A Turn for the... Best? (A Turn for the Worse Sequel)

Chapter 9

Otabek had been quiet the first couple of days after that night I told the true intentions of Yurio and Victor. We had a long talk when I asked him if he was okay after the second day of this.

He said he was just upset that he didn't realize it sooner and would've been able to keep me from something as cruel as that.

I smirked when he said this. There was quite a bit he had to learn about me and the same went for me about him. That's how we ended up talking about coming to Tokyo. We both said we wanted somewhere to go so we could clear our heads. When we brought up the topic with the others, we all agreed on coming to Tokyo.

So here we were a week later. Phichit and Minami were crying laughing at Seung who was red in the face. Mari was shaking her head at the current situation.

We were sat in a ramen house that was pretty popular for its notorious spicy ramen. I was sitting across from Seung, live streaming the event unfolding before me. The way this came about was entertaining to say in the least.

Phichit and Seung had started a debate about who could handle the most heat which resulted in us having to find this specific ramen house. But to be honest, between the two of them, Phichit loved his spicy ramen.

When we were in America, they had a ramen house similar to this one that we went to. That was where Phichit discovered his love for spicy foods.

The comments from the stream was what made me laugh the most. So many girls were typing the most random stuff. The one that really got me was "The fire gods have cursed you for your feather costume, Oppa."

After four bites, Seung gave up and pushed the bowl to Phichit who happily ate the ramen without a second thought. Everyone, except for me, stared at Phichit in shock. I said a quick hello and good bye to the people that were watching before ending the stream.

"How is it Phichit?" I asked as I handed Seung his phone.

"It's actually very underwhelming. You really can't handle spicy food Seung. You wanna try some Yuri?"

I reached over and took the chopsticks from his hands and took a bite. It really was underwhelming. Phichit suddenly coughed as he reached for his water.

What started out as a slight tingle slowly turned to an intense burn. I was sort of expecting it since that's how most spicy stuff works. There was a bit of a kick that I wasn't expecting but it wasn't as intense as I thought.

Everyone stared at me like I was insane. Especially Phichit and Seung. I just shrugged and continued to eat the rest of the ramen. They all shook their heads at me before we finished our meal and got up from the table to leave.

Our hotel was a brief walk from here so we decided to take a longer route that went through a street market. We passed a dog kennel that we went into since there was a husky that Seung wanted to see.

We built up a friendship over dog bonding. It was actually a funny conversation when we started to talk about how we became such good friends.

I had to admit that huskies were pretty and loyal dogs but poodles are so much better.

Otabek and I decided to go to the cat café next door since we still had some time left before they closed. It was quiet when we stepped inside. There were a few other patrons inside playing with the kittens that were chasing each other across the room.

A light chuckle escaped my lips as a small kitten ran up to me. I knelt down and patted its head. It purred and pushed its back against my hand as it climbed onto my lap.

"Is it possible that I converted you to cats just now?" Otabek asked as he sat beside me on the floor. I chuckled and continued to pet the kitten.

"I like both cats and dogs but if I were to be honest, I like dogs a little more than cats." I leaned against the wall that was behind me and gently placed the kitten onto Otabek's lap. He smiled when the cat licked his thumb.