China x Russia Hetalia

Big trouble

((This is a short chapter so you, my lovely pandas, have something to read while I'm working on the actual new chapter. Anyways, enjoy!!!))

Six months of being happily married. Six months of happiness and good times. Ivan sighed gently. How was this happening? How is he this far in money needs?! His country was struggling. Ivan was trying to fix it, but it was really bad. People out of work, food being lost, people on strike, production down. It was really really bad. So, he did the only thing he could without his husband worrying, beg American for money. What else could he had done?! He needed help and didn't want Yao to see him as some giant who is dependent!! America helped. But with help, came debt.

Ivan was now working three times as much, paying Alfred half of what he made. He was trying his best to pay back Alfred. But it was so hard. Working three times more, hardly seeing Yao, hardly eating, sleeping whenever he could and missing his Yao-Yao. It was hard on the Russian. He often looked down at his hand and looked at the ring that symboled him and Yao. It meant so much. It meant him doing his best to keep them together, it meant them being together, it meant the one thing Ivan wished he had for a long time. A family. It meant his whole world.

Ivan would break down in tears after he finished work when he went to shower. He was failing Yao. It hurt. It really did hurt. He wasn't sure what Yao was feeling, but he was sure Yao wasn't too happy with him being gone a lot. He failed Yao and he knew it.

Today, now eight months of him and Yao being married, Ivan was coming home from work, yawning softly. It was early in the morning. Yao must be asleep by now. Ivan went and showered before he went to bed. Or what he calls, nap. It was only for about four or five hours, so he called it a nap. Ivan dried his hair off after his shower and he walked to the bedroom, seeing Yao in bed and asleep. He gave a soft smile, walking over to the bed. Yao was curled up to one of Ivan's shirts. This was sad for the Russian to see. His husband was missing him a lot. Ivan gently pushed some hair out of Yao's face before he crawled into bed, wrapping his arms around Yao gently and cuddling him.

Yao, even though asleep, cuddled back. Ivan smiled gently. He kissed his head gently before he fell asleep, mumbling an 'I love you'. Ivan didn't wake until he had to, which was when Yao got up. But, today, Yao didn't want to get up. He was snuggled up against Ivan. He didn't want to move. But, he eventually got up and made them both breakfast, then got Ivan up for work.