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[ It's also hard to sneak in when there's a dog as well. Makkachin comes bounding up to the new person coming home, maybe it's his owner? Or Yuuri?? But OH it's the cat person owner! Makkachin bounds up to him, ready to lick his face in greeting—

—when he skids to a stop at the horrid smell coming off of him. Immediately, Makkachin turns around and runs back up the stairs to escape the foul odor, whimpering slightly. ]

Ugh. At least you aren't stuck with it, you mutt!

[ Yuri can hear Viktor's voice before he comes down the stairs. ]

Eeh, Makkachin? What's gotten into you?

[ Viktor comes down then, rubbing the back of his neck. ]

Did someone scare Makkachin just now?

[Yuri backs up as if that is actually going to keep the smell from reaching Viktor.]

Your dog got scared on its own! I don't know why.

[ The moment of detection is painfully obvious in the way Viktor pauses mid-step to take another big whiff of the air. ]

Phew~ Yurio, did you bathe in something smelly this morning?

[He groans and tugs his hood down over his eyes.]

No. Why would I do that?

Because you smell really nice right now! Though it's really powerful too ... Maybe we should open a window?

...It's perfume. There was an explosion at the swear-in.

An explosion? You're not hurt, are you?

Oh...no, I'm alright. I don't think anyone was nearby when it happened.

Ah, thank goodness for that.

[ Then Viktor does something out of character for him when it's not aimed at Katsuki Yuuri: he reaches out to lay his hand on Yuri's shoulder, squeezing it companionably. ]

[Yuri, for once in all the time they've known each other, doesn't pull away.]

...I would've called you if I got hurt.

I would have gone with you too, but I hadn't known you were going.

It's better that you didn't. I bet you wouldn't have left that damn gazebo at all.

Why do you say that?

Because it's the one that blew up—the one selling perfumes and colognes. [And Yuri is real sure there's a high chance Viktor would've been in it.]

[ Viktor laughs lightly. ]

Ah, maybe so, at least for a couple bottles.

So it's better that you didn't come and get caught in the explosion. What do you like about that stuff anyway?

I like the smell of them! And how it smells on me.

So it's just about being vain.

Haha, sometimes! But other times ... it reminds me of things too. They say the sense of smell is one of the most powerful triggers of memories.

[Yuri narrows his eyes.]

...What kind of memories does it trigger for you?

Of things long since forgotten, [ he answers vaguely. ]

But what about you? Doesn't the smell of pirozhkis remind you of your grandfather?

Well...yeah. Of course it does, but that's not the kind of smell they can put in a cologne.

Hmm ... then what about in the summer when we head to the rink? Do you remember what blooms just outside?