So... a POV change. The first one is Lilia. I really hope this helps to answer some questions anyone can have. Who do you want to be the next? Victor or Yakov?

I fixed a critical error I made last chapter. Victor's last World's as Junior were in The Hague in Netherlands, not Ostrava. I forgot that world's happen in spring after the GPF. u.u'

Thank you for the kudos and comments.

Also, I have a Beta now! Thank you very much Amazingmoox! You are really a big help for me.

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#Lilia Baranoskaya

Lilia is enjoying a delicious hot tea on a cold afternoon in early December when a knock on the door makes her frown. Who wants to bother me right now? She wonders, waiting for one of her employees to show up and explain what's happening to her. Something that does not take much time to happen.

"Madam. Please forgive me for interrupting your afternoon tea, but a strange box has just arrived for you by mail. "Pyotr, one of her butlers, appears carrying a small cardboard box.

"What do you mean 'strange'?" She asks, frowning at the box.

"It comes from Japan. From a city called Hasetsu." The butler replies, nervous.

Hasetsu? This name isn't so strange...

"Open the box," she orders, crossing her legs and drinking more of the tea.

Pyotr obeys, picking up a knife and cutting the tape that seals the box. He opens it slowly and is surprised to remove a plush black puppy from inside and a letter, with her name written on it.

"Madam." he says, after opening and extending the letter to her.

She takes the open white envelope from him and pulls out a paper and a new envelope from the inside, much to her surprise. A new envelope addressed to Victor Nikiforov. This she puts on top of her desk, and opens the paper that has her name written on it. In Russian. Like the rest of the whole letter.

...

Greetings, Madame Lilia Baranoskaya.

My name is Yuuri Katsuki, I am currently 8 years old and I am from the city of Hasetsu, Japan. I dance ballet since being very small under the tutelage of Minako Okukawa and I am working hard to be an ice skater who makes my country proud .

As you may have noticed, I sent another letter and a plush dog. I would like to ask that you deliver them safely to Victor Nikiforov immediately, please. He will need them soon and would very much like to ask you to welcome him when the time comes. Ask him to hug the dog when he finish skating in Sofia, so I can be sure that he has received it in peace.

Also, I'd like to ask you to keep an eye on Svetlana Plisetskaya, one of your former students. She may be in danger and a tragedy may occur with her soon. A tragedy that unfortunately can't be avoided even by me, who knows what will happen in the future. But I'm here to try to make the consequences of this tragedy not so serious, especially when it comes to the baby she's expecting at this moment. Please have her sign a document passing the custody of the baby to her father, Nikolai Alexanderiev Plisetsky if anything happened to her. Besides, I ask you to give her and her baby the full support until the tragedy comes to her.

I know it all sounds strange, but I want you to believe me when I say my biggest sadness right now is that I can't be there in St. Petersburg when I know that Victor and the baby are going to need it too much. I could have sent a letter to Coach Feltsman, but I don't think he would even open it before ripping it and throwing it in the trash, the way he must be at the moment, obsessed with getting his students to be champions devoted to Russia and forgetting that they are humans too. I'm sorry that it was this that got in the way of your marriage ...

...

What?

She frowns, re-reading the last few lines.

How did he know she was married to him and that was exactly what made them both separate? Something that not even both their family knew of it, because it would be something very problematic for the two of them, since he's forced to be like this by the FFKK.

...

I regret that this is what has upset your marriage, but I believe that not everything has been lost. Don't let it make you lose your hopes. If you still feel love for him, believe in that feeling. Use it as inspiration for a personal, intimate choreography. A choreography just for you.

I don't know when I can go to St. Petersburg. But I promise that as soon as I'm sure, I'll be in touch again to let you know about it. Until then, I'll do my best to send you letters before Victor's birthday, with gifts for him and the baby.

Like I said before, I know what will happen in the future. Sad things, stupid things, insane things. I don't need you to believe me. But you must know that my heart will always be praying for you, for Coach Feltsman, for Victor, for the baby, and for all those I adore, but I can't yet reach because of my age.

With the compliments of Yuuri Katsuki, Japanese danseur, ice skater and History Maker, I end this letter.

October 27th, 1997

...

After reading the letter, Lilia focuses on a peculiar term in it: History Maker. This leaves her with a look of anticipation to know what this Yuuri Katsuki will be able to do. Then she returns to the top and keeps her eyes on the name of his ballet teacher, recognizing him immediately as his former colleague when she performed internationally.

She opens a smile, something that surprises the butler still present, wondering if that woman still does crazy things.

~ x ~

When Lilia hands the poodle and the letter to Victor, he is startled to see him reading the letter with a peculiar shine in his eyes. Shine that turns out to be tears, which he doesn't even think to clean. He takes the plush poodle in his arms, kneeling on the floor and crying silently, to her surprise.

What the hell is happening?

But Victor refuses to say anything and says goodbye, leaving with a smile and more tears on his face.

~ x ~

Lilia looks for news of Svetlana Plisetskaya and discovers that she is pregnant, and hospitalized. The two talk seriously and Svetlana reveals that she has cancer, but that she can't treat because of the baby. When asked by the child's father, the girl says that she does not know who he is and reveals that her cousin is pestering her so that she leaves custody of the future child for her. Lilia frowns and asks if it would be better to consider her own father, but Svetlana says she has no contact with him.

A week later, Lilia and the cousin meet in the hospital and the former dancer scares her, making her give up the idea of disturbing Svetlana. She also goes after Nikolai and takes him to see his daughter. She then reveals Yuuri's letter to them, which leaves them frightened by the contents of it.

On 1 March 1998, Yuri Nikolaievich Plisetsky was born. Svetlana comments that he was in doubt whether he would name Yuri or Andrei, but decided on the first one in honor of the angel who made the situation of that family better than expected. Her health begins to deteriorate slowly and two years later, she ends up dying.

~ x ~

8 years later.

Lilia is strangely excited because the mysterious Yuuri Katsuki finally goes to St. Petersburg to participate in Yakov's skating camp. Besides, he's coming with Minako and his dogs. Heh, let's see what kind of person he really is.

...

"Minako Okinawa." Lilia says, feeling her face twitch with envy.

Blyad! What witchcraft has this woman been practicing to keep looking the same way 20 years ago? Damn Asian genes!

"Lilia Baranoskaya." Minako says, nodding.

And then she sees a male teenager with long, messy black hair and a tired face just behind her, pushing the cart with their luggage and the boxes containing the two dogs.

"Yuuri Katsuki." she says, seeing him open a smile.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Madame Baranoskaya." He says in English, to her surprise.

After all she knows he's fluent in Russian too. Who the hell is this boy?

...

When Minako asks to use her dance floor to catch Yuuri's training, Lilia decides to see the boy's level in the ballet. What she did not expect is to see a 14 year old kid who is ice skater dancing like a professional dancer. And then she's socked when she sees him become a Prima Ballerina, even staying en pointe perfectly.

~ x ~

Time passes quickly and finally the day comes when Yuuri and Minako must return to Japan. Lilia knows that the boy contacted Nikolai Plisetsky and caused a lot of confusion at the camp, including one messy stunt involving Victor. But for her, the real impact of his presence only happens the next day when she receives the surprise visit of Yakov Feltsman.

"Can we talk?" He asks, holding his fedora with both hands, a sign that he is nervous.

"Come in." She says, and Pyotr, who was ready to place the man who had broken his mistress's heart in the past in the street eye, gives him passage into the mansion.

Sitting at the table and drinking tea, both are silent as they wait for the other to say something. Lilia lets out a long sigh and decides to start.

"Years ago, at this very hour, a peculiar correspondence came to me. It was a box, containing two letters and a black plush dog. "She says, making him realize what she's talking about. "Such a box came from Japan. From a city called Hasetsu. And the sender's name was Yuuri Katsuki. "

Yakov widens his eyes, startled by what she says.

"Impossible! It's been over 8 years! "He exclaims, making her giggle.

"Exactly. But the letter that was addressed to me was all in Russian and I was talking about him, about Victor, about Svetlana Plisetskaya and about us, "she says, looking at him seriously.

"This boy ... he's incredible, Lilia." Yakov comments, surprising her. "He made everyone present stop what he was doing to see him presenting a program that reaches the current level of Vitya."

This makes her look in shock, because she didn't expect him to be that good on ice too.

"But I don't believe that's what you wanted to talk to me about," she says, bringing the tea cup to her mouth to hide her excited smile.

"No. It's not." He says, drinking tea too. "He talked to me about certain things, and it made me think a lot these last days. He made me realize that I made mistakes in the past and was making now too. With you, with Victor, and with all my other students. I let myself be pressured by FFKK to create champions who brought pride to our nation, and I ended up not only ignoring the feelings of everyone around me but also my own. He told me to change my attitude, before I lose something much more important than gold medals, records and even my own country. "

"Your students." She deduces, watching him nod.

"My students," he repeats, letting out a long sigh. "I was scared, you know? Of the things he told me? I was scared because I realized that without my students I am nothing more than a cranky old loner, and I don't want to be that. I don't want it anymore. You may be thinking I'm talking pointless things, and I understand that you don't want to forgive me for all that I did to you, but just believe me when I say that I'm sorry and that I really want to be able to be together with you again, and this time I'm serious. I…"

" Yasha. " she interrupts, scaring him by using the nickname of when they were together. "I believe you."

And she realizes he's really sorry when he sees him shed a tear.

" Lilyusha ." he says, getting up from the table and going over to her, hugging her. "Sorry, Lilyusha. "

If you still feel love for him, believe in that feeling.

Lilia recalls that phrase from Yuuri's letter, with a smile on her face and tears forming in her eyes.

~x~

Chapter end notes:

~ Blyad means Fuck, in Russian.