Chapter 11

Ice Skating

"Come on, Kana-chan!" Yukino says as she twirls around towards the entrance of the ice rink. "It's going to get crowded if we don't hurry!"

"I'm hurrying, I'm hurrying!" Kanade says as she tries to keep up with her lover. They had been running for at least 10 minutes from their dorm.

Yukino wanted to go ice skating since it's the winter and decided to take her sister/lover out on a date. Kanade agreed to go…after falling for yet again Yukino's fake crying act. When will she ever stop doing that? the artist thinks to herself.

"Hey, hey, Kana-chan!" Yukino says while whipping out her phone. "Let's take a picture together next to the sign as another memory for our dates."

"Alright."

Kanade steps beside her girlfriend with Yukino holding up her phone to take the selfie. After the picture is taken, the twins look over to see if it's a good photo.

"Wow!" Kanade says. "You did great, Yuki-chan!"

"Thank you so much!"

After putting the phone away, the twins go to the reception desk, rent 2 pairs of skates and sit on the bench to put them on. It took about a good 5 minutes for them to tie them on and carefully walk out to the ice rink where other people are skating. Kanade's legs begin to wobble a little at every step.

"Careful, Kana-chan," Yukino warns.

"I know, Yuki-chan," Kanade says. "It's been a while since we last skated together."
"Since when we were little?"

"Mm-hmm. Though, I wonder why we stopped."

Yukino looks away for a second, thinking back on when they used to ice skate together. It's has been a while after all. The two slowly began to skate together, holding hands for a bit. Kanade's legs still feel wobbly, even after getting on the ice. Yukino takes notice of this and draws in closer to her, linking arms.

"Y-Yuki-chan!?" Kanade jumps at her lover's sudden action.

"I'm sure you'll keep your balance if we're like this," Yukino says.

Kanade blushes. "R-really?"

"Just try to keep at a slow pace, okay?"

Kanade nods and does what her lover instructed. For her, a nice and slow pace during skating isn't really that bad. In fact, she's quite enjoying it. Yukino takes notice of her lover's smile.

"Having fun, Kana-chan?" she asks.

"Yes," Kanade says. "I'm having fun being with you."

"That's great to hear."

The two continue skating until Kanade skates ahead without thinking and goes backwards a bit while smiling at her. But all of a sudden…

"WAH!" The artist slips and is about to fall when she feels a pair of arms catch her before she hit the ice. "Oh, thanks, Yuki-chan."

"See? I told you," Yukino says while frowning.

"I'm sorry," Kanade says.

The older twin helps her lover get back on her feet. "Let's just skate hand in hand from now on. And don't let go."

The artist nods and grips her hand tightly, but gently. "I won't this time. I promise."

The tan haired girl smiles as the two continue skating around the rink, hand in hand like they did earlier. Slow, peaceful music starts playing as the twins turn towards each other with a smile. They decide to skate towards the wall to make room for other people to skate by them. From there, they take each other's hands and gaze at one another lovingly.

"Why are we stopping?" Yukino asks.

"Just to do this." Without hesitation, the artist puts both of her hands on her lover's cheeks, leans in and kisses her.

Yukino's eyes widen for a bit before wrapping her arms around her younger sister and returns the kiss. This lasts for about a minute before pulling away and Kanade brushes away a strand of Yukino's hair.

"I love you, Yuki-chan," The artist whispers.

"I love you, too, Kana-chan," Yukino whispers back while giving her a quick kiss and pulls away and takes her hand. "Let's continue skating! There's a lot more to do with you!"

"Sure thing, Yuki-chan!"

The tan-haired girl skates ahead of her sister with Kanade gliding along. For the rest of the hour, the twins had a fun time skating, holding each other's hands.