Conclusions

Stella did allow Kana to skate for a while before joining her.

The questions in her mind could wait some time as they skated together in silence, ignoring the obvious elephant in the room.

As time passed, the rink started to slowly fill with children and their parents, young couples on dates, and even some older people who seemed to enjoy the activity.

Kana could now understand these people. Being on the ice felt freeing beyond words. She couldn't exactly explain how she felt but it felt nice enough for her to wish to stay there for the next hours.

Once she finally got around to accept how much she actually enjoyed the whole thing, the time to start wondering came.

When she first entered that ice, it was very easy to just assume that she had some kind of Natural talent and ability to skate for a beginner. Maybe it took some time to watch others struggle with simple things that she did with ease for her to understand that this was far from the norm. 

From then on, it wasn't that hard to tell that even if this was her first time on the ice (or at least she thought it to be) no one else on that ice seemed to have as much control as she did.

There was no denying that the questions started arising as she fully understood the current situation at hand.

She had to have done this before, there was no way that it felt so natural when this was her first time there.

All of this was making her head hurt. It seemed impossible to fully comprehend the current situation without feeling guilty for never trying this before. Then again, she had been avoiding her past for so long that trying to even place the idea in her mind that it was now time to finally figure out those things that she never had seemed almost impossible.

Well, her curiosity had never been this high either. There was never something that had made her want to know who she used to be.

Kana resented everyone she had met from her past. Her family had treated her like trash and made sure she disappeared from their lives from the moment she turned 18. It was hard to wish to know more when that was the only experience she had with relatives. 

At that time, she wondered if there was anyone of her blood in Japan but no one ever told her anything about her family there. Kana didn't even know where her family used to live before the accident.

Maybe this was just the very first step towards finding out more, even if part of her wanted to keep it well buried and away from her sight.

She didn't know what to think or do in this situation. What she did know was that her best friend's mind was full of opinions and things that she certainly wanted to say but was choosing to keep at bay for the current time. Stella was allowing her to think before saying anything herself and Kana could only be thankful for that.

It was only once the ice was starting to feel too full for them to enjoy themselves that with a simple nod, the two girls decided to leave.

They found themselves on a bench near the market, sitting there in silence for what felt like hours. The tension in the air was palpable and you could see from the distance how they were both organizing their thoughts and thinking about what to say.

Stella just didn't want to overwhelm her friend but at the same time, it was clear that they should talk about it. If not now, at least in the near future.

"I know you don't like to talk about your past..."

"Yeah."

"But what I saw today... it isn't random, Kana."

"I figured as much. You know... in the beginning, I thought I was just naturally skilled at it but once I saw people like you, you seem to do this often, struggle more than me, it was impossible to deny that it was weird."

"I think you trained professionally. You need to at least have some years of training under your belt. I don't think it's possible to have such quality of skating without it."

Kana could only nod as she considered everything. It was so easy to assume that she had figured out everything about herself and it seemed like she had missed this one huge detail. If she had been an athlete in the past of a sport like Skating, it could explain a lot of the things that people always told her about her musical taste and dancing skills.

Still, even with this knowledge, it wasn't as if she could confirm anything so easily. She didn't know anything about her past besides what her family told her and it wasn't as if she wanted to go to them and ask about this, not with everything that happened.

The thoughts of it actually being a possibility were plaguing her. If she had been an athlete, they would have told her, right? Maybe it was just that she had been one and gave up at some point?

The truth was that all of these questions didn't seem to have a near truth. They couldn't know for sure.

"It isn't as if I can know that now."

"What if I find a way?"

Stella surprised Kana with those words. She had no idea what she meant or how she even planned on figuring this out.

"How could you?"

"Just leave it to me..."