Through It All (LevYaku fanfic)

Patience is Love: Chapter 7

Lev's panic went silent from shock. Yaku-san just asked him if he is indeed not in a relationship! He stared at the man he desires and shyly answered glancing down left, "No. Um, no I am not in a relationship. I-is Yaku-san?" That was forward! Lev, you promised yourself not to chicken out, so BE forward! It's an agreement. Do not miss this chance!

"You're not?" Morisuke asked, and he couldn't help the curve of his lips. "I'm not dating at all. It's been a while, actually." He shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair once more. Damn it. Did Lev get distracted because of him? Really? That kinda made him feel good. Let him be distracted by Yaku Morisuke. That means that Lev has some sort of feeling for him, right?

This is a mess. Lev is a mess and Morisuke's thoughts are a mess. This is crazy. He licked his lips slowly and cleared his throat once more. "I... I need my coffee. My stomach is still empty."

"Ah, yes, right away." He pours the coffee into the to-go cup complete with a thermal sleeve and lid. Lev brought it over along with the cutely packaged treat that had Lev's writing on it, 'Please enjoy, and have a great day.' He handed them over to Yaku-san, and for the first time took in the adorable man's... Correction... adorable sexy man's appearance.

Morisuke took the cup and the treat from Lev, chuckling at how cute they both were. So like Lev to put that kind of effort into things. "Thank you so much," he told the man before taking his first sip of caffeine for the day. Was heaven made to be like this? Coz if it was, then he has to live an extremely good life in order to ascend there, right?

"W-wow, um, you look very nice today. Er not that you didn't look nice yesterday because you did. You've always looked good to me so, er I mean that I've always liked how you look... AH, THIS IS NOT COMING OUTRIGHT," Lev ran his hand up to his neck and face and into his hair and held it there, like an unintentional model pose.

Does Lev think he looks good? With that, the left side of his lips curved up as his left brow rose. Just to add to the teasing moment, he ran his tongue over his lips and ended the act by chewing onto his bottom lip. "Hmmm..."

"I'm sorry, I didn't sleep much, I was happy to see you again and I'm not thinking properly." He took a deep breath, and smiled warmly, eyes bright, "Good Morning, Yaku-san."

Morisuke raised a brow as his confidence slowly rose. "It seems I'm not the only one who suffered last night then," he noted as he took another sip of coffee. "I close the school at 7 pm every day," he informed the tall man. "I live on the top of the building." He took a card from the counter and wrote down his number and added a heart just for the sake of it. "Call me if you want to visit."

When he finally straightened up, he looked up at Lev, winked, and handed him the card and the cash for the coffee and treat. "Good morning, Lev. See yah." He left the cafe even without Lev's reply, just happy that he found out Lev is not dating anyone. And that the half-Russian actually finds him attractive. That's where romance starts, doesn't it? Let's just flirt with him little by little then.

Lev is a grinning, blushing mess flailing about, and that was before he saw the heart on the card. Seeing the heart put him in the most serene state he had ever been in. Tashi walked in, "uh boss? Booooosss? You have to go change."

"Hmmm, ok, yeah I'll go get changed." He hummed melodiously. He held the card to his chest and walked back to his small office, it is really just the room for the safe and a small filing desk. Lev put the card safely in his wallet. He chuckled, "I've been preparing for this chance. Be bold, Haiba Lev, take charge."

The day went by as normal, all except Lev felt lighter than air. The regulars noticed and remarked he looked to be in 'relaxed' spirits (they are implying he got lucky). He just chuckled and waved away the notion but did not correct them. If they see how happy I am, maybe it will be alright if in the future they find out.

But for the sake of his sanity, Lev could not focus all day because of those remarks. It was made worse as he kept recalling the way Yaku-san licked and bit his lip, how he winked at him, how good he smelled, how badly Lev wanted to mess up Yaku's hair. And what did Yaku-san mean about suffering last night? Did he also have a fantasy?

He felt as eager and as 'in need' as he did when he was younger. Would it be bad if I had the crew close again today? To go home and... take care of something. They always tell me to rely on them more. Hmmm?

Morisuke went on through his day happily. With a smile that could brighten up the whole world, the parents, the staff, and even the kids noticed. "Good morning, my dearest babies," he greeted the kids as they filed into their respective rooms.

"Good morning, Yaku-sensei," the kids would greet back, some of them confused at how unusually bright their teacher was and some just enjoyed the warmth he emitted. Well... Mori and Kou definitely knew why.

"Good morning, papa!" Kou and Mori greeted him loudly, effectively making the other 18 students turn their heads back and start making a fuss about calling Morisuke papa too.

Morisuke, not wanting to have an all-out war in the kindergarten area, just nodded and laughed as he let the kids call him Papa. Geez... He may not have kids for real but these kids are more than a handful already.

His day was filled with sunshine and flowers. He laughed and he enjoyed the classes, even the messy art class that got his gorgeous get-up dirtied. By 6 pm, he was tired and sweaty. There were no late parents so he didn't have kids to bring in his daily walk.

"Boss...?" Darling called out from the door while Morisuke was picking up toys from the floor.

"Yes, Darling?" he asked as he put the said toys in the boxes. Cleaning up was one of the hardest parts of being a teacher, but it was also one of the most satisfying parts of it. "You may go ahead if you're done cleaning up your classroom. I'll close up." He didn't want to admit that he was waiting for someone. He didn't want to admit that he was slowly getting anxious as time passed without even a single text message from the silver-haired hunk. It was stressful as it is.

The crew was happy to see their boss give himself some time away from the cafe, he had more than earned it. Lev decided to indeed go home early, to attend to his needs, but he wanted to text Yaku-san. He was feeling cheeky, and a cheeky Lev has no impulse control.

Lev pulled out his phone, and added the contact, putting a heart with the name. He smirked and sent a text. ~Yaku-san, it seems my suffering last night has carried into today. I've had to go home to take care of something. ;)~

Lev doesn't care that he was just very bold, he is on cloud nine and wanted Yaku-san to know he's the reason. As he walked, he waited for a reply, he knew the school closes at 7 PM so Yaku-san may still be with students.