Victor sat beside the exam bed in the doctor's office hoping for good news. He smiled at Yuri who thankful was no longer pale.
"Are you still feeling better?" Victor asked, taking Yuri's hand.
"I feel fine, really." Yuri replied, placing his free hand on top of Victor's.
The door clicked open and the doctor entered, greeting them with a smile.
"So, Yuri, you look like you're doing better, how are you feeling?" She asked taking the stethoscope from around her neck.
"I feel fine." He said allowing her to place the cold metal piece on his chest. There were several seconds of silence. Victor waited patiently, watching The woman complete her examination
"Everything sounds good,your vitals were normal and you have no fever." She said skimming through the chart and quickly writing notes.
"You've recovered very well, Yuri." She said. "Not all my patients improve this quickly, usually they still have a cough or are just not completely themselves yet, but they do show significant improvement. Whatever you're doing Victor, it seems to have worked." Victor shrugged.
"I didn't really do much except show him how precious he is to me and make sure he had medicine."
"Well, Yuri seems to be in good health, so I won't keep you. Just take it easy the next couple of days. Other than that you two can be on your way." Victor and Yuri thanked her and were soon on their way home. The men didn't speak on the journey back, Victor merely held Yuri close to him, elated by Yuri's exam results.
When the couple arrived, they were greeted by Makkachin, who wagged his tail and nudged their hands.
"Hey Makkachin." Yuri greeted, bending down to pet the Dog. "You're always such a good boy.' The skater praised as Victor joined them, placing his arms around them both.
" Yes, he's our good boy." Yuri turned to him.
"Our?"
"Of course, if we're getting married everything I have is yours too , I love you so much, I'll even share Makkachin with you. The three of us are going to be a family." He said softly.
Yuri rested his head on Victor's shoulder.
"Since you feel so much better, I wanted to talk to you about something. I think we should have our wedding-"
"Victor, we haven't even told anyone yet, aren't you getting a little ahead of yourself?" Yuri pointed out.
"Of course not, we'll go see your parents this weekend and you can tell them while we're there. We'll take Makkachin with us. It'll be our first official family trip." The excitement in Victor's voice quickly chased away the slight nervousness that came to Yuri when he thought of telling his family on such short notice.
"I'll call them and see if this weekend is good for them. I'm sure it won't be a problem. "
"Good. It'll be fun. We can invite them while we're there. Have you given any thought to switching to pairs, I-"
"That's not a good idea, I told you."
"Oh Yuri, you're doing it again."
"Doing what?"
"Being too hard on yourself. I have all the faith in the world that you would be amazing. Besides, I have this idea , and before you say anything, just hear me. I've already given a lot of thought to our wedding, but it really does depend on the decision you make. We should have it on the ice just before the competition starts and that way our first dance-"
"We can't do that, people watch it on TV." Yuri protested.
"You skate in front of the camera all the time, it'll be fun. Just think, our first dance could get us a big score. If we bring home the gold, wouldn't that make it even more incredible, but most of all, I want to show the world how much I love you. You know you want to say yes." Yuri shook his head.
"Wouldn't you rather have a more private wedding, just some family and friends?" Victor wrapped his arms around Yuri nuzzling him lovingly.
"But Yuri, no one would be expecting us to do something like this, it'll be beautiful, we'll have red roses, and drinks later, why settle for a more traditional one when we can look back on it and say we had a unique day that was all our own, please Yuri, think about it." Yuri rested his forehead against Victor's.
"Well, I do owe you at least one more year out there since you had to pull me out. Maybe...maybe it wouldn't be so bad." Victor pressed his soft lips to Yuri's, he quickly deepened the kiss. Yuri wrapped his arms around the older man's neck, his slender fingers finding their way to the strands of silver.
"I missed this." Victor said softly after they parted.
"Me too." Yuri admitted. Makkachin nudged his way between them, wagging happily. Victor patted the dog's head.
"We didn't forget you Makkachin, we love you too." Content with the reply, Makkachin settled himself on the floor once more. Victor looked to the clock on the wall.
"I'd better go start dinner, you-"
"I can do that, you've been taking care of me for-" Victor silenced him with a kiss before standing up.
"The doctor said to take it easy, it's fine. I told you, I love taking care of you and you'll be busy anyway,you have a call to make."
A/N Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this. I enjoyed sharing it with you. I hope you enjoyed it just as much.