Chapter 3

"Can you... can you make me a scarf?"

Ivan dragged him around excitedly until he figured out that he had no idea where the store was. Matthew laughed as he showed him the way.

It was a cheerful walk. They went downtown where all the little shops were. Ivan was being adorable, Matthew thought. His smile was full and real. He giggled happily whenever they passed any cute store or puppies. When they did he would always want to pet them. It was quite cute and made Matthew wish he had thought to bring his camera. Eventually they both made it to the store Matthew had told Ivan about. It was twice as big as the others and was the outside was blue instead of the normal grey-white.

They walked in together and Matthew could hear Ivan's gasp of surprise as he took in his surroundings. There were many shelves on the walls and all of them were filled with every type of yarn imaginable. Ivan, being quite the knitting enthusiast himself, was floored. The he proceeded to run around the store giggling madly, happily, joyously looking at all the different kinds and colors.

"Pick whichever you like, just make sure there's enough to make a scarf." Ivan nodded enthusiastically and scampered off deep in the store. Matthew shook his head and looked out the window. It was a lovely sunny day but he could see clouds start to roll in over the horizon.

Suddenly, Ivan came back with several different types of yarn all in about the same color- violet. He smiled shyly as he stood in front of Matthew and waited to until he looked at him.

He then held one of the bundles up to Matthew's confused expression. He frowned slightly as he did this with a few others. On about the fifth one he smiled again.

"This one!" He handed Matthew that bundle. It was very pretty and super soft.

"Whats so special about this one?" Matthew wondered out loud.

"Its the same color as your eyes! Its a very pretty color, da?" Matthew bushed and nodded.

They ended up buying three of the bundles for Ivan's new scarf. They walked out of the store with Matthew swinging the bag around and Ivan walking next to him. He seemed kind of embarrassed for his earlier enthusiasm. Now he had his normal smile, though this one was a little more real, and walked quietly by his side.

"So what do you want to do now?" Matthew asked quietly. Ivan thought for a moment before shrugging.

"I've got some groceries to pick up. Do you want to come?" Matthew asks after a moment.

"Da, sounds like fun." Ivan says this absently while looking at the store across the street. It was a pet store that blended in perfectly with the surrounding buildings. He had no idea why it stuck out in his mind. He tilted his head to the side in thought.

"Do you want to go there?" A voice pulled him back to reality. He looked down to Matthew's large violet eyes.

"Would that be ok? If you have something to do we don't have to of course." Ivan wanted to make sure he was always happy. That was something he had never been really good at, but for Matthew he was willing to try.

"No, it's fine." And then Matthew smiled one of is rare true smiles and grabbed Ivan's hand and headed for the crosswalk.

Before Ivan could completely figure out what had happened the were walking into the pet store and Matthew was greeting the person behind the counter.

Ivan walked happily to look at the birds.

The pretty blue parakeets chirped at him from inside their cage.

"Don't they get lonely with just themselves all day? And its such a small cage! They can't fly very far can they?" Ivan said to someone out of his field of vision. He pressed his face next to the bars and stared at the little birds. "That's so sad." he mumbled, wondering why he was sharing his innermost thoughts out loud. He never opened up to people. He could never risk it. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around until his eyes met

Matthew's who smiled at him.

"That's a pretty blue, da?" he while staring into his beautiful violet eyes. The smiled slipped off his face.

"What's blue?" He murmured, worry slipping into his voice.

"The birds, da? The blue is very pretty." Ivan tilted his head in confusion.

"Ivan," He said with hesitation, "those birds are yellow."

Ivan looked bemused before turning back around to face the birds. To his shock they were indeed yellow. A bright vibrant yellow with a little green on the wings. He was perplexed. He knew for a fact he had seen blue parakeets but now... they had turned yellow? That didn't make any sense.

"Da. How silly of me." He trailed off uncertainly. He looked away from the birds "Let's go look at fish, da?"

So the two of them spent the better part of an hour wandering around the little store looking at all the different animals they had to offer.

They left with smiles on their faces and joking with each other. They walked over to the grocery store.

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