'Eros! Eros! Where are you my love?'

Eros woke up in a cold sweat having the same nightmare; hearing Psyche call for him but never finding her.

"What am I to do?" Eros said as he extended his golden wings, really wanting to just fly out the window though he couldn't risk it.

He looked at the nightstand and saw the golden necklace and gauntlet only reminding of his past and the lie he's been living.

'Yuri Katsuki never existed' he thought to himself as he rubbed his eyes. Ever since he regained his memories he's been haunted by nightmares of his lover, wondering if he'd ever be able to see him again. Right now he had a little over a week to see if he's ever met her throughout his nearly 24 years on the planet.

Just as he was about to get up he heard his phone ring and the brightness light up some of the room. A photo of Phichit with his hamsters greeted him as he swiped to answer, forgetting to check the type of call it was.

" Phichit what are you doing up so early, its like 4 A.M for me?" he asked, rubbing his eyes once more. If the slight glow illuminating his hand said anything, his eyes were probably golden right now.

" You mind turning on the lights? I can't see your obviously sleepy face" Phichit joked

' Ah must have been a video chat' Eros thought before turning on the lamp next to his bed

" Ah there's that beautiful face!" Phichit laughed before abruptly stopping, seemingly staring at something behind Eros

" Is everything okay Phichit?"

"Y-yeah, I'm at the rink right now but I think the lights and the ice are messing with me" the Thai man laughed once more before getting a concerned look on his face

" So i heard about what happened from Seung Gil, are you okay Yuri?"

' I'm not Yuri' Eros wanted to reply but he knew that the human did not know this and didn't want him to be concerned in business that wasn't his.

" Yeah, as okay as this sorta thing can be. My injury is pretty much gone now, all we have to do is see when the competition will be continued. Rumors say that it'll be some time this week" he replied with a smile Yuri used often.

" That's not what I meant Yuri Katsuki. I asked if you were okay, not if you'd be able to skate", Phichit said using an authoritative voice, " you're my best friend and I'm worried. Call it paranoia or something but my Yuri instincts began tingling and that obviously means something is up"

Eros didn't know what to do; he could come clean to the human whom he shared lots of fond memories with or he could just lie. Both were just but he didn't know which to choose.

" Well to be completely honest I-I…" Eros began, feeling as though Yuri had overpowered him and was speaking instead. " Things could be better. I've been doing a lot of thinking"

" About what?" Phichit asked in a soft voice

" W-what if I'm not the one for Viktor" he blurted out " What if he meets someone else and just stays with me because of pity? What if- if I meet someone else? I don't want to break his heart…"

" There's something else too, isn't there?" Phichit said as though reading his mind

"... What if the attack was a sign? Maybe I should just retire while I have the chance…" now Eros knew this wasn't exactly what concerned him but it was the easiest way to explain to Phichit without going through the whole backstory of his drama filled bet.

" That's bullshit Yuri" Phichit began " So what if there are hateful people in the world, fight back with love and prove your worth" the Thai man's eyes seemed to gain a glow, though it could have just been the rink's lights.

" You and Viktor are another matter. If you meet someone else or he meets someone else then you both talk it out like the adults you are. If breaks your heart like a jerk then he is getting his stupid face broken, but you can't do that to him either or you would be no better" Phichit said with a sigh " Are you having doubts?"

"... Maybe, I don't know? I just- just keep having these dreams of someone looking for me but I can't tell if its Viktor"

" And this is giving you doubts about your future?" Phichit asked concerned. Eros was glad he didn't judge him for such a… mediocre reason of doubting the relationship.

" I can't tell what the future holds Yuri, but whatever happens just know that I will always be there for you" Eros could tell the sincerity of his voice, it wasn't often one would hear such a feat.

" Thank you Phichit" he felt himself smile and some tension ease from his shoulders.

" Okay now you've got to tell me about Seung Gil, does it seem like he's seeing someone right now?" Phichit asked with a slight blush on his cheeks

" Oh! Someone has a crush on a certain Korean " Eros teased

" A-ah no I don't !"

" Oh you can't fool me Phichit"

" W-well maybe…"

Eros had spent the next hour speaking with the Thai before he had to go back to practice. Now he laid on the hotel bed wondering what to do.

' Doing this will solve nothing' he argued with himself before getting up and taking a cold shower. The cold water helped ease some of the remaining pain caused by the pulling of his wings.

Once he was finished he found himself putting on some jogging clothes and running sneakers.

' Yuri would usually take a morning jog with Viktor back in Hasetsu' he thought before taking the blue poodle cased phone, some headphones and putting on the official JSF jacket and headed out. His wings seemed to go through the jackets without tearing a hole in it or anything, which was quite convenient. As he headed to the lobby he met up with Michele at the elevator. The Italian seemed deep in thought, his amethyst eyes unfocused.

"Oh good morning Michele" Eros said when he got closer, it was something he thought Yuri would do.

"Ciao Yuri" the Italian seemed out of it since he didn't bother calling him a Japanese pervert.

"... Is everything alright? You seem a bit out of it" Eros asked concerned

" I guess, I'm not sure" Michele admitted as he stepped in the elevator ," Just trying to clear out my head, the morning is my time after all"

" I hadn't taken you for a morning person" Eros admitted, he found it strange that he was holding a decent conversation with the Italian once he received his memories back then before when he was technically 'mortal'. He didn't necessarily feel superior but he was no longer as nervous when talking to the Italian.

" Yeah, Sara is more of a night owl, ironically" Michele said wistfully, he seemed to be in a state of melancholy from what Eros could tell.

" … Do you want to join me on my morning jog? It might help you clear out your mind" Eros suggested, it seemed strange not to see Michele being loud or having a grumpy face, well he could do without the latter.

" Sure, maybe it'll help"

"Wow… you have a lot of stamina" Michele panted as he tried to catch his breath.

" I get that a lot" Eros said as he sat down next to Michele. They were currently in the middle of a park not that far away from the hotel. He could tell that Michele had gotten distracted enough but was still thinking about what troubled him

" Is everything alright?" Eros asked placing a hand on Michele's shoulder while also hugging him with one of his golden wings. From what he could tell no one seemed to notice his or Anteros' wings even if they had them fully out, though they weren't trying to show the world either.

Michele felt as though he was being given a warm hug and was protected from evil.

" Not really," he confessed " it has to do with Sara … and Emil"

" What about them?" Eros' interest was piqued but Yuri's concern for his friend(?) was what really pushed him

" Well Sara said it's time that we separate, stop being together all the time and make our own life. But how do I do that when we've been together for all our life? I get that she wants to be independent, she has a girlfriend now too, and its time for me to do so as well but…" Michele didn't really know how to elaborate on his situation. Even so Eros understood, after all he still had his little brother and it was hard to not baby him when he grew up. Michele wasn't asking Eros though, he was asking Yuri Katsuki; youngest Katsuki with a overprotective older sister and friends.

" I get it," he started looking up at the clouds recalling the time he taught Anteros to fly, " You've spent all your life protecting Sara from harm but she's not weak, she's a fighter" Eros chuckled remembering the time she back slapped a guy who was cat-calling him while the skaters were heading back to their hotel during a competition. He didn't make that much of deal, choosing to ignore it, but she and Mila didn't take lightly of it, luckily the press hadn't noticed or didn't want to get on their bad side.

" Yeah, she is" Michele smiled warmly. " but I'm still her older brother, I can't help but worry" he sighed

" I'm not telling you to stop worrying", Michele stared at Yuri right in the eye, noticing specs to gold that hadn't been there before, or perhaps he hadn't noticed.

" Just have a little more faith, you'd be surprised at what people can accomplish when you give them a chance" he said recalling how many people were given back their love through Anteros' arrows.

" Thanks Katsuki, I needed to hear that" Michele laughed as Eros smiled in a very Yuri-like way.

" … But there is still something else" Michele said a it more embarrassed. It wasn't something Yuri had seen often; if the Italian was red he was most often angry not embarrassed.

" Hmm?" Eros raised a brow

" Well… part of the whole being my own person meant getting my act together and starting my own love life, according to Sara… and I do have someone in mind but… how do I do it?" Michele's face continued to redden

" Um why are you asking me? If it's not too much to ask" Eros asked. He was the God of romantic love but as far as he knew no one knew that was Yuri.

" You seem like someone who could help. Plus, rumor amongst skaters is that you're a real life Cupid according to the Russian team" he chuckled

' Well they're not entirely wrong' Eros thought sarcastically

" I wouldn't say that" he laughed nervously " But I'll do my best to help"

" Thanks". He heard the Italian mumble before facing him " I think I knew for a while but didn't really want to accept it" Michele sighed before taking out his phone and handing Eros a headphone. Confused, he decided to listen before being captivated by the song about the worries of love, a serenade it seemed.

" When I wrote the song I was thinking of that person but I kept telling myself that it was about my time with my sister, how we were growing up and had to start moving away even if i don't want to" the Italian confessed

" Wow this is a beautiful song Michele" he admitted feeling that perhaps this also embodied his emotions towards Viktor " I didn't know you composed songs"

" Well I've always had a pull towards music" he explained " kinda taught myself how to write music and play different instruments"

" Wow, that's impressive" Eros said genuinely " I know how to play the piano and violin a bit but I never learned how to write it" neither of them did.

" Thanks, I call it Serenade for Two "

Yuri woke up to knocking on the door, taking a quick look on his phone to see it was around 10 a.m, he must have slept in for once. He groggily rubbed his eyes as he made his way to the door, wings stretching in the process. He opened the door and saw a flash of blonde hair before being suffocated, hearing the door close in the process.

" Let go, mother" he managed to say as she continued to smother him.

" But you look so adorable, my little Anteros" the goddess whined before finally letting go of him.

" It's Yuri, Yuri Plisetsky" the shorter blonde said as he fixed his clothes

" Don't tell me you're going to deny your real self" Aphrodite questioned, a hand on her hip, looking at him with a slight annoyed face.

" I'm not" Yuri said back with more annoyance, ", but I'm not going to just forget like this life never existed" he gestured to his current appearance. True, Yuri Plisetsky looked quite similar to Anteros, though younger and of a slightly smaller frame but there were other differences as well. Anteros' hair was slightly lighter and longer than Yuri's, face more defined, and eyes a lighter tone. Anteros' hands had become slightly caulessed, like that of his brothers' and father's, through centuries of wielding the arrows and other weapons. Yuri always had walls up, not wanting to be hurt or abandoned, always appearing annoyed or angry; Anteros always had a small smile, shy and full of love.

" I don't understand why you would do that" his mother shrugged though Yuri knew that would happen

" I didn't think you would, Rodi" he sneered." What you did to us was uncalled for. Pretty sure that violated some part of our bet" he rolled his eyes

" Please. You two would have taken another decade to remember at the rate you were going" she, raising a brow and looking unimpressed.

" So? Remembering was never part of the deal; we just had to find each other" he said back. He knew his mother well, she had something up her sleeve.

" You are not as fun as you used to be child" she pouted

" You are still as childish" he said back " And not subtle either, why did you do it?"

" Do what?" she asked feigning confusion

" I don't know, knocking Yuri and I out for example" he gritted his teeth. It had not only been physically painful but also emotionally and mentally, as they had to come to terms with the fact that they were not exactly who they thought they were throughout their whole life. Eros was completely blocking out Yuri Katsuki while Anteros chose to continue living his life as Yuri Plisetsky.

" Yuri! Are you okay?" they paused as they heard a muffled voice through the door.

" This isn't over " she said before jumping out of his open window and turning into a bird.

" Why didn't she just teleport?" Yuri asked himself, knowing his mother was a drama queen, before going to open the door.

" Mila?" Yuri found himself asking as the redhead and her new lover looked inside worried

" We heard you yelling, but we couldn't understand what you were saying" Sara said as she checked his face

' Probably to see that I wasn't assaulted again or something' he thought, letting his wings relax from their tense position they had been in since his mother arrived.

" I'm fine. I just woke up probably a nightmare or something" he shrugged nonchalantly. His response would most likely worry them but it was better than telling them that his mother, Aphrodite, came to talk to him about who knows what and left through the window after turning into a dove. Yeah his lie was better than the truth.

" Oh Yura" Mila said looking at him with a surprised face before going in to give him one of her Babicheva hugs or what he liked to call actual bear hugs.

" Let go hag" he said trying to act more like Yuri Plisetsky would. He realized how much of an ass he had been but then again his childhood had not been the greatest

" You want to join us for breakfast? We hear the ISU is going to make an announcement later in the day in regard to the competition" Sara chimed, grabbing his attention. The board had been rather quiet in the way they were setting up the continuation but then again the last thing they needed was more press on top of the ones already asking about who the attacked were and their current statuses. It's been around two days since he and Yuri were released but it would seem like nothing had happened to them with their supernatural healing.

" Alright just let me get dressed" he said before abruptly kicking them out

Eros was in deep thought when Michele interrupted with a question,

" Want to get breakfast?" the Italian asked pointing with his thumb to the dinner behind them.

" Sure" he replied, opening the door to let the man in. His Russian was rusty but he knew he could still order food for both of them. After Michele mumbled a quick thanks they took a seat by the window, watching as snow began to slowly fall onto the ground.

" So I hear that the ISU is gonna announce the rescheduling of the competition in the afternoon" Michele said after a while, catching Eros' attention.

" Oh, is that so?" was all he could really say, hell, he was still contemplating on whether to quit the competition while he still could in a vain attempt to find Psyche within the next four days.

" … Have you heard from your coach yet?" Michele shyly asked, acting as though he were treading on eggshells though Eros will admit that he had a good reason to.

" N-no… Not really" he admitted feeling a pain in his chest as he did but before he could elaborate a waiter came to take their orders. Eros had easily been able to translate their orders, a combination of Yuri Katsuki taking a Russian course during college and his own abilities. He smirked as he caught Michele's surprised look.

" I took Russian during college" he shrugged, his wings stretching a bit in the process. Michele gave a surprised looked before squinting his eyes, as though focusing in on something.

' Ah gods! Don't tell me he can see my wings' he inwardly cursed himself

" You're…" Michele started, his face getting close to his own, as Eros braced himself for the accusation

" Not wearing glasses?" Michele ended confused as Eros could only blink, putting a hand in his face where Yuri's glasses would usually go only to find it bare.

" I forgot them?" he gave an unsure answer, hoping they could get off topic. Before Michele could point out how much of a crappy response it had been, both were caught off guard by a bang coming from the window. Both turned simultaneously to see an angry Anteros/ Yuri Plisetsky, glaring Mila Babicheva and confused Sara Crispino.

Eros waved, unsure, before gesturing for them to come in

" Any idea why it looks like the Russians will kill us?" Michele asked as they could see the group approach the door

" No idea" Eros said equally confused

They could hear the heavy stomps of the two Russians as Sara looked at the other guests apologetically

"Hi guys" Eros started before being shoved, hitting his head on the window, by Yuri.

" What the hell was that about Katsuki?" the blonde asked annoyed before the red haired Russian joined in, placing her face uncomfortably close to his own.

" I'd like to know as well Katsuki"

" What are you guys talking about?" he asked confused as he rubbed his head, knowing the pain would go away in a second.

" You and Mario over there" Yuri said pointing at Michele who looked rightfully offended, " were getting all lovey dovey and about to kiss even though you are in a committed relationship"

Both Eros and Michele blinked confused before laughing. This was quite the misunderstanding.

" We weren't on a date if that's what you think" Michele said once he caught his breath, looking at Sara through the corner of his eye before looking straight at Mila

" Oh yeah then what the hell was what we saw?" she said with her arms crossed over her chest

" I was just pointing out that he didn't have glasses on" Michele said with a shrug as the girls seemed to have just noticed this

" He's right" Sara said and getting her face closer to take a better look, exactly the way Michele had

" So that's what was happening?" Yuri said, anger seemingly gone in a second, with a shy voice

" Yeah that's all that happened" Eros said ruffling the blonde's hair

" S-Sorry about that" Mila said sheepishly as Yuri nodded

" It's fine, nice to know that Viktor has people looking over him" Eros hummed " Care to join us for breakfast?"

" Sure"

The group of five sat together as they finished up their breakfast when they heard the news being turned on to the ISU press conference.

" It's happening" Yuri whispered as they all focused on the announcers words

" … And so the ISU has decided that the competition shall be continued from November 26 thru 27 for the remaining events left including Men's Free Skate, Women's Free Skate, Pair Skate Short Program and Free Skate, and Ice Dancing Short and Long Dances"

The group all released their held in breathes, sighing in relief.

" Well at least we know that it's still on" Mila said. In truth since Rostelecom Cup was the last event of the circuit before the final in Barcelona some of them had begun to think that the ISU would straight out cancel the competition and just decide based on the previous scores who would get to go to the GPF.

" And I guess I'm staying here for my 24th birthday" Eros said meekly in a Yuri-like manner

' Isn't this just great' he thought bitterly

" Then we should go celebrate when it's over!" Mila said as Sara nodded enthusiastically, Michele gave smirk and Yuri stayed quiet.

" … Sounds like a plan" he reassured, letting Sara and Mila plan out the outing.

' You alright?' Anteros asked him while the others were distracted

' I suppose' Eros responded unsure of how to feel, he'd say indifferent if he had to choose.

' You know that Yuri Katsuki still exists, in you and in the world. Don't resent that side of yourself' Anteros said,the feeling of reassurance accompanying his message

'... Thank you Anteros but I… I need time, but I've run out of it' Eros began with a feeling of melancholy ' I suppose Mother was right'

' No she isn't and we both know that. What if you already met her? Then the bet is fulfilled and we win'

' What if I haven't? We lose and Psyche loses her immortality, one she fought tooth and nail to gain'

' The Eros I know wouldn't be so pessimistic and look on the bright side'

' Yeah well that what happens when you live nearly 24 years as an anxiety driven person…'

' Sure he was anxiety driven but he-well you- are also one of the most stubborn and determined people I've met in both lifes'

' Your point?' Eros was honestly getting a bit annoyed at his brother

' My point is that I know you'll do your damndest to make sure that doesn't happen. And even if- if you haven't met her by then you'll make sure she's happy or make her fall in love again'

Eros was shocked at his brother's words. He could feel the passion and determination flow from his brother to himself.

" Thanks" Yuri told the blonde who just shook his head and scowled though he could see the understanding glint in his eyes

" Anyone want to go to the rink?" Yuri asked as the others looked at him strangely, " I don't know about you guys but I feel like we haven't been skating since forever"

" You already want to start training?" Yurio looked at him incredulously

" Who ever mentioned going to train?"

At that everyone smirked before nodding in agreement.