AFTER HOURS

Yuuri's POV

It's already 2 am in the morning when we arrived at the hotel where we are staying at here in China. We barely made it out because my former coach Celestino kept on insisting that we should be celerating Pichit's first gold medal. My coach, Victor Nikiforov, keeps on bugging me that we should go with them, I have no choice but to agree even though I never really liked drinking liquior.

It took me an hour before I can go out of the bathroom. Which made Victor a bit confused since I usually take only about 10-15 mins but he got into the shower. No, I didn't masturbate inside the bathroom. I was thinking about our kiss. My first kiss.

I changed into my pajamas and laid down on our bed facing the window still thinking about our kiss infront of everybody. I had to admit it... I loved it. And I know, I am as red as a tomato right know.

I am still thinking about the kiss when Victor came out of the shower with his bathrobe on. He layed down on our bed (yes, we're sharing). A few minutes passed but I still couldn't sleep.

"Does he like me? Why did he do that?" These questions kept bugging me. I turned around and saw Victor also turned and our noses collided. And again, my face turned red.

"V-Victor", stuttered and scared but I really want to have a deep conversation with him right now.

Victor gave me a half-smile, "hmm?"

"Why did you kiss me out there?", I asked.

I was shocked when Victor's face suddenly changed. Like he remembered something disgusting.

"Victor, answer me."

Instead of answering, Victor sat up, held his head, and turned to face the door. Is our kiss really that horrible that he couldn't even look me in the eye? This question made me want to tear up but I held back.

"Victor, do you like me?" I asked him directly.

30 seconds have passed and he still hasn't answered.

I was about to call him again but he cut me off with his answer. "No."

A tear fell off my eye. It hurts. It really hurts.

"Please, stop testing me Victor. It-it hurts." I said while I was sobbing.

Victor faced me with and looked at me straight in the eye with a serious face.

"I'm not testing you. I don't like you, Yuuri. Why would you even think that?" Victor said to me with a serious face.

My hands automatically landed on my mouth. It broke me. His words broke my heart into pieces. I stood up, "I'm sorry for asking you."

I tried to run towards the bathroom but Victor pulled me back into the bed and pinned me down using his arms.

"What are you doing, Victor? Let me go," I said, still crying and trying not to look at his face.

He ran his hand to my hair.

"Yuuri, do you want to know why I kissed you out there?"

I didn't answer.

"Because I want the world to know how much I love you."

My eyes widened and I faced him. And he's genuinely smiling at me.

"Do you even have to ask why I kissed you? Are you dense?"

I'm staring at his eyes not knowing what to say or what to do.

"I told you, I don't like you...", he wiped away the tears that fell from my eyes, "now, stop crying my little piggy. I LOVE YOU."

And once again, he kissed me but this time I kissed him back.