[Wei Yong] Looking for Lilia

Have you ever been in the backseat of a car with someone in the driver and co-pilot, but you feel like you're not in their world?

Yuuri Katsuki felt that way sitting in the back of that pink sports car.No one spoke, and there was no music—Lilia was driving, Victor was staring at the scenery outside the window in a daze, and the atmosphere in the car was as tense as a freshly wound string.

It's not that he doesn't appreciate the silence, quite the contrary, every second that doesn't increase the chance of embarrassment is worth cherishing, and it can be used to better observe others-observing the person who went from blurry color photos and The legendary dancer who came out of the black and white video tape.

Lilia Baranovskaya.She actually exists!It sounds stupid, yes, but anyone who's been hearing that name a lot since adolescence, and it's often accompanied by longing and loss, will feel just as dazed as Yuuri.Especially after he and Victor had spent so much time actually tracking her down for so long—two weeks was just a length of time in concept, it actually felt like he had spent his entire life trying to find her whereabouts—every day A clue leads to a dead end, and every time hope is ignited and then extinguished, anyone will begin to suspect that the name "Lilia Baranovskaya" represents not a real woman at all, but a successful woman. The souls of hundreds of dancers wander through time for the last time through this name.

However, she appeared again.Just sitting there, driving that too-feminine pink sports car with my little pony charm on the key — looking more real than anyone else.This truth made Yuuri feel dazed, as if he had entered a gray area where dreams, fantasy and reality meet.Does she actually exist?Under such fame and legend, there was actually a woman hiding—for a moment, the matter itself became foggy.For a long time, Yuuri had even come to terms with the fact that, in the back of his mind, he thought they would never find her, that she was like a wisp of smoke, a half-true story, and that wasn't possible. Something that literally grabs your hand and says "I found it" out loud.

He's accepted, and - and he's ready to - turn the page.

But she appeared again, in a way that was completely beyond his expectations.

His gaze met Lilia's in the rearview mirror, and Yuuri hurriedly looked away.

"If it reassures you," she said, "your friend was acquitted yesterday."

Unlike Mira and Viktor, she has a strong Russian accent - not to the point where you misunderstand what she's saying, but definitely makes you feel harsh, like being reprimanded.Yuuri wiped the sweat from his palms on his pants when he heard Viktor say dryly, "Ah, I can't think of any more reassuring news after being locked up for thirty hours." He sounded a bit like Yeah... Yuuri couldn't tell what it was like, like Viktor was angry but less icy than real angry, like he was... complaining, and with more than complaining Something a little more.There was a... a reproachful intimacy in his tone.

It took him a while to realize what Viktor was doing, he'd never seen this side of Viktor before, and Yuuri couldn't help grinning.Victor glances at him, and Yuuri quickly stops smiling.

The sports car ran briskly on the asphalt road, and they flashed past them.

"This is the only way," Lilia replied calmly, neither angry at Victor's angry attitude, nor feeling distressed like an ordinary aunt, she always seemed calm, as if there had been too much The big fish had set off waves in front of her, and Victor was just one of the little guys who couldn't be smaller, like the colorful tropical fish, "give you a chance to reflect and learn a lesson."

She paused, and said again, this time it sounded a little more relaxed and cheerful, "Otherwise you will never learn well."

Ah kill me.Yuuri thought.He had the urge to pat the back of the seat and laugh out loud, but Victor folded his arms and his face was stinky, so he could only hold back desperately—it was the only thing he could do not to add insult to injury when Victor was deflated.

"I get it, okay?" Victor said, not sure if he'd noticed, but his tone suddenly sounded like a teenager who's been grounded and deducted pocket money, "But you don't have to be trying to scare me …" He gives Yuuri an odd look, as if suddenly wanting to make sure he's still sitting there.

"I only made one request to Director Mirtu," Lilia said, "and that is to detain you for an extra 24 hours—as for the others, are you sure it wasn't because of your attitude that you caused retaliation?"

"Haha," Victor smirked dryly, "very interesting."

"It doesn't matter if it's interesting or not," said Lilia. "You could have avoided all this if you had been more humble—I've heard that Mr. Smith say that your jokes got him into trouble."

Victor falls silent, staring out the window at the view—fewer houses, more trees—in a daze for a moment, when Yuuri's voice comes hesitantly from the backseat.

"That... that was my idea, ma'am, I mean, ma'am, no ma'am," Yuuri said, his face flushed, his hands subconsciously rubbing back and forth on his thighs, his head buried low low. "I'm sorry...it's me who should be punished..."

Lilia glanced at him through the rearview mirror, her eyes would soon be on the road.They've driven out of town.

"It's not my intention to punish you," she said suddenly, "but if I let you go, maybe the lesson for Viktor wouldn't be that big." She made it as if Yuuri was only seven years old and Viktor was the one who brought him into trouble The older child, she blamed the older child more, because the younger one didn't have the mind to be responsible for his own decisions, which made Yuuri feel very uncomfortable. In addition, he didn't want Victor to be killed for no reason. Harsh.

"but……"

"You're not my fault, young man," Lilia said, her voice reminding Yuuri of the sound of tiny jade beads colliding against each other, a part of the silence even if it makes noise in this silent car , "Your mistakes must of course be pointed out by those responsible to you."

Yuuri was speechless for a moment, and Viktor stretched.

"You've been away for too long, Aunt Lilia," he said, "Hey I have news here: we're adults."

"Then act like an adult," Lilia replied, "stop acting like a six-year-old."

Victor licked his lips, and he changed the subject on his own initiative, "Where are we going? Are you sure you don't want to buy us some McDonald's breakfast? I'm starving." A McDonald's flashed before their eyes, and both Yuuri and Victor looked eagerly looked at it, but Lilia was unmoved.

"You two need to clean up first," she said. "It's like two humanoid pot smokers sitting in the car with me right now."

Victor smiled at her, lowered the window a little, and the wind came in violently, messing up his bangs.Victor rested his hands on the car door, closed his eyes and enjoyed the fresh air on his face.

Calm was restored in the carriage, and they were each thinking about their own concerns.A few minutes later, Lilia suddenly spoke again.

"Looks like you're all bored," she said. "Listen to music, I just got a new CD a while ago."

It must be a symphony, or an opera, Yuuri thought, or...

——Lilia said: "Do you like Brother Mars?"

The two young men froze for a moment, and Yuuri almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

So the rest of the itinerary was quickly passed away in the singing of BrunoMars.

"I'm not complaining," Victor said as they drove across a bridge, "—where the hell are we?"

"We're going to the residential area on the mountain," Lilia replied. The bridge looked old, and the road surface was made of stones and was uneven, making it extremely difficult for them to drive.Through the windshield, you can see the dense woods on the mountain at the other end of the bridge, dotted with small houses one after another. "I live there."

"Lovely," said Victor, "the Rivendell of the world."

Lilia ignored him.If there was any similarity between them other than the talent for dancing, it would probably be their concentration while driving—she was holding the steering wheel tightly and looking at the ground, but even so, the car was still driving very slowly because of the poor road conditions.

"Deer run faster than us." Victor muttered, a sika deer ran past them and disappeared into the forest.

"If you get out of the car, you can run faster than the car." Lilia replied, "Don't complain."

Fortunately, this turmoil was over soon.They drove on the winding mountain road, and every once in a while, a small house with a strange shape would appear beside them and be left behind.

"Aren't the neighbors very close?" Victor said, "Don't you all play cards together?"

"Oh, don't talk silly about Vitenka," Lilia said, "Now we use the online chess and card room."

Yuuri endured the pain in his stomach.The car drove along the winding mountain road for another half an hour, and they finally stopped in front of a small three-storey house. This house seemed to be cut out of a fairy tale, with a triangular roof, a chimney, and a door that opened in the middle. , each floor has two windows, one on the left and one on the right, and the walls are painted light yellow. There are many small flowers that cannot be named in the garden, and there are a few stone dwarfs.At the door of the house, a familiar jeep was parked.

It's the first thing Yuuri notices when he gets out of the car, and he shakes Viktor's arm excitedly.

"that is not……"

"That's right," Victor says, "it looks like it is." The two of them enter the garden in awe, approaching the loyal jeep - Yuuri feels like he hasn't seen her in days.

"Oh, they drove here when your friends came to eat." Lilia said, "Just yesterday, they drank a little too much, ordered a taxi and left."

"Of course," Victor said, "Yuuri and I suffer in prison, they come out to eat and drink, why not, it's great." He and Yuuri's hands were held together at some point, until the next When they came down and approached Lilia's house, they didn't let go.

Lilia's home is as interesting as it looks on the outside. In Yuuri's original imagination, he thought that Lilia's home would be in that cold post-modern style, but it is actually full of life. It is full of mahogany furniture, sofas and sofa cushions. There are many photos on the combination cabinet against the wall. The wall is covered with wallpaper of pink flowers on a white background. On the wall of the restaurant, there is even a cuckoo clock.

"It's like every grandma's house," Viktor whispered in Yuuri's ear, "except for the sword."

"And an axe." Yuuri added, various medieval weapons could be seen every few steps on the wall of the corridor, and looking up from the stairs, there was also a piece of armor placed by the window on the first floor. "It's a good thing you don't have kids—it's going to be hard to play hide and seek here." He turned his head and met Victor's gaze. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Victor smiled immediately, and he pointed to a specimen pendant, "Oh, look what this is? It's disgusting..."

"It's a bat," Yuuri whispered, "wait a minute, it's weird, it has tentacles..." He shivered.

"Hey, boys!" Lilia appeared out of nowhere, "Wash your hands, eat, the bathroom is under the stairs."

If he had to wash his hands, Yuuri suddenly realized that his hand was being held by Victor, and a moment of regret floated in his heart, wait a minute, regret?

"Want to see what's in the bathroom?" Victor said with a smile, seemingly thinking nothing of it.Yuuri also tried his best to dispel the messy thoughts in his mind, and laughed too. "I'd be disappointed if I didn't find a snake ornament on the tap," said Victor. "She's a complete Slytherin, you know."

There was indeed a snake decoration on the bathroom tap, which was exciting, and they washed their hands and went back to the restaurant for a really good brunch: Lilia made a lot of pelmeni, but Yuuri, however, finds that after the initial excitement wears off, he's starting to feel tired.

After dinner, Yuuri and Viktor try to salvage their "bad boy" image in Lilia by offering to do the dishes, but are rejected ("People use dishwashers now, Vitenka."), and Lilia takes They led them to the second floor, which was carpeted, and there were four rooms with doors facing each other quietly. She arranged them in two rooms on the diagonal, and then ordered them to take a bath—the luggage had been checked. Reese brought it along, lying quietly and softly on the bed, smelling of fabric softener.

Yuuri didn't say anything, his blood was busy helping to digest the fried dumplings, his brain was a bit stuck.He glanced at Victor, turned and walked towards his room.

The guest room is just as warm and fun as the rest of the house, just a bit girly—Yuuri's room has carpet, a big mahogany dresser, and little flowers on the mirror.The morning sun shines through the window on the double bed, Yuuri looked at the crisp white sheets and quilt, and let out a longing mutter.But he still hasn't forgotten Lilia's order: take a bath first, then sleep.

The layout of the bathroom is very simple, there is no bathtub, and a frosted glass bathroom is installed in the corner.As soon as bathing became possible, hygiene became unbearable.He quickly undressed—not forgetting to carefully fold his costume—and walked into the bathroom.

He started to take a bath, with Brus Marno's cheerful ditty in his head, he seemed to be thinking about nothing, but he seemed to have made a decision, in short, everything seemed to be very clear, but when he wanted to see clearly, it became very blurry again.He wet his hair unconsciously, put shampoo on it and rubbed it.

found her...

and then……

Victor he...

Both of us……

Just when he was thinking about it but not thinking about it, he didn't even hear the door was opened and someone walked in. When he recovered, the door of the bathroom had already been opened.Through the frosted glass, a figure stood there.

"...Victor?" Yuuri called out, narrowing his eyes, and Victor said "hmm".

"There is no hot water in my room." He said softly, "I suspect that is the room she prepared for Yakov."

"...I see." Yuuri replied, he didn't know what he was talking about, but Victor's footsteps slowly approached the bathroom, but he didn't say anything—he just looked at Victor He opened the shower door and walked in.

Naked, of course.

Now that they were both in the shower, the palm-sized space suddenly squeezed two big men, and it became a bit cramped.Yuuri felt his face gradually getting hotter than the hot water, but the steam had already filled his brain.He could only take a step back and leaned against the wall.

The water rushes out of the shower head and washes over Victor's muscular back. He looks white and shiny, with water droplets hanging on his eyelashes.

Victor gave Yuuri a very vague smile.

"I can't believe it," he said softly, "I can't believe...we found her."

His breath is as cold as frost, he takes a step closer and Yuuri has nowhere to retreat.

He didn't really want to quit either.Yuuri looked up, a strange sense of joy finally taking over his mind, and he laughed.

"Well, really," he said with a smile, "I found it!"

The two of them smirked at each other, and after a while, Victor said: "Before..." His smile began to shrink, and the brows also clustered. Although the pure joy was still lingering in his heart, he still Hesitated. "Before being arrested by..., do you remember, we were talking about..."

He took a deep breath and forced a trembling smile.

"We seem to have a...promise."

Yuuri feels like he's drunk—the cramped little shower, the steam, Victor's jade-like skin and bright red lips... all make his brain go crazy.Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that.

"We can...discuss slowly on the way back." He said softly, no longer leaning against the wall, he took the initiative to approach Victor, and their bodies were less than a punch away from each other—and that was a person who was easily caught Elimination distance.Victor put his arms around Yuuri's waist, and they moved closer to each other, clinging to each other.Yuuri looked into his eyes, the blue eyes and himself filled with water. "You know, on our way to...Vegas."

A gentle, grateful smile carefully spread across Victor's face, without hesitation, he lowered his head and kissed Yuuri.