Write a story where the main characters fuck up. Like, they let someone die because they were scared, or they reject a possible romantic interest out of snobbery and/or belief that nobody would have interest in them. Let your characters burn bridges, and let their mistakes have consequences. Some things are unforgivable, and it’s okay to have your main characters do these things. Everybody’s done something they regret. It’s hard (for me, personally) to do this because I love my characters so much, and I want them to succeed all the time, but it’s not realistic, and more importantly, it doesn’t make for as interesting as a story.
I’d like to take a moment to re-examine this scene from a different angle.
I feel like before Phichit, Yuuko was Yuuri’s best friend. They grew up together gushing over Viktor. And now here he is in their childhood rink quite obviously hitting on Yuuri
Yuuri looking at Yuuko: What the fuck is going on!?!?!?! What do I do??!!!!!!!
Yuuko looking back at Yuuri: Holy shit dude I have no idea!!!!