Winter Hearts

While Siana Returns to Itea

Leo looked out the plane window as they approached the airport runway. Next to him VIXX's manager Joonie slept, his head resting on his hand between them both. Leo smirked. For a little pudgy guy, he was surprisingly elegant and neat in his personal habits. He glanced behind him at Ken who was fiddling with his electronics, packing them up for landing.

"Jaehwan-ah," he said softly.

"Yea hyung?"

"Why are we doing this?"

"Concept. Holiday. Rest. Secret Mission."

Hyuk, who was sitting next to Ken, leaned across him to put his face in view.

"Is hyung tired? Do you need a health tonic? Massage?"

Leo snorted. Ken high-fived Hyuk.

"Yeah, that never gets old," Leo murmured to them. He turned back to see N walking towards him. He closed his eyes and let his head fall back. He heard N stop at his aisle and lean over to give him a neck slice.

"Wake up my sleeping flower," he said loudly. Leo kept his eyes shut as he heard Hyuk and Ken snigger behind him.

Across the wide aisle he heard a croak of disgust as Hongbin said, "Oh god, stop!"

N looked up at Hongbin, who was cringing in his seat. Next to him, Ravi slept deeply, snoring.

"Don't be jealous Hongbin, you're my flower too."

Hongbin laughed, waking Ravi, who stretched with the fervour of a child, groaning loudly as he finished.

Hyuk said, "That's rude, hyung, can you restrain yourself?"

Ravi looked around with sleepy eyes, blinking.

"That was the best sleep I've had in ages."

"I'm very happy you slept well, hyung. I, on the other hand, had to listen to you 'singing' in your sleep."

Ravi looked sheepishly at Hongbin.

"But you still love me, right?"

The seat belt sign pinged on. N immediately became business-like, prodding Joonie awake.

"Kkomae-yah, you have all the customs forms? You've taken care of our arrival?"

Joonie nodded as N went to his seat behind Ravi. Next to him their PA Min Seok looked out the window, sighing. N patted his hand.

"It's okay, you will be fine."

Leo put his seat upright and sat with his arms folded in his lap over his crossed legs. He was often teased for the way he sat, but the real truth of it was that as a teen he didn't know what to do with his long limbs. Crossing them kept them neat and tidy. Now, it was more of a habit than anything, as he had naturally grown to be more comfortable in his own body. Being a sportsperson, he felt at ease when his body was in action. At rest, he felt listless and insecure with his physique.

They landed and disembarked before everyone else. Although they were assured of a quiet arrival, they all covered their faces with sunglasses and face-masks and some put in their earbuds, just in case. However, just as Joonie had said, their trip through customs was quick and quiet, and they strode straight into the waiting coach without any trouble. They waited in the coach for a while as Min Seok brought their baggage up to it for loading with the help of two trolley handlers.

Leo settled into his seat and felt good about being able to slouch out of the airport like that. Although it was business as usual for them to be photographed and chased through airports, there were moments when standing and waiting to move became extremely awkward with people pointing their phones and cameras at them while only a few feet away. He was used to it, but it still seemed like a weird static dance with strangers.