[It's just a plain, smooth gold band, simple and brightly polished. Yuuri hasn't even taken it off to discover the secret he doesn't remember etched into the inside of the ring: a tiny half-snowflake....]

The last thing I remember....

[He closes his eyes for a moment, though he already knows what his last memory is. He remembers the spike of anxiety, the gasp and belated covering of his mouth to hide his fearful noises, the firm gentleness of aqua eyes watching him before he threw his arms around his coach.]

I was about to go out on the ice to perform a routine for the first time. My coach... I was trying to win so he'd stay with me. I must've blacked out before the music even started, because then I woke up here.