AN: OMG. 3,885 words. (O_O') How is this possible? Also yay another update finally completed! I just want to say thank you for all the support and I am grateful for all of the favorites, follows, and reviews. All reviews are good reviews so please leave some. Also I am debating if I should cross post this on my other fanfiction sites, but who knows. I would also like to wish Otabek Altin a very happy birthday on this spooky October 31st, 2019, and everyone else a Happy Halloween! (Be glad I didn't wait until Yuuri's birthday to post this as it was a major consideration.) To be clear /italics/ is what is happening on the video stream. Anyway enjoy!
Seventh Skate:
Victuuri Wedding Stream
Minami's POV
"Hey Guang Hong Ji," I say with a smile as fellow skaters around me freak out. He hasn't changed a bit since we talked last. He even had a second laptop behind him clearly showing the Victuuri Wedding Stream in full screen mode.
"Wèi," he said in return, "I see you got that viewing party you wanted." His smile could almost be classified as a grin.
"Yeah," I replied, "isn't it great? All my new rink mates are here too!"
Guang Hong Ji looked around the screen. "That is cool, but which ones are they?" I looked around. Haruhi was staring at the screen in shock, Yukimura Hikaru was clinging to his twin tightly, Kimura Mimura was gaping like a fish, Maehara Daichi had fainted, and Terasaka Ryou looked to be barely holding back from squealing. Yeah I think I'll just introduce them later when their less likely to faint.
"I'll do introductions later. Also did they say anything about how long it would take for them to get you?" He nodded.
"They said that the process was complicated so I don't know," Guang Hong Ji said bashfully. It was then that another melody came through the phone answering showed a split screen of Guang Hong Ji and Yuri Plisetsky.
"Sup losers," Yuri said with his signature scowl. He was wearing a black suit with a rich blue and light purple, long tie with many formally dressed people in the background.
"Wèi Plisetsky Yuri," Guang Hong Ji replied.
"Konnichiwa Plisetsky-chan," I say. I wonder if he knows anything. "Me and Guang Hong Ji were just talking about the rumors going around. What about you? Have you heard anything about them?"
Yuri glared. "Are you talking about the stupid ones guessing at the pig's and old man's plans for after this dumb party?"
Both me and Guang Hong Ji share a look before nodding. Yuri sighed at our answer mumbling something kin to imbeciles not minding their own business with a lot of bad language thrown in. Ms. Isogai-san would wash his mouth with soap and proceed to ground him for a month if she heard him talking like that before he could even say no. I banish the thought while containing my laughter at the image of Yuri being forced to hold a bar of soap in his mouth while the stricter side of Ms. Isogai-san lectured him three ways to Sunday.
"They already got the citizenship for China that the pig thought would be helpful to have when they get Guang Hong Ji. They signed his custody papers earlier today and I hear that Seung-gil Lee is going to be dropping them off in China on his way back to South Korea. The only thing that's left for them to get custody of me is to simply sign the stupid forms and get them mailed back to Russia so they can be filed. Your's are going to be signed and sent with Yuko-san when her family goes back tomorrow. They planned to spend three days in Detroit before picking me up from Russia and flying to China for Guang Hong Ji. They say they'll stay there for two days before flying the four of us to Japan and taking a train to Hasetsu to get the chicken nugget and spend time with the Katsukis. Anything after that is up in the air." Yuri shrugged when saying that last line. I think I heard some of the kids whine when they heard I was going to be adopted soon. It saddened me to know that they came to like me so much. On the other hand, I'm excited to know even just a little bit of what the future holds for me. Terasaka-kun was about to say something but the stream started before he could speak.
Third Person POV (wow haven't seen this in a while)
/"Heeello, people! It's Phichit Chulanont and I'm here streaming the wedding of the century!"/ Yuri ends his call, leaving just Guang Hong Ji on the line. /"As you all are no doubt aware, my bestest friend in the whole wide world Yuuri Katsuki is finally getting married to his long time crush, the figure skating God, Victor Nikiforov! That's right folks we're here in Barcelona, Spain and this… Is… THe… VICTUURI WEDDING STREAM! I'll be filming the entire thing as well as the couple's first skate as husbands for life and they agreed to answer five of the most asked about questions before taking off on a honeymoon. So get typing and here we go~!" The camera gets turned around revealing Victor dressed in a fuschia tailcoat jacket with black slacks and shoes. A blue cornflower and two fuschia freesia flowers were wired to an iridescent blue peacock feather was pinned to the lapel of the jacket over the heart. The scene continues for a few seconds before the music changes from the Piano Concerto that Yuri Plisetsky skated to, to the American bridal march. This must have been a cue to turn the camera because it swiveled around to show Yuuri walking down the aisle wearing a midnight blue version of Victor's tailcoat jacket and similar black pants and shoes, with the only noticable difference being the black Rolex watch on his left wrist, after Axel, Loop, and Lutz who were tossing blue and fuschia flower petals and wearing identical midnight blue dresses with fuschia sashes around the waist that reached their knees and black flats.
The ceremony took all of thirty minutes before they finally got to the point where those watching were in tears or trying to hold in their squeals. The pastor announced that the couple wrote their own vows and told Yuuri to go first.
"Victor," he began, "I can't tell you how much you mean to me. When we met, I was going through a rough time and decided to quit skating. But, then you came. A secretly made video posted by the three triplet girls, I see as my nieces, and there you were relaxing at my family's hot springs in Hasetsu. After that, everything was good, no amazing.
I was really worried that you would leave when Yurio randomly showed up and then that whole Hot Springs on Ice fiasco happened and we saw that car wreck and teamed up to keep the little girl that just saw her parents die calm and I was barely keeping it together, but you stayed by me. In any break down I had, you stood by me. I don't really know what to say about everything that happened, but I know that I love you. I may be anxious, and hard on myself, but you keep me above the current of self doubt. I can't wait to see what the future holds, as long as you stand by me."
Those around clap and or cry until the pastor told those in attendance to calm down. It took a minute for cry to quiet down enough for Victor to say his vows.
"Yuuri Katsuki, you are my muse, my light, my inspiration, my love, and my world. The world was dull until we met. Your passion and determination drew me too you, not to mention how talented you are. You put up with all my crazy whims and support me in my endeavors with little argument. I was an ice skating robot, but you taught me how to feel again. You've made me cry, laugh, and smile more than anyone else ever has. You rejuvenated my creativity and my love of skating. You never stop surprising me and after this we can keep surprising the world together. I will forever be honored to be your husband just as I hope you will be honored to be mine." That caused a fresh wave of tears for the next ten minutes. The pastor calmed everyone down again and had the couple exchange the silver engraved rings they selected for each other before pronouncing them spouses for life and giving them the okay to kiss. Surprising everyone, Yuuri pulled Victor into a French kiss while dipping him./ Most of the orphans ew in disgust and try to block the sight while Minami and Haruhi cry tears of joy in each other's arms at the site and Guang Hong Ji squeezes a bear one of his fans gave him after his mom died. /A lot of cheering could be heard at the spectacle.
The newlyweds got in a car and so did the camera and the man behind it. "So what's the first thing you're going to do, Mr. Yuuri Katsuki-Nikiforov?" You could hear the teasing tone in Phichit's voice. The camera was right in Yuuri's face. His expression was contemplative.
"I don't know," he replied looking at Victor, "Vicchan wouldn't tell me. I tried to look at Russian wedding traditions, but the only one they let me in on was the 'ransom' one. The others wouldn't let me research any others." Victor and Yuri, who was also in the limo, grinned smugly. "So, Vitya, what ARE we doing?" An eyebrow was quirked in Victor's direction. The camera turned to get a better angle of those present. Victor just looked at Yuri Plisetsky who rolled his eyes with a shake of his head his grin turning into a smirk.
"Well seeing as the old man is stupid, he's probably taking the four of us on the Grand Road Trip as it's called."
"Why you think that little Yuri?" Phichit asked. Yuri glared at him.
"One, never call me that again or I'll cut you with my knife shoes and two, because I was the one that told him about it."
"That just makes me question how you knew about it," Yuuri says.
Yuri rolls his eyes again. "A girl at school's sister was getting married back when I was 13 and told her to invite her whole class. It just so happened that I was stuck in that hell hole that day and got an invite. I really did not want to go, but it turned out that the couple getting married were both big fans of mine."
"Whoa, did they know you got invited?" Phichit interrupted.
"YES, now don't interrupt. Anyway, they were excited when they saw the invitation in my hand when Yakov and Dedushka came get me after school. They walked up and practically begged for me to be there. Yakov and Dedushka were there so I couldn't just blow them off and leave. I had to play nice, so I told them I had practice that day and couldn't go but they apparently tracked my schedule somehow and told me so too. I was getting pissed off and was this," he held two fingers about half an inch apart, "close to yelling at them, but Dedushka said that I was planning on doing something with him that day, to counter that they said that all invited guess get a plus one and would be more than happy to have him go as well. Yakov must have just about had it because he was the one to tell them that I wasn't going to go, which caused the losers to start crying like a bunch of babies. He then told them that if they came to the rink after the wedding while on their Grand Road Trip, I'd skate a program to a song that they chose with any jumps they had in mind.
I was going to protest but they said that would be great as long as I did a quad salchow in the program to the song Perfect Two. Which by the way is one of the worst songs I ever had to skate to. The only saving grace was that Yakov had to let me do the quad. Which I was stoked about. The wedding turned out to be the next day so I literally practiced all night and day to get that routine done. By the time they got to the rink I had may be only 2 or so hours of sleep. I had to get ready in a costume that was white with black accents and looked like a tuxedo in under five minutes because I was taking a nap just as they arrived.
The program was perfect and they had me autograph a poster they brought along with them while telling me what they saw on their road trip. That's why I learned about the Grand Road Trip tradition that causes newlyweds and a few of their closest friends and family to travel around the city visiting every major landmark of the city they're in." Yuuri nodded it made sense after all. After that it was a lot of driving around in the limo and scenery from around Barcelona./ Minami took the time to introduce everyone to Guang Hong Ji. /Until they got to the ice rink that was used for the Barcelona Grand Prix Final that was decked out in many shades of blue, purple, and fuschia.
Upon entering they saw Otabek Altin working the DJ booth. When he spotted Victor and Yuuri he grabbed a mic, turned the music down, and said into the mic like a MC of an ice skating competition, "Ladies and gentlemen, give a warm welcome to the new Mr. Yuuri Katsuki-Nikiforov and Mr. Victor Nikiforov-Katsuki, aka, the now married, VICTUURI!" There was a large cheer and a lot of screaming could be heard too as the couple was led to a raised platform that was previously used for the judges table. Yuuri shook his head at the extravagant way Victor and their friends executed one of the Japanese wedding traditions that he knew about.
Phichit was close to the Russian skate family and it was easy for the camera to pick up the conversation. "Everyone was informed?" Yuri asked in a whisper.
"Yeah," Mila whispered back.
"This is gonna be good," Yuri replied with a mischievous smirk. Then it happened, Chris toasted to Victuuri's happy life and fabulous wedding. Everyone toasted as well and took a sip of their drink, but the Russian skate family and the ones they told of the tradition all gave a shout of "Gorko!" Victor laughed and whispered something to Yuuri before kissing him. The second their lips made contact Phichit started counting the seconds along with everyone around him. The couple stopped after five minutes that caused people to scream again.
After everyone ate Chris took to the mic yet again and gave a good eight minute speech on the newlyweds and how he sees them both on their own and together, how awesome it is to be celebrating his best friend's marriage on his birthday, bringing a few to tears or laughter along the way, and wishes them the best of luck. Then a few others took the mic saying a few words each before Phichit (who had given the camera to Mila) took it.
Phichit described everything he knew about the couple. He told the whole story with great detail and when he finished a symphony of sound rebounded through the rink (and anywhere else that people were watching the stream).
Through the noise, Otabek took the mic again. "Settle down." Gradually, the guests followed the instructions. "Before we allow the couple to have their first skate," a few people chuckle at that, "a few who really wanted to come sent a few videos to show their support. After the videos, food will be served while clips of a before wedding tradition in Russia are played, the couple of honor will do their skate, and finally the ice will be opened to all. If you're going to do a jump warn those around you about what type you will be doing so they can give you the proper space to do so safely. I'll be taking care of any and all music requests, except for any request for the Theme of King JJ as the couple said that was not to be played at all. With that let's get this party started."
The screen that was over the rink came to life to show Guang Hong Ji and Leo de la Iglesia were shown to be sitting together at a park. "Wèi/Hola," Guang Hong Ji and Leo said at the same time. They looked at each other and chuckled a little. "Congratulations on your wedding," Guang Hong Ji says, "sorry I couldn't make it but I'm sure you are having a blast. Hope you stop by China sometime soon but until then have fun. Zàijiàn!" Both Leo and Guang Hong Ji wave as the video goes black.
The screen fills with color a second time showing Kenjiro Minami standing on the ice of Ice Castle Hasetsu. He waved enthusiastically./ Those sitting with him at the orphanage eye him suspiciously. /"Hi everyone! Congrats on your new marriage, Victuuri! I'm so happy for you guys! I wanted to do something special for you since I couldn't go so I thought of everything I could to be unique. In the end, after begging a few people to help me, I made this for you. I choreographed the routine all by myself! The girl in the video is Fujioka Haruhi. She's only six and has been my imōto-chan since I got to the orphanage. The fact that this is only her second, now third, year of skating is amazing. Anyway enjoy!"
The video cut to Minami standing just slightly off set from the center of the rink with a brown haired girl standing on the right of him. She had her arms crossed while his were opened as though to hug her. Then the music started playing. He skated forward as she spun to the side. They seemed to dance to the music and as the music picked up the two did synchronized combination spins that transitioned to a single toe loop before the music calmed down again. They skated side by side for a bit before they grabbed hands. Minami swung Haruhi up onto his shoulders and used the momentum to do a simple but fast spin before Haruhi used his hands as a base to do a handstand.
She pushed off his hands and landed on the ice pulling off a sit spin before skating away. Minami took the backwards glide her stunt caused and turned it into the entrance of his triple Lutz. They skated past each other doing a neat step sequence. Then the music built. At the climax of the song Minami performed a triple flip while Haruhi performed a, slightly over rotated, triple axel. They synchronized their skating again as they came together at the center of the rink where Minami gave Haruhi a hug as the song, and video ended.
Cheers erupted from every where at the amazing performance. The rest of the stream went exactly how Otabek and Phichit said it would./
Many of the orphans were asleep by now or at least half way there, except Minami and Haruhi, but they shot up when they heard something that they all wanted an answer to.
/"Okay spill," Phichit said, "there are five questions that people are dying to know the answers to. First, what does your marriage mean to your skating careers? Two, are you going to adopt Yuri Plisetsky, Kenjiro Minami, and Guang Hong Ji? Three, are there any more pets, besides Makkachin in the future? Four, how big do you think your family should be? And finally, would you train all your kids to figure skate?" Yuuri seemed to contemplate his answers while Victor just grinned.
"Well," Victor said, "the second question is a yes." Yuuri nodded.
"Definitely," he said, "most of the paperwork is already done with and we're planning to stop at each of the orphanages they stay at to pick them up before traveling to see the seven wonders of the world./ Many of the orphans cry around Minami sad to know that he's going to leave so soon. /"The third wouldn't be so bad, besides doesn't Yurio have a cat? I don't think he'd get rid of one of the last things his grandfather ever gave him."
"Plus," Victor chimed in, "another pet would give Makkachin a playmate!" Yuuri rolled his eyes at Victor's extra-ness. "That last one is easy too. Of course the kids will learn to skate! Why wouldn't they?" A lot of people laughed at that.
Yuuri answered a question next. "I don't think that us being married will affect our careers too much. I mean why should it when that was what brought us together in the first place." Victor hugged Yuuri and nodded enthusiastically at his words. "As for how big our family is going to be. I don't know just those three would be enough for me. If that changes then ok, but yeah three's the limit for now."
Victor pouted before giving a different response, "I say what's the harm in large families? I personally would like to have eight kids, but I agree with Yuuri that three is good for now. After all why rush? Yuuri and I have eternity to spend together we don't need to have such a large family so soon. We'll see how it goes and enjoy every moment." All around people awed.
"Well party's wrapping up but before you go Mila has one more surprise for you," Phichit said turning the camera to Mila.
She smiled. "My family does this tradition all the time. All you have to do is take a bite of bread. It's said that the spouse who takes the larger bite, is the head of the household." She held two identical breads in front of the couple. Yuuri shrugged before doing as told while Victor did so with no hesitation. A close up of the bread showed one with a significantly bigger bite out of it than the other.
Phichit chuckled, "Looks like Yuuri is the one that wears the pants in the relationship." Many laughed at the remark after all it is is a well known fact that Yuuri is the only one that can actually talk Victor out of doing something impulsively with high rate of success. Then good byes were said as the newlyweds left and Phichit turned the camera back to himself.
"Well everyone, that's the end of this live stream. I hope you had a good time because I know I did. Bye!"/ The screen finally went black, but for those in the TV room of the Hatsetsu Orphanage many didn't notice having fallen asleep earlier. Minami and Haruhi were the only two saw when the stream ended at 12:28 am the next morning. They both yawned and went to sleep themselves, after Minami turned the TV off, snuggling into each other's arms peacefully.
AN2: thank you for reading and I hope you liked the ice routine I put together. It was my first time writing something like that so I hope it seems like something someone would do on the ice. I don't figure skate personally so any criticism and critics on it would be much appreciated. I hope the wedding was detailed enough for you. Sorry for any OOCness for any character, except Yurio (Yuri) as I explained my reasoning for toning down his language, I try my best to stay true to the Canon character. I even researched a few words in Chinese for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed this sweet Halloween treat. See you next time ~lumigo
P.S. did you know that if you read both the ANs in full along with the chapter you would have read 4,169 words?
