Francis sat in Yao's meager living room, rubbing his stomach in contentment.

The living room was tightly packed, with two small worn sofas, a frayed rug, and an ancient TV.

He and Yao were sitting on a rose-colored sofa. The TV was blasting some show in Chinese (the entire family knew Chinese). The show had bad effects, and things that slightly resembled fairies, but Mei (who was eagerly watching it while laying on the rug) had insisted upon it. Her brothers were either too lazy, too fond of her, or too weak to argue.

Leon was reading manga on the floor, and Andre was drinking tea. Francis had no idea why Andre was so obsessed with tea. To tell the truth, he couldn't really understand any of Yao's siblings.

Kiku was sitting on the other sofa, in between Yong Soo and Hyung Soo, who were trying to murder each other. After all, what are brothers for?

"Ah, your food is as delicious as ever, mon cher," Francis said with a satisfied smile.

Yao scowled, "Don't call me that."

"Of course," Francis said, grinning, "Now that you have-"

"No!" Yao shouted, "I- he- I don't even know his name!"

"It's love," Francis insisted.

Yao glared at him, "You can't be in love with someone whose name you don't know and you've only just met."

"And there go half of the Disney movies," Leon muttered.

Yong Soo snickered.

"You put the sunflower he gave you in a vase as soon as you got home," Mei reminded Yao.

"Yes- but-" Yao spluttered, "I just- I mean- it looked nice, that's all!"

Sure enough, the mystery man's flower was sitting on the dining table in the adjoining room. It was displayed in a lovely Chinese-style vase, and added a bright splash of color to the worn-down kitchen.

The fairy show ended as credits (coupled with bad closing animation) rolled on. Mei groaned in disappointment and fell back dramatically, while Leon and Yong Soo cheered.

"The remotes mine!" Leon hissed, lunging forwards to grab it.

"No!" Mei wailed, "I don't want to watch your violent junk!"

"My violent junk?" Leon demanded "My 'violent junk' is way better than your dumb fairy show! And vampires don't sparkle!"

"How dare you insult Edward-senpai!" Mei shrieked, "Kiku!"

"Mei-chan," Kiku reprimanded gently, "It is Li Xiang's turn."

Mei bit her lip, and did her most adorable face, her eyes round and innocent. If Francis had been Kiku, he would have lost to her. Apparently, though, the face was old news to Kiku.

"Let's watch Sword Art Online!" Yong Soo shouted as Leon surfed through the channels, landing on said anime.

"No!" Yao shrieked, "That show has-"

Leon rolled his eyes, "We're not babies."

Yao scowled.

"Okay!" Mei squeaked, "Let's watch it then!"

Yao sighed, shaking his head and grumbling in Chinese.

Then, turning to Francis and lowering his voice to a slight whisper, he said, "You know, Francis, on the subject of relationships…"

"Yes," Francis whispered back, "About Arthur. Look, I know I kind of sounded like a jerk, but I'll be-"

"But will you really?" Yao asked softly.

"Of course I will!" Francis protested.

Yao stared at him disbelievingly.

"It might not last but-" Francis began, feeling nervous. Yao only got this way when things were really bad.

"But?" Yao said, his eyes flashing angrily, "How can you be so sure things will be okay if you end up treating his heart like a doormat?"

"I-"

"Do you expect that just because all the others survived?"

Francis bit his lip.

Yao sighed sadly, "People are different, Francis. Some handle things worse than others. That doesn't make them a lesser person, of course, it just makes them different. Arthur… things have happened to him, Francis. His-"

Yao cut off suddenly, glancing at Kiku.

He sighed, "It's not my place to tell you, Francis. Just remember, your actions can have consequences. Consequences that can change other people- forever."

11/17/2016

Kesesese! Things are starting to get intense!

I know I kinda hinted at IggyPan here, but there will be none of that! Not even past IggyPan!

Also, I'm not planning on killing anyone in this story…

Bwahahahahahaha!