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It's different, he learns, actually being friends with someone on the ice.
It's not just Yuri, either-- Viktor's friendship kind of ends up being this weird package deal with that that he wasn't expecting and Yuuri's follows and Yuuri seems like one of those people everyone just likes for some reason and so everyone else seems to follow suit. He's not really much of a people person-- people tend to find him too quiet and get bored and he finds small talk pretty exhausting, himself-- so "friendship" in this case might be too strong a word for what any of them feel towards him, but he's invested now, enough that every now and again, he'll even post something on Instagram or like a few scattered posts here and there.
He and Yuri talk more often than that, but it's still just a smattering of texts here and there and he's no better at pleasantries on the internet than he is in person, but Yuri really doesn't seem to care, so it works out okay. It's... nice. Having someone to talk to. He's spent most of his skating career not being very good at... well, most of the things other skaters were good at. Dance, talking, smiling for the camera. He's not unaware of how sullen he looks next to Viktor and Chris in some of those pictures when it was the three of them on the podium. He's just not really someone to smile and play nice with a bunch of reporters. He prefers to mean it, when he smiles.
He doesn't smile a lot.
But that's okay, too. He's an athlete. He's good at what he does. It's enough. ... Except now he's getting out there, competition after competition and skating against people he knows and one person he knows in particular and it's... different, now. He feels things more. He's still a solid skater, does the same things he's always done, just better. He's getting silver suddenly, more than bronze, though the fight to land on the podium at all is getting rougher and he misses it more than once.
And then, on the first competition to the Grand Prix Finals, suddenly he's standing higher than everyone else, and it's just qualifier, but it matters, because it's Yuri with the silver around his neck.
It's not just Yuri, either-- Viktor's friendship kind of ends up being this weird package deal with that that he wasn't expecting and Yuuri's follows and Yuuri seems like one of those people everyone just likes for some reason and so everyone else seems to follow suit. He's not really much of a people person-- people tend to find him too quiet and get bored and he finds small talk pretty exhausting, himself-- so "friendship" in this case might be too strong a word for what any of them feel towards him, but he's invested now, enough that every now and again, he'll even post something on Instagram or like a few scattered posts here and there.
He and Yuri talk more often than that, but it's still just a smattering of texts here and there and he's no better at pleasantries on the internet than he is in person, but Yuri really doesn't seem to care, so it works out okay. It's... nice. Having someone to talk to. He's spent most of his skating career not being very good at... well, most of the things other skaters were good at. Dance, talking, smiling for the camera. He's not unaware of how sullen he looks next to Viktor and Chris in some of those pictures when it was the three of them on the podium. He's just not really someone to smile and play nice with a bunch of reporters. He prefers to mean it, when he smiles.
He doesn't smile a lot.
But that's okay, too. He's an athlete. He's good at what he does. It's enough. ... Except now he's getting out there, competition after competition and skating against people he knows and one person he knows in particular and it's... different, now. He feels things more. He's still a solid skater, does the same things he's always done, just better. He's getting silver suddenly, more than bronze, though the fight to land on the podium at all is getting rougher and he misses it more than once.
And then, on the first competition to the Grand Prix Finals, suddenly he's standing higher than everyone else, and it's just qualifier, but it matters, because it's Yuri with the silver around his neck.
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Date: 2017-06-02 11:03 am (UTC)He finds himself mesmerized by the scratches. How they stretch and pull over the muscles in Beka's back. The landscape of it changed, because of him. Yuri looks down at his hands. There's blood under one of the nails, drying a dark red.
"I didn't - I didn't hurt you, did I?"
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Date: 2017-06-02 12:25 pm (UTC)"It was worth it," he can't deny that it hurt, after all, he just didn't care at the time. Turning, it becomes obvious that his chest is scratched up as well, but he doesn't seem to notice that either, reaching out and rubbing a thumb, very gently, over one of of the deep bruises on Yuri's hips, "I could ask you the same thing."
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Date: 2017-06-05 10:36 am (UTC)Most importantly - who put it there.
"Definitely worth it," Yuri agrees. The smile on his face fierce and disbelieving at the same time. He tugs Beka in for another kiss.
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Date: 2017-06-05 12:07 pm (UTC)Gathering Yuri up off the toilet could be something coddling, but it really feels more just like Otabek's pulling him back into his arms after too long away, so it's probably not too objectionable, particularly when there's an accompanying line of rough, thorough kisses down his neck, hands tight on Yuri's back.
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Date: 2017-06-05 12:29 pm (UTC)"Beka, come on, I'm tired of being sticky," he mumbles. Making no actual effort to pull away.
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Date: 2017-06-05 12:42 pm (UTC)"Better?" it's teasing, but then, he's also kind of deliberately not getting himself in the water just yet. He's not really looking forward to how badly it's going to sting, worth it or not.
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Date: 2017-06-05 09:25 pm (UTC)For now there's just an impatient tug at Beka's wrist. Because he is too damn far away.
"You. In."
The trade for the sting will be more kisses. So at least there's incentive?
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Date: 2017-06-13 12:40 am (UTC)That and maybe getting bossed under in the first place, which he's also not complaining about in the slightest.
He doesn't have any real desire to linger over the shower, but he'll indulge Yuri if he seems to. Either way, he's hard again before they're done, though he doesn't seem particularly inclined to do very much about it at the moment.
Time skip to airport?
Date: 2017-06-13 11:04 am (UTC)He likes it.
Eventually they should probably get out. Deal with towels, hair, actually set about getting sleep.
They do have flights tomorrow...
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Date: 2017-06-14 12:36 pm (UTC)But he's almost shaking, finding this quiet moment between things. Yuri feels delicate in his arms but the way that turns his touch soft has nothing to do with not wanting to hurt him and everything to do with wanting to be able to touch something softly. Maybe Yuri can feel the difference and that's why he allows it. He doesn't think very hard about it, because it's nicer not to.
They sleep tangled up in each other (mostly Yuri tangled up in him, but he's definitely not helping) and the morning is all lazy kisses and the slide of their skin, which is all building quickly to a round of really fantastic morning sex, right up until one of them sees the clock for the first time and realizes how late they've overslept.
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Date: 2017-06-15 10:52 am (UTC)It's not until he's tumbled into a cab Yuri realizes they haven't even said goodbye. Shit.
hey
last night was good
Not exactly poetry, but Beka will understand.
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Date: 2017-06-18 01:34 am (UTC)So the text is a welcome relief.
Yeah, it was.
And then, because he doesn't know if Yuri's alone or not, so he has to be at least somewhat vague.
Looking forward to switching spots, next time.
Not that anyone who could see the mess of Yuri's neck wouldn't know what they were talking about, but they could at least pretend.
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Date: 2017-06-18 01:51 pm (UTC)sounds good
It really, really does. Even though Yuri's already shifting in the cab seat. Having some trouble finding a comfortable way to sit. He hasn't been so aware of his glutes since he began triples.
if i cant sleep on this flight its your fault
just so you know
He's smiling though. Too caught up in the phone to notice the dark clouds seething overhead, the flurry of snow beginning to pelt the windshield. How Viktor and Yuuri's voices have turned worried.
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Date: 2017-06-18 08:38 pm (UTC)There's a smiley to go with that and a party hat just because he's an asshole a little bit.
He does notice the clouds because he sees them as he's just getting into the cab, the snow already starting to come down more heavily, but he doesn't think anything of it, really. He hasn't looked at the forecast and they know how to handle snow here, surely.
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Date: 2017-06-18 08:52 pm (UTC)Oh the emoji game is on. See how Otabek handles getting sent every cat face Yuri can find. Even the puma. It keeps him amused through the line as he automatically produces his passport, kicks off his shoes for the belt. Before he knows it he's through - and facing a departure board full of huge, glaring "DELAYED" notices. A wall of white pressing against the terminal windows.
He snarls, words automatically going through his fingers.
oh FUCK ME
Clearly he does not mean this in the fun way.
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Date: 2017-06-18 09:00 pm (UTC)And then after that flurry, there's the next text and there's a moment of those little dancing dots, because he's started to write something sexy back, but he's also more aware of his surroundings and is watching how fast the snow is sticking.
Oh shit.
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Date: 2017-06-18 10:25 pm (UTC)At first, the hope is that it will pass quickly. This is Chicago, after all, and they should be able to handle this fuckery. Until the ice starts falling. Yuri glares as the departure times crawl up. As if each number has personally Wronged him. He nearly had a heart attack running from the hotel for this?!
we should just fucking SKATE home
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Date: 2017-06-18 10:30 pm (UTC)He's made it through the airport now, but not yet through security. Still the boards (and the panicked travelers) are everywhere.
There's no way we're getting out in this if it's already this much of a mess.
And then, a few minutes later:
Once I get through security, do you need some rescuing from the the lovebirds? He sends a princess crown and an onigiri.
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Date: 2017-06-18 10:45 pm (UTC)you can rescue me any time
just saying
UGH katsudon keeps trying to TALK to me
fuck knows why
Does he not realize Yuri's giant headphones mean GO AWAY. That includes concerned Not-Dads who have Definitely Noticed the hickeys. Cranking the music up does not help. Now Viktor's getting into it. Probably saying something about Yuri losing his hearing.
Good. Then he won't have to listen to this.
(Yakov has fallen asleep. If his troublemakers want to argue, fine. At least it means they aren't fighting with him.)
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Date: 2017-06-19 12:36 pm (UTC)Probably, he shouldn't tease someone he cares about like that after their first time. But also probably he kind of wants Yuri a little riled up by the time he gets to him and the thought of him marching back down to security to scream at him sustains him through the process.
What gate are you at? I'm through security.
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Date: 2017-06-19 12:54 pm (UTC)YOU
Don't think Yuri isn't tempted but he really does not want to be arrested by TSA or some shit. It would just be one more headache. Instead he works on extracting himself from the fretting.
C26 im coming
youre buying me breakfast
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Date: 2017-06-19 01:43 pm (UTC)And then:
Deal. I'm on my way.
Because he can tease all he wants to at being a jerk and rile Yuri up, which is just about his new favorite hobby, but unlike some people, he does actually know he's doing it. With most people, he just doesn't bother caring if he's being something of a jerk, not because he likes being a jerk, but because they're not really worth the effort when everything is as much of an effort as it is. He just doesn't have the time.
For Yuri, he makes the time. And that was true even before they left each other a mess.
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Date: 2017-06-19 07:20 pm (UTC)screw the diet i want cinnamon rolls
Despite all the annoyance, Yuri can't help the quick smile when he feels the phone buzz. Even if it's just Beka being an ass. Beka's allowed. In a way no one else on the planet is. There is exactly one good thing about this storm - they get more time.
Though Yuri would really have rather spent it in bed. Eating other things, maybe...
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Date: 2017-06-20 02:56 am (UTC)"I think you've burned off enough calories," with a little smirk. He feels like he can push things like that a little-- he's carrying Yuri's marks too, and he's already all but said he's looking forward to Yuri taking him apart. "Do you have a place in mind?"
Otabek looks unfairly good for someone who hasn't slept anymore than Yuri has, but then, he's always kind of got a bit more of an understated style to him. It makes sense that he could roll out of bed into it and still look more or less the same.
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Date: 2017-06-20 10:58 am (UTC)Instead he smirks. Rams a shoulder into Otabek's side instead, gently. Well, gently for Yuri.
"Cinnabon. Then breakfast."
A yawn follows his demands. And okay, Yuri can't pull off "Hot With Minimal ZZZs" but "Sleepy Kitten?" Absolutely.
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