The next morning Yuuri wasn't feeling much better. He didn't get much sleep that night, his anxiety was running rampant. He kept thinking that somehow he would single handily screw up Alex's life. That he would screw up and Viktor would blame him and leave. Yuuri really didn't want to deal with these intrusive thoughts. Yuri was doing alright. Yes, he had a scrapple with that bully, but he was fine now. His skating was improving and he had some really nice friends. But still, he worried. They all got up early so that they could get things for Alex before having to be at the rink. Yuuri went downstairs to get breakfast going while Viktor was given the task of waking up Alex and the impossible task of removing their teenager from his bed. Alex was easy to get up. They ran downstairs and Yuuri helped them get situated at the table. Yuri was another story. It took 15 minutes, a glass of ice water, and manual labour to remove the teen from his bed. And even than Yuri looked half dead at the table.

"Yuri, were you up all night talking to Otabek?"

"Um… maybe." Yuuri gave him a stern look while placing a bowl of oatmeal and bananas in front of Yuri.

"Who's Otabek?" asked Alex

"He's my boyfriend." Yawned Yuri. Alex just nodded and everyone continued to eat their food. Once done, they all got dressed and piled into the car to go get things for Alex. They first stopped to get some more clothes for them. They let Alex pick what they wanted. Dinosaurs seemed to be a favourite. That being said, dinosaurs are awesome and neither parent could argue that fact. Once that was done they went up to the bedding section of the store to get some better sheets and blankets. Once again they had a dinosaur motif etched onto the fabric. Next was the paint store. At the moment, the walls in Alex's room were beige. Yuuri and Viktor wanted to give them a more personalized room. They picked out shades of green and brown. "Like a tree!" said Alex excitedly. The last stop on their morning adventure was the toy store. When they walked in Alex was awestruck. They had never seen so many toys ever. Yuuri and Viktor had to keep a hold on their hands to keep them from bolting. Alex was overjoyed and felt so loved. Their new family was doing all this for them.

"Alex, why don't you go with Yuri to get a stuffed animal? We'll be right back alright." Said Viktor as he kneeled down to their height.

"Ya Alex lets go get a stuffy for you." And with that Yuri took Alex's hand and they walked over to the stuffed animals.

"Yuri, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"Are you my brother now?" Yuri thought for a second.

"I guess you are." He smiled.

"Can I ask you another question?"

"Ok."

"What do I call our parents? They're both boys. If I call them both daddy their gunna get confuused!" Yuri let out a small laugh. The kid had a point.

"Well, we call Yuuri Chichi. That's the informal Japanese for dad. And we call Viktor papa." Explained Yuri.

"Ok. Can we pick a stuffy now?" Yuri laughed as they made their way to pick out a stuffed animal. Alex ended up picking out two. A T-Rex patterned with blue and white polka dots, and a super soft tiger. When they met up with Yuuri and Viktor, Alex went running towards them.

"Papa, Chichi! Look what I picked out!" The two men looked surprised at what Alex had called them. They hadn't been expecting that. Viktor picked them up as the checked out and made their way to the car.

"Tank you very much Chichi, papa."

"It's no problem sweetie. Why don't you pick out some toys to play with while we're at the rink, alright?"

"Ok papa."

When they arrived at the rink the family they got out of the car and made their way to the change room. Practice was going to be interesting for sure. Normally they would all be out on the ice with everyone taking a turn to play music. Now one of them had to keep an eye on Alex at all times. After about 15 minutes of practice, they quickly realized that Alex wasn't going to be a problem. They were sitting there playing with their Legos and stuffed animals. Practice went well with Yuri being the first to finish up both his programs. It was a productive night.

Unfortunately, the day wasn't over yet. After a quick meal, the family had to make the 45-minute drive from the south to the north end. They had to make their way up to Canada Olympic Park for a photo shoot and to have a meeting with a representative from Skate Canada. Alex was already looking tired so when they arrived Viktor had to carry them in.

"Welcome you three! Let's get this show on the road. My name is Gordon Flannigan and I'm your representative from Patinage Canada. And who's this little sleeping beauty?"

"This is Alex, our youngest." Commented Viktor.

"Well let's get you decked out so we can get your pictures done."

They all got dressed into their official Team Canada gear as well as their new team jackets. This really made things official. This was their new start. Yuri didn't look too phased. Viktor looked ecstatic. Yuuri looked a bit apprehensive. This was new. But he felt accepted Alex slept on the small couch in the studio. Each skater took a few individual photos for the team roster as well as some photos for magazines. Viktor and Yuuri did some lovey-dovey photos. As well they did a few family pictures minus Alex. Once they wrapped up and got changed they made their way to the conference room for their meeting. They discussed how the training and Olympic workshops would work and their expectations for being on the team. They talked about sponsorships and the upcoming season as well as their music choices. The biggest question on the table was how on Earth the whole coaching situation would work at competition.

"Well, Yuuri and I coach Yuri. I coach Yuuri and he coaches me!" explained Viktor.

"I think for clarities sake if all three of you are at a competition we'll have a representative there to help you guys out."

"Sounds good to me." Commented Yuuri. They all talked and joked for a while longer before the family had to leave to tuck the tired toddler into bed.

And so time passed. Yuuri was beginning to get more comfortable with Alex running around the house and the rink. He even took it upon himself to read to them every night. After 8 days an officer from CFS came to make sure things were going smoothly. They got the all clear and way too much paperwork to fill out. Practice continued and Yuuri and Viktor began to look for a school for Alex. Even though it was still June, it's never too early to start. Final the end of June rolled around and it was Alex's first birthday with their new family. Viktor had gone a bit overboard with everything. Currently, their house was covered in everything dinosaur related. Even the pancakes that were made for breakfast sort of resembled dinosaurs. That is if the dinosaurs were drowning in a pit of batter. Yuuri was on wake up duty that day. He seemed to be the best at actually getting Yuri out of bed. Alex was super-duper excited for their big day. They all went out to the water park for the day and got ice-cream. When they got back home it was time for cake and presents. Alex couldn't be more thankful for their new family. Their Chichi and Papa had gotten them all sorts of new toys, books, and clothes. They even got a new suitcase for all the traveling they would have to do. Yuri got them a tiger stuffy and a big book on cats and dinos!

"We have one more surprise for you Alex!" exclaimed Viktor. Yuuri went out of the room and brought back a large box covered in glittery blue paper. Alex tore into it with a frenzy only known to small children. When they open the box they squealed and ran over to hug heir dads. Inside the box were a pristine pair of children's figure skates. Truly it was a special gift.

"I can slide on the ice just like you now!" After that excitement was a special dinner of Katsudon and a super tasty cake. As well with everything being official and the adoption papers being worked through, they could post a few little pictures on social media.

v-katnik happy birthday to my sweet little Alex. you're so grown up.

y-katnik happy 5th birthday to our youngest child Alex! Just as fierce as a dinosaur.

yuri-plisetsky happy birthday to the best sibling ever. Alex, you make the best little tiger.

Their fans went nuts. The only people who knew were Otabek, Yuuri's family, and Yuri's friends. Yuuri had to spend time calming down Phichit.

"Yuuri! How could you not let me know you had another kid man?! I thought we were besties?!"

All in all, it was a good day. And hopefully, there would be more to come.

Yay! New chapter. So just a heads up the upload schedule will be a bit funky for a bit. I'm trying to write a bunch of chapters before camp starts so that I can just upload and go on days where I'm exhausted after work. See you soon –Shadows