Yuuri woke up late the next morning, eyes blurry and heart overflowing with love for his amazing husband, however, when Yuuri rolled over to spoon Victor, he realized that his husband wasn't in bed.
He rubbed his tired eyes and put on his glasses, noticing that Victor's shirt and shoes were still in the room, but his pants were nowhere to be found.
"He's probably in the kitchen making breakfast."
He grinned wickedly, ready to have a repeat of the night before. That was until he noticed his cell phone on Victor's side of the bed. He looks confused, and goes to pick up his cell phone, he notices immediately that his texts with Chris are still open on the screen.
"Fuck" he mumbles under his breath, he quickly puts his clothes on and begins searching the entire house for his husband, having no luck. He grabs his car keys and calls Victor.
"Hey baby, it's me. You usually leave a note before you go out if I'm not awake yet. I hope that you're okay, please call me. I love you."
He sits his cell phone down in the car's console and anxiously taps the steering wheel. Praying that Victor is safe, he puts the keys in the ignition and starts to drive, hoping that if he doesn't find Victor in the city, that he is at his mother's house, or even Yurio and Otabek's.
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Victor sighs, and sniffles, eyes puffy from crying. He glances at his phone, 12 missed calls, and 10 voicemails. All but one from Yuuri. The most recent being from Otabek, he clicks play.
"Hey V, I hope you're okay. I figured you should know that your husband is here at our apartment. He's bawling his eyes out, Yurio and I already talked him out of coming to your mom's, we figured you needed some space, at least for a while. We don't blame you one bit for being angry, hell, I am livid myself. But he knows he fucked up, when you're ready to see him again, we'll be here."
He doesn't realize that tears have started to pour until his mother is beside him wiping his tears away while pulling him closer to her chest.
"Hush now my sweet boy, it will all be okay." She says softly in her thick Russian accent.
Victor looks up at his mother his eyes sparkling with tears.
Victor's mother still looks quite young for her age, the only signs being her white hair and a few wrinkles scattered here and there across her face. She frowns, her heart aches for her son, but she knows deep in her heart that Yuuri would never hurt him like this, there has to be a reason for those text messages, and why Yuuri has kept in contact with this man for so long. She has told him this multiple times, but he just breaks down every time his husband's name comes up.
"But mama, what if things aren't okay?" "What if this is it for us?" His voice wavers with every word.
"Honey, listen to yourself, that is absolutely ludicrous!" "Yuuri adores you, from the tip-top of his head to deep down in his bones, you know this. Why the sudden doubt?"
Victor sits upright, taking a deep breath.
"Well, I guess because I am afraid that Chris is more attractive than me, sure we're close in age, but he still moves around the ice like he's never aged a day in his life."
"Plus, he has the accent going for him, girls literally fall at his feet if he even breaths in their direction, why wouldn't men do the same?"
His mother's face twists to reveal a look of disgust. "Bah, all that he has going for him is a bad dye job, and ass implants!"
Victor can't stop the laughter from escaping his mouth, his mother always knows what to say to put a smile on his face.
She grins, happy that she was able to cheer her son up, even just a little.
"You want to know what you have that puts you above the rest, love?"
He stops laughing, looking curiously at his mother.
"You have guts, perseverance, talent, but most important of all you have a heart of gold. You were there for Yuuri when he felt like the whole world was ready to crash down on him, you didn't have to offer to coach him, but you did, you opened him up to an entire world that he wasn't aware existed."
"That's why you will always be number one in Yuuri's heart, no man can replace you, no matter how hard they try."
Victor smiled slightly, he knew she was right, maybe he and Yuuri would be okay after all.