDong Ge repeated his words, “I said, qianbei, let’s start.”

nHe Changsheng looked into Dong Ge’s eyes. His gaze seemed to hold two stars.

nDong Ge felt as if a century had passed before he finally saw the person before him nod. “En.”

nHe smiled, then reached out a hand to the person in charge of the music to signal that he could start.

nThe song Dong Ge chose wasn’t a love song, rather, it was 《Superheroes》.

nHe’d chosen it for himself, and also for He Changsheng.

nThe two youths stepped onto the ice, hand in hand. Dong Ge flung out his arm, his sleeve rippling like water along with it, as graceful as a swallow.

nThe author has something to say (moving the relevant part of the A

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nI invite everyone to go listen to Superheroes, it really suits Little Dong Ge and Changsheng!

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nsere: both me and panda ALSKDNFLAJ’ed when HCS stepped forward…. you know their coordination comes from their UST lmao.

nbaum: did anyone catch Dong Ge’s sneaky confession? (if you didn't)

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