Creepy Crawly
Hakyona flash fic
The shrill cry from Yona's tent wakes Hak from a deep sleep. He rushes to it, beating the others, and bursts in ready to do battle with whoever made the woman scream. But when reaches the tent, all he finds is her cowering under the blanket. No bad guys attacking or voracious animal. Maybe she's had a nightmare?
"What's wrong?" He questions her. "Bad dream?" The covers move with the shaking of her head beneath it. Okay, so not a bad dream. "Then why did you scream?"
Yona peers over the edge of the blanket, her eyes scanning the tents fabric walls, searching for something. Hak turns to see, what was she looking for, because he didn't see anything scary. "Don't tell me you think you saw a ghost," he drawls. "You're too old to…"
"There…" her meek voice cuts through his own.
He follows her finger to the point on the wall, narrowing his eyes. Was she serious?! That's what caused her to scream. Hak chuckles. "Princess, that's a tiny spider. You can barely see it."
"I don't like them."
Though all he could see were her eyes, he could envision the pout of her lips hidden below the blankets edging. "Do you want me to get rid of the nasty spider?" he teases.
She merely nods, not giving in to his amusement. "But don't kill it." Hak simply rolls his eyes and does as he's asked.
When returns to let her know it's gone and see if there was anything else, Yona nods again. "More spiders?"
"Will you stay h-here, just in case?" She asks softly. "Please?"
Hak gulps. They may have confessed their feelings, but that didn't mean he was used to a change in the relationship yet. It was hard to break years of acting one way for another, regardless of if he desired it. "Scoot over," he prompts her from the middle of the roll that barely fit one person, let alone two.
As soon as he lays on his side, Yona curls into his chest, facing him. Her hands lightly gripped to his robe. "Good night Hak," she closes her eyes.
His eyes soften and he kisses her forehead, whispering, "good night... Yona."