Stay (alchemy of souls)

Chapter five: regret?

"How do you feel?" Dang-gu asked me as we laid in his bed together. "Do you want me to get you some other clothes or anything?"

"As sweet as that is, I feel fine Dang-gu, just sore"

"Oh, oh thats good, I'll still put on some tea for you, so when you feel like getting up, I'll give you some, or you can stay in bed and I'll bring it to you okay?, so don't move" he said, then got up and rushed to go put it on.

I smiled to myself, who knew he could be this sweet outside of his best friend side.

*

A knock on the door sounded. I had just gotten my clothes back on, after hunting the entire room to find them.

I opened the door slowly to see Yul standing there.

"Oh Yul, what brings you here?" I asked.

He looked at me for a second before he said anything. "I'm here to tell Dang-gu something, did he force you to stay or did you loose sleep taking care of him again?" He asked.

I was about to reply when arms around my waist stopped me.

I turned my head to see Dang-gu putting his chin on my shoulder.

"Oh! yul, what are you doing here?" He asked the confused boy still in the hall.

"I-I'm here to talk to you, but if your busy I can come back..." Yul trailed off, trying to find words to say after seeing our position.

"Oh no, your fine, I was just fixing Yuna some tea, come on in" he said, letting me go to open the door some more, letting the boy in.

Poor Yul seemed even more confused than ever.

I quickly followed Dang-gu to the table, where he had sat tea and some other food items out.

"Sit down Yul" I said to him.

He took a set at the table while me and Dang-gu took our seats at the other side.

"So... what did you need to tell Me?" Dang-gu asked Yul as I poured us all some tea.

"Oh, Cho-yeon isn't the one from Jinyowon that's getting married" Yul said.

I paused while pouring the tea. She's not the one getting married?

"Oh? Then who is?" Dang-gu asked, taking the cup from my hand, not even looking at Yul.

"Jin Bu-yeon" Yul replied.

"Wait, shes alive?" I asked. Yul hummed "yes, and she's getting married to my cousin, who came with me from Seoho fortress. I wanted to let you two know"

"Mm, good to know" Dang-gu said "so, what's she like? Jin Bu-yeon?"

"I haven't met her. Uncle Yun-o told me earlier that he'd introduce me after the wedding. I suppose I will find out then"

**

Yul left after a while, he said he wanted to go see his uncle.

Dang-gu insisted we stay inside and talk for a while before going out.

"Lord Dang-gu, Yuna" we heard a voice say as we were walking.

We turned to see Sang-Ho rushing towards us, Yul, and another man behind him. "I apologize for interrupting your walk but there's been a emergency with Jinyowon"

With that he turned and started rushing back.

"Jin Bu-yeon has went missing and Jinyowon thinks you did it" Yul said.

I looked at Dang-gu to see him already looking at me. I smiled and grabbed his hand "come on, it doesn't matter what we were doing, your duty as leader comes first"