JJ walked towards the half-wall, and stood across from Yuri there. He held up the freshly cleaned shirt. "I'm spending some time in Russia. Izzy and I are on break right now." And Yuri knew exactly why.

His eyes darted towards Otabek, who immediately appeared to be on guard as a result of seeing JJ. He kept his distance, but he was watching. JJ could feel the Kazakh's eyes on him.

He reached forward, gripped Yuri's chin, and pulled it towards him. "Izzy respects both me, you, and the sport, but she figured it out after you nearly plowed her over." He leaned down, and kissed Yuri hard.

While he did, he watched Otabek, knowing Yuri's back was towards him, he looked different from JJ ever remembered seeing him. So cool. So collected. And now - this had visibly hurt.