While he was trying to stay positive about things, he knew that Victor was very capable of playing people the way he wanted to. It wasn't a malicious thing; it was just how Victor was. He knew how to keep people going. He knew how to get them to fight harder; to work harder.

Yuri just..he was young. And it probably came off as way worse than Victor had meant it.

"I'm sorry. It's..if I hadn't been so rash.." If he hadn't tried to quit to give Victor an out, the other wouldn't have pushed Yuri like that.

The sound of the plastic crinkling makes him cringe and he reaches out to rest a hand over the younger skater's.

"And that's not fair to you. You should be happy about it. You were amazing, Yuri-kun and you deserve that gold more than anyone else that was on the ice."