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Ā It was still there. The sounds of the music, the cheering and clapping. The looks of approval and the sea of people that were beginning to realize that a great change had just unfolded before them.
Yuuri Katsuki was no longer the Yuuri Katsuki that all felt bad and had low expectations for.
He was now refined.His hard edges sanded out by the skillful fingers of his coach. He was going to win with his Love, no matter what. Be it for his own reputation or Viktorās, but he needed to redeem himself.
Yet, night had soon settled in over the city that seemed to still bustle even in the late hours. His mind was still spinning, his back resting against the headboard of his bed as he kept his knees huddled up against his chest. He really had done something spectacular today. He had scored first in a program he had scored awfully low in before. The whole skating world⦠They now had their eyes fixated on this blossoming rose who no one believed would come to bloom.
A soft sigh escaped Yuuriās lips, his head tilting to the side as he glanced over at Viktorās bed. He wasnāt sure if he was awake or not, but he decided it was best if he left him be. Yet, his heart was still racing, his body tingling with excitement at the fact that he had impressed the masses of people who had once seen him fall. He wanted to thank Viktor for helping him get here. He wanted to hold him there and now and tell him everything he felt. No⦠It was far too soon. Once he won officially⦠Then he could let it come out, those feelings that were bursting inside of him.
His voice was soft, a whisper at best as his eyes stared at the others figure with such an adoring passion.Ā
Sleep never quite comes as easily to Viktor now as it did in his youth; perhaps an inversion of what most experience, but true nonetheless. The older he gets, the more his mind is wont to wander late into the evening, keeping him at a distance from his dreams. Itās easier when he is at home, his adorable pup nestled nearby. Makkachin is one of the best dogs heās ever had; loyal and sweet, the poodle has the most uncanny ability to know just when Viktor needs attention and love. The stuffed animal copy can only comfort him so much, but having Yuuri across the room in the other bed is... almost a comfort, in itself.Ā
Heās well aware that Yuuri will not sleep well tonight; heās just done something that heās never done before, heās startled the world and won the hearts of all who watched him do so. Viktor remembers his first brush against such a feeling; he was young then, and brash, and in the attention he found an excitement and a relief he had never found anywhere else in his life. Thinking of those times past, he breathes in deeply; it hurts, like the pain of every time heād ever fallen on the ice hitting him at once, cold and with a slam.Ā
He nearly sits himself up on the bed; he needs a distraction, something to ground him back in his excitement of the day, but before he can bring himself to move at all, he hears Yuuriās voice softly in the pale light of the room. Viktor rolls over instead, a smile finding itās way to his face as he lets his eyes scan over Yuuri in amazement.Ā
āYou were beautiful today,āĀ
Donāt you dare take your eyes off me.Ā
As if his eyes could have been anywhere else in the world. Something had snapped inside Yuuri this evening; Viktor isnāt certain what is was or what caused it, but the Yuuri he saw on the ice only hours ago was someone heād never seen before except in small glimpses and sideways glances. Slowly but surely, Yuuri was growing; growing confident, growing bold, growing more positive. Viktor had come here to make those things happen, but even he had never expected this amount of growth; heād never expected the effect it has on him.Ā
Playfully, expecting nothing to come of the gesture, Viktor pats the pillow next to him.Ā āCome sleep with me,ā he offers,Ā āYou look so wound up.ā