Author's Notes: First off, this fanfic contains spoilers for chapter 137, don't read if you don't want that spoiled, and I'm merely guessing how the Xing arc ends, as this is just something I really wanted to write after the events of that chapter and a few of the others. Sorry Yona/Hak shippers but Jae-ha/Yona and Shin-ah/Yona rank top in my heart. For now this is just a drabble story, but if you want to see more chapters let me know!
Princess Yona sighed as she lay awake in her tent with Yoon for the night. It had been nearly a month since she got the boy genius and her dragons back from the country of Xing, it was a long and tiring journey and her fear of losing her dragons and her friend nearly killed her, but she was able to pull it off… But something was still on her mind.
During the travel to make her negotiations with Soo-won, she and Hak had to part ways briefly and she had kissed him… and he pulled back. Neither of them had spoken of the kiss since then, and she felt… weird after it. Something wasn't right. She used to dream of kissing Soo-won back in her carefree days in the palace, wasn't it supposed to be fireworks when you kiss the one you love?
This weighed on her mind a long time until she just huffed and sat up, Yoon was fast asleep so she didn't want to disturb the boy genius. So she stepped out of the tent to get some fresh air. It was then she noticed the campfire going, and her Green Dragon sitting on a log next to the crimson flames with a somewhat serious expression, one that didn't suit him at all. He must had been on the night watch duty tonight but something seemed to be on his mind. Everyone else was in the larger tent, obviously fast asleep for the night.
"Jae-ha?" Yona called out to her dragon as she strolled up behind him.
The green haired man suddenly whipped his head around, his expression changing to a smile at the sight of her. "Yona Dear, what brings you this lovely night? Bad dreams?"
The princess shook her head, coming a bit closer. "No I just can't sleep… Maybe it's due to finally calming down after a few weeks ago… Do you mind if I join you?"
"How can I resist a lovely one such as yourself?" Jae-ha chuckled, patting the spot beside him on the log. "I wouldn't mind the company, it gets rather lonely on nights like this."
"Yeah you seemed like your mind was on something." Yona said, coming over and sitting on his right side. "Are all your injuries finally healed?"
"Oh yes, I mostly healed while we waited for you in that prison cell, which I'm glad you didn't see the sight Kija and I were in back there, it wasn't pretty." Jae-ha chuckled, rubbing his cheek. "… But it killed us all that we couldn't be with you, and that we were the cause of your trouble this time."
Yona shook her head. "No… You all almost died because you were with me, had I not gathered you together and been traveling, you never would have…" she shivered at the thought.
Jae-ha's eyebrows creased, reaching a hand out to take hers, giving her a soft smile. "Yona, you should know by now we beautiful beasts will do anything to keep you safe. None of us feel at ease unless you're by our side."
"This coming from the guy that wanted nothing to do with the Four Dragon Warriors and their mission." Yona couldn't help but tease with a slight giggle.
"Yes that is true…" Jae-ha chuckled, rubbing his cheek with his free hand. "But I don't regret coming along on this journey with you at all, Yona Dear. And I meant it when I said I will be your legs until you have no further need of me." He brought her hand to his lips, where he placed a kiss on top. "After all, you don't even attempt to take away my freedom so I'm still not violating my principles at all."
Yona blushed as she pulled her hand back eventually, but smiled at him. "… Thank you, Jae-ha. I'm really glad to have met all of you. We've really become quite the family overtime haven't we?"
Her Green Dragon nodded at that, smiling at her. "Yes that's true… Say Yona Dear… How was it traveling with Hak again? Granted you had those other two guys with you but otherwise it was just the two of you again…"
Yona suddenly blushed, that kiss still fresh on her mind. "… I… I was mostly worried about you guys Hak did try to make sure I rested while traveling."
"So he didn't do anything weird like you told us before he tends to do?" he tried to tease her a little bit.
"… No… Not weird just… Well…." Yona ran her fingers in circles, her cheeks flushing again.
"… Yona? Is something wrong?" Jae-ha asked, noticing her fidgeting.
"Well it's just that… Something sort of happened but he seems to pretend it didn't…" Yona admitted, looking away.
"…. And just what happened?" Jae-ha's mind was all over the place at that point. 'Daammmnn why did I have to be trapped in a cell to have missed this?! … And why does my heart suddenly feel heavy?' he mentally grumbled.
"Well when I needed him to go to the Wind Tribe as I tracked down Soo-won…. He seemed unsure about going and I…" the princess paused. "…. I kissed him." She lowered her head.
Jae-ha blinked a few times, surprised Yona would be the one to initiate a kiss between the two, he'd been watching their budding romance for a long time now… And kept trying to bug Hak to make a move on her already! "Well, now you're making me sorry I wasn't there to witness it." He laughed, giving her a pat on the back. "You're so bold, Yona! I didn't know you had it in you! You must had surprised Hak so much…"
"… and he pulled back. It felt… weird." Yona described, blushing again. "… Almost like I was kissing my father… I… I thought I was maybe…" she lowered her head some more. "Hak's seemed so precious to me lately I was thinking that I…"
"That you love him?" Jae-ha of course called her out on it. "I have to admit I had that impression myself, it's why I figured I should remain a gentleman around you even though it's still fun to tease." He said with a chuckle, but then his eyes narrowed. "… He pulled back? Now why in the world would he do that?"
"Maybe I did it all wrong." Yona sighed, doubting herself. "But I can't help but feel something was… Wrong about it."
"Huh… Maybe that's why he didn't seem like he desired you after all…" Jae-ha muttered, rubbing his chin. "And here I thought he was just holding back. But you said it felt like your father eh? I suppose a lovely princess like you doesn't have any other things to compare it to?"
"Huh?! N-no of course not!" Yona flushed, waving her hand frantically. "That was the first time I-I kissed someone so… I have nothing to compare it to…" her eyes strayed to the side.
Jae-ha flashed a grin and chuckled. "Should I kiss you to compare then Yona Dear? I have plenty of experience after all." He joked. "I wouldn't mind being your kiss tester after all…"
That made Yona blush even worse, she froze for a few moments before she answered. "… Ok."
"Hahaha don't worry Yona Dear, I'm just teasing-" Jae-ha laughed, then blinked when he realized she hadn't answered the way he thought she would. "… Wait, what did you just say?" he had to do a double take.
Yona was looking away from him, cheeks flushed as she answered. "W-well like you said, you have experience at this so maybe I can see what I did wrong…"
'… If I'm dreaming, please do not wake me up…' Jae-ha was weighing on his mind what he should do, he really didn't want to deny helping her, but at the same time he risked once he might start something that he may not stop… After all he'd been holding back with her believing her and Hak would end up together, hell he was even trying to assist them in getting closer… But he couldn't help his own growing feelings for the princess, and the fact that he had come to the point he didn't care if it really was the dragon blood causing his heart to stir and ache for her, he just wanted to be by her side, see her smiling face. His resolve was that was enough for him. "Yona Dear, you do realize you're asking something rather dangerous from me, right?" he cleared his throat.
"You won't hurt me." Yona said rather to the point, looking right at him. "And it's just a kiss right, what's the worst that can happen?"
'I won't be able to stop, someone wakes up and see us and they tell Hak, then he dices me into little bitty pieces…' Jae-ha ran through several scenarios in his head, many that did not end well… 'Oh what the hell?' he shook his head, chuckling a bit to himself. "Alright then." He leaned his head a bit closer to her. "… Are you ready?"
With his breath right over her lips, Yona found herself surprised to feel her cheeks redden a bit. Usually when Jae-ha got this teasingly close someone either pulled him away, or she stopped him herself to tell him to cut it out with the teasing, no different than she did with Hak. But this time no one was stopping him, and his lips were hovering right over hers… And for some reason that got her heart thumping faster. She seemed to lose her ability to speak that moment, so she settled with a nod.
When their lips met, she felt like she was on fire. She knew Jae-ha had a lot of experience with girls so she expected his kiss to be intense, but she really had no idea just how much. Even though he was holding himself back a little not to scare her, after all his first instinct was to use his tongue but decided the princess was far too innocent to start her off with that, might as well keep it simple.
Jae-ha watched as she closed her eyes and her cheeks flushed, a muffled moan coming from her mouth and she obviously had no idea what to do as she merely bumped her lips against his in response. He pressed just a bit more into it, moving his lips to a different angle against hers to try and teach her a bit before pulling back, smirking at her. 'If I don't stop now it'll be far too easy to drown in her… But she's just as sweet as I imagined.'
Yona's eyes fluttered open, her cheeks still as red as her hair and she took a breath. "… I-I'm still not sure what I did wrong… But that felt… So much different…"
"I don't think you did anything wrong at all, Yona Dear." Jae-ha chuckled, placing one hand on her shoulder. "You just need some practice to perfect it, follow your instincts… Which is why I don't get why Hak didn't respond to you… Any man that is graced by your beauty should react pleasantly."
The Princess still seemed unsure. "… M-maybe it was the way I did it? After all I did it just out of nowhere and kiss him like this…" she grabbed at his robes and pulled him closer, bumping her lips against his once again for a brief moment.
… Jae-ha wasn't ready for that, and his resolve broke in an instant. The first time he made sure to steady himself and keep his own emotions in check, but the moment his Princess suddenly kissed him his instincts took over. He wrapped his arms around her back, holding her in place as he returned the kiss eagerly, tracing his tongue over her delicate lips and pressing closer to her. She seemed shocked at this reaction as her eye flew open and her blush grew even larger if that was possible, her mouth opened in surprise during their kiss and that was the downfall for the Ryokuryuu's self-control. His tongue probed into her mouth, teasing and exploring at the same time.
Yona muffled a few moans and she froze a bit in his arms, having no idea what to do and shocked at the same time at her Green Dragon's response. Her heart was going insane now and eventually she felt like she couldn't breathe, so she tried to pull herself back even though the green haired man had her tightly held in his strong arms. "Mmmmm! Jae-ha!" she managed to moan out within their kiss, smacking her palm against his chest to try and tell him to release her.
That snapped him out of it, realizing what he'd just done he quickly broke the kiss, releasing her. His cheeks stained red with a slight embarrassment over losing his self-control there. But he quickly turned it around by smiling at her with a wink. "And THAT'S how Hak should have responded to you." He chuckled, turning it into a tease… Even though his own response surprised himself.
Yona was still blushing, gasping for air as she looked at him bewildered. "J-Jae-ha… W-w-what was THAT just now…?" she stammered. "Y-you… You used your… I…." she was stumbling all over with her words out of embarrassment as her heart was going a mile a minute.
Jae-ha chuckled at her innocent reaction. "Ahhh forgive me Yona Dear, I tend to forget how innocent you can be. You've probably never heard of or seen a tongue kiss before, but when a man really wants to be passionate with a lady he shouldn't hold back at all." He winked again. "As I said, follow instinct. And I must say you're so bold to suddenly kiss like that, I warned you that asking this of me is dangerous." He pat her shoulder. "But I must admit I like it, though I guess I scared you when you were trying to pry me off."
The crimson haired girl sat there still staring at him for a moment before responding, her eyes straying to the side. "… I felt like I couldn't breathe, that's why I did that…" she muttered.
"Ah sounds like you need some practice with breathing then, usually just try to steady yourself breathing through your nose or whenever there's a break between kisses." Jae-ha instructed, still chuckling to himself.
"… Could you… Help me with that then?" Yona asked, her cheeks just seemed to be on fire as her blush just wouldn't go down at all. "And maybe help me with practicing kissing….?"
'Oh dear. This really could get dangerous. The more I do this, the more I'm going to want her for myself and yet…' Jae-ha shook his head chuckling to himself as he weighed his options. He could deny the Princess but then she might go to someone else for help, though doubtful the other dragons would after all that's why she came to him. He could give in and help her, but then he'd risk her finding out that he does have feelings for her and maybe even she'd end up returning them… Nah, he figured that was impossible, she loved Hak didn't she…? Well she did say he pulled back and that their kiss felt wrong, whereas with him she sure didn't say that… '… Your loss Hak, I warned you that big brother might steal her away from you if you didn't hurry up…' he smiled at the Princess. "Of course Yona Dear, but you do know that means you're giving me permission to kiss you as I please right?" he just had to throw a tease in there, and to emphasize it he kissed her lips briefly and pulled away.
"I don't mind…" Yona replied, looking away again as she continued to blush. "I… I like it so far it feels… Nice." She then looked at him again. "… Just not in front of everyone ok…? They might misunderstand or something… And it would be embarrassing."
"Not to mention Hak and Kija would probably try to kill me for ruining your purity they'd say…" Jae-ha muttered out loud with a snicker, winking at her. "Very well then, it'll be our little secret."