I had awoken first, feeling a little sluggish while I sat up. I looked over at the clock, which read 6:03 am. I looked over at a still slumbering Yao, whose chest was being used as a pillow by Lin Lin. I giggled to myself. I shook his body gently, waking Lin Lin up first. She made the cutest little squeal. Yao moved, but to turn onto his side. I face palmed while shaking him hard this time.

"Aiya!" He yelled, making me jump from the place I was sitting on the bed. He rubbed his eyes, and yawned. "Oh, Lien. You're the one who must've woke me up. Sorry for the screaming, aru." Yao smiled at me, before he got off the bed to give Lin Lin some leftover food from last night. (I don't even know that Yao had stashed some oranges in our guest room.)

I took a shower first. The cold water felt good. I used a lot of shampoo and conditioner due to my long hair. I always wanted to cut my hair, but Yao told me every time that my hair was beautiful. I haven't cut it for a while.

I wrapped myself into a robe that belonged to Feli, who let me use it. It was so weird wearing clothes that belongs to a man. I walked out, drying my hair with a towel. Yao smiled at me again, causing me to look away and blush. He then continued to go to the shower, and didn't close the bathroom door. I went to go close it, and saw a fully naked Yao instead. With both of us shocked and blushing, I closed the door. How awkward was that?! Not that I haven't seen him like that before-wait, I didn't say anything!

Yao came out of the shower a couple minutes later. My hair was towel dried, and was still a little moist because of that. I never styled my hair, so I just sat on the bed. (It was very comfy, I couldn't help it!) Yao only had a towel wrapped around his waist. Oh, that's right! He didn't have a robe like I did.. I looked away from him. I heard a chuckle. Today has been quite revealing.. Already.

Yao came out of no where and started to tackle me on the bed. "W-what are you doing?!" I looked into his amber eyes. He was on top of me, pinning me down. He stared into my jade eyes, and then started to laugh. "You're so cute when you're scared!" "I-idiot!" I blushed madly, knowing that he noticed my red cheeks. He hugged me, still on top of me. This is SO AWKWARD. But at the same time, I enjoyed being hugged by Yao. Yes, a half naked Yao.

Suddenly, Feli opened the door and proceeded to say, "Buon Giorno! Good morni-" he stopped mid word. I looked at him, wide eyed. He seemed shocked to see us in this position, (and so was I!) But a small mischievous smile crept onto his face. "Ve~! I see you two are doing this early in the morning! Whenever you're ready to go, meet me downstairs for our goodbyes!" And with that, Feli left us alone. I tried to sit up, but Yao didn't let me. I blushed again, when he kissed my neck. "T-this is enough!" I pushed him away, and Yao began laughing again. "I'm just teasing you, Lien! I mean no harm, aru." He stared at me in the cutest way ever. I couldn't help but forgive him.

After our lengthy hair was both dried, it was already 7:24 am. We said our goodbyes to Lovi and Feli. We also thanked them for letting us borrow their stuff and their house. We went into a cab (I love everything in Rome! Even the taxis are amazing!) and rode to Leonardo da Vinci airport. I wasn't long until we went onto our 8:00 flight. We were almost too late!

We were now on an airplane. The airlines we were traveling on was Air France. The airplane was pretty nice!

I got the window seat again. I sat there, staring out into the sunny skies surrounding us. I felt kinda gloomy, so I looked at Yao. He leaned toward me and kissed me on the lips. I quickly averted my eyes, and blushed. I looked back at him, and he held my hand, smiling at me. He's so romantic now. It's so weird, considering that we had such a long history together. I still couldn't get over the fact that he had abandoned me.

I looked out the window again, slipping my hand out of his grasp. I wasn't feeling in the mood for romance. It seems like I never am.

The airplane ride was only about 2 hours long.

We entered the city of Paris, and I was kind of reluctant to see the man who would pick us up: Francis Bonnefoy. He was the man who I had loved some years ago. He then left me for his other French colonized countries. Let us not go into that.

I sat down next to Yao, who was still fuming over his argument with a French airport security guy over Lin Lin the panda. I was laughing. I looked at him. He looked back at me, his anger melting almost immediately. "It's okay, Yao. Lin Lin will always be with you.. Somehow." I rolled my eyes as we both chuckled.

Yao played with Lin Lin, attracting the eyes of tourists and natives at the airport alike. My heart was beating hard and fast. I was so scared. Should I speak French to him? Should I say hello in Vietnamese? Or would he question why I was speaking my own language and not the one which he taught me? I was so confused and afraid.

"Salut, Mademoiselle Lien." I lifted my head, and in front of me, was the man who I had mixed feelings for.