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[fourlevels]

"Hi! This is Viktor Nikiforov!
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[beautiful_monster]

ARE YOUR HANDS BURNED

NOPE CALL INSTEAD

[fourlevels]

[ Really, Yuri, what kind of question is that. If they were, he couldn't very well text back now could he.

As it is, it takes several attempts to try using the back of a knuckle to try to dial him back, opting for a phone call instead. ]

MAYBE IT WAS A TEST!!!

[beautiful_monster]

[ Or maybe he's just too worried to think clearly about it. Either way he's practically yelling into the phone when he accepts the call. ]

Why the hell didn't you say anything about them?!

DID I PASS??

[fourlevels]

[ Another drawback to having blisters all over your hands: you also can't turn down the volume of the phone or cover your ears. ]

It just happened earlier today, Yura, calm down ... I take it you talked with Yusuke then?

MAYBE

[beautiful_monster]

No shit! How bad is it? Were you able to bandage them right?

\o/

[fourlevels]

Ah, I'm still trying to sort that out. It's hard to open the packaging to the gauze?

[beautiful_monster]

[ There's an exasperated, muffled curse. ]

Are you still at home? I'll be there soon.

[fourlevels]

Да, still at home. I'm not sure I'd be able to turn the door knob in any case.

[beautiful_monster]

You should've called me right away, you idiot.

[fourlevels]

I was only able to get my phone out a few minutes ago!

[beautiful_monster]

Only because I texted you. How long have you been trying to get into the gauze?

[fourlevels]

Uuh ... maybe about ten minutes?

[ More like twenty. He even tried using scissors until he realized you still need hands with that. The attempts to tear it open with his teeth didn't end well either. ]

[beautiful_monster]

You should've called after five.

[fourlevels]

Honestly, I'm thinking about just putting them back in cold water again ...

[beautiful_monster]

Do they still hurt now? I can stop and pick up some burn ointment. The good ones are supposed to have stuff for pain in them.

[fourlevels]

Mmm, a little.

[ Downplay, downplay, downplay. ]

I'm not sure how fast these are going to heal anyway so better safe than sorry.

[beautiful_monster]

[ Even with the downplaying, Yuri sounds pretty worried about that. ]

How long does stuff normally take to heal with your power?

[fourlevels]

I've never had anything this big before except for the arm with Miles, but that wasn't a wound like this was. Cuts and scrapes heal within just a few minutes. I think it may take as long as my arm took to heal? So two or three days, maybe?

[beautiful_monster]

Two or three days isn't bad for a burn like that.

[ It'd still be better if it hadn't happened at all, but there was no changing it now. ]

[fourlevels]

I'm hoping less, really.

...You're on your way now, right?

[ Which is the closest Viktor will get to complaining about the pain. ]

[beautiful_monster]

I'm stopping at the corner store for some burn cream. I'll be there as soon as I get this.

[ There's the dull murmur of other customers in the background now, so he must be in the store already. ]

[fourlevels]

Ah, спасибо. I'll see you in a few minutes then.

[ There's some sounds from Viktor's side of the call, something like fabric? A sleeves? Rustling against the phone before the unmistakable sound of the phone being dropped on the floor before it finally cuts off. It's just as hard to end a call as it was to answer it. :( ]

[beautiful_monster]

[ It really doesn't take him too much longer to get there—barely even ten minutes from the time Viktor finally managed to end the call. The front door practically slams open and then closes at a much more reasonable volume. ]

Oi, Viktor! Where are you?

[fourlevels]

In here!

[ Here being in the kitchen, Viktor having given up and just put his hand under cold water again in the sink. He tired blocking the drain to make it fill up, but was only half-successful with it, the seal not perfect. At least he'd been able to get that much so he wouldn't have the pressure of running water over the blisters that have popped up. ]

[beautiful_monster]

[ He hurries into the kitchen and tosses the bag of supplies he'd bought on the counter by the sink, leaning around Viktor to pear into the water. ]

Let me see.