Hey guys! Long time no see! I apologise for the wait, as I mentioned at the end of the last chapter I got swamped with my classes. Thanks for coming back to read this chapter, I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 5

The next day, Yona got up early, threw on the most comfortable outfit she could find that hadn't already been packed away and headed downstairs to grab something to eat before making her was to her exam.

In the end, she felt it went fairly well. At worst, probably an 85 which would do little to lower her average, and at best, well. . . at best who knows? She could always hope right?

Either way she was just happy that her last exam of the semester was out of the way, so she could head home for the holidays. She couldn't wait to get back and give Mundok and little Tae-yun a great big hug. By now they were as much her family as they were Hak's and she missed them dearly already.

As she made her way back to the apartment she stopped by the coffee shop to grab her, Hak and Jae-ha some coffee. It was still early in the morning and Hak would likely not be up yet and they had a lot of driving ahead of them and she figured Jae-ha wouldn't turn one down either way.

Between alcohol and coffee, sometimes she wondered if the guy even lived off of anything else.

Either way she was glad for something warm to hold in her hands, as she rounded the corner to her street and a huge gust of chilly winter air sent her hood flying off her head and freezing her ears.

Yes, winter break was defiantly under way already in mother natures eyes. She only hoped it'd be a safe drive back home. The last thing they needed was a blizzard making the roads more dangerous when they'd be stuck out there for at least 4 hours already.

As she finally walked in through the door and into their warm apartment she mentally made a note to insist that Hak let them take turns while driving to make the journey easier.

Shrugging off her Jacket she made her way upstairs to the boys' room, coffees for them all in hand.

Luckily for her the door wasn't quite shut so she could use her foot to knock, before nudging it open, as her hands were father full.

It response to her announced entry, she received two groans and the rustle of sheets as the boy tried to ignore the light pouring into their room from the hallway.

"Rise and shine you two, I'm done my exams and we should be getting on the road before traffic hits" she said, putting the coffee on top of the bedside table and making her way over to open the curtains.

More groaning.

"Yona dear, as lovely as it is to see your sweet face in the morning, I believe that that only applies to Hak over there, so would you be so kind as to close the curtains, so I can go back to sleep?" Came the muffled voice of Jae-ha with his face smushed into a pillow and nearly drowning in his covers that he'd pulled up practically over his head.

"Oh come on, it's a nice morning and I got you both coffee as a peace offering"

At the mention of coffee Jae-ha seemed to perk up a bit, but only reached over until he could steal his cup and lean over to take a sip before burrowing back down under the covers.

Sighing in defeat Yona gave up on trying to wake up Jae-ha and made her way over to the other side of the room to see if she could at least wake up Hak.

While he loved to take naps and sleep in, he at least, was a relatively light sleeper, so once he was awake he was pretty much up for the rest of the day.

Or at least until he decided to have a nap. Geez, for someone so fit, he sure could be lazy, she thought to herself.

Nearing the end of his bed, a wicked smile crossed her face as an idea came to her.

Quietly grabbing the ends of his covers, she was about to Yank them off and leave Hak to a horribly cold awakening when a muffled reply came from under the mound of blankets.

"Don't even try it" he said, wrapping himself more in the blankets so he could use his own weight to help hold onto them.

"Oh, but I will if you don't get out of bed" She said, grin growing larger.

"Fine, go ahead Princess. See what happens"

With her hands fisted in the fabric, she did just that and gave a few solid yanks, as hard as she could, throwing her own weight into the mix.

He didn't even budge.

"Haaaaak! Come on, you were the one who said we needed to leave right after I was done my exam! Well I'm done now so move your butt so we can get going already!" she whined.

After a moment of silence and no movement from the bed she decided it was time to resort to plan B.

"If you don't get up soon, I'll poor cold water on you" she sing-songed.

More silence, and then "You wouldn't dare".

"Oh but you see, I would"

She could here snickering coming from Jae-ha's bed and at that Hak simply rolled over to face the wall and ignore them both.

"Fine, you asked for it though" she said.

Making her way to the bathroom, she grabbed the cup they used to hold their toothbrushes and filled it just enough with cold water to dump on his head, but hopefully not soak his bed, otherwise they'd have to dry it afterwards.

As she made her way back over to Hak's bed, there was a moment of tense silence as she readied herself to pour the water and make a mad dash for her room where she could lock the door behind her.

In a sense, she really was poking the bear with a stick right now, so precautions were necessary.

Three. Two. One

*Splash*

She poured the water right into his ear, not even bothering to hold onto the plastic cup as she chucked it on the floor and made for the door like a bat out of hell, meanwhile an extremely disgruntled growl came from behind as footsteps thudded angrily after her.

She just about had her hand on her door handle and was laughing to herself thinking she was home free before a hand grabbed her wrist.

Oh shit.

She was dead.

Tentatively glancing behind her, she didn't bother holding in her laughter as she saw what appeared to be an angry, shivering 6"2 man who looked like a wet cat with his hair dripping into his eyes and onto his shirt and PJ pants.

That is, it was funny until he swung her over his shoulder and started marching downstairs.

"Ok, ok! I'm sorry I threw water on you, but I warned you fair and square and you didn't listen. Now put me down" she yelled as she bounced awkwardly against his back, trying to prop herself up but to no avail.

"No problem. That's exactly what I had in mind in fact" he said in return.

She couldn't see his face, which made that sort of ominous remark even more concerning, never mind the pleasantness to it that promised revenge.

"Ok, so could you do that? All the blood is rushing to my head".

"Oh, I'm not gonna put you down here. I have to return the favor first".

She went stiff.

Ah, shit. Sometimes she hated it when she was right.

"Hak" she said slowly. "do not do, what I think you're gonna do".

"It's only fair Princess" he said in a sing-song voice of his own, finally showing the grin he'd been hiding as he opened the back door and dumped her outside, in only her socks, so she was standing in a massive pile of snow.

She screeched as he socks became wet and slush stuck to her pant legs making her positively freezing.

Now it was Hak's turn to laugh, now fully awake as she ran back inside, ripping her socks off and dragging snow in with her as she went and making sure to smack him on the shoulder on the way.

As she made her way back up to her room to change into some dry clothes, Hak, now much more awake and still with a grin on his face, trudged into the kitchen to pour himself a bowl of cereal and grab some paper towel to dry his still dripping hair.

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Shenanigans out of the way, it was nearing about 12:30 by they time they were ready and had finished backing Hak's car up with their bags.

Yona had insisted on taking turns driving and that she would take her turn first, so Hak simply hopped into the front passenger seat and started rooting through whatever albums they had in the car to find something to listen to on the road.

Just as he pulled out an album to load into the stereo, Yona hopped into the driver seat and they were off.

Luckily because the holidays had already started, not many people were on the highway as they were already with they families or on vacation, meaning that was one less thing to deal with at least.

After about an hour into the drive they had to stop and get gas as neither of them had thought to check how full a tank they had before they left, at which point they got some snacks and swapped turns.

The further north they got, the more miserable the weather became, making it a slow and boring drive. They had already gone through two CD's during Yona's turn, so as the one they were listening wrapped up, she went looking through the other storage compartments to see if they had anything else left, otherwise it would have to be repeat of silence for the rest of the way. Neither of which were appealing options.

After coming up with nothing and huffing in defeat, Yona took a final check in the pocket on the back of her seat and pulled out a case.

Looking over, Hak recognised it immediately. It was the first album he, Jae-ha and the rest of their group had thrown together. Not necessarily his favourite but he was proud of it all the same and there were a few he had written that he was particularly fond of, which is why he kept a copy around.

Yona looked thrilled at her find.

"Oh, we are so listening to this! Why didn't you tell me you had a copy of your stuff! We could have listened to it first!" She said, excitedly.

"It's just some of our older songs, nothing to freak out over" he replied causally, though a fond smile came to his face at her excitement. He found it so adorable how much she supported their group and how excited she got every time they played. It made him look forward to it even more when he knew he'd get to look for her smiling face in the small crowd and give her a wink or a nod her way which would send her beaming.

As she excitedly loaded the CD and turned up the volume, the first few chords of "The precipice", one of the songs he had written started to fill the car.

"Ah yes! This is one of my favourites that you guys did" she told him, leaning back in her seat and propping her feet up on the dash.

"Why's it your favourite?" he asked, curious to see what her answer would be.

"Because it's one of the few song you guys did where you were the one singing. Don't get me wrong, the other guys are great too, but you hardly ever sing your own songs. I wish you would more often, I love your voice" she replied a matter-o-factly.

Now, that threw him off guard. He knew she liked to hear him sing. She told him all the time, but he figured it was just because he didn't do it very often and she found it amusing to hear him instead of the others in the group. . . Not that it was his voice, in particular that she loved to hear the most.

A blush started to bloom across his face, so he quickly changed the subject.

"What about you, huh?" he asked, to which she gave him a confused look.

"You weren't so bad yourself the other night. Why don't you sing more often? We could a use a female voice in the group to help with the harmonies every now and then".

"Are you kidding me?" she asked, a look of shock and embarrassment colour her own cheeks now.

"No way! I can barely hit most notes!" she sputtered.

"Now that's a lie, if ever I heard one. Come on, sing along to this song. I bet you 5 bucks that you can keep a harmony going the whole way through". He goaded her.

A blush she covered her checks as she sat upright in her seat before huffing, "Fine, but you have to sing it with me, I'm not about to embarrass myself on my own".

"Deal, now start it from the beginning". He told her, pressing the back button himself.

And so, as the song restarted, the two of them began to sing together, Hak taking his part as the melody and Yona figuring out a harmony as she went along.

And from there one song lead to another until they had gone through the whole album together multiple time, taking turns between who sang what parts and all around enjoying themselves.

The weather outside however just seemed to get worse and worse until they were practically crawling while cranking up the heating as the temperature dropped. They had been on the road now for about 5 hours now, and still had a ways to go and it was getting dark out.

It was about time for Yona to swap out with Hak and take her turn at the wheel again and while she insisted, he didn't want her driving in these conditions any more than he wanted to himself, so instead he just grabbed his sweater that he had left on the back seat and tossed it to her.

"Why don't you just take a nap for the rest of the way. Once we get there you know gramps will keep us up till god knows what hour catching up, so you might as well try and catch some sleep now, I'll be careful don't worry". He said, in his most reassuring tone.

"Hak, are you sure? It's getting really bad out there" she replied, worry clear in her voice and face.

"I'll get us there fine, I promise to go slow. Hopefully it'll only be another hour to gramp's place, I recognise the sign up ahead so it's not too much further."

"Ok, as long as you're sure" she said, though her voice was still concerned. Shrugging on his oversized sweater, she nestled down in her seat, leaning her head against the window and it wasn't long before she was out cold.

He knew she had had a long day between her exam and driving so he figured it was for the best. And so, with that in mind, he simply turned down the music, kept his eyes on the road and concentrated on getting them back in one piece.

{*****}

True to his word, about an hour later he was pulling into Gramp's driveway, which he had thankfully cleared already and sent him a message that they had made it back ok and would be inside in a minute.

Yona was still fast asleep, curled up in a little ball of what looked to be 90% sweater and 10% Yona. Chuckling softly to himself at the sight, he got out of the driver's seat and started to haul their stuff in through the door where an eager Tae-Yun greeted him and started to drag their bags as best he could to their rooms.

Once all the stuff was inside he made his last trip out to the car to wake Yona up.

"Come on, sleepy head. Rise and shine, Tae-Yun dying to give you a big hug and tell you all about his adventures so hurry up." He said, as he poked her cheek.

"hggnnn, ok I'm up, I'm up, tell Tae-yun I'll be inside in a sec." she muttered, stretching her arms and legs.

"Ok, but don't take too long otherwise he'll have a sugar crash before he even has the chance to say hello" he replied before heading back inside himself.

After she had shaken her hand enough that she got some feeling back into it again, having given herself pins and needles from laying on it for so long she propped herself up and started to get out of the car.

It was freezing outside so she made quick work of making her way to the door where Hak let her in just as a small boy came running around the corner and launched himself as her in a bear hug.

"Yona! You guys are back, what took you so long!" yelled an excited Tae-Yun as he released his grip enough for Yona to get a look at him.

He was still as cute a kid as ever with his blonde hair and blue hat that he always wore.

"Bad weather and worse tests" she replied with a laugh, letting the young boy lead her through the house to show her all the decorations he had helped to put up.

"Careful not to make her trip Tae-Yun, she just woke up from a nap" Hak called after the two, to which the young boy giggled and Yona gave him a wither glare much to his own amusement.

"I'm not that clumsy" she called back, just as she almost slid on a toy that had been left on the ground.

He chuckled to himself.

"Hak, my boy, good to have you home again" said Mundok as he got up from where he was sitting in the living room.

"Good to be back Old Man" he returned.

Mundok swatted at him.

"I thought you finally came around to calling my Grandpa!" he yelled.

"Ya, but where's the fun in that" he threw back, dodging more thumps to the head in return.

Sighing to himself, Mundok eventually gave up and merely helped him take the last of his and Yona's stuff to their rooms that Tae-Yun couldn't carry himself.

It was nice to be back home in his own room again. Sharing with Droopy Eyes could be a real pain when he decided he wanted to stay up and chat instead of just going to sleep like any normal person.

After Gramp's had left to go and welcome Yona home, he closed his door and flopped back on his own bed. Yes, as fun as University life could be, home was great with all it's clean sheets and ample food that he didn't have to go out into the cold to get. No roommates and all his old stuff, it was always a nice vacation.

Propping himself up though, he started to unpack his stuff so he could head back downstairs and catch up with the family. He would have liked to have just gone to sleep there and then, but he knew he should at least try and be sociable for another hour or so before hitting the hay. He knew how much his family had missed both Yona and himself, so it was only fair.

After he threw his last shirt into his closet and had thrown on a new sweater, he shuffled downstairs to grab something to eat and let Tae-Yun talk his ear off for a while before the little boy was sent off to bed himself.

{*****}

After she and Hak had unpacked their stuff and gotten something to eat, they all met up in the living room to catch up. Just as Hak had said, Mundok had kept them up far longer than they had intended after their long journey, so by the time it was two in the morning, they both politely said their goodnights to everyone and retied to their rooms while Mundok carried a sleeping Tae-Yun to his own bed.

Once she brushed her teeth and gotten into her PJ's Yona barely even made it to her bed before her legs gave out and she flopped onto the mattress and buried herself under the covers.

She was exhausted from the day and the nap had actually just made her more tied if that were possible.

It had been good though.

While her mind wandered as she had settled down for her nap she had managed to think of a good Christmas present for Hak. At the very least she could cross him off her list of people she had to get gifts for which was nice seeing as Christmas was only a few days away.

She would figure out how to get everything together in time tomorrow though, for now she just wanted to crash out and get warm, and with that she closed her eyes, and let the sounds of the wind howling outside her window lull her to sleep.

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Hey guys, thanks for reading this far! As always, ANY kind of review is welcome and appreciated.

Phew, I managed to keep to my promise and then some so that's a relief. I hope you guys enjoyed this longer chapter.

I did want to ask you guys as well if you think its ok that I try and write some other one-shots in between updating chapters for this story.

I don't plan on neglecting it, however I figured it may be nice to one-shots in between for those who a) don't like AU's or b) who don't like this one, so that I don't forget where I'm going with them (though I do make notes to prevent forgetting anything)

Either way, let me know and I'll take your opinions into consideration when deciding how to mange my time.

Hopefully I can keep to a fairly regular schedule of every week or so coming out with a new chapter but we'll see how it goes.

Love Ya!