You give me strength (book 1) (Victuri) (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 8

One week later...

"It's okay, Viktor..." Yuri rubbed the other's back and held his hair out of his face as he threw up.

Once he was finished, Yuri reached up and wiped his mouth with a Kleenex. "Shh...it's okay now, lay back and relax." Leaning forward he kissed his lover's forehead and looked into his tired eyes. He took the small pail from the other male's hands and got up off of the bed.

Setting the pail down onto the floor for a moment, Yuri turned back to Viktor's bed and covered him up when he laid down. "Aren't you tired of this yet?"

Yuri flinched at how weak his voice sounded, but he forced himself to have a composed look on his face. "I could never get sick of this. I enjoy taking care of you." He forced a smile to his lips and leaned over the bed, kissing Viktor's forehead again. "I love you..." Yuri whispered the words and then pulled away. "Now, you have to do your part. Rest."

Picking up the pail, the raven haired male walked over to the bathroom, planning on cleaning it out in the bathtub.

Yuri turned on the water faucet and bit the side of his lip, trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall. He had turned into such an emotional wreck over the last few days.

He never let Viktor see him like this though and managed to keep it locked up inside of himself. He was going through enough and he didn't want to cause him anymore pain.

Even though, no matter how many times they did this, Yuri didn't think that he could get used to it.

Trying to stay positive, he hoped that this would be the last time that they needed to do treatments.

Every single day, Minako's words echoed throughout his mind and they actually helped him a great deal. When this was all over with, he needed to thank her.

After he finished cleaning out the pail, the ravenette took a deep breath and then walked back out into the room.

Looking over at Viktor, Yuri smiled when he noticed that he was sleeping.

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"Hey...I don't think I'll be able to leave him today. Could you pick up something for me? I called mom a little while ago and she put some things aside that I need."

"Sure, I'll go as soon as ballet practice is over. We're on break right now, but the class will be over within the hour. I'll pick up the stuff and bring it to you."

"Thanks Minako, I really appreciate it."

"How are you holding up?"

"I'm..." Before he could think about stopping them, the tears had already started to fall. Yuri sniffled and squeezed his eyes shut.

He had told Minako not to come the past few days, because of how sick Viktor had been. Viktor didn't want any visitors and Yuri had to give him what he wanted. It was the only thing that he could do for him.

Minako was quiet. This was taking its toll on Yuri and she didn't know what to do to help him. "Yuri, I know it's hard right now. Don't forget to have that faith, alright? It will help you through even the toughest of times. I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Okay..." Yuri sniffled again and then hung up.

Blowing his nose, Yuri threw the Kleenex out and put his phone in his pocket. He looked into the mirror that was in the bathroom and he sighed. "Shit..." His eyes were red and it was obvious that he had been crying.

He didn't want Viktor finding out about this, but it was nearly impossible to hide now. Once he started crying, it was hard for him to stop, because his emotions almost always got the best of him.