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[beautiful_monster]

Are these jobs the Americans give out for real? I thought after school coaches were all volunteers. Are people really going to pay for that?

Another question: what's the deal with America and Russia? Kind of doubt I'm going to get a straight answer out of these two.

[There's an image attached to the message—a candid shot of a pair of shameless lovebirds. Yurio can be seen at the very edge of the image looking decidedly unimpressed with them. Don't they know there are serious issues to discuss??]

Comments

[abandon_hope]

... Are they your dads?

[beautiful_monster]

[UGH. His faces twitches in exasperation.]

No. And don't ever let Viktor hear you call them that. He'll never shut up if he hears anyone else saying it.

Viktor's just one of my rinkmates from home, so when I got here the Americans made him my guardian since we know each other.

[abandon_hope]

[ He makes a note not to then. Yeesh. ]

They made you get a guardian? That sucks.

[beautiful_monster]

Isn't your mom yours?

[abandon_hope]

Not legally. Maybe it's because I'm in my 80s.

[beautiful_monster]

—You're eighty?! Because of the demi-god thing??

[abandon_hope]

Kind of. Yeah. My sister and I sort of got frozen for a while.

[beautiful_monster]

Like in carbonite?

[abandon_hope]

... What's carbonite?

[beautiful_monster]

[Oh shit, now he looks like a nerd doesn't he? His cheeks pink up a bit.]

It's—from a movie. They froze one of the heroes in it for a while.

[abandon_hope]

Really? Which one? I haven't seen it yet.

[ He seems pretty excited about it. ]

[beautiful_monster]

Oh, it's called Star Wars, but I don't know if they'd have it here...

[abandon_hope]

... I've never seen it.

[beautiful_monster]

...We could see if it does exist here, and if not...well, they have to have other movies, right?

[abandon_hope]

You want to watch them? Together?

[beautiful_monster]

Is that weird? If you don't want to, it's fine.

[abandon_hope]

No, I want to. I just - you want to? With me?

[beautiful_monster]

Yeah? Why else would I suggest it?

[abandon_hope]

... Dunno. I'm not a normal guy.

[beautiful_monster]

Well I wouldn't want to go with a boring guy. You're anything but boring.

[abandon_hope]

... I guess I'm really not. Boring, I mean.

[beautiful_monster]

Exactly. Why the hell wouldn't anyone want to hang out with a guy as cool as you?

[abandon_hope]

The hell part, mostly. Kind of.

[beautiful_monster]

Seriously? But you're so nice! That makes the hell thing cool instead of scary.