(Disclaimer: This is a fantasy. Names and places are used in a fictional manner and are not meant to represent actual persons or establishments.)
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The cheers were still going, the assembly having come to their feet to applaud a trio of women, champions and titans of the noble sport of figure skating:
Yu-Na Kim, a South Korean beauty who carried the world on her shoulders. Joannie Rochette, a middling Canadian talent who had limped into third place on a sympathy vote. And Mao Asada, the sultry, strikingly sexy nineteen-year-old Japanese phenom who had paid for not being the flavor-of-the-moment with a close second-place finish.
As they stood on the podium and received their respective medals, Mao could only shake her head and be thankful that she hadn't screwed up more than she had and allowed Joannie to finish higher. She didn't make it a habit to think negatively about her fellow athletes, but there was no doubt in her mind that the woman didn't deserve to be anywhere near a medal. That bronze belonged to American Mirai Nagasu, who had it earned it fair and square only to have the rug pulled out from under her at the last second by judges more concerned with newspaper headlines than sportsmanship.
The cheers turned into a roar when the ladies left the podium. Bouquets littered the ice, tossed by fans to their favorite stars, and the petals made skating to the exit a chore for them all. Yet Mao hardly noticed. She was too busy watching poor Miki Ando on the sidelines, one more victim of Joannie's sympathy win.
Three years older than Mao, Miki had the same five-foot four-inch height but lacked the ballet dancer's figure. She had more muscle, was heavier on her feet, and didn't have the same eye-catching beauty that characterized Mao and her sister, but she was still pretty enough to be named one of Japan Vogue's Women of the Year; and any deficiencies she might have had were more than made up by an ass so firm and pliable it made other skaters sick with jealousy. Mao found it had a similar effect on her, but only because she believed Miki was wasting her time with a deadbeat divorcee when she could be with someone who shared the same interests and was beautiful enough to deserve her.
Someone like herself, perhaps?
Mao glided over--razor-sharp blades spraying chips of ice in the air--and put a hand over Miki's. The older woman smiled, a great sadness in her pretty brown eyes, and sighed when Mao gave her a friendly kiss on the cheek before pulling her into a tight hug. Miki had been ranked fifth in the world going into the Olympics, but a series of so-so showings over the last year had left the impression that she was merely an average skater, something her jump-heavy programs seemed to reinforce. That hadn't hurt Rochette or the American Rachael Flatt, possibly the two most boring athletes the sport had ever produced, but the negative press was slowly and surely wearing the kindhearted woman down.
"That was beautiful," Miki said into her countrywoman's ear. "I was very proud tonight."
Mao gazed into her eyes for a long moment, finally turning away when the injustice grew too great to ignore. A fourth place showing wouldn't have given the woman a medal, but it would certainly have gone a long way to redeeming her reputation.
Taking Miki's hand, she pushed off and began weaving her way back to the center of the ice. Miki went with her, having no reason not to trust Japan's greatest athlete.
"What are we doing?"
Mao looked back and smiled, a twinkle in her eye. She waited until they reached the center and were all alone before spinning around to answer her friend in a way that left the audience breathless.
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Scott Hamilton couldn't believe what he was seeing. Mao Asada and Miki Ando, Japan's elite figure skaters, were standing in the center of the rink, kissing like lifelong lesbians! And not only that: they were fondling each other's tight, athletic bodies and grinding so hard they were constantly in danger of falling on their perfect asses. It was so passionate that even he found himself breathing harder, his heart thumping with a fury not felt in a very long time.
Nor was he the only one, his fellow commentators staring slack-jawed at the erotic scene unfolding before their eyes, their chests heaving in time with the women's loud and sloppy kisses.