Kaede was doing up her skates and looked over at her dad. He was struggling to do his own up. She let out a sigh and finished hers up before going over and kneeling down in front of him, taking his laces out from his fingers, she tied them up for him, it felt weird being in the 'parent' position between them. "Thanks Kaede, it's been a while since I had to do these up on myself," it was true, she couldn't really remember the last time he skated with her.

Kaede looked up at him with a smile. "You do at least remember how to skate right," she deadpanned staring him in the eye.

"W-well, it can't be that much different than sliding around on Rose's ice, can it?" he said scratching at his beard.

"Please don't embarrass me," Kaede sighed as she stood up, holding her hand out for her dad to take. He did so and pulled himself up, wobbling at the knees a bit as he stood in his skates.

They made their way onto the ice, Kaede going out first, Kotetsu holding onto the rail and stepping out, legs almost flinging out from beneath him, but he stayed upright holding onto the wall. He stood up and moved along the wall a ways, getting used to the feeling of standing on blades.

Once he seemed to get the hang of it he let go of the wall and started slowly, ever so slowly gliding from one foot onto the next. Kaede watched as he gained a bit of confidence and looked up at her rather than down at the ice. He collided with the wall seconds after that because he wasn't paying attention to what was in front of him.

Kaede let out a laugh as he did so, thankfully he didn't fall down. "O-ow…" he said and pushed away from the wall, sliding over to her. "Well, I think I have the hang of the basics," He said with a laugh as the two of them started skating side by side.

It took her dad another ten or so minutes, but he started to really get the hang of it. He was off skating as fast as he could, she had kept up with him for a bit, but his longer legs and strength had him out pace her. He had laughed and slowed down after that. He was currently trying to skate backwards. He kept bumping into people and walls though.

"Come on dad, you can do it!" Kaede shouted distracting him, making him run into the boards again. "Sorry…" she mumbled to herself. While he was trying to get the hang of that she decided to do some fancy skating herself. She started with a few spins, warming up her ankles for the harder stuff. She did a few loops around the rink and then picked up a bit of momentum, tip of her blade digging in with her left foot, twist, push with the right and... She twisted her upper half, her right foot pushing off the ice with all her strength, the angle of her toes just right, her blades leaving the ice at the perfect trajectory. She executed a flawless single axle, her left blade touching down and she exited the axle with precision as she glided out of it into a camel spin, her left leg lifting up to be horizontal with the ice, she rotated a few times and then pulled her leg back down, exiting the spin and gliding around the ice looking for her dad. She spotted him, he was skating backwards slowly, his phone out as he took either pictures or video of her. A blush crept across her face; of course he would take sneaky shots of her like that.

She skated over to him and he slid his phone into his pocket again. "That was awesome sweetie! You did great" he gave her a thumbs up as she approached.

"Daaaad, don't be embarrassing," she complained, though the praise felt nice, it had been a great jump.

"Aw, but I never get to see the action up close like this! Besides, that jump looked perfect, you looked like an angel flying over the ice!" he said as he continued to skate backwards while talking to her.

"Well… you look like you've finally remembered how to skate," she commented while watching him make his way around the rink with her, going backwards.

"Eh… once you get the hang of it, it's not all that different than sliding on Blue Rose's ice. Besides, I used to skate with you and mom all the time..." he trailed off after that, mom was always a bit of a sore subject.

They skated around for a while after that, Kaede was doing the odd jump or spin between watching her dad practice skating forwards and then backwards, making sharp turns. He was really starting to get the hang of it.

Kaede skated over to him glee in her eyes as she asked, "wanna try that thing we were practicing?" Kaede could feel the excitement build up in her chest. They had practiced all morning before they left the house, she had wanted to try this move, but none of the other skaters in her club her strong enough to do lifts yet.

"hmm.. . Yeah, I can probably manage that, worst case scenario we both fall flat on our faces though, so no blaming me if it's embarrassing," he said with air quotes and a snide face.

"I won't complain even if you drop me!" Kaede said practically bouncing on the ice. "Okay, okay, let's go out into the middle of the ice, there's less people out there." The two skated together out to the centre of the ice, moving slowly together, in a circle. "Okay, so first, you have to place your right hand on my stomach, and your left hand will grab onto my foot, lift me up and we will skate around for a few seconds like that, then we will shift so I am facing forward with both your hands on my hips, and then you'll set me back down, right?"

"Right, just like we practiced and they had, over and over in the living room. She was pretty sure they could do this.

They sped up, holding hands as they turned slowly in the center. Kaede moved so she was skating backwards in front of him, he put his right hand on her stomach, leaned forward and had his left hand on her foot, and suddenly, like she weighed nothing, she was lifted into the air. She curved her back, lifting her arms and her left leg into the air, leaning bodily over her father. He skated a small circle around, she reached down and put her left arm down onto his shoulder, he released her foot, and she slid turning her body on his palm to face forward, his left hand coming up to hold onto her hips. She arched her back and pulled her arms back towards her ankles, her knees bent so her feet faced the ceiling. He slowly lowered her down towards his back, she angled her body back and slid down his side onto the ice, her feet touched down and she let go of his hands. The two came to a stop and turned to one another.

"That. Was. So. COOL!" Kaede said before launching forward and latching onto her dad. He caught her easily and the two spun around, which caused him to almost lose balance.