[ The weight of his anxieties doesn't lift even though Viktor basically swears his life to him and declares that he wants to spend the rest of his life with him. A gesture and a statement that Yuuri knows Viktor would not say lightly, not to someone like Yuuri. ]

Doesn't that frustrate you, Viktor?

[ He does his best not to bring up how he still has lingering feelings that Viktor could (always) do better than him. Yuuri was still pretty average and not really anything spectacular. He certainly wasn't anywhere as attractive as Viktor was. Viktor was sculpted and Yuuri was...well Yuuri. ]

I... I didn't consider us to being anything beyond the Grand Prix Final. [ For every step forward filled with love and affection for Yuuri that Viktor takes, Yuuri sometimes finds himself having a hard time meeting Viktor there. ] Things are different back home. It's not like you can shove your feelings at me and make me understand them.

[ Despite his uncertainty and words of trepidation, he leans into Viktor's touch. ]