New Dawn

{13} - "Liar."

Arisa's P.O.V.

I woke up to the sound of shuffling. I buried my head into my 'pillow' but found that it wasn't its usual softness. It was hard yet smooth and while I was assessing my 'pillow', by running my hands on it, I felt a few bumps here and there. Furthermore, my pillow seems to be heating up. I shyly looked up and felt dread slowly creeping into my system. I was greeted by my handsome blue-eyed companion smirking at me.

"You seem to like feeling around. Go ahead, I don't mind." I gave him a blank a stare as a response. I gracefully, or as graceful as I could manage, stood up and dusted off the dirt on my clothes. I couldn't help but notice that my heart was beating a tad bit faster than usual. I wonder why? Could it be that..... Am I sick?

'Oh, you're sick alright, lovesick!' Tato teased

I found the princess asleep right next to us, so peaceful and silent. She was curled up against the bark of a tree with my cloak as a pillow and her's wrapped around her body. She looked like a tiny baby. I almost cooed at the sight. I wish I had my phone but SOMEONE just had to throw it away.

'They'd get suspicious' Aoki defended

'Hmhmm'

Yona shifted in her sleep until she finally opened her beautiful amethyst eyes. Unlike yesterday her eyes had a life to them and I couldn't help but smile at that. I saw her look worriedly at Hak's snake bite and snickered at her cuteness.

"Don't worry Yona, a mere snakebite won't kill the almighty General Hak. I'll make sure of it." I smiled at her, ignoring Hak's prying gaze. Besides, I healed him already.

"Ne guys, couldn't we head into a village for some medicine and food?" Yona innocently asked. Although it was a sort of 'smart' suggestion. I quickly rebuked it.

"As much as I'd love to sleep in an inn, villages are dangerous, princess."

"Un, even if the villagers don't recognize us, castle soldiers could be anywhere."

"Then where can we go?" When she asked this she looked sad, defeated even. Her eyes held a gleam, yes, but she lost all fighting spirit. I was unsure and looked to Hak for a response.

"Probably the only place we can count on now, Capital Fuuga, my hometown"
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I ascended the stairs slowly, lagging behind the two but once I saw the familiar mops of black and blonde, I instantly sped up. I tackled the sleeping duo and hugged them tightly. Their eyes snapped open and they gaped at me, surprised.

"Hehe does guard duty mean nap time to those of the wind tribe?" I managed to say before they screamed my name and hugged me back, with much more vigor than I gave to them.

"You've grown up you two, Han-dae may have grown in size but he still can't wipe off that stupid look on his face and Tae-woo looks so tall now." I got closer to the both's faces, scrutinizing their features "You know I just realized something, you both are actually really good looking."

The two turned bright crimson and that made me want to glomp them even more. I kissed their foreheads and got up. I turned around to see Hak looking ready to kill and the princess looking confused, the usual.

The two got up and bombarded me with questions like 'How long has it been?' 'Have you been eating well?' 'Are you still single?' 'What do you think about dating younger guys?' and before I could even begin answering their questions the villagers caught wind of what the two boys were saying and started crowding around me too.

"Please one at a time," I said amongst the curious chattering of the villagers. I shot a pleading look at Hak hoping he'd do something to get me out of this TIGHT situation.