"Well, since you don't have your own clothes or anything, and I really don't think that you want to keep wearing clothes either too big on you or not yours, what do you say to a little shopping?" Otabek asked Yuri as they sat in the kitchen at the breakfast table. Yuri looked up from the cereal that he was in the middle of eating and nodded his head a little bit.

"Yeah, that sounds nice. I don't have any money to buy anything, though..." Yuri said as he looked down at the bowl.

Otabek shook his head. "Doesn't matter, I'm buying you everything. And don't even bother to argue with me, you'll lose." He stated.

Yuri opened his mouth to argue, but then just closed it and let out a small huff, shaking his head. Otabek smirked in victory and continued to eat his food when he remembered something. "Hey, those guys that you were talking about earlier. You should invite them over to visit." He suggested to Yuri.

Yuri stopped eating when he heard that and looked up at Otabek. "Uh... I don't know how well that will work out..." He said slowly, chewing on his bottom lip.

Otabek rose an eyebrow at that. "Why not?" He asked, confused.

"They're just... odd... plus they live in Japan." Yuri said, taking another bite of his cereal.

"I don't care about odd. If you want, I can pay for them to be flown out here. They're your friends and I think that you guys should all catch up." Otabek said to him.

Yuri put his lips into a straight line and didn't say anything before grumbling and nodding his head. "Fine. They're probably going to start getting worried being I haven't talked to them in a while and the last thing that I need is them pestering me. You don't need to pay for their flight, though. They can pay with their own money."

Otabek chuckled a little bit and nodded his head. "Alright, that works. If you want to talk to them so that way they don't freak out or anything, you can use my phone. It makes calls over there." He said.

Yuri was going to say no, but the thought of Viktor and Yuuri freaking out and flying there from Japan before even being invited crossed his mind and he decided that it would be best to just give them a call and tell them that he wasn't dead. "Yeah, that seems like a good idea." He agreed.

Otabek nodded his head and reached into his pocket, taking his cellphone out. He held it out for Yuri to take and Yuri stood up once he had it. "You can go outside or something with it so you're conversation is private if you don't want anyone to hear you." He said.

Yuri gave a nod. "Alright, thanks." He said and turned, heading out of the kitchen and through the backdoor. He walked over to the back stop and sat down on it as he put in Yuuri's number and called him.

He waited for a moment, tapping his foot against the floor as he sat there, waiting for an answer. Finally, he got one.

"Hello?" Yuuri said when he answered the phone.

"Uh... Hey, Yuuri..." Yuri said slowly, rubbing his arm a little bit as he looked around.

Yuri couldn't see it through the phone, but on the other side Yuuri's eyes were widening in surprise when he heard who it was that was calling him. "Yuri! Me and Viktor were getting worried about you! It's been weeks since we heard from you! Are you OK? Are you hurt? What happened? You're alright, right?" Yuuri bombarded him with a whole bunch of questions.

Yuri rolled his eyes. "I'm fine, Yuuri. There's nothing to worry about."

"Why haven't you called lately? We even tried to call you, but got no answer."

Yuri chewed on his bottom lip. "Yeah, my phone died. Sorry."

Yuuri let out a small sigh, almost like a disappointed mother. That's how Viktor and Yuuri always treated him, as if he was their child or something. While Yuri would never admit, he liked it. It made him feel loved, way more than his mother had ever made him feel, even before she kicked him out.

"It's fine, but next time go to a payphone or something. Some way to just let us know that you're OK. Why weren't you able to charge it, though? Don't you have a charger?" Yuuri said.

"Uh... yeah, but... it broke..." Yuri said slowly as he thought up the lie.

From the way that he was speaking, Yuuri could tell that it was a lie, however, he didn't want to start arguing with Yuri or anything and make him hang up on him. "Me and Viktor would like to come see you." He said to him instead, changing the subject.

Yuri closed his eyes a little bit and took in a deep breath. He should have known that Yuuri would jump right to that. He wanted to talk to Viktor and Yuuri in person before they just came over instead of on the phone, especially due to the fact that he was living with someone else who wasn't his mom. Yet how was he going to do that when they were in Japan and had no choice to fly over here before that? As he thought about it, it suddenly came to him. They could video chat!

"Look, Yuri, before you guys come over, I really need to talk to you... A lot has happened since we last talk and you need to know everything before you just come over here. Is it possibly that we could Skype or something?"

Yuuri frowned a little bit on the other side when he heard that. "Are you sure everything is alright, Yurio?" He asked him softly.

Yuri tsked at the use of his nickname being used, but responded back to him. "I'll explain everything later. When would the best time be to talk?" He asked the male.

Yuuri sighed a little bit, yet still looked over to his clock and saw the time. "Well, Viktor gets back around 3 or so and he'll want to eat when he does return. How about around 4:30 or so? So he has time to get home and relax?"

"4:30 will work, I think. I'll send you the call, OK?" Yuri said.

"Alright. I'll talk to you then. Please, stay safe, Yurio." Yuuri said to him, his voice full of concern.

Yuri sighed and closed his eyes as he nodded his head. "I know, I know. I'm safe, don't worry. I'll see you then. Bye."

"Goodbye."

Yuri hung up the phone and opened his eyes, looking out in front of him. He sat there for a minute after they hung up before standing up and turning around, heading back inside. He walked over to Otabek and held his phone out to him. Otabek took his phone and looked up at the male. "Well, how did it go?" He asked him.

Yuri shrugged and sat down in the chair that he had been sitting in before he left. "Alright. I'm gonna Skype later today around 4:30. Do you have a laptop that I could use?"

Otabek let out a small chuckle and nodded is head. "Of course I do. Who doesn't have a laptop now a days?" He joked playfully. "Do you want me to be there when you do this or would you prefer to be in the room alone?" He asked.

"I want you to be there. I'm gonna tell them everything, so they'll probably want to meet you and everything." Yuri said to him. Otabek nodded.

"Alright. Do you think they're going to like me?"

Yuri laughed softly at the question. "You're making it sound like you're meeting my parents or something, but yes, I think they're going to like you. Viktor might be a little uptight at first, but he'll come along. He's a good guy."

"Good to hear." Otabek said to him. "What about them coming over and everything?"

"I told them to wait on that. I want to talk to them and explain everything before they come over." Yuri explained to him.

"Alright." Otabek nodded. "Are you going to go shopping today or wait?"

"I'll wait a little bit." Yuri answered him.

"OK. Just let me know when you want to go and we'll go." Otabek said to him.

"Thank you, Otabek." Yuri replied to him. "For everything. For letting me stay here, for helping me last night, for everything. It means so much to me and I know that you didn't have to, but you still chose to. I don't even know how to repay you back."

Otabek smiled softly and shook his head. "The only thing that I ask back from you is that you stay strong and never give up." He told him.

Yuri could feel tears come to his eyes, but he forced them back. "I promise you, Otabek... I will never give up." He told him softly.

"I'm going to hold you to that, Yuri. I want to make sure that you never do." Otabek said. "You're going to be on your feet some day with a loving mate and some kids. You'll be at a point where you won't have to be worried anymore. I know it."

Yuri looked down at his lap. "I really hope that you're r-"

"I am right, Yuri. There's no need to hope for it. I'm right and I know it." Otabek stated, staring right at Yuri.

Yuri looked right back at him and nodded his head slowly as he let out a small breath. "OK."