Hello! I'm Rhape Seuhans. I'm here to bring you a Halloween special. Is a crossover from Silent HillXYuri on ice. Well... it's not exactly a crossover, since no Silent Hill character will appear in this story.
By the way. You don't need to have played the Silent Hill to understand the story, but you will enjoy the references better if you have played the SH game and watched the YOI ;D
This is the first chapter of, I hope, three or four more.
Warnings:
World and alternate history.
References to homophobia.
Light gore.
Blood and wounds.
Fluff and angst.
Viktor and Yuuri are married ~
(I promise there will be a happy ending).
During their trip on the road, Yuuri Nikiforov was looking at Lake Toluca in the comfort of the passenger seat, while his husband, Viktor Nikiforov, was the one who was driving. Yuuri admired the green tones of the trees, the closeness of the mountains and the expanse of the water while photographing the beautiful panorama.
Of course. That was before the mist appeared and covered everything that was a kilometer away, ruining the beautiful and relaxing view. Perhaps, when they were close enough to Silent Hill, the town where they would go to vacation, the gray and gloomy atmosphere, that accompanied them from the last half hour, would finally change back to a more cheerful view.
"I didn't remember this place was so... abandoned." Viktor commented when their car passed the welcome sign, which was damaged, dirty and half-fallen.
"This place is like a ghost town." Yuuri added jokingly, though feeling a chill run down his body due to his own comment, still looking out the window.
Many of the houses seemed to be empty, and several stores had closed signs despite being noon. Not to mention that there was absolutely no one walking on the sidewalks.
And if it wasn't because they already had a reservation at the Riverside Motel, and Viktor had already talked on the phone with the owner, they would think that the town was indeed abandoned.
However, that didn't decrease their mood.
They had been married for more than two years, however, due their jobs, they hadn't found time to be truly alone, without having to worry about their careers or deadlines.
Viktor Nikiforov was a well-known Russian author of Romance novels. Almost all his stories had become films for television, which he himself was responsible for scripting them to keep their original essence. In addition, his contract stipulated that he should write at least one book of 500 pages per year, and that consumed much of his time. While his husband, Yuuri Nikiforov (formerly Katsuki), was a photographer with a low of recognition.
But that was okay with Yuuri. The poor Japanese man suffered from anxiety and didn't want to be as famous as his husband. The fact of being able to maintain a low profile made his life easier. Unfortunately, his specialty was Nature and Animals (so he wouldn't have to deal with other humans), and for that reason, he often had to travel for several days to other countries to capture different scenarios or species and leave alone at home his beloved husband, who always made sure to call him or text him throughout the day to complain about how much he missed him. However, Viktor took advantage of that feeling of 'loneliness and longing of his beloved' to make his works even more corny (and his fans adored him for that). Although sometimes Yuuri would also wrote articles that accompanied his photographs for the main magazine for the publishing house in which Viktor and he worked.
When the couple parked at the motel, Yuuri briefly walked through the parking lot, hoping to see anyone go by while his husband got the suitcases out of the car.
"Uhm ... Do you think there's a Quarantine or something like that?" Yuuri inquired as he adjusted his blue-framed glasses. It was a nervous tic that Viktor knew very well.
"Silent Hill has always been a very quiet town, Yuuri. The last time I was here, with my parents, we didn't really socialize that much with the neighbors either." Viktor said, trying to reassure him.
"I get it. But... This is so desolate. And the mist is so thick..." The Japanese man only didn't add that he had a bad feeling. He didn't want to discourage his husband, since it was his idea to visit Silent Hill due to nostalgia. Yuuri always preferred to blame his anxiety before blame Viktor. Yuuri took some of the suitcases and helped to carry them.
"But this is just what we wanted, right, Yuuri? Spend more time alone together, without anyone to bothering us." He winked and Yuuri blushed and smiled at the implications. "And with this mist, we can have all the outdoor sex we want and nobody will ever notice." He mumbled while breathing on his ear.
"Viktor!" He admonished him while laughing, giving him a gentle smack on the shoulder to keep him walking
The outer facade of the Riverside Motel was nice and modest but a bit scruffy, and the interior had nice decor but creaking wood floors. Not very modern but not very old either. The place was quite cozy despite everything, although the mist in the middle of the day made Yuuri to had chills.
At the reception, they were greeted by an older man, Nikolai Plisetsky, owner of the motel and the man with whom they spoke on the phone two days ago. Nikolai show them a kind smile and guided them to their room with the number 312.
"Usually the food is served in the Dining room, but right now we have so few tenants, so the kitchen is closed." Nilokai commented as he handed the key's room to Viktor. "If you wish, tonight you two could join us, me and my grandson, Yuri, to have dinner in our room."
"Oh, we would love it." Viktor answered, more out of courtesy than anything else. Besides, he knew that Yuuri and he were too tired from the trip to go out in search for an open restaurant. "And what a coincidence! My husband is also Yuuri. I hope we wouldn't be confusing during the dinner." He commented and kissed Yuuri on the cheek, making him laugh with embarrassment.
"Oh no. I usually address my grandson as 'Yuratchka'. So there will be no problems." He said waving a hand to dismiss it. "Unpack and rest. I'll have my grandson come for you when dinner is ready, at eight o'clock."
The couple thanked him in unison and then entered their room.
Despite the decor so homely, Yuuri couldn't get over the strange feeling of uncertainty, which made his posture to tense.
"Yuuri." Viktor called from behind in a dangerous warning tone, which caused the Japanese man to shiver. "You promised that you wouldn't get tense." He made Yuuri turn around and wrapped his arms around his waist.
"I know, I'm sorry." He hid his face in his husband's neck, sinking a hand into Viktor's silver hair to caress it. That used to distract him enough to calm him.
"Yuuri ... You don't need to apologize. I knew you wanted to stay at home this vacation, but I made you come here." He said with a sigh of defeat.
"No, no, Viktor. It's okay, I don't care where we are while you're with me." Yuuri said, and kissed him to assure him that. "Silent Hill is beautiful. I know I will love taking pictures. And I'm glad you want to share your 'special place' with me. It's just... the mist..."
"We should stop seeing horror movies, don't you think?" Viktor suggested with mockery and Yuuri nodded while laughing.
"Yes. I guess I still can't disconnect from work and that stresses me. And stress makes me a little paranoid."
"Just a little?" He smiled wickedly. Viktor took Yuuri's arm and guided him to the bed so they could sit down. "And what about that time you almost had a panic attack because you thought a crow was following you everywhere?"
"For your information, that crow was indeed follow me everywhere." He answered with half-closed eyes, taking off his shoes and then lying down in the middle of the mattress. Viktor didn't take long to do the same and settle by his side. "But he was following me because he wanted my sandwich..."
"Maybe he fell in love with you and the sandwich was an excuse." He raised an eyebrow suggestively. "I fell in love with you while watching you eat a chicken sandwich in the cafeteria, remember?" He said, and his blue eyes were fixed on the brown ones of his husband, who ended up with his face completely flushed.
"Oh, shut up! Because of you, I almost choked to death." He said with embarrassment, holding his hands on his face in an attempt to hide from the world, and his husband just laughed while stroking his black hair. "I just couldn't believe that the hot Russian man from the office above was watching me. Worse when he decided to ask me for my phone number even after seeing me almost throw up my sandwich."
"Hey. I just thought it was lovely to make you react like that!" He took Yuuri's right hand and kissed his wedding ring. "And my fans loved that scene in 'Agape&Eros'," He said, referring to the first book that he discreetly dedicated to Yuuri when they weren't even a couple yet.
"Yes. And Mari made fun of me when she saw that scene in the movie version." Yuuri rolled his eyes. "I'm glad that at least it was an actress who played that role and nobody noticed that you were referring to me, or else I would never show my face to the public again."
"Yes. It is a pity that my editor didn't allowed me to change the genre the protagonist's love interest. He said it was too late to make him a boy and it wouldn't make sense that the story has a homosexual couple."
"And that's why you later wrote 'Stammi vicino'." Said Yuuri with a smiling sigh.
"And that's why I wrote 'Stammi vicino'." The Russian man affirmed with a huge smile on his mouth.
Viktor knew that remembering the past made Yuuri calm down. And he didn't also mind doing that because he had fun too to recounting all the memories they shared together.
So, when the Japanese man closed his eyes, with his face visibly more relaxed, Viktor leaned on him and kissed his neck.
"Yuuri. You're not thinking about sleeping now, are you?" Viktor whined, brushing his nose against Yuuri's cheek in an attempt of seduction. The dark-haired man suddenly opened his eyes and looked back with a confident smile on his mouth.
"What do you suggest it we should be doing then?" He inquired softly, although he already knew the answer.
"Well... We still have three hours for us before dinner. And we haven't done 'certain things together' for a long time... "
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A few hours later, the couple heard someone knocking on the door. Viktor was the one who opened it and found outside a blond teenager whom face seemed permanently frowning. He was dressed in black and looked to be around 15 years old.
"The dinner is ready." Said the boy without even looking at them because he was playing with his cellphone. The silver-haired man thought that was rude, but he said nothing. After all, he also had been a rebellious teenager.
"You must be the other Yuri." Viktor commented in a friendly way, but the blond boy rolled his green eyes in a clear gesture of resignation. "I am Viktor, and he is my husband Yuuri." The aforementioned waved a hand in the air.
"Yes, whatever. Hurry up." Yuri answered sharply and started walking. The couple exchanged glances, but followed him in silence.
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"Um... I thought there would be more tenants with us." Yuuri commented in the middle of dinner. Nikolai turned to him with a kind smile.
"Oh, yes. I invited other tenants, but it seems that they already had another plans."
"I see." The Japanese man didn't know what else to say.
Although the Plisetsky were good hosts, and the food was good, the atmosphere felt heavy. Yuuri appreciated Viktor's efforts to continue the talks without trying to drag him to them. However, the dark-haired man felt as if someone was looking at him incessantly, and that made him more nervous.
As he looked up from his plate, he realized that it was Yuri's green orbs who were watching him. Yuuri swallowed and turned to his husband, realizing that he had already noticed the teen's gaze on him.
"Then..." Yuri began, opened his mouth for the first time since they sat at the table. "You two are gay?"
"Yuratchka." His grandfather scolded him, without changing his kind expression.
"It was just a question." He defended himself with a frown.
"It's okay." Viktor said waving a hand to dismiss it. It wasn't the first time, and possibly it wouldn't be the last, that Yuuri and he were questioned for their sexuality. "Yes, we are homosexuals. We're married and we love each other very much." He reached out and wrapped Yuuri's hand, who smiled back at him with flushed cheeks.
Yuri didn't said anything back, but continued to watch them almost without blinking. Seconds later, he added.
"You took a bath. Did you had sex?"
"Yuratchka!" His grandfather warned him again.
"What? I'm curious. There aren't many gay people around here to ask them. And Lilia told me that gays are sinners." He shrugged, as if he didn't understand or believe such a claim.
"I'm sorry." Nikolai said turning to the couple, still holding that strange kind expression. "You know how teenagers are. But I assure you that Silent Hill is a peaceful town and you will have no problem with anyone because of your preferences. Lilia is just the town's priestess. You already know how religious think."
Viktor made a forceful smile to assure them that everything was in order while Yuuri nodded slowly. The Japanese man wasn't sure what was bothering him most, Yuri's questions or his grandfather's lack of expression.
"By the way," Viktor said to change the subject. "Yuuri and I noticed that there aren't many people around the town. And some establishments are closed. Did something happen?"
"Oh no. Silent Hill is an old and rusty town. Most of the resident moved to the south side of town or to Shepherd's Glen, which is on the other side of Toluca Lake. But the town still has habitants and the tourist zone is still alive. It's just that people don't tend to going out on the streets during the week."
"And why don't you move to the south side?" The silver-haired man inquired. The Riverside Motel was huge, but at that time didn't seem like it had more tenants than him and his husband.
"I was born and raised on this side of town, like my children and my grandson, and I plan to stay here for the rest of my life. And maybe you don't believe this, but the hotels and the motel always get filled with young people during the summer time."
"When I grow up, I will I'll get out of this town." Yuri muttered as he chewed on a piece of meat, though it was loud enough for everyone to hear.
The rest of the dinner was somewhat uncomfortable.
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"That boy creeps me out." Commented Yuuri when they returned to their room.
The sun had already hidden behind the mountains, and the darkness did nothing but encourage the mist, to the point that now no one could see beyond 2 meters around.
"Yeah. Same..." Answered Viktor closing the door with the lock. "But he and his grandfather have Russian names like me. Maybe Yuratchka didn't have a tolerant education as mine... Or maybe he's just an arrogant teenager."
"I hope it's just that. I don't want to have problems with the town's residents just because we are married..."
"I don't think that will happen." He took Yuuri's chin and kissed his lips. "You worry too much, my love. How about we try to relax and make a list of things we can to do for tomorrow?"
"Okay." He sighed and smiled. And let Viktor take him to the couch next to the bed. The silver-haired man then took out his cellphone to open an application for notes and wrapped Yuuri's shoulders with his other arm. "You are the one who has come here before. What interesting things are here to do in Silent Hill?"
"Well ..." He rested a cheek on his husband's black hair as he thought. "There's a bar called Heaven's Nights, though I could never get in there because I wasn't at the proper age to enter the last time I was here. But I hear it's good... and it has a stage for pole dancing." He said the latter in a seductive tone, but Yuuri pushed his face playfully.
"Viktor. No bars. You shouldn't intend to get your husband drunk to do pole dancing in front of strangers... again." He warned him sternly, but following the joke.
"Oh, I know, Yuuri. I didn't mean it. It's not my intention to make other men fall in love with you." He laughed and kissed his nose. "If you want to start the day taking pictures, we can go to the lighthouse and climb it. Or we can go to the mall. The mall is huge and has the best burgers I have ever tasted in my life! And they have a toucan as a mascot named Tukkie! Although I like more Robbie the rabbit, the mascot of the Lakeside Amusement Park. Robbie loves ketchup." He added playfully.
"All sounds very interesting," Yuuri said as he stroked his husband's hand, the one on his shoulder. "I admit that I don't know where to go first, but I like the idea of the amusement park."
"Oh, you will love it! It has many rides and a tunnel of love."
The couple continued to talk about their plans for the next day until it was time to sleep.
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Yuuri suddenly felt very hot. It wasn't the kind of heat that told him that his husband was sleeping beside him, wrapping him in his arms as usual. It was an uncomfortable heat, suffocating, that caused Yuuri to abruptly wake up to searching for air.
After coughing and aspiring, Yuuri could finally feel the air reaching his lungs, and looking around he realized that he was sitting on a metal trellis floor, which felt curiously cold despite the heat. And without thinking, he searched desperately for his glasses until he found them a few inches away from him.
Trying not yet to panic, the dark-haired man turned to look everywhere before getting up.
He was in a dark place that he didn't know. But, apparently, it was the amusement park that his husband had suggested, because in an illuminated sign clearly said Lakeside Amusement Park.
But how did he get there? The last thing he remembered was giving Viktor a goodnight kiss and then falling asleep.
"Viktor!" He mumbled to himself, worried, noticing that he was alone and that he had no idea where Viktor was.
Yuuri pulled out his cellphone and tried to call him. But it was useless. Only static was heard from the other side. Then he used the screen to illuminate the road (at what point had he changed his clothes?) And began to move slowly through the amusement park.
With fear inflicted by the darkness of the night, Yuuri tried his best to be as quiet as possible, trying to not to making noise with his shoes while looking at the mechanical attractions without wanting to ride them. At that moment he felt like a helpless animal at the mercy of any danger.
However, he recoiled abruptly when he noticed a person sitting on a bench and he paralyzed. Seconds later, when his sight managed to get used to the low light of the screen, he realized that it was only a costume of a pink rabbit, which had its mouth stained with... red paint, or so something like that.
"It's ketchup." He reminded himself. That explained why the Russian man had told him that Robbie liked ketchup with a mischievous smile. Surely he knew that Yuuri would be scared of it and Viktor will teasingly him for that.
Before Yuuri could go ahead, his cellphone started making static noises for the second time, which caused him to startle and scream. And because of that distraction, he almost didn't see the horrid creature that approached him in hurried footsteps.
Yuuri managed to dodge it before that creature could touched him, but he ended up falling onto his back over the metal floor, and, in a reflex action, he raised his arm with the cellphone to illuminate it, managing to distinguish a macabre figure with four legs of a woman, and despite having no head, the thing turned to Yuuri and try to ram him again, moving as if it were a horrifying giant spider.
Because of the surprise and terror, Yuuri raised this arms defensively. But soon, more steps came quickly and then Yuuri listened to several dry blows and ghostly shrieks that sounded painful.
When Yuuri dared to open his eyes again, he saw it was his husband the one who was attacking that creature with a... steel pipe.
As soon as that creature stopped moving, the silver-haired man turned to him.
"Yuuri!" Viktor exclaimed, his face contorted with concern, but a small smile appeared in his mouth and his blue eyes lighted up with relief when he saw that Yuuri was fine. Viktor dropped the steel pipe and ran to him to help him up.
"Vi-Viktor." Yuuri hugged his husband tightly, hiding his face in his neck to inhale his comforting colony, though soon his nose also caught a strange but familiar scent on him. "Oh, God. Viktor! You are covered in blood! Are you hurt?!" He separated from his husband, not caring that his own clothes got dyed with red, and desperately ran his hands over Viktor's body while searching for wounds.
"Yuuri." Viktor cupped Yuuri's face in his hands and brought their foreheads together. "I'm fine. This blood isn't mine. It's... from those 'Things'." Then he hugged him again. "Oh, Yuuri. When I woke up and found myself alone in this strange version of the amusement park, with those... monsters, or whatever they are, hovering everywhere; but you... You weren't with me. I thought..." He said, feeling a lump in his throat that didn't allow him to continue, although some whimpers escaped from his lips.
"Oh no. Viktor. Please don't cry. I'm here." Yuuri said, stroking his husband's hair. The Russian man was a very emotional person, but it wasn't usual for him to break into tears (usually that was Yuuri), and that broke Yuuri's heart. The Japanese man wasn't even sure what he should do to calm him down. "I was looking for you too, Viktor. Thank you for finding me first." He kissed his cheek several times and continued to pet him.
They held each other almost for a minute, without words, in relative comfortable silence (like if they could ever be comfortable surrounded by darkness and the corpse of a monster), until their cellphones began to sound with static.
"Yuuri, we have to run!" Viktor exclaimed in a low voice, separating from Yuuri, but in change took his hand to pulling him. "The static is a warn when those Things are near."
Yuuri, without hesitation, nodded and they began to run towards the carousel to cross it. Nonetheless, before reaching it, the metal floor surrendered and collapsed, causing both to fall into darkness.
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When Yuuri woke up, sweating and with his chest agitated, he didn't remember what he had dreamed. But he was sure that it had been something very frightening because he felt scared.
Yuuri sat on the bed and turn on the lamp on the nightstand, and put on his glasses. When he turned to see if he had bothered his husband with his movements, he was startled to see that Viktor was already awake.
The silver-haired man was gazed absent-mindedly at the sheets, as if he ware hypnotized. But his body was trembled slightly and his face had a difficult expression to decipher. He didn't seem to have noticed the Yuuri's presence until he took his hand.
"Viktor..." He called him worriedly. And Viktor looked around, disoriented, before his blue eyes fell on him.
"Yuuri!" He sighed in relief. And the next thing he did was lie on his husband to hug him and kiss him with such desperation that he almost left the Japanese man with no air. Yuuri had to slap him on the back to indicate him to let him go. "I-I'm so sorry, love! I just had a nightmare that... I don't remember. B-but it felt so real, and I... I just needed to make sure you were here..." He apologized, distressed, but his arms relaxed to stop hurting his husband.
"It's okay, Viktor. I... I think I had a bad dream, too, but I don't remember either. Maybe we ate a lot at dinner." Yuuri commented with a small smile, trying not to give more importance to the issue.
Yuuri was an easily impressionable and sensitive person, and the least thing that he wanted was to start his vacation by being influenced by simple nightmares. And he realized that Viktor thought the same when he laughed a little and followed the game.
"Yes. Next time we'll have to wait longer before going to bed. Come on, turn off that light off and let's sleep. It's still night."
Yuuri turned off the lamp and settled back on the mattress, letting himself be dragged by Viktor's arms.
At dawn, neither of them reminded the other that they were supposed to go to the amusement park.
Extras
Viktor's work as Writer is a reference to Harry Mason.
Yuuri's work as Photographer is a reference to Henry Townshend.
Yurio will have the role of angsty teen of Heather Mason (lol)
All the scenarios mentioned here are from different Silent Hill games.
Those who have played Silent Hill 2 know why the number 312 of the room ;D
"One more soul to the call" is a musical theme from Silent Hill Homecoming.
"Love Psalm" name of the chapter, is a musical theme from Silent Hill: Book of Memories.