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Like fate had chosen Yuuri alone to bare heartache. His fears had been fully realized as he watched an ambulance take Nagisa away. The skaters rushed to the hospital a quickly a possible only to hear that they couldn't see the boy.
"I'm sorry, he's under examination. We'll notify you when it's over." The nurse said to Yuuri as he demanded to know what was wrong.
Yuuri's chest was heavy as he sat next to Victor and Yuri. His mind ran in circles as he came up with a number of scenarios that could have happened. Was Nagisa always sick or was this just a random attack? Was everything going to be ok?
"Victor you need to talk to me." Yuuri blurted out as he sat next to the him in those stiff hospital chairs.
"About what?" Victor kept his voice low as he took in every detail of the room. The stale air smelt of chemicals, following doctors that came out occasionally to speak to parents. Sometimes they let out tears of joy and other times... Victor couldn't let himself think that way, for Yuuri's sake. At least they sent Yurio back to the inn because the wait could be all night.
"Anything! Just talk to me. Tell me I'm worrying too much. Tell me it'll all be fine. Please." Fear buried it's sharp talons into Yuuri's heart as he begged for just some simple reassurance. He breathed heavily as he held a hand to his chest as he thought of his boy, his son behind that door curled up in pain.
"The paintings here are very cute!" Victor said cheerfully pointing to the picture of a baby bunny done by one of the patients. Many more like them hung from the walls. Another was a large mural covered with colorful handprints each from one of the survivors of cancer. The handprints were so small, it's supposed to give you hope your child can survive too.
"The children's wing is very colorful isn't it?" Yuuri said softly as he watched the other families as they held and comforted their little ones. This place had so much hope and yet it was still filled with sadness. He wondered how many times they had to walk out of here knowing they lost and if he'd have to do the same.
Victor suddenly noticed just how many couples there were around them. He believed that he loved Nagisa just as much if not more than they love their own children. Even more he wanted to believe that at one point the pinkett was just as loved by his own parents. They stayed by him while he had to go through treatment for his hollow bones, they should have at least.
"Yuuri I've been thinking." Victor started folding his hands in thought.
"A dangerous pastime indeed." Yuuri smiled for a moment but then he saw Victor's gave harden, he was serious. "Victor what is it?"
"I- uh. It's just-" he began to stumble a bit as he tried to find the words. " I want to adopt Nagisa. He needs a home, a real home, a place he can be himself. I know I can deal with help him deal with the way he feels right now and give him the medical care he needs."
Yuuri was shocked, he never really thought Victor was considering it. He was happy, excited even to hear it but Yuuri was also planning to foster Nagisa and eventually adopt.
"It won't be easy. The process could talk a very long time and besides are you sure you're ready?" Yuuri asked placing his hand over Victor's. The Russian held his hand tightly.
"I know I'm ready. I love him. The way he smiles makes me happy. The way he loves to dress up regardless of what people think. He's smart, cheerful, and dramatic. I want him to be part of my life but most of all I need you there too." Victor spent a lot of time keeping his feelings away from the relationship between Nagisa and Yuuri but he realized that if he wanted Nagisa in his life he needed to tell Yuuri up front how he felt.
"What...Ha *snort* what! You're not-!" Yuuri laughed in disbelief. He tried to cover his mouth to hide the smile split his cheeks.
"Yes, I am Yuuri. I want both of you in my life and I can't imagine it any other way. If the adoption takes as long as you say then let's use that time to our advantage, so when the papers go through he'll have a new family waiting for him. What do you say?" Victor's gaze was soft, warm and couldn't be any more genuine.
"Your such a- yes let's do it!" Yuuri could barely believe it, he and Victor together! It seemed so impossible, yet here it was.
In that moment hope for the future had returned.
But then a high pitched wail could be heard behind the examination room doors. A nurse bolted outside the room frantically searching through clipboards on current patients.
"You! Are you two here for Shiota?" She asked clearly distressed.
"Yes, is he ok?" Yuuri answered quickly, the pleasant aura disappeared.
"Please, follow me." She said ushering them both to follow. She walked briskly almost panicking as they walked to Nagisa's room. The loud cries got louder and louder.
And there he was being restrained by several doctors and nurses keeping him from pulling out his IV. His eyes had panicked tears as he pushed the men away from him.
"No! Stop, stop, stop! Get away! I want my Papa, now!" He screamed fear in every word.
"Nagisa! Calm down, we're right here." Victor was quick to take control as he got between the doctor and Nagisa.
The pinkett searched wildly, his eyes scanned the room but they didn't focus on anything.
"Victor is that...is that you? What's going on I can't-" his eye welled up again as his distress increased " I can't see." His deep blue eyes were dilated and hazy.
Yuuri talked with the worried nurse as Victor pulled his boy into his arms and did his best to comfort him.
"It's ok, you'll be ok. Close your eyes, the doctors are just trying to help." Victor whispered into his ear softly as he stroked Nagisa's hair. The pinkett sobbed as he buried his head in Victor's arms.
A doctor tapped Victor on the shoulder and showed him a syringe filled with a clear liquid. The Russian had to move slightly to allow the doctor access to Nagisa's neck. Slowly the needle was injected under the pinkett's skin and into his artery.
The boy griped Victor tightly as he felt the sting in his neck. There was a pause for a few seconds and slowly the grip was loosened until all together it fell away. Nagisa went limp in Victor's arms.
"What did you?" The Russian was shocked as Nagisa became dead weight.
"Victor, it fine." Yuuri said approaching Victor and checked on the now sleeping Nagisa." The doctor said he might have had some kind of reaction to something he ate or breathed in and caused him to go into shock. He has temporary blindness right now and his panicked attack could have been fatal to his health."
"Fatal, you mean?" Victor didn't realize it was so bad.
"Yeah, his heart rate was skyrocketing and he could have had a heart attack. You calmed him down enough for the doctors to give him a tranquilizer. You saved him." Yuuri's eyes focused on the boy who was now going back to being examined by the doctors from earlier.
The couple had to go back to the waiting room to hear if any news about their son's condition came up.