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Sorry for taking so long in updating, but life has been kicking me down a lot recently.
Chapter Three
Viktor put his phone away, he had just finished talking to the lawyers he knew in Russia, they had a few contacts over here in Japan and would sort something out by the end of the day for him. He was happy that he would be able to get it sorted quickly. He couldn't stand the thought of Toshi being anywhere near those two. Viktor took a breath, calming himself once more and headed back to the hospital.
"Doctor," he greeted the woman that was in charge of Toshi's care.
"Nikiforov-san," She smiled, "I heard that you have been given permission to take over guardianship from Toshi-kun's parents?"
"Yes, they are going to be too busy, and they have asked myself and my fiance to help," he smiled, hiding what was really going on.
"Very well, I can tell you his condition now if you wish?" she questioned.
"Please do," he smiled, though it was strained.
"All right," she said as she led him to a quiet area, "He has a mild concussion, badly bruised rib and abdomen. Thankfully there is nothing more serious. He is in pain, which is to be expected, but he will recover. He just needs to take it easy. He can be released later today. I advise letting him rest as much as possible for a while, keeping him from school would be a good idea. Too much movement could cause irritation to his injuries, that is what led to his collapse, his body couldn't handle that amount of pain," she finished.
Viktor smiled, relieved that the child would be fine, "Thank you."
"Welcome," she smiled back as she went off on her rounds.
Viktor walked over to Toshi's room and smiled softly as he walked in. The sight that greeted him was of Toshi, fast asleep and Yuuri sitting beside him gently running his fingers through Toshi's hair, holding onto his hand and murmuring soothing words.
Yuuri looked around as the door opened, "Viktor," he smiled, then frowned as he noticed the tightness that was around Viktor's eyes.
"He is going to be fine, I was able to talk to the doctor about him. He needs to take it easy and rest until the bruising goes, but he is just fine," he smiled, seeing the relieved look in Yuuri's eyes.
"That's good to know," Yuuri turned back to Toshi for a moment, keeping an eye on Viktor.
"It is," Viktor said, looking around the room for another chair. He saw one near the far side of the room and grabbed it. Pulling it over to where Yuuri was and sat down.
Yuuri had watched him and could see that the older man was nervous about something, "What else Viktor?" he asked, as soon as Viktor settled down on the chair.
Viktor looked at him, slumping in his chair, "I may have done something rash. Though I don't regret it at all. It will mean a really big change in our lives," he confessed, though not giving any details away.
Yuuri looked at him properly, "As long as you aren't going to be arrested, then I don't really care what you have done," he told him, a teasing smile on his face.
Viktor chuckled quietly, "I may have felt like punching them, but I refrained. So no, it's something else," he sighed, looking at the small child still sleeping. A soft smile appeared on his face. "I never really thought about having children. Too focused on my skating. Then when I met you, I began to think of it a few times. Especially when the triplets were around."
Yuuri frowned, "Viktor?"
Viktor looked at him, "What do you think Yuuri, would you like children?"
Yuuri blinked, it wasn't a question he had really thought about, "I don't really know. I..." he stopped, wanting to truly think of it before he answered. "I wouldn't mind one or two one day."
"How about today?" Viktor asked. he looked worried, wondering if he should have talked to Yuuri before doing this. But he didn't like the thought of those two getting near Toshi again.
"What have you done?" he asked, giving Viktor a pointed look.
Viktor sighed, "I... We..." he growled, "I told his parents to get lost and that we would be taking him in," he couldn't help but just rush the words out. he didn't really know how he should tell Yuuri what he had done.
"Wha...?" Yuuri blinked and then looked at the bed, "You took over his guardianship?" he asked, not sure if he had heard right.
Viktor nodded, "I couldn't let them come here again. I don't want Toshi anywhere near them. They... they don't deserve to be parents Yuuri, I... I couldn't..." he sighed, looking at Toshi instead of Yuuri, "They didn't want him Yuuri, never wanted him. And I hate that, no child should feel unwanted by their parents." he said, his voice was soft, almost far away, as though remembering something.
Yuuri reached out and Viktor jumped as a hand slipped into his, "I understand, I would have liked a little more warning before we take over. But I understand, and I agree. I don't want them near him either. When will he be released?" he asked, beginning to think it through a little more than what Viktor had.
"Today, or tomorrow. I think it might be tomorrow though," Viktor answered him.
Yuuri nodded, "then I need to talk to mum, she needs to be told. We'll have to make sure we have somewhere for him to sleep."
"Well, we have a room for me, it's larger and it's part of the family area of the inn," Viktor said, as he had been moved to a larger room in the family area of the inn a few months after taking over coaching Yuuri.
"Yeah, I'll have all my things moved into there properly. Save me having to run to my old room when we don't really use it," Yuuri smiled, "We can have my old room turned into one for Toshi."
"And we will be moving to St Petersburg later on, so it will only be for a few more months," Viktor smiled, feeling happy that he had made the right decision, "Do you think mama Hiroko will be mad?" he then asked, hoping that the motherly woman wouldn't be.
Yuuri chuckled, "No, I think she would be really happy about the fact that she'll have a grandchild."
"Yes, and it isn't guardianship papers that are being sent, but adoption ones," Viktor corrected the assumption from earlier.
"Oh, oh," Yuuri said sitting up, "Wow, that's that is fine," he agreed with a nod, suddenly feeling a little unsure now, "are we really ready for this step?"
"It may have happened a little faster than I would like. but I think we'll do fine. It will be something we will have to learn, but with Mama Hiroko to help. I have no doubt that it will be alright," he smiled, reassuring Yuuri that it would be okay in the end.
"Okay, I'll go and talk to Mum now. To warn her at least that we will have someone else with us when we come home," Yuuri said as he got up, looking at Toshi.
"I'll be here with him, promise that I won't leave him," Viktor promised as he saw the hesitant look enter warm, worried brown eyes.
Yuuri nodded, "Okay, I'll be back in a bit," he told Viktor as he gave Toshi one last look and then walked out of the room. He pulled out his phone as he headed outside and rang his sister's phone.
"Mari," Yuuri greeted as soon as it connected.
"Yuuri, what is it?" Mari asked him, she could tell that something was wrong by the tone of his voice.
"You always know when something is up," he snorted, then sighed as he found a bench to sit down on.
"I'm your big sister, I always know," she joked, "So you going to tell me or do I have to guess?" she asked, waiting for Yuuri to tell her what was going on this time.
"We went to the rink, there's a young kid there, skating. We've seen him before and talked to him. I knew that something wasn't right the first time I talked to him. But, this time, he was in pain and we took him to the hospital, he collapsed, on the ice, Yuuri told her just the basics of what had happened.
"Is the kid okay?" she asked, her voice sounded concerned.
"He will be, but Viktor and I, we're adopting him. His parents have given permission for us to do so. They... they didn't want him. And Viktor and I decided it would be all right for us to adopt him. I know it's sudden, but we, we couldn't leave him in that situation where he was being abused," he sighed, hoping his sister would understand.
"You know mum and dad are going to flip," she warned him.
"I know," Yuuri sighed, "But there is nothing I can do to change it now. I'm hoping that you might be able to break the news instead of me doing it over the phone?" he asked, hopeful.
"Oh no, you can tell them yourself. I'll put you on speaker," she said as Yuuri slumped on the bench.
"Fine," he muttered.
"Okay, you're on speaker, mum and dad are here and no one else," Mari told him.
"Yuuri?" came his mother's concerned voice.
"Hey mum," Yuuri smiled, "Erm, have some news." How was he supposed to tell them something like this over the phone.
"What is it?" his dad asked, "you know you can tell us anything?"
"I know dad, just don't know where to start with this one. Okay, I'll just say it. Viktor and I are adopting a kid. He is nine years old and will either be with us tonight or tomorrow," he gave them the basics.
"What?" Hiroko asked, shock evident in her voice.
"We met a child, a young boy Toshi, he was being abused by his parents, we believe. He is hurt, we're at the hospital at the moment with him. Viktors with him, I'm outside talking to you,2 he rambled, "Well, we... neither of us want This to be near them again so we are going to adopt him. I think Viktor is taking care of that at the moment. So we should know for sure soon," he sighed.
"Where is he going to sleep?" Hiroko asked, thought Yuuri could tell that there was something else she wanted to say.
"I'll be moving properly into Viktor's room. I'm already there anyway. Don't really use my room anymore. So need to clean out my room for Toshi and he can stay there," Yuuri answered.
"That makes sense, we'll make sure the room is cleaned up properly and anything that shouldn't be there is put into your's and Viktors room," Toshiya agreed, "You have more explaining to do when you get home. You should have told us that you were thinking about adopting. We didn't even know."
"Yes, you should have," his mother scolded, though it didn't sound like she meant it.
"Sorry," he apologised, glad that they hadn't done more than that.
"Call us and tell us when you are coming home. If Toshi-chan is going to be released from the hospital I want to know so I can make sure to welcome him to the family properly," Hiroko told him.
Yuuri smiled, "Thank you mum, and we will."
"Bye Yuuri, give my love to Viktor and Toshi-chan," Hiroko was almost cooing as she finished.
"Bye," Yuuri said as he went to end the call, hearing a last.
"I have a grandson!" being shouted in joy from his father.
Yuuri sighed and smiled as he ended the call and put the phone away. he got up and slowly made his way back to the hospital room. he smiled at the nurse that he passed on the way in and stopped as he stepped inside. Viktor was gently murmuring things to Toshi, even though the other was still sleeping.
"Yuuri and I will always love you. There will be nothing that could change that. No matter what you do, you are now ours," Viktor said, his voice was so soft that Yuuri could only just make out the words.
"We will, and he is," Yuuri agreed, making Viktor jumped as he hadn't paid attention to the door being opened behind him.
Viktor smiled at him, "Was she mad?" he asked.
"No, hurt that we didn't tell her we were going to do something like this. Even though I did say that it was more of a sudden thing," Yuuri sighed as he walked over and took the seat that Viktor had been using.
"That's good, will they be able to have his room ready for tonight?" he asked.
Yuuri nodded, "I have no doubt that it will be ready in a couple of hours at the most," he laughed lightly, thinking of what his mother was like, and Mari was the same as well.
"Okay, the nurse came in and said that we will be able to take him home as soon as he wakes up, and after one last checkup," Viktor told him.
"That's good," Yuuri smiled, "Though I think my dad was really happy about it," he told him.
"Oh, and how would you know? Did he say?" Viktor asked, curiously.
"Sort of, when I was ending the call I heard a shout. He was yelling out he has a grandson. It was a happy shout as well," he chuckled.
Viktor smiled as he held out a hand and Yuuri took hold of it, "Well, that's a good thing," he said.
Yuuri nodded his head, "Yes it is. Now we just have to tell Toshi what is going on. Oh, and how are things going on the adoption and that, I never asked how you were sorting it out."
"Ah, I talked to the lawyers I have in Russia, they have sister branches around the world. Thankfully they have one here as well, and they are sending the details through them. The papers should be signed and dated by the time we get home tonight. They will send us a copy and put them on file as well," Viktor reassured him that everything was going fine in that department.
Yuuri sighed in relief, "I thought it might be something like that."
Viktor nodded, "I wonder how Toshi is going to be with us now that we have adopted him?" he worried, looking at the child.
"Don't know, we can hope for the best, but be prepared for a hurt young child that is going to have some trouble grasping the changes in his life," he answered.
Viktor frowned, "You sound very sure of that?"
"I did a couple of courses in Psychology to try and help myself figure out how to deal with my anxiety. It also helped with other parts of my life. Like this," he answered softly, feeling a little unsure if he should have said anything.
"Ah, I could see that maybe helping a little," Viktor nodded.
"Not really," Yuuri admitted, "Just because I know a little more about it, doesn't mean that I had learned how to cope any better," he sighed as he shifted the chair closer to Viktor and leaned against him.
Viktor smiled as the two of them settled in to wait for Toshi to wake up. They didn't say anything, as they waited. there was nothing else for them to say. It was almost four hours later when Toshi began to move around on the bed. Yuuri jumped up, moving a little closer, while Viktor remained seated. He didn't want to crowd Toshi as soon as he woke up.
"Hey Toshi," Yuuri said, his voice calming and soft as he spoke. making sure to make it as soothing as he could. he didn't want to scare the child.
"Wha..." Toshi said, his eyes going wide as he saw the two men in his room.
"It's all right, don't panic at all," Yuuri tried to calm him, seeing him shake a little as he looked frantically around the room.
"Where are..." he gulped.
"They're not here," Viktor reassured him, "So you don't have to worry about them."
"Toshi," Yuuri called to him gently as he sat on the edge of the bed.
"Your parents aren't going to be coming back. I told them to go away a..." Viktor was about to explain what was going on.
"What?! But..." Toshi cried out sitting up in bed, fear entering his eyes as he wondered what was going to happen to him now that his parents had finally gone through with ut and left him alone.
"Toshi, it's okay, everything is fine," Yuuri reassured him, "Listen to Viktor, he had something else to tell you," he told the child, gathering him into his arms and gently pulling him into his lap and rocking him, hoping it would calm him down.
"What I was going say was that I told them to go away, and to never come near you again. They... they said that they never wanted children, and I... Yuuri and I are adopting you. You will be living with us from now on," Viktor smiled at him.
"Why? Why would you do something like that, you don't even know me..." he trailed off, resting against Yuuri. He felt warm and safe with the skater.
"Because you deserve a home where you can be safe and happy, and loved. My parents are very happy about having a grandchild," Yuuri told him.
"W?" he asked again.
"Because we saw a child that was alone, and we didn't want to see you remain alone. So when your parents came here and were... in the room with you. They shouted at you, and we could both see that you were alone. I got them out of here and Yuuri stayed with you. I talked to them, they told me that..." Viktor stopped.
"They never wanted children, they never wanted me. But they couldn't get rid of me," Toshi sighed, "I know, they tell me all the time. How could anyone want me if my own parents didn't?"
"Because you are a child, and a precious one as well," Yuuri told him.
Toshi nodded, but he didn't know if he could agree to that, "Okay."
"Right, I'll go and tell the doctors that you are now awake. You should be able to come home with us today if you want?" Viktor asked softly as he tried to meet Toshi's eyes.
Toshi slowly looked up and gave a small nod, "Okay, that... that would be nice."
Viktor's heart broke at the lost and scared look that was etched into the brown eyes of the young child, "It will be alright in the end. You're going to have two dads and an Aunt, and two grandparents here that will love you."
"And you need to call your dad and tell him the news that he is going to be a grandfather as well?" Yuuri prompted him.
"Oh, yes, that's right. I need to call Papa, you'll like him Toshi, he is a big teddy bear," he grinned as he thought of his dad.
Toshi nodded, "Okay."
"Why don't you send in the doctor, and then you can call Ilya and tell him the good news," Yuuri smiled to him. He wondered what Illya's reaction would be when Viktor told him.
"Good idea," Viktor nodded, "I'll be back in a little while. Don't leave without me," he told them as he got up, placing a kiss on Yuuri's and Toshi's foreheads before leaving the room.
Viktor walked over to the nurse's station, "Hello, what can I do to help you?" one of them asked as he spotted Viktor waiting there.
"Toshi has just woken up. I was told to come and tell you so that a doctor can be informed to check him over before he can be released," Viktor said.
"Okay, we'll inform Doctor Imahara and she'll come and see him," the nurse said.
"Thank you, I'll be back in a moment but my partner is with Toshi at the moment," he smiled and then walked off, going outside so he could call his father.
"Papa," Viktor said as soon as he heard his father's voice.
"Zvezda moya!" he called out, loud and happy that his son had called him.
"Yes papa," he laughed, smiling.
"I didn't expect a call from you so soon, is everything alright?" he asked, worry beginning to creep in.
"Well, nothing too much to worry about, as long as you don't mind being a dedushka quite suddenly," he said, not bothering to soften the news at all.
"What?!" Illya yelled down the phone.
"Yes, Yuuri and I are adopting a young child. He is nine years old. I... Papa, he was in a bad situation. I couldn't leave him there, so I told his parents that Yuuri and I will take him in. Yuuri is fine with Toshi being our son. I... I couldn't walk away Papa," Viktor said softly.
"I know, I would never be able to either," Illya sympathised with him, "So his name is Toshi?" he asked.
"Yes, nine years old. He is a little on the small side. But he should be all right soon enough," Viktor smiled, "You'll meet him when you come over," he grinned.
"It will be wonderful to meet him, and I shall make sure to buy him something nice," Illya smiled.
"Thank you, Papa, for being understanding," Viktor smiled softly, fondness in his eyes, "I just hope that I will be a good father."
"How could I not understand why you are doing this, Zvezda moya, you mean the world to me. And I have no doubt that little boy will mean the world to you and Yuuri in short time. Love him as I did you and you won't ever go wrong," he advised his son, "Never fear, we all make mistakes, it's how we deal with them that sets us apart as good and bad parents," he said.
"Thank you, I should get back to Yuuri and Toshi, we are going home in a while. He is having a check-up before doing so," he told his dad.
"Okay, I shall talk to you again soon. I'm booking flights tonight, so I hope to be with you even sooner. I want to see my vnuk soon!" he told his son.
"All right Papa, see you soon and I have no doubt he will look forward to seeing you as well," he laughed, feeling more at ease with his decision.
"Bye Vitya, take care of yourself and your family," he said fondly.
"I will Papa, bye, and love you," Viktor replied.
The line went dead and Viktor stood up. he walked back into the hospital. he stopped as his phone rang once more. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered it. The words coming through made him smile. he gave his thanks and with a lighter heart, he walked into the hospital. Viktor stopped as he saw the doctor walk out of Toshi's hospital room.
"Thank you," he said to her as she stopped.
"You're welcome. He needs to rest mainly, but please bring him by for a checkup in a few days to make sure that he is healing well," she advised him.
"I will doctor and thank you once more," he nodded as he then carried on to the room.
He slowly opened the door to see Toshi standing there waiting. There was an unsure and scared look on his face. Viktor knew that it would take time and love for that look to go away fully. He just hoped that they would be able to do it. Yuuri stood beside him, a smiled on his face. This was his family and he would take care of them.
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