[ He knows he can’t give Viktor all of the credit for everything that’s happened to him, since he knows he was instrumental in a lot of that himself. Without his own personal drive, he wouldn’t have made it this far. Not to mention, Viktor was still a shitty coach from time to time who didn’t know how to handle Yuuri’s fragile heart. ]

But what I feel now—I’ve never felt this way for anyone. [ Something that Yuuri’s said multiple times and each time it keeps coming back to whether or not if it was “love”. He was pretty certain it felt like it but it also felt more than just simple love. Love was too cheap of a word and yet admitting that it was something more than that was hard. Maybe for now it would be a compromise to put a proper “label” on them until Yuuri could feel entirely comfortable with what they were. For him to have a word to cling to and explore. ] ...would you really want to marry me?

[ Even though Yuuri is certain that the answer is “yes”, he wants to hear it come from Viktor’s mouth. He wants to not let there be any kind of gray area or assumptions about what they were be between one another. Yuuri looks at their joined hands and feels his face burn as he continues. ]

Do you want to be in a relationship?

[ Unspoken were Yuuri’s thoughts of, With me? Out of all of the people that you could have easily had… ]