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(Everything in Russian is EXCEEDINGLY NSFW, EXTREMELY insulting and also Google Translated. You have been warned.)

[ The video cut on to a Florges, with a few of her flowers missing from her blue ruff. Behind her was Yuri, clearly anxious because they were just looking up the results...]

How hard do you think we swept the competition, Potya? Probably killed like, ten dreams at least. Oh, here we go...

[ The announcement could be heard, Yuri getting a little impatient---Then Clever's announced winner and--]

Wait. .. Wait. What?

[Potya's head pops into frame, pushing Vesna aside as she reads. Her fur was fluffing increasingly. Yuri..? Oh. Oh he was gone.]

CHTO FIL'TRET SYR'YA SYNA KUKI! KTO UKAZAL, CHTO ON OBRASHCHAYETSYA, CHTO NEPRAVIL'NO KHRISTO YEDA! YA POLUCHIL YEGO SERDTSE, YA POZVOLYAYU SVOYEGO SHEYA, YA POLUCHIL POCHVY YEGO DETEY !!

[The Glameow had also started howling, spitting and hissing with her own rage. She was so angry even her normally twirly tail was straight as it lashed wildly about.

Zorya appeared, the little Pichu reveling in the sudden burst of rage. She was squeaking and shouting along with them. It seemed she was finally maybe connecting with Yuri on a deeper level considering she was starting to glow.

Yuri reaches for the offending gear, which was still playing the results and the last sight from that particular video was the gear flying through the air before being struck by a firm Thunder from the newly evolved Zorya.

Which would become apparently after Yuri receives his new gear and logs on. His hair was frizzed and he looked like he was barely containing himself.]

... so I lost to an idiot that should have been disqualified.

[ Zorya poked her yellow head into the frame, black ears back. ]

Pi!!

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[Vanitas hadn't been expecting to win so he really wasn't all that upset. Plus, he knew what that seemingly super cute little rabbit turned into and given how tough Coach was? Yeah, the bunny deserved to win. Undertaker wasn't thrilled but even he had to, begrudgingly, admit it was understandable.

And then there's Yuri and Potya.

Leaning against the wall near where the blonde was throwing his tantrum, Vanitas just waited, arms crossed with Undertaker sitting on his shoulder munching on a popcorn kernel he'd stolen from someone. He was waiting for an opportunity to speak though he couldn't help but snort when the devil-chu evolved--figures she would chose now to do it the little shit.

But once he had his opening--]

If it's that big of a deal I can go kick his ass and steal the trophy from him for you.

No, because the insult was already made! They made it blatantly clear they preferred someone that should be disqualified over us!

[ And Potya openly starts wailing again. How could they hate her this much!?]

[Vanitas can't help but roll his eyes, pushing away from the wall to go over and catch Yuri by the shoulders while Scrapper, who had been sitting beside Vani and UT, just stares at Potya.

Seriously, cat?]

It's just some stupid contest. Who cares if you won? You can try again next time or whatever. People here are stupid and just don't understand a great performance that's all.

[ Yes, seriously, dog! Dogs would never understand, dogs were the worst and she'd give Scrapper a firm thumping... Later. She felt miserable right now. ]

That's not the point, Vanitas! It's not even about the win! I was beaten for best of show by a long shot and I don't even care. Its the fact that... that a complete screw up and failure is considered better and that's not how it's supposed to work!

[ His anger was starting to amp up again, hands tightening into fists. His pride was deeply cut. ]

I don't work that hard to get tossed aside in favor of garbage! If that happened back home, as if it even would but if it did I'd be laughed out of my COUNTRY! My livelihood would be gone, my family would be scrambling to make ends meet! I'd be blacklisted so fast my head would spin and look at me! I'm not exactly trade labor built!

[ His arms were swung out as if presenting himself like bad meat. ]

It's not just being told I lost, I've lost, I was second place every single qualifier for the Grand Prix, I get LOSING because then I can make myself better but this isn't LOSING, it's being told I'm just not good enough to the point that outright failure is better a-and...

[ Oh boy he shouldn't have talked about home. He reaches a hand up to grind the heel of it against one eye, head dropping. ]

I'm just.. ... It doesn't have to do with... with any of this...

[Well shit.

Vanitas frowned and before Yuri could even think about pulling away or anything like that he tugged the blonde close, sliding his arms around him now.]

Look, things work differently here than they do in our worlds. It's weird and stupid as hell but that's how it is. I don't understand because I don't get the whole competition thing like you do but don't let those idiots think you aren't good enough just because they liked seeing some idiot wreck everything for no reason.

[It had been funny, sure, and Vanitas would have loved to see the whole place come down because of it but he wasn't going to say that outloud.

His arms tightened around Yuri and he dipped his head to press a light kiss to his temple.]

You were amazing, alright? Screw all of them and their stupid trophy.

[ This was pretty pathetic. Getting all emotional like this. There wasn't a reason to. It was ultimately a stupid contest built on arbitrary rules and didn't matter a lick in the real world. He was just.. it was frustration, and it was stupid and ... and..

He really shouldn't have thought about home and how he missed everyone there, even Katsudon and now he felt himself starting to shake. ]

I... its not even that, it's not that at all.. This is something I get. I can do this, I can compete and I understand this outside of everything else here a-and...

[ He burrows his face against Vanitas's chest. He felt so embarrassed for falling apart like this. It was so stupid. ]

I miss my family and Otabek and those stupid bastards Yuuri and Victor and my cat and I didn't want to say anything because I don't want you to think I don't want to be here with you because it's not that..!

[Vanitas is quiet for a long moment just letting Yuri get it all out. These feeling are ones that he doesn't understand; that he can't relate to. He doesn't have anyone back home that he misses. Maybe Ventus falls into that category but it's for very different reasons and ones that aren't entirely normal. And he would be lying if he tried to say the idea of losing Yuri, of the blonde going home didn't terrify him in a way. Didn't make him angry; jealous.

He didn't want to have to share the blonde with anyone else and that wasn't..fair. Healthy.]

..I'm pretty sure that's normal, Yuri. Not that I'd know anything about normal but I think you're allowed to feel like that. You don't have to pretend not to feel like that because of me.

It doesn't matter if its normal! I don't have to like it. I don't have to like that I have to pick one or the other and I can't just have both!

[ Maybe that was a little selfish. There were plenty of people that were unable to have either. Some that came from really terrible worlds and would want to say and others who weren't happy here and would want to leave but here Yuri was desperately wanting to somehow have both. ]

Everyone's staring, I feel stupid.

[ He grabs Vanitas's hand, dragging him with him. He already felt stupid enough with people harassing him about how he dealt with things. He just wanted to get away from these people before his pride became even more bruised. ]

I never said you had to like it.

[It comes out a mumble, Vanitas not really wanting to interrupt or anything. Yuri clearly needed this. That's largely why he let's the other drag him wherever he wants.

His Pokemon follow and once they're in a more secluded spot they set up a bit of a perimeter, Scrapper alone keeping most people from coming near with her sheer intimidating presence.

Vanitas pulls Yuri into another hug once he can, leaning back against a wall to brace himself as he rests his head against the blonde's.]

I wish there was more I could do..

You shouldn't have to do anything. I'm being stupid.

[At least now that they were alone it was easier to calm down. Being stared at just made him angrier.]

I'm an idiot, who gets upset over that kind of stuff? Potya..

[The cat had followed, laying dramatically on the ground]

You would have won if this place wasn't weird.

Obviously.

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