Yuuri watched him with pursed lips. However flippant JJ was trying to act, Yuuri didn't for one second believe that he wasn't upset about something. I wouldn't know, the other skater had said. Someone else might have missed it, but after his own experience at the banquet the previous year, the words had stuck out to him like a sore thumb.

"Cafe's this way," Yuuri finally said, deciding to wait until they'd gotten some food in him. If JJ was feeling anything close to how terrible he did last year, then Yuuri knew he wouldn't be in any mood to be pushed for answers. Silently, only pausing to make sure JJ was following him, Yuuri led them out of the lobby and onto the street.