Title: Stop, Pause & Rewind: Butterfly Effects
Featuring confident Yuuri, and a love-sick Viktor… Original Characters involved.
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to YOI characters. However, I do own the rights to the Original Characters featured
Chapter 37
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Yuuri_K Vic-chan sulking due to the No Katsudon policy implemented by the vet.
Viktor Nikiforov was aimlessly going through his instagram feeds when he noticed a new post on Yuuri's instagram account. The sight of that miniature toy poodle almost melted his heart, Vic-chan is so cute! Oh that poor poodle banned from eating Katsudon and can only eat the Royal Cannin pet food for dogs, Viktor almost wish he could fly over to cuddle that poor little thing.
Pulling out his Whatsapp application, Viktor immediately drop a message to Yuuri asking if he could call.
To Yuuri: Can I call? Btw, why did you not tell me that you're heading back to Hasetsu?
To Viktor: Get in the queue; I have a schedule video call session with Phichit in ten minutes. I will text you later to let you know when you can call. As for my return to Hasetsu, did I forget to tell you before?
To Yuuri: Yes, you forget *sad* Oh, and that picture of Vic-chan sulking is so cute! I'm definitely going to show Makkachin later *grin*
To Viktor: Oops, sorry – must have slipped my mind due to the hectic schedule over the past weeks. As for the image of Vic-chan, well he is trying to use his cuteness against me as much as possible now… but I'm not going to cave to his puppy eyes look. Regardless how he whines about it, I am not going to feed any Katsudon scrapes to him.
To Yuuri: *teary eyes* Aww… poor vic-chan… I wish I could send some of Makka's toys along to cheer him up.
To Viktor: Please don't, just because Makkachin tends to bring you his toys when you're feeling down does not means you should do the same for your namesake, my poodle. The two of you are completely different, and besides I don't think Makkachin will appreciate the sight of his favorite toys going missing.
To Yuuri: I know… I'm just joking *laughing icon* Well, I shall leave you in peace to chat with Phichit now. Remember to buzz me when I can call. *wink*
Yuuri shakes his head at Viktor's message with a fond smile on his lips, Vic-chan is laying in Yuuri's lap napping peacefully. Seeing as it has been a long time since Yuuri had seen Vic-chan, he did not try to stop his poodle from cozying up to him. Starting tomorrow, he is going to start bringing Vic-chan out for exercise. Granted, his pace would be a little slow while trying to accommodate Vic-chan's speed but he could always do another round of jogging in the evening and spend his morning jog time with his poodle.
His video chat conversation with Phichit was as delightful as always, Phichit complains about the lack of company in the dorm room with him being away and how Celestino had him on a harsh training regimen since the Italian's return from NHK Trophy three days ago. Apparently, Celestino has used Yuuri's SP performance as Phichit's latest benchmark and had shot down Phichit's request for doing a program using the songs from 'The King and the Skater' once again.
"Well, you can always try again for the next season. For now, its' better for you to concentrate on that Nationals Championship of Thailand coming next April, isn't it?" Yuuri started, hoping that he did not remember the dates wrongly. It has been years for him, after all.
"Yes, it's in April… 1st to 3rd April next year, in fact." Phichit sigh in response, before updating Yuuri a little on the musical progression.
"Right, the musical… so how did you do for the exam? Do you think you would do well enough to stay on the casts?" Yuuri asks next trying not to disturb Vic-chan as he leaned over to grab something from the foot of his bed.
"I think I can pass the papers but I don't think I'll do very well though." Phichit responded, wondering why he had chosen to do a business course for his diploma class instead. He really should have goes for the foreign language course; at least that looks interesting. Business modules are just so… dull and plain.
"So long you can pass your papers is good enough to stay on the musical team. Any idea if Kanade has left the country yet?" Yuuri asks then, he wants to ask Kanade's permission before releasing that private dance practice video to Viktor seeing as that was film during a rehearsal session in preparation for Kanade's senior concert event – 'Battle of the Bands' an internal UNIKII organized competitions for the students under the idol training program.
"I still saw him this morning at vocal training session, so I assumed he hasn't? You can text him directly to check his travel plans with him though; you have his number – don't you?" Phichit questions Yuuri back in return.
"It's okay, I'll just check with him later." Yuuri shrug as he said to Phichit as he shifted around to get more comfortable on his bed. The moment he shifted, Vic-chan let out a startled bark and Yuuri immediately apologized to his beloved poodle for the sudden movement.
"Was that the infamous Vic-chan I heard?" Phichit raised an eyebrow in question as he asks.
"Yes, well…" Yuuri paused for a minute as he cuddled the poodle up to his chest, bringing the phone closer to Vic-chan's sight and told his poodle to say hello to Phichit.
Phichit laughed upon the sight of a curious Vic-chan pawing at the phone in Yuuri's hand, before greeting the poodle with a warm greeting as well. Yuuri continue his conversation with Phichit for another few minutes before calling it quit seeing as it's almost time for Phichit's training session at DSC over at Detroit.
Once he ended his video call with Phichit, he dropped a text off to Viktor claiming that Viktor is now allowed to call him. While waiting for Viktor's call to come in, he text Kanade on Whatsapp and asks.
To Kanade: When is your flight back to Japan?
To Yuuri: I'm flying back later this afternoon, Detroit time – most likely will reach Japan the following day. Why do you ask? Do you want to come and pick me up at the airport?
To Kanade: *roll eyes* Nah… just double checking, since you did mention that you are going to do the list of events on Serizawa Sensei's schedule except he Nagoya Recital and the one that took place during exam week.
To Yuuri: Orz… don't remind me, I swear no one should spend their holiday breaks doing concert and recital events like I am going to do. A typical holiday break should involve relaxing and lazing around, not bustling about the island of Japan performing in recitals and concerts.
To Kanade: Serizawa's sensei list of events does not takes up the entire month though, there's one in Kyoto on 15th Dec and then 2 for Christmas in Kyushu area and the last one in my hometown – Hasetsu. It's hardly the entire holiday break, and if we were to compare schedule I think I will still be the winner. I am, after all, flying off to Russia Sochi three days later. I'm staying there for about one week, and then I'm flying back to Japan to spend another few days here at home in peace before traveling down to Hokkaido, Sapporo for the National Championship Tournament and then back to Hasetsu for the New Year Countdown event. Then, on 2nd January 2016 I'm flying back to Detroit for my last term with UNIKII.
To Yuuri: *Faint* Alright, you win again. So, what's up? I wasn't expecting you to text me at all over the holiday except when it's to check the repertoire lists for your performance. Seeing as you won't be joining in any event until the Hasetsu New Year Countdown party event… I'm going to take it as you have something to ask me, so shoot!
To Kanade: You're right to say that, I do have to ask you something. You remember that dance rehearsal video filmed before your senior concert? I have a friend whom mentions that he wish to watch my dance performance on a up-close scale and the only one available that I could think of is that informal dance rehearsal video. Is it okay for me to show him that?
To Yuuri: Ah… sure, do you need me to send you the video or do you still have it on your phone?
To Kanade: I still have it but I just want to check with you beforehand if it's okay if I send him that video, since it's a private rehearsal video…
To Yuuri: Go ahead, there's nothing confidential in that video anymore since we already did the official showcase.
To Kanade: Thanks, I guess I'll see you on 31st Dec in Hasetsu then.
Yuuri spend the next hour working on transferring the relevant videos from his phone memory into his laptop, and then making use the in-built DVD writer program he burn the videos into a DVD-R that he found in one of his drawer cabinet. He had a stack of DVD-R ready at hand at all times due to his earlier frequent need to send videos of his own performance to competitions organizers before these music competitions organizations finally approved the use of performance recorded and uploaded on YouTube for the audition stage.
When Viktor finally managed to call Yuuri, the Asian had already finished burning all the dance rehearsals videos he had on hand into the DVD-R ready to package it together with the rest of the official released concert DVDs he had found in a second-hand CDs store in Kyoto that he intended to give to the Russian as a Christmas/Birthday present. Aside from readying the gift for Viktor, he had already finished calling up Yuuko to double-confirm his booking of the rink session at Ice Castle Hasetsu.
"Sorry, Yuuri~ I couldn't call you earlier, I want to but I have to finish speaking with Yurio's home room teacher first." Viktor apologized over the phone connection.
"I see… but no worries, I wasn't just staring at the phone and waiting for you to call me. I did accomplished some things while waiting for your call as well, so its' fine. How did the meeting go?" Yuuri asks back in return, settling himself back in bed as he held the phone to his ear.
"It went well I think, Yurio did not react negatively so I think I didn't overstep my boundary? Basically, the entire meeting rotates around Yurio's future education path… it seems the home room teacher had caught wind of Yurio's intention to stop continuing his study to pursue a profession in figure skating. The home room teacher expresses her concerns over it, as she fears that without a proper education or qualification Yurio would be left without something to fall back on in an unforeseen situation. Not that she wants to jinx Yurio's career as a figure skater or anything, but her fears were not exactly unfounded. There are cases of figure skaters being involved in an accident during training and the injury was so severe that it totally ruins the skater's chance of going professional ever again. I think Yurio do understands it as well, hence he restrains himself from lashing out at the home room teacher." Viktor told Yuuri as he summarizes the entire meeting between him and Yurio's home room teacher.
"Okay, so what's Yurio's thought on it?" Yuuri prompted, trying to keep himself awake but it is a little hard to do so since it is late at night in Japan. Viktor had most likely forgotten about how Japan was six-hours ahead of Saint Petersburg, Russia again.
"Yurio just said he will think about it in front of his home room teacher but he insists upon that he will finish the year and graduate high school. Well, high school by Russia's standard – our elementary education is only four years, from 5th grade onwards its' considered secondary education. So, Yurio despite having being only 15 would be considered a high-school graduate by end of the year. After that he refuses to set foot in a campus ever again, that's his insistence." Viktor sighed in response, as he started fretting over Yurio's future with Yuuri listening on the other end of the phone connection.
"Well… there are always courses on-line that he could sign up and attend without stepping foot into campus grounds. You could always sound him out with this suggestion? He did say he will think about it in front of his home room teacher, and besides didn't our Yurio eventually pick up culinary skills after his retirement? I distinctly recalls him mention something about wanting to open a restaurant or was it a food stall selling fusion delicacy like the Katsudon-Pirozhki that his grandfather invented? Alternatively, he could always take a page out of your books and takes up coaching instead." Yuuri said as he let out a yawn, not bothering to hide it this time.
"You know what, I think you're right. I'll probably speak to Yurio about getting him to continue his studies at least on-line, so he won't be completely lost like he did back in our time when the time comes for his retirement." Viktor said after a minute of silence, and Yuuri only hummed sleepily in response.
"Viktor… I know you want to continue chatting with me but I'm too sleepy now to keep up with you. Can I call you back tomorrow afternoon instead? I'll try to call you before your training session." Yuuri told Viktor drowsily, his eyelids drooping as he voiced his words across the connection.
There was a pause on the other end of the line before a gasp was heard, followed by Viktor's gush of "I'm sorry Yuuri~~~ I didn't realize it was this late already. Do go ahead and sleep, I'll just wait for you to call me tomorrow morning. Good night, Yuuri and I love you."
"Love you too… good night." Yuuri murmured back before ending the connection and leaving the phone discarded where it was – by the side of his pillow and fell promptly asleep.
~ to be continued~
Date completed: 31/3/17.