Chapter
7
It was
almost 8 pm, and it was also almost time for Yao to close the café.
He was
always the last one to leave the place, because his shift ended up at 8. Not
surprising, since Mathias never wanted to stay till the end…
However, as
strange as it sounded, he liked to close, it didn’t bother him.
After 7,
almost no one came, so it was always quiet and sometimes Yao used this opportunity
to finish his homework before starting to clean the place.
When he
finally closed the café and locked the door, he realised that it was raining
outside. That was something he didn’t notice until now, it must explain why
there were fewer clients than usual.
“Oh no, I
forgot my umbrella aru!”He slowly complained to himself. This morning, he put his
umbrella right next to his school bag to not forget…and yet he still forgot.
It really
wasn’t his day…
“Here, my
lovely Yao” A tall Russian said, covering the other with an umbrella to protect
him from the rain.
“Thank
you.” Yao automatically replied, before realising that Ivan was still here…
“AIYAA!!”
The Chinese quickly backed away, surprised to see the familiar Russian. What in
the world was Ivan still doing here at this hour?!!
“Aww you
are not wearing your maid outfit anymore?”The blond whined, with a disappointed
look, completely ignoring Yao’s shocked expression.
“What the
hell are you doing here?!”The Chinese asked still surprised.
“I came to
walk you home da?”
“W-what? I
don’t need you to walk me home. I am fine by myself aru.”The other replied
frustrated by the remark. Ivan was talking like if he was defenceless, which
was definitely not the case.
“Nyet! It’s
dangerous da? Plus, I am already here, so it doesn’t matter.”Ivan answered,
approaching Yao again, to protect him from the rain.
“There is
absolutely nothing dangerous aru!”Yao remarked.
However, he
quickly felt some cold hands on his shoulder. What was Ivan planning again? Yao was about to snap at the Russian, but
then he realised that it was actually impossible that those hands belonged to
Ivan; the tall blond was facing him and was holding the umbrella.
“E-excuse
me sir…”
“AIYAAAA!!!”
At the sound of the extremely weird voice, Yao backed away from whoever
in the world was touching him.
Unconsciously, he came closer to Ivan and
gripped his arm.
After several seconds, the Chinese realised that the person was in fact
a homeless man.
“…Sorry, do
you have some money?”The man inquired like if it was a usual thing to ask. Yao couldn’t
believe that this creepy man almost gave him a heart attack for such a
question.
“Hey, it’s
the smelly man from earlier da?”Ivan remarked, remembering the man who “helped”
him found the café earlier. It seemed like the homeless man also remembered
Ivan very well…
“HAAAAAAA!!!!
It’s you!!!” The man screamed with a
very high pitched voice. In less than a second, the homeless ran away in fear,
still shrieking.
“What
a...Why did he run away aru? What have you done Ivan?!” The Chinese asked, not
understanding what just happened.
“Protect
you! And you said there weren’t any danger.”The Russian commented. Thanks God,
he was there to save Yao from this homeless person! Who knows what that creep could
have done to his little sunflower.
“There
aren’t. He only asked for money aru. He didn’t even threat me. If he had, I
would have kicked him aru!”Yao replied. He wasn’t naïve, he knew that they
could have been chances that the man was holding a weapon, but it wasn’t
something he couldn’t take care of. After all, Yao wasn’t an expert in art
martial for nothing!
“Is this
why you are still gripping my arm da?” The blond chimed actually pleased to see
that Yao automatically seek him for protection. Rapidly, the Asian realised
that it was indeed true, as mush ashamed as he was right now to face it.
“I-I-I did not grip on you!” Yao stuttered
while blushing; he quickly let go of the other’s arm. “T-that man only really
surprised me aru!!”
“Of course Yao.”
Ivan commented sarcastically, his little Yao was indeed very funny. Though, the
Russian was now disappointed that Yao let go of his arm…he really shouldn’t
have pointed out. They should have stayed like this until he would bring Yao
home.
“It’s true!!”The
other said, unsatisfied with Ivan’s amused smile. “Like I said, I don’t need your
help aru! Plus, don’t tell me you stayed outside of the café all this time
since you went out?” He added.
“Da!”
“AIYAA,
what is wrong with you?”
“Yao-Yao I
will never leave you alone with this Dane da? Kolkolkolkolkol~” Ivan said with
a hint of jealousy. He didn’t know that guy enough to be sure he wasn’t
competition, though the Russian was quite happy when he saw that the Dane ran
away from his workplace once he finished his shift.
“What? You
mean Mathias?”
“He is
stupid to leave you alone at night in such dangerous place.”Ivan added, not
losing this opportunity to make Mathias look like a bad person.
“It’s not
dangerous aru! And he finishes earlier than me, what do you expect? It’s not
the first time I walk home at this hour and nothing ever happened. So return
home! Now!” Yao complained not liking Ivan’s protective comportment toward him.
“But wouldn’t
it be more advantageous if we go home together da? I could bring you home with
my umbrella!” Ivan offered the umbrella, coming even closer to his crush.
“ I guess…”The
Chinese sighed. He had to admit that he
could need an umbrella.
“So where
is your house my lovely Yao?” Ivan asked, taking Yao’s answer as an absolute
“yes”.
“Stop
calling me like this!”
Seriously,
Ivan was really starting to be too friendly. However, Yao had to admit that he
was grateful that the Russian offered him to share the umbrella. It was a kind
gesture. Although, it was still foolish of him staying this late for that!
“Your
family must be worried that you are not home at this hour!” Yao finally pointed
out.
“Of course
not. My family doesn’t care.” Ivan answered.
What? That
was sad! What kind of family was that? But what surprised Yao more was that
Ivan said that like if it was a plain normal thing, still having his usual
smile. The Chinese decided to assume that Ivan was probably exaggerating.
“So where
is your house? Is it far from here?” The blond asked again. He was leading the
way, but he didn’t have a clue of where he was supposed to go...
“Actually, it’s an apartment aru. It’s near here.”
Yao informed pointing the street. He slowly realised that telling his stalker
where he lived wasn’t probably the greatest idea. Now, he had a feeling that Ivan
would probably stalk him to his apartment every day. But at least, Ivan didn’t
know where exactly in the building he lived, so he was saved.
“An
apartment da? It seems nice! In which floor do you live?” Ivan asked, trying to
sound causal.
Really?
Didn’t Ivan thought he was really pushing his luck too much already?
“I-It’s not
important. Do you live far from here aru?” Yao said, hoping to avoid giving a
specific answer.
“It depends
of your definition of far.”
Such a
weird and unclear answer… the smaller one was about to ask for more, but he
noticed that he finally arrived home.
“It’s here!”
He exclaimed, slowly approaching the building’s entrance.
So Yao was
right, it was pretty close to the café, and also close to their school. Ivan
took a good look at the building; it seemed so fancy and pretty. The entrance
of the building was welcoming; he could bet that Yao’s home was a truly
pleasant place.
“See.
Nothing would have happened.” Yao remarked, snapping Ivan out of his thoughts.
The other only
shrugged; it wasn’t like it was a pain bringing Yao here. In fact, he enjoyed
this little walk alone with his crush.
“A-anyway
thank you for the umbrella aru.” The Chinese muttered, looking at Ivan’s eyes.
The Russian
couldn’t help but to notice that Yao came closer to him. Maybe he will receive
a kiss? He hoped so; he sure deserved one!
“Good
night!” The Asian simply said, before leaving to go open the door of the
building.
Aww, he did
not receive a kiss…false hopes really did hurt.
“Good night
Yao-Yao~” Ivan still said with a smile, waving.
Before
entering the building, Yao waved back to the Russian and gave him a small
smile.
(TBC...)
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