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"A-A baby?" Yuri repeated, shocked as he heard Victor. Victor just nodded and smiled as he looked back at Yuri.
"I don't know about this... a baby is a huge responsibility!" Yuri exclaimed and soon looked down, playing with the sheets of the bed nervously.
"Didn't you say so yourself that we already could raise puppy poodles? And that a baby isn't much different?" Victor pointed out to him.
Yuri sighed as he heard Victor. "I meant that we could handle one night with a baby, not the rest of our lives!" He told him and soon put his head in his hands. "I don't know Victor... it doesn't seem like a child would fit us..."
Victor shook his head quickly and held Yuri's shoulders. "Yuri, don't think that." He said seriously. "You are a natural at taking care of a child, I see it now more than ever." He told him softly. "I think you will be a great dad." He said and smiled softly.
Yuri bit his lip and looked away from Victor. He really wasn't sure what to do. "I... I'll think about it..." he said softly. "Please give me time..." he told him.
Victor nodded, respecting what Yuri wanted. "Of course." He told him gently. "Take as much time as you need... I want us both on board with getting a kid. And I want us both to be confident in it." He said and smiled a little.
Yuri smiled back softly and nodded. "Thank you, Victor," he said and hugged Victor tightly.
Victor laughed a little as he heard Yuri. "You don't need to thank me," he said and hugged him back gently. "Just think about it."
Once it was the next day, Yuri woke up early as the baby was awake. Victor was still fast asleep, holding Maccachin in his arms. Yuri smiled as he saw the baby was playing with his little teddy bear in the crib. "Good morning," he said softly and the baby looked at him, giving a small smile back. Yuri then reached in and picked up the baby in his arms, carrying him slowly to the living room.
"Victor says that he wants us to get a baby... just like you." Yuri said softly as he sat with the baby on his lap while he was sitting on the couch. "I don't think he realizes that it's much different to adopt a kid than to have one." He said and sighed. The baby looked at Yuri, not understanding him. Although the baby didn't respond, Yuri felt better telling someone how he felt about getting a baby.
Victor soon woke up and stood up from the bed as he noticed Yuri and the baby weren't there with him. He walked slowly to go to the living room, but stopped in the doorway as he heard Yuri talking, listening to what he was saying.
"I'm... not really against having a baby." Yuri admitted softly to the baby. "It does sometimes get boring and empty feeling around here when I'm not practicing at the ice rink." He told him. "And... I know Victor and I are only engaged right now... but I am going to win gold, and then we will get married." He said, feeling determined about it. "And then... I'll really want a family of my own with Victor."
Victor smiled softly as he heard Yuri. He finally walked out of the doorway and went to hug Yuri from behind.
"V-Victor!" Yuri exclaimed, startled by Victor's sudden hug.
"Yuri..." Victor whispered softly and smiled. "I'm so glad you feel the same way I do." He told him and hugged him tighter.
"Y-you... heard me?" Yuri asked shyly and blushed a little, his cheeks turning more red at the thought of him being caught.
"I'm glad I did." Victor said and soon moved to sit next to Yuri and the baby. "I feel the same way you do and... I know we can take care and raise a beautiful baby together." He told him.
Yuri looked down a little, still having some doubts about it.
"Yuri, are you enjoying that you get to take care of this baby?" Victor asked gently and Yuri nodded back slowly. "Then why not adopt one and have a baby of our own to take care of?" He asked and smiled.
"It's going to be a lot of work..." Yuri mumbled a little as he looked back up at Victor.
"That's true... but I know we can do it together." Victor told him confidently. He then reached and held Yuri's hand gently in his own. "What do you say?" He asked softly, awaiting Yuri's answer.
Yuri bit his lip more, contemplating it to himself. "Victor..." he started softly and sighed, while Victor's eyes lit up. "I think it's a great idea." He told him softly and smiled.
"Oh Yuri!" Victor exclaimed and hugged Yuri tightly, but careful of the baby on Yuri's lap. "I'm so happy..." he whispered softly.
Soon it was the afternoon. The baby's mom came and happily picked her baby up from Victor and Yuri.
"Thank you so much... both of you." The mom said and smiled as she carried her son in her arms.
"It was no problem at all," Victor said and smiled. "Taking care of your son... actually helped us realize a few things." He told her and smiled more as he looked over at Yuri.
"Oh, I'm glad!" She said happily. "Then I guess that he's been a good boy for both of you." She said and giggled a little.
"Yes, he was very good." Yuri added and smiled as he waved to the baby.
"Aww, such a good baby." She said and thanked them both once more.
Once their neighbor left, Victor and Yuri went online to look up the options they had for adoption.
They sat close together on the couch and Yuri typed in where they can adopt a kid. "Oh, that place isn't too far from my family home in Japan." He told Victor and pointed it out. "They are legally able to have two males parents adopt kids." He said and Victor nodded with a smile.
"That's good. And since it's close to your home, we can stop there and tell everyone the good news." Victor said and laughed a little, happily. "But, Yuri... there is one more important thing we need to figure out, before we do anything else."
"Mm? What is it?" Yuri asked and tilted his head, confused.
Victor laughed more as he looked at Yuri. "Would you like a boy or a girl?"
So what do you think? Should they get a boy or a girl? I'm still undecided so please leave feedback on what you think! and pray for a new chapter soon!
