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Madeline awoke to one of the worst bedheads she's had in quite a while. Why, why did it have to be today of all days! She got out of her bed, and quickly put on what she was wearing that day, since she wanted to look nice she picked her best jeans and a nice shirt she hadn't worn in a while, because even though she's wearing her hoodie, it's probably hot outside, so she might take it off. She has to put some wristband on or something, she thought to herself. She remembered she left her only bracelet on vacation and cursed to herself. She stalked furiously but silently into Alfred's room, and took a thick paracord bracelet and a thinner rubber one, and slipped them on before discreetly exiting and returning to her own room. She knew she didn't need to, because when Alfred's out, he's OUT, but she still cautioned herself anyway, because you could never be too sure about anything with him. She decided to put on some mascara, because with her hair color her eyelashes were hard to see at all. Her perfume was layered on thickly because she loved it, though, she didn't know what it was, because when Alfred gave it to her for Christmas, he took off the sticker, too. She then picked up her brush and began running it through her ridiculously thick blonde hair, and after about 5 minutes of brushing and almost an entire bottle of detangler, she was finally ready as soon as she grabbed her purse, which she went into her room to do. She picked it up and checked everything was in it, she had her keys, her small makeup bag, an emergency kit (because paranoia something will happen always hits her before she leaves) her glasses case, a good book, some gum (which it was obvious Alfred had gotten into), and $25. She was ready to leave so she grabbed her small backpack with her school-well, rather, tutoring supplies, and headed out the door with her hobo-bag style purse wrapped around her thin frame. She pulled her keys from her purse and got the car door open, then got in and drove to the spot where she was supposed to meet Ivan.
She didn't know where in the park was a good place to sit, but she spotted him admiring sunflowers by the creek just before he spotted her, though he showed no signs of noticing her which scared her., what if he forgot her? She walked up sheepishly and whispered, though in her normal voice, "hello". He responded with a slight nod and "hi" before turning. 'He seemed pretty fond of those sunflowers' Madeline thought to herself and took a mental note before she was cut off by being picked up bridal style by Ivan, much to her surprise, who ran into the woods behind them with her in his arms. She said "What the heck are you doing?!" He put his finger to her lips and said hastily "shhhh!" She was confused by that, why did her bring her out here? Maple! This better not end badly! Alfred, I'll kill that idiot when I get home... She heard slow footsteps and an accented voice say sweetly but menacingly at the same time..."Big brother! Big brother! I found you and came all this way just for you! Let's become one, please big brother! The wedding will be wonderful!" Ivan was quivering now, he tightened his grip on Madeline and ran farther into the woods until he was out of breath, but continued on anyways. He thought he found a safe spot and stopped, setting her down gently on a patch of grass. He started to pick bramble thorns and things from his hair and coat, when Madeline broke the silence. "Who was that?" He was quietly gasping for breath and managed "My sister...Natalia..." He obviously didn't like her, another mental note. He had multiple cuts on his pale face. She pulled out her emergency kit and put bandages on his face while he just sat there quivering until he was absolutely sure she was gone. "Okay, let's act like that didn't happen..." Maddie awkwardly said to herself, meaning to say it to Ivan, but he apparently heard anyway, saying "yes, please." They ended up just studying right there. She got up and dusted herself off, quickly realizing she was extremely hot, and took off her hoodie. It pulled her shirt up a little with it, which she grabbed and yanked down violently as soon as she noticed, blushing. He laughed slightly and took out a flask which he downed quickly. "I guess that's enough for today..." she said awkwardly in his direction, though she didn't look at him. She hated alcohol because of when Alfred came home drunk it got BAD, but it's extremely hard to get that man drunk for some reason. He said "Do not worry, I can hold my drink much better than even Alfred can" practically reading her mind. Ivan sighed and looked down. He just thought to himself 'how pretty Madeline is, and how- WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING!' He gave himself a mental slap before he could even finish. He clenched his eyes shut and shook his head. When he opened them There was Maddie, right in front of his face with a confused look. "Uhm... hello , are you okay? You kinda zoned out..." He could smell her from this distance, a beautiful, familiar fragrance. " Da, you smell like a sunflower." He didn't mean to say that last part, and he backed up a bit avoiding her gaze, he was usually scary, what the hell was with him around her?... "Well, I have to go before it gets dark... I can't see well when it is...so it's bad for me to drive" Ivan was very troubled, he did not want her to leave, not knowing it he grabbed her into a random hug which she, even to her own surprise, complied easily with. They sat there like that for a long time before she said again "Ivan I really have to go.." He let her go, and it made him feel the same way as he did when his sisters moved away... He didn't know what to do then, so he sat there and watched her get the things and wave goodbye with her little hand, and waved back with his huge, gloved one. He put his head to his bandaged forehead and stayed like that for a while.