Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.
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First position.
Heels together.
Arms en bas.
Don't forget
to keep your shoulders pressed down.
It's been a long time since I really practiced.
Second position.
Legs apart.
Arms spread.
Don't let the shoulder blades touch.
Don't fake your turnout.
Yugi still looks sad sometimes.
I miss him too.
Third position.
Feet parallel,
one heel in front of the other.
Arms centered above the crown.
Angle your head to the right.
So much happened
in those last weeks
that the teacher dropped me from the class.
I had to start over.
Fourth position.
Feet fully parallel,
several inches between them.
Right arm in demi second
left arm en avante.
Once I dreamed
that we danced a pas de chat together.
I was Aurora.
Fifth position.
Still parallel,
now with feet together.
Arms en haut.
Don't throw off your alignment.
Joey's picking fights again.
Bakura's empty desk
is beginning to look natural.
Neutral position.
I didn't mean to care so much.
Return to second position
But I guess these things happen.
I threw myself into practice.
with feet not turned out, but parallel.
The guys don't understand why I can't be there as often for Yugi.
Arms spread apart again
But I have to prove myself in my new class--
the instructor let me in, despite my absences before.
in a "nicely rounded curve."
We've lost him, but I still have my dream.
That practice is finished.
Take the preparatory position
beside the barre.
Arms en bas.
In all that happened this month, I almost lost it.
The music begins.
They don't understand: just because I'm tough
doesn't mean
that my dream isn't fragile.
I loved him too.