Timeless Love || Jinx (Manhwa)

Chapter 19: Peace and Nightmares

Before the sun rose up in the sky, someone moved the doctor in his sleep trying to wake him up. His own name was draining into his dreams from the outside world, being called over and over. He opened his eyes slowly, looking around with a blurry vision as his eyes fixated on Jaekyung, who was already dressed and pretty awake. Dan lift himself up with his arms, looking at the lord with curiosity and a sleepy shadow in his face.

―Everything okay? Is your shoulder hurting?

―No, but you need to hurry. Come on, it'll be too late.

―Late? What for? ―Dan yawned, stretching a little as the lord dressed him up with his robe, preventing his back from getting cold.

―You'll see. I'll wait for you outside.

Dan saw him crawl out of the tent quickly in an almost amusing speed, shaking his head from side to side. He put his pants on, feeling a throbbing pain in his lower back as he did, clicking his mouth with a bit of annoyance. This was the price to pay for such a good night.

He soon crawled out of the tent, put on his shoes and looked around as Jaekyung was waiting for him at the limit of the campsite. The smell of wet dirt invaded his nose, next to a chilly sensation on the top of his nose due to the low temperature that he shrugged off as he gripped to his robe, walking towards his lord. Most of the guards were still asleep in the dawn of day, and those who weren't immediately volunteered to escort them around, soon turned down by the noble, who insisted on going alone with Dan.

He looked towards Jaekyung once he was about to leave the camp, walking fast to catch up to him. He waved at the guards as they picked up the camp and followed Jaekyung in the mystery path he was taking them. He walked whenever he did, stopped whenever he did and stepped only where he stepped, letting himself be guided just like the day before. In a similar fashion to that time, he felt the doubts settling in the back of his head, only t wasn't out of fear, but curiosity.

―Are you going to tell me now?

―Patience. I know you're going to like it. ―the lord smiled, reaching out for the doctor's hands as they were going uphill so he wouldn't accidentally slip.

Even once they were in a firm terrain, their hands never separated; perhaps it was the cold, or maybe the closeness of the moment, but he didn't felt like letting go. He enjoyed the silence, distracted with the woods around them while oblivious of the lord's stare on their intertwined hands. The doctor's hands were softer now compared to a month ago when he had just arrived, maybe product of the constant massages and his new roles around the household whenever he wasn't with him, but regardless of the reason he felt at peace holding his hand in solitude.

Dan and the lord stopped on the side of a hill, looking as the sun greeted them from behind the mountains, rising to its temporary throne in the sky. Dan's eyes widened upon the view of the unending forest before him, getting slowly illuminated by the rays of sunshine. A light fog rose up from the ground as the delicate morning dew evaporated in its own little spectacle, being admired by both the lord and his physician. Dan's hand tightened around the lords, amazed out of this world by what he was seeing as excitement grew in his heart.

―This... is beautiful. ―Dan turned around to look at the lord, finding his eyes already on his own. ― Thank you... for bringing me here.

The lord softly smiled. ―I could get this for you, if you wished.

Dan chuckled, shaking his head. ―But this is so pretty, everybody needs to watch this... ―He smiled looking back at the sunrise.

―Perhaps you're right... But all I need is to watch it with you. ―The lord looked at the scenery, softly wrapping his arm around the doctor's shoulders, holding him close. The doctor leant his head on his pectoral, letting himself be hugged.