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In this world, everyone has their own fear, no matter how strong they are, they cannot escape it.So what about Victor?Yuuri once thought that Victor had no weaknesses at all, or if he did, perhaps he was so talented that he was afraid he wouldn't be able to control it? That was before, but after getting to know him, he discovered that.Victor is afraid of cockroaches!Besides him and Yurio (because Yurio is also afraid of cockroaches), no one knows this embarrassing secret of Victor, including teacher Yakov or Victor's best friend - Chris.Today was a more special day than any other day, Victor got home earlier than usual so he and Yuuri decided to spend the evening watching the newly released movie. There would have been nothing to talk about if the little brown cockroach hadn't crawled out from under the sofa between his and Victor's luxury apartment.Victor, Yuuri and the cockroach stared at each other, four eyes to two. And a few seconds later, right before the cockroach could run away, Victor ran and hid right behind Yuuri, at a faster speed than when he ran away when Yurio chased him for stealing his ice cream.Victor was still clinging to Yuuri's body, his legs pressed close to his body, almost wanting to jump on Yuuri too. He turned back to look at him with disdain, his mouth began to tease him."Look who's hiding because he doesn't dare face the tiny cockroach. It's the living legend Victor Nikiforov. Is this really a living legend?"I deliberately repeated and emphasized the words "living legend" which made Victor just look down, his face clearly showing sadness. He was so embarrassed by his teasing that he just wanted to dig a hole and crawl in and lie down.Then the two returned to sit in their original position, Yuuri frowned in frustration, thinking about why there were cockroaches in his house even though he cleaned all day.It's definitely due to Victor's disorderly eating habits!Yuuri swears! Victor eats indiscriminately, at most he only stops at sipping a carton of milk or a cookie when sitting in places other than the dining room, while Victor can sit and eat anywhere, first on the sofa and then even in the bedroom, but every time he eats it's always something that attracts insects! Even when Yuuri is at home, Victor still does it, so wonder how messy he can be when he's away!Yuuri felt extremely tired. He kept reminding him but Victor wouldn't listen.Yuuri sighed. Just as he turned to complain to Victor, the silhouette of a gray mouse caught his eyes.Yuuri immediately stood up, Victor also stood up. He looked at him in confusion, and was about to ask, but Yuuri repeated Victor's previous action, quickly hiding behind Victor's large back.Victor was stunned for a moment, until he saw a mouse in the middle of the house that he realized the problem.Victor didn't think his lover would be afraid of this creature, how could a few mice be as scary as that brown six-legged "demon".Victor leisurely looked at the mouse and then curled his lips, intending to mock Yuuri the same way he did to him just now. But just when he turned his head, Victor saw him closing his eyes tightly, his eyes filled with tears. The small hand on his shoulder squeezed tighter, as if asking Victor to protect him.Seeing that appearance made Victor unable to tease him. He sighed and walked over to chase the mouse away. After that, he took Yuuri to a cafe to buy some drinks while waiting for the cleaning staff to clean up the battlefield at home.Seeing the small Japanese guy leaning on his shoulder while sipping a cup of hot cocoa, Victor thought to himself that being teased a few times by Yuuri wouldn't hurt him at all.