One of Yao's Generals was standing on a snowy hill. Next to him was a Certain Russian.
"We left him here... He advanced that way..."
The General pointed forward. That's when he saw the pink snow. He tensed up. The Russian noticed this change and looked at him.
"Everything alright. Da?"
"Well... No sir... I think he's been found... Sir."
He pointed to the pink snow...
Some time later in Ivan's house.
Yao sat up. It was dark but it was warm. He was still numb. He thought that he must have died. He heard a voice from next to him.
"Sir, I'm so sorry... I know I disobeyed orders but... I had to...."
Yao turned to to where the voice of one of his best men was. He started to panic.
"What happened?! Is Hong Kong and Iceland alive?! Please tell me they're here!"
"Of course they are sir... We're not where you think we are... The safe house wasn't safe sir..."
Yao was really panicking now.
"What do you mean?! Not safe!? It's hidden! Aiyaa!"
"Sir... It's flattened... Sir... I'm sorry... All the supplies in there were smashed or stolen... I had to call on help..."
Yao looked around. He'd been here before. That ruled out Francis. The place didn't smell like fast food. That ruled out Alfred. Arthur wouldn't dream of helping him, especially after the whole opium fiasco. Also, wasn't he friends with Norway? That left Kiki, Im Yong, Mei and Ivan. Kiku is currently with Feliciano and Ludwig. Im Yong is currently at war with Sony after they released a film about his leader. Mei, she's probably defending Japan. Or arguing with Im Yong. That left one person. Ivan. Yao dismissed the idea. Wasn't he wit Irine or Natalia? One of the two got sick. He always came when they were sick. Natalia wasn't as scary when she was ill. She didn't have the strength. Often, she is just happy someone is taking care of her. Whether it is her big brother or not. Ivan felt happy taking care of her. He especially loved holding her whilst she slept. She felt so cold in his warm embrace.
Yao's thoughts were interrupted by a light being flicked on. Standing in the doorway was Ivan.
"Yiwan!" He didn't know what to do. He got out of bed. He wanted to tackle him with a hug but found is legs buckled when he got off the bed. Ivan was there to catch him.
"Take it easy... You need to recover... Da?"
Yao looked at him. He hugged him tight. Tears were streaming down his face. If it wasn't for him. The Republic Of China would be ancient history. He found that with the tears came four thousand years of history. The emotions he had bottled up for so long.
When Leon was taken. He felt anger, towards England for taking him. At himself for letting him go. When he realized that he couldn't get him back, he felt more anger at himself. Why can't he get Leon back? Why wasn't he feeling emotional? He should have at least been crying.
As he was letting all these tears go, he remembered why he always bottled it up.
Yao didn't really remember his parents. He didn't even remember their names, what they looked like or even their voices.
Yao was running around in the street . Being a child. He tripped over and landed on broken glass. His knee was badly cut. He burst out crying. His father looked at him. "Crying is for the weak. People see your emotions. They see you weak. Stop crying." He was crying even louder. His father was getting angry. "Stop crying you weak little girl! You must only show one emotion! Rage! Anger! Like I'm angry at you now!" He looked up at his father. He remembered the pain. The massive bruise on his leg. It made him cry even more. That fuelled his father's anger and the bruise got bigger and darker. The cut bled more and more. That bruise would never fully heal. It would never go away.
Ivan just held him as he cried into him. He couldn't do anything but stand there and listen to Yao pour his heart out.
"Duìbùqǐ fùqīn... Wǒ bùnéng zǔzhǐ tā"
Ivan knew what he was saying.
"I'm sorry father... I can't help it."
The tears? Every human does it... Right? Ivan was confused. He didn't want to ask. If he didn't want to tell, he didn't have to. Whatever he was reliving, it was obviously personal.
After ten minutes, Yao wiped his eyes.
"I'm sorry you see that aru..."
"Don't be silly! I'm there for you..."
"Thank you..."
She hugged him again.
"You're cute as a girl... How long has it been like that?"
"Since battle aru... I lost because of it..."
Yao looked down. Ivan lifted up her chin and kissed her passionately.
A.N: Finally finished chapter two... I know my chapters are short but tell me what you think! :D
2nd note: Leon is the English name for Hong Kong
