American Daddy 4

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11:36 a.m.

Alfred looked over his shoulder as there was a knock at his door. He spat the toothpaste out of his mouth and looked at his watch, nodding a bit as he noted Yao was early.

"I'll be right there!" He quickly rinsed out his mouth and ran his fingers through his hair a few
times, trying to tame the fly aways. Satisfied with his appearance, he walked out, answering the door. Yao looked over his shoulder and smiled a bit as he turned back to face him.

"Sorry for being early. I was anxious, aru."

Alfred grinned, shaking his head as he walked out of the room.

"No problems! It's better to be early anyway, isn't it?" Yao raised a brow as he started walking
down the hall with him.

"And yet, you're usually late for the meetings."

Alfred laughed a bit as they walked onto the elevator.

"Well, yeah." He looked at Yao as the elevator started moving. "So what are we doing today?"

"Central Park. I thought we could go to the zoo, aru. Then, we'll go to Chinatown for dinner and karaoke."

Alfred grinned and pumped a fist in the air.

"Sounds awesome!" He grabbed Yao's wrist, pulling him along with him as he walked off the elevator and out of the hotel. "Let's go!"

1:15 p.m.

Yao paid, leaving his change in the tip jar, and turned to Alfred, holding out the hotdog loaded with everything the vendor had to offer as toppings and a bottle of Coke.

"I don't know how you can eat this, aru."

Alfred laughed as he took the hot dog, taking a bite out of it.

"Ith gooh." Yao opened the soda, holding it out to Alfred who drank it gratefully, smiling. He started walking down the path to the next exhibit and Yao followed him.

"It's great to get along as friends again, huh?" He took another bite of the hotdog. "Ya knuh, we weely ahpreesate ahl yer elh." Yao blinked, trying to translate what Alfred was saying before he smiled.

"Oh, well. You do a lot to help everyone, aru. Of course I would do the same for you in your rare time of need. The sooner you recover, the sooner you can go back to being the hero."

Alfred smiled brightly as he finished off the hot dog.

"Thath wight!" He swallowed with a sip of Coke. "Hey! Let's go check out the lion!"

Yao smiled as Alfred grabbed his wrist, pulling him off in that direction.

6:30 p.m.

Alfred frowned as he dropped the pepper from his chopsticks again. He'd only managed to get about half of the food to his mouth. Yao set his own down and stood from his seat.

"You're holding them wrong, aru. Here, I'll show you." Alfred blinked as Yao came behind him, leaning close over his shoulder as he reached around him, closing his hand over Alfred's. He flushed a bit as Yao's fingers intertwined with his, guiding them to hold the chopsticks properly.

"O-oh. Is…is that how it is? No wonder I could only get half my food." Yao let out a low chuckle near his ear.

"You could have just asked, aru." Alfred's cheeks flushed and he shuddered slightly, turning his head to face Yao.

"I'll remember that for next time." Yao swallowed a bit and started to lean in, but instead pulled away quickly as the waiter returned to the table. He ordered another round of drinks for them as he returned to his seat.

11:15 p.m.

Alfred laughed as he walked down the hall with Yao.

"And that last song! Did you hear that guy? He was worse than William Hung!" Yao laughed with him as they stopped outside the door.

"I don't think anyone will ever top out version of "Don't Stop Believing," aru. You don't seem like it, but you're an amazing singer." Alfred turned to him, smiling.

"You are, too. We should do this again sometime. " Yao nodded in agreement.

"Definitely." The two laughed again before falling into an awkward silence. Yao started to lean in as Alfred turned to open his door. Catching the movement in his periphery, Alfred turned back to him.

"Did you need somethi-" Alfred didn't finish his question as Yao's lips crashed against his. He hesitated a moment before returning it. After a while, they both pulled away for air, and Alfred smiled as he laughed breathlessly.

"I'll…I'll see you at the end of the week. Thanks for a great day, Yao." He leaned over and gave him another quick kiss before heading into his room to write his notes on the day.