"Drag me down?" Yuri on ice SOULMATES AU

2. HOME

Viktor's pov:

---A MONTH LATER---

I was home...I skipped practice for a few days due to the cold I have. I caught a cold when I left Japan, and I still have it. I still have to practice though, it's something I can at least achieve to make them proud. My mom and dad were ecstatic about my life and where it was willing to take me. I was happy too, and curious. I was 12, I had a magnificent dream of me winning while holding a gold medal. Also having the crowd chant names of other competitors and myself.

But...on that day I had the dream, I woke up from sleep. I checked around and I had...no string. On my 12 birthday, my mom told me I'll have a soulmate. She says she would be the proudest and happiest person in the world when she would meet my soulmate.

But...

I have no soulmate. She doesn't know that because I lied when she asked.

Not until I met Yuuri, now that I think about it... I may have come on too strong with him, I was excited to finally have someone in my life that'll stay I guess. But...like all people, we have to let go.

But I am not like them. It must've been stupid the way I acted to have Yuuri to stay, but my feelings seem...demented. I was excited about my mother meeting Yuuri, and how they would get along. But in Russia...things are different. My dad left my mom due to her sickness, he couldn't handle the pain he felt for her. My mom is fine, now my dad is somewhere in the world...alone. I still cannot handle the lied I told her to make her happy.

"Viktor, honey, can you get the phone?" My mom yelled out. I walked out of my room to pick up the phone.

"Hello?" I said. I was very tired.

"Viktor! Where are you?!" Yakov yelled.

"I am sick. So is Makka. What do want?" I yawned in the middle of my sentence. I stayed up almost 3 nights searching for a 'Yuuri' on social medias, to see his appearance. But there was nothing.

"Pratice is cancelled for the whole week, if you're coming. So don't bother until next week." Yakov sighed. Why? Did something happened?

"Why?--"

"'Cause I said so!" He yelled and hanged up. I just shrugged and walked into the kitchen. My mom was baking, she was making pie I suppose. But I can't tell because she would hide it from me.

"Mom, do you need the bathroom? 'Cause I'll be taking a shower." I said as I leaned on the counter.

"No, take your time." She smiled at me. I haven't seen my mom smiled like that since...I was 16. I liked it. I walked out of the kitchen and then went to the bathroom.

I settled up the shower, and left the water running. You can tell how hot the shower was by seeing steam around the room. I looked in the mirror of the bathroom, and it was dull. I put a smile onto my face to calm myself down. I felt weird. I then looked at my hand...only to see the red string was gone. I was scared, I stood there panicking. I texted Yuuri a lot of time but no response. I left the water running, I know it's a waste, but I didn't care! I only seem to care about is Yuur's health and the red string!

I then knew...Yuuri is dead.