Ivan was sitting on the side...moping...and that's putting it lightly. In truth, he was sending Yao's siblings death glares as he tore up the branches of the cherry tree. He had grabbed it when he followed the Asian siblings outside and watched them all laugh and cry out in delight as the firecrackers went out in loud popping sounds. The thick branch easily snapped in his hand. Right now he was enjoying crushing the delicate petal between his fingers, imagining them to be Yao's siblings.

Today was suppose to be only the two of them; just him and Yao. It was the anniversary of their first 'marriage' and Valentine for god's sake. Chinese New Year lasted for sixteen days damn it! Couldn't Yao just spare this ONE DAY that meant something to the both of them and spend it with him? Apparently the answer was no.

Ivan was seething with burning rage....He was starting to hate the Lunar New Year. Yao not only seem to care about his holiday more than their anniversary, the little man even told him he was getting in the way of their preparations. Which was why he was sitting in the corner while Yong Soo, Mei Mei, and Thanh ran around setting the food in front of the ancestral tablet, burning the paper money, and other things Ivan couldn't comprehend. After the last petal fell and was crushed beneath his feet with a satisfying squish, Ivan looked up to see where Yao was. The Chinese man had his back to him, busy cutting up the roasted pig. He didn't even notice Ivan's presence!

Ivan growled at being ignored. If that's how it was, then he was leaving. Yao doesn't even care that he was here. When they're alone next time, he's going to make Yao pay for this 100 times over!

He got up from his chair, giving Yao's back one final glare before turning around...and came face to face with Hong.

"Happy New Year." The stoic boy said in a monotone voice to Ivan.

Ivan scowled. "I'm not so happy right now. I'm about to leave and your in my way."

He tried to walk past Hong but the other nation just blocked him again.

"Get out of my way!"

"Shut up back there or do I have to stab you to make you shut up?" Yao yelled out, the loud THUMP of a butcher knife hitting the chopping board filled the kitchen.

Ivan's voice dropped down to a vicious whisper, "Don't make me repeat myself, Hong."

"I don't care," Hong Kong replied. "I said 'Happy New Year' and it's tradition you have to give me a red envelope."

"And why should I do that? I don't celebrate Chinese New Year so it doesn't apply to me."

"Of course it does. All married couples have to give out red envelopes, Brother-In-Law."

"Wha-....Say that again?"

"All married couples have to give out red envelopes and that means Yao Dai Ge and you," Hong Kong paused and emphasized the next the part, "Brother. In. Law."

"..."

"..."

Ivan reached into his pocket,"If you call me that again, I'll give you an additional 50 HKD" (Hong Kong Dollars)

Chinese New Year just became Ivan's new favorite holiday~

(And Hong Kong's most profitable time of the year)

=w= Here's my contribution to the Feb 14th mass celebration thingy. Actually this little shin doody was something I requested for SSanta but since I haven't seen it yet, I hope my SSanta doesn't mind my version right now ___ I just kinda wrote this because I was bored and didn't feel like writing Knocked Up (which explains the crackiness of this fic). I'll take it down one she post her's up.

Chinese New Year is my favorite holiday hands down. It's hectic but I love the atmosphere XD Sadly...I haven't been able to celebrate it for the last two years because of damn college D:

For those of you who don't know the saying "利是逗來" it literally means 'the wealth comes racing towards you'. It's attached to the original Chinese saying of "恭喜发财" (May you come into good fortune). Looking on a forum, ppl speculate the saying "利是逗來" originated from Hong Kong, Taiwan, or the various China towns abroad (who are mostly Cantonese btw before 1970). It's uh...kinda disrespectful (or so I've been told by my parents when I used it on them LOL). But I thought it was funny. Hong Kong doesn't use it here but I thought it would be funny for a title hahaha. Hmmm also on the forum it says the nowadays the saying could be heard on Mainland China as well. True or not, I don't know.