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Chapter Sixteen: Viktor's Choice

"Prince Viktor, how lovely to see you again." King JJ greeted with a heinous look in his eyes as he glared at the Ice Prince.

"I would say the same for you, but I don't really feel like it." Viktor snapped, guarding Yuuri with his body as JJ and his pet circled around the two men.

"Wait... This is the wizard that cursed you?" Yuuri asked in a quiet tone. Even though he was scared, he was still very angry about what this wizard did to the man that he loved. Ruining his life just because he was afraid to no longer be beautiful. It made him want to do terrible things to this wizard.

"Yes, Yuuri." Viktor whispered back, holding onto Yuuri's hand tightly as if it was the only thing that would calm him down. "What do you want, JJ?"

"That's /King/ JJ to you, princey." The King snapped before calming himself down, making a little fire snake in his hand. "It has come to my attention that you haven't wanted to destroy yourself even though I cursed you and killed your family. It seems that you've found someone to carry on for. You /care/ about someone and they make you stronger."

Yuuri's eyes widened; Viktor found someone that made him stronger and made him want to keep living? Who would that person be? Wherever it was, he hoped to god it was him.

"And you know that I can't have that. If you are still in the way, I can't be the fairest one of them all." The King growled before throwing the large fire snake at them.

Yuuri let out a large scream and covered himself with his arms, expecting to be burned by the fire. But after a few seconds, nothing happened, which made the peasant look up. His eyes widened as he saw Viktor in front of him, a large ice wall protecting them from the flames.

"V-Viktor..." Yuuri squeaked out, his heart pounding again.

"Yuuri, go hide. Hide until this monster runs away." Was all Viktor said, not looking at the other. His tone was so different, however; It was darker and had a dangerous tone in his voice.

"B-but, Viktor, I-" Yuuri was cut off, wanting to say that he wanted to stay and help the silver haired man fight off this evil wizard.

"Yuuri, I can handle this! Just hide!" Viktor yelled before looking down at Yuuri with a slight fear in his eyes. "For me...?"

Yuuri's eyes widened at the fear, though it was obvious of what Viktor was afraid of. He was scared that Yuuri would get hurt by this dark King or even worse. The peasant nodded his head and stood up, running out of the scene and into the forest. But he stopped himself. Viktor told him to hide, but he didn't say where. So, Yuuri hid behind one of the large trees in the forest to watch the scene.

He watched as Viktor and JJ fought each other with the different elements they controlled. With so many tricks and throwing their different powers at each other, they were both equally matched with each other. JJ with his fire and Viktor with his ice, it was obvious that the two had learned too much in their spare time of being alone. But it wasn't long before Viktor finally knocked JJ down to the ground, blasting ice wind onto him.

JJ growled and stood up, a red glare in his eyes as he grabbed Seung-Gil's arm tightly. "Enjoy your final moments with your peasant boy! Because you won't have many left!" He yelled before disappearing into red mist with his pet.

Yuuri watched as Viktor stood there onto the ice pond before he heard him scream out, large ice spikes coming from the pond out of his anger. After many seconds of Viktor screaming, Yuuri watched as the prince wobbled back and forth, eventually falling onto the ice.

"Viktor!" Yuuri called out in fear, running towards the other male, making sure to avoid the ice spikes on the pond before leaning down to the silver haired prince, his costume all ripped and torn. He put his fingers on the other's neck, relaxing when he felt his heartbeat. He picked up Viktor, walking off the pond and looking down at him with a sad look. It was a pity, more like sadness.

"I'm so sorry that all this had happened to you, Viktor. I truly am. You deserve so much better than this..." Yuuri whispered as he walked them back home.

"Oh gosh! Yuuri, what happened?!" His mother cried out, running towards her son and his crush in his arms.

"I'll explain everything soon! We just need to get him to bed." Yuuri said in such calmness, as if the thought of Viktor being alright made him calm. True, Viktor did have cuts and some burns upon his skin, but at least he was alright and his heart was beating.

Yuuri's mother and Yuuri changed Viktor into some pajamas and covered his cuts and burns with some bandages and some lotion for them. Yuuri eventually explained to his mother what happened at the festival when they left the room for Viktor to rest.

"So, the wizard that cursed Viktor wanted to attack him? Why?" Yuuri's mother asked.

"I don't know. He said he wanted to be the fairest in the land and that means getting rid of Viktor. It scares me to know what else that King will do to him and me." Her son said with his voice shaking.

"Yuuri, I'm scared of what will happen to you and Viktor. What do you plan on doing now that you know that that man will come after you and Viktor?" She questioned in a worrisome tone.

Yuuri sighed out softly. "I don't know, mom. But all I know is that I'll gladly protect Viktor with my life. Even if I have to die for it."

Yuuri's mother gasped out in surprise. To think that her own son would die for a cursed royal made her feel scared. "Yuuri-"

"No, mom, I want to do this! I care so much about Viktor! I love him so much that I would gladly die for him in an instant! And I know that it's stupid and reckless of me, but I don't care." He said stubbornly, looking into the dark room where Viktor slept. "I love him..."

As soon as Yuuri left the hallway with his mother running behind him, Viktor was wide awake as he heard every word. Yuuri felt the same way about him? He loved him?

But even though he was very happy that Yuuri felt the same way that he did, the thought of Yuuri dying because of him made him scared even worse than he was today.

Then a dark thought came to his head; What if JJ killed Yuuri? The thought invaded Viktor's head like a parasite. He didn't want Yuuri to die just because of him. He knew there was only one way to prevent Yuuri's death at the hands of King JJ.

Viktor changed his clothes into a white puffy shirt and blue pants before grabbing some food. Thankfully everyone was asleep as he grabbed the food. One last stop before he left the home was Yuuri's room, who slept like a baby.

Viktor leaned down and petted Yuuri's hair gently. "Yuuri... Words cannot describe how much I love you and want you in my life. You're the only true person that has ever been important in my life. Thanks to you, you've become a better skater, Yurio's become a better person, and I've learned how to love again." He said as a tear slid down his cheek, "And I'm so sorry to do this for you, but I'm doing this to protect you. Just always remember that I love you, Yuuri."

And with those final words, Viktor placed a soft and loving kiss upon Yuuri's lips. Sparks began to fly in Viktor's stomach, but how he wished the kiss would be different. He pulled away after a moment. "Goodbye, Yuuri." He whispered with a crack in his voice.

He stood up, grabbed his things and began to leave the home of Yuuri and his family. Tears streamed down the Prince's face as a snow blizzard followed behind him out of anger and sadness. He didn't want to do this, but he didn't have a choice.

Soon enough, Yuuri awoke from his bed to see the note that Viktor left. He opened the note, reading it close before his eyes widened, beginning to sob out. "Viktor..." He whispered.

If you all could just imagine Viktor singing "Evermore" from the live action Beauty and the Beast" that would be appreciated, like really appreciated. Be warned that I only have a few more chapters of this fanfic and then I might upload my Undertale CherryBerry fanfic or maybe upload a story as I work on it - A Tododeku Phantom of the Opera Au, a Detroit Become Human Connor X Female! OC fanfic, or a Sansa Stark x Male! OC fanfic - You guys can decide for me if you want.