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-->"You might need to drop some weight before you can think about being a skater свинка," he laughed, ruffling Yuuri's hair as he handed the picture back into Yuuri's frozen hands. "But I look forward to seeing you out on a rink someday да?"

-->"You might need to drop some weight before you can think about being a skater свинка," he laughed, ruffling Yuuri's hair as he handed the picture back into Yuuri's frozen hands. "But I look forward to seeing you out on a rink someday да?"

-->'''Yuuri:''' You insulted me and you belittled me. You didn’t believe in me. I worshiped you and you ''broke my heart''.

* It's very hard to stomach Viktor's point of view of his depression in the wake of the [[spoiler: doping scandal]] in Chapter 9. After months of shutting himself out, he comes to the realization that [[spoiler: although he loves Yuuri, he understands now that he can't keep clinging to just whatever Yuuri gives him because it's not healthy for him to pine after someone whom he thinks can never love him the way he does. Viktor even tells himself that if he's certain that Yuuri doesn't return his feelings, he'll let him go and learn to move on, even though it hurts and he truly he does and always will love Yuuri]].

* It's very hard to stomach Viktor's point of view of his depression in the wake of the [[spoiler: doping scandal]] in Chapter 9. After months of shutting himself out, he comes to the realization that although he loves Yuuri, he understands now that he can't keep clinging to just whatever Yuuri gives him because it's not healthy for him to pine after someone whom he thinks can never love him the way he does. Viktor even tells himself that if he's certain that Yuuri doesn't return his feelings, he'll let him him go and learn to move on, even though it hurts and he truly he does and always will love Yuuri.
** Fortunately, they do make it official but the fact that they could have really never gotten back together could have been a possibility. WordOfGod, however, reassured her readers that it will have a happy ending and it did.

* Given that Chapter 8 covers [[spoiler: the doping scandal]], this is to be expected. The most heartwrenching scene may be when [[spoiler: Viktor tries to catch up to Yuuri and apologize, but fails to find him, and breaks down into tears in the hallway, all the while blaming himself for everything that happened. It doesn't help that the chapter ends with Viktor sobbing once again while holding onto Makkachin for comfort]].
* It's very hard to stomach Viktor's point of view of his depression in the wake of the [[spoiler: doping scandal]] in Chapter 9. After months of shutting himself out, he comes to the realization that although he loves Yuuri, he understands now that he can't keep clinging to just whatever Yuuri gives him because it's not healthy for him to pine after someone whom he thinks can never love him the way he does. Viktor even tells himself that if he's certain that Yuuri doesn't return his feelings, he'll let him him go and he'll learn to move on, even though it hurts and he truly he does and always will love Yuuri.

* It's very hard to stomach Viktor's point of view of his depression in the wake of the [[spoiler: doping scandal]] in Chapter 9. After months of shutting himself out, he comes to the realization that although he loves Yuuri, he understands now that he can't keep clinging to just whatever Yuuri gives him because it's not healthy for him to pine after someone whom he thinks can never love him the way he does. He tells himself that he'll let Yuuri go, he'll learn to move on, even if it hurts and he truly he does and always will love Yuuri.

* It's very hard to stomach Viktor's point of view of his depression in the wake of the [[spoiler: doping scandal]] in Chapter 9 of OBS&BH. After months of shutting himself out, he comes to the realization that although he loves Yuuri, he understands now that he can't keep clinging to just whatever Yuuri gives him because it's not healthy for him to cling onto someone whom he thinks can never love him the way he does. He tells himself that he'll let Yuuri go, he'll learn to move on, even if it hurts and he truly he does and always will love Yuuri.

* Chapters 5.1 and 5.2 (which Chapter 6) might have been filled with fluff and is considerably less angsty than the previous chapters, but Viktor is still under the impression he can never have the cute and domestic fantasy that he wants to have with Yuuri since he still believes Yuuri is only with him for sex. In fact, [[spoiler: he thinks that Yuuri does know of Viktor's feelings but doesn't reciprocate them, as he can tell from Yuuri's shy, skittish movements during their time at Viktor's apartment and their opposing themes for the season: desire (for Yuuri) and devotion (for Viktor)]].

* Given that Chapter 8 covers [[spoiler: the doping scandal]], this is to be expected. The most heartwrenching scene may be when [[spoiler: Viktor tries to catch up to Yuuri after their free programs, but fails to do so, and breaks down into tears in the hallway, all the while blaming himself for ruining everything for a second time. It doesn't help that the chapter ends with Viktor sobbing once again while holding onto Makkachin for comfort]].

* Chapter 3 seems to be even more so.

* Chapter 7 features the awaited moment of Viktor [[spoiler: finally finding out what made Yuuri resent him so much and how he's still hurting all this time. He's so horrified to know that he broke Yuuri's heart as a child; a young boy who worshiped him and loved him enough to even have his heart broken at all -- all because of his own teenage carelessness. He finally understands that Yuuri's hatred for him was his own undoing from way back then, and believes -- even more than before -- that Yuuri will never love him back because of what he had done.]]

* Chapter 7 features the awaited moment of Viktor [[spoiler: finally finding out what made Yuuri resent him so much and how he's still hurting all this time. He's so horrified to know that he broke Yuuri's heart as a child; a young boy who worshiped him and loved him enough to even have his heart broken at all -- all because of his own teenage carelessness. He finally understands that Yuuri's hatred for him was his own undoing from way back then, and believes that because of what he had done, Yuuri will never love him back.]]
** It does get a bit better, when Viktor reflects that despite what happened, and no matter what happens, he can at least make peace with [[spoiler: finally knowing the reason behind Yuuri's hatred of him]].

* Chapter 7 features the awaited moment of Viktor [[spoiler: finally finding out what made Yuuri resent him so much and how he's still hurting all this time. He's so horrified to know that he broke Yuuri's heart as a child; a young boy who worshiped him and loved him enough to even have his heart broken at all -- all because of his own teenage carelessness. He finally understands that Yuuri's hatred for him was his own undoing from way back then, and believes that because of what he had done, Yuuri will never love him back.]]

* Chapter 7 features the awaited moment of Viktor [[spoiler: finally finding out what made Yuuri resent him so much and how he's still hurting all this time. He's so horrified to know that he broke Yuuri's heart as a child; a young boy who worshiped him and loved him enough to even have his heart broken at all - all because of his own teenage carelessness. He finally understands that Yuuri's hatred for him was his own undoing from way back then.]]

* Chapter 7 features the awaited moment of Viktor [[spoiler: finally finding out what made Yuuri resent him so much and how he's still hurting all this time.]] He's so horrified to know that he broke Yuuri's heart as a child; a young boy who worshiped him and loved him enough to even have his heart broken at all - all because of his own teenage carelessness. He finally understands that Yuuri's hatred for him was his own undoing from way back then.

* Chapters 5.1 and 5.2 might have been filled with fluff and is considerably less angsty than the previous chapters, but Viktor is still under the impression he can never have the cute and domestic fantasy that he wants to have with Yuuri since he still believes Yuuri is only with him for sex. In fact, [[spoiler: he thinks that Yuuri does know of Viktor's feelings but doesn't reciprocate them, as he can tell from Yuuri's shy, skittish movements during their time at Viktor's apartment and their opposing themes for the season: desire (for Yuuri) and devotion (for Viktor)]].

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* Chapter 4 has Viktor resigning himself to having a strictly physical relationship with Yuuri despite wanting more than that... because having ''something'' is ultimately better than nothing, even as Christophe repeatedly warns him that he'll be left brokenhearted in the end.
* Chapters 5.1 and 5.2 might have been filled with fluff and is considerably less angsty than the previous chapters, but Viktor is still under the impression he can never have the cute and domestic fantasy that he wants to have with Yuuri since he still believes Yuuri is only with him for sex. In fact, he thinks that Yuuri does know of Viktor's feelings but doesn't reciprocate them, as he can tell from Yuuri's shy, skittish movements during their time at Viktor's apartment and their opposing themes for the season: desire (for Yuuri) and Devotion (for Viktor).

* Even though Yuuri should have seen it coming, it's still sad to see him break down when [[spoiler: he performs badly in the Worlds due to his head injury]]. When he has just finally [[spoiler: achieved the impossible by beating Viktor]], he gets knocked down ''hard'' right after.

** The worst part is that while Viktor thinks all this, Yuuri's opinion of Viktor finally begins to soften and genuinely enjoys their time together in Moscow. As [[http://kazliin.tumblr.com/post/162548704182/i-actually-banged-my-head-off-the-wall-because-i quoted by]] the author herself: