(fanfic)-APH-Lovely Maid Yao-Chapter 23

Chapter 23

 

“Stop following me aru!”

“I’m not following you! I’m just walking in the same direction as you.”The Russian said, still continuing to follow his crush.

As a reply, The Chinese only let a “tsk” and continued walking fast while trying his best to ignore Ivan.

Since he finished his shift, Ivan didn’t stop following him and trying to convince him to still go on a date. Unfortunately for the blond, Yao hasn’t forgotten about what happened this morning. No matter what Ivan do, the Chinese was still bothered by the fact that Ivan didn’t seem to be apologetic for what happened this morning.

Nonetheless, Yao decided that he didn’t have the time to think about this for now; he had other stuff to do, such as go grocery shopping.  The Asian was certain that once he would start with his daily chores, Ivan would give up on following him…however, unlike what he thought, the Russian didn’t give up easily. Yao already finished doing his groceries and Ivan was still following him as if it was nothing.

“Yao, do you need help with bringing your groceries?” Ivan asked, completely ignoring the fact that Yao was still frustrated.

“No, I don’t.” The other said sulking, while walking faster.

Yao was definitely cute when he was anger…although; Ivan had to admit that he couldn’t wait for him to be cheerful again…If only he could find a way to make him happy.

The blond originally thought that giving Yao the chance to finish his shift earlier would make him forget about his anger, but it seemed like it made things worse for some reason.

The more Ivan thought about it, the more he was sure that what he needed to do was to show how deeply sorry he was by offering something nice to Yao. The first thing that came to his mind was to buy flowers since it was always the thing that made him happy when he was sad as a child. Maybe this would make Yao feel better?

The second Ivan thought of changing his plans and go to the nearby florist, he saw that Yao stopped walking and went into a certain shop. Out of curiosity, Ivan decided to get closer to the small shop until he realised that it was a travel agency. Rapidly, this made the Russian somehow anxious.

Why was he suddenly entering that shop? Maybe, in the end, Yao was so frustrated with what happened that he decided to go out of the country?!

At this moment, Ivan completely forgot about his idea to get flowers and directly entered the travel agency, hoping to know what Yao was planning to do.

The moment he entered, he saw Yao taking some pamphlets about traveling to China. Ivan couldn’t help but to notice how sad his expression was….At this moment, Ivan really wanted to make Yao happy again…

“Hello sir, can I help you?” A clerk, who seemed to appear from nowhere, asked Ivan.

“Shut!”The Russian ordered, not wanting anything to distract him from observing Yao.

“…Okay…”The employee simply responded, going away slowly.

Once the clerk went away, Ivan noticed that Yao took some magazine. However, this time, he could see Yao smile a little. Very curious to know what Yao was looking at, he silently approached the other until he was only a few inches behind him and could peek at the magazine he was reading.

“There is a Disney Park in Hong Kong?” Ivan inquired with shock and interest.

“HAA!” Yao instantly screamed out of surprised, after unexpectedly hearing the familiar voice. Of course, after a couple of seconds, he wasn’t much surprised to see that it was Ivan…

“I didn’t know that there was a Disney Park there! Ha, it looks so fun! I have never been to a Disney park!” Ivan added cheerfully, once again not paying attention to Yao’s annoyed expression.

“Ivan, what are you doing here?! You have nothing to do here aru! Go away!” The Chinese replied more rudely than he wanted to.

“No, that’s not true... I also came here to know more information about traveling.” Ivan lied, noticing that Yao still didn’t seem in a good mood.

“Yeah sure…”Yao muttered, rolling his eyes.

“No, it’s true! I decided to do like you and visit my home country too.”

“Really?” Yao questioned, a little shocked to hear that.

“Da.”

Ivan was glad to see that Yao seemed to be quite interested in what he just said. He thought that maybe he could use this opportunity to have a nice conversation with him again…Unfortunately; his plan rapidly didn’t end like he wanted…

“So why do you also have a magazine about traveling in China aru?” Yao remarked, noticing that Ivan took a similar magazine that he had.

“…It’s for other plans.” Ivan answered quietly. He could always use this information if one day he had intentions of suddenly catching a specific plane to China…or stopping one for that matter…

Yao only gave a bewildered look at the other…in the end; Ivan was just stalking him, as usual…

“So what happened to Russia? Did it re-localised in China?” Yao commented sarcastically, pointing out the fact that what Ivan said earlier didn’t make any sense. However, unexpectedly, he just saw a small grin appear on the blond’s face.

“Why are you grinning like that aru?”

“What you said sounded perverted…”The Russian chuckled, thinking of a completely different thing. Obviously, such a comment simply made Yao walk out of the store without a word.

Okay, Ivan came to the conclusion that maybe today wasn’t probably the best day to say such things to Yao….

 “Yao, please wait for me!” Ivan tried to catch up with the other.

“No!”

“Can you at least tell me why you went to the travel agency da?”

“It’s none of your business Ivan.” The other replied back; hoping that Ivan would eventually stop following him. But ultimately, Ivan was as stubborn as the Chinese and continued to follow him until they arrived to Yao’s apartment building.

“Yao!”

“Ivan, you are not going to my apartment aru.” Yao sighed, before going inside the building.

“B-but I have many other plans for us to do on this date.” Ivan said, with a saddened expression. He had planned them to go to the park or at a restaurant.

“Aiyaa! This wasn’t a date! It was only you stalking me as usual aru!”

“But can we do my plans now? Yao please?” Ivan asked once more, with a disappointed expression on his face.

Even if at the moment Yao hated to admit it, Ivan’s disappointment was making him feel guilty. There was a part of him who wanted to forget about everything and say ‘yes’, but at the same time, he was still frustrated…Looking at saddened Ivan was making him confused; he didn’t know what to think or do anymore.

 “Ivan, just go home...please. I don’t want to hurt or disappoint you again aru... ” Yao finally said gently, looking at him one last time before leaving and entering the building.

Ivan observed the Chinese who went away. No matter what, he wouldn’t go home without Yao accepting his apologies. For the first time of the day, his crush talked to him with a very kind tone. He thought it was a very good sign, but now, what he absolutely wanted was to make him completely cheerful.

***

“Hello, how can I help you?” A clerk automatically inquired right after Ivan took the first step into the florist shop. The Russian only wondered why all the clerks seemed so annoying today?

“No it’s okay, I just want to buy some flowers to apologize to someone very important da?” Ivan plainly answered, hoping that the damn clerk would leave him alone.

“Interesting ~ May I ask which kind of apology? Each kind of flowers has a certain significance that might make your beloved one happy.”

“Ha…I see…” Ivan simply responded. Honestly, he only wanted to buy beautiful flowers that would make Yao cheerful, he didn’t really bother about the significance of the flowers… He already had in mind to choose sunflowers because it was his favourite kind of flowers. Though, on the other hand, if there might be another kind of flower that could do the work, he wouldn’t be against it.  However, he also honestly thought that the annoying clerk would probably be completely useless…

 “So if you tell me more, I might be able to help you choose nice flowers.” The man added seeing that the client seemed unconvinced.

“Uh…I simply want something to say sorry for trying to touch him without his authorisation da?”

“…” There was a deep silence as the clerk was completely bewildered and speechless…

Just like Ivan thought, that person was entirely useless. In the end, he should just choose the sunflowers…

***

Once arrived home, Yao decided to clean the dishes hoping that it would clear his mind.

When he arrived, he noticed Yong’s shoes at the entrance. He was certain that his Korean cousin was still sleeping, which would make sense since his concert probably finished late last night. And knowing Yong, he wouldn’t go directly to sleep after the end of the concert. Kiku, on the other hand, didn’t seem like he came home yet, therefore Yao assumed that he was still at his friends’ house.

The Chinese wasn’t used to be alone at home so early on a Saturday and he thought that his apartment was actually quiet…and lonely…

He had to admit that it was almost boring, which was the reason why he started to do the house chores. While cleaning the dishes, he remembered moments from yesterday night, when Ivan promised to help him clean the dishes during the morning. Of course, due to the events of the morning, they didn’t have the chance to...

Thinking about everything that happened today was making him frustrated. Not only Ivan had the nerve of doing inappropriate stuff to him while he was half asleep, but that Russian also –somehow— ended up convincing his manager to cut his shift of the day. As if he wasn’t already making his job complicated…or his life for that matter. Now, he understood why Kiku and Yong warned him to be careful… Though, what seriously made things worse for Yao was the fact that Ivan didn’t even seem to be apologetic about the earlier events. Except for saying a small ‘sorry’, Ivan didn’t even stop stalking him for the rest of the day. The blond even had the nerve to say that Yao was the one who was encouraging him during the morning event.

On the other hand, when he thought about it deeply, there was also another part of him who realised that Ivan wasn’t as bad as he might be thinking…only remembering about how sad Ivan was a few moments ago made the Chinese feel truly bad. Maybe he was harsh with him today…

Yao thought about the scene of this morning again…he could remember the kiss he had with Ivan…and when he kissed him back…until things started to go a little further… His heart started to beat faster as he remembered when their bodies were very close to each other…

Exactly as he remembered this, Yao automatically blushed.

Why was he thinking about this?! And now, he also pondered why he didn’t stop Ivan sooner, before things escaladed badly. If he would have made it clear to Ivan that he didn’t wanted to continue, things wouldn’t probably end up so negatively and maybe both of them wouldn’t be upset right now…

Maybe things wouldn’t have ended badly if I wouldn’t have stopped Ivan… The Chinese wondered before realising the meaning of his own thoughts…

“AIYAA!”

Why this thought did even cross his mind?!

The Chinese simply stopped doing the chores and assumed that he was reacting like that because he was tired. He was awoken since early this morning and went to bed pretty late yesterday, that must been why… He really needed to rest and forget, for a couple of minutes, about Ivan and what happened with him.

As he lay down on his couch, he saw a school uniform that was on the edge of the couch. It didn’t take much time for Yao to recognise that it was Ivan’s clothes from yesterday… He forgot to give it to Ivan and now that he thought about it, he realised that he would have to give it to the Russian before Monday. Ultimately, that also meant that he would have to face him sooner or later.

Yao took the clothes and realised how much bigger and warm they were compared to what he would wear…Ivan always seemed to wear warm clothes, such as vests and scarfs, even during nice weather…which made sense, if he took into account that Ivan always seemed to be cold. Even his hands were cold…but they were also very soft…

“Aiyaa! Why am I thinking about weird stuff again?!” He yelled to himself, throwing the clothes away from him.

No matter what, for some reason, he didn’t stop thinking about Ivan and it was driving him crazy!

I just need to rest aru. Yao kept repeating to himself, trying to desperately finding something that would completely make him forget about the Russian.

As he looked around, he noticed that he could use this opportunity to read the mail he received not so long ago. Of course, he wasn’t much surprised to see that almost all the mail they received were small packages and magazines about technology for Kiku or Yong. Since the Chinese absolutely wanted to think about something else, he took one of the magazines. However, as he was about to open it, he realised that there was a letter in the pile that was addressed to him…

***

Ivan stood in front of the apartment building of Yao with a bouquet of sunflowers in his hands.

Now the problem that he had to face was how he would enter the apartment?!

He was sure that if he would call Yao and ask him to open the door, the other wouldn’t accept. However, the doors of the building were locked for the people who didn’t live there. He never thought that visiting Yao would be this complicated…he seriously couldn’t think of any solutions that could make him enter.

Discouraged, Ivan gave a big sigh and sat on the small stairs that was in front of the building.

“Oh, young man did you lost your keys?” An unfamiliar voice inquired.

Ivan turned around to see an old lady that he never saw before in his life. Since there were no one else around, he assumed that she was talking to him…

“What?” He asked unsure of what to respond to her.

“My poor child! There I will open the door for you so that you won’t freeze outside.” She said, as she took her keys and opened the door of the building.

There were a lot of things that Ivan didn’t understood. However, he soon realised that she probably thought that he was a resident of the building who forgot his keys…and this was a chance to not miss; it was almost like a miracle!

“Yes! Thank you lady.” He replied, not wasting a second to enter the building.

Now finding Yao would be an –almost—piece of cake! He knew the number and the level of the apartment, his only hope now was for Yao to let him enter.

Trusting that he had still some luck on his side, he gently knocked on the door….however, after a while of waiting; nobody came to open it…

The blond wondered if he should knock once more, but at the same time, he thought that maybe Yao knew it was him and didn’t want to open.

Ivan never lived in an apartment and wasn’t used to it, but just to try, he turned the doorknob and was surprised to see that the door was unlock…

This was probably an unsafe action coming from Yao; though, he honestly couldn’t complain since it let him enter easily.

Taking this opportunity, the Russian slowly entered the apartment and gently closed the door. He knew it was strange to enter the apartment like this and that probably his crush wouldn’t be pleased, but this was a risk he wanted to take. At first, he was sure that once he would enter someone would have noticed him, however, it was the opposite... He could see Yao in his living room, but the Chinese was focused on reading a particular letter.

Ivan quietly took off his shoes and walked to where Yao was; making sure to be careful to not startle him. He could see Yao reading the letter and a small, yet, adorable smile appearing on his face.  Ivan peeked behind the couch to see that the letter was all written in Chinese…It was too bad; he really was curious to know what it was saying. However, he was convinced that it came from Yao’s family; and whatever was written in it, was making Yao so happy. It was sweet.

“It’s looks nice.” He suddenly commented.

“HA!” Yao screamed, shocked to hear the familiar voice coming from behind. For the second time of the day, he turned around to see Ivan behind him.

Damn it! Right at the moment where he cleared his mind and was about to forget about the Russian, there he appeared from out of nowhere in his apartment.

“What are you doing here again aru?!”

“The door was open, so I entered…”Ivan explained.

Yao sighed; he let the door open for when Kiku would come home, but it didn’t explain, how in the world, the Russian entered the building.

“I came here to apologize to you da? I brought this for you.” The blond added, offering him the bouquet of sunflower.

“Sunflowers?”

“I hope you like them da? It’s my favourite kind of flowers.” Ivan stated with a sweet smile.

“W-well, yes, they are pretty.” Yao mentioned taking the flowers. He had to admit, he wasn’t expecting to receive flowers, so he didn’t know what to say.

“So does that make you happy?”

“Don’t think I can forget about everything that easily aru.”The Chinese clearly declared, giving a small glare to the other.

“Aww, so you don’t like them?” Ivan expressed with a sad tone. 

“I never said that!” Yao rapidly announced. “They are really beautiful aru...Thanks.” He added with a small smile. “And there…these are your clothes. I washed them and they are all clean.” Yao also said; taking the clothes he actually threw on the couch a while ago and giving them to Ivan.

“Thanks Yao. I will also bring the clothes you let me borrow.”

He gave a smile to the Chinese and he was glad to see that the other also gave a small smile back.

Things seemed to become better…

“Now get out aru!” Yao finally ordered.

…or maybe not…

“Yao, I’m very sorry for what happened this morning.” The Russian said.

“AIYA! It took you long enough to say sorry aru!”Yao snapped.

“W-what?” The other asked confused by Yao’s reaction.

“Forget about it…it’s not important.” Yao sighed with a small discrete pout.

“Yao-Yao, what can I do to make you forgive me da?”

“Nothing aru…”Yao answered plainly. This made Ivan even more confused, Yao sure was a big puzzle today.

“I think we should have a talk aru.” The Asian declared. Although, he was shocked to hear that the first reply that came from Ivan was a big gasp. He looked at the Blond to realise that Ivan was having a mixed expression of shock and worry.

“A talk?!” Ivan repeated. That was never a good sign, right?!

“Ivan…it’s okay.” The Chinese stated, with a slightly concerned voice. He wasn’t expecting Ivan to react like that. The Russian gave a small nod and sat with him on the couch.

“…I think that we probably should forget about what happened this morning aru…” Yao started, while avoiding looking at Ivan so that the other wouldn’t see his blushing face.

 “Oh Yao, I will never forget about this in my entire life.” Ivan honestly confirmed. Unfortunately, this made him gain a dark glare from Yao.

“B-but I will try to forget about it, da? Just for you!” Ivan added.

“A-as I was saying, I think that we should not talk about what happened this morning aru… And I also want to apologize…. I was harsh with you today and you weren’t the only one to blame. I am sorry Ivan; I shouldn’t have acted like I did with you today.”

Ivan looked at Yao. Was he hearing correctly? His crush also wanted to apologize to him?

“Aww. Yao it’s okay.” Ivan said, automatically giving the other a hug.

The Chinese was taken aback by this hug. Yao honestly disliked when people would surprise him affectionately like that, but he still decided to return the hug…In the end, being with Ivan wasn’t bad… maybe he didn’t dislike Ivan as much as he thought…

“Can we still have our date?” Ivan asked enthusiastically, before realising that Yao’s face was completely red for some reason. As an answer, the Chinese avoided to look at the other. He wasn’t sure of the reason why he was flustered like that, but he absolutely didn’t want the other to comment on that.

Even though Yao said that the events of the morning should be forgotten, the idea of going on a date was only reminding him of what happened earlier. If they go on a date maybe they would end up kissing or doing some other stuff…and for now he certainly didn’t want to have more silly thoughts to think about, especially since Ivan and he were in “good terms” again.

“I-I don’t feel like it.”

“Aww.”

As expected, Ivan was once again disappointed by this answer.

“Well can we still do something together da?” Ivan inquired, hoping that he would be able to spent time with Yao; he didn’t want to leave now.

“Maybe…”

“If it doesn’t bother you, we can study for maths da? You know just like we planned yesterday.” The Russian suggested happily. Even if this day didn’t happen like he wished for, it didn’t mean that they couldn’t follow some of the plans they organised yesterday.

“It doesn’t bother me aru. But are you sure you want to do something that boring on a Saturday afternoon aru?” Yao replied.

“I don’t mind. You are the teacher da? I’m sure it’s going to be interesting.”

“Okay, if you want to.” Yao quickly organised the small table that was in front of the couch that seemed to be very convenient for studying.

“Are you hungry Ivan? Or do you want to drink something? Eating snacks while studying helps aru.” The Chinese proposed.

 “Yeah, maybe some snacks will be a good idea.” Ivan happily replied, he honestly thought that having some snacks would distract from study, but he definitely wasn’t against it.

In all sincerity, he was simply really happy that everything was okay between Yao and him again.

(To be continue)