Since there's a chance that when Yuuri was young, he used to talk to Vicchan, pretending he was Victor, practicing all the things he wanted to say when he would get the chance to meet him. And after coming to Hasetsu, Victor might hear about this. I wonder if Victor would offer to let Yuuri pretend he was Vicchan for a moment, so that Yuuri could let out all the things he has wanted to say to his dog for five years but couldn't get the chance to anymore, as a way to comfort Yuuri's loss of Vicchan.
i mean. brace yourself? i got a little intense about it 👉👈
you know this is all to blame on yuuri really, bc victor finds out about that art while they're vacationing in Japan and he's like "oh my god yuuri wouldn't that be great for us to try??" and unlike all the many other times he's had to shut his husband down yuuri................. hesitates.
(mistake #1. (well, mistake #1 was marrying victor, according to yurio, but what does he know, right?))
but like it's not truly his fault either it's just.. it legitimately looks cool and like something that maybe he and victor would be good at if they trained for it? like. it's all about being synchronized with your partner and wearing a fancy costume and lifting each other up, which they kind do on knife shoes on the ice every single day already. so he says something like "yeah maybe, we'll see" and smiles.
which well. that's mistake #2.
because when he asks for something, there's only two possible outcomes: victor either hears "victor NO" very firmly, or he understands "go ahead you badass genius, live your dream and kickass while you're at it" (not to mention, hearing that first answer does not, in anyway, guarantee that he'll listen. ask yakov. (actually please don't. he's enjoying a victor-free vacation right now and he needs it. please.))
anyway, a week later yuuri finds out they're both signed up to appear in a lion dance show in Beijing ("it's where we had our first kiss, yuuri!! do you remember??" yes vitya he remembers. the whole world remembers it was BROADCASTED ON INTERNATIONAL TV. also it was yuuri's very first kiss, and with his all time idol, and just... stop asking him if he remembers all the times you blew his mind or if he likes you or if he'd still love you if you were a worm it's always gonna be yes!!.... well, apart from the sochi banquet. oh. ok i see where you're coming from actually nvm) in a couple of months, but of course victor didn't plan any time for them to practice that skill beforehand. because vitya's obviously very hardworking when it comes to figure skating, but for some reason he thinks that.... translates into anything? which led to a few disasters, like when yuuri found out while seating in their rental car on their honeymoon that vitya doesn't, in fact, know how to drive ("but i can jump a quad flip with my eyes closed, so how much harder can this be?") or how he burned part of the kitchen the first time he tried to cook brunch for a sleeping yuuri (shooting directly into the top 3 times he woke up instantly, which in itself is kind of impressive. but hey don't tell victor that!!!)
it's too late to back out, unfortunately: phichit has already made social media announcements about it ("of course i invited him to come along, yuuri, he's your best friend!") and so has chris.
their two friends are both very excited by this new adventure. victor thinks it's going to be great for their fans + to work on yuuri's anxiety off the ice. yuuri... is questioning a lot of his life choices.
(makkachin's living her best life, convinced that victuuri finally got her a pet sibling (yes, it's the dragon costume. give her a break ok? she's an old lady.))
Yuri can and will strut around in platform shoes to one up the gayness among ice skaters. At first this is his subtle way of “beating” them at gayness, but then,,, it gets outta hand.
I image his shoes would look something similar to mine;
Otebek out does him one day by rocking up in stilettos. Probably black, probably not too high, but definitely enough for Yuri to notice. And by extension, a few other skaters.
Viewing this as a personal challenge, Phichit recruits Chris in order to get even thicker stilettos, complete with fish tanks in the bottom. (They add Robo fish to be extra)
And this is how Yuuri, the day of a competition, busts out some roller skate heels and seduces EVERYONE!!!
But Viktor ALWAYS gets the last say DOESNT he? Cue one Viktor Nikiforov performing one of his skates/ exhibitions in ice skate stilettos.
Yuri is rather furious that they all stole his idea, and a little scared for the monstrosity he’s created online, but hey — it just goes to show how extra ice skater can be!
...I just realized that around the time Victor was performing the Aria at Worlds, he already knew of Yuuri’s existence and it may or may not have affected the way he saw the piece and performed it.
Because that free skate is centralized around a longing for someone who makes you believe in things that you never believed in before, belonging and giving yourself to someone who wants to be equal to you, who can stand the challenge of being equal to you, and finally understanding what everyone means about this sheer passion that two souls can have and feel for each other.
Katsuki Yuuri just waltzes (and grinds) his way into his life, drunkenly asking him to go on a new adventure with him. To be his coach! He’s so shaken that someone could enthrall him so much that it sincerely does open up that feeling of longing and pining when he gets snubbed and doesn’t hear from him for months. Victor wonders if he was kidding, but keeps that spark of hope alive, waiting for a sign while day dreaming about them dancing the night away together. Cause he sure would love to dance with him again.
