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"Name?" The Asian-looking boy with black hair, tired brown eyes and big blue-framed glasses asks, holding a white plastic cup and a pen.
"Nikiforov." Victor says and then goes back to talking on the phone with his best friend, Chris, while watching the new barista go to prepare his drink after writing the name on the glass. "Ever looked at your ex and wondered if you were drunk the entire relationship?"
" Victor, I'm wondering the same thing right now, considering you were my ex. " Chris replies, and Victor opens a wide smile on his face.
"Ah, stop being an ass. You got over it quickly when you met Masumi." He says, watching the barista interrupt the latte preparation to serve another customer.
" Best decision of my life. "
Victor receives his drink from the barista and walks away, walking inside that Shopping Center while teasing Chris more.
" Now, do you want to tell me the real reason you're calling me this early in the morning? "
"Why? Was it tiring with him last night?" Victor asks, starting to drink the latte and finally noticing the name on the glass, something that makes him choke a little. "What the hell...?"
" Victor? " Chris asks, in a serious voice, but Victor ignores him when he sees the name written on the cup.
Nikiforofu.
" What? " Chris asks, starting to laugh out loud, making Victor realize that he must have said out loud what he just read.
Victor pouts first, before surrendering and laughing at the situation too, deciding that it's time to make a little prank with that cute barista.
And for that, Victor, who is Russian and manager of one of the jewelry stores in that shopping mall, decides to search the internet for pick-up lines in English.
~ x ~
"Why should you never break up with a goalie? Because he’s a keeper." Victor starts to tell the barista at the exact moment he finishes telling what he wants to drink.
"What?" The barista asks, surprised.
"Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring, and good-looking?" He continues, surprising other people who are waiting in line. "They already have boyfriends."
"I don’t understand." The barista asks nervously. “I’m single.”
"What’s a boyfriend’s idea of honesty in a relationship? Telling you his real name." Victor insists.
"Make your order right away!" A surly woman who is waiting in line to purchase a coffee drink exclaims, startling the barista and Victor.
Victor, frustrated, asks for a latte and notices that the barista hesitates a little before writing his name on the cup. He walks away quickly when he receives the drink and, curious, reads the written name and starts to laugh.
Niriforofu;).
Very good. Challenge accepted.
~ x ~
"I think you are suffering ... From a lack of vitamin me." Victor says, after placing his daily order at the kiosk.
The barista, who was going to write his name, freezes and looks at him in surprise. He looks back at the cup and writes the name, until he goes to prepare the drink. When Victor sees the name Niliforofu written, he looks back at the barista and is startled to see that the boy looks at him with a shy smile on his face and flushed cheeks, looking away and going back to work immediately.
~ x ~
"Everything I brew… I brew it for you." Victor says, the next day.
"But am I the one who does that?" The barista asks, as he writes on the cup.
And Victor rolls his eyes and snorts when he receives a glass with the name ' Niliforv ' from him.
~ x ~
"You’re the type of boy… I’d make a sandwich for."
In the cup?
Nikefarov.
~ x ~
"I want to be the reason who makes you look down at your phone and smile… And then walk into a pole."
"Eh?" The barista asks, confused, after writing the name ' Nikifarov ' on the cup.
~ x ~
There’s something wrong with the dictionary. ” Victor says, suddenly, after three weeks visiting the same kiosk every day.
"Why?" The barista asks, surprised.
“They spelled‘ love ’wrong. It should be L-U-V, because I know I can’t spell love without U! ”
Suddenly, two things happen at the same time. The barista has a very flushed face, looking at him with shock and Victor's eyes widen when he realizes what he has just said. He cancels the order and walks away, hiding his red face with his right hand and going to the bathroom to wash his face and hide from the world.
What he didn't expect was that minutes after standing with his hands on his face and trying to calm down, he overhears someone entering the men's room.
"For you." He hears the barista's voice and is startled to see him walking away and leaving the bathroom.
He realizes that in the sink, close to where he is, there is an empty coffee cup, with the name Nikiforov, a heart on the side and a... phone number?
Oh my god, Barista Boy cute gave him his phone number.
...
Me:
Hi, I'm Victor Nikiforov.
Cute Barista Boy:
Hi, Victor!
Sorry for the delay, only now I'm free of customers.
Me:
No problem, I am also very busy.
In fact ... I still don't know your name.
Cute Barista Boy:
You never asked and apparently did not notice the tag of my uniform, which has my full name.
My name is Yuuri. Yuuri Katsuki.
Me:
Nice to meet you, Yuuri!
I have two very important questions to ask you.
Yuuri <3 <3:
Yes?
Me:
Didn't you like my jokes?
And what do you think of dogs?
Yuuri <3 <3:
Sorry, but your jokes weren't funny, Victor. But I thought it was cute that you kept insisting on them, that's why I kept writing your name wrong on purpose.
And I think that should answer your question.
[Photo: Yuuri laughing while being licked by a small brown fur poodle and blue collar.]
He's Vicchan.
Me:
OMG !!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3
[Photo: An adult poodle, lying on its back and with its tongue out.]
She is Makkachin.
Yuuri <3 <3:
So cute! <3
I want to meet her soon!
Me:
Do you want to go to dinner with me?
Yuuri <3 <3:
Today?
Me:
Today I can't because of work.
Yuuri <3 <3:
What if you come to my apartment after going to pick up Makkachin? It will give me time to prepare something special for us.
Me:
OK!
...
That night, Victor meets a delicious Japanese dish called Katsudon, Vicchan and Makkachin soon become great friends and they start dating.
~ x ~
[After 6 months]
"Here it is, Vitya." Yuuri says, handing Victor the cup with the latte and distracting him with a kiss. "Drink slowly, okay?"
"OK!" Victor exclaims, already starting to drink and walking away from his boyfriend's kiosk.
Only when he is passing by a window does he realize that he has something strange written on the cup and when he goes to read it, he freezes.
Will you marry me?
Oh my god!
...
Me:
[Photo: Cup with Yuuri's phrase, where ' Yes ' is written in red below.]