Closer

Chapter 11: My Turn

Author's Notes:

This chapter may not be so good, I had a really long panic attack today for the first time in a few years so my brain is just recovering, writing usually makes me feel better so I decided to do this chapter. Another thing, I based one of the scenes on a fan art I saw the other day, if you recognize it, comment on the scene and I'll shout you out in the beginning of the next chapter. Finally, I think I'll move to Archive of Our Own when I finish this fic, Wattpad is a lot easier to use due to it having its own app I can use offline (because for long periods of time I tend to find myself in areas with no internet) and importing material is just a lot simpler 😅 I'm not that smart so simple things really help me out haha, okay I talked too much here (does anyone even read this???) on with the story

Two days later Phichit woke up in Yuri's room.
"Huh?" He said as he rubbed one of his eyes. Yuri walked in with nothing but an oversized shirt, yawning. He saw Phichit and smiled. "Oh!  G-Good morning Phichit! You slept all day yesterday so you didn't hear them say they were closed for today and will be in Tokyo for a couple of days. There's an onsēn convention going on and they wanted to go." Yuri explained between yawns.
"Ah okay! Also Yuri I-" Phichit started.
"Yuuuuuriii~" a familiar voice called. Viktor came over and hugged Yuri from behind, "come back to be- oh!" Viktor's face brightened, "hello Phichit! I didn't see you there, how are you doing?"

Phichit rolled his mental eye. Really you didn't see me asshole? That's funny because you stared straight into my eyeballs just now.

"I'm great," he flashed Viktor his famous dazzling smile, "I'm going to go back to bed now."

Yuri and Viktor stared at each other blankly. "Uh... okay?" Yuri said. Viktor twisted the end of Yuri's shirt and took him out of the room.

A few hours later, Phichit woke up and was really hungry. He looked around for Yuri to ask him where the food was so he could prepare a meal for himself.

He made it into a room where he found Yuri, but Yuri was naked, and he began blushing like mad. Yuri grabbed the nearest object and covered his private area.

"P-Phichit! What are you doing in this room?"
Yuri stammered.

"I was looking for you, why are you naked? Is the onsēn back open?" Phichit asked.

"N-No! I just... can't find my pants!" Yuri shouted nervously.

"What? Yuri I've stayed at your place before and you keep plenty of pants in this closet." Phichit opened up the closet to find a naked Viktor inside. Phichit was immediately crushed. If Viktor was hiding and Yuri was flustered and they were both naked, that could only mean one thing.

Sex.

Viktor had sex with his Yuri, and Phichit couldn't handle that. He threw on a fake cheeky smile and narrowed his eyes.

"I see what is going on here," Phichit started.

"N-No Phichit, please don't-" Yuri began to plead, but Phichit already took out his phone and began recording.

"Ooooh~ look what we have here, a naked Yuri and a naked Viktor, both in the same room, what steamy adventures went down in here Nikiforov?" Phichit said with a child like grin.

"Well, Yuri really wanted me to-" Viktor started to spill about their dirty encounter, but Yuri ran over and covered Viktor's mouth with his hand.

"Phichit do not post-"

"Done." Phichit said with the most bitterness he could possibly muster. It came off as childish cheekiness, but Phichit posted the video out of spite. He wanted Yuri to be embarrassed, how dare he have sex with that cheating monster.

"Phichit! Take it down!" Yuri reached for his best friend's phone to no avail.

"Yuri~ it's funny, plus now everyone," Viktor gave Phichit an intimidating look with a smile for a millisecond, "knows we're serious about each other, and no one can change that."

Phichit glared at Viktor for almost just as long. Did Viktor know his true feelings for Yuri?

"Yuri, let's get some ramen in town," Viktor pulled his fiancé out of the room.

"But I was going to make us dinner..." Phichit heard Yuri's voice trail.

"Nonsense!" The two of them left Phichit's earshot.

Phichit lay on his back smiling. Viktor may have Yuri now, but it was Phichit that would have the last laugh.

The next morning...

"...tomorrow night." Yuri finished his statement. Yuri was going back to Russia with Viktor Nikivorof. What the hell!

"I'm so happy for you guys!" Phichit said with a cheerful smile, while forced, he wasn't lying. He cared more about Yuri than he cared about his own feelings, so if Yuri was happy, then Phichit was truly content.

"We'll be back in three months, you know in June?" Yuri said.

"Oh why?" Phichit asked.

"Well... before I tell you, I want to ask you a question Phichit." Yuri said as he grabbed both of Phichit's hands.

Phichit's heart began beating so hard he was sure it would beat out of his chest. Such a small notion set his heart ablaze, and he couldn't help but want to lean in and kiss Yuri.

"Will you..." Yuri started.

Go on a date with you? Be your boyfriend? Stand by your side forever? Because yes, yes, yes a million times yes Yuri! Phichit thought

"...be my best man at my wedding?" Phichit could have sworn he heard glass break all around him, or maybe it was his heart? He couldn't tell it sounded synonymous.

"Of course Yuri it would be my honor!" To kick Viktor Nikivorof in the balls and run away with you instead! I don't want to go to that fake wedding! Phichit screamed at Yuri in his head, his smile masking all thoughts of you're mine from his face.

"Really?" Yuri's face lit up, "I'm so happy Phichit! I thought you'd say no!"

"Why would I ever say no?" Now this time Phichit was being truly honest. He wouldn't say no to that. Why would Yuri think that?

"Because you still have... ahem..." Yuri cleared his throat and his cheeks lightly reddened, "feelings for me."

Phichit felt all the blood drain from his face. "What makes you say that?" Phichit tried to cool but he was panicking.

"The first night you stayed here you... kissed me without my consent."

Phichit knew he was falling down the rabbit hole of despair. This was it, Yuri was going to end it all.

"Yuri I-" but Yuri put one finger to Phichit's lips.

"Save it Phichit, I'm not going to stop being your friend, no matter how uncomfortable I feel sometimes, no matter how many times you make a move on me, because you've always been by my side, no one understands me and listens to me the way that you do. The first night you were here, you listened and didn't interrupt me. You understood me. You took the time to help me, and for that, I'm grateful. So I love you Phichit, not in the same way you love me but-"

And that did it for him Phichit couldn't hold back anymore, he had been tame for too long, he had held back his true desires and feelings for so many years. He knew it was now or never.

Phichit placed his hand on the back of Yuri Katuski's head, and planted the biggest, most passionate kiss he could upon his best friend's lips.

Surprisingly enough, Yuri melted into it too.