A/N: Oh! I forgot to put this in the previous cha[ter, but thank you to YandereTeirin! She helped me with a bit of the first chapter!
Arigato, Yandere-nee-chan~!
The meeting ended with nothing getting done. Nothing at all. That was useless.
"Zàijiàn!" Yao waved as he left the building, the day already gone. Maybe he'd go out to get something to eat...he wasn't too ready to go home yet. The brunette began walking down the street when he felt someone behind him. Not too close, he just had a feel for these things. Turning on his heel, the man saw the new employee smiling and joggin to keep up with him.
"Hey! Can I talk with you, da?" Ivan asked, catching up with Yao and looking down at the smaller male. Yao blinked and nodded; talk with, him? Okay then... "Okay, what about, aru?"
For the first time since the man had walked into the conference room, the Russian frowned slightly. This confused Yao until the question was asked.
"Why did you look so sad?"
The Chinese man stiffened visually before once again forcing a smile onto his face. "It was nothing, just a...bad dream I had, aru." he grinned, hoping to end the conversation.
"Oh? Is it something I can help-"
"No."
Startled by the sudden response, Ivan blinked slightly. Yao bit his lip and looked away in embarrassment.
"I-I am sorry. Would you like to join me for lunch? I'd like to get to know new employee, aru." Yao offered, trying to get off the subject. Ivan's smile returned and he nodded.
"Okay! Do you have place in mind?"
Glancing around, Yao spotted the place he was going to before and nodded. He'd never been there before,but, well, it was the kind of food Kiku had loved. It was strange; somehow, since their parents were of different races, they had ended up one mostly Chinese and the other mostly Japanese. And, well, due to Kiku being the Japanese one he had loved Japanese style food.
"Over there, aru."
After only about 2 minutes of conservative walking, the co-workers reached the front door when Yao noticed a sign.
'Hibachi'
Oh no, oh no, oh no... the words repeated the man's head like a chant as he pushed open the door. No...not about to show his embarrassing secret. It was only a small bit of controlled fire. Controlled. But still...
Fire.
"Excuse me sir, a seat for two?"
Yao snapped out of his fearful state to see Ivan talking to a waitress. The lady soon showed them to a small booth and both men took different sides to sit at.
"So, Yao, you wanted to get to know me better, da?" Ivan asked, that innocent smile still on his face. Yao nodded and they soon were deep in conversation.
About an hour had passed since they had first arrived, and the two now knew a lot more about each other. Of course, Yao hadn't said anything about Kiku, but it wasn't a matter at the moment. A waiter has slipped the check for the food onto the table and the Chinese man was about to sign when a loud clang of knives brought many people's attention to a large stove.
The Hibachi grill!
As soon as he looked over at the stove flames shot up from it.
FIRE!
Yao screamed before he could stop himself and covered his mouth as everyone present in the restaurant looked over at him. Ivan seemed the most confused and concerned and Yao had to stop himself from letting loose another sound of terror. He swiftly stood, longish brown hair flying out behind him as he ran out of the small building. He didn't care that his card was still on the table with the Russian male, didn't care he had left his jacket behind. No, he had to get out of there.
"Yao!" he heard the voice of his new friend call after him and he ignored it. He kept running, all through town, across streets, he didn't care or stop until he reached his house.
"Kiku?! KIKU!" the younger version of himself screamed in his mind and the man ran into his own front door. Ouch, that probably left a bruise. Unlocking the door Yao ran inside and slammed it shut again, collapsing onto his couch in a fit of sobs and bad memories.
"Brother! I have something to show you!" a young black haired boy called as he ran down the orphanage's steps in between the first and second floors. The younger Yao looked up from what he had been drawing as Kiku ran down into the room.
"Oh, you do? Please show me, aru!" the brown haired boy smiled and the other nodded, taking off back upstairs to his room on the fourth floor. Yao smiled to himself at what the other might want to show him when he was suddenly aware of an intense heat.
"Everyone run! The heater caught fire!" Ms. Hēderuvāri called as she ran through the orphanage, holding the youngest of children. She was closely followed by Mr. Eederushutain, who grabbed Yao by the arm along with other children in the room.
"We have to get out of here! Ze whole building is on fire up top!"
Up top...up top...
Yao began screaming and squirming.
"KIKU! KIKU! Kikuwǎng shàng dǐng! Sì lóu! KIKU!"
