*Yuri's POV*
I sat down on the bench and took a drink of water. Lately Viktor and Yurio have been dragging to the skating rink with them. I haven't been skating to much well gliding on the ice because of my injuries. And lately my body has been hurting a lot, I should tell them that I shouldn't be skating with them anymore. I mean I am in the way, they should be practicing their programs. I sighed and started to tug my skates off.
"Leaving already Yuri?" Yuuko asked at the counter. I nodded and gave her the used skates. "Are you feeling alright? You look a little pale." Yuuko said worryingly.
"Yea, just been having nightmares and such." I responded giving her a weak smile.
"Well go take a nap." I nodded and headed out. Ah, I forgot to tell Viktor and Yurio that I was leaving. Oh well, I really don't feel good. I should probably go to sleep and take my sleeping medicine and pain medicine.
"I'm home!" I yelled out taking off my shoes. I walked into the living room where Mari was watching T.V eating food.
"Yuri, welcome home. Want me to make you something? Where's Viktor and Yurio?" Mari asked.
"No thanks I'm going to take a nap. And their still at the rink." I told Mari walking up to my bedroom.
I sighed as I closed the door. Taking off my sweater and throwing on the floor, I took my sleeping and pain medicine. I slowly got into bed wincing slightly because of a sharp pain in my chest. I shrugged it off because I was too tired to deal with anything right now. I pulled the blankets over me and as soon as my head hit the pillow I was out like a light.
"Yuri~" A soft voice whispered. "Yuri~" I slowly opened my eyes and saw Viktor standing over me with a smile on his face. "Yuri! Your awake!" I yelped and fell off my bed with a thunk. "Yuri are you ok?" Viktor asked helping me up.
I nodded, "Do you always trespass on people's personal space?" I asked Viktor leaning against the wall.
"What'd mean?" Viktor asked with an innocent face. I rolled my eyes. "Yuri is mean~. You didn't tell me that you were leaving. Yurio and I were worried!" Viktor then whined wrapping his arms around me.
I blushed, "S-Sorry?" I said. Viktor pouted.
"Well that's ok I guess. Are you feeling better? You looked a little pale earlier." Viktor asked.
"I feel better. I'm going to work on finishing your costume I'm almost done." I told Viktor brushing him off of me to go sit in my computer chair.
"All you ever do is work~" Viktor whined, "Why not do something fun~?"
I blushed, "I do have fun. Sewing is fun for me. And there's not really nothing to do for me." I explained setting out sewing needles and thread on my desk. "I think there's a summer festival coming up in a few days." I told Viktor plugging in my sewing machine.
"Really?!" Viktor gasped, "What happens at the festival?" He asked sitting on my bed.
"Well, there's food stands, games, and at night there's fireworks." I think the last time I went to the summer festival was before I met him. I don't really remember much because it's been a long time since I've been to one. Maybe this year I could go to it.
"Do you want to go together then?" Viktor asked a hint of blush on his face. "I-I mean with Yurio and your sister of course!" Viktor stammered.
I laughed, "Sure."
I really don't know how this happened. One minute I was fine the next I was down on my knees seeing black in my vision. I know I'm not the most healthy person in the world but I didn't expect this.
"Yuri!" Mari's voice echoed in my ears. I couldn't really hear everything is all fuzzy. "Your going to be ok hold on." Mari's voice spoke again. Was she crying. "Don't leave me little brother. Please."Mari's voice sounded distant. I couldn't tell if my eyes were closed or not. It was too hard to tell.
"You'll be ok Yuri-san!" Yurio voice said. What's going on?
"Please don't leave me. I like you Yuri." Another voice said, Before I could tell whose voice it was I was gone.
Beep beep beep
Is what I heard when I woke up. I opened my eyes and blinked getting used the the bright lights. I'm in a hospital. Why though?
"Oh Yuri!" My sister's voice cried. Then I was hugged, "I'm so happy your ok." Mari said. I patted her head.
"What happened?" I asked in a rasped voice. Mari gave me a water bottle. I took a drink.
"The doctor said you over-stressed your body. They gave you some x-rays and said you have asthma. You should be ok but they'll give you an inhaler." Mari said, "They also put an IV in you. Viktor and Yurio are worried about you. Do you want to see them?" Mari asked. I nodded my head. She smiled and walked out of the room.
A minute later Viktor rushed in. His eyes were red and he had several tissues in his hand. He looked broken. "Yuri." He sighed in relief. Viktor sat down on the little stool that Mari was sitting on moments ago. "Yurio is sleeping right now so Mari is watching over him." Viktor said grabbing my hand.
"I thought something bad was going to happen to you." Viktor whispered.
We just stayed like that until the doctor came into the room. She smiled at us, "Good evening . I'm glad to see that your awake." The doctor stood on the opposite side that Viktor was of the bed and wrote something down on her clipboard. "Are you feeling alright? Anything uncomfortable or unusual?" She asked.
"I have a slight headache and my chest feels heavy." I told her. She hummed and looked over something one of the papers.
"Well, it looks like because you over-stressed your body. You developed asthma. Now the symptoms of asthma is feeling like you can't catch your breath or the feeling of your chest being heavy. However if these symptoms worsen and your inhaler doesn't help you should immediately go to the hospital." The doctor explained.
"And yes, you don't have to be born with asthma. Sometimes adults like yourself develop asthma. It's nothing too serious and it shouldn't be a problem to your every day life. Now because you fainted I would like you to stay here until tomorrow just to make sure everything is okay with your lungs and body." The doctor continued.
"Oh, one more thing your sister can pick up your inhaler at the hospitals pharmacy. I also did prescribe some dizzy medicine just in case you feel light headed." The doctor smiled, "Any questions?"
I shooked my head, she nodded her head and walked out of the room.
"I'm sorry Yuri." Viktor said after awhile. I looked at him. "The reason why your probably stressed is because I kept taking you to the skating rink. I'm sorry." Viktor apologised keeping his head down.
I took my hand and lifted up his chin. His eyes were glassy. "It's not your fault, I wanted to. It's ok not like I'm dying or something. It's fine. I'm ok." I told Viktor looking into his eyes.
We stayed quiet for a while. The Viktor spoke up again.
"Yuri...Please go out with me." Viktor said with a blush on his face.
What?
"Yuri, please go out with me."
I opened my eyes. I was back home. I sat up in my bed and weaved my hands through my hair. I sighed. I haven't talk to Viktor after he confessed. It was so awkward. And I promised myself not to fall in love again! Not after what happened with him. Being in a relationship scares me. But for some reason...Being in a relationship with Viktor doesn't seem so scary. But what if he's just like Nikolai? He says nice things to me just for me to fall into a trap. I don't want to go through that again. I just can't, I WON'T!
Then there was a knock on my door. Mari came in with a smile on her face. "Glad your finally up Yuri!" She said placing a bowl of Katsudon on my lap. "Viktor's wondering about you. He thinks confessing to you was a bad idea." She said with a sad smile.
"Yuri, I know what he did was bad, terrible. But I think you should know that Viktor isn't like that. I know for a fact he won't hurt you, trust me on this. I also understand that your not ready for a romantic relationship yet." Mari sat down on my computer chair. "Maybe if you told him why. I'm not saying tell him everything, but he does deserve an answer."
When I didn't respond Mari just sighed and got up, "Just think about what I said ok?" She said leaving my room.
I quickly ate the Katsudon and placed the bowl on my desk. Laying back down I thought about what Mari said, "Tell me, huh?" I whispered into my pillow.
*Next day*
I walked quietly out of my room and into the living room to get a cup of coffee.
"Yuri-san?" Yurio said when I walked into the kitchen.
I gave him a weak smile, "I get need coffee, there's only three weeks left before the competitions start. I still have to get Viktor's costume done." I told Yurio.
He nodded and leaned against the counter, "Say, what happened between you two?" He asked. "I mean! You don't have to answer if you don't want, I'll respect your privacy Yuri-san but Viktor hasn't really been doing good in practice. And he zones out a lot. I figured something happened between you two." Yurio explained.
"It's nothing really I just have to...Tell him something." I said slowly, closing my eyes, "Um, yeah it's nothing." Yurio looked at me weird. I shrugged it off and left the kitchen.
"What about tour coffee?" Yurio asked.
"Later!" I replied going into my room to change.
Maybe Mari is right. I guess I do owe him an answer, even if it's not the one he wants. I just hope he understands.
I walk to the ice rink so I won't over stress my body again. I opened the doors and saw that the only person that was skating was Viktor. He looked lonely skating, his expression was sad. I felt guilty. I took a deep breath, it doesn't look like Yuuko is here at the moment either. I walked over the the side of the rink.
"Want to go to the beach?" I asked Viktor when he noticed me.
We sat besides each other looking out to the ocean. It's now or never Yuri.
"Yuri do you hate me?" Viktor suddenly asked. I looked at him shocked.
"W-why would I hate you?" I asked.
Viktor looked at me, "You've been avoiding me ever since I confessed to you."
I sighed, "Um Viktor about that. I, um, I" Why is this so hard? I breathed out trying to calm myself down, "Viktor the thing is after my parents died and after I got released from the hospital I did some stupid things that lead me to mistakes. One of the mistakes was getting into a relationship." I could feel Viktor's eyes staring at me. I couldn't stare back though so I faced the ocean.
"It's not like that. He, he was very, very abusive to me. He- he would hit me and tie me up and other stuff I really don't want to talk about." I could feel the tears in my eyes getting heavy. "Viktor, I do have feelings for you but, I I just can't be in a relationship now. I still have scares of the last one I've been through. I'm just not ready." The tears were falling down.
Viktor then hugged me. Tight. "I understand Yuri. Don't push yourself. I'll wait for you, no matter how long it takes." Viktor pulled back and wiped the tears away from my eyes, "Please don't cry. When your ready I'll listen. For now you saying you have feelings for is enough. Please stop crying Yuri." Viktor said pulling me back into a hug.
I smiled and leaned into his warmth. I'm sorry mom, dad. I think I've fallen in love again.
Author's note!
So like that happen. Anyways I've realised that Nikolai is the name of Yurio's grandfather so for the sake of the story, let's pretend that Yurio's grandfather doesn't exist. And I want to make something clear, Viktor and Yuri DO get together but Yuri isn't really for another relationship because the abuse that happened with his last relationship still hunts him. But Viktor and Yuri will get together.
