"Yuuri! Victor! I found him!"
"Yuri! There you are! What happened to your face?!" Yuuri asked concerned
"Don't worry about it i'm fine.."
"He somehow managed to start a fight in the 5 minutes he was gone." I sighed
"Idiots Thought I was gay... Jeez, why is that such a common thing.."
"Well, are you Yuri?" Mila teased
"No!"
"You sure? I mean, there has to be a reason so many people think so." She continued
"Shut it, Baba, I don't wanna hear it from you!"
"Would you rather it be me, Yura?" I ask, leaning over his shoulder with a smirk!
"No Definitely not you, Beka! You weirdo!" He replied pushing my face away
"Eh fair enough."
"Seriously though Yuri, your face is very red! You're blushing."
"No, I'm angry!"
"You're always angry." She laughed
"Ok, Ok, Mila, leave him alone," I interject
"Thank you, Beka! God, everyone is so annoying.."
"Hey, Yura... Can we forget about last night... It was a dumb thing to say.."
"Beka, it's fine really, I was just shocked... You shouldn't have to feel like you can't tell me things, After all, I meant it when I said, that 'Your Crush' would be stupid to abandon you for something so dumb. Sure I don't wanna date you, But I'm still your best friend, right?"
Oh no... Here come the waterworks, I was so relieved I honestly thought I was going to lose him over this...
"Beka, are you crying? Jeez, are you that sad I won't date you? You really do got it bad."
"No, it's not that... I honestly believed you didn't want to be friends anymore. I'm relieved... I can't lose you, Yura." I said embracing him tightly
"Jeez... I'm kinda shocked I didn't notice, you're so touchy at all times" he jeered before hugging me back "I'll give you 5 minutes then I'll need you to let go."
"heh.. alright."
"Alright, You two. We need to go, Sara is probably worried about me."
Like that, we headed back to the house. Of course, Mila continued to tease Yuri despite my best efforts. I eventually gave up, and no long after, Yuri put on his headphones in annoyance, drowning out Mila's taunts.
"Hey, can Yuri hear us?" Mila asked
"I can tell you want song he is listening to. most likely not." I reply, "Why?"
"Are you guys..?" She began
"No, Yuri says He's straight. did you miss the conversation before?"
"I didn't, but if I'm honest, it sounded like you were both flirting, whether you noticed or not."
"Listen, I don't want to talk about it, the last thing I want to do is convince myself we are something we aren't."
"Fine, Fine... So.. You're gonna stop pretending to be just friends" Mila Snickers
"Stop it!" I call out
"Huh, What's happening?" Yuri asked pulling out a bud
"Oh, uh Nothing, sorry to disturb you," I reply panicked
"Whatever."
the car went quiet again, soon we made it to Mila and Sara's house
"Hey, Otabek?"
"Yea?"
"Can you wake up, Yuri? We are here."
"What do you mean wake him up-" I asked as I turned to Yuri, and sure enough he's asleep, his head leaned against the window, my face turned red, it had to be a crime to be so cute, I gently lent over and removed his headphones, MCR's I'm not okay blared through, how could one sleep with this on so loud, I'd pause it, but I don't know Yuri's password,
"Hey." I said and poked his cheek, "Hey. Hey. Hey." I said poking faster
"Stooopp" He swatted like a cat
"Yura, we are here. Wake up."
"Fine" He sighed releasing he seat belt
"I'd pause your music too."
"Whatever, Whatever," He said and left the car, as he did I slid over and left out the other door
"Mila!" Sara called out, "So glad you're safe."
"It's was a little scary but not too bad," Mila said
"I'm so glad, someone threw this while you were gone," Sara said holding the brick
"Jeez.. well anyway.. you guys wanna stay for dinner? You came all this way,
"We'd better be. Otherwise, there was no point in Beka waking me up," Yuri said, annoyed.
"You can excuse him, he can be cranky right after waking up."
"Well let's go in then," Yuuri said
Mila and Sara disappeared into the kitchen and began dinner,
"Someone want to help me set the table?" I asked
"Eh might as well, I don't have anything better to do.." Yuri replied and followed me to the kitchen
"I got the plates, Yuuri.."
"Uh, whatever you want?" I replied a little shocked he used my name
I picked up the stacks of utensils and began placing them
"So Yuuri.. did you know?"
"I did know what?"
"About his crush?"
"Oh.. Yea, I did.."
"Makes sense, I had notice he spent more time talking with you."
"Oh.. Here I thought you were gonna be mad I didn't tell you."
"No. if anything I'd be mad if you did, He trusted you with a Secret, and you kept it."
"Heh, you know sometimes, you really are mature for your age."
"Eh, Whatever, I had a question for you."
"What is it?"
"How do you know if you like someone? That's the same question I had asked him when he told me the truth."
"Do you have a crush?"
"No, Not really, I just want to know.. since it feels like everyone around me has been finding someone, not to mention I've now had two people confess to liking me.."
"I mean.. typically you just know.. But that's not really an answer, for me... it was when you came to Japan and tried to get Victor to go home with you... I realized I couldn't live without him.."
"Heh, so you're saying that my arrival in Japan, inadvertently caused your relationship?"
"Well, not really, I'm sure if you didn't show up, something else would have made me know."
"You think so, huh."
"Hey Yuri, I'm going to ask you something, try not to be angry."
"What.," he said looking at me suspiciously
"What makes you so sure you're straight if you have never liked anyone.."
"I can't be gay, If Russia learned 3 out of 4 of Yakov's students were gay, the country would probably explode."
"That... Answer Implies you actually are gay Yuri.."
"What? No, it doesn't Katsudon, leave me alone. we are done here anyway.." Yuri stampered clearly bothered by the point I made
"Whatever," I sighed once again, defeated. Looks like he's already back to nicknames...
"Dinner is ready!" Sara called out
everyone filed into the dining room and took a seat
"So, what's for dinner, anyway?" Yuri asked, seems like he's back to his naturally annoyed state
"Nothing fancy, just Spaghetti and Meatballs," Sara replied,
"Looks delicious," Otabek said
"Well anyway, We originally came here to congratulate you on going public. Congratulations." Victor said
"Thank you, Vitya." Mila said happily, "Means a lot."
"So what made you guys finally decide to be public."
"Well... We had been dating a few months, it seemed like the right thing to do," Sara replied
"You moving to Russia full time?" I asked
"Unfortunately, no, I have a season to prepare for, but I'll be sure to come by when I can."
"Ah, well, we doing what we can in life, am I right?"
"Wait, Wait, you said earlier today Yakov was taking you as a student?" Yuri chimed in
"Yes, Next Year, until then, I'll have to remain in Italy."
"Oh."
"How did you guys meet anyway?" Otabek asked
"Oh, we met in a Grand Prix a few years ago, back when Mila was with that Hockey guy. At first, we were just good friends, but when Mila and the hockey guy broke up, she came to me first for comfort, it was unexpected and sweet. So I was there for her, and the rest is history. Hey Mila, why did you choose me to talk to anyway?"
"Cause If I talked to my dear old rink mates," Mila said and glanced at Yuri and victor briefly. "They would have made fun of me."
"I wouldn't make fun of you," Victor said in disbelief,
"Yuri might, though." Victor finished, Mila, Sara, and Otabek burst into laughter
"Hey, Old man! That was uncalled for!"
"But true" Otabek snickered
Yuri stood. "Whose side are you on, you jerk!"
"Your's obviously, but I can't knock the truth, Yura."
"Fine then," Yuri said and reached over and plucked a meatball of his plate of spaghetti "Have it your way."
"Hey! that's my food!"
"Not anymore.."
"I mean, Yura, if you wanted my balls, you could have just ask."
"Don't make things weird!" Yuri yelled Red-faced
"Ooo, Yuri's blushing again!" Mila pointed out
"Is this pick on Yuri day?! Leave me alone! AND I'M NOT BLUSHING!"
"Ok, ok let's stop, it's only a matter of time till he throws something," Otabek interjected
The rest of dinner was quieter with scattered conversations and Yuri silently and angrily scarfing his food in the corner. Yuri doesn't typically get mad this easily, at least it never seemed that easy. Maybe this is the effect of his Dedushka's death and Beka's confession combined. I just hope he isn't holding everything in.. Cause outbursts like this would imply he is...soon we finished our dinner and began the ride home, Yuri wasn't talking to any of us, seemed he was still mad. Instead, he once again dawned his headphones and stared out the window the whole time. Soon we were home.
"Yuri's asleep again, I guess we'll have to wake him up," Yuuri said
"No I got this, I'll just take him to bed, it is late, so he's probably tired anyway," I said, walking over and opening his car door. I looked in, Yep he's asleep; there was the chance he was just ignoring us. I unbuckled his seat belt and picked him up, his hair fell back uncovered the face that was long since lost in it, Yura had been crying it seemed. How did he manage that without anyone noticing? It's none of my business, he is grieving, after all. I walked him upstairs to his room and put him in bed, afterward I walked back downstairs, I'm not sure if Yuri has lifted my ban form the room yet, and he wasn't awake to ask.