Otabek has never tried doing a fishtail braid, so he uses YouTube to tell him how and practices it on Yuri.
Day 2 of Otayuri week! The prompts were social media or celebrations and I loosely picked social media hehe
"Are you sure I'm doing this right?" Otabek frowned at the back of Yuri's head.
"Sorry to break it to you, but I can't see what you're doing."
Otabek looked over Yuri's shoulder, to check the instructions in the YouTube video that was playing in front of them. Every few seconds, Yuri had to pause so Otabek had time to follow the instructions given.
"I told you I wasn't any good at this."
"And I told you I couldn't do it myself." Yuri winced slightly when Otabek pulled on his hair too hard.
Otabek mumbled an apology and continued braiding Yuri's hair.
"And?" Yuri asked the moment Otabek was finished.
"It looks like shit." He decided.
"Of course it looks like shit, this was only your first time. You'll get better over time." Yuri stood and walked over to the closest mirror. "You're right, it does look like shit." He turned his head a few times to look at his hair from different angles. "I like it."
Otabek waved a hand at him. "Come back here, I want to redo it."
Yuri thought about it. "No."
Otabek rubbed his eyes. "I guess it's my turn now, isn't it?"
Yuri turned around, a big smile on his face. "I knew there was a reason you wanted to redo my braid."
"Of course," Otabek said slowly while eyeing the box that was overflowing with pins and clips.
Contrary to Otabek, Yuri didn't need very long – or a tutorial – to decorate the dark hair with colorful accessories.
"You should definitely do this more often, it suits you." Yuri looked at the final result of his doing.
Otabek sighed, but did check himself out in the mirror. "I expected worse to be honest."
"See?" Yuri stood next to him, admiring both their reflections. "It definitely looks good on you." He got a thoughtful look on his face before pulling out his phone. "I've got a great idea."
"No you don't." Otabek tried to get away, but Yuri grabbed his arm.
"Yes I do."
"Only if you don't send it to anyone."
"I promise." Yuri grinned. "Only because you look so cute like this I don't want anyone else to see you like this."
Otabek laughed. "You know I have an image to maintain."
"As the 'cool, dependable guy' right? Don't worry about it, everyone already knows you're secretly a big softie."
"Unlike you."
Yuri winked at mirror-Otabek. "You know me. Now smile."