Chapter 1

## Reunion Spot

* Color Spread
* Color Page

## Chapter Navigation

**Reunion Spot** (再 (さい) 会 (かい) 地 (ち) 点 (てん) , *Saikai Chiten*?) is the first chapter of Two on Ice manga series.

## Plot

In 2019, a young Hayuma Minekoshi travels to Tokyo to visit his father who lived there for work reasons. His father asks Hayuma about his skating skills, to which he responds that he is good at any sport, not just skating but Tokyo is hot so he can't show him his skills so they decide to go to an ice rink. When they arrive they find that there is a figure skating competition so they cannot use the rink, however their father tells them that they can go see it if Hayuma is curious, they both watch the competition and Hayuma is surprised to see the competitors, his father tells him that figure skating is considered an art more than a sport, at that moment a skater is performing her performance, which surprises Hayuma when he sees that she performed three turns, wondering who the competitor is. At the end of the competition, Hayuma goes to talk to the skater to compliment her and ask her name, however the competitor tells him that despite making many mistakes, it impressed him, which surprises Hayuma and inspires him to learn figure skating.

Hayuma would save all his Christmas and New Year's money to buy equipment and practice on a track secretly after school during the winter, while he practiced the competitor improved and participated in national tournaments, causing Hayuma to feel even more inspired and having He wanted to talk to her again until one day she would disappear from public view, making Hayuma unable to find her name. Having lost his role model, Hayuma decided to continue practicing after 3 years had passed.

In April 2021, Hayuma's family would move to Tokyo, making Hayuma finally able to attend skate classes. When he arrived at the rink, the receptionists told him that skating classes were only on weekends while on weekdays are free skating, Hayuma enters the rink excited to be able to use a real rink. Upon entering, Hayuma begins to skate and tries to perform a triple axel, failing in the attempt, at that moment a skater approaches him and tells him that he shouldn't jump. On the rink, Hayuma apologizes and thinks that jumps are not allowed, to which the skater mentions that he should know the rules of the track and asks what club he belongs to since she had not seen him before, Hayuma mentions that he has never has taken skating lessons while thinking that she looks like the skater he knew as a child, she asks him his age to which Hayuma answers that he is in middle school to which she answers that they are the same age, the skater tells him to arrive at 8 pm since she is allowed to bring people she finds interesting and to arrive at the rink after dinner so she can teach him the triple axel.

At home, Hayuma wonders if the skater he met is the same one he knew as a child and promises to ask himself if it is her. At 8 pm, Hayuma arrives at the rink and meets the skater. They both enter. the rink, the skater tells him that there are people practicing on the rink but not to worry about them, Hayuma observes that those skaters are the receptionists who greeted him earlier, being surprised by the performance of both, the receptionists recognize him and leave him the rink for both of them so they can practice, Hayuma asks the competitor what they were doing to which she mentions that they were doing pair skating, Hayuma tells her that he didn't know that existed to which the skater responds that most people usually competing in singles so competing in pairs is less popular, the competitor tells him that she will do a triple axel demonstration at the end. Hayuma recognizes the triple axel as the same one he saw years ago, to which he asks if she is the girl. prodigy of that time, the skater answers if she really wants to spend her time on the track on that and if she wants to ask her something that will show her her skills first, so Hayuma tries to perform the triple axel, when doing it the competitor realizes that his technique is the same as hers, one of the receptionists also realizes this and mentions that even professionals cannot do a triple axel even with lessons to which she mentions that he copied her and taught it to himself, wondering who is he.

The skater tells him that it was good and asks him if he had any basis, to which Hayuma mentions that he watched the skater's recordings and memorized them. After that, he sneaked out of his house to be able to practice on the rink of the schoolyard until the morning, the skater is surprised and they continue practicing while Hayuma is excited to be able to practice with his role model after having disappeared. One of the receptionists who observes both of their practices is excited to see how they both synchronize and wonders if it is destiny. At the end of practice, the skater tells him that even though he is still bad, it was fun, Hayuma asks her that if he continues taking lessons there, he will be able to skate with her again, to which she responds that that is not possible since an only option to skate with her is for her to become her pair up since she gave up singles and decided to look for someone to try in pairs, that being the reason why she disappeared. Hayuma accepts so the skater tells him that they should show up for Hayuma formally introduces themselves and asks his name. Upon hearing his name, the skater remembers when she met a boy who introduced himself and told her to remember his name and that he would strive to reach her one day, however, the boy had to leave since his father would take him without the opportunity to hear her name, the skater recognizes Hayuma as that boy, introducing herself as Kisara Saotome.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Hayuma's Father (Debut)
* Hayuma Minekoshi (Debut)
* Kisara Saotome (Debut)
* Natsuya Kirishima (Debut)
* Natsubi Kirishima (Debut)
* Hayuma's Mother (Debut)

## Trivia

* The receptionists are officially introduced as twins, however their names were revealed until Chapter 2.