The next morning you awoke to the doorbell ringing seemingly endlessly. "I'M COMING!" yawning, you slowly made your way to the front door. "'Ello?"
"GRAAAH!"
Unaffected, you responded with, "Hey Alfie."
Alfred took off a monster mask he had been wearing. "Aww.. how did you know?"
"There are no monsters I know that wear superman T-shirts and denim jeans." your hands went up, rubbing your eyes that were still adjusting to the light.
The American made a cute pouty face as he whined, "Duude... You are so not fun. By the by, you were totally lying when you said that there was a ghost, weren't you? That was not cool!"
"So?" you yawned.
Suddenly, Alfred screamed, a shadow looming over you from inside the house. "Privyet stupid American."
Alfred stopped, seeing the man behind you and noticing that the demonic mask he wore was obviously fake. "Dude, you asshole, What was that for?!"
"You are bothering my sleep. Go away." Ivan hugged you from behind, giving a creepy smile to Alfred. "If you do not leave, I will get out my metal pipe."
"Fine, but I'm totally going to scare you both shitless tomorrow night!" Alfred ran off towards his own house. "The hero will win this!"
You laughed at Alfred's comments. "Yeah, right. We'll win this year for su-"
Suddenly, a voice was heard. "Hello mortals~!" Arthur walked up to you both. "I have a little invitation for you both." He wore a black cape with a hood and fake fangs, his hand thrusted in front of you, handing you two papers with advertisements for his haunted house. "I'll give you an adult diaper each for showing up. I'm sure you'll need it."
A darkened aura seeped out from behind you. "I am getting very tired of you and the American..." Ivan pulled out his metal pipe, gripping it tightly as his cold gaze looked right into Arthur's, sending chills down the brit's spine.
Without a word, Arthur just gave the best smirk he could before running off, leaving the pages.
You picked them up and threw them away, before grabbing Ivan's arm and laying your head upon it. "Sooo tired..."
"You know..." he started. "I think... I will be a scarer in your haunted house."
Eyes widening in excitement, you quickly responded, "Really?"
He nodded, smiling sweetly. "I would love to destroy the sanity of those two annoying ones... kolkolkol..." His face darkened for a moment, but soon looked sweet and loving again. "May I choose the costume though?"
"Of course!" you pecked his lips before deciding to just get dressed and finish the last bits of decorating. "So what do you think you'll do for your costume? A zombie? A mutated byproduct of the zombification gene?"
"You will see." Ivan decided to make breakfast, heading to the kitchen.
*''*^*''*
"Since pretty much everything is in place and we've still got one more day left... how about we go and enjoy some autumn activities?" you ate your breakfast, happily imagining a fun hayride or jumping in a pile of leaves.
"You have finished what is needed to be done?"
You nodded. "Mhm! ... well... for the most part. I just want to-"
His arm went around you, pulling your chair closer, before his lips went to your cheek. "How about we use that time to... prepare for tomorrow?" he spoke huskily, licking his lips afterwards.
An immense blush appeared on your cheeks as Ivan seemed to get closer. "B-But what about caramel apples? What about pumpkins and pumpkin pie?"
He sighed, pulling you into his lap. "I would like to devour you, my pumpkin pie~."
You blushed red as an apple, slowly squirming out of his lap. "Ivaaaan! I told you... not until after Halloween. I want to make sure everything is perfect and we're in the Haunting mood..."
A small growl flew from him as he rose from his seat. "We will go to get pumpkins and caramel apples, but I am going to get some vodka first, da?"
"Sure, I'll drive, but if you get too drunk, I'll hide your vodka stash for a week and replace it with apple cider."
"Da..." he headed to the kitchen, while you went to get ready to leave.
*''*^*''*
The both of you arrived at a little fall festival with many events, and beautiful Halloween decor. You grabbed Ivan's hand and dragged him over to a caramel apple stand.
"Try one." After buying two of the treat, you gave one to him and started eating yours.
"It is very.. good." he ate his apple cutely, as you lead him to another area.
As you looked around, a puppet show came into view. You laughed, dragging Ivan to a bench nearby and sitting down.
"Hey, sit with me." you pat the seat next to you, Ivan promptly sitting down and pulling you into his lap, arms going around you.
"So why are we watching this kid's toy show?"
You laughed. "'Cause it's funny?"
You both watched as the puppets acted out many Halloween songs and a few random hits.
"Hey!" Suddenly, you sprinted off towards a booth, Ivan sighing, but following after.
"What?"
You gasped, excitement filling your eyes. "We should pick some apples! It's only $5.00 for a bag, and after they give you a bag, you can go through the orchard and pick whichever you like!"
"Aaahh-" Before he could get his opinion in, you bought a bag and ran through the orchard, picking many apples and soon coming back to him with a large amount, all barely fitting into the bag.
"Ivaan? Could you help me get one more? It's reeeeally high up."
He hesitated, before chuckling and smiling sweetly. "Of course." Ivan helped you pick an apple atop a tree that was just a bit taller than himself, chuckling and taking a bite out of it. "Mmmmm~! What are you planning on doing with all of those?"
"... Something." your eyes darted to the apples, and then to his eyes. "But... they're yummy right?"
"Da... You don't have a plan, do you?"
"Y-Yes I do! I'll... make a pie!"
"Do you know how to make pie?"
You hesitated, pouting cutely. "I hate you."
Ivan laughed eating another. The both of you ate a few apples before putting them into the car and heading to another event.
"A... hayride?" he sat in a wagon, slowly making it's way around the area.
You sat on his lap, looking at the beautiful orange and red trees as they passed you by. "Mhm. They'll take us to a pumpkin patch so we can choose some pumpkins to take home."
Ivan sighed, his hand going through your hair, a small kiss going onto your head. "This is very fun. I am glad we came today."
"Me too." Your head laid back onto his chest, as the gentle breeze flew by, cooling your face and hands.
*''*^*''*
"Ivan! Come see what I did to the pumpkins!" covered in paint, you held a pumpkin over your face as he walked in.
"Da- WAAAH!?" the man ran out, slowly peeking back in a moment after.
The pumpkin had an image of Ivan's little sister, Natalia, painted onto it. "Marry me. Marry me. Marry me. Marry me."
"You are so mean!" he slowly made his way back in as you set the pumpkin onto a table.
You picked up another, handing it to him. "I also made this one." it held a picture of Ivan when he was younger.
A small blush appeared on his cheeks. "You... made this?"
"Yeah! You were so cute when you were younger."
His blush deepened. "It is nice. You are a very good painter, but... aren't you suppose to cut these open?"
You nodded. "Yes, but I figured that painting would be quicker and easier... for the most part at least." you laughed. "Plus, this is payback for this morning."
"Ah... fair enough." his lips pecked yours.