Yuuri Katsuki POV

"Oh hey, Yuuri it's been a while!" My friend Phichit said from behind the counter of the cafe, is this why Minako thought I should work here? I appreciate that she wanted to make sure I work with a friend but I still don't know about this. 

"Hey, Phichit how have you been?" I asked. 

"I'm good, what can I get for you?" He replied.

"Ah well I ran into Minako this morning and she convinced me to get out of the house and apply for a job here so here I am," I answered handing him the application I had filled out.

"That's awesome, it would be cool to work with you especially since we haven't seen each other in a while. Actually my shift is about over, let me hand this to my boss and then maybe we can hang out today." He said his smile as big as ever.

"Sure thing I'll wait outside," I replied walking out and sitting on a bench. Phichit came out of the cafe not even two minutes later ready to go. Unsurprisingly, we ended up heading towards the dance studio, there would still be people there but we weren't actually going to dance,  just watch others dance while we talked. Phichit also enjoyed dancing but like me he didn't do it professionally. 

"What have you been up to these past couple of months?" I asked trying to start a conversation to break the awkward silence.

"Well I finally got a boyfriend!" He said excitedly. 

"That's great! What's his name?"  I asked.

"Seung-gil Lee, we've been dating for over a month now, he seems cold at first but he's really sweet once you get to know him." Phichit continued rambling about his new boyfriend with me contently listening as we arrived at the studio.

"So Yuuri~ have you found anyone who interests you yet."

"Nope." I replied simply. 

"Come on Yuuri, you haven't dated anyone since you broke up with him in high school, it's time to move on don't you think?"

"It's not that I haven't moved on, it's been years of course I moved on. I just haven't found anyone, you know the only time I leave my house is to come here and the grocery store."

"That's really sad Yuuri, we are gonna change that."

"Yeah Minako said something along those lines too." I mumbled. 

Phichit and I watched the younger children practice and secretly stepped in to help if Minako was busy with someone else, she never caught us though. "Hey Piggy why are you here?!" I heard an angry voice from behind me.

"Ah hey Yurio, nice to see you to." I replied. Yurio was a fifteen year old that I taught to dance a few years ago and somehow befriended although he would never admit that.

"Where have you been?!"

"My house." Now that I look at him, he looks a little worse off than he did last time I saw him I wonder if he's ok. I know better than to ask right now with others around.

"I need you choreograph a new program for me come with me." He demanded.

"Alright, well I'll see you later then Phichit." 

Phichit laughed a little and waved, "Bye Yuuri." He said, I followed Yurio to the smaller private room he likes to practice in and he pulled out several CD's.

"Which one should I use?" He asked showing them all to me. I thought for a moment before picking out the one I thought worked the best. It was one that Yurio had burned himself so obviously the songs would work for him. Yurio's eyes lit up a little when he saw the one I picked so clearly that was the one he also preferred. 

We spent the rest of that day with me trying to choreograph the songs on his playlist which proved to be a challenge since I'm used to choreographing for myself but this wasn't this time Yurio has asked (Demanded) for my help. 

At around ten I decided we should call it a night so Yurio could get some sleep before he went to school tomorrow. "Yurio let's go we can work on this more later." I said preparing to have to argue with him to get him to leave since he was stubborn.

"Alright." He said walking past me to the guys changing room. The fact that he actually agreed surprised me, he has been out of character all day, I mean I know I haven't talked to him in awhile but this is still strange, I'll ask about it now.

"Yurio are you ok?" I asked causing him to stop what he was doing for a split second before he continued putting his shoes on.

"Tsk, why wouldn't I be?" He retorted.

"You've been acting strange all day, you know you can talk to me about anything." I said and it was quiet for a while and I thought the conversation was over but then he spoke up again.

"My parents found out I was gay," he said pausing for a moment "They disowned me and kicked me out, I've been sleeping in an alley the last two nights." he finally admitted. I stood there shocked for a minute. I knew his parents were against that but to kick him out is ridiculous, he's fifteen, he isn't ready to be on his own.

"Come here Yurio." I said and he obeyed I wrapped my arms around him in a tight hug and he broke down in tears, who knows how long he's had to keep this tucked away. We stayed in the hug for a few minutes before he sniffed and pulled away wiping his eyes. "You'll stay with me alright, I have a spare room and we can go shopping tomorrow to replace some of your clothing." I said and he just nodded probably exhausted. I didn't actually have much extra money to take him shopping with but it didn't matter I would break open savings if I needed to.

With all of this being said I started walking home with Yurio close behind me.

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