Reading Japan is a program of reading short stories from Japan. This time, the short story we'll be introducing is "Come Dance with Me" Part 1 by Onda Riku. A girl in a black dress is standing by herself at a party when another girl who has otherworldly eyes suddenly asks her to dance. The abrupt invitation takes her by surprise, but they dance together in the light that spills into the corridor and become friends. The girl with otherworldly eyes becomes a globe-trotting choreographer. The other girl, who becomes a journalist, has a burning question: "What prompted that invitation to dance?" (Come Dance with Me, Shinchosha)