silver strings on the floorboards

4. Call Chris, feel bliss

The next day, Victor woke up in the afternoon. He had slept long and felt a bit better, but once he sat up in his bed, the previous events came racing into his head again: "I cut my hair. Oh my God... My mom died..." His vision went blurry from the tears rising in his eyes as he stood up and Makkachin started whining. "Oh. You haven't gotten any food yesterday because I was being a selfish emotional wreck, right? Oh my poor baby, Papa is so sorry", Victor said as he knelt down and hugged his dog tightly. Makkachin happily started to wave their tail. Victor went to the kitchen and put Makkachin's food into the dog bowl. He placed it on the floor and poured some water in another bowl right next to it. His dog started eating right away.

Victor went out of the room and headed to the bathroom, he really felt like having a round of crying under the shower. After that, he took a look at his phone. A few missed calls and a few messages, most of them (surprisingly) from Chris. Victor read them and decided to call Chris.

"Christophe Giacometti on the phone. Have depression and mental instability? No problem. Call Chris, feel bliss. Hello, who's this? Oh! Victor! Hey! Why didn't you pick up?" Chris immediately asked. "You didn't receive my messages either. Did something happen? Did you fight with Yakov?" "I... I actually haven't told this to anyone except for Yakov so far, but I need talk about it now. My... My mom died yesterday. This hit me so fucking hard. I was so done, Chris, I cried so much I actually ran out of tears! And... I cut my hair..." "OH MY GOD SHOW ME!!! RIGHT NOW!" With that, Chris switched over to a video call. "Holy shit. Victor... You look amazing. I will need time to get used to it, I think everyone will, but you look so hot. It's undeniable." "Uhhh, thank you Chris... I'm actually still not used to it myself..." "Of course you aren't. You've always had long hair... Victor... I am so sorry about your mom... Try to think positive of her. Don't connect thinking of such an important and good person with awful things like death. That would be a huge mistake." "Yes... You're right... I'll try... I also wanted to ask you if you could help me planning my birthday party. I don't know what and where to do nor who I should invite." "So you basically know nothing at all. Victor, you really have to start planning big events earlier. Man, it's your 18th birthday! That's an important day, isn't it?" Chris sighed. "Fine, I'll help you."

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A/N: Yeee it's March 1st, so happy birthday Yuri Plisetsky! Please don't come for me because of Makkachin. I searched on Google for their gender, but it's discussed and unclear, so I thought it's the best way if I use they/them, because that's what's usually used if you don't know someone's gender yet. Ik, this is a dog, but still. I hope you liked this phone call part! I thought I'd give Chris a little starlight, because, why not. Idk when the next part is coming, but I won't have fixed dates where I post a new part. So yeah, stay tuned if u want!