Happy Birthday, Aru – Chapter Seven

Disclaimer: If I owned APH, I'd probably turn it into a pure yaoi show. And tell all the fangirls out there that Ivan, Yao, Im Yong Soo, Ludwig and Gilbert were mine for keeps.

To: HappyLilac, J. , and besties in real life.

= Let The RoChu Begin! =

"Happy birthday, Ivan, aru."

Yao reluctantly hugged the albino, regretting it as soon as he heard a loud 'pop'.

"Aiyaa! I tell you time and time again not to hug me so hard-aru!"
"I'm sorry, da! I just was so happy I didn't have to nag for a hug, da!"
"Ugh… My back is broken-aru."
"I'm sorry, da. . . . Shall I make it better~?"

Yao shook his head violently.
If Ivan said he'd 'make it better', it usually meant a fist massage.
And that just broke his back even more.

"Hey, JaoJao, can you spend the day with me~?"
"Fine, aru. I have nothing better to do anyway, aru."
"Yayyy! Let's go to the. . . . You probably wouldn't want ot go to the bar with me, da. . . . So. Let's go to the. . . . I'm not sure."

Yao laughed a bit, then thought for a minute.

"How about let's go to the river-aru? It should be beautiful on a day like this."

Ivan nodded enthusiastically, looking mischievously happy.

-Change Of Scenery?-

"Ooh! You were right-da! The river is beautiful today-da!"
"Aiyaa! I nearly fell in-aru! Don't hug me like that-aru!"
"S-sorry. . ."

Yao huffed, folded his arms and sat down.
Ivan plonked himself beside tiny, tiny Yao, giggling like an idiot.
They sat for a while, lost in their thoughts.
Finally, Ivan pulled Yao into his lap and grinned.

"Hey, JaoJao, did you know today wasn't actually my birthday? I tricked you, da~!"
"Aiyaa! So you did that just for a hug-aru! How could you?! I thought you loved me-aru!"

Ivan nodded solemnly.

"I do love you. But you'd never agree to go on a date because you said you'd be busy. So I tricked you, da!"
"Aiyaa. . . ."

Yao frowned, but leaned on Ivan's shoulder.

"Aiyaa. . . . I love you too Ivan, aru."
"I know, da~! So. . . . Give me an early birthday present, da!"
"Aiyaaaaaaa! No!"