A sweet kind of game
Far away in another dimension, in the realms of the ancient gods. 3 of the formerly 5 Dragon Gods were laying side by side, bundled together like 3 adorable kittens.
The Gods had not forgotten Soo Won s glorious speech on the day of his coronation. Their memories of that event had been as fresh as if it had happened yesterday.
In fact for the Gods, it had been nearly just the former day. After all, their life spans were much longer than the ones of these small tiny human beings.
Boredom had won the better of them and so, 3 of the 5 had decided to repay Soo Won s kind words.
Quite nasty beings were those Dragon Gods. The Green Dragon having his head placed on the belly of the White Dragon was lifting said body part up.
Filling the cups of those both with quite a surprising ingredient. Let the fun begin!
Calmly he was blowing at the steaming hot tea. His hands embraced the cup in a graceful manner. His blonde hair losely held by a tie. Just a few strands dangled nicely before his delicate shaped face.
Like a picture taken out of a book, he was unmovingly seated before the other male in the room.
The greenish blue eyes, though were wandering, thoughts seemed to be unreadable, hidden behind a meaningless smile. The perfect image of a puppet.
Jea ha was at least glad, that his sence of beauty had not been violated, even though it was not quite that kind of elegancy he had searched for.
After dethroning this guy, one had to keep watch!
Hak was clearly not an option. Hell no! After all they wished to keep the former king alive. At least that was Yona s decision.
Speaking about Yona-chan. It would have been too painful, to sweet Yona-chan, constantly having to look at the face of the murderer of her father.
Ki ja might have been too easy to fool.
Zeno had disappeared before anybody could have asked him.
Left was Shin ha and him. Shin ha had already played the baby-sitter for this guy for a couple of hours, so it was now Jea ha s turn next.
But having to look at this guy for more than a few minutes, was really distressing.
The Green Dragon had no clue, what the other was planning. He had given up far too easily. One more reason to closely observe the moves of this person.
Jea ha was silently sipping at the tea. These would be quite tiring hours.
Somehow it reminded him of the time when he was still bound on his ankle to the ground.
Unconsciously he was touching his right food. The Dragon s gift. The Dragon s curse. Though it had not been a curse anymore. Still...he was far to used to this kind of avocation...
Just once had his eyes been graced with the alluring figure of a woman. A rosy cheeked girl, barely twenty years of age, had entered the room. In her hands a steaming hot pot with refreshing green tea.
When she had kneeled before them, to place the jug between them, Jea ha had caught her fragrance.
A black strand of hair had fallen in her face.
But this sunshine, this ray of hope, had left them far to soon...for the next round of distress. Having to count the hours..
The time was stretching endlessly...Jea ha was moving the liquid inside of his cup, by slightly turning his right hand. Occasionally he took a sip out of it.
Jea ha had to accept it, his eyes were really big, for a guy. His face was pretty...it was pretty...Somehow Jea ha didn t want to put it into words.
Strange..his head was so...
There was something wrong with his head...It was so hard to think properly.
His face was quite soft, most likely smooth to the touch. Rosy lips parted into a smile.
How would feel like?
Their faces...so similar...
His head became all mushy, it was so hard to concentrate. How to focus?...So sweet...endearing...
Something must have taken a toll on the other s attention as well...A fine drop of liquid was slowly flowing down his chin.
Strangely he could see how he himself outstretched his hand...
Soo Won froze. His mouth was still smiling, quietly, but his eyes grew a little wider. Finally the smile broke.
„What?",The voice barely audible.
Finally his hand was brushing against Soo Won s cheek, sliding down to his chin.
Brushing away the small drop.
The mucles in Soo Won s cheek were highly tensed...Jea ha had clearly now the impression to touch a cold stone figure instead of a living breathing human being.
And the whole time...he was wondering, what he was doing...
Suddenly a sharp pain was crushing his right temple. A noise as if tone would crack; Jea ha felt a fine trail of a sticky liquid running down the right half of his face.
When he touched the hurting area, he found a small spot of blood on his index finger. He also found a few shards of the tea cup...
Cold eyes were observing him, accusing him. Molesting the former king was not being appreciated.
Oh my. Jea ha didn t know how he should explain this. After all, he really hadn t wished to act like this.
It had been as if somebody else...but who would believe him?
As if the whole business had not been strange enough, this person reacted in a way, Jea would have never expected.
It wouldn t had been more strange, if this person had stripped and wished to had sex with him.
His shoulders were trembling...At first Jea ha had thought that something had been wrong...
Indeed something was wrong...but not with his health, but with his brain!
Tears were running down his face, the formerly porcelain-like complexion had reddened quite a few shades.
Strange noises were coming out of his mouth...This guy was laughing so hard, that he couldn t sit upright anymore, he was crouching down and holding his belly!
„Interesting, you are indeed a human being.", was Jea ha s dry commentary to Soo Won s outburst.
While he wiped away the last remains of the tears, Soo Won answered:
„I beg your pardon, this whole situation just is so hilarious. About one year ago, nobody in the whole world could have persuaded me, that the Dragon Warriors exist. That Yona is the reincarnation of the glorious King I honestly considered nothing more to be than a fairy tale...
And now it had dawned on me, that the very person, I doubted to exist, has violated me just a moment ago. I mean...what a truly funny situation!"
„Well, that is a way to think about it...Since when were you conscious of our little sweet existence?"
Jea ha was really interested in the whole business.
Yona-chan and Hak were still not sure what to do with this guy...Should they punish him?
Should they let him go? If this guy roamed the wilderness, nobody knew, what he would do next...
On the other hand, Yona-chan was determined to let him live.
Hak surely also...But this guy had just closed his mouth and hadn t really explained much.
His eyes had had a strange gleam into them...But even more bizarre, Jea ha couldn t forget his urge to trust this guy, this person.
Jea ha knew what Soo Won had done, what crimes he had committed, but he couldn t do it.
He was not able to forget about this strange feeling, his first impression, that he was a person, one could actually count on.
Also..he once told Kija, that „even if he was a traitor to Yona, that was not necessarily the case for everybody else."
True. Even now. It was problematic to win the Generals over.
The Green Dragon moved his own tea cup a little farther away, after all, Jea ha had literally no wish to attempt something funny again and being hit with a cup, was definitely not the way, he wished to be treated.
At once, this guy had fallen silent, not answering the question. Grim thoughts seemed to occupy his mind. Jea ha waited. He was quite accustomed to situations like that.
Not that he ever had to keep watch over the enemy of two of his best friends, but he knew how to wait.
The Green Dragon was able to discern, what to say and what was better left unsaid. Right now. To whatever conclusion that person would be coming, he just would hinder his thoughts, if he talked.
So, that was the reason, Jea ha was waiting in silence.
Somehow he wished that the three people were able to talk to each other.
Even now he couldn t forget about it. Hak s expression, when Kija asked him about the king. About that person:
„What kind of person is he?", had been the question of Kija. Even now. The answer wasn t apparent.
Hak hadn t given a proper reply. He had not been able to...But even then. Jea ha had been sure of one thing: Soo Won had been an important person in Hak s life.
Why all the hate,if there had not been other feelings before? A trust that was lost. A friend that died that day...
On the other hand...maybe he should interfere? Maybe there would be a difference?
When the other person finally started to talk, Soo Won startled Jea ha. The Green Dragon had ben lost in thoughts himself. The Dragon Warriors would maybe soon separate. Up until now, they all had a common goal, but now, Jea ha could feel like the power was leaving his body.
It was a strange feeling...Having felt animosity for a good part of his life for his fate...Had tried to flee from the shackles of the Dragon God, he had been also a part of a group of people.
His family...he had soon realized...they were the ones he had wished to meet nearly all his life. Even though it might sound cheesy. The pirates had been his first experience, but even then, it had been fundamentally different than now.
He was looking at that person. That was the reason for this feeling of antipathy looming in the deeper part of his heart.
Jea ha realized that not just Hak harboured ambivalent emotions towards that person. He, himself, was not quite sure, how to feel about that person.
That was why, when he finally answered that question. Jea ha had been at a loss for words or to be more precise, he had totally forgotten his former question, he had asked in jest.
Though it had been quite a simple answer.
„ Maybe, when I met her again in Awa. Maybe that was the time..." and far gentler: „ I was wrong. I was so wrong..."
His eyes had the same expression, he had back then...The moment Soo Won had to accept Yona as the new monarch ruling over Kouka.
His eyes held so much sorrow within then...But strangely Jea ha had not the impression that the lost power was the reason, for this reaction.
„Maybe this person was partially right. His reign was...He ruined Kouka..."
The Green Dragon discovered that Soo Won was not actually talking to him...His eyes had lost his focus...Was there a person, he wished to speak to?
Another discovery of Jea ha,actually he had really stirred a reaction by asking that question. Though that hasn t been his intent back then.
Suddenly he saw the person moving forward, bumping with his nose against Jea ha s . A strange kind of greeting, or what?
What was this? Some kind of joke? Or was it pay-back time, since he had "accidentally molested" the king. Nobody would believe him anyway!
The guy seemed to be daydreaming...He was sitting at his lap...His hands were clutching at his clothes. His hair had partially slipped out of the hair tie.
.Jea ha thought that his legs were dying from the weight. This person was heavier than he looked like!
"Hey, what is with you?"
This person didn t answer. The eyes still unfocused, he was approaching Jea ha s head again.
"What strange kind of situation is this? Just moments ago, you threw a cup after me and now you wanna have...I don t know what you want to do...If this is some kind of jest, it is a bad one" Jea ha s thoughts were in a disarray.
This must be some kind of bizarre dream!
Before Soo Won could attack a second time, Jea ha protected himself with his hand. Shoving his hand in Soo Won s face and blocking his way. Holy...This person was strong! Not as strong as Hak, but Jea ha believed now, that the former king was able to at least defend himself against the former General.
"Soo Won, what are you doing!?" Jea ha shouted angrily, while still trying to avoid the "advances of the previous king."
Maybe it was the same strange occurrence that happened to him? But why did it affect this person so late?
What the heck?
"It is not right. This is a violation of the rules!", complained the Green Dragon to the Yellow Dragon God.
"What are you, some kind of small human being? It is far more pleasing, if we let the the substance take effect successively," answered the Yellow Dragon.
" My dear friend , I didn t wish to penalize the Green Dragon Warrior !", countered the Green Dragon.
"He is the mighty Green Dragon Warrior, surely he will be able to handle a mere human being!"
"Soo Won, wake up! Sleeping Beauty, I am not your prince!" Jea ha was shaking Soo Won roughly at his shoulders. Though that didn t seem to have any effect.
However, that guy tried to press his mouth against Jea ha s, but the Dragon Warrior was able to turn his head in the last moment...Though instead of his lips, Soo Won slightly brushed with his lips against Jea ha s right ear.
Sweet, little shots of lightning were shot through Jea body. Tenderly Soo Won was biting on the tip of his earlobe. A chill was running down Jea ha s back. If this continued then...
"Stop! Please stop! Not there! Not on that part! Please!"
A very bad feeling was waving at Jea ha...If this continued then...