Spice [NaNoWriMo 2023 Winner]

Grand Battlement

Victor and Yuuri spent most of the day with themselves, shopping, exploring and eating their way all down the shopping district. They met up with Yuri for his meet and greet with fans and watched him thrive under the attention of his fans. There was some shock when JJ showed up with his cranky crew of people. There were some snappy comments and a serious attitude from the Canadian that left a bad taste in Victor's mouth.

Yuri handled it with as much grace as Yuri could, his fans mouthing off as much as he did. JJ ended up leaving with some rude, sexist comment and Yuri hissed something in Russian that left Victor snickering. Once Yuri got some final pictures in and the last of his signatures he waved goodbye and took the cat ear headband off so they could head for dinner.

They managed to pick up Phichit and Malee, who had landed sometime while they were shopping, and the group headed off. Malee and Victor went off on a complete tangent at some point, leaving Yuri to talk with Phichit and the older Yuuri.

"Anything catch your fancy, Yura?" Yuuri asked, "I heard about the road trip, so maybe we should stay on your diet this time around, yeah?"

"I'm craving something sweet, but I'll eat anything at this point," Yuri grumbled, "I'm starving."

"I get that," Phichit said, "Maybe somewhere with a buffet?"

"Maybe, we don't want to risk Yuri making himself sick," Yuuri muttered and looked at the teen, "Don't look at me like that, I was a teenager, I know the hunger."

"Eat yourself sick, pig?" Yuri grinned and Yuuri leveled him with an amused grinned,

"You haven't had my mother's cooking, you'd eat yourself sick too if you could, kitten," Yuuri sassed and the blond coughed out a laugh, "Come on, your choice."

They ended up at a café with an array of food and coffee to pick from, with the house soup and stew bringing warmth to everyone. Winter was settling heavily in Barcelona and the cold was leaving some of the group shivering even as they clutched their coffees close to their chest.

"So I was able to secure a contact with Yakov with you Yuri, but I want you to look over and sign it when you have a moment," Yuuri said kindly, "I'm not asking much from you."

"I have had sponsors before," Yuri drawled, "I'm not stupid."

"Yeah, but none of them stuck around long, did they," Yuuri commented, "Yakov told me about some of the nightmare sponsors you have had over the years."

"Problem with looking like me is the expectation to show off something I don't want to," Yuri bristled, "But you're not some perv trying to look at my ass, so I'm not worried."

"Thanks for that," Yuuri laughed and brightened when he saw the blond smile in his coffee. Yuri was a good kid, and Yuuri wanted to be a safe place for him, he knew a couple people in sports wear, maybe he could send them Yuri's way. Minako was excited to have him at the studio, maybe she would get a couple more students back into dance if they knew Yuri was going to be there.

"Oh, hey," Malee piped up and looked at Yuri, "I saw that picture of you, I started following you after Victor mentioned you, I saw that picture of you doing ballet poses on the beach and stone walls and stuff like that, can we do some pair work, Phichit's never danced in his life and Yuuri isn't comfortable modeling."

"You can dance with Victor," Yuri said and Malee shrugged,

"He can't get his feet above his head," Malee stated and Victor looked absolutely insulted, and that alone made Yuri consider. Malee gave him her contact information and said they would talk shop when they were in Japan.