As the silver moonlight shone in through the big arch shaped window, Ryoken slowly opened his eys. Everything was a big blur to him. He only remembered hearing Yusaku calling out his name then nothing. He tried to move but his body had no strength left. At the same time, he felt a sting coming from his rib. He could only imagine how all the running he did today affect his wound.

Suddenly, he felt some warm air blowing on his cheek. The moment he turned his head to the left to see what was causing it, his heart skipped a beat. Laying next to him sleeping soundly was none other than the young prince himself. He didn't notice it before but one of Yusaku's hand was actually under his neck while the other one was on his chest. His face burned up as his heart started to race. Even so, he couldn't bring himself to look away.

Before he noticed, that person opened his eyes and gazed back at him with a smile on his lips.

"Hey, how are you feeling?"

Ryoken wanted to say he was fine but even when his lips were moving, no sound came out. He completely forgot about his deal with Aqua. Yusaaku didn't seem to put it to mind as he carefully pulled the teen closer to him.

When he looked at him with a questioning look, he explained that due to all the running he did earlier, his wound reopen again. The Physician had already taken care of it. However, since he lost a lot of blood, his body tempurate dropped rapidly. So the most important thing right now was to keep him warm.

Yusaku said all that with a poker face but Ryoken could see his ears slowly turning red.

Giving Yusaku a slight nod, he showed the teen he understood. There were at least four layers of blanket on top of him. That why he wasn't trembling much from the coldness as he should be. Combined with the warmness he was currently getting from Yusaku's body, he didn't feel cold anymore.

"Sorry... Because of me, you were hurt."

The moment he heard that, Ryoken did all he could to lift his hand up and touch Yusaku's shoulder. His lips were once again moving. It was easy enough to make out what he was trying to say.

"Now we are even."

"Ryoken..."

"I almost forgot. How is your wound?"

"Thanks to you, it had completely healed."

"That's good to know." He smiled.

"It is my turn to ask you something. Why do you look like this?"

"I made a deal with the Sea Witch. In exchange for my voice, she would give me human legs."

"Sea Witch?! Why would you do something like that? She could have tricked you! Or worst, you could have gotten badly hurt!"

"It was the only way I could see you again."

"Still!"

"I haven't forgot how you risk your life just to do the same thing, Yusaku."

"T-that was different!"

"Really? How?"

"Well...um... I didn't make a deal with the Sea Witch."

The moment he heard that, Ryoken bursted out in laugh while Yusaku's face turned dark pink from embarrassment. It was then he remembered about the old days when he would accidentally say something silly and Ryoken would laugh about it.

Looking at the laughing white hair teen, a smile appeared on his lips as he hugged him tighter.

"I guess something never changes."