// Fire Place //

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You had dropped the young child off back with her family, since it was getting late and I'd be better for them to put her to sleep. Currently you followed the noise of fire being made, assuming it was one of the several men in your group.

"Hak! I knew you'd be here!" It wasn't long before you were seated beside him, it was still dark as Hak effortlessly built a fire place and the sky began lighting up with several shining stars.

"Oh~? Done with your job?" The wind blew past you, pushing your hood off your face, but despite the chilly wind the air was still warm. And it was nights like this that reminded you of the family you once had, back home.

"Yup, they're putting the kids to sleep! I bet they're sleeping peacefully after playing so hard today." You scooched closer to Hak, who had just finished lighting the fire, which glowed I'm the dark forest.

"Good job today." His arm naturally wrapped around your waist, pulling you closer. And your head uncontrollably leaned on his shoulder. The peacefulness of the woods was comfortable and you were seconds away from drifting off to sleep.

That was until disheveled man stumbled infront of the fire place, his hands seeking the warmth of the fire. Although all emotion has dropped from his face when he recognized the two people infront of him. It took Hak a matter of seconds before he too recognized Kan Tae- Jun, but Hak continued to put on his poker face.

"I-is this your.. campfire? I am going to.. use it for.. a bit?" Tae-Jun quickly avoided eye-contact, sweat dripped down his forehead.

"Yeah.. I don't.. really care." The air that was once comfortable was now the very opposite, you slowly took your head off Hak's shoulder, taking Hak's hand around your waist, into your hand.

You loved attention from him, but infront of other people who weren't the dragons, Yona or Yoon was uncomfortable. Overtime, you hadn't realized but, they had become your home, the place you were most comfortable.

"What's wrong, your shaking.. young master." Haks smirk deepened rapidly, as he watched the said man's expression change. Tae-Jun quickly fumbled onto his feet, but it wasn't long until something slippped out of his bag falling into the fire. The thing that has slipped out was a firework and it quickly launched into the sky, bursting into bright colors.

"Huh? Who's that? What did he launch?" Yoon had come in at the perfect time, meanwhile You and Hak got on to your feet, surprised at the sudden explosion of fire in the air.

Tae-Jun was fast on his feet and began his gateway, only the thunder beast was faster, he swung his glaive towards the officer, successfully tripping him. Hak was ready to kill the man, if it wasn't for the interference by Yoon.

"Wait! You can't kill him! He'll probably have a few answers to our questions. The main thing is, do you guys know this guy?" Hak who was convinced, didn't lower his weapon but also didn't make any moves towards him.

"I don't know this guy. The second son of some guy." Hak mumbled, riling up the said man.

"Ignoring Hak's comment, yeah we know him. He's the fire tribe leaders second son, Tae-Jun. He is definitely not a good guy." You answered Yoon's question, mumbling the last part to yourself. It took only a couple of seconds till both Hak and Tae-Jun started bickering.

It wasn't long towards Zeno had come along, joining you three along with providing the information that lots of soldiers were heading towards the village.

"This is bad, Jae-ha's not in the village, and Shin-ah is still recovering." Yoon told you three, ignoring the cries and pleas of a certain officer.

"White Snake and I are probably gonna have to take care of it ourselves. Even if droopy eyes is a pervert it's inconvenient when he's not here." Hak grumbled, suddenly missing the green-haired dragon.

"Okay.. but what are you guys going to do with Tae-Jun, he's seen both Hak and My face, it'll end in trouble the second he tells anyone." You jump in, remembering another key fact. Hak's eyes suddenly held a serious gaze, he definitely wasn't going to give you up to Soo-won.

"Since he's a hotshot, it's best to keep him as a hostage, that way we can threaten the soldiers with him." Yoon replied, pointing to the pleading man.

"P-please! Release me! Please!! The firework was an accident, I can stop the army, so release me!" Yoon and Hak exchanged glances, their smiles only deepening, meanwhile you and Zeno watching from a distance. Hak bent down, to match Tae-Jun's level, he gently resting his hand above Tae-Jun's head.

"Oh~? Really~? You should've said so sooner! Sorry, we'll let you go, and hopefully you can fix this." He offered the officer a sweet smile, but seconds later his smile turned sour, and the grip on his head was harsh.

"Did you seriously think we'd say that?" Hak grumbled, his grip of Tae-Jun's head only grew stronger. And these were the moments were you were glad you were Hak's lover and not his enemy. You were grateful, you got his gentle smile, gentle touch, compared to what Tae-Jun is getting.

"I-is.. that person.. still alive? Tell me! Is she still alive?! I promise I won't tell anyone! I don't even want to see her, just tell that person is...!" Before Tae-Jun could finish, Zeno bent beside him.

"..alive. This miss is the liveliest, along with our other miss, of course." Hak left Tae-Jun to Zeno and Yoon for now, and walked towards you to make sure you were okay. You didn't even have to wait till he spoke, the words in eyes gave it away.

"Yes, I'm okay, Hak. Don't worry too much, everything will be fine. We have you and the others." You told him, gently connected your fingers with his, but before he could respond. Yona has popped out.

And in seconds Tae-Jun bowed down, tears spilling out his eyes. Yona gave you a questionable glance, which you responded with a shrug. Along with Yona, Kija followed behind.

"This person.. is he not the men who sent soldiers after the princess?" Kija asked, his eyes darted to each and one of you, to make sure no harm was done.

"He also shot up a flare to signal his soldiers but says it was by mistake. He said if we let him go, he'll stop the troops." Yoon informed the two people who missed out on what had happened earlier.

"That's insane!" Kija quicky said, agreeing that this man was upto no good. "We'll ultimately it's up to Yona and (Name). What should we do, guys?"

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