Yuuri was sure that he had gotten used to Victor's habit of intruding his personal space.

Slender fingers touching his lips, gentle yet lithe hands touching his hips, guiding him through the choreography, strong arms hugging him when he least expected it, soft whispers near his ear, the deep voice making him want to put his head in a bucket full of ice so he could get rid of his quite obvious blush.

Nothing though prepared him for what was to come next.

When Victor touched his fist shaped hand just before his short program performance, Yuuri didn't have time to think of anything, he spread his fingers and entangled them with Victor's gloved ones. The words just flew out of his mouth naturally.

"Don't ever take your eyes off me." was all he said while touching his nose to Victor's and skated away.

While skating to Eros he could still feel the warmth of Victor's hand against his even if it wasn't there, it reassured him to keep going. He felt like a different person. The ice was smooth underneath his blades, even landing his jumps was much easier than before.

By the time his performance had ended he was feeling prickly all over, the warmth was still there, right into his palm.

Yuuri would sneak looks at Victor for the rest of the night, his hand feeling itchy to touch Victor's once more only this time without the barrier of the glove between them. He wanted to feel the smoothness of his fingertips against his.

When Victor hugged him from behind while he was looking at the screen in front of him, he could feel his heartbeat pick up. His eyes instantly went to the still gloved hands hugging him. The urge to intertwine their fingers together became so much bigger that he had to clench his hands so he wouldn't act on his impulse, not in front of all those people at least.

As the night came to a close Yuuri felt oh so tired from only his thoughts, suppressing himself was more tiring than he thought it would have been.

Now sitting beside Victor in the back of a taxi, that was taking them to their hotel, Yuuri looked outside the window, watching silhouettes go by fast. He almost jumped out of his skin when he felt the unmistakable warmth of Victor's bare hand on top of his.

He turned his face toward the others' only to find it inches away from his, a pair of beautiful icy blue eyes looking into his own. The hand above his gave a squeeze and before Yuuri could open his mouth to say whatever was in his mind he was silenced by a long finger on his lips.

"I know you have been watching me all night long Yuu~riiii~" Victor said in a low but seductive voice.

"I-I… N-no.." Yuuri couldn't come up with a coherent reason to deny what Victor had said.

"Shh Yuuri, there is no point in denying it because I have been watching you too."

With that been said he lifted both of their hands, turning them upside down and brought Yuuri's to his lips.

Yuuri's face exploded in the darkest shade of red it ever had as he felt Victor's warm lips on his skin, felt the others' smile against it, he turned his face to look out of the window once more.

"S-stupid Victor" he said softly as he squeezed the others' hand back, trying to hold back a smile from spreading on his lips.

A soft chuckle reached his ears as their fingers entangled for a second time that night and were placed in the seat between them.