Victuuri Shorts

Banquet

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Victor's POV
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     Congratulations, Yuri.”  I say to the young blonde.  The boy quickly looks over at me, listening intently.  “You did very well in the junior division, and I'll be looking forward on choreographing a program for you.”

    “I appreciate it.”  He replies, giving me a brief smile.  I return the smile. Suddenly, an arm hooks around my shoulder and Chris leans into me.  Yuri frowns.

    “Hey, Chris.”  I say, grinning.

    “Victor, you know how hard it is to keep up with you when you plan four quads for your Final.  It's exhausting.”

    “Hard, eh?  I think you should step up your game a bit.”

    “Don't go surprising everyone with five quads next year, alright?”

    “I can't promise anything.”

    “Heh..  Well, cheers.”

    “Cheers.”

We gently tap our champagne glasses together.  Chris drinks his glass in two gulps.

    “I’ll catch you later.  Enjoy your evening, Victor.”

    “Later.”

As I went to mingle with other skaters and supporters, Yuri seemed to stick to me like glue.  At first, I thought he needed something or wanted to talk to me. But, as time passed, it was clear he was just being a little protective of me.

    “Wow, look at that, Yuri!”  I say, pointing over at a few fellow competitors having a dance off.  “You should join.”

    “Hell no!”

    “..Oh, whose that?”  I ask, referring to the man who was dancing barefoot.

    “Him?  That's Yuri Katsuki.  Supposedly, he's great but he ended up sixth place.  I guess the pressure got to him.”

    “Hmm.. Yeah, I think I remember him now.  I haven't really gotten the chance to meet him face to face.”

    “I have,”  Yuri says. “He's a loser.”

    “Aww, that's a little mean..”

    “He screws up his jumps a lot, but his step sequence is impressive.”

We watch the dance off for just a bit longer.

He's kind of hot..

    “That settles it.”

    “Huh?”

    “I want to meet him!”

    “Why..?!”

    I waited patiently for the chance to finally meet him, but after a while, I found out that the only way I could get close was to join the dance off with him.  Most of the dancers looked tired, but more kept joining in so it never ended. Yuri Katsuki looked reasonably drunk, it was very entertaining actually. At last, Yuri faced me as I began dancing by his side with him.

    “Hello there, my name is Victor!”  I shout over the music and loud chattering.  Yuri stares for a bit before replying.

    “Victor who??”  Yuri spoke, looking puzzled.

Phhf.. drunk people are so fun to mess with.

    “Victor Nikiforov!  I skated with you! I reckon your name is Yuri, am I right?”