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At the sound of the familiar voice he detested, Ivan tensed up and looked around frantically. Finally, his eyes rested on a violet dot from a distance. Leon Court. Clenching his jaw, the blond male spirited away to an isolated aisle and watched the man. He watched Leon talk giddily on the phone while standing in front of the flowers, his hand hovering around some agapanthuses. He nearly scoffed; figures that lovestruck fool wouldn't know anything about Nikolai's favorite flo - He froze when he heard the purple-haired man mention his boyfriend. Nikolai? His boyfriend? Ivan felt a tight feeling in his chest and soon realized that he hadn't taken a breath in a while. He gasped in air and quickly crouched to avoid being caught. His chest still hurt. His heart, it was hurting, but nothing was stronger than the growing fury he held for Leon.

Love? Him? Ivan nearly laughed. The thought of his precious Nikolai caring for someone other than him was just absurd! He grit his teeth and was just about to storm out of the aisle to confront Leon when he heard him talk about Nikolai loving someone he was reminded of. Reminded of.... It had to be him, of course! Ivan allowed himself a proud smile. He knew all along Nikolai loved him. Using the confidence-booster, he strode out of the aisle and stood beside Leon at the flower section, quickly picking out a bouquet of Forget-me-nots and yellow tulips, waiting to see if the other man would acknowledge him.

Ivan was too busy with his thoughts to listen to him mention anything about what the name started with or the man being dead. He was too absorbed in his happy thoughts of Nikolai loving him. But... that stupid teacher didn't seem to notice him. Most likely nervous about the competition being right next to him. Ivan glanced at the flowers Leon sniffed and decided to speak first from the two. "He won't like those." he said in a condescending tone.

Ivan tried to be just as calm but only succeeded in giving him a sharp glare. "Because I know for a fact nothing about him has changed. That, and I remembered everything about him." he said with a small hint of pride. "I know his favorite kind of coffee, his favorite color, and that he's just using you."

"Growing." Ivan scoffed and followed him to the counter, deciding that he was done shopping as well. Although, as much as he hated to admit it, Leon had some knowledge over Nikolai that he didn't know. Back in college Nikolai would always dodge the auditorium and always claimed that he was watching his figure, hence not getting any junk food. But his favorite thing obviously had to be the ability to sleep all the time! The Sin always slept, he had to have loved it! "Nikolai wouldn't grow with anyone as cheap as you." he said, his jealousy doing most of the talking. The cashier, listening though trying hard to act as if he was minding his own business, handed Leon his things and was instantly tossed the items Ivan had.

Even after Leon had left Ivan stayed glaring at the counter. The audacity for that... that punk to tell him such things! Nikolai was his, his! He would never belong to some freak like that! Murder clouded Ivan's thoughts, deepened his growl, fogged his eyes.
"T-Twenty f-fifty."
Ivan glared upwards at the cringing cashier.
"T-Twenty fifty, s-sir!" he practically gasped.
The assistant teacher slowly stopped growling, though the hatred and scorn in his eyes stayed in place. He remained quiet or a second then found himself slowly turning around to look at the aisles. He wasn't entirely sure what it was he was looking for until his eyes rested upon an aisle of tools and mechanics for breakdowns nearby. His eyes lingered around a section of oil tanks.
"....Let me get one more thing...."