You Only Live Once [Yuuri x Reader]

Chapter Six: We Have Fans

It had been a couple days and Yuri was back on the ice. In two more days him and Yurio would be facing off. They were practicing for that and they would take turns going through the program. After that they would both work on their own on parts they needed to work on. Once they did that, they would take a break and I'd get my turn on the ice. Once I was done, the cycle would start over.

Yesterday Yuri had discovered that his Eros would be a Pork Cutlet bowl. Victor and Yurio were surprised considering we were "dating," but I convinced them that our love wasn't quite that far yet. I watched as Yurio was teaching Yuri how to do a quadruple salchow. Watched them as I listened to the songs I would be doing for my skating programs. We hadn't fully figured out the moves for History Maker, but it was a work in progress.

Yuri and I's "relationship" was now like a TV show for most skaters and several of Yuri's fans. My main issue with the entire thing wasn't even the being close of being in each others arms all the time, my issue was the hate that I got from some of Yuri's fans. There were times where I got a lot of hate from them, but I ignored it the best I could.

I continued to post cute pictures of us and after a while, Yuri joined in and started posting pictures as well. I didn't want to take them for him or else it would look weird, so he took them all himself. To be honest they were really cute, a lot of them were from time when I wasn't looking. He would add small comments that made them even cuter.

I scrolled through my phone to see a picture that Yuri had posted not even an hour ago. It was a picture of me eagerly jumping over the wall of the rink once it was my turn to get on the ice. He added a note to it that caused me to smile.

My damsel in destruction

My heart did a small flip as I liked the the picture.

That had been happening a lot lately and I've had it happen to me before, I new exactly what was going on. I had a crush on Yuri Katsuki. This fake dating thing only messed with my feelings even more. I didn't want to get in a fight and have it end, I wanted it to continue, but Yuri didn't and that's what matters.

I looked up to see Yuri had started the program. This whole Eros think was really hot to be honest. I'm kind of happy that Victor chose for Yuri to do this song. He continued through the song and I watched as it was getting closer to the quad salchow, he made the jump and barely landed it. He wobbled a bit, but he still managed.

I cheered happily, Yuri had been working on that a lot and didn't land it very often, but he managed. I saw a small smile on Yuri's face as he went through the program. Once he was done, he skated off the ice for Yurio's turn. I ran over and hugged Yuri. "You did it!" I squealed. He smiled and wrapped his arms around me, hugging me back. I wasn't just doing this to act like his girlfriend. I was really proud of him and I felt like he deserved praise after that.

I heard voices and turned to see reporters at the door. Lutz, Loop, and Axel were trying to keep them out, but of course they still managed to get photos. Yuri and I weren't too popular in anywhere but Japan, but that didn't mean we didn't have fans outside or Japan as well. I guess no one can resist a cute skating couple.

I looked up at Yuri, "Should we go give them a bit of a show?" Yuri laughed at the grin that was crawling onto my face and nodded, "Why not." Yuri and I had gotten used to this by now. Usually this stuff wasn't too popular, but considering I was a "mystery woman" when we first started, that made it more "attractive to the press" as Victor puts it. Yuri put an arm around my shoulder as we walked outside. We were bombarded with questions and I laughed.

"Does your relationship ever get in the way of your careers?" I heard. I laughed and shook my head. "Not really. We find time for each other in between practices and such," I smiled at the person.

"Yuri! Is she the reason you came home to Japan so soon?" He looked surprised before answering, "No. I didn't really expect to see her here when I came home. We just met back up and... sparks flew I guess," Yuri laughed his cheeks tinting with pink. Yuri was really good at playing this part. I smiled at him as I felt my face heat up a bit.

"Y/N! Have you been getting a lot of hate from Yuri's fans?" My face fell at the thought of some of the comments I had read. Some people had messaged me directly and insulted me. "Yes, but I've been trying to ignore them best I can. No need to let a few internet haters get me down, right?" I forced a smile. Yuri noticed my mood change and guided my back inside, waving to the reporters. I stared at the ground.

"Don't let that get you down. None of those people even know you. If they did they wouldn't be able to say stuff like that," Yuri explained. I nodded and saw Yurio had finished running through his program. "Yurio finished, you can o work on some of your jumps now," I told him, trying to change the subject. Yuri gave me a look but nodded. He took the guards off of his skated and went back out on the ice.

I pulled out my phone and saw some of the messaged that have been sent to me. As a skater I was used to this happening every now and then, but this was a lot more than I had ever dealt with.

I don't even see why he likes a pig like you.

Katsuki is too good for a whore like that.

How sweet that Yuri is kind enough to help the poor.

Not even make up could help that face!

Good thing for YOLO, no one needs that in the world more than once.

Yuri must have been too nice to reject the poor girl.

I scrolled  through the comments, scanning over them. I couldn't help myself. They made me feel horrible, but it was like I was hoping to find a point where it ended.

I stopped when my phone was snatched from my hand. I looked up to see Yuri looking at it. He turned the screen off and put it in his pocket. He sat next to me on the bench and pulled my into a hug. I hadn't realized tears had fallen until I felt them soak into his jacket. I rested face on his chest and more tears followed the first ones.

"They don't know who you are, Y/N. They're just a bunch of people there to tear you down," Yuri whispered at his hands messed with my hair. I drew in a shaky breath and slowly nodded. He smiled at me and let me go. I pulled my head away from his chest and her wiped the remaining tears from my eyes. "How about later we go out and find you an outfit for your programs?" Yuri asked. I shrugged and nodded, "I guess so." Yuri gave me a reassuring smile. "Also, it's your turn on the ice," He said, pointing to the rink. I laugh and got up, taking the guards off of my skates and getting on the ice.

Yuri took away my phone, so now I couldn't listen to the music, but I had it in my head, that was all I really needed. I decided to work on History Maker since it needed the most work. Neither of the songs I was doing were considered soft music you'd expect to dance to, but I didn't really care. Heh, you only live once, right?

Why do I even care what those people are saying about me anyways? They're people, yeah. Everyone's opinion matters, but I don't see them going through the issues I am. If they were they wouldn't say things like that.

I imagined the chorus of the song in my head as my next jump came up, a double axel.

We were born to make History

I accidentally over rotated on the double axel and it turned into a triple. Holy crap, did I just do a triple axel?! I quickly slowed down before I lost control and continued my program. I needed to shake it off. I allowed my thoughts to drift back. I was more than what those comments said. I knew I was, but the more I saw people pointing things out the more I doubted myself.

"Worthless"

I remembered seeing that word several times before. It stung every time, but I wasn't worthless. Could someone who was worthless win a gold medal? Or have the guts to skate in front of thousands of people?

I smiled to myself. I'm not what any of those things said. I'll only live once, and if I don't enjoy it now, I may never be able to. If I enjoy it, I can make history.

Yes, we were born to make history

I finished my spin off in a bow. I had tears in my eyes as I let them fall. I didn't realized how hard i had worked myself. My knees gave out and I laid on the ice.

No matter what anyone says, I'll never be worthless.