After picking up even more paperwork from the office, Yao headed towards the front of the school. It would be faster to just walk part of the way home instead of just waiting for the next bus. Halfway through the school, Yao stopped at a bench near the large fountain. Like hell he was going to hold that pile of packets all the way home. He set the papers on the bench, opening up his book bag to slide them in. Much to Yao's displeasure, there was a swift gust of wind scattering the papers everywhere. Yao cursed, this was what he wanted to avoid.
Getting on his knees to pick up the papers, he noticed someone doing the same, helping the Asian pick up the papers. Yao looked up, seeing a small, timid first year helping him out. Picking up the papers was faster with two people instead of one.
"Thanks for helping aru," Yao thanked the pretty short first year as he handed him the last of the papers.
"N-n-n-n-no p-p-p-problem," He stuttered, way scared out of his mind. Yao tilted his head, confused to why the kid would want to help him if he was this horrified of him. He probably heard bad rumors about him and the other Asians...
"Well, I didn't catch your name aru. Mine's Yao." Yao held a hand out, a cheerful smile on his face. He didn't want the other to fear him without really knowing him.
"M-mine is R-Raivis," The Latvian said, hesitantly shaking Yao's hand, "I-Ivan told me to come and help you." He quietly said. Well that answered Yao's question, but who's Ivan? "Bye!" Raivis shouted, running off as if someone was chasing him down. Well that was certainly weird. Yao put the remaining papers in his bag, finally heading home.
"See Raivis~ That wasn't bad da~"
"N-not really, Ivan..." Raivis said to the Russian in front of him, Ivan, "B-but I have heard that same one beat up some guys in class!" The Latvian stuttered out. Ivan just blinked, smiling his usual childish smile. "It was still scary..."
"A-as long as you didn't do anything wrong," A Lithuanian in the group said.
"All he did was help pick up papers, Toris. The Asian shouldn't be mad at that..." Toris turned to the Estonian, nodding in agreement. They all froze when Ivan started chuckling.
"Raivis, Toris, Eduard, you all are so funny, all scared of a little Asian guy da!" Ivan started walking off, this little group following behind.
"W-what," Raivis paused, "How could you tell that Asian was a boy? Isn't that one a g-girl?" Toris and Eduard looked at Raivis, then at Ivan. The Russian was smiling again back at them.
"Nope~ Male da!" Ivan chuckled again, continuing to walk off. No one bothered to deny Ivan. They were too scared and now believe Yao was a boy. Although, the three were still a bit unsure.
Yao continued walking down the empty, quiet streets, recapping what went on at school. Let's see, first he got hit on by a French perv, got kicked to the side after playing piano, was blamed by everyone because of a strict teacher, nearly gotten a heart attack from a strange east German, fell down a some stairs and hurt his ankle, finally, got pushed around at bit during P.E. Yeah, great first day... At least he didn't get in trouble because of what happened in P.E.
The Chinese teen sighed, not wanting to go back tomorrow. He knew Shin wouldn't transfer them to a different Asian school though. Yao stopped a bit, leaning on a wall and rubbing his injured ankle. P.E. really screwed it up again. He regretted not letting it fully heal before going to class. Speaking of running, Yao turned around after hearing someone running up to him. It was Arthur, again.
"H-hello," He said once catching up to Yao. Yao only glared back, "I-I just left school grounds and saw you rubbing on your ankle. Does it still hurt?"
"I sorry aru! I do not speak English aru!" Yao slowly said, turning around and continuing to walk.
"Oh, ha ha ha, very funny," Arthur said sarcastically. "Why're you still even around? Shouldn't you have left half an hour ago like the rest of the school?"
Yao turned once again, "I had to pick up stuff at the office aru. What about you, huh?"
"Well, just like you, I had some stuff to do at the office, being school rep and all," Arthur answered, all high and mighty like. Yao only snorted, continuing to walk home. "Hey, you need a ride? You're limping again." Arthur offered, noticing Yao's slight struggle.
"No, I don't need a ride aru..." He only said back, a bit harsher then needed. Yao continued walking, Arthur following behind him. "Why're you walking? I thought you had your own ride or something aru..." Arthur blushed a bit, still walking towards Yao until he was next to him.
"W-well I'm curious what a peasant's way of getting around would be like. I'm not worried about you or anything!" Arthur sputtered, his arms crossed and nose in the air. Yao looked at him with a deadpanned expression, making the Brit feel a bit awkward.
"You won't make it that far with your fancy-pants shoes, so I suggest you stop now aru," Arthur glared at Yao after his comment, seeing the Asian looking straight ahead.
"And you won't make it that far with your bad ankle..." Yao rolled his hands into a fist. Sadly, Arthur was right. It'll take him forever to get home if he had to keep stopping once in a while for his ankle, not to mention it already slowing him down while walking. "Since I've already been to your house and know where it is, why don't I just give you a lift? Consider it me owing you for mistaking you as, well... You know..."
"Don't. Bring. It. Up." Yao said, pinching the roof of his nose in annoyance. Arthur gulped. "Fine, I'll take you up on that offer aru..." Arthur was a tad shocked to hear Yao take the offer. Guess his ankle was that annoying. "But not all the way to my house! Just, drop me off a bit before or something aru..."
Arthur turned, waving an arm in the air. Yao raised a brow at what the Brit was doing. Soon after, a shiny black car pulled up, the driver stepping out and opening the door for the two. Great, I'm riding in one of those cars I always made fun of aru...
"Take us to the same peasant house we went to a couple days ago." Arthur ordered. Yao face-palmed when hearing what the Brit called his home.
"T-there again? Are you sure, Young Master Arthur?" Yao was tempted to bang his head on the car door, not believing all this fancy, rich talk. Peasant? Young Master? Just, wow...
"Just go to the far east side of town, I can walk from there aru..." Yao sighed. Arthur turned to Yao, then nodded to his driver, signaling him to do so. The drive to the east side of town was awkwardly silent and long. Was Yao really going to walk the whole way? Arthur couldn't believe that.
"There's usually a lot a walking shortcuts around here aru." Yao said as if he read Arthur's mind. The Brit turned from the window to Yao. The Chinese teen was also looking out the window. Arthur coughed a bit, clearing his throat. The silence was really creating tension in the air. "Y-you can stop here..." The driver did as told. Arthur started looking around at the surroundings. He could tell this was definitely the place of transition between urban lifestyles and rural-ish lifestyles.
Yao hopped out the door then knocked on the driver's window. The driver rolled it down and Yao bowed. Arthur heard a soft 'xie xie' from the Chinese teen from where he was. The old driver smiled at Yao, nodding his head as a 'you're welcome' before rolling the window back up.
"What a well mannered young lad." The driver chuckled, starting the car again.
"Y-you could tell Yao was a boy?" Arthur asked. His driver turned to him, a smile still on his face.
"When you as long as I have, you start to get a better knowledge of things." Arthur started to ponder on what the driver said until interrupted again, "Home, Young Master?" Arthur sighed, scooting over to where Yao was. He looked out the window, seeing Yao continuing to walk and limp a bit, his back facing the Brit. "Or should I wait a bit?" Arthur turned to his driver with a confused look. The Brit then smiled, hopping out of the car like Yao had before.
"You really do know a lot." Arthur said with a gentle smile when his driver rolled the window back down.
"Young Master, I will be going to fill up the gas tank. I will return to pick you up later." And with that, the driver drove away, Arthur waving goodbye. The Brit sighed again, looking back over at Yao. The Chinese teen was a lot farther than before. Arthur was a bit confused as to why he was so interested in him. Maybe it was the mystery around the Asians that was finally getting to him.
Arthur started trotting over to Yao, calling his name while doing so. Yao turned around, squinting at first, then realizing it was Arthur calling his name. The Brit expected Yao to look all cross like always, but was a bit shocked to see the Chinese teen actually looking shocked as well instead. Arthur was pleased to see Yao waiting for him to catch up.
"What're you doing here aru?" Yao asked as Arthur was catching a bit of his breath, resting with his hands on his knees. When his breath was back, Arthur stood back up, seeing Yao looking back at him with a curious look.
"T-thought I should just go and see if you made it home alright. With your bad ankle and all." Arthur answered, his cheeks tinting a bit pink. Yao wordlessly blinked at the Brit, turning forward again to continue walking. Arthur following behind.
"Okay then..." Yao finally replied. "You sure you can handle being around here aru?" Arthur looked slightly offended at Yao. Sure he grew up pretty much pampered all his life, but the Brit was no pansy! "Okay, okay!" Yao said, raising his hands in a surrendering kind of way.
"S-sorry for mistaking you for a girl..." Arthur said after a bit of silence. Yao looked at Arthur with a side glance, seeing the Brit scratching the back of his head, looking straight forward.
"I-I guess it's fine aru... But I am wearing pants." Yao teasingly smiled, sticking one of his legs out to show his pants. Arthur looked down at it, face-palming right after. Why didn't he pay attention to that? Well then again, it could just look like a guy wearing pants, right? Yao started laughing at Arthur's reaction, finding it very amusing and making the Brit even more embarrassed. Arthur looked up out of his hands, realizing this was the first time he actually saw the usually grouchy Chinese teen laugh. He turned to Yao, seeing him cover his mouth with his long sleeve, tearing a bit in his eyes. It was pretty adorable, in Arthur's opinion.
"W-what's so funny?" Arthur stuttered, blushing a bit. "D-don't forget you still owe me!" The Brit randomly added to change the subject. His pride was damaging as each second passed.
"Uh, I don't think so," Arthur stopped in his tracks, giving Yao a blank look as the Chinese teen continued walking, stopping and turning back to Arthur when noticing he wasn't following anymore.
"What'd you mean you don't think so?"
"I made up my debt to you when I didn't beat the crap out of you when you first questioned my gender aru!" Yao answered, smiling brightly and making a peace sign with his fingers. So Asian... Arthur only stared bad, dumbfounded. He face-palmed again, making Yao laugh and continue walking.
"You seem too happy about that, Yao..." Arthur only said, catching up to the said Asian.
"Well I don't need to waist my effort on anything aru," Yao replied, still smiling. Arthur was about to say something back, when Yao's injured ankle twisted a bit on him. The Chinese teen yelped in pain, grabbing Arthur's arm to prevent from falling. "Aiyah..." He hissed to himself.
"Woah! Are you alright?" Arthur asked, panic leaking through his voice. "Did the fall really hurt you're ankle that much?" He added, helping Yao towards the ground. The Chinese teen only looked to the side, his mouth just forming a straight line. "Yao..."
"Y-yeah?" Yao asked with a nervous smile. Arthur only blankly stared back.
"It wasn't just the fall. Was it the run?"
The Chinese teen hesitated a bit, seeming to have thought about the answer before saying, "Yeah! The run! It made it worse aru!" Yao started nervously laughing, scratching the back of his head. Arthur could tell he was lying, giving the Asian a stare of disapproval. Yao tried to avoid Arthur's gaze, but every time he looked back that him, the Brit would continue giving him his disapproving stare. "W-what?... Okay okay! The guys pushing me around noticed my ankle and kicked it a couple times aru! Just stop staring!" Yao finally answered truthfully. Arthur's stare was really freaking him out a bit.
"Does this usually happen to you!" Arthur shouted, his tone of voice showed be was surprised and panicked by the news. Yao quickly shook his head as an answer.
"It doesn't hurt that much. It usually just comes and goes aru! See!" The Chinese teen started standing up, still wincing at the pain, "All better!" He added, not fooling Arthur one bit. The Brit walked to Yao, kneeling in front if him. "W-Wha-"
"Get on, crazy git." Arthur said. Yao's face flush as he looked down at the Brit. Should he? Yao only shook his head to clear his mind. This pride was not going to let him get piggybacked. "I don't want your ankle getting any worse than it already is. T-then you'd have nearly broken my hand for nothing!" Arthur could feel his cheeks start to pink up and hope Yao didn't notice. He didn't, he was too busy blushing himself.
"B-but I'm heavy aru..." Yao said, trying to make up an excuse to not get piggybacked. Really? Was that the best he could do? The Chinese teen mentally face-palmed, that was the stupidest excuse ever. Arthur only snorted, also believing that it was a really stupid excuse.
"Just get on." He turned, looking up at Yao with a mocking grin. Hesitantly, Yao did as so, hopping on Arthur's back. "Well, that was a horrible lie." He has to Yao as he walked. Yao tilted his head to the side, asking what Arthur had meant. "You said you were heavy. You're actually really light, Yao." Arthur chuckled, embarrassing Yao.
"F-flattery will get you nowhere aru!" He said, pouting and turning away from Arthur, blushing with his nose in the air. The Brit only shook his head, smiling and continuing to walk.
Is this a bit late? if so sorry. at a family party and a bit bored so here ya go~ hehehe... um, too much IggyChu... is that okay? thanks for giving me 2623 hits since i last checked! i passed my goal! let's see if it doubles the next mouth! Xie Xie! Reviews are Loved! Forgive grammar, spelling, and language stuff~
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Ivan - Russia
Raivis - Latvia
Toris - Lithuania
Eduard - Estonia