riverview | un: v.nikiforov

( sweet autumn child... his laugh is light, now that he's on audio and propping the phone up against his ear with his shoulder. )

Yuuri, you're always on my to-do list. And my to-do-things-for list.

( NUDITY IS A WAY OF LIFE, KARAMATSU, IT'S OPEN TO EVERYONE! What a forgiving truth... )

Is that so? Haha, or at least aspire to similar things. One way or the other, I think that merits an introduction, don't you?

Hmph.. i'm already familiar with who you are.
You're Yuuri's greatest friend.

_{[ Yuuri talked about Victor a lot, but never in a romantic way to Karamatsu, so he's a bit confused. ]}

[His bright red face makes him glad for the lack of video, though Yuuri suspects Viktor knows the kind of reaction he's getting despite it anyway.

In the most determined voice possible--]

T-then!! You have to be on my lists, too!

[..... that was kind of embarrassing.........]

( Yuuri, you're adorable, but )

You mean I wasn't already?

( cue the dramatic sounding sigh. oh, Yuuri. )

( that's so sweet... it touches his heart. Yuuri is so sweet. )

I am, yes! Amoung other things. Still, all that tells me is you know me, and Yuuri, yet I'm still left without a name to refer to you by. Should I make one up?

Depends... what kind of name would you give me, a rising star?
What will your heart decide?

Helium!

( as it's a major component of... stars....................... )

[Viktor, please. Yuuri sputters on his end.]

I didn't exactly make to-do lists like this before!

[A pause.] Does that really bother you?

_{[ oh....... this is too literal and that makes Karamatsu not even understand it.. ]}

I'm sorry
that just isn't going to do..
_{[ there is so much disappointment in this text.. ]}

( Karamatsu... you could solve this... that power. it lies within you, like a cool super power only mostly unrelated. we're all sorry for his next suggestion, which is more about sound than anything else.

save yourself, Karamatsu. )

Babadook?

( He breathes out in a sigh, closing his eyes and smiling on his end of the phone. )

No, no. We've talked about something like this before, haven't we? I don't need a list to know.

( What is your list about, Vitya. Is this your perpetual hope for One Day. )

I'll definitely ask him about it. He's a good storyteller. And yeah, I consider him a friend. Maybe like a younger brother, you know? We go to the gym and cook together and all that.

And oh, no, nothing special. I probably could've messaged you privately, so I'll make this private. Yuri's been struggling a little lately, and it started around when he had his birthday. Since you were there, I was wondering if you knew what might've triggered it. I'm worried about him, he hasn't been getting much sleep.

( ah, privacy filters. there's an echo of the eluvio for him in things like this, though the subject at hand is more about keeping private from the one who might see it and take offense than wondering and worrying over what the words said here might mean at large. it's an odd shift. appreciable, but still startling, even two months later. )

A younger brother intent on making his own way. Yeah, he's always had elements of that to me, too. Or maybe a cousin?

( Victor's personal familial relations are all rather lacking: subsequently, his bonds are mostly drawn along professional lines, and Yuri P hadn't been an exception for most the time Victor's known him. No different from Georgi or Mila. )

I don't know if the reason was his strong response to feeling homesick. That's what he'd reacted to at his birthday dinner, at least. Yuuri and I didn't see him again that night. It just doesn't make sense to me that he'd be responding this negatively to feeling homesick when it's not the first time, and while it's extended, it's not permanent. Nor that he'd refuse to speak with either one of us after that? We don't hold it against him. I don't think many of us can say we have no homesickness in our hearts over being here.

I don't understand.... can you explain.
_{[ He doesn't use the internet much, Victor, YOU MEME-LOVING FUCK. ]}

I cannot imagine my Karamatsu girls calling me such a thing!
_{[ oh look, there's his name. ]}

It is DJing. Both at a club I work at primarily and freelancing.

[ He misses figure skating as much as he did at home...but you do what you gotta do. ]

[Interesting. Well, it seems like Victor is either playing dumb very convincingly or is actually oblivious as to what's upsetting Yuri. And while Eddie can't see Yuri being upset over nothing, there is a chance that something Victor or Yuuri said hurt him because Yuri, for all his bluster, is very sensitive. For now, he doesn't think he can get any more information about it from Victor.]

Thanks. I appreciate you letting me know what happened at his birthday. He did mention to me that you and Yuuri went to some other world before you arrived here, maybe that has something to do with it. I'll have to ask him again.

Sorry to have bothered you with it!

Wait a minute, back up. He mentioned what?

( OH KARAMATSU...!

... he uh. doesn't remember that name... at first... I'm so sorry, Karamatsu. give him five minutes. )

I don't get it either, but it has a nice sound, doesn't it? Karamatsu has a nice flow to it too.

_{[ they have?? very weird similarities-- one of those qualities being rather air-headed. ]}

So that is my name that my mommy gave me... any other suggestion would be inferior, but i appreciate your attempt, V.Nikiforov-san.

There are many people here from different places... i happen to come from Japan, but i was aboard the Eluvio for awhile.

Wait... Karamatsu! I did meet you before!

( he still thinks of him as "Yuuri's Friend." Victor is very good at this remembering game! in the context of... what... people he's over interested in right now. like Yuuri. who is amazing. Karamatsu did you know Yuuri is amazing? so amazing. )

It's Victor! Yuuri's best friend!

( and fiance but details )

_{[ Somewhere n his mind, Karamatsu vaguely remembers this.. kind of.. maybe? Yuuri has mentioned Victor, so-- ]}

You were on the Eluvio correct?

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i think they met in eluvio but yolo i don't even remember

laughs they totally did once, but here's victor blanking on names

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