Three months had passed since they began their relationship. Yuri still had a hard time believing that he have as a boyfriend the world ice skating champion, especially when Viktor was surrounded by his fans, most of them very attractive women, but he simply smiled at them with cordiality and then made them a side to show to Yuri a genuine smile.

Even though they relationship was more than good, something wasn't feeling alright yet...

Their relationship wasn't public, only Yurio and his family knew about it. Of course, if they didn't want to be disturbed by the media, they had to keep it a secret. Even Viktor had once told him that he wanted to keep him from being overwhelmed by the press.

However, something in his paranoid mind told him that perhaps Viktor was ashamed of him and, therefore, didn't want to show him to the world. Then Yurio did the favor of being the voice of reason this time.

"Why is he dating you then? You are thinking too much." He said as he swept the store floor.

"Ah... You're right." He sighed in defeat. "It's just... I don't know... It's difficult when we're in public and... You know what I mean." He blushed. He know Yurio wasn't exactly the right person to talk about it, but he trusted him more than his sister, since he was also a man.

"Ah? Do you really need that people find out about your relationship?" He asked, looking at him gravely, then he sighed, remembering how sensitive Yuri was. And it would be best to approach the issue on another way. "Look. I suppose you have your reasons to be insecure about it, but think of Viktor. He must be doing worse than you. After all, he's the kind of cheesy person who likes to show his affection anywhere, doesn't he? "

"Oh, that's true..."

Because Yuri was worried of himself, he forgotten that Viktor was usually the one who started the physical contact, from something as simple as holding hands, hugs and even kissing without need a excuses to do so, but in public he was restricted from doing so.

It was pretty obvious that Viktor was in love with him, he showing it to him and told him so often. They had even had sex (several times), but Yuri... Of course he felt the same, but he didn't show it so often because of his shyness. And after thinking about it, he decided that it was best to forget that subject, ignore the rest of the world and only focus on making Viktor happy at the same time he is making sure to protect their privacy. It was the best option for both of them.

"If I were you I would stop worrying over that." Continued the blond boy. "Now that he is not skating, I'm sure that in a year or two people will forget him and they will not care of what he does anymore. You know, just like other retires celebrities. "

Yuri laughed. Talking to Yurio had quite comforted him.

"If that really happens, I guess I can wait." He said coming off the counter to accommodate the shelf prices.

They changed the subject and continued to talk about other things, until two girls entered the store, which would have been normal if it wasn't that because of one of them, in a very poorly disguised intent, aimed his cell phone at Yuri.

"Oi, what are you doing?!" Yurio approach them in a threatening way, though it was obvious to him what was happening.

The girls recoiled in fear.

"Yurio, what is it?" Yuri asked to have a reason to warn him about his aggressive behavior towards the clients.

"This girls are taking pictures of you, didn't you realize?!"

"Pictures of me?" He asked in surprise, then looked at them in confusion.

The girls, after been discovered, decided to approach Yuri directly.

"We heard..." Started on of them, while Yuri could feel some hostility disguised in his soft tone of voice. "that Vitya is always coming to this store."

"Uh... yes, that's true." He answered without remorse, since that was widely known. He had talked before with Viktor's fans who came to the store looking for him. "Viktor isn't here. He is now on the ice skating rink."

"We already know that." The other answered. "Actually, we came to see you."

"...Sorry?"

"We've heard rumors that you and Vitya have been dating as boyfriends. And we want explanations." Said the first girl, who looked rather annoyed.

Yuri froze. He didn't expect Viktor's fans to really dare to dig into his private life. He knew that fanatical people exists, but he never thought he would meet one, less expected two.

"Oi! And why do you care?!" Exclaimed Yurio standing between his coworker and the girls. "You better buy something or I'll take you two out of the store for harassment of an employee."

"N-no, wait, Yurio. It's okay. They are just asking." Yuri said with a forced smile. He didn't want any problem. "No, we are not dating. Viktor and I are just good friends." Saying that made him feel a pang in his heart, but that was all he could think to say to keep the rumors from continuing to spread out.

"Oh? Are you talking about me?" They heard Viktor's voice as he entered the store.

The girls were about to give a cry of excitement, but were held back by Yurio's murderous gaze.

"Ah! Yes. Your fans were looking for you." Yuri replied with some relief. Surely Viktor would know how to handle the situation better than him.

However, the silver-haired man showed one of those smiles that it seemed that only Yuri understood that it was of annoyance as he approached the group. Did Viktor had a bad day?

Yuri was going to ask if he was okay when Viktor grabbed him roughly, pulled him to his arms and then kissed him, leaving the girls frozen. Yurio did the favor of pushing them out of the store.

"Vi-Viktor? Why?!" Yuri asked, thinking with terror that the first thing those girls would do is going online to telling everyone. But Viktor didn't answer immediately. What he did was hug him tightly, resting his head on his shoulder.

"Sorry... I just couldn't take it anymore." Viktor said, still hiding his face. "When I heard you say that you're not my boyfriend... it hurt."

"I-I'm sorry! I had to do it!" The dark-haired boy hugged him back, stroking his back as if he was dealing with a child. He knew it would calm him down soon. "But... now everyone will know."

"It doesn't matter!" Viktor exclaimed and looked directly into his amber eyes while his own blue got wet. "I don't care if the press bothers me so I can kiss you whenever I want and where I want! You are my boyfriend! I want to be able to always show you my love without caring what others think! You don't know how horrible I feel to think that others think you're single and someone will trying to separate you from me! "

"Uh, I should be the one who saying that..." Yuri replied narrowing his eyes. It seemed that Viktor sometimes forgot that the famous one was him.

Still, Yuri smiled at him. That incident merely reaffirmed that their feelings were mutual and that both of them had their own concerns about the other.

He took Viktor's cheeks and planted a quick kiss on his lips, but for the other man that wasn't enough, so he made the kiss continue by placing a hand on Yuri's nape.

They could have kissing more, but the blond boy kicked them and threw them to the floor.

"Oi! What did I tell you about kissing in front of me?! You two are so gross!... And you better get up soon, I just swept the floor."

END.

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