(fanfic) APH-Lovely maid Yao-chapter 11

Chapter 11

 

Yao wasn’t surprised that the first person he saw when he exited the café was none other than his stalker.  Ivan was still there with his daydreaming expression; however, he quickly beamed a smile once his eyes met the Asian.

“Ha, you are still here aru!” The Chinese said with a hint of relief, as soon as he went outside and closed the café.

“Hm?” Ivan was surprised and interested that his crush was having such a relieved expression to see him.

 Maybe Yao secretly wanted to walk home with him? Or maybe he was relying on him for protection.

Unfortunately, Ivan quickly realised that it didn’t seem like it was the case…

“Here, take this aru!”The other ordered with a rather stern voice, giving the tall blond a twenty dollar bill.

“……what?” The Russian asked confused with the money. Why was Yao offering him that?

“I don’t need you to give me so much tip aru. I don’t know what you are planning, but don’t expect me to offer you anything in exchange!” Yao added, still having a harsh voice.

The Chinese didn’t know if Ivan was offering him this much money because of pity or generosity, or if it was simply a scheme that his stalker was planning, but he couldn’t accept such money every time. Ivan was a student like him, but, unlike him, the Russian didn’t have any job. Yao couldn’t believe that the other could afford to give him such a big tip every time.  In fact, how could he have so money? Was he stealing banks? 

…Actually, Yao preferred not to even ask…  

“Yao, this is for you. It’s because you do a great job da? Keep it.” Ivan answered with a smile, giving the money back to the Chinese.

“No it’s not. It’s too much! Not to mention that the things at the café are overprized aru. How can you pay for such things every day?”Yao snapped.

 “That’s my secret da?”

Yao was worth more than any money for him, but he had to admit that he thought it was pretty funny to see the Asian scolding him because he offered him money. For Ivan, that was an unusual reason to be scolded.

“Keep It Yao.  I think you deserve it more than anyone else.”

“Aiyaa…giving money away like this is such a waste aru! You are foolish.” The other replied, seeing that Ivan obviously didn’t want to keep the money.

“You are scolding me for giving you money; I think Yao-Yao is the one who is a little foolish da?” Ivan remarked with a playful tone. The Chinese quickly answered with a small unapproved pout which only made Ivan chuckle. 

“Let’s go home da?” Ivan finally proposed, realising that Yao didn’t seemed to agree with his last comment.

“Don’t tell me you don’t think it’s a little out of your budget coming here aru?”Yao inquired following Ivan.

“Well it is, but I think everything is worth it da?”

“W-why?”The Asian asked with a surprised tone. Sure, there are some good delicacies, but it was way less expensive to buy them at a market. He wasn’t capable to understand why Ivan would be so keen about coming to the café…unless...

“Wait?! Do you only come here because I am wearing a dress aru?!” Yao questioned.

Oh, yeah…Ivan answered in his head with a wistful expression again.

However, he glanced at the smaller one to see that Yao didn’t seem as happy with this thought as he was…

 “But, not just for that.”Ivan rapidly admitted.

“Not just for that…?”The Chinese repeated bitterly. So that means that the fact he was wearing a dress was indeed one reason.

“I-I mean, there are a lot of reasons da? The service is truly nice and pleasant, and the cake is really delicious da? Yao-Yao is really a good at cooking.”  The blond explained.

“I do not make the cake. I only serve it.”

“…”

How psychologically funny, now the cake didn’t seem as good to Ivan…

“You don’t?”He murmured, with a clear disappointed tone in his voice.

“Of course not. I am a waiter not a cook aru.”

“kolkolkolkol~ Yao-Yao, your job is a money stealer da?”The Russian muttered disconcerted. For some strange reason, now, paying this much for a cake didn’t seem reasonable anymore.

“Aiyaa! You realise all this only now aru?!”Yao snapped, surprised that Ivan could have been this naïve.

“Aww, this is unfair Yao.”The Russian whined childishly while pouting.

“Don’t look at me like this aru. I can’t offer you anything for free.” The Chinese confirmed, deciding to ignore the other’s sudden cute look.

On the other side, Ivan realised that this wasn’t good for him…

He wanted to visit Yao every day, unfortunately, he couldn’t come to the café if he didn’t bought something; Yao even made it clear on the first day he went there. In addition, he also wanted to keep giving his Yao-Yao a big tip to impress him, but soon he wouldn’t have enough money to carry on with this. Therefore, he needed to find a way to have more money if he ever wanted to continue with seeing his crush after school.

 “Ivan…”Yao’s soft voice snapped him out of his thoughts.

“Hmm?”

“I will go now…”Yao said, pointing at his apartment building.

They already arrived? Today’s walk seemed so short; Ivan didn’t want to depart Yao this soon.

“Will you be fine going home alone at this hour?”Yao inquired before heading to his building.

“Sure. Don’t need to worry about me, Yao-Yao.”Ivan said with a cute smile, he liked to see his crush concerned about him.

“I-I am not worried aru! I’m just making sure!”Yao replied back. “Bye, see you tomorrow Ivan.”

“Bye…”The Russian slowly replied to the other. He absolutely didn’t want Yao to go away. He knew he would see him tomorrow, they even had the same class together, but it seemed like this day passed too fast.

 And just like if Ivan’s wish was fulfilled, Yao stopped to walk and turned around to glance at him.

“…”

There was some moment of silence between them and some hopeful thought appeared on Ivan’s mind; maybe Yao also didn’t want to go?

“Aiyaa!  Will you let go of my sleeve aru?!”The Chinese finally asked, since the Russian didn’t seem like he got the point of his stare.

Ivan gradually looked down to realise that he was indeed grabbing Yao’s sleeve. He probably unconsciously did that? If that was the case, Ivan was proud of his sub-conscience.

“Ha ha…maybe…”The blond answered, disappointed to see that this was the only reason Yao didn’t walked away. Though, he still decided to not let go of the other’s sleeve.

“Maybe aru?!”

“I thought that maybe we shouldn’t end the day like this da?”The Russian suggested.

“What do you mean?”The Chinese inquired curiously wondering what the other was expecting.

“Can I have a kiss?” Ivan asked bluntly, his cheeks softly blushing.

“….” Yao looked at the other with the stare of complete blankness for a long moment. Did he hear 

correctly? Was Ivan really asking for a kiss? All the sudden?! Out of Nowhere?!

“Aiyaa, why are you asking such things aru?! I won’t kiss you!” He shouted. Soon Ivan wasn’t the only one who had blushing cheeks.

“Awww.” It was the only reply Ivan could say. Actually, he saw that coming, especially since Yao was so shy, but he couldn’t be blamed to try, right?

“Seriously? What are you thinking aru? You drank too much coffee if you think I will kiss you!” The Chinese replied flustered. If Ivan had crazy thoughts like this with only drinking coffee, he didn’t want to imagine what kind of thoughts the other would have when he was drunk.

“It was simply a thought. Let’s forget about it da?” Ivan demanded a little shyly. He really hoped he didn’t made things awkward between them.  

“Really you…. ”The Asian sighed. For some reason this didn’t surprised him anymore… Only, Ivan would ask such a thing so casually and bluntly.

“Why are you smiling Yao?”Ivan questioned, noticing a soft smile on Yao’s lips.

“I am simply tired aru.”The other quickly said while trying to hide his smile. “So I guess I will see you tomorrow in math class aru.”

“Wait! Can I have a hug at least?”Ivan asked rapidly before Yao could leave again. Once again, the Asian didn’t know how to reply; Ivan sure asked weird stuff out of the blue.

“A friendly hug.”The Russian added, seeing that Yao didn’t seem convinced by this.

“O-okay, but only if you don’t plan anything else!”Yao warned the other. He had some odd feeling that Ivan wasn’t suggesting this for nothing.

“I promise.”The blond said with a small smile. A hug was better than nothing, at least.

Once Ivan got the approval from the Chinese, he was the first one who came closer and brought his arms around the smaller one. Slowly, Yao did the same; however, he rapidly pushed away after some seconds. Obviously this made Ivan a little sad; their hug didn’t last long...

“I-I have to go now aru. See you tomorrow!” Yao announced walking away from Ivan.

“Ha…” The blond said still disappointed with the small hug.”Have a good night Yao!”He finally added more cheerfully, waving at his crush like usual before going away. He was seriously wondering why Yao was this hurried for.

On the other side, Yao was finally happy to be at home, he waited all day for that. Yet, instead of entering the building he stood in front of the door and looked at Ivan walking away, for a while…

“Hmm, excuse me, could you please move?” A woman next to him asked with a hint of confusion in her voice. It didn’t take long for Yao to realise that he was blocking the door of the building’s entrance, since he was standing there in the middle of the way…

“Aiyaa, I am sorry aru!” He apologized embarrassed, moving away from the door. He probably looked like an idiot standing there…and all this was because he was thinking of Ivan…

What was the Russian doing to his mind?!