Seeking Eternity

The Cruelty of Eros

"Oi old man, I'm back!"   Yuri Plisetsky's shout was nearly as loud as the door slamming had been upon his abrupt arrival.  He didn't care if he woke anyone, he simply wanted to be done with what he considered incredibly annoying business.  "Get out here and listen to me."

Victor Nikiforov left the solace of his private bedroom in their suite dressed and ready, wishing his charge hadn't waited until a mere two hours before dawn to come back.  He'd been ready and waiting almost the moment he sent Yuri out on his mission.  How could he manage to wait any longer after so many years?   As soon as he heard his Yuuri would finally see him, Victor had begun preparing.  Selected the proper clothing to wear had taken  days to complete, everything had to be perfect.   

Now this Yuri returned more irritated than usual, barging into their suite carrying a large cooler by the handle and storming over to the small fridge by the main room's bar.   

"I had hoped he might come here, " Victor said  "But it matters not if I go to him instead."

"You are not going anywhere." Yuri told him, opening the cooler and shoving its contents into the fridge.  "They gave us these,"  he held up a clear bag of donated blood before throwing it in with the others.  "with a warning not to hunt unless absolutely necessary.  "

Victor had no idea what was going on,   "If I can not leave here how am I supposed to reunite with my love?  I had plans and you are late."

"I told you to listen.  Katsuki has agreed to see you but on his terms alone and if you mess up he will refuse to see you-ever.   Though I have no idea why he's bothering.  I've been there and talked to him.  Believe me  he can do better than you now."

"If this is your doing.."

Yuri dropped the cooler on the floor by the fridge, turning to face Victor.

"I'm telling you what he told me, so be angry with Katsuki.  Better yet be angry with yourself , you got yourself into this mess."  Yuri told him  "He said to come back in one week, no sooner or you will be turned away and he will refuse to ever see you again.  I intend on going back tomorrow night but if you're  determined on trying to patch things up with him you will stay away."

Victor slumped down into the room's couch, defeated.  "Why is he doing this?   I had thought he might have finally forgiven me."

"You'll understand more when you finally meet him again.   I will say that for once Chris was correct."  Yuri said. now busying himself with shutting the curtains on the room's windows in preparation for sunrise.  "Most of the vampires there belong to him,  part of his clan and considering their response to me I doubt they will be welcoming to you.  There are normals there as well.   I will also tell you that you do not deserve him and I hate admitting it to myself.  If you go there it will be into enemy territory."

That did little for Victor's mood.  He was positively crestfallen.   Had all his plans been for nothing?  It was possible his Yuuri was reconsidering their meeting and Victor would not blame him for that.   Looking at the gold ring on his finger he wondered if he had failed yet again.  There had to be some way to reach Yuuri, some way to bridge that gap created the moment Victor did the unthinkable and turned Yuuri without permission.   

"So I am to wait." Victor sighed in a typical dramatic fashion.  "Wait,  you can get his number maybe or bring him messages from  me?"

Yuri snorted at the thought.  "I refuse to be your messenger boy anymore.  " he said  "What you do from now on is your fault not mine.   I take no responsibility.  I told you what he told me.   Right now I am going to get some sleep.  "