Seira delicately stepped into the pool, mimicking Yuna and Suyi by sitting on the ledge around the outside of the pool. She let out a light sigh. If hot water felt this good, she might start taking baths or showers even though unlike humans she didn't need them to keep clean.

"It's lovely here, isn't it?" Suyi said happily.

Nodding, Seira admired the flowers around the pool. She was sure that Raizel-nim would enjoy this place. Her housekeeping teacher's taste was as impeccable as always.

The water came up to Regis and Ikhan's chins. It was a reminder that the others were so much taller than them.

It hadn't been that long since they got in, and Shinwoo was fidgeting under the water.

Regis opened one eye to shoot a glare at him: up until that Regis was medicating or something, looking remote and elegant.

"Bored, Shinwoo?" the Chairman asked, raising an eyebrow but still smiling tolerantly. He was a little fond of Shinwoo and all the trouble he got into, he had to be – at another school Shinwoo would have been expelled ages ago, even though Shinwoo really didn't try to pick fights, it just happened. It was worse now that he had a reputation, Shinwoo of Ye Ran, though, and he wouldn't have that reputation if there hadn't been so many fights and yet Shinwoo was still at Ye Ran.

"No, I'm good," Shinwoo said quickly, ducking his shoulders down under the water and sending a light ripple out across the pool. "What about you, Rai?" he asked, not daring to glance in Rai's direction.

Ikhan agreed with that. Rai was just too pretty sometimes. The chairman was bad enough with his collarbone exposed above the water, glistening with a few droplets and his blond hair darkened with water and falling over his shoulders.

And Ikhan didn't like guys. The whole school considered Rai and Regis exceptions though, just like Seira. They were used to it by now: the Chairman had been way pretty since Ikhan started at Ye Ran. It was fun to see the people who hadn't met him while they were applying during the start of year assembly. It just made it worse that the Chairman was really nice and caring and wasn't mad if you got sent to his office, like Shinwoo regularly did.

Well, he didn't get mad unless it was something really bad, like bullying, but the whole school didn't want to disappoint the Chairman. They knew other schools didn't have such a nice chairman. Most private schools were mostly concerned with money and reputation, not about the students and letting them have a good time.

Under the water the Chairman didn't look motherly at all, though. He had a more well-muscled chest than anyone but Shinwoo – Rai and Regis were both leaner and Ikhan didn't exercise outside of PE.

Adjusting his glasses, Ikhan blushed and sternly told himself to stop thinking about his friends' bodies! It wasn't like he hadn't seen them before when they went swimming in the pool in the Chairman's basement.

The Chairman leaned his head back and closed his eyes, peacefully enjoying the water thankfully unaware of Ikhan's thoughts. Regis did the same a couple of seconds later, while Rai gazed contemplatively at the garden that surrounded the pool. There was a small, artistically arranged waterfall where the hot water flowed into the pool. Rai was enjoying watching it.

It was all very peaceful and everything, with the light of the full moon streaming down, but Ikhan's fingers started to itch for his laptop and Shinwoo must be having an even worse time of it. Class was enough sitting still for him, and they'd had a long car ride to get here.

Or no, Shinwoo wasn't bored. There he went, snoring. Regis got up to furiously poke him, casting glances at Rai and the Chairman as though he was trying to silence Shinwoo before he woke them up.

Both of them ignored Shinwoo as he sputtered and said, "What?" blinking blearily at Regis who sat back, satisfied now that Shinwoo wasn't being noisy anymore.

"You snored," Ikhan whispered, leaning over towards Shinwoo.

"Sorry, I thought I'd sleep on the ride," but they ended up talking the entire trip over. And it was fascinating to be riding in a limo too – the trip was Ikhan's first time in one.

"If you want you could go up to our rooms and rest, Shinwoo," the Chairman said, not opening his eyes.

"I'll go with him," Ikhan said quickly. He hadn't stayed up as late last night as Shinwoo had, but he didn't want to fall asleep in the water. As the two of them got out, Regis joined them.

"You don't have to come with us, Regis," Ikhan said.

Regis snorted. "I'm escorting you to the rooms."

"You don't have to…" Seeing Regis' almost-glare, Shinwoo threw up his hands. "Okay, we're going!" They knew how stubborn Regis was about walking them home from the Chairman's place.

Regis smiled to himself, pleased that things were going properly. It wasn't as though Shinwoo needed Regis to protect them, though. They headed into the inn, leaving Rai and the Chairman alone in the hot spring, under the moon.