Monster, Chapter 4
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"Hey, Kiku, I got a question for ya." a loud, but unusually polite voice beckoned.
"Yes, Alfred?" Kiku answered carefully, turning to face the school hero. /bully/
"Do you know where Yao has been...?" he said, making such direct eye contact it made Kiku nervous.
"N-No, he's actually been m-missing. I'm going to file a missing person report..." he stuttered, the gaze was so intense it was almost a glare.
Alfred perked up at this, "Missing?"
"Yeah, he hasn't been around. He's always been threatening to leave us, but we didn't think he'd actually do it," he paused. "I hope he's not hurt. I don't think he would ever just leave."
"Dude! We have to do something. I'll go file a missing person report with ya, then we'll make posters and everything!"
Kiku just nodded nervously, his loud personality was a bit intimidating. The bell rang, delaying Alfred's plans, who was somehow oblivious to the fact that they were in a school. Probably the thought of saving Yao and doing something heroic, most likely distracted him from his surroundings. So with that bell, the two walked their separate ways, lightly promising to meet up again.
Kiku still wondered why Alfred would just ask that out of the blue. He began to feel a little suspicious about Alfred, maybe he was just trying to cover things up. Why would he even kidnap Yao anyways? He quickly shook the idea off.
Ivan hummed happily to himself, swinging his legs back and forth under his desk. But that 'happy humming' was like the devil's song to most of the students in the class- not counting the students who just can't seem to sense the mood. While most of the class got quiet, people like Antonio and Feliciano were happily chatting away to the person next to them.
Unaware to the silence around him, Ivan was thinking about how Yao had warmed up to him so well. (Despite how long it took.) Even though he really didn't want to- he'd love to go public about it- show the world what beautiful being was in his possession. He thought about getting Yao's work he missed. It would be a good idea, so then Yao could get back on track with his regular old life again.
It would be rather mean to just let him come back, without a notion of what he was doing. He knew education and school was very important to Yao.
He pondered the idea for a moment, and when he did, he stopped humming. The class held their breath- except for Antonio and Feliciano, who were begging to know why it's so quiet. Ivan smiled as he got up, walking casually to the teacher. He suddenly became aware of all the eyes staring at him, but he ignored it, keeping a smile plastered to his face.
"I would like to have all the work Yao missed so I may take it to him." he whispered so quietly, no one could hear him, only the teacher.
She thought for a moment, it was simple. Ivan obviously had a crush on Yao, she saw the looks he would give him. The moments in class he would stare at him.
She smiled, thinking a relationship is just what Ivan needed. "Well, sure honey, I've been saving it here until he gets back."
"I think he'll be back soon." Ivan replied, still in the same whisper.
"Well that's good to hear." the teacher replied, and handed Ivan a heavy stack of papers.
The Russian frowned to himself as he walked back to his seat, Yao had missed a lot of work... And it was all his fault. He shrugged it off, Yao was a smart boy, he could do all this work no problem.
Before he could continue his trail of thoughts, the bell rang and he packed up all his stuff, along with all of Yao's missed work. He would retrieve the rest of his work as he went through the day.
After School
Alfred eagerly searched for Kiku, hoping he didn't forget and already go home. Before he did though, he made his way over to Matthew to tell him where he was going.
"Mattie!" Alfred slightly huffed as he made his way over to him.
He hummed in response, "You ready to go?"
"I'm going to hang out with Kiku- just for a while, I'll be back soon. I'll tell you about it later."
Matthew's face fell, but hugged him tightly, smiling as he felt a kiss on his cheek.
"Love you."
"Love you too."
And with that, Alfred wistfully waved, and walked off in search of Kiku. Alfred, some could say, was a very lucky guy, so with his luck, he found Kiku in a matter of minutes.
"Kiku!" he said lightly jogging up behind him, "You ready to go make some posters, and send that missing person report?" Alfred grinned enthusiastically.
"Hai, we'll go file the report first." Kiku replied while swinging his backpack on.
"Sounds good to me!" Alfred said as he went off, out through the doors- with Kiku hurrying behind.
After a good few minutes of walking, crossing streets, and Kiku preventing Alfred from stopping at McDonald's, they made their way to the police department. Kiku silently observed it, while Alfred walked right on in.
"How may I help you?" an annoyed voice questioned, Kiku frowned at the bad service, but Alfred answered unfazed.
"We'd like to file a missing person report."
"I'll have to ask a few questions before filing one."
"Sure, ask away."
The person on the other end sighed, "How long has he been missing, and who was the last person to see him or her?"
"To clear things up, it's a he. It's been a few weeks now, maybe 2, and he was..."
"He was walking home from school, and he usually walks alone, but then he never came home." Kiku finished.
"Does he have any enemies...? Somebody that would want to cause him harm?"
Alfred and Kiku looked at each other.
Kiku's fae was slightly morphed into one of concentration, "Not that I know of..."
"Alright, we'll file one, what is his name?"
"Wang Yao, age 15."
"Do you have a picture of him?"
"Not right now..."
"Well okay, bring one in later if you can."
"Sure."
The worker typed a couple of things on the computer, and wrote a few notes down.
"Is that all?"
"Um, yeah. Thanks." Alfred replied and walked out with Kiku.
"Well that was quick..."
Kiku nodded, keeping in sync with Alfred's fast walking.
"We should go and make posters."
"Let's go to mine, I have a picture of him there."
"Cool, I'd never been to your house before."
Kiku nodded silently, Alfred was actually very fast- well he is a football player. His height probably added to his speed...
Just a bit exhausted, they sat down in Kiku's room, with Kiku in the computer seat.
"Do you have enough ink?"
"I think so."
Kiku typed quickly on the keys, and various pictures came up. He searched for a bit, then clicked on a file labeled, 'Family'. After scanning the pictures for a brief moment, he clicked on one, a single one of Yao smiling. His hair pulled back in his usual ponytail, his smile slight, one of those smiles that don't show any teeth. It was a picture he had taken for the school yearbook.
"Let's use this one, it's the most recent one I have."
Alfred looked at the picture for a moment, then replied,"Alrighty then, let's make some posters!"
Kiku pulled up another tab, and typed, 'Missing Person'. He inserted the picture, then under typed, "Wang Yao, please call (insert random number here), or email at hatsunemikuKoibito some email company . com
"Look good enough?"
Alfred glanced it over before replying, "Looks good to me. Print out about...25?"
Kiku compiled and hit print.
"Well, this'll be a while, got any snacks?"
Kiku rolled his eyes, he should have seen this coming.
"Yao~ I'm home!" Ivan called as he walked up the stairs.
Yao perked up from his spot in the white covers.
Ivan walked in, a plastic bag in one hand, and his backpack in the other arm.
"Chinese food?" Yao questioned, sitting up.
"Da, I bought some for us." he dropped his backpack on the floor with a very loud thud.
"Oh, that's why it took you so long. Thank you." Yao smiled softly.
"Why? Did you miss me?" he questioned.
"Maybe." he mumbled, and Ivan only grinned.
"I got you your school work you've been missing. If you need any help you can ask me, but I doubt it, because you're so smart Yao-Yao."
Yao tilted his head to the side curiously, "Does that mean you're going to... let me go?"
Ivan sighed sadly, and played with Yao's hair absentmindedly. "Da, but only if you stay with me... Like dating?"
The Asian was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. "I-I'll think about it. Could we have that Chinese food now?"
Ivan nodded, and opened the package, and handed Yao a pair of chopsticks.
Yao happily opened up the bag and set the warm food on his lap, soon after, Ivan did the same. Yao broke his chopsticks in two, and proceeded to eat. He paused, hearing that Ivan didn't start to eat as well.
"Ivan, what's wrong? Do you not like Chinese Food?" Yao questioned the blank faced Ivan.
"Um... I do, I just. I'm not very good at using chopsticks, nor have I used them recently..."
Yao shook his head, this was a typical occurrence.
"Alright. I'll help you." he sighed, and picked up Ivan's own chopsticks, broke them in two, then picked up a piece of meat, bringing it up to Ivan's mouth.
Ivan eagerly opened his mouth, then grasped it between his teeth and began to chew.
"Okay, let me teach you." Yao picked up Ivan's big hand then put the chopsticks in them.
By this time, Ivan was grinning madly- Yao was openly teaching him how to use chopsticks. Yao applied a bit of force on his fingers, forcing them to move in the direction he wanted.
"Now just... Move this finger, and your thumb..." he had a look of sheer concentration, focusing on making Ivan's stiff fingers move.
"Yeah, now pick this up." he directed the pale hand over to a piece of food.
Quickly, as he felt the food secure in between the two pieces of bamboo, he brought it up to Yao's mouth, "Say, Ah~"
The Asian's eyes grew wide, then softened, he really loved his side of Ivan. He smiled first, and opened his mouth slightly, letting Ivan feed him, he rolled his eyes- the look of amusement on Ivan's face was too much.
"You get it now?"
Ivan nodded and slowly used his chopsticks to pick up food, they then continued to work through his food, while his partner ate at a much quicker pace. He giggled and called him a little pig, which Yao frowned at for a moment, then shook it off- it's not like he was fat or anything. Or made noises while he ate.
If anything, it would be Ivan that was a little fat.
But he wasn't, even though he was often regarded as it- he was just a big person. Actually skinner than one would think, he didn't take very good care of himself. With no mother to tell him to eat...
"Ivan, I've been wondering, where are your parents? I haven't seen them around."
There was a small look of hurt in his eyes, but he quickly brushed it off, waving his hand to reassure Yao it wasn't a big deal.
"Oh, they're in Russia. They left me here, because they thought it would be a good idea to let myself mature... Get independence. Plus I don't like my sister anyways. They pay for everything too."
Yao raised his eyebrow at this, he couldn't tell if Ivan was lying or not. It was a little strange, but he wouldn't question Ivan further. Afraid his mood might change.
Alfred and Kiku jogged up to the school, it was around 4, almost 5, but the school was still open due to some clubs. Armed with heavy duty tape, and a handful of posters, they split up and started taping the posters they made around the school.
Kiku taped a poster down, and another, and another. All strategically placed. While Alfred quickly ran around, taping the things in random places, sometimes haphazardly. As soon as he was done with his share, he sprinted off to find Kiku.
Sadly, just as he was running, he ran into a teacher, knocking her over.
"Oh! Gosh! My bad!" he quickly got up and offered her a hand, then helped her collect her stuff.
"Oh no, it's okay, but you should still be more careful."
"Yeah... Sorry about that."
"Wait, Alfred, what are you doing here? There's no football practice today, is there?"
"Haha, nope. I'm just putting up some posters with Kiku, since his brother, Yao, is missing."
The teacher paused, she looked as if she was searching for something in her mind.
"Yao isn't missing, Ivan just took home the work he missed."
"Ivan?"
*I found the feeding/ chopsticks thing necessary for bonding time, bro!
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