(fanfic)-APH-Lovely Maid Yao-Chapter 24

Chapter 24

When Yao came back from the kitchen, he didn’t come with only “some snacks”; he came back with a lot of them!

The Chinese put a huge variety of delicacies on the table. Ivan was shocked in front of all the types of snacks that there was. He certainly didn’t know what to choose! Though he was definitely interested in the ones he never saw which he assumed were probably Asian.  

Nonetheless, they all really seemed so delicious! The Russian simply wondered which one he should taste first.

“Make yourself at home aru. If you want another glass, you can ask.” Yao announced while giving to his guest a glass of water.

“Thanks Yao.” The Russian said, still pondering which snack he should eat first.

On the other hand, Yao put his math schoolbook and notebook in the small remaining place that didn’t have snacks on the table. He organised everything for it to be a perfect place for studying. However, instead of starting the revision, both of them were way more distracted with eating the snacks.

“…Yao, can I ask you what was the letter you were reading when I arrived here?” Ivan suddenly inquired.

“The letter?”

At the mentioning of it, Yao looked back at the letter in question that he left on the sofa. Ever since Ivan arrived, he almost forgot about it.

“The letter is from my parents aru.” He said, before taking a bite on one of his snacks. By simply looking at Ivan, he could see that the other’s eyes were still filled with confusion. He was sure that the Russian was wondering about many things. Usually, he didn’t like to share such details with people that weren’t relatives, but for some reason, he didn’t mind to talk about this with Ivan right now.

“My birthday is coming soon and they sent me a card for it aru.”

“Aww~ That’s sweet.” Ivan noted with a cute chime. At the same time, he thought that this information was very interesting. Yao’s birthday was coming? Now, he was even more curious to know about these details. “Is your birthday this week?”

 “No…actually it’s in almost two weeks from today aru. My parents just like to send things sooner than usual, in case I won’t receive it before my birthday aru.”Yao explained. To him, this was a common habit of his parents; he was used to them sending things way earlier. On the other hand, he couldn’t really blame them. After all, it’s never guaranteed that things would arrive on time by the mail considering that they are living in different countries.

“Ha…they are precautious…” Ivan remarked. He couldn’t deny how much he wanted to learn more about Yao’s birthday. However, he also didn’t want to show much excitement about it, afraid to sound too suspicious. At the same time, he automatically thought that maybe he could buy a gift for Yao that would win his heart. “Which day is your birthday, Yao?”

“October the first aru.”

Ivan thought about it; two weeks could pass so fast if one doesn’t pay attention. If he wanted to buy something great for Yao’s birthday, he would have to think and organise things rapidly. And at the same time, he also needed to think about the amount of money he would need.

“Do you plan on doing something special da?” The blond asked.

“No.” Yao plainly answered.

“…What?! Why?!” Ivan asked again, shocked to hear this answer.

“I usually celebrate my birthday with my family, but on the first week of October, my cousins are going to an anime convention in another city aru. So they won’t be there on that day. Therefore we promised to simply celebrate it another day.” The Chinese revealed.

“What?! That’s awful. They leave you all alone on the day of your birthday?” The other exclaimed, shocked and quite frustrated to hear this.

Ivan thought it was so unfair! He would give anything to be able to celebrate this day with Yao and make him happy; yet the ones that Yao was relying on didn’t even cared and decided to leave him alone…

“W-well, they did invite me to go with them to the convention aru. But I didn’t want to go.” Yao replied, surprised to see the Russian reacting this way. The last time he went with them to an anime convention, he discovered that his cousins took some things way too seriously and some events ended up being overly awkward…

“Besides I will have to work on this day aru.” Yao added nonchalantly.

“Why? Can’t you take the day off?” Ivan questioned.

“Yes…but there is no point. Nobody will be there for my birthday.” Yao responded quietly.

Ivan only thought of one thing….he definitely could be there….

“I always celebrate my birthday with my family aru. If I didn’t spend the day with my siblings or my parents; it would have been with my cousins. It was always like that. And I do it just so that we can spend some time together. If they are not here, I don’t really care...”

“Is this why you were looking at the voyage magazines to China? You are planning to visit your parents da?” Ivan asked once again.

“What? No…I can’t travel right now because of school and my work…Don’t forget that there are exams soon aru!” The Chinese pointed out, giving a frown at the other.

Ivan only nodded upon hearing that; he had to confess that recently he would rapidly forget about his responsibilities related to school.

Nonetheless of that small remark though, none of them noticed that they haven’t even opened their schoolbooks to study yet…

“I just took these magazines because I am somehow homesick aru. I can’t wait to visit them during the summer holidays…” Yao confessed. Even if he didn’t want to admit it so openly; he really missed his home country. He also felt strange to not be able to see his parents on his birthday …or any of his relatives for that matter.

However, he had to face this fact maturely; it wasn’t like he could do anything about it anyway.

Ivan was truly relieved to hear the words “summer holidays”…he was about to really re-think of his plan about stopping all the planes to China again. It exactly reminded him of the day he discovered Yao’s job at the café. He had the same fear and he remembered that Yao spoke to him the same way that he is doing at this moment; with a nostalgic and a slightly sad voice. It must be hard for him to not being able to see his caring family...

“Are you sad about this Yao?”

“What?! No!” The Chinese answered rapidly. He was lying of course, but he thought that it didn’t matter… it didn’t bother him if Ivan would realise it or not. “Sad or not; there is nothing that I can do aru. There are much more important things than a simple birthday aru! A birthday is like any other days. I don’t care!”

However, Ivan assumed that if Yao was speaking like that, it probably mean that he indeed cared about all of this.

“Yao, don’t say that! It’s your birthday da? It’s your special day! I think you should celebrate it nonetheless and have fun!” Ivan suggested with a smile.

“…It’s not necessary; I won’t have anyone to spend the day with. I would rather go to work and gain some money... My birthday wouldn’t be the same without them anyway.”

“…” Ivan wanted so much to interrupt Yao and suggest him to spend his birthday together. But by looking at the other, he knew that there was still something that his crush didn’t say yet; so the blond decided to wait quietly.

“Since I was a child, I always celebrated my birthday with them. Nothing can replace this fact aru. It’s just a fond memory…” Yao added.

“Yao…Do you wish sometimes that you could have the possibility to spend the days like when you were a child again, da?” Ivan inquired.

“Maybe…”

“Sometimes I also think it would be great to be a child again. And relive memories that you now realise were nice…” Ivan commented with a small smile. When he remembered those great memories, he always wondered how come he never realised back at the time how much they were amusing and precious.

“I feel like that too sometimes aru.” Yao said with a soft smile.

“I particularly remember mornings when I was in bed and my mother tried to wake me up saying that breakfast is ready…” The Russian chuckled, remembering that specific moment of his childhood. He felt that even then when there were no responsibilities, it wasn’t easy to wake up.

“…And you don’t feel like getting up aru…” Yao added, thinking the exact same thing that Ivan had in mind.

“Exactly! And you still decide to stay in bed, until your mother finally comes and scolds you for being lazy da?” Ivan also added cheerfully.

Yao gave a small laugh; he could perfectly remember a very similar childhood moment that the one they were talking about. In fact, he could almost hear his mother reproach him to be lazy too.

“…I think everyone had a similar moment from their childhood like that…”Ivan stated, seeing Yao with another nostalgic expression.

“Yes…” The Chinese sighed.

Now that Yao thought of it, things have changed so much since then…now they have grown up and he rarely could afford to stay in bed for much time during the morning; he had more responsibilities…yet he still couldn’t help to wish that he could revive similar moments once more. They were precious memories to him…and he felt like Ivan might feel the same way about his memories too…

“Ivan, I am not going to lie. I really wish I could be back home aru…”Yao finally admitted silently.

Realising that this last sentence sounded depressing, Ivan was quickly thinking about what he could say to cheer the other, but before he could think of anything Yao rapidly continued.

“…But you can’t have everything you wish for in life aru. So I will wait until the summer holidays arrive and I will visit my family then.” Yao concluded wisely. For him, it was clear; there was nothing else to do but to accept the reality. After all, there would be nothing good that would come from dwelling on it.

“But Yao, for the time being, you can take the day off at your job and maybe spend your birthday with me da?” Ivan suddenly chimed, thinking that it was a great time to suggest his idea.

“What?! You and I?!” Yao shouted, shocked to hear that suggestion.

“Yes, we could spend your birthday together. It would be so much more fun than working or be alone da?” Ivan proposed.

“Aiyaa!” The Chinese expressed, blushing a little at the mention of this sudden idea.

“What do you think?” Ivan inquired once more; excited to think about all the different things that they could do to celebrate Yao’s birthday.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea aru...” The other answered looking away. He felt that if it was like yesterday, when they spent time together alone, things might probably end up in a rather ambiguous situation again.

“Aww~ Why?” Ivan asked with a pout.

“Because.”

“Because of what?”

“Simply because aru!”The Chinese gave his final answer with a very stern tone.

“Aww…Yao….” The other whined, giving a sad, yet very cute look at him.

“Aiyaa! I think we are getting distracted aru!  You came here to study, remember?” The Chinese stated, pointing at the schoolbooks, in front of them, that were still closed on the table.

Ivan looked back at the books, abruptly he felt way less cheerful than how he was a few seconds ago….however, he realised that what Yao said was true…they were supposed to study…

“So let’s start aru!”

“Okay! But you have to promise me to think about my suggestion da?”

“Sure…”The Chinese sighed. He was certain that if he wouldn’t say yes, the other wouldn’t stop asking and being distracted.

Finally, Yao and Ivan took their homework and opened the schoolbooks. The blond was actually glad that Yao also brought his math notebook to share with him; it was great since he forgot to bring his… and even if he would have brought it, his notes were not really reliable because he didn’t truly pay attention during his math class….

However to his surprise, as he was about to take Yao’s math notebook to look at the recent notes, the Chinese brusquely took it before Ivan could even touch it. In fact, Ivan was really shocked to see the other acting in such an abrupt way. Usually, Yao wouldn’t act that way…

But, as soon as Ivan looked at him, the other looked away embarrassed about his recent rude action.

“I-I am sorry about that aru…I just wanted to see something…”Yao tried to explain. To be honest, the last thing he wanted was Ivan to look inside his notebook. Since the last time he had studied, Yao still haven’t erased that slightly cute-looking doodle of Ivan that he drew. Though presently, he was seriously cursing himself to not have erased it. If Ivan would find out about this doodle, he would be dying of embarrassment!

Why?! Oh, why, didn’t he erase it last time?!!

“Ha it’s fine…” Ivan said nonchalantly. Honestly, he was still shocked about the other’s recent action, but he thought that perhaps Yao simply wasn’t someone who was fine with others touching his belongings…it would also kind of explain the situation of this morning too, now that he thought about it…

“So what you don’t understand about mathematics aru?” Yao started, hoping to keep the focus on the study.

“Err…about everything…”Ivan admitted. Somehow, he felt like he couldn’t remember anything from his math class.

“Everything?!” The Chinese repeated in shock. Nonetheless, Ivan seemed to be quite serious about it.

“I guess we can start with solving the mathematic problems from our homework aru.” Yao remarked with a small sigh. He took his math homework and started to explain the first problem to Ivan. “You see, you can always multiply the fraction when it’s like this…”

Yao described the rest of the strategy, showing every step to solve the problem; unfortunately, even if Ivan was looking at what Yao was doing, he definitely wasn’t listening. The blond wasn’t in the mood to study or learn anymore; at this moment, what he wanted was to continue talking with Yao. The only think he could think about was Yao’s upcoming birthday and how they could celebrate it, and wonder what kind of gifts Yao would like to receive.

 “So now that I showed you this, do you want to try it by yourself with the next problem aru?” Yao questioned, automatically snapping Ivan out of his thoughts.

“…what?” The other asked in complete and honest confusion.

“AIYAA! Where you even listening to my explanation?!” The Chinese yelled, angry to see that Ivan was daydreaming instead of paying attention to what he was teaching.

“Yes, of course I was.” He answered with an uneasy smile.

“So try to solve the next problem then.” Yao said, unbelieving the other.

“I don’t feel like it…”Ivan plainly replied.

“Do you want to pass your exam or not aru?” Yao asked, seeing that the Russian really seemed to not take the revision seriously.

“Aww ok…”He complained with a childish tone. Even if Ivan conceded it, he still felt pretty unmotivated to do or think about anything related to mathematics sadly…

“You are such a child aru…”Yao commented, seeing Ivan pouting like a kid.

He stood there and watched the Russian start the problem. Only looking at him for a few seconds, Yao knew that the other didn’t listen to his recent explanation …and also that Ivan truly didn’t seem to care about it.

Yao simply couldn’t understand how Ivan could be so carefree concerning his schoolwork like that. The exams would be there very soon, he couldn’t afford to ignore his studies; what was Ivan thinking? The Russian‘s attitude certainly reminded him of a child’s…and if Yao had to take care of Ivan like if he was a child so that he would learn, then he would definitely do it…

“I might offer you a reward if you solve the problems correctly aru.”Yao stated. Just like he thought, the other looked at him with an interested expression. In merely a second, the boring expression Ivan had completely disappeared.

 “A reward?! What will you offer?” Ivan asked, slightly shocked.

“Whatever you have in mind I guess aru…”Yao announced…but he stopped talking when he saw Ivan with a pervert smirk on his face. He wasn’t sure why he was surprised to see that; in fact, he should have known that something perverted would be the first thing that might come to Ivan’s mind…

 “Let me guess you want something like a kiss aru?”Yao asked with a frown, deciding to not acknowledge the possibility of more pervert ideas that might have come up in Ivan’s mind.

Ivan didn’t reply; he simply chuckled a little, but by the way he was slightly blushing and smiling, Yao didn’t need an answer. He knew that this was exactly what Ivan was thinking about.

“It’s a kiss isn’t it?” Yao asked again, this time with a more strict tone. “I can’t believe you are so desperate for that aru. Aren’t you ashamed?” Yao muttered, thinking that his “reward plan” wasn’t a great idea now.

“Desperate? I’m not desperate da! I am just a little impatient.” Ivan replied, unhappy to see Yao looking at him with a dark glare.

“Impatient? You are only a pervert aru!”

“What?! No, it’s not like that!” Ivan defended himself. By hearing Yao’s expression, he knew that the Chinese didn’t believe him. Yao wasn’t even looking at him anymore!

“Yao, I want to share such moments with you because I really like you da?” Ivan said quietly. This time, he was the one who looked away. “The simple thought of spending time with you makes me happy Yao.” He confessed with a soft smile.

“What!?” Yao expressed uncertain of what Ivan exactly meant by that.

“Yao, I really like you since the first time I saw you da? And the more time we spent together, the more I am eager to be closer to you... I am not doing it because I am desperate, I’m doing it because I-I…”

He didn’t know how to finish his sentence…deep inside, he wanted to reveal his true feelings; that he loved him…but at the same time, a part of him was scared of the possibility that Yao wouldn’t accept it. What if this revelation would ruin the present relation he had with Yao?  Unsure of what decision to take, he ended up not completing his last sentence.

Though, he was still wondering what might be Yao’s reaction. Ivan finally looked over at the Chinese to see that presently this one was looking at him again. This time however, his face was vivid red and he seemed completely bewildered.

 “Y-y-you really like me?” Yao repeated.

“Da…you didn’t know?” Ivan inquired, unsure of what to think of Yao’s last question.

Seriously? Yao didn’t know that he had a crush on him? Didn’t he ever wonder the reason why he always was following him and asking for a date?! Ivan must admit that his interest for Yao have been stronger than a simple crush for quite some time;  he was certain that Yao would have at least guessed it by now… many people from school had realised this…so how come Yao didn’t?!

“I-I-I just…”Yao mumbled, deciding to look away.

Yao could feel his heart beat so fast and he felt so strange upon hearing this revelation. He wasn’t exactly sure of what it meant or how he should react…

It was true that Ivan always took every opportunity to be with him…but for some reason he didn’t knew it was because he liked him like this…for some reason, it never came to his mind that this was the reason. But right now, he couldn’t understand how he was so oblivious to it. Now it seemed so evident….

“Yao…”Ivan murmured, seeing that the other seemed tense.

Slowly, Ivan gently grabbed Yao’s small hand…

It was making Ivan anxious to think about what Yao might say. Yao’s reaction seemed so uneasy; he wondered if it meant that he would reject him?

“I-Ivan…” Yao said quietly, after noticing Ivan’s hand.

Though, to Ivan’s agony, Yao slowly took his hand away…

 “I-Ivan, I am sorry but I am not like you aru…I can’t easily show my emotions and be affectionate like you…”The other noted, still blushing.

The Russian completely wondered what in the world was that supposed to mean?! At first, Ivan thought this was Yao’s way to say that he didn’t feel the same for him. He felt heartbroken just thinking about that for a fraction of second.

Fortunately, despite the fact that Yao wasn’t looking at him, Ivan soon felt a smaller hand softly holding his’ and playing with him…

Was this Yao’s way to say that he liked him? Or that he accepted his feelings and was returning them?  Or was Ivan only thinking that because he really hoped for it?!

After a small moment of silence, the blond still wasn’t sure of this meaning, but he knew that it didn’t mean that he was rejected in the end…and for now, it was entirely nice to know that.

“It’s okay Yao…I understand that…”

At this moment, he thought that direct and clear words weren’t necessary; the simple fact that Yao accept him and cared about him like he was doing presently was enough to soothe his heart.  “It doesn’t matter da… I-I won’t force you to kiss me if you don’t want to.”

“What?” Yao questioned, once again shocked to suddenly hear that from Ivan.

“I understand that you don’t feel at ease with that…it explains why you only kissed me on the cheek last time, when I walked you home…” Ivan remarked.

Yao just stood bewildered at this answer…actually, last time; he did try to kiss him on the mouth that night…but…

 “…W-well thanks for understanding that aru.” The Chinese replied looking away, a little flustered by the discussion.

“I’m sorry about this morning Yao. I didn’t want our first kiss to be like this…” Ivan admitted shyly.

“Our first kiss?!”

Why was Ivan talking like they were officially a couple?

“I can wait until you stop being prudish and shy. I am not desperate; I can wait for Yao as long as Yao wants and is ready.” He chimed with a lighthearted tone. He thought that this was a good way to end up the discussion…however; Yao didn’t think the same way. On the other hand, Yao wasn’t happy with what he just heard…

Prudish and shy?!

He wasn’t prudish and shy! Why everyone said that? And for some reason, the fact that Ivan mentioned that so carelessly was making him very frustrated. These last words had left a bitter taste in his mouth. If he was really prudish and shy, he wouldn’t have let Ivan sleep in the same bed than him with no pants…Simply because he wasn’t easily capable to express his feelings openly, didn’t mean he was prudish.

“Do you still want your reward aru?” The Chinese inquired with a slight bitter tone.

“Of course.” Ivan said, wondering what will be his reward in the end.

The Chinese looked at the purple eyes. For a second, Yao wondered what exactly he was thinking about. He was still frustrated about the recent words, but his heart was also filled with some other strange desire. No matter what though, he thought that Ivan shouldn’t be thinking of him as someone prudish…

To Ivan’s surprise; Yao came very close to him and kissed him in the mouth. At first, the blond almost thought that he was hallucinating when he felt Yao’s lips on his’. Though, as soon as he realised that it was reality, he kissed him back with pleasure. Unfortunately, he felt that Yao stopped the kiss at the exact time that he was only starting to savour it.

There was a small silence as both of them looked at each other blushing.

“H-here you had what you wanted aru! Will you focus on the problem now?” The Chinese asked, finally looking away and taking his notebook. He had a weird mix of contentment and embarrassment boiling inside of him. In some way, he felt ashamed about his recent action, but he also had a contradictive feeling; one that secretly acknowledged that he was happy to have been able to kiss Ivan…

“Waw…”Ivan expressed, completely dazed by this last kiss. He thought that this one was almost better than the one from this morning. In the end, Yao was indeed a good kisser…

The Chinese looked over at the other to see Ivan with a dreamy expression…apparently, he couldn’t have been more wrong about hoping Ivan would be focusing on the problem; presently the blond was obviously not listening at all.

“I-Ivan, are you listening aru?”The Chinese complained.

“Thanks Yao!” Was the only thing Ivan said. The Russian was about to come closer for another kiss, but Yao rapidly backed away.

“Hey! Ivan, calm yourself aru!”

“I understand that you don’t feel at ease, but can I have another one?” Ivan asked gently, snuggling closer to Yao.

“N-no!”

“But I respected your decision before da?” He said with a childish tone.

Yao gave him a small glare upon hearing that; he might have respected his decision, but he also insulted him somehow.

“Another one da?” The blond asked again, giving the Asian very cute puppy-eyes.

In the end, it seemed like Ivan completely forgot about studying…

“I-Ivan, you came here to study, remember?” Yao reminded him, trying to speak with a severe tone.

Slowly, Ivan looked back at the books and homework that were on the table…

Oh yeah…those things…he definitely wasn’t in the mood for studying now….

“Stop acting like a child and solve the problems aru. We have yet to be finished with that.” Yao scolded him.

“Okay…” Ivan agreed, feeling unmotivated to continue once more.

He took the homework with the math problems that he didn’t complete yet and tried to focus on it, acting in such a depressing way.

“I-if you complete everything correctly. You’ll get another kiss aru…” Yao murmured very silently; he almost was hoping that Ivan didn’t hear him.

However, once again, it seemed like Ivan had a good ear since he showed a giant smile after hearing that. He continued to solve the math problems with way more motivation at least…but Yao didn’t felt very well seeing that...

What kind of teacher am I aru? He Chinese questioned, feeling ashamed of the method he was using to teach Ivan. He really hoped that the other would at least learn something from it.

“I finished, look its completed da?” Ivan expressed enthusiastically, once he finished solving all the problems.

“Okay, let’s see.” Yao said taking the sheet and looking at what Ivan did.

“Is it okay?” Ivan inquired.

“Everything is okay except the last two aru.”

Damn it, no kiss! Was honestly the only thing Ivan thought once he heard that.

“You see, you have to divide it first in a situation like this aru. Like that.” Yao showed the other his mistake by writing the correct steps that lead to the answer.

“H-ha, I see…”Ivan mentioned; it really made more sense when Yao explained to him his mistakes.

“Did you understand your mistake aru?” Yao inquired.

“Yes.”

“Great…well, you did do the others correctly aru…”Yao added, looking once again at the other numbers.

“Hmm?” Ivan wondered what that meant.

As he looked at the other, though, he happily realised that Yao seemed to be willing to give him a reward nonetheless. The Chinese was approaching him slowly until Ivan could feel his lips against the Yao’s again.

This time, Ivan didn’t lose a second to savour the kiss. He quickly wrapped his hands around Yao’s body, but yet being careful, so that the other wouldn’t feel uncomfortable and decide to stop. After being sure that his crush seemed to be okay, Ivan tried to penetrate his tongue inside Yao’s mouth. This time, the kiss lasted longer and the passion increased hastily between the two. Ivan definitely didn’t want this one to end up so rapidly….

Their kiss grown to be more and more serious, until Yao fell on his back; leaving them to be in a rather ambiguous position.

 “A-aiyaa! I-it’s enough! Stop now!” Yao ordered, stopping the kiss. He didn’t want to admit, but he was honestly out of breath by this last kiss.

“Did I go too fast? I can calm a little da? I promise.” Ivan hastily said, sad to see that Yao wanted it to end so fast.

“W-we should continue with the homework…”Yao announced, still trying to regain his breath back.

“Just a little more?” Ivan asked, coming closer to him.

“N-No! Focus or we will never finish the study aru!”

In all honesty though, Ivan didn’t care about the study anymore. It was the least of his concerns. The taller one still came closer to Yao who was lying on the floor, but instead of kissing, he simply cuddled him, resting his face down on the other’s neck.

In this position, Yao could only bring his hands around Ivan’s body as if he was giving him a hug. He felt that the other was so warm…it was so unusual, since Ivan always seemed to be so cold, not that Yao was complaining. Despite their rather suggestive position, Yao felt really comfortable like that, under Ivan’s warm body, so close to him…it was completely calm and he could feel a heartbeat…however it wasn’t sure if it was his’ or Ivan’s.

“Can I still kiss you da?”Ivan murmured silently, hoping to not ruin this nice moment. He removed his head from Yao’s neck and looked at the other right into his ember eyes. If Yao couldn’t express his feelings openly, it didn’t matter…because Ivan wanted to express his’ and show how much he loved his little sunflower.

“A-aiyaa, Ivan.” The Chinese complained with embarrassment. There were already a lot of things that happened until now that probably shouldn’t have happened and he thought that there truly shouldn’t be other things happening...

“Please?”

This time Yao looked at Ivan in the eyes; there was something about that “please” that made him lose it…how could he say no? Even though some part of his mind was telling him that he shouldn’t accept it so easily...

“Ivan…”Yao quietly moaned, before kissing Ivan again.

Maybe, he was doing something wrong, but for some reason, for the moment, he actually didn’t care.

As they were lying on the floor kissing, this time Yao was the one who forced his tongue inside Ivan’s mouth and the other was quite satisfied with that. Though soon Ivan took control and by the small noise of pleasure that Yao gave, he was certain that both of them were enjoying this moment.

As he wished, their moment lasted longer this time, Yao accepting every kiss, one after another…and Ivan wanted it to never end…he was pleased and he wanted to please Yao too…

“I-Ivan…”Yao called while trying to suppress his moan. He wanted to say something…but with everything that was happening, he couldn’t clear his mind well and say it…

“ANIKI?!!!” A huge scream was heard, making both of them jump of surprise.

What was Yao trying to say just now? Probably no one will ever know as even Yao automatically forgot once he saw his cousin Yong looking at them with a bewildered face and his mouth completely open.  Honestly, Yao totally forgot that someone else was in the apartment. Why did Yong have to wake up at this exact moment?

Yao tried to move away from the current position he was with Ivan; however, he simply had to admit that there was no explanation that would deny what they were doing…

“Aniki? W-what…the hell?” The Korean said, not believing what he was seeing.  “What is going on?! What is he doing here?!...”

“Nothing… I-I am just teaching him mathematics aru!” Yao tried to explain rapidly before things would turn drastically.

“With your tongue?!”Yong inquired, shocked to hear that answer.

“AIYA! What?!” It didn’t really take long for Yao’s face to be completely red. In the end, no matter what he would say it wouldn’t hide what Ivan and he were doing…he could already feel it, now that Yong knew it, he would tell everyone about it. Everyone!

He felt suddenly like there would be a lot of rumours at school concerning his personal life during the upcoming days…

“Is he forcing you to do that?!” The Korean abruptly asked, giving a glare at Ivan who was still pretty close to his Chinese cousin.

“Yong! Stop it! He isn’t forcing me to do anything aru!”The older Asian quickly replied blushing as he realised that his answer confirmed that he was okay with what was going on….

“What? You are defending him? …So he is your boyfriend?” Yong asked a second time.

“W-what?!”

Ivan looked at Yao…a lot of things have happened between them in the last couple of minutes, but he still wasn’t sure of what it meant for their relationship. Were they a couple at last? Ivan hoped so much that Yao would say yes!

“Is that why you have those doodles of him in your notebook? And that must be why you never wanted us to talk bad about him da-ze! Aniki, why didn’t you tell us that sooner?!”

 “Aiya!! How do you know about those doodles aru?!!!”The Chinese snapped.

“Really? Yao-Yao has doodles of me in his notebook da?” Ivan asked cheerfully. Not to forget that Yao apparently was also defending him? He was surely happy to hear all that.

 “I can’t believe this da-zee. Why did you choose him Aniki?” He said, glaring once more at the Russian. “Since when you have this relationship with my cousin?! Did you sleep with him?! Is Aniki a good kisser da-ze?!”

“AIYAA?!! WHAT?” Yao snapped. Why was Yong asking those sudden specific questions?!

“Da, he is a really good kisser.” Ivan chimed with a blissful expression.

“Aiya!! I’m sorry, but Ivan has to go now aru!” Yao declared, taking Ivan by the arm and somehow forcing him out of the apartment.

“Wait I have a lot of other questions too!” Yong screamed. Though, he was unfortunately ignored by his cousin who rapidly ran outside of the apartment with Ivan and closed the door.

***

After this small awkward moment, both of them were standing in the hall in front of Yao’s door. There was a silence and none of them were sure of what to say…

“I-I’m sorry for my cousin aru…”Yao started by breaking the silence. He was still pretty humiliated by some of the revelations that happened recently. Nonetheless, he was sure to have a long talk with Yong once he would go back home.

“Ha, it’s okay Yao...” The Russian reassured him.

“It was a truly great date. Thank you, Yao.” He added in a rather quiet voice; thinking about all the things that happened today with Yao.

“Aiyaa! This wasn’t a date aru!”Yao replied, slightly embarrassed by this remark. “One of these days…I will show you what a real date is aru.” The Chinese announced with an affirmative tone.

Ivan seriously couldn’t believe what Yao was telling him. He was promising him a real date? “I really can’t wait for it!” He chimed eager to know more about it. However, instead of talking more about the date, Yao drifted into another subject.

“S-so I think we have to end the studying for today aru…”The Chinese noted, looking away embarrassed by the recent turn of events.

“It matters little.” Ivan replied, studying was completely the last thing on his mind now.

“Aiya, don’t forget that we have our exams soon aru! Next time we meet, we have to study everything!” Yao said with a stern tone.

Of course, Ivan could simply nod. He was actually relieved to hear that Yao still wanted to study with him again. Perhaps, he thought that their next study could turn to be great like the one they have today…or better? With keeping this in mind, he tried to hide his small smirk.

“I will be going da? Thanks for everything…”Ivan said. He definitely wanted to stay with Yao more. He hoped that the other would propose them to go somewhere else for now…but it seemed like Yao had no such intentions. “B-before going …can I have a hug?” He finally demanded.

The Chinese looked at the blond for some moment, thinking about this last request…

“…Yes…”Yao answered, bringing a cheerful smile to the other. Once again to his surprise though, Ivan didn’t only receive a hug, but was also lucky to have one last soft kiss from Yao… 

“See you Monday Ivan aru.” Yao said one last time after their kiss, giving him a slight seductive smile.

Ivan was left speechless, but managed to wave goodbye to Yao before the Chinese headed back into his apartment.

In the end, this day with Yao turned to be very well indeed…

(To be continue (SOON I PROMISE!!!!))