AN: Hello again! Here's the next chapter to this book. Posted on Monday, May 25, 2020. The main chapter portion of this update is only 854 words which is 42 words more than the shortest update on this book (this word count includes opening and closing notes) so that's a plus. Remember to review and enjoy. And thank you to all who have followed, reviewed, and favorited. I can't believe that two days from now on May 27th, 2020, we will hit the 1 year anniversary of this story (seriously, wow). Note that italics mean thoughts. Happy Reading! And Happy Memorial Day to those who celebrate it!

Tenth Skate:

Home

Haruhi's POV

"Let's go pack you up!" Kenjiro-nii said running up the stairs to what essentially is, or I guess it would be was, our floor in order to get to my...old room? I just silently follow up the stairs with Guang Hong Ji and Yuri Plisetsky who were told to help us by my soon to be new dads. Perhaps I should find out how to say dad in Russian to differentiate the two? Yeah that's a good plan.

When we got to the room I was able to order the boys around so they wouldn't miss anything. I packed my clothes into my rose red suitcase, Plisetsky-san packed my bedding into a spare box Ms. Isogai-san gave us, Guang Hong-san packed the books I had on the bookcase into my suitcase over my clothes, I had nii-san put my notebooks and pencil case into my backpack with my poodle plushie named Lady, and once we were all done packing that stuff up we carefully took down all the skating posters and put them in my rose red duffel bag where my ice skates are. I also grab the photos of my parents and place them in my suitcase too.

"Is that the last of it Fujioka-san?" Guang Hong Ji asked as he placed the last book into the suitcase. I nod. I didn't take much from my parents things last year, just their photos, the family photo albums, mommy's recipe book, and daddy's old brown sweater.

I carried my backpack down the stairs while nii-san carried my suitcase and the box of bedding and Guang Hong Ji carried my duffel bag after insisting to help carry it though I could have done that myself. Ms. Isogai-san was waiting at the bottom of the stairs with Yuuri and Victor, who were holding nii-san's two red duffel bags.

"Ready to go?," Victor asked. I nod after giving hugs goodbye to the boys in the orphanage and promising to see those that ice skate at Ice Castle. Yuuri Katsuki-Nikiforov leads the way to a black van that can seat six people comfortably and eight people at max. We put mine and nii-san's things in the trunk and Yuuri gets in the driver's seat. Victor is in the front passenger's seat. Yuri Plisetsky is in the backseat on the driver's side with Guang Hong Ji on the passenger side. Nii-san sat on on the seat between Yuri and Yuuri, and I took the seat between Guang Hong Ji and Victor.

The ride was pretty quiet for the most part. Victor was fawning over Yuuri while he was driving, Yuri was listening to music through his cat eared (?) headphones, Kenjiro-nii was fanboying over Yuuri, and Guang Hong Ji and I were taking the opportunity to get to know each other.

"How old are you Fujioka-san," he asked.

"I turned six on February 4th which was also the day I met Kenjiro-nii and he claimed me as his sister." I smile brightly at the memory. "Why do teddy bears get thrown on the ice after you skate?" I always wanted to know that. He seemed taken aback by the question, all of them did really. I guess the others were eavesdropping on us. "Everyone can answer if they want."

"I like teddy bears and my fans know that so seeing as skaters don't get a lot of time to meet all their fans the fans toss a soft gift or flowers onto the ice to show their support." The rest nod at his answer.

"My fans throw chicken nugget plushies, though the pillow is my favorite," Kenjiro-nii said.

"Mine threw Makkachin plushies. They are all adorable," Victor squealed.

"My fans tend to throw food plushies though I did see some Victor plushies amongst the last set, I need to go through those," Yuuri-san said focusing on driving again. Yuri scowled.

"They toss stuffed cats and stupid cat eared (?) headbands. I hate them. ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE STUPID THINGS LAND ON MY HEAD!," he said yelling at the end causing the rest of us to cover our ears.

"Please don't yell," Guang Hong Ji said. Yuri scowled and went back to his music just as the car came to a stop in front of Yutopia the only hot springs in Hasetsu.

"We're here," Yuuri-san said with relief. He was still visibly stressed but that can probably be contributed to the fact that he and Victor-san were only going to pick up Kenjiro-nii but ended up adopting me too and didn't have a chance to notify anyone. Nervous and full of trepidation, I put a smile on my face and exit the car. Guang Hong Ji insisted on helping me with my things again so he was carrying my box and duffel bag while I carried my backpack and suitcase. Yuuri-san went inside with Yuri, probably to explain what's going on, before the rest of us. We walked in and the first feeling that came to mind was home, something I never thought I'd feel again. Can you believe it mommy and daddy? I finally got a new home.

AN2: Final word count is 1,016. Thanks for reading! ~lumigo