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A few minutes later, Yuri got a soft knock at his door; he'd calmed down but he still wasn't ready to talk to Viktor.
'Yuri, it's me, can I come in?' it was Katsuki. Yuri answered by opening the door himself then returning to his position on the edge of his bed. Yuuri sat beside him.
'What happened?' he asked softly.
'Got a bit overwhelmed I guess', Yuri shrugged his shoulders, 'he just needs to get off my case, i'm fine'.
'Are you though, Yuri?' Yuuri said carefully, 'I know that, this may have stopped', he placed a hand gently on Yuri's arm, 'but I know that doesn't mean everything is suddenly better'.
Yuri didn't reply. Little did Katsuki know.
'Do you miss it?'
'What sort of question is that?'
'Well, do you?'
'No'
'That's good'.
Silence again.
'I really came up here to pass on Viktor's message- it was just to say that your Grandfather is still unaware of what happened but he does know that you're... struggling.' Yuri cringed, his Grandfather didn't deserve the added stress of knowing that, 'him and Viktor will be talking everyday'.
'Fine'.
'Do you want to talk some more about..?'
'Nope', Yuri cut him off, 'it's fine'.
'Ok, well, I'll see you at dinner then'.
Yuri nodded. The thought of going to Moscow was becoming more ideal- at least he could get away from those two there.
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'Well?' Viktor asked nervously.
'As expected', Yuri sat beside Viktor under the kotatsu, 'I asked him if he was ok and he kept saying he was fine- I passed on your message though'.
'I was going to keep this to myself as to keep my professionalism as a coach but I feel like I need to tell you this as my partner...', he started, Yuuri laced his fingers through Viktor's supportively, 'part of the reason I wanted to send Yuri home was to make a final decision on whether or not I can keep coaching him'.
Yuuri nodded, encouraging him to keep going.
'I'm not equipped to deal with him and, I know he may have stopped what he's doing, but there's still obviously something wrong. He won't go to the counselling session with the English speaking nurse I found; he won't talk to any members of the family- there's nothing more I can do'.
'So if he comes back unchanged..?'
'I'll have to send him back', Viktor said sadly.
'I understand', Yuuri rubbed Viktor's shoulder, 'it will be the right decision if it comes to that'.