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Otabek said that graduating summa cum laude from Penn, getting a 179 on his LSATs, and getting into Georgetown, Columbia, Yale, and Harvard was a reason to celebrate. And, well, Yuri wasn’t about to argue (for once).
Ded and Victor (and Katsuki) had already had their party for him, and he and Otabek had already gathered most of their friends together to celebrate. Mila had come up from Delaware, and Isabella had refrained from talking about how much better she thought Temple was than Penn (at least for the night).
But Otabek, being Otabek, had insisted on his own celebration. Because it was Otabek, and he was a predictable fuck, he didn’t want to go anywhere actually exciting like New York, but instead insisted upon taking Yuri down to D.C.
He let Yuri pick the music on the drive down, so Yuri started with Hesitant Alien. “Beka, I can’t fucking believe we’ve seen him. Like – up close and in person! How is he even more beautiful in person?”
“I have to admit that I really like the Bowie vibe.”
“Because it’s great! He’s great!”
“Just as long as you don’t expect me to dye my hair crayola red,” Otabek teased.
“Nah,” Yuri said, reaching out to fluff up Otabek’s hair. “The undercut’s grown on me.”
Otabek pulled up to the Capitol Hilton, and Yuri rolled his eyes. He should have known that this was the top secret special hotel Otabek had booked. “Of course.”
“This is the place where you started to fall in love with me.”
“I regret ever telling you that,” Yuri said. “You’re a giant fucking sap.”
“I’m the giant? Yuri, you’re half a foot taller than me.”
“What you lack in height, you make up for in sappiness.” How had he ended up with such a sappy fucking boyfriend?
“Are you trying to convince me to go to Georgetown because it’s closer?” Yuri asked as they settled into their hotel room – which only had one bed, this time. Yuri intended to use it.
“No,” Otabek said. “This city means a lot to both of us. I thought it’d be a fitting place to go.”
“And I’m sure you have all kinds of romantic shit lined up.”
“Of course I do,” Otabek said.