Blood Rink

Chapter 16

They'd sat in the lounge after dinner. Small talk, nothing serious. Yurio and Yuri had just gotten into a conversation about pets.

Otabek rolled his eyes
"Whatever you do, DON'T ask about cats"
"Cats?"
Yurio stiffened, his eyes narrowing as he spoke in an insulted tone.
"Cats are the gods of this earth. They're beautiful, we've had this conversation before, Otabek"
Yuri's eyes widened.
He was a cataholic.
Well, this would be interesting.

"Cats huh? I've never had a pet before, but if I did, I'd want a daschound poodle"
Victor raised an eyebrow
"I've seen those before. Nice dogs, huh?"
Yuri nodded.
"They're cute!"
Yurio rolled his eyes in disgust.
"As if, cats are so much better!"
Otabek stifled a laugh, to which Yurio shot him a glare. Victor sighed.
"Get a room you two, would you?"
Yurio just huffed
"I could say the same for you two, the way you're constantly staring at him"
Victor stiffened.
Ok. Not good.
Otabek laughed nervously, standing up.
"Well, if you could excuse me..."
Victor laughed darkly.
"Taking Yurio with you seems like a good idea, hmm?"
They didn't need a second hint.

The silence was... Awkward in a terrifying way. Yuri had no idea what he was supposed to say, and the pressure was a little stifling. But Victor smiled, standing up and extending a hand to Yuri at the same time.
"It's late, shall we head to bed?"
Yuri swallowed lightly. Was he scared? Yes. Was he slightly turned on? Maybe.

Yuri figured Victor was the all-dominating type, as he'd clearly shown to Yurio and Otabek earlier, but clearly not so now. His arms were around Yuri's waist, his face buried in the crook of his neck. Yuri stroked his silver hair lightly, memories of the things that had happened to get him in this situation flashing through his head. One conversation stuck for some reason.

"Victor?"

"Yes~?"

"Who is... JJ? I remember you talking to Chris about him."

Silence, followed by a resigned sigh.

"JJ is a man who used to work for me. At one point he decided he didn't want anything to do with me anymore and left. That's all."

Yuri swallowed nervously. he was pushing his luck here, but -

"That's not all, is it?"

almost a flinch, Victors arms tightened around Yuri.

"You've noticed the scar on Otabek's eyebrow by now, correct?"

Yuri nodded silently.

"JJ sent men after Yurio, believing he was special to me in some way. He nearly died."

"How does that connect to m -"

"Because you actually ARE special to me, goddamnit!" Victor picked himself up, shifting Yuri onto his back and staring down at him with desolating blue eyes. pushing a stray strand of black hair away from Yuri's eye, he smiled.

"That bastard could take away everything I have and own, as long as it's not you"