Arc 3.5

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Holding his hands were two gorgeous men covered in tattoos and staring at him in slight shock once Jae-Hwa had glanced up. On his right was a man standing at about 6'0'' tall with straight light brown hair that fell to his waist and parted down the middle. His eyes were pure silver with little flecks of blue interspersed near the pupil. As for the body beneath those slightly baggy clothes, it wasn't overly muscular like his Husbands previous bodies but it was muscular enough that veins stood out on his tattooed forearms. 

The other man stood at about 6'2'' and was almost releasing manly pheromones with those bulked up arms and washboard abs. His shirt was a black v-neck that stuck to his skin, allowing his abdomen to prominently be displayed. Slightly wavy dark brown hair had two braids at the ear that flowed backwards into a half updo. There was a gold wire that seemed to be braided into it with a tiny gold bead at the end, holding it together. The gold matched those gold flecked eyes peering out of the strongly chiseled face; eyes that clouded with lust even as he stared into them. 

These were definitely Jae-Hwa's Mates but that didn't mean he was going to fall into their arms immediately.. aside from him nearly tripping backwards and literally falling into their arms. Jae-Hwa felt as though his internal dialogue was making a mess of itself. He pulled himself out of their hands and gave a slight bow before thanking them.

"Eh? Is that you Hak Jae-Hwa? Haven't seen you at any of the recent competitions," the silver eyes man said. 

"I've been busy at the shop and at home, Chin Sang-Ki. Sorry about bumping into you but I need to go find a bank."

He was about to pass them but Chin Jung-Hwan stepped into his path which made Jae-Hwa blink up at the other man. It wasn't that he didn't want to be with his lovers but it would be strange for someone who they had originally competed with at every tattooing event to suddenly be clingy. 

"Can I help you, Chin Jung-Hwan?"

"Jung-Hwan," he corrected. 

"Hah????" Jae-Hwa knew that his Husbands honestly couldn't help it but honestly.. anyone would find it strange for a previous rival to suddenly say for you to call them informally. Right?? Right.

"Uh.. Chin Jung-Hwan.."

"Jung-Hwan," he cut Jae-Hwa off before he could finish his sentence. Jae-Hwa narrowed his eyes at the other man and was about to retort before he was suddenly almost knocked over by Sang-Ki leaning his body over his smaller one. Sang-Ki had his chin resting on Jae-Hwa's head and both his arms over his shoulders and resting in front of his stomach as he acted as though he was too tired to stand anymore. 

"What are you doing, Chin Sang-Ki?"

"Sang-Ki," the voice above his head corrected. 

Jae-Hwa felt as though a blood vessel just popped in his head as both his Husbands had become dumb apparently. Maybe too many life times filling their skin with ink gave them some from of ink poisoning that went to the head and killed brain cells instead, or would it be soul cells?

"Okay. Fine. Since both of you have become broken records, Sang-Ki and Jung-Hwan.."

"Jung-Hwan first," Jung-Hwan corrected again and Sang-Ki retorted, "Why do you get to go first? That's no fair! Clearly I was the one able to convince him so I should obviously be the first name."

"Will the both of you knock it off? I'm busy."

"Oh? We'll join you for the day! We don't have anything else to do," Sang-Ki said excitedly while Jung-Hwan nodded in agreement. The arms that had been freely hanging in front of him, over his shoulders, had suddenly tightened in an embrace as Sang-Ki moved his face down Jae-Hwa's neck. 

His breath fanned across the slightly accelerated pulse point and whispered huskily, "Oh, Lover, how come I never knew how good you smelt? Your skin is so smooth and pale as well.. I just want to make a mess of it."

His teeth gently nipped at the free of tattoos section on Jae-Hwa's neck. 

Jung-Hwan frowned slightly and moved forward to pull Jae-Hwa out of his brother's arms. Jae-Hwa just ignored the both of them and began walking towards the first bank he could find. At one point Jae-Hwa had asked them how long they would follow him and their answer had been:

"What do you mean? Obviously we're going to stay with you until the end!"

"Nn. Until the end. It isn't safe at night," Jung-Hwan agreed with his brother's statement. 

So, that's how Jae-Hwa spent the rest of his day; searching for a bank that would allow a bit of lenience with cash deposits of unknown origins and having two gorgeous men stalk him around the Town. 

He gave up trying to find a bank a few hours later when it became obvious that this wouldn't work. Jae-Hwa planned on asking Car about a way to get the money into a bank from the space whenever she got back. Whenever she didn't have anything to do, she'd go back to visit Yses or travel around the new world to visit the sights it provided. 

"Let us take you out for dinner," Jung-Hwan said as Jae-Hwa had begun to turn back towards his home to call it a night. 

"Eh? You want to buy me dinner?"

"Why wouldn't we want to buy you dinner? We've spent all afternoon with you and you've obviously not eaten anything, right? Is this why you grew to be so short? That's not good! You definitely need to eat a lot to become really tall. Don't worry, you just haven't hit your growth spurt," Sang-Ki spouted as he tried to steer Jae-Hwa towards a restaurant about a block or two back. 

"Just so you know, I'm 22 years old. My growth spurt has long passed, so what the heck are you saying? Aren't you just monstrously tall?!"

"Eh, but brother is also tall like me. It must mean that you are just short."

They both began arguing about height until they reached the restaurant and Jung-Hwan split them apart in order to not cause a ruckus inside. A waiter approached the three person group and brought them towards a table with a 'sweetheart booth' and both the men blocked Jae-Hwa between them. 

They picked up the menus even as Jae-Hwa rolled his eyes at their obvious overprotectiveness being displayed. When the waiter came back to get their order, Jae-Hwa was led to spit the sip of water he had taken into his mouth, out. 

"What can I get you two gentlemen and lady this evening?"

Clearly he was talking about Jae-Hwa right? The other two were obviously very manly. There was definitely no one else that could've been a 'lady' at the table. Jae-Hwa fell forward on the table, depressed and realized that life was truly unfair sometimes.

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