Day Two of The Dragons Week 2019 Prompts! Time for Shin-ah! Lina is around 4 or 5 years old here for reference. For those that don't know my AU, little Lina is the new Green Dragon and Yona & Jae-ha's lovely daughter.

"Pukkkyyuuu!" Ao squealed as she was playing with Lina, running around and then getting caught as the Ryokuryuu was able to jump to catch her.

"Got you!" Lina giggled as she cuddled the little squirrel.

Shin-ah just smiled as he approached the two, glad to see Lina and Ao so happy with each other. Ao had become attached to the young Ryokuryuu since the day she was born. He stood there watching until he heard Lina call out to him. "Uncle Shin-ah!" she smiled and came over, hugging at his legs. Ao leapt up to his shoulder, purring as she nuzzled his cheek.

"… You didn't have to stop." Shin-ah spoke after a moment. "Ao likes playing with you, Lina."

"I like playing with her too, but you should play with us Uncle Shin-ah!" Lina said with a wide smile. She then blinked as she looked at his masked that wasn't covering his face at the moment, it was lifted up as he often did when they were safe at camp like now. "… Uncle Shin-ah, why do you wear that mask so much when we're traveling? When we're at camp or alone you show your face but when we're in a town or something you either have the mask on or that blindfold."

"Oh…" Shin-ah stiffened a bit, while over the years he had been getting better about doing without his mask, he really didn't like not having it when in strange towns or at the very least covering his eyes. But around the Happy Hungry Bunch he felt comfortable showing his face. "… I worry sometimes about my… Eyes hurting people." He admitted. "Even though over the years I have better control of my powers still… It feels weird when people… Stare."

"Well of course some people stare, you have pretty eyes Uncle Shin-ah!" Lina smiled at him, one that reminded the Seiryuu when Yona said she liked his eyes. "Daddy said he had to wait forever to be able to finally see them, that you were always hiding them from him." She giggled.

"… Sometimes he was a bit forceful…" Shin-ah muttered, sweatdropping just remembering the elder Green Dragon constantly trying to see his eyes. "But… He did stop eventually. Just I spent a long time hiding them that I feel… Weird not having my mask on. I don't really need it anymore but… I feel at peace when I have it on."

"I'm kind of like that when Ao sleeps with me." Lina giggled, reaching out as Ao jumped into her arms. "I feel safe and warm with her by my side. Mommy said she loved it when Ao would sleep by her shoulder or cuddle too, of course later she had daddy to snuggle with so Ao ended up staying by me."

"… When I was living in my village Ao often cuddled by me." Shin-ah explained. "When I first found her she was drenched in the rain, but she warmed up by my side."

"That explains why she loves you so much, you protected her." Lina smiled. "Just like mommy, you saved her when she met you right? She told me that you were her guiding moonlight that day, and she's right you're just as bright as the moon."

Shin-ah smiled at that, bending down to be at level with Lina now. "That's what Yona said when she gave me this name… And I cherish it, always."

"That's why Uncle Darkness Dragon said he always calls you by name, because its special and mommy gave it to you." Lina giggled, hugging him. "I also think you give warm hugs too! I feel safe with you Uncle Shin-ah, always."

"… I want to keep you safe too." Shin-ah said, lifting the little girl up into his arms as he stood up, carrying her back to the main campsite as Yoon was preparing dinner. "Because you're part of our family."

Lina smiled as she kissed his cheek, giggling when she saw him blush as they arrived and he let her down, allowing her to run to her mother and father, giggling as Jae-ha twirled her around in the air.

"… It's nice having a family, Ao." Shin-ah muttered, petting the squirrel. "She really is like a small Yona."