Notes: Thank you all again for the encouragement and kind words. You're all so nice! Here, have another short chapter.

Bad Kitties Get Spanked

Part 10

Otabek stared at Yuri's soaked blond locks, trying desperately to figure out what he should say. The younger man hadn't really ASKED him to be his boyfriend. He'd kind of ORDERED him to be his boyfriend. And it wasn't like he planned to turn him down. It was just surprising.

"A-are you okay with that? I mean, having ME as a boyfriend?" Otabek finally asked.

The younger skater looked over his shoulder at Otabek, his normally pale face deeply flushed. "It's what I want. Why wouldn't I be okay with it?"

"Well, for one thing, I eventually have to go back to Kazakhstan."

Yuri folded his arms and faced forward once again. "So, we'll have a long distance relationship, that's all."

"And there are so many girls chasing after you."

"There are lots of girls chasing after you too, you know. Besides, I don't want them. I want you."

Otabek's eyes followed one particularly large droplet of water as it ran down the middle of Yuri's back and lingered at the crevice between those cute little cheeks he'd been spanking earlier. The older man wondered if the 'want' Yuri was talking about was anything like the 'want' he'd been feeling since they officially became friends. (Am I finally admitting that to myself now?) Otabek asked himself.

"But you've got so much time for so many different kinds of relationsh—" the older skater began.

Yuri interrupted his speech. "Hey, Otabek. Just say you'll be my boyfriend."

Without another hint of hesitation, Otabek said, "I'll be your boyfriend." He even found himself smirking.

"Good."

Strangely enough, their shower finished without incident. Otabek had wanted to at least help Yuri wash his back, but he decided against it after the whole spanking episode. The last thing he wanted to do was become aroused while in the shower with his best friend—well, boyfriend, he should say.

"That was a surprisingly disappointing shower," Yuri said, as he wrapped his hair in a towel and went to Otabek's night stand.

Had Yuri expected something to happen?

"I mean, we're boyfriends now and we were naked together, yet nothing happened," Yuri went on. He opened one of the to-go boxes, frowned, and put it aside. "We didn't make out or anything." Then the younger skater grabbed the second box and sat on the hotel bed, his frown turning into a grin.

Making out while naked in the shower would've definitely ended much differently than it did. (For being disappointed, he sure seems happy though,) Otabek thought, simply watching his little boyfriend.

As soon as Yuri opened the box, however, Otabek remembered why they were both in his hotel room in the first place. He quickly took the box away from Yuri.

"Hey!" Yuri shouted. "That's my cake!"

"You're not going to have your way that easily," Otabek said. He put the box out of Yuri's reach, then grabbed the first box Yuri had put aside. "Eat."

Yuri was in pout mode. "I said I don't want them."

Otabek sighed and opened the box. If cake wasn't enough of a reward for eating his vegetables, Otabek wondered if he could tempt the younger skater some other way. (Well, he basically said that he wanted to make out in the shower,) the Kazakh native thought. He found himself blushing at the thought of what he was about to suggest.

"Okay, Yuri. For each asparagus you eat, I'll give you something nice," Otabek said, moving closer to Yuri and holding one of the veggies up to his boyfriend's pouty lips.

"Something nice?" the blond asked, looking at Otabek out of the corner of his eye.

"Yes. Something very nice. I'll even give you a sneak preview," the older skater said. He leaned in close and gave Yuri a kiss just underneath his earlobe.

Otabek watched his new boyfriend's cheeks turn an adorable shade of pink as the blond quickly gobbled down the asparagus Otabek had in his hand. "Done," the younger skater said.

Yuri had closed his eyes in anticipation of his next reward and Otabek was more than happy to give him a kiss on the side of his neck.

Notes: One more little chapter after this and that'll be the end of this story. Actually, it'll be more like an epilogue or something. It's been a crazy ride. I hope you all stick with me till the end. See you at the last chapter!