-Edited August 22 2016 starts here-

Sorry, this chapter is a bit short!

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Day 2.5: Opaque

Something you can't see through, something you can't understand

It was within seconds.

The albino appeared to whisper something in Ivan's ear. Ivan punched him. They went into a full-fledged fight. Ivan pinned the other to the ground. He struggled to get out of Ivan's grip, but to no avail. Ivan kept punching the red - eyed man.

The albino bled.

"Stop! Please, stop"

A golden haired boy came into the scene, tears running down his face. Ivan stepped back and the boy dragged the pale, bloody figure away.

Yao put her hands over her mouth, shocked that Ivan was even capable of violence. Toris tried to pull Yao away, but she wouldn't budge. She couldn't.

Something so sweet was stained with crimson.

Ivan turned, his hands bloody. His eyes seemed empty of emotion until he saw Yao. Both of their eyes widened with shock.

And Yao couldn't contain her fear as she bolted down the hallway, Toris following.

They ran down several flights of stairs, and Yao would have kept running if Toris hadn't stopped her, since he was out of breath.

"Y….Yao, wait…"

Needless to say, it was a long walk to Xiao Mei and Leon's school.

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Leon and Xiao Mei's school (approx. 4:00)

Feliks and Toris hadn't said a word to her even when they left. They didn't know what to say and Feliks was worried that he might make it worse.

Maybe she should've trusted Alfred from the beginning. She knew it was her fault, but it just seemed so wrong that someone who brightened her day with small smiles darkened other people's lives as well.

"Ga je, where were you? Xiao Mei went to Elizabeta's house al- Ga je what happened?"

Though Leon was never a sensitive seeming type, he always knew when something was wrong. And Yao's crestfallen face of "I was betrayed" was an emotion that did not take a genius to decipher.

So he hugged her and willingly held her hand, taking her back home.

They both didn't notice the set of purple eyes that followed them as they left.

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Home

It was just Leon and her tonight.

Yao was glad that she didn't have a night shift at the nearby restaurant, otherwise Leon would have to eat all alone.

Leon hadn't bothered saying a word when they got home and went straight up to his room to do 'homework'.

She opened the door of the fridge to get-

That was when Yao decided it wasn't the best day. The carrots started to turn bad, and she forgot to restock potatoes for the stew that she had been planning.

"Leon, I have to go out and get some groceries, okay?"

She hadn't really been expecting a response, but she wrote a note anyways, taped it on the fridge and went out the door.

Yao went down the aisles of the store. She got sidetracked again, like per usual and ended up getting tomatoes and celery as well (which were both on sale).

She turned to leave the store with her arms full of random vegetables, and crashed straight into someone.

"Aiyaah, I'm so sorry!"

The vegetables scattered all over the cold sidewalk. A pale hand picked up a stray potato.

And then Yao looked up to thank the man that is until she realised who he was.

"…Ivan?"

"Yes, Yao Yao?"

She couldn't stop herself as she ran down the street leaving the confused Russian standing there staring at the potato left in his hand.

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They ate dinner together, the missing potato not having much effect on the stew.

Leon had a worried expression as Yao looked even more troubled than before.

"Ga je, is everything alright?"

"N-Yeah, yes everything's fine! How was your day at school?"

Leon began talking about his annoying French teacher and his Icelandic friend while Yao seemed to stare out the window, her mind in another world. But Leon's monotonic voice somehow soothed some of her worries.

Leon had gone to bed soon after.

Yao, however, couldn't sleep.

She lay there, thoughts filling her head. As much as she wanted to stay with Ivan and eat lunch with him like nothing had ever occurred, she didn't think she could. No one could be sure that Ivan wouldn't hurt her or her friends. It was true that Alfred's attitude was a nuisance, but she would hate to see him injured the same way as the albino she saw earlier that day.

Yao eventually drifted off to sleep, dreaming of Ivan's smiling face.

Pure, warm and innocent.