The next morning, everyone else except Shinah were out to find the Ryokuryuu. Shinah was alone protecting our area. It's too bad that he can't come with us. I bet he'll like to see the area.
"Hak, you okay?" I asked since he was shivering like crazy, though it wasn't cold or breezy.
"No…" He rubbed his arms up and down to create warmth. "Ever since I met….that dude, I've been getting chills."
"He's coming onto you, I guess." I chuckled, nudging him at his sides.
"Ahaha…" He faked laughed at me. "Are you sure he's coming onto me? Because the last time I remember that you guys always had an encounter."
"So… What's your point?"
"My point is that he's coming onto you than me." He smirked, as he laughed uncontrollably looking like a madman.
"Hak, what are you laughing about?" The Princess turned around to look at the crazy Hak.
"He's making fun of me, Princess. Sometimes I wonder how I get along with him." I walked away from him and the Princess, but then I immediately called him back over. "HAKKK!" I bit in my laughter. "GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE! AHAHA!" I bent over, clutching my stomach as I kept on laughing.
"What is it…?" Hak was confused about why I was laughing until his voice quiet down as he saw what I saw.
"I'M SO DEAD!" I high pitched screamed, pointing at the picture of Hak. His nose wasn't even correct and his mouth was too wide. It looked similar to him, but not exactly close.
"Stop, Seina. You're getting too much attention." Hak poked me, trying to grab me in order to stop my crazy laughter.
"Your incorrect face is gaining more attention than me…! Ahahahaha!" I fell down, rolling on the dirt as I couldn't contain myself at all.
"Seina! Get up!" His shifty eyes were looking around and people were staring at us. "People are looking at you!" He put a hand out to me.
I took his hand and calmed myself down. "They're not going to look at me after they see this." I pointed at the wanted picture of Hak. I smiled sillily, biting my lips to stop myself from slipping any laughter out.
"She's right. It's not pretty, but I know I understand what it wants to say!" The familiar voice crackled, slapping their hands against their thighs.
"Jaeha…." I turned around to see him in tears.
"Sei-" Before he would finish saying my name, I went in for a punch and Jaeha fell down.
"SEINA!" Hak was half surprised but he really wanted to laugh badly because it was unexpected and that's just Hak, to laugh at anything that he considers 'funny'. "Why did you do that?!" He ran over to me and stared down at Jaeha.
"He kicked me. And I told him that I'll hit him….when he submits…." I muttered the last part. But I just really wanted to punch him.
"Did I deserve that, Seina?" Jaeha rose up with a creepy smile, holding onto his nose as he pointed his finger at me. He sounded hurt but it didn't bother me at all about what he felt. Jaeha's just a stubborn guy.
"Yes." I stood in front of Hak, protecting him from Jaeha since I smelled something off from him. "So why are you here?" I asked, staring down at him.
"I'm here for him!" His finger now pointed at Hak, and I defensively hugged Hak. My shaking arms around his big frame felt….awkward. It's not the usual for us to be this close… We like to keep out distance.
"No!" I hissed at Jaeha, sounding like a snake. "You don't touch my baby!" I started to kick Jaeha away from us, still having my arms around Hak's waist.
"Baby…?" Hak muttered out.
"Yes, all of you guys are my babies!" I pushed Hak back so we could walk away from Jaeha.
"Hak!" Jaeha swiftly pushed me off of Hak and grabbed his hands saying, "I want you!" Hak and everyone else gasped.
I wanted to get mad but I couldn't. Just watching this made me happy and I was about to crack open with another fit of laugher. "I told you…!" I covered my mischievously smile with a hand. "He's growing onto you...like I said."
Hak's eyebrows were twitching. His angry face was getting red like a tomato. "Aren't you a bold one to confess to me?" He bit his tongue to tame his rising anger. "But I don't swing that way." Hak ripped his hands out and walked over to me.
"Aww. He likes you!" I sounded like I was talking to a puppy. "I won't tell everyone about your secret crush with him." I walked further ahead so Jaeha to capture Hak. "I didn't mean to intrude in the first place." I skipped off with Hak yelling at me and running over to catch up with I stopped skipping and Hak hit my back. "Ow! Why did you stop?"
I felt that lingering fear running through my heart. "I'm going to jump Jaeha…! I'll see you later!" I pushed Hak to the side and ran off to find the jumping Jaeha.
"Jaehaaaaaaa!" I called out his name, looking back to see if he was hiding or whatnot.
"You called?" I collided with him when I turned my head forward and heard his voice. When my head hit his hard upper chest, my body was slowly falling backwards from the force of our crash, but his hand extended out to grab me and pull me up.
My voice hitched from our closeness. His arm snaked around my waist, securing me in place and our bodies were touching. Clothes to clothes were preventing our skins to touch. "Ew…" I disgustingly said with a displeased face as I removed his hands off of me, but he was resisting to move his hand.
"Let's stay like this for a bit." Jaeha whispered lowly into my ear, causing me to get flustered.
"Womanizer." I insulted him, punching his stomach as he let go of me. He grunted in the slightest pain.
He turned his back to me, crumpling over. "I'm… Sorry, Birdie…. I'm going to be-" I had to think of something quick so he wouldn't leave so hastily. I wanted to knock him out but what's the good in that if I do it?
I pursed my lips and opened my arms, pushing my body forward to hug him tightly as I crushed his bones and insides. "I'M SORRY! S-s-stay...here…." I tried to have some emotion in my voice. I wanted to sound desperate, but my acting skills weren't going well as I planned in my head.
"Is this a different side of you?" He overlapped his hands on mine as I hugged him from the back. I felt the burning sensation from his touch, and it wasn't the good way, it was the bad and disgusting way.
'Kija, get your ass over here. I got him. Come find me.' I waited for Kija to get my call.
"No, I'm just stalling you." I gave up on holding him that I kicked behind his knees and pushed him to the ground. Face planted to the dirt, ruining his beautiful face and clothes.
"Seina!" Kija finally arrived and saw me pinning down Ryokuryuu.
"It's nice to meet you, Hakuryuu. I never wanted to meet you. But you are one of those who has the blood of a dragon like me. To think the White Dragon with the ugly hand…is such a good looking young man, too…" Somehow Jaeha managed to speak to Kija with his head turning around. I couldn't even feel the strength or force when he was turning his head.
"Come on! I don't have all day to pin him down!" I pushed Jaeha's head further to the ground where it's filled with dirt and insects, and a groan slipped out from his mouth.
"A-alright…!" Kija took over and threw Jaeha over his shoulder like it was nothing.
"That's my baby boy, Kija!" I praised him, running next to him as we started to gain attention by the townspeople.
"We've been looking for you." Kija started a conversation with Jaeha.
"Ehh? We're going to talk like this?" Jaeha was feeling crazy from this escalation. Before it was alright since I was out of his sight, but now he's captured by me and Kija.
"Our Master is waiting. My dragon brother… Let's protect that person together!" The energetic Kija was completely shut down by Jaeha. I didn't even tell Kija about his stubbornness.
I quickly changed my mind. "Kija, let go of him." I commanded.
"Why?" Kija's face was lost and confused as he couldn't register why I would say that to him.
"Because he's stubborn, Kija! He wasn't easy as you and Shinah!" He let down Jaeha. "He's only been good at running away from things…" I wrapped an arm around Kija's shoulders as I stared at Jaeha who was walking away. "I already dealt with him...and he wouldn't want to join because he doesn't want to be chained down." My voice quiet down from Jaeha's rejection. "And to think that we could've reunite after two thousand years...is not the past no more...maybe I should get that through my head." I let go of Kija and went my separate ways.
"S-Seina..!" Kija's quickly turned around to grab me but I avoided his touch.
I flew off to the camp area where Shinah was guarding. "Hey, Shinah." I greeted, walking past him. I wasn't going to sit and talk with him because I wasn't in the mood.
I went deep into the forest to talk to myself. How badly I wanted Jaeha to join the group made my heart sank. "I'm sorry, Zeno… I guess I won't be seeing you in a couple of years." I stared up at the blue sky as my emotions were getting to me, causing my heart stir in emptiness. "And I'm guessing by the time the next Hiryuu comes out, I might be even dead…!" I bit my knuckles to refrain myself from any leakage of salty tears. "You were testing her if she was worthy, right? And she is, Zeno. She's trying her hardest and her best to reunite them!" I, then cast my eyes down to meet the green grass. "I feel like I was the one who failed. My heart and hopes were out there after my sumber, but then I remember that I locked myself up to sleep until the new king came, as you stayed out into this world...learning about the generations of the dragons and pain that you've developed. We're just waiting for our time to end." I hit my thigh, causing warm tears to fall out.
"Seina…?" It was Shinah's voice calling me.
I quickly wiped my face with my sleeves, and called back to him. "Yes?" I didn't turn around as I stayed in my position. "Shinah? Is there something you need?"
I heard the rustling noises that he was making to get over to me. "A-are you okay?" He stood over me and I plastered on a fake smile.
"Yeah..! Don't worry about me. I'm fine now!" I pat his arm lightly. "Just go back to your job." I kept the smile on my face, but I knew his eye sights weren't buying my lie.
"No, I know you were crying." He sat down next me, and I instantly pulled him into my hug.
"Just don't tell the others about this, okay? I don't need them to be worrying about me just because I cried once." I closed my eyes and another tear slipped down. His silence told me a 'yes'.