Chapter 13

It was nearly 11:30 by the time Hak finally opened his eyes, the light coming in just behind the curtains annoyingly bright in his eyes.

It was unusual for him to have slept in so late, usually up at the crack of dawn to practice his Guan Dao or other pole arms. Sleeping in this late he found made him feel groggy and a little disoriented. It was why he just slept for shorts intervals and took naps in the afternoon when he got the chance. It Kept him on his feet more.

His attention was dragged away from his thoughts though as he felt a warm weight shift just below the covers.

He grinned wickedly to himself before deciding to have a bit of fun to start off the day.

Without a second thought he grabbed the edge of the duvet and threw it back to the end of the bed revealing a matted mass of red hair that seemed to be hiding his now shivering girlfriend.

"Ugghhh!" moaned the red mass huddled up on his chest as she tried to tuck in her legs more and curled her fingers and toes in a vain attempt to conserve heat.

"Rise and shine little ray of thundercloud."

"Shut up and bring back the warm covers before I throttle you" she grumbled, cracking open an eye just enough to look up at him and pout.

Still, he didn't relent.

"Come on sleeping beauty, its almost noon. If we don't get up soon, Zeno will find your secret stash of toaster waffles and you'll have none left."

'That one got her attention' he thought chuckling softly to himself as suddenly the mass of red hair was flipped away revealing a shocked looking Yona as she propped herself on his chest to stare at him in bewilderment.

"You knew about my secret waffle stash!" she cried out as he laughed.

"We all know about it Princess. You're not that subtle about your late night snacks you know? Plus, you always leave the empty boxes sitting at the top of the recycling."

She seemed to ponder this for a second before a slight flush came to cheeks, embarrassed that she hadn't thought to hide the boxes better in the recycling.

He was about to tease her some, but something caught his eye before he could say anything else.

"Yona?"

"Ya?" she asked, caught off guard by his sudden use of her real name as opposed to the nick name he always used for her, "what is it? Is something wrong?"

"Not particularly, it's just. . . when did you do this?" he asked reaching for her face and running his thumb over the little magnolia design that was inked just right of her left eye at the top of her cheekbone.

"What are you talking about?" she asked, giving him a puzzled look.

"the magnolia? When did you draw it? I don't remember seeing it last night." He replied, still outlining the design with his thumb.

"What are yo –?" suddenly before she even finished her sentence she jumped up and off of him and raced over to the mirror she had on her wall, nearly tripping over the too-long ends of he PJ pants in her rush.

As she looked in the mirror, he confusion only seemed to grow as she outlined the petals of the flower with her own finger, before turning to him while muttering the she hadn't drawn the flower.

When she looked back at him however, her face lit up and she burst into a fit of giggles much to his surprise.

"What?" he asked, finding that now he was the confused one.

All she managed to get out between giggles however was something along the lines of "its not me who you should be worried about" as he got out of bed himself and ambled his way over to the mirror beside her.

There on his forehead, only half hidden behind his bangs was a massive pink love heart drawn on more of that tattoo ink they had been using the other night.

He was gonna murder that bastard.

Yona barely had the time to yell after him not too be too hard on Droopy Eyes as he stomped his way back to the room he shared with Jae-ha, Yona chasing after to make sure the apartment wasn't destroyed at the hands of what was sure to be a thoroughly pissed off Hak.

Upon entering their room Hak merely walked calmly over to Jae-ha's bed where he was still sleeping and quietly asked, "Hey Droopy Eyes?"

"hmmm, ya? What's up?" he responded sleepily, not even bothering to turn over or open his eyes.

"How Tall are you?" Hak asked, with a continued dangerously friendly tone.

"6"1" he replied hesitantly, ". . .Why?"

"I just want to know how big a hole to dig for you for after I murder you for this"

And that was that, false calmness gone as he lunged for Jae-ha neck hopping to throttle the bastards for all his efforts.

Unfortunately, Jae-ha caught on to the fact that he'd been found out and was up on his feet in a flash, already high tailing it out the door before Hak could grab him.

Hours later after Hak had chased Jae-ha halfway across campus in an attempt to beat him to a pulp and both yelling bloody murder through the streets, the truth came out. Everyone else had been woken up with the racket of banging doors and feet thundering down the halls and stairs.

Apparently, after Hak had gone back to Yona's room last night, Jae-ha had woken up and decided to make merry with the left-over ink while everyone was sleeping.

He'd written the words "White Snake" on Kija's other left arm knowing how much he hated the nickname that Hak had given him and hoping he'd think Hak had done it instead of him and give him hell for it (because that would just be too damn funny, he thought) in his mind.

Next, he'd given Shin-ah strange markings on his face like double red triangle wit the points facing downwards while Zeno had been given a multitude of flowers all over his face. He however, seemed to be the only one not bothered by the facial graffiti, opting instead to comment on how colourful they all were.

Lastly for Hak, He'd drawn a massive love heart on his forehead with the intent to get the reaction out of him that he hadn't the other day when he'd tried teasing him when he and Yona had come home.

Try being a ferocious thunder beast with big pink love heart on your face –Its hard to take seriously.

The only shred of common sense he'd managed to have was to leave Yun be, lest he choose to stop feeding him and lock him out the house.

That was one lesson they had all learned swiftly upon moving in together.

Do not mess with Mama Yun unless you wanted a scolding worse than anything your real mother could give and a cooking strike that could last up to a week if he had the mind for it.

Eventually however, Hak gave up and left Droopy Eyes to hide out on the room of the apartment for the rest of the day, deciding he should instead focus on finding a way to make the ink fade away faster.

Because there was no way he was going to sparring practice with this stupid mess on his face.

Stomping back into the house, he found that Yun was already one step ahead of him and had looked up a recipe that helped to make inks like those used in henna fade away faster and had already whipped up a bowl and was helping the other wipe away their extra tattoos.

Yona simply grabbed his arm, still looking slightly amused at his rampage, as she led him over to a spare seat at the kitchen table and sat him down before grabbing a cloth.

She got him to hold his bangs out of the way while she soaked the cloth and started to gently scrub away at the ink. It took her and Yun a little over an hour but soon the boys' extra tattoos were pretty much faded, though in bright lighting you could still see the outline of unwanted colour here and there.

With his hair naturally covering most of his forehead, Hak was placated enough that anything left of Jae-ha little 'art prank' would go unnoticed.

That being done and Yun cleaning up the mess in the kitchen as everyone one else got started with their day, he swapped places with Yona and got her to sit down while he helped her clean the magnolia from her temple, being careful not to get any of the solution from the cloth in her eye.

While he'd admit that at least Yona's little flower tattoo was pretty, he wasn't about to let Droopy Eyes get away with having drawn on either of their faces in their sleep, and Yona had said that she'd rather not walk around campus with a face tattoo. The dragon behind her ear was different though seeing as it was covered but her hair, so they left that one be.

"You can scrub a little harder you know?" she said while keeping her face still for him, "It'll take forever to fade away at the rate you're going." She teased.

"Is that so? So, should I scrub more like this then?" he said giving her a noogie with the cloth before she swatted him away.

They both laughed a lit between themselves.

"That's better." She said.

"What, my scrubbing?"

"No, idiot." She laughed again, "your smile. I know Jae-ha was being a bit of an idiot but learn to lighten up with him a little, would you? It's all just fun and games after all."

"Ya, well someone has to at least try and keep him in line from time to time, don't they?" he sighed, though no longer with a sense of annoyance.

"I suppose."

"Besides," he continued as he took her chin between his forefinger and thumb, "Maybe I'm most annoyed at someone else having had the gall to graffiti my Princess's face while she slept." He said with a boyish grin.

She flushed and looked away, but her own smile was still bright as she wracked his arm.

"Whose Princess now?" she asked in a teasing tone and leaning towards him with a shake of her head.

"My Princess," he said simply and without a second thought he leaned in and kissed her before she had the chance to lean back. Not that minded though it seemed as she melted into the kiss, making him wonder for the umpteenth time why he hadn't just told her how he felt ages ago.

All that time wasted, sitting around moping and thinking it was nothing but a pipe dream meanwhile she had been there and waiting him the whole time. It made him feel like an idiot. And maybe he was, but in the end none of it really mattered so long as it meant that he was were he was now.

After a moment he pulled away so they could both breathe but not before he planted another soft kiss right behind her ear where he dragon tattoo lay.

"If you don't like Princess as much maybe I could call you a little dragon from now on."

"I'll stick with 'Princess' for now I think, if it's all the same to you. Much to my chagrin I'll admit it has kinda grown on me over the years." She admitted with a sigh, her eyes still half lidded from their kiss much to his delight.

"As you wish, Princess." He said with a grin as he finished cleaning off the flower with one last swipe of the cloth.

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(0 n 0) I'm so sorry it's been so long guys. I'm still getting the hang of my first year of Uni and have mid terms this Wednesday plus a presentation. Also, great news! I'm moving to a farm really soon which means I'll be even busier for a while (*-*)

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