7:48 pm(19:48), Établissement vinicole
"I'm going to ask you one more time. WHERE IS OTABEK ALTIN!" Maksatov screamed. The troop of coaches was only able to distract her long enough for Otabek to sneak away and to get a seat.
"And I'll tell you again, I don't know," Karlisek replied, keeping perfectly calm.
"He left his phone in your purse, he can't be far." Odagaki reasoned.
"One of you knows! TELL ME! What about you, you've been feverishly texting the entire time." Maksutov's black widow eyes focused on Yuuko.
"I'm trying to find him, honest." Yukko innocently replied. And she was not lying, She was keeping up with Otabek and Yuri's every move. And know knowing about Maksatov's stalker tendencies, she wasn;t just in the mood to keep her distracted, Yuuko wanted her as far away from Otabek as humanly possible. The performance had started 15 minutes ago, so she was mostly making sure everything was going fine on Viktor, Chris, and Minami's part. Although things weren't going very well. Someone had cornered Minami, and he had fled, but wouldn't tell anyone who the person was. Viktor suspected that whoever had done it was the same mystery who had taken the kiss photo.
"Then where is he! Are you even trying girl!"
"Stay calm Mrs.Nishigori" Xiao Yi whispered. But it was getting harder and Harder to Yuuko to not but this stupid black widow in her place.
"Why do you even want to find him so badly? Is there a problem with letting him have fun?" JJ's mom questioned. Yuuko couldn't figure out for the life of her whether the two of them were in on the plan, or for were completely oblivious and wanted to hang out with them.
"You don't understand now, do you! He told me, he promised me he was passed this!" She grumbled.
"Past what?" JJ's dad asked.
"This stupid homosexual face!"
A dead silence fell over the group. If looks could injure, Yuuko would be charged with the murder of squishing this stupid spider. The other coaches would be charged with assault.
"What makes you think that?" Karlisek asked, finding it harder to calm to keep straight face.
"I have to be with him constantly otherwise all he does is try and contact Yuri Plisetsky!" She yelled. Yuuko started to make angry fists to keep calm. "I swear to god, I am going to get this zapped out of him, he can't be trusted." The coach muttered under her breath.
"Oh dear, here we go." Odagaki, who happened to be Yuuko's roommate in college, and one was one the few people who had witnessed her in full fury mode, sighed and put her head in her hands.
"Zapp it out of him? ZAPP IT OUT OF HIM! ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?"
"Your parents clearly never taught you the dangers of homosexuality."
"To get one thing right, I am not a little girl! And more importantly, how dare you to insult my son, your student, and every LGBTQ person on the planet! There is nothing wrong with homosexuality. But what is wrong is your blatant bigotry!" Yukko firmly exclaimed, raising her voice, but not shouting.
"And where would your son happen to be? If you don't tell me, I will personally see to it that both Yuri and Otabek will pay for their behavior!!" An evil smile spread across Yuuko's face.
"Seeing a musical. With his BOYFRIEND. And if you want to find him, you'll have to wait until 10:00, when the show is over. My parents did teach me that it's rude to interrupt a show."
Maksatov shook with fury, and Yuuko knew she had won this battle. Yurio and Otabek were safe. Not just until 10:00, but for a long time. Maksatov had made an international threat, in front of several witnesses, which meant The International Skating Union had reason to start an investigation, which would keep Otabek safe from the black widows grasp.
8:40p pm(20:30), Outside Théâtre des Amoureux
"Intermission is going to end in 5 minutes, if the person is going to try and get a picture then they're going to go in soon," Viktor commanded. "Keep your eyes and ears open."
"Oui Captain."
Chris, Yuri, and Viktor watched the doors to the Theater in complete silence, except for a few rustled leaves from Chris.
"Wait! Viktor raise me higher!" Yuri exclaimed. Viktor exclaimed. "Who's that figure in a gray hoodie?"
Chris and Viktor looked at each other, nodded it, and Jumped out of the bush, screaming "BOO!"
The hooded person understandably shirked, jumped about two in the air, and their hood flew back to reveal Gorgi Popovich.
"Oh, Hi Georgi! How are you?"
"Not Well! What are you doing in there?" Goergi shirked in Russian. "Never mind, I need to go."
"Go where? You're not in the TRophee de France." Chris inquired.
"To see the show, of course." Georgi nervously replied.
"Oh cool! It's your favorite right, Ivan Vsevolozhsky Sleeping Beauty?"
"Да."
"But the-" Yuri started before Viktor muted his phone.
"Cool. Chris and I are hiding the bushes because someone took a picture of my brother and his boyfriend on a date back in February. They sent the picture to Yakov, and yurio got fired from the Russian Skating association. Want to join us?" Viktor happy invited.
"Het. I want to see the ballet."
"Then why are you dressed in clothes that look like you're sneaking around." Chris inquired.
"Because, I, um" Georgi studded.
"Where sneaking around trying to get pictures of Otabek and Yurio so they could get in even more trouble." Viktor finished.
"I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Te\hen show us the pictures on your phone. Then we will believe you." Chris commanded.
"FINE! I took the picture of Otabek and Yuri! But it was only because-" Georgii confessed. Viktor stepped out of the bush and got right in his face.
"I don't want to hear your excuse. And to be perfectly honest, I'm not upset with you, I think Yurio coming to Japan was the best thing for him. But if you EVER pull ANYTHING like that again, you better believe that we will be after you." Viktor warned, and getting the message, Georgi ran off into the night, never to take another picture ever again.
10:12 pm (22:00) Baie des Anges
Yurio felt as if he was walking on air. Not only had he gotten to see MOTHER FUCKING HAMILTON, Okassan had gotten Otabek's freedom, and best of all, Viktor, Chris, and the Japanese Yuri had figured out who had taken the original kiss photo, so the couple was free to do whatever they like. Taking advantage of this, Otabek and Yurio were walking back to the hotel hand in hand. His heart was racing, and not just because he had seen LIN MANUEL MIRANDA WITH HIS OWN TWO EYES!!!
"That was the best thing I've ever done," Otabek commented.
"Me too," Yurio replied.
More happy silence.
"And you definitely weren't getting super emotional during Stay alive reprise, more so than when Alexander went," Otabek noted.
"ALEXANDER AND LITERALLY FUCKED UP, PHILIP DID NOTHING WRONG AND WAS TRYING TO SAVE HIS FATHER'S LAST SHRED OF DIGNITY!" Yurio screamed.
"I agree completely. It was so much more emotional seeing it person than just listing." Otabek echoed
"Exactly. The feels train made a complete 2 and a half hour stop" Yurio declared.
They continued to walk, hand in hand. The ocean reflected the clear night sky, a million stars shining as if they knew about the liberation.
"I don't want to go back to the hotel," Otabek confessed.
"Me neither. It feels just like after the wedding." Yurio examined.
"Maybe we should try again," Otabek suggested.
"Maybe we should."
And with that, the two young adults grabbed each other's other hand and kissed again. But this time, the only repercussions of their actions was a gold medal for Yurio, a silver medal for Otabek, and a Bronze medal for Guang Hong Ji.