Chapter 3: Dinner
Silver hair was tied back by a light blue ribbon as pale hands tied said material into a knot. Bright blue eyes watched as hair fell in place in the mirror. The silken strands of hair fell over the shoulder contrasting against the baby blue knitted sweater. The young man continued to looked at himself as he finished dressing for a night out when he saw something that made his heartbeat skyrocket. A screamed echoed throughout the two bedroom apartment.
A sigh was heard as a second male walked through the apartment to the bathroom where panicked sounds could be heard. A green haired man leaned on the doorway as he pushed the door open. A lazy smile spreading across his face as he saw the silver haired young man that he deeply cared for was standing on the small wooden stool that was in the bathroom looking quite frightened.
"Where is it?" He asked already knowing what the problem was.
"T-There!" came the hight pitched voice.
"Kija." The man's voice softened as he looked in the corner of the room and smirked as he looked at the tiny daddy long legs that was in a web. He chuckled as he picked it up and walked it out to their balcony where he placed it in one of the poinsettia plants that were kept out there. Walking back inside he walked back to where is love was and smirked pervertedly as Kija had his back to him and was pulling his pants up his legs. Once fully dressed the green haired man walked up to him and wrapped his arms around his waist.
Kija about jumped out of his skin until he realized what was happening. "I can't believe you touched that thing Jae-ha." He mumbled as his cheeks flushed lightly in embarrassment.
"I'm surprised you didn't notice it sooner." He chuckled, his light green eyes sparkled with mischief.
Kija shivered at the memory causing Jae-ha to chuckle before releasing him and looking in the mirror. He pushed his bangs over his eyes where they belonged and fixed his own ponytail before sighing as he looked at his watch. "They're late." He muttered.
"Shin-ah's coming with Zeno," Kija stated. "so he had to pick him up." He said as he walked around his boyfriend and went back into the bedroom and began picking up clothing that had been thrown around.
"Is Yona dear coming for dinner with Yun?" Jae-ha asked with hope in his voice.
Kija looked at him with a frown. "What don't you like my cooking?" He asked as a slight glare appeared in his eyes.
Jae-ha felt sweat drop down his neck. "No. No. I love your vegan food. I've already lost weight on this new diet." He replied nervously.
Kija rolled his eyes at him. "Like you need to loose more weight." He sighed. "I know you don't like my cooking. You don't have to lie. Besides I know you've been sneaking burgers while I've been away." He walked out of the room.
What, does he have camera's installed somewhere? He questioned himself with a quiet sigh. "Eh? I don't know what you mean." He went into the open main room that had a full view of the kitchen, an island stood between the two rooms. He turned on some low soft jazz music and sat down on the plush cushions of the couch.
"To answer your question," Kija began as he handed Jae-ha a glass of win. "is no. Yona isn't coming. Just us boys tonight."
Jae-ha chuckled as he took a sip of the semi-sweet white wine. "I still can't believe my quiet little brother and your noisy little brother are both in the same band."
"I wonder what they're big news is all about." Kija stated as he sighed whe he leaned his body against his. Silence wandered between them in a comfortable way. It was usually this way for them. Neither really spoke unless there was something big on their minds and currently nothing was bothering either man. A knock at the door broke the silence causing both to smirk as they stood to enjoy a nice evening with family.
Yona sighed happily as she walked into her apartment. Her cat purring loudly when it saw her. "Did you miss me Algira?" She asked causing the kitty the thread between her legs happily before jumping up onto the stool next to the breakfast nook. She smiled as she went around the counter and found the reason ver affectionate kitty was acting this way by finding the food dish empty. "Are you hungry?" She asked picking up the dish and walked into the laundry room that was next to the kitchen. She found the food and poured some into the bowl before returning it to where it belonged. Afterwards she put water into the second bowl. Algeria walked happily over to the bowl. She bent down and pet the calico cat. Running her fingers over the black, gold, white and brown blotches and giggled as the kitty lifted it's back end as she pet it's body.
Turning back to the kitchen she began to go through the refrigerator for some food for herself when she heard her phone go off. Looking at the name on the screen she picked it up. "Hi Daddy." She spoke happily into her phone and began to listen to her father's voice having missed it as he was away in Suiko trying to close a business deal with a big shot there. She had no interest in the supposed family business, while Su-won did and he had gotten her blessing years ago to take over for her father when he decided to finally retire. "Are you still having trouble with Kye-sook?" She asked when she heard the strained voice that belonged to her father. An affirmative was sounded by him causing her to frown. Kye-sook was a bully; always had been, including in high school. He was also a business genius and hand helped her father merge several business' together. He was even helping her father with this latest merger and by the sound of her fathers voice it made her believe that Kye-sook was taking advantage of her fathers slightly naive and giving nature. "I'll have Su-won talk to him. They're still friends..." She bit her lip. "I think." She could hear him trying to deny that there was a problem, but she knew her father and if he had enough pressure put on him, he'd crack and give into Kye-sook's demands and that wouldn't do. "Are you going to be able to make it for my party? I invited both Mundeok and Gigan." She laughed when she heard her father's disbelieving voice of her getting those together in the same room. "Well, think of it this way. If people get bored they can watch Gigan go all out on Mundeok." More laughter was heard and by the time she'd said good-by she had a possible maybe on him getting back to Kuuto in time.
Turning back to her open refrigarator she pulled out leftover pizza. "I need to go grocery shopping." She said before looking down at her kitty. "Maybe later this week, after the party."
"Ahhh..." came the loud sigh from the blonde haired man across from Jae-ha who smirked. "That was good brother Kija!" He exclaimed causing the silvery haired man to smile at him.
"Zeno, how's life been treating you?" Jae-ha asked as he looked at the messy haired youth.
"Good!" He exclaimed happily as he stretched out his arms over his head.
The blue haired man next to him gave a nod in agreement. "Very." He said quietly.
Jae-ha looked at his younger brother. He'd always worried about Shin-ah, especially since he had always secluded himself away from everybody. The truth was Jae-ha and Shin-ah were orphans as children. He'd met the quiet boy in the group home where he'd seen the other children treat him worse than any adult had. Jae-ha had taken the boy under his wings and when he had aged out of the system he had sign the papers of guardianship for Shin-ah, later they both agreed to call each other brothers, since then that was what they were to one another.
Jae-ha looked over Kija who was smiling. When he had met the silvery haired man he had been shy but outspoken about his beliefs, it made him adorable in Jae-ha's eyes. Then he found out that his hair color was actually a from a medical condition that made the melanin pigment in his body to be less than normal people; this also left him paler than most. That had made Jae-ha all the more protective of the younger man because it left Kija a target for people to ridicule and tease him. So Jae-ha had dyed his hair green, which caused his younger brother to dye his hair baby blue in support of his older brother.
His eyes turned over to the Zeno, the happy-go-lucky blonde was always smiling like he had the world's biggest secret but wasn't about to share. The boy could go from happy and naive to serious in sixty seconds flat. There were things about Zeno that nobody knew about, not even Kija who's family had adopted Zeno years ago. The young man seemed to never age, always looking as he did ten years ago when Jae-ha and Kija were sixteen. He couldn't put his finger on it but there was something that nagged the back of his mind about him.
Taking a sip of his wine glass he listened as Zeno spoke about the people they met all over the country as their small band toured. Zeno's eyes then met Shin-ah's, the young man smiled and gave a nod. "Now to our surprise." Zeno began as excitement rolled off of him. Kija seemed to catch the excitement as his leg began to bounce, causing Jae-ha to place his hand on the appendage to stop the excited movement that was juggling the table ever so slightly.
"Well don't leave us in suspense Zeno." He said as he waved his hand at the youth to make him continue.
"In our last city of Saika we, the band that is; were approached by a record agency and a manager and they think we're good enough to begin making real money." Zeno said happily.
"We-" Shin-ah began quietly. "We have are to open for an American band for the New Year's Eve Band Jam in a week."
"Isn't that being held at the old castle in the center of town this year?" Jae-ha asked as he scratched his chin.
"My family has an old legend that goes with that castle." Kija stated causing Zeno to smile nostalgically. "It's said that a beautiful Princess was chased away from there by her cousin who killed her father on her sixteenth birthday." He smiled as he recalled the story causing Jae-ha to roll his eyes at him. "It's said she gathered four strong and valiant warriors and along with her guardian and friend, she later retook the castle on her eighteenth year. She later married a former General of the five general counsel, but she died before giving him any children of unknown reasons."
"Why is that story important to your family?" Jae-ha asked having heard it before but never asking his boyfriend the reason it was important.
Kija smiled. "Because my family is directly linked to one of the four guardians." He cupped his chin in his hand and frowned. "Strangely their names have been lost to time." He looked up towards Jae-ha's gentle eyes. "You see when I was a young boy I got to see the original tablets that held this legend. However whenever it mentioned them by name, their names were so degraded that they weren't there anymore." He chuckled. "I used to make up names as a child whenever I read those scripts."
Zeno's eyes danced with emotion as he listened to them and smiled a knowing smile before changing the subject back to the band. "So the Four Dragons will be playing at Hiryuu Castle a week after Yona's party." He said.
"Oh!" Kija exclaimed. "Speaking of Yona's party, who'd you get as your person to give a present to?"
Shin-ah pulled out his piece of paper Yona had given him in her letter. "I got Tae-yeon."
"He's Hak's youngest brother." Jae-ha grinned at the mention of the raven haired male causing Kija to jab him with his pointer finger. "You better behave around him."
All three men chuckled at Jae-ha's perverted grin that appeared on his face as it morphed into a poorly concealed innocent look. "Who me?" He asked innocently.
"I mean it." Kija gave him a pointed look. "Or Yona may wipe her hands clean of you."
"Well," he began as he wrapped an arm around Kija's shoulders. "you'll have to entertain me that night."
Kija's face turned bright red at the double implications of that statement. "J-Jae-ha!" He cried out causing the green haired man to bark out a laugh.
"Who's you get?" Zeno asked Kija.
Once he'd calmed down enough, Kija pulled out his piece of paper. "Han-dae." He stated causing both brothers to chuckle. "Who'd you get?" He asked his lovely green haired boyfriend.
Jae-ha smirked. "Can't say." He stated. "It's a secret." He whispered gently with a bit of flirtatiousness in his voice causing Kija's cheeks to flush as he watched him stand with the dinner plates and began to clear the table. "But I know Gigan is coming."
"How is your grandmother?" Zeno asked as he helped clear the table.
"Overcompensating for missing out on my childhood." He stated. "She still hates that she hadn't been able to find me until I was already an adult." He looked at Shin-ah as he placed the dishes in the sink. "She says she's got a big surprise for us for Christmas this year."
The bluenette looked up at his brother with a blank look. "Huh?" He questioned.
"You are in town for Christmas this year, right?" Jae-ha asked the suds filled the sink. He gained a nod from his brother as Shin-ah finished the last vestiges of his dinner and stood up with the dirty dishes in hand. "Good."
Zeno left the kitchen and sat on the couch before yawning. He felt the cushions next to him dip and sighed as he laid his head on Kija's shoulder. "Zeno's tired." He stated.
"You still revert back to third person?" Jae-ah asked chuckling when he heard him from the kitchen as Shin-ah dried the dishes as he washed them.
"Yes." Zeno stated tiredly. "Zeno's tired. So he doesn't care." He stated.
"I'll go get the blankets for you." Kija said as he stood up and walked towards a closet door. He pulled a couple warm blankets out. When he returned Zeno was already snoring loudly. Placing the blankets on him, he then turned back to join the others.
"He can sleep anywhere." Shin-ah muttered.
"So can you." Jae-ha chuckled gaining a shrug from him.
"Night." The bluenette said as he left his brother alone with Kija.
"Ready?" Jae-ha asked as he placed the towel down after drying his hands, ready to retire for the night. He gained a nod from his silver haired life companion as they too retired for the night.
In the night sky four bright stars shined down upon the city below, one white, one blue, one green and the last one bright gold. Inside the apartment laying upon a couch laid Zeno, his golden hair splayed around his head. His fake snores having stopped. Inside his shirt he pulled out a golden dragon pendant with blue gem beads hanging from it. He looked upon it with a smile as he realized that once again he wasn't alone. Hiryuu may not have returned yet but Yona is here and so is everybody else. He thought. They're not dragons this time or warriors, for this world doesn't need warriors this time around. He chuckled as recalled how they'd been before. Reincarnations of their former selves but just normal people this time. He thought. "I'll do everything to ensure they continue to have normal lives." He said to nobody but himself unknown to him the stars heard him and winked out as Zeno looked at the name on his piece of paper.
Kaya.
M-Angel: I hope everybody enjoyed this chapter! I was hoping to get it out last night but it needed editing. I'm happy with this version of it. Also, Happy Thanksgiving to everybody. Please drive safe to your families this week!