Romeo and Cinderella

Stammivicino


Summary:

The clock strike its' hand to midnight making Yuuri leave the palace in a hurry. Victor decided that he will find the Cinderella's house and spend time with him and in order to get to know him better. Will the Romeo successfully find his missing Cinderella's house?

[Chapter 4 update!]


Chapter 04: Cinderella's Territory Part 1

"Take the person into your arms and never let go

There, they will slowly confess what they really feel

Either, good or bad."

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Victor went back inside the palace's event hall, as he was once again swarmed by the ladies in the party, each and every one of them hoping to get a dance from the Palace's Romeo, "I'm sorry ladies, maybe next time." Victor smiled and turned them down like a true gentleman would do, as he made his way back to their private room in the palace.

As he was walking through the hallways, making his way to the room, he couldn't stop thinking about the young male, "Yuuri…" His head keeps chanting his name like a mantra, "I want to see you… I want to hold you…" Victor looked at his hand remembering and feeling Yuuri's touch as they danced beneath the moonlight's sonata, "I really want to see you…"

"Oi." A harsh tone of voice was heard by Victor and it is familiar in his hearing, it appeared to be also Russian because of his accent, "Почему так долго? Ты идиот брата."

'What took you so long? You idiot brother.'

"Ah—" As Victor went within the close range, he recognized the short, blonde boy that was leaning onto the wall with his arms crossed giving him a cold look, "That reminds me… I have a young brother named Yuri too."

"Oi. What the hell is wrong with you? Spacing out while walking." Yuri went marching forward to meet with his older brother. Viktor gazed upon the young blonde, "Nothing, it's just that it's troubling. He's cuter than you, now I know the difference. Maybe I should call you 'Yurio' instead." The older male leaned in and smirked as if he was mocking the young male.

Yurio snapped and shouted on the top of his lungs, "YURIO!? OI! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? AND I AIN'T CUTE YOU SON OF A BI—"

"Vitya, Yuri." A deep male voice was heard from the room inside where they will go. Both males looked at the direction where the voice is heard; they saw their father, Yakov enter the scene, "What are you two shouting about?"

"Victor here was spacing out and suddenly talking nonsense." Yurio pointed at his brother, showing that the older male is the one responsible for his undesired actions.

Victor squints at the young blonde as Yurio gave him a sly smirk. He tried to keep his cool together in order not to snap at his young brother as he faced his old man, "Anyways, have the main guests arrived?"

"Oh yes." Yakov stated, "Come, follow me." His father starts to walk back inside of the enormous room as both males followed their father's footsteps, "Vitya, you have to meet the fair Juliet of Yekaterinburg, and also the royal family of the Chulanont's . Talk about trading, so you can enhance your communication skills as you talk about business with other countries."

Victor nodded, "Yes, father." He knew that he should carry out his duties and reach his father's expectations. As he was the soon-to-be king in his father's throne. His eyes were tormented in anxiety if he could really do his father's duty as a king. Especially, at first, he wasn't really the king's biological son and does his younger brother.

"Lilia, we're back." Yakov said as he entered the room. Lilia, the queen, approached the three males and gave her king a kiss on the cheek, "Welcome back, my love." The queen smiled as she gazed upon her king, smiling back at her. The queen noticed Victor looking at her. She approached the silver-haired male and cupped her hand on Victor's cheek, "My dear boy, did you enjoy the party? Did you lead someone in a dance?"

Victor chuckled and smiled as he puts a hand over her mother's on his cheeks, "I did enjoy the party because of a certain someone."

"Oh? And who is this special someone, my boy?" Lilia smiled and was wondering who that lucky girl might be who took his son's attention and made his night special.

"It's someone who has the same backstory as Cinderella." Viktor gave out a hint as Lilia blinked multiple times and made her more curious. Her hand slowly left Victor's cheeks, "Well, looks like someone crossed paths into someone from a fairy tale book; a pure and innocent little one who meets the man who is from a story of tragedy."

Victor laughed, "I may be the Romeo who wants to get the innocent and fair Cinderella but, I think father wants me to meet the rightful character for me."

"Yes, and I want that Juliet for you to get married with." Yakov suddenly butts in Lilia and Victor's conversation, "Her family is also wealthy and she has good knowledge about running a kingdom. That will be for your benefit, my son, Vitya." The king stated as he starts to walk away to meet up with their guests as Yurio followed him on his way.

Victor sighed with his father's unsatisfied remark as soon as they left, "Can I at least transgress over his statement?"

Lilia pats the silver-haired male's shoulder, "You can, especially if you're really serious about that runaway Cinderella of yours, my boy."

Victor smiled giving him hope to at least sometimes, disobey his father's wants. He hugged the queen tightly, "Thank you, my queen." Lilia hugged back and was also smiling, "As long as you're happy. Come, we must go now, we can't let our guests wait."

Victor nodded and offered a hand to the queen, "May I be your escort for tonight?"

Lilia chuckled and accepted the man's offer, "Of course." Both of them started to walk down to the hall, to go to the place where they will meet their important guests for tonight.

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Yuuri and his family arrived safely at home. All of them are exhausted with the mingling that happened in the party. The raven went to his private bathroom and starts to fill the tub with warm water to relax him from exhaustion. He took off his suit and properly hanged it near some laundry basket as he placed his phone over the bathroom counter. As soon as the tub was filled in, he took a step on it and dipped down on the warm bath. He leaned his head back to relax more and looked up at the ceiling and was preventing himself from falling asleep. He thought about a lot of things that happened tonight: His first kiss, his first dance, his first time alone with a crowd… and his first…

Unsettling feelings…

Yuuri sighed and played with the water for a bit, "I wonder if I'm still going to see him after this?" his cheeks flushed as he tucked his legs close to his chest, hugging them. He slowly closed his eyes and whispered, "Victor…" the raven suddenly opened his eyes after realizing that he said his name making him panic, "Eh!? What the hell is wrong with me!?"

Suddenly, he froze hitting him with realization that he forgot to tell his best friend Phichit that he already went home. He quickly got out of the tub and dries himself up as he want to his cabinet to choose his sleepwear. After he has groomed himself he picked his phone up and starts to call Phichit to apologize for his rudeness.

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"Victor, Victor…" A lady in blue called the Russian's attention, "Victor." She tapped the hand of the overthinking male, making Victor snapped back to reality, "O-Oh, I'm sorry, Mila. I apologize for my rudeness." He apologized.

"Victor, you've been absent minded since a while ago. Is something bothering you?" Mila asked as he looked at the male's expression to see if something is wrong.

Victor shook his head, "It's nothing my fair Juliet. Please, let us continue our chitchat." He smiled as he took a sip of his own cup of tea while he was sitting on an elegant chair with his legs crossed, he was a truly fine gentleman.

"I'm really sorry if I didn't recognize you at the shop earlier." Phichit said as he bowed down making Victor put his cup down and gestured Phichit to lift up his head, "No, no. It's fine. I actually didn't know you were one of our important guests so, it's equal. I should also apologize."

Phichit laughed, "So, that makes us the both of us in fault—" the prince's dialogue was suddenly cut off when his phone rang. He grabbed his device from his pocket and saw that the one calling was his bestfriend, "Aah, Yuuri."

Victor, being triggered with the name, suddenly looked at the Thailand prince, "Yuuri? Is it the Yuuri that I've meet earlier?"

"Please excuse me for a while, Victor and Mila." Phichit smiled as he excused himself from the group and went to the veranda to answer Yuuri's call, "Hi, Yuuri~"

"Aah, Phichit-kun? I'm sorry, I went home already. I joined in with my family."

"It's fine you must have been exhausted with the party. Also, Yuuri, things are actually getting along well here~" Phichit laughed, "I thought I would be in trouble with their language but, like you said, they are also fluent with English."

Victor watched Phichit talking on the phone, making the right time to move and speak to the man privately, "Victor is it true that you love to read books?" Mila asked sweetly making the male's attention go back to Mila, "Oh yes, I do love to read books—"

"Alright, bye Yuuri~ I'll see you later." Phichit puts his phone down and hid it back in his pocket as he went back to join the chat of the group.

"So, his name is Yuuri." Victor's voice tuned up with the sound of interest, "Same as my young brother's name."

Phichit nodded, "Oh yes. Have you overheard our conversation?"

"Not much. Is he your friend or something?" Victor kept on asking questions wanting to know more about his runaway Cinderella and the same time, he was leading Phichit in a slow talk in order to time right to ask where the raven lives.

"Childhood best friends actually. Before, they live in Japan, but moved here in Russia. My parents said that something traumatized Yuuri over there, but didn't get a chance to ask why." Phichit sighed.

"Trauma? Maybe that trauma… has something to do with the crowds? So, my guess was right earlier." The male thought as he continued to listen to Phichit's tales.

"But, even though he won't tell me he is really a reliable friend and he's really, really, reeeeeally kind." Phichit smiled, "I'm grateful to have a friend like him."

"Phichit, it's time to go." The queen of Thailand called out his son, making Phichit stood up and look at his mom, "I'll be right there." He looked back at his group and bowed down, "Thank you for this wonderful evening. Unfortunately, I have to go, until then Ms. Mila and Mr. Nikiforov."

Victor stood up and chuckled, "After all the laughs we had, you still need to be formal with our farewell to each other?"

Phichit laughed, "Well, it is what we are required to do. Either we like it or not."

"Let me take you and your family to the exit." Victor offered as he faced Mila and bowed down, "Please excuse me for a while. I'll be right back." Mila nodded in Victor's excuse as both male's starts to walk out of the room together with Phichit's family; both of the boys were behind them.

"Phichit, this Yuuri. Do you know where he lives?" Victor suddenly asked out of nowhere.

"Oh yes. I'm actually staying in their family inn right now. You should really visit there especially their hot spring business is good." Phichit said excitedly making Victor smile at the information he was given, "Hot spring huh, I've heard of it. They say it was the best."

"Okay. I'll visit tomorrow. Maybe take a break for a while. I needed some inspiration to work hard." Victor smiled, "Mind to give me the address?"

"Sure!" Phichit agreed as he sent the address to Victor's phone, "Perfect." Victor muttered as he smiled.

"Well then, I'll be going now!" Phichit said as he waved goodbye to his new made friend Victor. The Russian also waved goodbye at the prince as he held his phone tightly.

As the party ended, every townspeople released a glowing lantern up in the sky to mark that the festival has officially ended. Victor looked up in the sky as he felt the cold breeze hitting him, but he didn't bother the cold because, just by looking at the beautiful lanterns in the sky, it reminded him of dancing with his Cinderella and just by thinking about it made him fuzzy and warm inside. Victor looked at his phone and plants a kiss on it lightly, "Finally, my night is complete and I would be able to sleep peacefully."

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I'll be able to finally see you tomorrow, my Cinderella.