Little Prince

By Sane Lunatic

A/N: Hello! Just a short note about Ukraine here: I know she's not like this, and she would probably take care of Ivan, but I had to do this for the sake of the story. I promise I won't do it again! TTATT
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Loving Dragon - 1

Twelve-year-old Ivan wrapped his scarf around his neck and made his way out of his room, slowly, trying to not make any noise. Today was exactly three months after his father and mother had died.

Today, he was meeting his new tutor, who would care for him now that said parents were gone. He wanted as much time for himself as he could before he had to meet his tutor. So now, he was holed up in the cozy window seat by the library, reading his favorite book.

He hadn't been there very long when his older sister, Katyusha, opened the library door and called to him.

"Ivan, he's here." The silver haired prince looked up from his book, eyes wide, expecting to see a very tall, blond, glaring, severe looking 'gentleman' like his last tutor.

"Privjet aru!" Instead, it was a rather short man with pale, pale skin, beautiful brown eyes that seemed to laugh instead of glare, and long, black hair in a ponytail that fell graciously over his shoulder. He wore a red China-coat with long sleeves and black pants, leg wrappers, and Chinese shoes. Ivan smiled slightly and hopped off of the seat, coming closer to study him more. "Ivan, aren't you going to say hello?"

"P-privjet…." Katyusha laughed a bit and patted her brother on the head. "Ah, he's just a little shy. I'll leave you two to get acquainted, and if you want, Ivan, you can show him to his room."

With that, she was gone. "What's your name aru?" The man knelt down in front of Ivan, smiling, and Ivan was again entranced by his eyes. "Ivan." "You're so cute, aru! My name is Yao Wang, but my siblings call me gou-gou aru! You can call me gou-gou too, but that's only if you want to aru." Ivan nodded and smiled, kneeling also.

Yao patted his head, tugging his fingers through Ivan's short, silver hair.

"Your hair has always been like this aru?" Ivan nodded and looked at his hands, which were on his lap, sighing. "People think I'm a devil-child because of my hair and eyes, but I don't do anything bad!"

Yao frowned, pity clear in his eyes. "Oh, don't you worry, I don't think your eyes make you a devil child aru! They're just jealous because your eyes are beautiful aru!" Ivan smiled widely and, on a whim, hugged Yao tightly.

The dark-haired man smiled, then, and hugged back tightly. Ivan relaxed, unaware he'd been so tense.

I feel…. Safe… is this what love is like? Katyusha hugs me sometimes, but it seems she's scared of me too….

"Come, I'm going to take you to your room." Ivan said, once he let go of Yao. He smiled and nodded, standing, helping Ivan to stand as well. "Ah, alright aru."

As they were walking down the long, long, cold hall to Yao's room, Ivan told him about the things he liked to do. "-and stacking empty vodka bottles is fun unless they fall." Yao raised an eyebrow at that. "Vodka bottles aru? Aren't you too young to drink?" Ivan giggled and opened the door to his room.

"No, I don't drink it, my friend does, even though he's too young. Well, sort-of friend. He seems to hate me, but we talk because people say his hair and eyes are strange too."

Yao nodded slowly, looking around. "I see aru. Well, that's good, because too much alcohol isn't good for your liver!" He smiled and sat down on his bed, which was rather large and soft. "Such a posh room aru. But has much light, and it's relaxing aru." Ivan sat beside him, tucking his knees under his chin.

"Do you like it? I heard the Chinese people say red will bring luck, so I had the room painted red." Yao's smile widened. "You're so sweet aru! Yes, we do think red brings good luck."

Ivan smiled and looked out the window. "Here we can see part of the other towers! Sistera says they look like flowers… but I think they look like candy houses."

Yao went to stand beside him, and soon he nodded. "Yes, aru, they look like candy houses." "Y-you… won't just leave, will you?" Ivan looked up at Yao, frowning slightly now, and the Chinese man patted his head.

"No, aru, why would I do that?" Ivan didn't answer, just smiled again and threw his arms around Yao's waist.

Yao smiled back and patted him again before hugging the little prince back.

I don't think Katyusha will fire this tutor….

A/N: Review! Please! Tell me if everyone was IC and stuff. :3