[His lips quirk up in a smile as he takes the granola pieces with a soft "thanks".] Yeah. Would you believe I only meant to skate it for one person? Yuuko-san. She's one of my best friends. Ah, you must've met her at the Grand Prix Final viewing party, right?
[Yuuri sighs as he drops the food into the water, enticing the duck family to swim closer for a meal.]
Anyway, I...I'd thought of retiring for a time after doing so horribly at the competitions last year. Skating that routine was my way of telling her I'd keep going, and not to worry about me. [Once, he might have found it difficult to open to Minami and tell him all of this, but Yuuri's finding it easier to do so now. It's a show of trust, as much as anything. That no matter what happened from here on, he still considers Minami a friend. Yuuri smiles wryly.] I meant to skate it privately for her, but her triplets recorded it and posted it online instead.
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[Yuuri sighs as he drops the food into the water, enticing the duck family to swim closer for a meal.]
Anyway, I...I'd thought of retiring for a time after doing so horribly at the competitions last year. Skating that routine was my way of telling her I'd keep going, and not to worry about me. [Once, he might have found it difficult to open to Minami and tell him all of this, but Yuuri's finding it easier to do so now. It's a show of trust, as much as anything. That no matter what happened from here on, he still considers Minami a friend. Yuuri smiles wryly.] I meant to skate it privately for her, but her triplets recorded it and posted it online instead.