Noun [stik-ee-beek]

- (Australian Slang) A busybody; meddler.

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Sayuri's bar was barely empty, the regulars sat at the barstools nursing their drinks between their hands. Lewis sighed continuing to wipe down the counter as boredom slowly seeped into the young brunette like the cold outside, every time someone opened the damned door.

Lewis watched the wasted drunks swayed in their seats, he placed bets on how long before one of the drunks would fall off of the stool. "Wow, aren't you bored?" Lewis switched his glance from the drunken man to his fellow bartender, Kylie. The curvy woman smiled, flashing her perfectly straight white teeth at the brunette and gestured around to the bar "It's pretty slow night, isn't it?" Lewis nodded. Kylie was the one of the first people he had met, when he moved to Hasetsu the previous year and got him the job at the bar (plus the only other American-born person in the whole 500 miles radius). Lewis likes the curvy girl, reminds him of his sister, Cath. Both girls were very kind and supportive people, but also is willing to stab someone if he or she rubs them the wrong way.

There was a thud and swearing, one of the drunks finally fell over on his inebriated ass. Lewis frowned Damn...I should have known Mr. Inoue would have fallen first. He always chugs his beer down. "Did you see the video Yu-san just posted? The guy in the video skating is so incredible!" Kylie exclaimed shoving her phone into his face. Lewis eyed the red haired woman for a while, he was sometimes wary of Kylie's intentions.

Kylie noticed the brunette's wary glaze, she pouted crossing her arms against her large chest. "Come on! It's just a video! Nothing bad about it," The woman said nonchalantly, reaching out her phone to the taller male. Lewis let out a defeated sigh, grabbing the phone out of now smug woman. Lewis studied the YouTube video's title 'Yuuri Katsuki's rendition of Viktor Nikiforov's performance of Stay Close to Me' he shrugged and pressed play.

Wow Chubs. I would have never guess that you were this great. Lewis thought watching Yuuri's amazing performance, Yuuri's face matched every sway every move. He looked so natural and relaxed on the ice, the complete opposite of the nervous and stuttering mess off the ice. Lewis lip curled up slightly, he is intriguing by the chubby Japanese man. He strolled down, seeing the millions of views the video was getting. Yuuri's video really went viral...I wonder if he knows about the video? Lewis couldn't help but sense that the Triplets had something to do with the video, since they always attempted to film his own sessions. But Lewis outsmarted the girls and skated when they were still at school, much to their dismay.

"Wow! The video already has two millions views! It was only posted about four hours ago," The red haired woman exclaimed in a state of awe as the views continued to grow as the two bartenders stood in a nearly deserted bar in the middle of the night.

Lewis glanced at the clock on the opposite wall, he had one hour left of his shift. He rubbed his tired eyes, he hasn't sleep well the previous night. When Lewis arrived to Japan, his infamous insomnia returned and he spread his first night in Japan  watching Japanese dubbbed reruns of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Insomnia always been problematic for Lewis since childhood, many doctors claimed that stress of constantly traveling with his father brought on the insomnia.

But Lewis call B.S on that, he only knew the truth about his insomnia. Something tight squeezed inside of his chest, Lewis calmly place a hand over his thumping heart. You also knew. But you didn't care about it, even when I tried to push you away from when You found out. Lewis's hand tenses and squeezed the fabric of his black cotton shirt like child clinging to a stuffed toy. You never left, you promised you'll never leave me. 'Until death do we apart', remember that? We both promised each other that.
'I'm a part of you now, Birdie. I will stay here and never leave...'
Lewis grimaced as he leaned forward, shoulders hunched over as violet eyes gazed down blankly at the polished oak countertop. He didn't care that the drunks on the stools are staring at him with hazy eyes, he just needed his heart to stop thumping so fast. It felt like thousands of drums beating in his chest, it didn't hurt but it caused some discomfort. You hated when I refused to sleep...

"Okay, it's closing time now!" Lewis looked up from the countertop, to his boss, Sayuri standing in the doorframe of her private office. The Drunks pratically slipping out of their seats groaned and whined, Sayuri frowned "Hey! Stop damn whining, It's 12:55! You all knew that's closing time, now pay Lewis and Kylie for the drinks and get your drunk asses out of here!" The costumers didn't argued back at the aged Japanese woman, just grumbling as they gathered their stuff and headed to cashier registers to pay.

Sayuri stood like a staute, watching from the doorframe of her office until the last customer paid, said a slurred goodbye, and exited the bar. When the door finally slammed shut for the last time that night, Sayuri sighed leaning against the frame, she shot her two employmees a sleepy smile "Another day another dollar," then started laughing like a hyena. Lewis raised an eyebrow at the aged woman, while Kylie forced an awkward smile onto her lips, they will never fully understand their boss.

Sayuri stopped laughed and gestured towards the clock, "Get your things. It's time to go home and pass out," Kylie smiled and ran into the back room behind the bar to retrieve her purse. Lewis reached out under the bar, grabbing his gray backpack from the bottom shelf, and opened the zipper to get his phone out.

Lewis had several unread text messages from Yuuko.

Yuuko: OMG!!!

Yuuko: The triplets uploaded a video of Yuuri skating onto the internet! 0_0

Yuuko: Its only been a hour and there's already 2 million views!!!!

Yuuko: Lew-kun, tell the triplets that this is very bad!!!

"I saw the video of Yuuri." Sayuri said, she had walked over and reading Yuuko's texts behind his arm. "He is fantastic, he is as good as that Nikiforov guy. You know, it reminds me of my fourth husband, Boris. He was a skater that..." Lewis nodded along as Sayuri droned on about one of her ex-husbands. He opened his Instagram and noticed he had few friend requests.

Mostly of them were some old college classmates, he denied their requests. He hardly remember them, and the majority of the friend requests were the girls that wanted to get into his pants. Lewis hated those girls back in college with their too small tops and shorts that show off their very skinny figure with their flat chests and their un-existing bottoms.

otabek-altin,+guanghongji+, and M1n@m1_Kenj1rou_ is requesting to follow you. Confirm or Deny. Lewis's finger hovered over the deny button.

"He reminds me of you when you started out." He paused glancing over to the graying woman, Sayuri moved away from Lewis and sat in the stool across the counter from the slender male. She looked deeply at the younger man, like she was searching for the final puzzle pieces to complete the mystery. 

Sayuri and Lewis stared at one another, the bar was almost silent, expect for the muffled laughter of Kylie in the backroom. Probably talking to her girlfriend in Italy again Lewis noted rolling his eyes at the sounds of the giggling woman, suddenly his phone vibrated in his back pocket. His violet eyes broke away from Sayuri's deep brown ones as he reached into his pocket for his phone. There was a text message from an unknown number, Lewis unlocked his phone and instantly known the person.

Unknown: Hey....Yu-chan gave me your number. She said you always gave her good advice when she's down. Sorry if you are asleep! Then, keep sleeping! Good Night!

Yuuri. Lewis sighed, rubbing his eyes with his other hand, He's as nervous in a text as he is in person. The brunette added Yuuri to his phone's contacts. "Who's that, Lewis? Got yourself a "special friend", huh?" His boss said wiggling her thin eyebrows in a 'you-know-what-I-mean' way, Lewis frowned at Sayuri.

"It's Yuuri Katsuki, Mari's little brother." Lewis informed his boss, then looked back to his phone to text Yuuko, attempting to scold her about giving out his phone number without his permission. A smirk grew on Sayuri's wrinkled face that could put the Cheshire cat to shame "Wow, Lewis! I didn't take you to be a womanizer like your father~" She said in a sing-song tone, leaning more against the counter.  "Yuuri Katsuki." Then the aged woman whistled lowly "I mean, he does have a great ass! No wonder you are fuc-" Lewis looked up from his phone, shooting a menacing glare at Sayuri, a warning for her to not complete that sentence. 

Sayuri crossed her arms, grumbling about Lewis having no sense of humor. Lewis ignored his semi-perverted boss, he was too busy reading an article that Yuuko just sent him. The article was about Yuuri's viral video, and it compared Yuuri to the Russian skater who he copied the routine from. Lewis found the author was too harsh and attacking Yuuri, saying he was a good copy-cat but reminds the readers that he isn't the real deal. Lewis knows that wasn't the case, Yuuri had a lot of potential to become the real deal like that Russian skater everyone seems to love. Yuuri had tons of issues that needed improvement. Yeah, like having an actual backbone... Lewis scoffed shoving his phone in his backpack, he didn't need to worry about it because it wasn't his problem. 

"Night Ms. Hata. I'll see you Monday night." Lewis said suddenly, surprising the older woman but Sayuri quickly recovered and waved the taller man off "Good night, Lewis. Tell Hiroko-san, I said "Hi." She watched as her brunette bartender exiting out the bar into the cold night. She smiled sadly as the door closed shut, You had changed a lot, Lewis. And not for the best, have her death frozen your heart so much that you won't let anyone warm it again? Lewis, you become just like your father; a good man with an icy heart. 

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Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry if Lewis was more of an asshole in this chapter (It's a part of his charm ^~^) . If you liked this chapter, please vote or leave a comment below! I'll try to update more often but I'm also a turtle so it might not happen as fast. 

Peace out~