Numbness

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Wednesday 21st of May 2018 - 5:30am
Yuri has been staring all morning. Not staring at Otabeks absolutely glisful features, when he would turn his kind side to him that was so limited to be seen in public. Not staring at Potyas cute paws, when the cat would stomp around the living room in a tantrum, because he was not allowed to get another piece of fish. No he was just staring at the goddam, fucking wall as long as he could remember since he woke up.
Time passing by. People making history. And the Russian Ice Tiger was just lying in bed with no intentions of making any use of the day that was given to him by the ugly present called ‚life' , which everyone seems to be fucking celebrating like a rollercoaster ride. At least so he thought.

Since Yuri turned 18 he was finally able to move out of Viktors and the Pigs apartment as he was officially called an adult now and apparently needed to move on in life. Even though he liked everybody to think that he had been wishing for this day to come for ages deeply inside he had fucking dreaded it. One side of his character was leaping with excitement to get rid off the annoying parenting style, but on the other side he didn't feel grown up enough to be doing everything by himself.
Taxes, finances, cleaning, uni, getting ready for training and still making the impression of living a fulfilled, organised, perfect life. It was just a lie. Nobody ever prepared him for the shit that went down beyond the skating ring and school.
He somehow managed to get his A-levels with  decent grades next to his skating career and had just graduated at the fragile age of 17. He wasn't as shallow as he seemed sometimes.

The way he had dreaded the day of the moving, he had also done with the day of his 18th birthday. Yes, the freedom was nice. Yuri could now drink, drug and fuck whatever and whoever he wants without his so called "parents" and controlling coaches producing any major bitch-fights that would end up with him just having it his way anyway. But on the other side there where responsibilities, a lot of responsibilities. Same with the moving out really, he just felt like he couldn't stand the pressure next to skating, a steady part time job to afford himself and uni. He was just a kid trying to fight his way through the world in a growing, young adults body.

But Life doesn't care. Your body will age and the day will come where the child prodigy, just becomes a normal man, struggling to keep alive.
Yeah and indeed that was Yuri Plisetsky right now - quietly struggling to keep alive.

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