In which Victor tries to change fate.

Victor blinked. Confusion was a big understatement for the fuzzy emotion wiring his brain at that moment. Where was he? Wasn't he just at the seashore? And more importantly, what was Yuuri doing, sleeping beside him? Wasn't he dead? If so, then why was he breathing? (Not that he didn't want Yuuri to breathe. It was just a shock to see him breathing after death)

The Russian slapped himself before looking around.

He was in Yuuri's room.

Everything must have been a dream.

Victor sighed in relief. His head turned to see his sleeping beauty who was quietly snoring as his drool landed on the sheets. Victor ruffled his hair before holding Yuuri in his arms as tight as he could. Once he did, however, the younger of the two slowly woke and looked at his lover, a bit confused. But once he saw the fear in his eyes, Yuuri smiled a bit although his eyes were filled with worry and concern.

"Did you have a nightmare?"

Though a five-time world champion and a living legend in the ice skating world (and not to mention the eldest out of the competitors in men skating), Victor still had some tendencies where he would act like a five-year old child. And Yuuri practically understood it. So he knew how to handle him very well.

Victor nodded. Yuuri rubbed his head and sang the only lullaby that stuck to his head during that time.

"Nen-nen kororiyo
Okororiyo
Bouya wa yoikoda
Nenne shinna

Bouya no omori wa
Doko e itta?
Ano yama koete
Sato e itta

Sato no miyage ni
Nani moruutta?
Den-den taiko ni
Shou no fue."

And Victor fell asleep, relief and joy residing in his heart as his skin was tickled by Yuuri's breath.

But a part of him uttered that something wasn't right.

Victor wiped the sweat off of his face as he watched Yuuri practice and Yurio comment on his moves. Although he's technically on the same level with Victor and Yurio in terms of mastery and skill, the Russians knew that he could be more than that. Victor himself always had faith in Yuuri ever since he saw that video. And he could unlock his full potential if he and Yurio pushed him with the enough strength required.

But he noticed how hot the weather must have been, even in the rink. And Victor knew that Yuuri can easily get migraines, especially when stressed.

Victor clapped before smiling. "How about we take the rest of the day for ourselves? It's very bad to practice with this kind of heat anyway."

"That's right,"Yuuri said as he, along with Yurio, skated towards the opening of the ice rink. Yurio yawned and stretched his arms. "Finally. I could get some sleep."

Victor then had a bad feeling about this.

Maybe that dream was trying to tell me something...

He then had an idea.

"...and then Ivan's twin, Amelia, just ended up hitting his boyfriend and forcing him to leave before my aunt could come in-"Yurio's story was suddenly interrupted when Victor hugged him and Yuuri. "Or what about a lunch outside?"Victor asked. "I'll pay."

Yuuri, although feeling a bit of awkwardness because of the surprise, managed to chuckle. "I'm up for it. What about you, Yurio?"

The said man sighed. "Fine. But you two need to stop acting all lovey-dovey for once or I will leave immediately."

Yuuri and Victor laughed as Yurio yelled, "It's not funny!"

But all that ran through Victor's mind was, Good. As long as I change the course of events, then the day will end with Yuuri alive.

"Ton...ka...tsu?"

Yuuri nibbled the piece of chicken tonkatsu before nodding. Yurio and Victor looked at each other before taking a bit of their own food. Their eyes watered with joy before finishing their meal quickly.

"Vkusno!"was what they both yelled in the middle of eating. Yuurio chuckled and watched the two Russians enjoying and basking in the moment.

"Sir, I want some more rice please!"Yurio yelled at the man who was serving a couple. Yuuri stood up and drank his tea. "I'm going to the restroom,"he said. Victor just nodded as Yuuri left.

Victor's head turned to see the clock. "Two o' clock..."he uttered.

Good, he thought. If I remember clearly, we went to the ice cream shop at around two-thirty. So by luring them to a place away from that shop, then there will be a hundred percent chance that Yuuri won't die this time.

But there came a problem.

He wasn't as familiar as Yuuri when it came to Hasetsy and the location of the places there.

If they were in St. Petersburg, then it would have been easier for Victor to execute his plan.

Victor bit his lip. I just have to pray and hope that I can get them away from the shop.

Yuuri suddenly went back and sat down. The waiter brought the bill. Victor placed his credit card in the book and let the waiter take it.

Yurio covered his mouth with his hand to burp. "Man, I'm stuffed."

"Where could we go after this?"Yuuri asked. Victor silently gasped. Now's my chance.

Yuuri continued, "I was thinking of going to-"

"The mall!"

Both Yuuris stared at the eldest of the three.

"T-The mall?"Yurio asked.

"Yes! After all, I haven't actually shopped ever since the day before the Grand Prix Final."

Yuuri and Yurio looked at each other before silently agreeing. Yuuri's head turned to see Victor and nodded. "Well if you say so, then I guess we can go out to shop. I know a mall nearby. We can go there."

And inside, Victor thanked whatever God may be out there for that tiny miracle.

Victor could see how Yurio was suffering from Yuuri's fashion style. And it came to the point that Yurio disregarded all of is ideas and made Yuuri wear all that the fifteen-year old picked. It sure took a long time because it had only been ten minutes later when Yurio handed to him the last batch of clothes.

"There! Now try this one,"Yurio said. Yuuri slowly walked towards the changing room, making sure that the clothes won't fall to the floor. Victor chuckled quietly. These two never fail to make me smile.

Suddenly, he heard a voice calling out to him.

"Vitya..."

He felt confused. Victor looked to see if there was anyone behind him, only to find none. His eyebrows furrowed.

"I thought...someone was calling me..."he uttered.

"Vitya..."

There it was again! Victor felt terrified. "T-This isn't funny,"he said before looking around. Victor finally stopped when he saw a pair of eyes sticking out from one of the shelves. And in a blink, they disappeared.

What is...going on? He gritted his teeth. A part of Victor wanted to go after that person who kept calling out to him. But after a while, he decided not to. It would rather, be useless.

Besides, he didn't want to leave the Yuuris behind. Something bad might happen.

And yet, Victor wanted to find out who kept on calling him. Curiosity was one of the few dominant traits he possessed. And until he does not catch the culprit, the thought will always be with Victor.

He must have taken a long time thinking because by then, Yurio punched his shoulder.

"Oi. We're about to leave the department store now."

Victor went back to reality. He turned to Yurio and smiled.

"Alright, alright."

The three of them ended up going to different shops from ones with hats to arcades and anime (to which Yuuri squealed over and the Russians were equally puzzled). By the end of the day, everyone was satisfied.

"That was a really great day!"Yuuri exclaimed. Yurio laughed. "I can't believe you still play with dollies."

"These are called figmas! And they're way better than dolls!"

"Whatever. They still look like dolls."

"They're not dolls!"

Victor laughed. He looked at the sunset, a sense of joy bursting inside him.

He was able to prevent the events from the dream from coming into reality. And Yuuri was still alive by the end of the day. The thought of Yuuri still breathing and living made Victor rejoice. It was more than enough for him to finally move on from that silly dream. Everything can finally go back to normal for him. And Victor couldn't ask for any more other than that.

But unfortunately, the happiness lasted for a while.

"Maybe we can stop over by Yuuko and Takeshi's place for dinner. I can inform them if you guys agree."

Yurio silently agreed. Victor agreed as well. After all, he wanted the day to last even longer.

"Great! Please hold on,"But just as Yuuri was about to get his phone, a yell of, "Fire!" was heard.

Bang!

It only took one bullet into the heart for Yuuri's world to disappear.

The witnesses screamed in terror and ran away. But Victor and Yurio froze in shock. Both couldn't make a sound nor a step. Everything that had happened was too much for them. It only took a single second just for those beautiful and precious times to end.

Tears slowly leaked from their eyes as their pupils moved to see the corpse, covered in russet liquid. By then, the ambulance and the police came into the scenario, protecting the spot where the incident took place, getting Yuuri into the ambulance, and preventing the other two from getting near him.

"Please! He's my fiancé! You have to let me see him!"Victor yelled desperately, watching the strange men taking his beloved away. Yurio had gone off to fight with the cops verbally and physically. The media immediately came and announced to the world the death of the skater.

But Victor didn't care about that.

He just wanted...no...needed Yuuri. He needed Yuuri.

Just as Victor was about to give up and fight the police, he felt dizzy.

This feeling...what am I...feeling?

In a blink of an eye, his world went black.

Victor immediately woke up. Again, he saw Yuuri sleeping beside him. Again, he saw that he was in Yuuri's room. Again, it was the same date. And again, Victor felt too confused to even speak.

It was only when the sun started to rise and Yuuri slowly woke that Victor realized something unrealistic yet true.

He kept on being sent back to the start of that day.

And Victor didn't know why.