Eclipse

8

Oh my. Another chapter not in Hinata's pov? Is the author okay?

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"Dad, when did you fall in love with папа?" Hinata asked one day as they put on their skates for practice.

He thought for a moment before he responded.

"I don't know. I think one day we both just realized we had been in love with each other for quite a while. Why?" He looked inquisitively at his son.

"Oh, no reason. I just wanna know when the time comes." He responded easily. It was always easy to talk with his parents.

"Okay. Just know that if you ever need love advice, go to папа, okay? We both know how good I am at advice in general."

They both laughed as Viktor walked in.

"What's so funny? Did I miss something?"

"No, darling. You didn't miss anything."

It used to be so easy to talk with his parents.

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Yuuri and Viktor missed their son so much. They always felt as if it had been their fault that he left, no matter how much Yuri and everyone they knew in Hasetsu. He had never even called them, and they had never had the courage to call him after the first few times when they were immediately hung up on.

They slowly made their trek to the Ice Palace. As they passed over the bridge, Yuuri finally spoke.

"I wonder how Shou-chan is doing right now." It was almost a whisper, and the tears on his face did not go unnoticed.

"Oh, are you talking about Shouyou."

It was the man who seemed to always be on the bridge. He had his customary fishing pole in one hand, the other waving at them.

"Um, yeah." It was a slightly uncomfortable topic, and they were unsure as to why this man was asking them about it.

"I saw him just yesterday. Hasn't changed a bit. Not any taller either. He seemed a bit sad, though." He murmured the last part, as though he was lost in thought.

"Wait, did you speak to him?"

If it was really their Shou-chan, they needed to know where he was. Why he was here.

"Oh yeah. He wanted to know if either of you were at the Ice Palace. Had to break it to him that you hadn't been by all day."

They both looked at each other before turning and running in the direction of the skating rink, yelling a thank you behind them.

The old man just chuckled as they ran off, turning back to his pole.

"Yuuko, why didn't you tell us Shou-chan was here?" Yuuri demanded, stepping up to the counter with Viktor.

She calmly leveled her gaze at them before speaking.

"Yuuri, when you came in last in the Grand Prix Finals, what did you want more than anything? Why did you come here? You could've stayed at home, continued to be depressed, but you came here." Her hands were on her hips as she spoke.

"I wanted a quiet place to think." He whispered, realizing her point.

"He didn't want to be interrupted, so I thought best not to tell you. If he wanted you to know, he would have told you. He still needs time." Her voice was more gentle now, but it still held an edge.

"How much time?" It was Viktor this time. He had never been a very patient man. "How much longer do I have to wait to see my son?"

Yuuri pulled his husband into a hug. Viktor's tears soaked his jacket, but he couldn't have cared less. They both missed their son. They both wanted to see him again.

"Look, all I know is that he is leaving sometime late Saturday. He was wearing a sweatshirt that said Karasuno. Whatever you decide to do with that is up to you." She quickly went back to work, not giving them a chance to argue.

After a bit of asking around, they found out that Karasuno, along with some other high schools, were in Hasetsu for a volleyball training camp. Why their son had decided on volleyball, they didn't know, but they were willing to support him in anything.

A few hours later, when Yuri showed up on their doorstep demanding to know where his солнышко was and why anyone had declined to tell him Hinata was in Hasetsu.

"Look, we didn't even know until a few hours ago, but you were in St. Petersburg. How did you find out?" Yuuri asked, honestly curious and a bit angry.

"Yuuko called me. She told me he was at the rink." His expression showed that he was just as confused as they were.

"She specifically told us he needed space, so why call you?"

"Maybe because she knew I'd give him the kick in the задница he needed to get back to skating." He told them as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

Neither of them responded to that. Were they not good enough parents? Had they done something wrong? Did no one trust them with their child?

Then, he was gone as fast as he came. Though, that had always been a constant with Yuri. He came into your life like a storm and left like one too. But storms weren't always bad. Sometimes they washed away all the clutter and got rid of the clouds so you could see the sun again.

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TRANSLATION

Пaпа = papa/dad

солнышко = sunshine

задница = ass/butt