[This time he doesn't freak out or shy away when Victor asks that last one. Instead his brows furrow as he gives it thought, his face screwed up like Victor's asking him to decipher a particle physics problem.]
[Even if Victor has the words for the question, Yuuri doesn't know how to find the words for the answer.]
[Part of it's because he's never good at articulating things like this in general. Part of it's because they've managed to communicate things without words so far in their relationship specifically. Yuuri's been able to show his love with his routine -- show it to the entire world even -- and most of what's passed between them has just unfurled in a natural way.]
[They've just let the cards fall where they may. But they can't let everything happen naturally after something so unnatural. With this strange new situation pushing them, they have to decide. They have to pin it down.]
[Yuuri knows what he wants Victor to be and even though Victor's already suggested it, it's still not easy for him to say it. So just like he does out on the ice, he finds a way to show it. It's slow and hesitant and fraught with nervousness, but Yuuri still leans forward and gently kisses Victor on the lips. It's not a particularly deep kiss -- he's still too inexperienced to figure that out and is afraid he'll ruin the moment with too much drool or something. But he still lingers there for a moment, kissing Victor softly and gently, and then pulls back to look him in the eye again, his face flushing.]
Mmm.
[It's not one of his noncommittal "um"s. It's a noise to the affirmative, and the kiss makes it clear it's an affirmative directed at the last option.]
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[Even if Victor has the words for the question, Yuuri doesn't know how to find the words for the answer.]
[Part of it's because he's never good at articulating things like this in general. Part of it's because they've managed to communicate things without words so far in their relationship specifically. Yuuri's been able to show his love with his routine -- show it to the entire world even -- and most of what's passed between them has just unfurled in a natural way.]
[They've just let the cards fall where they may. But they can't let everything happen naturally after something so unnatural. With this strange new situation pushing them, they have to decide. They have to pin it down.]
[Yuuri knows what he wants Victor to be and even though Victor's already suggested it, it's still not easy for him to say it. So just like he does out on the ice, he finds a way to show it. It's slow and hesitant and fraught with nervousness, but Yuuri still leans forward and gently kisses Victor on the lips. It's not a particularly deep kiss -- he's still too inexperienced to figure that out and is afraid he'll ruin the moment with too much drool or something. But he still lingers there for a moment, kissing Victor softly and gently, and then pulls back to look him in the eye again, his face flushing.]
Mmm.
[It's not one of his noncommittal "um"s. It's a noise to the affirmative, and the kiss makes it clear it's an affirmative directed at the last option.]