(fanfic) APH-Lovely maid Yao-Chapter 13

Chapter 13

 

Today was a beautiful sunny day. The weather was absolutely perfect, thus it was a great idea to have a picnic outside for lunch.

“It’s such a charming day!”A young Latvian said with a cheerful smile. He was so happy with the nice weather that he didn’t care if his friends and he had to sit on the grass for lunch.

“Yes, and it’s also so quiet…” The Lithuanian, next to him, agreed, sharing the same enthusiasm as his friend.

“I don’t know why, but it’s been pretty quiet like this for the last couple of days…”The Estonian added, feeling like there was something missing. “Anyway, I wish it could last like this forever.” He finally concluded.

The two other approved. They all were too much content with the nice weather to care about what in the world was seemingly missing. They all decided to continue their lunch serenely, enjoying the warm sun. 

However, soon a big shadow appeared and blocked the sunlight away from them.

Why did they suddenly felt an eerie atmosphere?

Slowly, they turned their heads to see a familiar person….

“Hey guys, It’s me!” Ivan exclaimed having his usual joyful smile.

“HAAAAA!!!!!!” They all screamed on cue.

Ha, there was the “thing” that was missing from the recent days…

“It’s been a while since I saw you guys. Did you missed me, da?”Ivan asked completely oblivious to the evident scared expression of the three other students.

“Y-yeah, it’s been a while that we didn’t see you…”Eduard pointed out anxiously.

Usually, Ivan would join them for the lunch break, or on some days, walk with them after school since they all lived in the same neighbourhood. Though, strangely, for the last couple of days, the Russian didn’t even come to talk to them. Actually, Eduard honestly thought that Ivan had forgotten about them, at least it that was what Ravis hoped. Unfortunately for the Latvian, it seemed like it wasn’t the case.  

“E-Eduard sure is right…where have you been, Ivan?” Toris decided to ask, hoping to start a discussion that wouldn’t put them in danger.

“I discovered a very nice place where I am always happy.”The Russian replied with a big smile, daydreaming of Yao and the nice café again.

“…”The three friends looked blankly at the Russian. Well, that was a very strange answer coming from a quite strange person; however, the three were really wondering what the meaning of this truly odd reply was.

“But we didn’t see you at lunch…”The Latvian remarked slowly, with a hint of confusion. “So we hoped you were gone—”He added before being cut in midsentence by his two panicked friends.

“RAVIS!!”

“Gone?”Ivan repeated the other’s last word, unsure of what to think about this comment.

“N-no! What Ravis is saying is that since we didn’t see you for a couple of days, we thought you had a cold…and that you didn’t come to school.”Eduard rapidly explained, afraid of angering the Russian.

“Ha, silly Ravis, da? I’m perfectly healthy.” The tall one simply chuckled. Apparently, Ivan was in an extremely good mood today, which was very fine for them, but at the same time, they all suspected something truly wary to happen.

 It’s not every day that Ivan was this happy. What in the world was going on?

“S-so, if you went to that …happy place…what made you return here…to the unhappy place?”Toris inquired, uncertain of what the Russian was talking about. He was more than curious to know what was sparing them from their frequent fear. But, his conscience kept telling him it would be better if he wouldn’t exactly ask about it.

“I came to have lunch with my friends~” Ivan chimed, finally deciding to sit on the grass next to them.

“Ha…”The three commented completely surprised of hearing such revelation. …Well that was rather kind coming from Ivan…

 “Well…you are welcomed to stay…”

“Also, I need more money.”Ivan suddenly added bluntly, still having his usual smile. 

“…”

Money? For what did he needed “more” money? And why was he asking them for that? Of course, Ivan’s visit was way too much simple to be true.

“You will give me some money da? You are my friends after all, right?” Ivan asked, patiently waiting for an answer.

“….”Once again, the three didn’t pronounce a word.

“Right?!!” Ivan asked once more, now obviously getting impatient.

“Y-yes of course!”They all stuttered; it’s not like they had any other option, sadly.

“B-but, are you going back to that happy place?”Ravis questioned. If it would make Ivan being away from them and stop scaring him, he could even give him his complete wallet.

“Da! It’s a really wonderful place, but I need more money for it.”

“Can I ask where that is?” Eduard inquired curiously.

Ivan could explain, but he promised Yao he wouldn’t tell anyone about the café. Plus, he didn’t want other people to ruin his fun and to risk the chance of them stealing Yao’s attention away from him. Especially now that he was sure that nobody else would come to bother his nice time with his crush.

“No, you can’t ask!”He answered abruptly.

“But it’s weird. Can we at least know the purpose for the money?”Toris asked.

“No you can’t! It’s a secret and none of your business! Kolkolkolkolkol!”Ivan harshly replied, suddenly emitting a purple aura.

Why did it seem like they were suspecting him of doing something bad? It frustrated Ivan that he always had to force his friends to agree with him every time he asked something from them. It was almost like if they didn’t trust him.

“HAAAAAAA!!”The trio screamed, cursing themselves to have pushed their luck.

“So will you give me the money or not?!”Ivan demanded again, finally taking out his pipe.  

In less than a second, the three took out their wallet and gave the Russian some dollar bills. And they were more than relieved to see that it calmed the Russian.

“Yay, thank you~”Ivan exclaimed, having his smile back. He was sure that with the money his friends 

 “loaned” him he would be able to buy stuff at the café for some days. It will give him enough time to actually think about a plan to have more money.

He quickly glanced back to his friends and noticed that they were having their typical worried expression once again. Of course, they only agreed with him when they were scared…

Ivan was about to leave them, but before going away, he noticed that the three were all perplexedly staring at something behind him. As Ivan looked behind, he realised that he was probably going to be in trouble again, since it was none other than their school headmaster; Germania.

“So what is happening here?” The German inquired with a harsh tone.

“N-nothing.”Ivan answered, rapidly hiding both his pipe and the money behind his back. The Last time he has been caught “bullying” someone, the headmaster made him stay after class. Right now, this was absolutely the last thing Ivan wanted.

“Are you sure? I heard some screaming!”The headmaster remarked. He wasn’t gullible, he saw Ivan with his pipe. Every single time, that student had it, something bad happened.”Are you intimidating those poor people again?”

“I don’t see what you are talking about, sir.”The Russian lied.

“Y-Yeah, it’s not like he was bullying us!”The Latvian said out of the blue, before once again being stopped by the two others.

“RAVIS!!!!!”

Damn it! Ivan cursed, giving the little one a menacing glare. Why couldn’t Ravis just learn to shut up?

“Hmmm, what is the meaning of this?”The adult asked, discontented to hear that suspicious sentence.

“T-there is nothing happening; it’s only Ravis saying random things.”Eduard confirmed with a very fake reassuring voice. He was doing his best to save everyone from trouble (and probably a certain death), but unfortunately, there wasn’t much he could do.

“I’ll make a note with your teacher, Braginski. He’ll talk to you after school.”The headmaster warned Ivan. Classes were about to start in a few minutes, there was nothing he could do presently.

After school?! Damn it!!! That was the thing Ivan wanted to avoid all along. It was awful...now, he would be late to meet Yao at the café…and it was their entire fault.

The minute the headmaster was gone, Ivan glared deathly at the three.

 “If I give you my wallet, would you spare our lives?”The Estonian proposed with a desperate voice, offering the other his wallet in hope that they would survive.

***

“Mathias! What were you thinking giving my personal schedule to my stalker aru?!”

The first thing Yao did when he arrived at his workplace was to obviously scream at his lazy co-worker. However, for once Mathias wasn’t scolded because of slacking at work; this time it was about something that he entirely didn’t understand.  

“What?! I don’t even know what you are talking about!!”The other replied.

“Yes you do aru! You gave Ivan my personal schedule last Friday aru!”Yao complained dropping his tone a little.

As much as he would never admit it to anyone, he was more than used to see Ivan coming to the café; it didn’t bother him anymore. Although, he disliked the fact that his stalked had his schedule, he had to acknowledge that there wasn’t much the Russian would do, that he didn’t already did.

Actually, it was the fact that Mathias easily gave personal details to someone that did trouble him. He absolutely didn’t want that idiot to give important stuff like this to anyone. Now, that he thought about it, Mathias wasn’t allowed to do that either.

“Well he asked for it kindly, so I thought it wasn’t a big deal since he is your friend.”Mathias stated, not sure of the reason why Yao was annoyed.

“N-no, he is not…really a friend, aru...”The Chinese pointed out somehow hesitantly. To be honest, Yao wasn’t even sure what exactly Ivan was for him.

“Okay, I’m sorry. I meant to say; “since he is your boyfriend”. There! Happy?”Mathias corrected himself, thinking that this was the reason why Yao was upset.

“HE ISN’T MY BOYFRIEND EITHER!”The Asian snapped, his cheeks being completely red.

“Okay! Okay! “The other reassured his frustrated co-worker. Damn, it didn’t seem like Yao was in a good mood today. He only hoped he wouldn’t last like this for the rest of the day.

“Oh, there is a client! I think you should go!”The Dane quickly remarked, hoping he could get rid of Yao’s endless scolding.

The Chinese sighed; yet, another excuse used by Mathias to avoid work. Yao would have forced him to work, but the client was probably Ivan, so it would probably be better if he would go…

However, when he came to see the customer, he found someone he definitely wasn’t expecting.

“Bonjour, mon joli~”

“W-What?!! Francis?! What are you doing here?!!”Yao asked, actually surprised to see the European here. He only hoped that the same scene from yesterday wouldn’t happen today.

“I came to drink some latté. The view here is magnificent.” He explained.

“If you only came here to flirt with that girl again, she won’t come back aru. One of the employees dropped some coffee on her expensive shoes and she went away frustrated…”The Chinese plainly said, completely figuring out what was the point of the French.

“Nooo!”Francis whined disappointed to hear the news.

“Yes…”The waiter confirmed. “So, it seems like you have nothing to do here. Please get out!”

“Well, I might as well take something since I’m here. This place still has a pretty view.”He declared giving the other a small wink.

“Fine.”The Chinese muttered, it’s not like he actually could kick Francis out of here. If he could, he would have done it yesterday. Therefore, he decided to just give Francis what he ordered and hope that someone will distract the blond so that he wouldn’t stay here for a long time.  

 “By the way, If I were you, I wouldn’t sit there aru. It’s Ivan’s usual place.”Yao added.

“Haa, so it explains a lot…”The blond expressed, with an interested grin.

“What?”

“This is why you are upset, oui? You were expecting Ivan.”He clarified with a mischievous tone.

 “N-no. I-I wasn’t! Why would I be expecting him aru?!”Yao shouted, his cheeks starting to be red again.

“I didn’t know you two had that sort of relationship.”Francis still added with a smirk. One doesn’t simply blush like this for any reason. 

 “Absolutely not!! We don’t have any relationship aru.”The Asian replied. Why was everyone insinuating that Ivan and he had something?

“So it doesn’t bother you if I sit at the place your usual customer does?”The French inquired, intrigued to see Yao’s flustered reaction.

“Not at all!”The waiter confirmed, before leaving. If Francis wouldn’t listen to his warning, it was fine by him! The French would just have to pay the consequences when Ivan would come. Though, suddenly a gloomy emotion took over him. He had a feeling things wouldn’t be easy today either.