(The beginning of this chapter will be Yuuri's thoughts. They will be italicized so I will not be adding a character tags for some of his thoughts/sentences, because I felt it would be to repetitive. For your entertainment, please play the song "Lost Boy" by Ruth B. This is the piece Yuuri is skating to, it really is a beautiful song)
The music starts playing. Yuuri can feel the stares of the crowd as they watch intently to see what Yuuri is capable of.
Calm down. You've got this Yuuri. He thought to himself as he skated across the ice ever so gracefully.
The first jump is coming up. What was it again? Oh right. It's a double axel followed by a triple flip.
The crowd cheers in excitement as he lands his jumps effortlessly.
Wow, I landed it. Now I have the step sequence. Yuuri thought. His step sequence involved him imitating those of a ballerina along with the Mexican style dance known as folklorico. The folklorico dance involved dancing with another partner, so it seemed as if he was dancing with someone when no one was there.
Next after this I have my first quad. I have to pick up some speed to land the jump. Let's see … I should jump right about … now! Yuuri thought as he landed his triple axel, followed by a single spin, followed by a triple toe loop.
The crowd went crazy over Yuuri's quad. Alright focus, we are only half way into the routine. Next I have to land my salchow. Wait, didn't Celestino tell me to change my jumps? What did he tell me to change it to? As he thought this, the flashback to when Victor offered to help Yuuri on his jumps came up. He remembered as he fell right in front of Victor. Victor. Why doesn't he kiss me? I'm just being toyed with aren't I? Man, it pisses me off! Yuuri thought as he jumped and landed his salchow.
Oh, I landed it! The routine is almost over, I only have one more quad, then I go into a flying sit spin and the routine is over. My first senior debut short program. I wonder if Victor has skated yet. I would love to see him skate. Yuuri thought as he did a triple toe loop, followed by a triple axel and going straight into a flying sit spin. The music was coming to an end, so Yuuri slowly ascended from his flying sit spin to point to the sky and his routine was complete.
The crowd roared in amazement at Yuuri's performance. Yuuri smiled and waved back at the crowd as he skated off the ice to the kiss and cry. Celestino gave Yuuri a side hug and congratulated Yuuri on his performance as they sat in the kiss and cry. They awaited the score.
(With Victor)
"Now, here is Katsuki Yuuri's score … 98.72! A new overall record for Katsuki Yuuri!", The announcer said.
Victor was watching the performance through his phone. He had his earphones on so he didn't pay attention to Yakov telling him what to do. Victor's competition wasn't till "later" on in the day. But he woke up in time to watch Yuuri skate.
"Well done, *moya lyubov'", Victor said to himself quietly with a smile on his face.
"Hey, Victor! Are you listening!?", Yakov said.
"Oh, sorry what did you say?", Victor said with a smile as he took one earphone at of his ear.
"Hurry up and get dressed! We have to head to the rink!", Yakov said with a look of impatience and annoyance. The competition was scheduled to start at 11 in the morning. But Victor always slept in till the last minute.
With that, he did as his coach had instructed and was getting ready.
(Back with Yuuri)
Yuuri finished in second, only five points behind the leader. He was quite surprised with himself. He and Celestino were already back at the hotel, waiting for room service to bring dinner up to their room.
"Hey, Yuuri. Congrats on landing your salchow. What were you thinking about during that jump?", Celestino said.
"To be honest, I was thinking about what jumps you had told me to do instead of the salchow. But I couldn't remember what they were so I just went for the salchow.", Yuuri said feeling his confidence rise a bit.
"Well, in the future, remember to pay attention to your coach. But I guess it paid off in the end for today.", Celestino said with a chuckle.
Room service arrives and they eat their meal.
"Well, I better get going.", Celestino said.
"Where are you going?", asked Yuuri.
"The coaches have a brief meeting downstairs about the next competition for those who advance. It shouldn't take me long.", Celestino said.
"Alright. Good luck at your meeting.", Yuuri said as he waved at Celestino who was walking towards the door.
"Yup. Be back in a bit", Celestino said as he stepped out of the room.
"Ah~, I'm so tired!", Yuuri said collapsing on his bed.
A lot of things happened today. More like it was a wave of different emotions! Yuuri thought. He couldn't stand the fact that Victor wouldn't kiss him!
"That's it! If he won't tell me, I'll just ask him.", Yuuri said. As he reached for his phone to call Victor, it started to ring. Victor! What perfect timing. He thought to himself.
"Hi Victor," Yuuri said.
"Yuuri~! You did great on your short program!", Victor said happily.
"What? You watched it?", Yuuri said feeling embarrassed.
"Of course I did! Did you watch mine?", Victor asked.
"Oh I'm sorry. The hotel we are staying at dosen't have a tv and I can't watch it on my phone.", Yuuri said sadly.
"Awe man, I wanted you to see me perform.", Victor said.
"Maybe next time.", Yuuri said. I have to ask him now, or else I will never be able to! Yuuri thought to himself.
"Victor … can I ask you something?", Yuuri said.
"Of course, what is it?", Victor said. Behind Victor were paparazzi trying to take his picture, but Yakov and the hotel's security were blocking the entrance to the hotel so they couldn't get in.
"Well Victor … about yesterday … and after you had dropped me off at class … why didn't you ... kiss me?", Yuuri said, feeling the weight of the question being lifted off his chest.
"…," there was silence on Victor's end.
"Victor", Yuuri said a little worried.
"Yuuri ... the reason I haven't kissed you is because-," Victor was cut off as Yakov called for him.
"Hey Victor. You have an interview in five minutes. Let's go.", Yakov said dragging Victor by putting an arm behind him, forcing Victor to walk in the direction the interview was being held.
"Sorry Yuuri, I have to do an interview. I'll call you once I'm done. Bye.", With that, Victor hung up.
Yuuri was left there unanswered. He looked at the time and it was nearly 10 o' clock at night. I should go to sleep. I have a big day tomorrow. But Victor said he'd call back and I'd probably get the answer to my question. But who knows when Victor's interview will end. Yuuri thought.
Before he decided to go to sleep, he sent Victor a text goodnight, and left his phone to charge so he could call him in the morning.
(Note: China is 7 hours ahead of France. So, if it's 10 pm where Yuuri is, then it is about 3 pm where Victor is.)
The second day of the competition was underway. Yuuri never got a text back from Victor. He probably got in trouble with Yakov again. Yuuri thought.
Yuuri was second to last to perform of the six competitors participating in the Cup of China. They were on the second performer, so Yuuri had to start his warm up.
"Yuuri, how are you feeling?", Celestino asked.
"I feel okay.", Yuuri said.
"Remember to change your salchow to the axel and toe loop combination. During your routine, if you feel that you can land the salchow, then go ahead. But if you can't, remember that combo this time.", Celestino said.
"Right.", Yuuri said.
He knew that Celestino was confident in Yuuri's abilities, but it made him feel as if he wasn't. They heard the cheers from the crowd, and that indicated that Yuuri was up next.
"Your next. We should get going.", Celestino said.
They made their way to the rink. Yuuri felt a sudden wave of panic at the crowds' applause grow as the skaters overall score was announced.
What? What's going on? Why do I feel nervous suddenly? Yuuri thought as he stood like a deer in the headlights staring at the skaters score.
"Yuuri, you're up!", Celestino said.
Yuuri finally took his eyes off the screen and skated to the middle of the ice without saying a word to Celestino.
Calm down. Calm down! Yuuri thought. The music started and Yuuri began to skate. As he started to skate his mind went blank, causing him to think about absolutely nothing. He made all his jumps, except for his salchow. He made up for it with the combination jump Celestino had told him. His routine came to a finish with him doing a one-legged spin followed by him putting his hands to his back and looking to the side as his finishing pose.
Oh, I spaced out. He thought to himself. He came back to reality when he heard the cheers from the crowd, and bowed. He skated off the ice and made his way to the kiss and cry with Celestino.
"Yuuri, that was a smart thing to do. After missing the salchow you made up with the combination jumps I told you to do. That was brilliant! You're gonna make a fine skater some day!", Celestino said with a smile as he gave Yuuri a side hug.
"Thank you!", Yuuri said with a bright smile. He was glad to hear his coach praise him instead of scold him like he was expecting.
"Announcing the score for Yuuri Katsuki …," the PA announcer said.
That's the end of chapter 12. Sorry it was pretty long, but I hope you all enjoyed it. As I mentioned I will be starting college this week, but I should be able to upload one more chapter this week. And probably one tomorrow. So, expect two chapters this week. I don't know how many chapters there will be in total, but trust me, this story will take an unexpected turn. There will be yaoi in this story so, just letting you all know. Please leave any comments if I should make any improvements or leave any suggestions for this story.
*moya lyubov' = my love
(I got the translation off of google. Sorry if it's wrong. As well as the time difference between China and France)
