Chapter 2

Victor woke up the next morning to the persistent buzzing of his alarm and a cold bed. He reached over and seized his phone, being momentarily blinded by the obnoxiously bright screen, and tapped the snooze button. Once his eyes had adjusted to the brightness, he glanced at the time and saw that it was 6AM which meant that Yurri had probably gotten up at about 5 to go for his usual morning run and would be back in a few minutes. With a groan, Victor dragged himself out of bed and groggily made his way into the bathroom for a much needed morning shower. Makkachine who was asleep at the end of the bed momentarily woke up and watched as his owner disappeared through the bathroom door before putting his head back down and falling into an insta snooze.

"Ahhhhh, tak-to luchshe!" Victor sighed with relief as the warm water ran over him, washing away the sticky sweat that had accumulated on his skin the night before as a result of a busted air conditioner. "I should really get that fixed," the thought to himself. He stood under the warm water for another few minutes before grabbing the shampoo and lathering it into his hair. He chuckled to himself softly as the watched the soap run down his arms and shoot off the end of his elbows in long range streams. By the time he was done in the bathroom, Yurri had gotten home from his run and was cooking breakfast. Walking out, victor was hit in the face by the delicious aroma of a traditional Japanese breakfast. "Yurri love, that smells absolutely amazing!"

"Ah Victor, I was just about to come and get you." Realizing what his husband had just said, the younger man blushed and went back to setting the table. Pleased with the he reaction he got from the compliment, Victor strode up behind Yurri and wrapped his arms around his waist making his already pink cheeks turn crimson. Placing his head on Yurri's shoulder, he watched as the love of his life tried extremely hard to set the table without turning into a flustered mess, but was failing miserably. Finally giving up he allowed Victor to turn him around and place a tender kiss on his lips. Yurri leaned into the kiss wanting to make it more intimate but suddenly Victors phone rang making both him and Victor jump in surprise. Victor took his phone out of his pocket and saw that Yurio's name was flashing across the screen. Smirking at Yurri's pouting face, Victor pressed the green phone and put the phone to his ear only to pull it away again quickly as Yurio screeched into the receiver essentially almost bursting his eardrum.

"OI BASTARD WHEN THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO GET YOUR LAZY ASS OVER HERE AND TEACH ME MY NEW ROUTINE?"

Looking over at the clock by the fridge, Victor noted that it was already 7.45. "Good morning to you too Yurio. I'll be there in a few minutes; we just finished breakfast."

" You'd better be, AND I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME YURIO!"

" But it's such a cute nickname," Victor whined with innocence lacing his words. Before he could say anything more, the phone was cut and a monotone beeping could be heard through the receiver. Placing the phone back into his pocket, Victor leaned towards Yurri and stole a chaste kiss before smiling at him. "His royal Ice Tiger has requested that I make an appearance at once so I'll go on ahead."

"Alright, I'll meet you there I just have to have a quick shower," Yurri said. With that, Victor left and headed for Hasetsu Ice Castle.