(fanfic)-APH-Lovely Maid Yao-Chapter 26

Chapter 26

 

Before the beginning of classes, Ivan somehow convinced Yao to walk with him to his locker. They sadly weren’t holding hands anymore, but they were talking about trivial things and Ivan thought it was something truly enjoyable. 

“Yao-Yao is there something you would really like to have for your birthday?” Ivan asked the other.

“…No, I have nothing in mind aru…”

“Not even a single thing da?!”

How come Yao didn’t thought of anything? Everyone always had at least one thing that they wished to have.

“Ivan…I don’t want you to give me anything for my birthday aru.”

“What? But that’s what birthdays are all about da? Receiving great gifts!” Ivan replied.

Yao still haven’t told him if accepted to spend his birthday together, but Ivan thought that he should still offer Yao a gift no matter what. He certainly wanted to give the Chinese the most wonderful gift! However, he didn’t have a clue of what could this gift be.

 “Aiyaa! It’s kind of childish to think like that aru…”Yao noted.

At this moment, the Chinese couldn’t help but to feel a pair of eyes on him. As he looked around, he didn’t see anyone who was looking at him though. Perhaps it was only a suspicious feeling? But for some reason it still made him feel pretty uncomfortable…

 “So we can meet after school here da?” The blond inquired, completely interrupting Yao’s train of thoughts.

 “Yes. We can meet here. In front of your locker after school aru…and please don’t tell anyone about it…I don’t want people to meddle in what doesn’t concern them.” Yao carefully murmured on the last part of the sentence.

 “No problem˜” Ivan said while holding Yao’s hand one last time before they would leave for classes. “I promise it will be fun Yao.” Ivan assured.

The blond simply looked like a child who had the best day of his life. Yao couldn’t remember seeing Ivan happy like that for such a simple thing…and the Chinese only found himself smiling at that scene. The longer he would spend time with Ivan, the more he was finding him adorable…Though, he somehow still felt bothered by the recent feeling of being observed…

While looking around, Yao finally noticed some guy at the other side of the hallway. That guy was looking at him in such a weird way and was having a strange smug smile.

Maybe it was only an impression, but Yao thought that the way this person was looking at him was really suspicious. Yao only glanced at him for a few seconds before turning his eyes away, though even afterwards, he still had the strange feeling that the other continued to look at him. The glance that he was receiving truly made him feel uncomfortable…

On the other hand, seeing that Yao seemed uneasy after glancing somewhere, Ivan automatically looked at the direction the other was looking, a few seconds ago. But in the end, he didn’t understand what particularly made the Chinese seem so troubled.

“Something is wrong Yao?” Ivan asked, concerned by Yao’s reaction.

“N-no, don’t worry Ivan...” The other finally said, deciding to ignore the weird guy. “I will have to go back to class now, see you later aru.”

“Bye Yao-Yao!”

The bell that announced the beginning of the classes chimed. Usually, Ivan would despise this sound because it meant that he had to return to class: the last place he wanted to be. Honestly, it was still the last place he wanted to be right now; but at least he didn’t feel so much bothered by it. In fact, he never felt so indifferent by the idea of returning to class. In a matter of hours— once the afternoon classes would be over— he would be able to go with Yao on a date! A real and official date this time!

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Yao had the chance to finish his class earlier today and, as promised, he waited in front of Ivan’s locker.  Except from a few of his classmates who were getting prepared to leave school, the hallway was almost empty and calm. It was an unusual scene to see.

In a matter of a few minutes, everyone left and Yao was the only one in the hall. Not that it bothered him much; he knew that Ivan would arrive soon. He could hear other students speaking and figured out that he mustn’t be the only one who finished his class earlier than usual.

As he waited, he wondered about many things…such as what he was going to say to Ivan today during their date and how he should give his answer. All these details still weren’t clear in Yao’s mind, but he hoped to find a solution eventually.

“Hey!”

“Iva—“Yao quickly started, thinking that it was Ivan who was there, although he stopped as rapidly. It was perhaps because he was daydreaming, but he could swear that the person who spoke was Ivan…however instead of a familiar Russian face, the weird guy who was looking at him earlier was there…

 “…Hi…”Yao replied hesitantly and more than confused to see that guy talking to him.

“Are you waiting for someone?” The other boy asked.

“Actually…yes…”

***

Finally, the end of his classes arrived for Ivan and he couldn’t be more excited and happy about it. Not losing a second, Ivan hurried in the halls, pushing-- without any care in the world--the other students out of his way to be able to see Yao rapidly.

Although, as soon as he arrived in the hallway where he was supposed to meet his date, he stopped rushing. For some reason, out of the many scenarios in his head, he didn’t expect to see Yao there talking with some guy that he never saw…

In complete curiosity, he decided to wait around and listen to their conversation instead of going there. It might be a weird reaction from him, but he was extremely curious to know what this guy had to say to Yao. Besides he was also used to stalk the Chinese, so this wouldn’t be any different from his usual activity. Ivan was far away enough for Yao to not notice him, but also close enough to be able to listen to their discussion.

 “So you are not busy tonight right?”

It was the first thing Ivan could hear…and incredibly, he heard it very correctly!

“…” As he glanced toward Yao, he could see that he wasn’t the only one who was baffled by this question, since the dark haired one seemed pretty annoyed as well.

“Do I know you aru?!” Yao inquired.

“I don’t think you do.” The guy replied with a mischievous smile.

“O-okay…”Yao murmured hesitantly once again. As he thought, that guy was truly suspicious. Therefore, the Asian thought it could be way easier if he would ignore him until Ivan would come.

“So are you available tonight?” The boy asked bluntly, seeing that the other seemed indifferent by his presence.

As if the boy knew, this completely shocked Yao who couldn’t hide his sudden expression. Was that guy flirting with him?!!

As Ivan was continuing to stalk, the blond had a very similar expression that the Chinese had. The Russian rapidly had mixed feelings about that… Sure, Yao was truly cute and beautiful. It wasn’t the first time, he heard people complimenting Yao on his qualities and flirting with him. But the fact that this guy who he didn’t knew was pointing it so directly—alongside a smug tone-- was bothering Ivan so much!

 “Aiya! I have plans aru.” Yao answered, trying to remain unfazed by the other’s comment.

“Aww, really?” The other continued.

The Chinese just sighed. It was as if that guy was doing on purpose to annoy him! And it was working perfectly!  Though what was disturbing Yao was the fact that he never recalled seeing that guy before. Maybe he was simply a new student who wanted to get on his nerves…but for some reason, the boy appeared to be about the same age as him.

 “What do you want aru?” The Chinese finally questioned, ultimately showing that he was irritated by the other’s presence.

“I actually think you are cute…”The guy remarked.

And this comment was enough to make Yao blush…in the end, it was true that the guy was trying to flirt with him. Although, Yao never thought that the guy would suddenly say such a thing so boldly!

At the same time, Ivan cringed when he heard that sudden comment. It was true that Yao and Ivan weren’t in an official relationship…yet…but they were still dating! And the Russian didn’t want that guy to jeopardize their current relation in any way! How dare this guy make Yao blush so cutely?! He was completely jealous. The blond felt that only him had the privilege to make Yao blush in such an adorable way.

 “Aiya! W-what?!” Yao finally commented, still trying to act indifferently. “Well…I am sorry aru. But I am not interested…”He added after a few seconds acting more confidently.

Ivan wasn’t capable to completely see Yao’s face, however, he felt entirely relieved to hear that reply. He felt like his jealousy went away and felt happier.

Of course, such an answer from Yao didn’t make the strange guy happy though. The latter quickly frowned.

“Is there something that I can do to change your mind?” He inquired again, unsatisfied with the last answer.

“No. There really isn’t aru.” The Asian gave his final answer, before walking away.

He had been so distracted by this guy that he forgot about Ivan! At this hour, Ivan should already have arrived here! Not many other students seemed to be at school any longer. Since Ivan wasn’t anywhere to be seen, the Asian definitely wouldn’t stay waiting for him with this weird person. Therefore, he thought he should search for Ivan on his own.

Unfortunately, before Yao could even walk two steps away, the guy told him something that made him froze in place.

“…Not even if I tell you that you are cute that maid dress you were at your job?” The guy added.

 “Aiya! What?!!!”

“Yes, I know about your job…”The weird one announced with a condescending smirk.

 “W-well good for you aru...” The Chinese replied, feeling slightly embarrassed and uncomfortable. This was exactly what he was trying to avoid! He knew that Ivan and his other friends knew about his secret. But none of them really bothered him outside of his job. However, if a complete stranger knew it…he had a bad feeling about it....

“It would be pretty awful if other people knew it right? Maybe you shouldn’t ignore me after all” The other said.

Yao was completely baffled by that stranger. Was that guy threatening him?! What was his plan?

“Aiya! What do you want aru? I am not interested in going out with you!” Yao snapped, now deciding to not hide how much he was irritated by the other.

“Oh don’t worry! We can do more things than going out if you know what I mean…”

“AIYAA! WHAT?!!” Yao shouted.

On the other hand, there was half a second of pause on Ivan’s mind; not expressing a single emotion.

The blond knew exactly what the guy meant! And when he realised that, a sudden rage started boiling in his veins…was that guy really thinking on sleeping with Yao? How dare he insinuate such a thing?!

Yao quickly thought that the annoying guy deserved a punch in his face. Though, before he could even do something, he only saw Ivan rapidly come from nowhere and brutally push the guy against the lockers.

 “IVAN?!!” Yao shouted again, surprised to see the Russian.

Not long after he screamed, many students who were still at school circled around them to see what was happening. Though, all the people were starting to gossip, Ivan surely didn’t care; he just wanted to punch that guy right in the face.

“What is wrong with you?!” The guy screamed, obviously angry.

“What is wrong with you?! Yao would never accept that!” Ivan declared with a very frustrated tone. The Russian didn’t even realise how angry he was until now.

“IVAN!” Yao called, hoping that he could stop the scene in some way. He absolutely didn’t want everyone to know what was happening.

“Why are you so sure about that? A night with me is better than having the entire school know that he is working as a maid in a café.” The guy suddenly muttered with a smirk, making certain that only Ivan could hear that.

It didn’t take long for Ivan to understand that the other was planning to threaten Yao somehow. Poor Yao, Ivan remembered that the last thing he wanted was for the school to know about his job…

“NO!!!” Ivan immediately yelled furiously, punching the guy in the stomach with all his force.

“IVAN ARU!! STOP!!”

“WOW!!” Shocking expressions were heard from all the students that were looking at them, all more and more curious to understand what was happening.

“IT’S A FIGHT!!!!”

“YAY!!!!”

Suddenly, all the students near them were having their complete attention on the fight making the scene a more extreme event than what it was in reality.

“What the hell is wrong with you?!!”The guy asked, feeling the unstoppable pain in his stomach from the punch.

“You better stay quiet and leave Yao alone da?” Ivan replied to him bitterly, completely ignoring what was going on in the background.

“Who the hell you think you are?” The other retorted back at him.

“Kolkolkolkolkolkolkolkol” The Russian grabbed the other by the arm tightly. Ivan only wished he could have his metal pipe right now! He would have taught that idiot to never mess up with Yao. Although, with the dark glare in his eyes and the heavy atmosphere he was giving; Ivan didn’t need his metal pipe to be intimidating. The other guy was now really regretting starting this talk with Yao.

 “O-okay, I won’t bother him. L-leave me alone!” He stuttered, completely afraid.

“You better keep your promise!” Ivan muttered one last time.

“HEY!! What is going on here?” An unfortunately familiar fierce voice screamed from the end of the hallway. The instant the blond heard the sound of this voice, he rapidly let go of the other.

Without even turning around, Ivan knew who it was; it was once again the principal. And once again, he wasn’t surprised to see that the other seemed very angry.

 “What are you doing again Ivan?!”He inquired giving him a glare.

“Ivan…” Teacher Vargas said in despair, quickly following the principal.

Of course, that scene made him look like he was the one who was bullying again. Especially since this time he went as far as punching someone…

“Look at that poor boy he looks miserable…” The teacher pointed out at the guy who was now crawled on the floor with a hand on his stomach.

“I-I can’t feel my stomach…” The other complained, which only made Ivan glare at him even more.

“You are causing trouble again? Didn’t you have enough detention?” The principal questioned with a harsh tone.

“…”

Ivan simply didn’t say a word. He knew that this time this trouble would have repercussions in his school life. This time it will be more severe to the point of calling his father at the very least. Ivan was scared of what might happen, but at the same time, he didn’t care about what kind of impact he would have to face. For once, he thought that whatever would happen, it would be worth it, because that guy really deserved to be punched.

“Wait! Ivan didn’t do anything aru.” Yao announced to defend Ivan. However, his sentence wasn’t heard by the principal as this one was already pressuring Ivan to come with him.

 “Come to the office young man.”

“…”

After the intervention of the principal, everyone stood quiet for a second. 

“Oh well the fight is over….”Someone pointed out nonchalantly.

Everyone scattered and went back to their usual things while gossiping…everyone, except for Yao…

“Ivan aru…” Yao murmured, seeing the Russian walking away with the teacher and the principal. He felt completely upset that he wasn’t able to do anything about it. He didn’t understood why, but when all these events were happening in front of his eyes , he didn’t knew what to do…and now it was too late…How could things escaladed so quickly?

***

The discussion with the principal was boring and tedious. Many people working in the head of the school thought it was a good idea to expel him. This idea made him unhappy; as he didn’t want to leave the school where he could spend so much time with Yao.

But at least, after a long conversation, Ivan ended up simply being suspended from school temporarily and obligated to attend a few detentions. The principal also did thought that it was necessary to call Ivan’s father. Thankfully, his father was too busy and couldn’t answer the calls.   

The principal was always known to be strict and awful, but Ivan couldn’t help but to think that the latter had pity of him in some way. In exchange for this last chance though, Ivan also somehow promised to have a good grade in at least 3 of his following exams. If he would pass, he would prove that he has determination and will to stay in this school.

This seemed quite problematic now that he thought about it. However, presently his mathematics teacher who was taking care of his detention was his current problem!

“Ivan, it’s been countless of times that you ended up in detention in only a month.” The arrogant voice of the mathematics teacher would resonate in the class. Ever since the detention started, the teacher didn’t stop to patronize him.

“It’s only been three times.” The Russian answered back, looking at his teacher in the eyes with a frown.

There was a small silence between the two, but Ivan decided to not turn his eyes away.

“Three times is a lot Ivan…” The teacher grumbled with an arrogant tone.

Honestly, Ivan didn’t think so…he was simply tired of everyone exaggerating and talking like he was the worst person ever.

“I can’t believe the headmaster didn’t decide to expel you yet. You almost send that poor boy to the hospital.”

“He should have ended there.” Ivan muttered bitterly. There were simply people who deserved to get punched; and that guy was definitely one of them!

Only thinking about what the weird guy said again was making him see red. How dare that guy say those things about Yao? If Ivan could, he would have punched that bastard once more! He actually hoped that this idiot would end up at the hospital! And he also really hoped that boy stopped to bother Yao…

Still, thoughts about the recent even made him feel furious, however, his anger completely disappeared once he saw Yao standing at the class’s door.

“Yao?” Ivan said shocked to see the Chinese.

“Ivan…” Yao only whispered the name quietly, not knowing how to start. After the fight, he pondered about what he should do. In the end, he decided to wait for Ivan in front of the locker, even when he was all alone. However, after an hour, he wondered if Ivan was still at the meeting. And as he walked there, he heard the voice of Ivan leading him to this class…But now that he was facing Ivan again, he didn’t know where to start…

“Yao, you are okay da?” Ivan asked relieved to see the other there.

“Yes…” Yao was about to say something, but he was abruptly cut by the teacher before he even said a word.

 “Yao you are a good student, you shouldn't hang out with pathetic ones like Ivan...." The teacher commented with a chuckle, once he saw Yao.

At the mention of that, Ivan automatically looked down on the floor as if he was ashamed. On the other hand, Yao only found himself glaring at the teacher once he heard that.

 “Sir, you are a teacher aru. You are there to help students, not to insult them and make them feel bad." Yao replied trying to keep a calm voice and to not sound arrogant.

At these words, Yao could see that the teacher felt completely shocked and embarrassed...and the Chinese student had to admit that this was secretly what he hoped to achieve. He didn’t like showing disrespect like that to a teacher, but that person also didn’t have the right to insult Ivan like that…

 “I-I am sorry…” The teacher stuttered, feeling ashamed by what Yao remarked.  “Please excuse me; I have to get some photocopies.” He added while leaving the room and closing the door behind. For some reason, Yao knew that this man wouldn’t be back soon. He was simply glad that he was able to get away with what he said while making sure that the teacher wouldn’t ignore his words.

Yao rapidly looked at Ivan and saw that the other seemed to have a grateful expression in his beautiful purple eyes. Indeed, Ivan was really happy to see that Yao defended him; never would he think that Yao could stand up to say such things to a teacher, and even less for him. But all this, made him like Yao even more.

 “Yao, I am so glad to see you!” The blond quickly added.

“Ivan…what is that all about aru? Why did you act so suddenly like that and punch that guy aru?” Yao hastily inquired, somehow ignoring Ivan’s last comment.

“What?! That guy was a bastard!” Ivan automatically stated. He didn’t know how he should feel about the fact that Yao asked that question.

“You could be expelled for this kind of behaviour Ivan! Why did you even thought it was a good idea aru?”

“I don’t care Yao! That guy deserved it! He was saying perverted stuff about you. He wanted to tell everyone that you worked in a maid coffee!”

“Aiya! Even though you shouldn’t have punched him just for that!” Yao scolded. Sure, he wouldn’t be happy if people would know about his job, but the fact that Ivan had to punch someone wasn’t great either! He didn’t know the details, but he was certain that this could lead Ivan to more trouble later on!

“Yao he was planning to sleep with you!” Ivan remarked bluntly.

“…” Yao’s mind simply stopped to think once he heard that; he was planning on saying a lot of things about Ivan’s actions, but presently, he didn’t know what to say anymore…it was true that this particular comment did affect the Asian when he heard it as well…Now, he only hoped it could be forgotten forever…

“I am sure he would have done wrong stuff to you Yao! He was an asshole! He deserved more than a punch in the stomach da!” The Russian added more; feeling angry just thinking about it again.

Yao stood silent for a second…he felt completely strange hearing that…but also grateful that Ivan thought about him.

Though, in the end, no matter what, he still didn’t thought that this was a good reason for Ivan to get into such trouble, especially when it could risk a big impact on the Ivan’s school life.

“Aiyaa, Ivan! You didn’t need to get into trouble because of that. You are so silly to act so angry aru! He probably was lying and simply said that to irritate me! Besides I am capable to defend myself aru!” He ended up saying, concluding that this was the mature thing to say.

“I couldn’t stand someone saying that they wanted to sleep with you…and planning to go out with you that way…” Ivan admitted. “I simply didn’t want him to threat you like that Yao-Yao…”

Yao looked at Ivan directly in his eyes. Deep inside, he definitely felt touched by what Ivan was telling him, but he once again decided to ignore this feeling.

 “W-what are you talking about aru? Do I need to remind you that you also acted very perversely when you were around me sometimes...”Yao pointed out with a small glare, trying to hide that he was actually affected by the Russian’s caring words.

“What?! But it’s not the same thing!! I didn’t want to slee…” Ivan rapidly stopped in mid-sentence before saying the rest… he was about to say that he didn’t want to sleep with Yao…but that would honestly have been a lie. Of course, he would have really liked that, but what he truly wanted to say was that he would never force Yao to do it…

 “I mean… It was different because that wasn’t the reason why I was looking at you like that...”Ivan finally said.

“So what was the reason you looked at me perversely aru?”

“…I always really liked you, da! But I never would want to force you to do things… like that…”Ivan announced.

And at this point, Yao felt his cheeks burning. He looked away embarrassed, hoping that Ivan wouldn’t see it.

Now that he thought about it, Ivan and he didn’t even really started to go officially on a date yet, but there they were talking about this kind of stuff with Ivan. However, in the end, he had to admit that if Ivan would have had such plans, he would have already forced him to do something. Even during the night when the Russian stayed and slept with him in his bed, Ivan could have taken advantage of him if that was his true intentions, but he never did…

Yao always knew that Ivan wouldn’t do that; he trusted Ivan even without realising it. Although, hearing him promising it from his own words was something else…something more reassuring perhaps? Anyway, something that Yao thought was truly comforting. 

 “Of course, if Yao isn’t against it, neither am I da? I would never say no.” Ivan added with a soft blush, hoping that he made things clear! Little did he knew, he made things a little too much clear in Yao’s opinion….this sentence only brought a new level of awkwardness to the situation…

“Aiya!” Yao automatically snapped, completely embarrassed. He now absolutely wanted to change this subject; it was too early for them to talk about it! Especially, since he wasn’t sure of how to handle his feelings toward Ivan anymore.

“You know what we should do Ivan?” Yao finally asked, after some seconds of silence. The Russian only looked at Yao interestingly, wondering what the Chinese had in mind.

 “We should finish whatever you have to do in detention, so that we can get out of there and spend the evening like we promised aru.” The latter concluded.

“Oh, our date!” Ivan said, feeling awful to have forgotten about it. “I almost forgot about it …is it too late?” he added with a sad tone.

“No, I don’t think so aru…” Yao responded taking a broom and starting to sweep the floor. “You have to clean the entire class, right?” The Chinese questioned, if he remembered correctly, this was the typical detention in the school.

 “Yes, but I also have the other class to clean after that. It would be too late.” Ivan sighed.

“Of course not! If we work together, we will finish it in no time aru! The sooner we start, the sooner we can get out of here aru.” The Chinese reassured with a smile.

“Aww thanks Yao-Yao.” Ivan felt touched to see that Yao was willing to help him. Definitely, there was no one else who would do that for him. He felt so blessed to have Yao by his side.

“Oh, by the way, I want to give you my cellphone number aru.” The Chinese abruptly said, taking a small note.

“Oh really?!!” Ivan expressed with such a cheerful tone. Yao wanted to give him his cellphone number! That’s so great! With this he could always be in contact with Yao in some way!

“Yes, so that next time you are in trouble, you can text me and tell me if you are going to be late or not.” The Chinese mentioned with a slight frown.

“Haaa.” Ivan chimed happily, understanding now what Yao meant. Not that he cared about the reason; he had Yao’s number! He could text or call him anytime! The Russian stood there looking at the marvelous small piece of paper that Yao wrote his number on with a big smile; it felt like it was almost unbelievable!

“Hurry up Ivan! Or else we will never leave aru!” Yao told him, seeing that the blond was still looking at the paper.

“Da!”

TBC.