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“Okay,” Ilya replied, absent-mindedly.
“Yeah, just feeling… I’m leaving the house where I last saw my Mama. She was happy here. But the demons in her mind won’t leave her.”
“I’m sorry about that, Ilya,” Shane said softly.
Ilya just shrugged his shoulders and pulled something inside his shirt.
“Look at what Andrei and I found when we were packing away everything.” He held up a gold chain with an Orthodox cross which he wore around his neck.
Shane scrunched his eyes to look at it better. “Is that your Mama’s?”
“Yes,” Ilya said happily.
“I remember her wearing that!”
“Yea, I didn’t know where it was, after, you know. My father ended up keeping it in his drawer. I asked Andrei if I could have it, and he said yes.”
“I’m glad you have it, Ilya. You have a piece of your Mama everywhere you go.” Ilya sniffed and lowered his head. Shane was about to hug him again when Hayden shouted at them.
“Hey, Ilya!” Hayden called out. “Mind if I ride with you going downtown? I have to pick up something for Jackie.”
Ilya grumbled at this but Hayden was already inside the car.
“Anytime you’re ready, Rozanov!” Hayden called out enthusiastically.
“I might end up killing him,” Ilya hissed.
“No, don’t please. He is proposing to Jackie soon,” Shane whispered Hayden’s secret.
“Might be saving Jackie. Make her be with someone else,” Ilya grumbled.
“Ilya,” Shane said sternly, while punching him on his arm.
“Fine, fine, I won’t kill Hayd,” Ilya said his name with disgust. “But if he gets noisy, I will throw him out of my car.”
“He’s my best friend, Ilya,” Shane told him with his “doe-est” eyes.
“Your eyes won’t save him, Hollander,” Ilya said as he got in his car.
“I know they will,” Shane proudly declared. Ilya turned on the engine of his car, and pulled down his window. He extended his arm out of his car and held out his hand towards Shane.
“Let’s go!” Hayden said excitedly.
“Don’t,” Shane warned as he clasped Ilya’s hand hard. They both glared at each other but ended up laughing. “Go. Don’t kill him. Take care in Boston, ok? I love you.”
Before Ilya could react, he got stunned at his best friend’s words. Shane let go of his hand and tapped on his car’s roof twice. He took a few steps back and watched Ilya put on his seatbelt and drove off.
Ilya didn’t end up throwing Hayden out his car even if he was talking too much. Hayden was picking up the engagement ring he’d ordered for Jackie and Ilya liked listening to him get sappy over his girlfriend.
Newest chapter of my AU fic Love, Shane
Ah, to have that kind of love with and be loved in return by my Shane, Ilya thought wistfully.
