AN : sorry for the shitty social media part, but ff keeps messing up the formatting and certain symbols don't even show up and this is the best I can do
"Viktor!"
Viktor turned back when he heard the familiar yell. "Chris!"
He smiled and hugged his friend, who predictably copped a feel. Well, what can he say? He knew his ass was wonderful.
( not as wonderful as a certain Japanese's behind though )
"So", began Christophe, waggling his eyebrows, "ready to get the gold medal snatched from you this time?"
Viktor grinned and replied, "Keep dreaming Chris and you might win one in dreamland."
His best friend laughed and fell in stride beside him. "Still going strong, huh?"
"More so than ever, since Yuuri's counting on that."
"Ahhh yes, your crush that you still haven't made a move on."
"I am trying!" Viktor replied, shoving Chris lightly. "Anyways how are things on your side, huh?"
Chris's smile widened. "Me and Mas are still going strong, thanks for asking. Now if you'd just man up and ask Yuuri out...that would honestly solve half my troubles."
"How mean!"
The Russian received a deadpan look in return. "Oh I must have missed the memo about it being normal to wake a person up at 3 am just to ramble about another person. So careless of me."
Viktor pouted. "You suffering from a lack of nightly activities or something? You seem grumpy."
"Why do you think that's happening? I'll give you a hint : random phone calls."
"Hey timezones are not my fau–"
"VITYAAAAA!"
Suddenly there was a shout which was inscribed in Viktor's mind as 'fuck Yakov is pissed', or more simply, 'shit is coming'. Chris was looking at him with a bemused smile.
"You did something again?"
"No time to chat my dear friend, farewell!"
Chris watched as his best friend ran away to escape from his raging coach. At his rate, he was convinced that Viktor would be amazing at track and field too, with him getting so much regular practice.
"Psst."
He really would have jumped. It was natural to be surprised when a random voice called you out of nowhere, like a shady drug dealer. Unfortunately, he was long since immune. Association with the Russian skaters did that to a person.
( He wasn't saying he was not crazy himself, because oh dear lord, he was. It adds the fun in life. )
He turned around calmly, and came face to face with a...plant. A plant behind which a certain Thai skater was emerging slowly.
Chris grinned. Things were always more entertaining with Phichit around.
"Ahem, I couldn't help but overhear your conversation."
He laughed and rolled his eyes at that. 'Couldn't help but hear' his ass, if that was not deliberate eavesdropping he didn't know what was. "Yes Phichit, nice to see you too."
Phichit waved his hand in a dismissing manner. "Formalities, formalities. Let's get to the core of the matter, yeah?"
The Swiss cocked an eyebrow curiously. "Oh?"
"Yep! So as I said, I accidentally heard what you both were talking about, and I have got some good news for you! Yuuri is going to confess soon, so you'd be free!"
"Hold on, is this why Viktor made that sudden decision of going to Detroit right after the Worlds?", Chris asked disbelievingly. He had thought that he was the more impulsive romantic of the two, but apparently Viktor beat him to it.
Well, this was one thing he didn't mind losing to Viktor in, at least he would get some much needed peace and quiet.
( He was beginning to understand why Yuri Plisetsky was angry all the time. )
Phichit's face suddenly darkened. "You sure I can trust Viktor with Yuuri? Because if he does something Yuuri doesn't like…"
"Oh don't worry, I will be right there with you to beat up Viktor if he tries anything like that. I trust him though, it won't come to that."
A hint of amusement seeped into Phichit's voice. "Aren't you supposed to take Viktor's side in this?"
"You know more than anyone the urge to protect Yuuri, why are you even asking?", Chris answered, laughing.
"Touché."
The seriousness finally left Phichit, and Chris was glad. It was highly disconcerting seeing such a person making a face that scary. He sent a silent prayer for Viktor, hoping he did nothing that would set… this force of nature against him.
Yakov's frowned deeper as his mind went over to his oldest student. He seemed...different. It was something he had noticed at the Grand Prix finals as well, and it only seemed to increase day by day.
Oh, it was a good change. After seeing the bright young boy losing the joy in the sport after years and years of winning, it was immensely relieving to finally see some life back in his skating.
He just hoped that this did not result in him doing something extremely stupid and get kicked out of the competition, or be over excited and break a bone. The boy had a penchant for that.
At least the short programme is done and over with safely, with Viktor in top condition and top rank. Let the free skate finish in that manner too, and then Yakov would have a few months of relaxation. Well, as much relaxation he could afford with students like that, that is.
( He silently prayed that Georgi's taste in women and judgment of character would improve. )
"SEUNG GIIIIIL!" Phichit waved like a madman at the Korean, who was giving him his patented 'I am unimpressed by your bullshit' expression. No matter, he was surely warming up to him!
"What do you want, Chulanont?"
Phichit pouted, but there was no change in Seung Gil's stare. Was his charm fading? Because it didn't even work on Yuuri!
( Or maybe he was just immune after extended exposure to Viktor MyWinkCanKill Nikiforov. )
"Aww I thought we were on a first name basis! Chulanont sounds like what a teacher would call me."
The Korean only raised an eyebrow.
"Anyways I was wondering if you want to go sit on the bleachers to watch the others?"
Phichit shuffled his feet as Seung Gil stared at him, as if trying to analyze any hidden meaning behind his words. He met his gaze resolutely. Let him see that Phichit had no hidden cards.
After a few minutes, Seung Gil nodded.
( Victory! )
Phichit chatted the whole way to the seats, even though Seung Gil only responded with hums and grunts sometimes.
"You're such a good listener!"
The other skater's eyes widened minutely. "People usually", he paused, taking his time to choose his words, "people usually say that I should be less...stoic."
Phichit smiled at him. "You're fine just the way you are, Seung Gil."
And Seung Gil hesitantly, almost shyly, smiled back.
Oh my god, is that what Yuuri felt when he saw Viktor? He cursed his past self that laughed at him being flustered, karma sure could be a bitch. He was so glad that Yuuri was back home and not here with him, because if anyone could pick up the faint blush on his cheeks, it would be the Japanese.
And a cinnamon bun he may be, but Phichit had no doubts that Yuuri would tease him mercilessly.
He decided to just focus on the programmes. That's the safest option unless he wanted to make a fool of himself in front of Seung Gil, which of course, didn't sound appealing. At all.
Yuuri reached out for his phone on the table, concerned at the interruption. Everyone who knew him were aware to NOT disturb him when any skating event was going on, so there very high chances of there being some kind of emergency.
Yep, surely an emergency.
Because it was Viktor. Viktor, whose turn in the free skate was soon coming up.
"Viktor? Is something wrong?"
"Just wanted to tell you something. You are watching the World Championships, yeah?"
"Obviously! And it's your turn up next! Why are you on the phone?"
"A-ah, the thing is…", Viktor took a deep breath, "Never take your eyes off me. Because I am going to win this one for you ."
Yuuri was really, really glad that Phichit was in China, and not here to tease him how much he looked like a tomato them because Yuuri was sure he did. Jesus, how did Viktor not get embarrassed saying something like that?
Also, how did Viktor even think that Yuuri would ever take his eyes of him? Preposterous. This was the man that he had admired since childhood, the person who had indirectly helped him make his first friend- Yuuko, the person who was a part of his life as much as Phichit and Yuuko, even before he met him.
"Of course."
Yakov hid a smile as he watched Viktor skate. It seemed that this time at least, his worries were unfounded. If anyone ever asks him which of Viktor's skating programmes was the best, he would point to this one without hesitation.
[ Photo of Viktor with his gold medal ]
Another gold at the Worlds! This one's for katsuki_yuuri!
Christophe-gc ✔
Try coming second sometimes Viktor...if you know what I mean (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
v-nikiforov ✔
Damn it Chris this was supposed to be meaningful don't spoil it -3-
pinkplease
CONGRATS!
biggestvik_torfanever
KNEW YOU WOULD GET IT BUT WHO IS THAT
LilaSS
It's Yuuri Katsuki top model and the hottest thing ever keep up with the times bitch
N_C_I_A
Congrats boi!
Figure Skating Forum
Grand Prix Finals - Viktor Nikiforov - Mystery Man
Vitya22 [creator]
NEWS FOR EVERYONE IN THIS THREAD, MYSTERY MAN EXISTS!
SkateSquad2
CAN SOMEONE PICK UP THE PHONE BECAUSE I FUCKING CALLED IT
Westoniahalie
Whoa what did I miss when did this happen
Goldenskateslikemyass
You can check Viktor's latest Instagram photo, which reveals that it is Yuuri Katsuki.
Vitya22 [creator]
Here's the link to the post.
SeungGil4ever
I AM SCREAMING
Westoniahalie
I FEEL YOU SeungGil4ever I JUST OPENED THE LINK AND I AM DYING YUURI KATSUKI AND VIKTOR NIKIFOROV!? TOGETHER!? I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED THIS TILL NOW #HALLELUJAH
Questodilla
Time to perform the complete background check on this Yuuri can't leave our love in bad hands
chulanonthamsters
Questodilla Viktor legit couldn't have found a better person than Katsuki trust me
Phichuuuu
chulanonthamsters seconded
mrsniki
I do hope you guys are right because Viktor is vv important and imo better than some model who prolly doesn't even work as hard as a figure skater
headfg
mrsniki okay I am not an expert on modeling but I am pretty sure they work hard as hell too
viktorsforehead
mrsniki has a point though! Not the one degrading models, but still, we fans HAVE to do a background check on the man! Just to be safe!
Lilyofthevalley
And what are you guys going to do if he turns out to be a shitty human? Kill him? Tell Viktor? You can't even change anything spare yourself the effort
thanksobama
CALLING ALL KATSUKI YUURI FANS! LOOK AT THIS!
[link to mystery man forum]
I don't know if these two are legit together or not BUT WE CAN'T LET THEM BADMOUTH OUR YUURI LIKE THIS WHO THE FUCK DO THEY THINK THEY ARE
#yuuri katsuki #model #viktor Nikiforov #yuuri katsuki fanclub #fuck this makes me so angry
nicefriendlyguy - reblog
doesn't work as hard MY FOOT OUR DIMPLED JESUS WORKS SO HARD
yuurikismy5on look at this bullshit
yuurikiamy5on - reblog
I say we do a background check on this guy to, isn't he the one called the living legend of figure skating? Cause he wins everything or some shit like that? Prolly arrogant af
sexyandyouknowit - reblog
Whoa whoa whoa this makes me annoyed too but guys remember the three doctrines of the fanclub?
't do anything that our cinnamon roll would frown upon
shit gets real ask prophet Phichit for advice on what would make cinnamon roll sad
the offender only if Phichit gives the go ahead
bonkyshorts_cucumberbatch - reblog
SOMEONE ASK PHICHIT pls my life depends on it
Vellhell - reblog
Also contact the Russian division of the fanclub or seriously anyone who knows the language and ask them to investigate, very useful for the Russian only articles