persevere

Phichit: Given the day off/deemed a risk to himself (and others, mainly others; please get off your phone and look where you’re going while wearing blades of death) as he anxiously awaits the results of the Rostelecom Cup. He is on fire in the skating forums, gathering gossip as a distraction. Picture my anxious son stumbling across the ‘news’ that Victor and Yuuri apparently argued and Victor left. In the pandemonium of not hearing from Yuuri and having no context, he somehow gets Celestino involved (”Ciao Ciao, Victor gave up coaching Yuuri mid program!”). The two leave infuriated voice mails on Victor’s phone, offended and concerned on Yuuri’s behalf.

Three hours after Yuuri’s free program: Victor exits the vet’s office with 17 missed calls and five terrifying voice mails in languages he doesn’t speak 

He is afraid to look at Instagram until Yuuri comes home.

“Yuuri, darling, I’ll polish your new medal while you clean my social media accounts”

Yuuri accidentally likes images of Phichit’s angry face

His lady coach has to physically fight Phichit for his phone before he buys a plane ticket to Japan

Minami: Heartbroken crying as he watches Yuuri on television. His coach has given up on getting him to skate today. Clueless like the rest of the world, he calls everyone he can to learn what happened, finally getting Georgi’s number.

Though calling Georgi (who is in Russia!) seems like the natural move, phoning him is high risk-low reward. tears are guaranteed.

No one wants to take this risk but Minami is pure!determined!ready!

Barely speaking functioning English, Minami and Georgi just cry together on the phone, sobs of Anya/Yuuri and mutual disdain of Victor. 

No news is gained but they’ve got a respectful, if completely baffling, bond in the one year their pro careers overlap

He spends the following two days living on Instagram, refreshing-refreshing-refreshing Victor’s page until an image of him and Yuuri, bright medal around his neck, with mutual loving gazes is posted.

To his coach’s chagrin, this causes more tears and confusion.

Christophe: Quickly realizes this is an over-hyped non-issue but is committed to fanning the flames! A series of text messages to both Yuuri and Victor posing such questions as “Who left first?”, “Have you officially broken up?”, “Are you coming back to skating?” “Does that mean I can flirt with him at competitions again?” ensues. 

Victor is surprisingly quick to ‘thank him for the concern’ i.e. ‘touch him and die’. This is the only non Russian/non Katsuki family contact he has during this chaotic time. 

Leo & Guang-Hong: Roped into this nightmare by Phichit, they do their best to keep the peace. Between the trauma of Victor hastily stripping to fondle Yuuri (and the underwear on Guang-Hong’s face, a memory he’ll carry to the grave) and witnessing the rom-com kiss of the century the two shared, nothing about that couple can phase them. Nothing. They kindly want out of this narrative. 

Phichit ignores this request and skypes them both for nearly an hour to explain the situation once it is resolved. They did not ask. 

Multiple provocative Instagram photos of ‘#Victuuri appear via Victor and Phichit over the new week. Again, they did not ask.

Otabek: Thanking the figure skating gods he was spared competing against Yuuri Katsuki so far. He is among the lucky few avoiding this war zone. His Instagram is clear, his skating pure. 

Mila: Is unable to come to the phone right now. Too busy making eyes at Sara Crispino and separating her from her brother (who Mila sincerely hopes stops giving off Jamie Lannister vibes)

See also: Emil Nekola

Said brother would like for attractive people of all genders to stop hitting on his sister so he can focus on his skating

Seung Gil: Does not give a fuck and has never been prouder of his continued success in avoiding friendship with his fellow skaters. 

Jean Jacques: Momentarily stops signing autographs and/or kissing his reflection in the mirror to let you know he doesn’t care, unless Victor has left to start his dramatic return to the ice. He’s not concerned about a skater who can’t even keep his own coach.

Yuri: the living embodiment of ‘hello darkness, my old friend’ and ‘i had a dream my life would be so different from this hell i’m living’ #saveCatSon2k16

Winter walk with Yuri and Yurio 

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wait a minute….

1. Do not start with the thank you.

2. Start with any other sentence. If you first say, “Thank you for the nice sweater,” you can’t imagine what to write next. Say, “It was so wonderful to come home from school to find this nice sweater. Thank you for thinking of me on Arbor Day.”

3. Then you’re done.

so…………………that leoji huh.