[Hellion Brothers : Book#3] Gaia's Aegis

Epilogue

A/N : "Hi.....

            So, hear me out first. When I published the last chapter of GA, I promised myself I'm gonna write a very fluffy, mushy, soft and purely self-indulgement epilogue. Unfortunately, my IRL get in the way. There's this huge thing happened at work, and I'm one of the few who needs to deal with the consequences. It's not a bad thing. It's just a lot of work to be done. When everything is finally over, somehow my brain couldn't get back to writing mood. That's why this chapter took so long to finally published.

          This chapter absolutely has no plot and there's nothing important in it except D.O and Inha spending their times together. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it. Thank you for reading."

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If D.O was a painter, he would say that this moment is picturesque. The sun that's about to set accompanied by the gentle wind that caressing his skin. The green scenery that surrounds him. The warmth breath that tickles his neck. The familiar weight on his arm. The center of his universe that fell asleep right by his side. D.O would love to be in this moment forever.

They've planned this occasion for quite some time now. After the whole fiasco with Seolhyun and the aftermath that they have to deal with the Elders and the Blood Leader, they fell straight to final weeks at the university. D.O didn't find any trouble with it, he got an A-grade brain for a start and he knew all the study materials by heart, but he couldn't say the same with Inha. It's not that she's not a bright student but she's still counted as a new student. She needed a lot of adjustment and the things that she'd been through regarding the anima and the ability wielder world weren't something that can be taken lightly. Which resulted in her struggling a lot with the finals.

D.O tried as best as he could to help. They had study session together, but at the end of the day, Inha still had to face all of her exams alone. In between all of those times, when Inha's brain just needed to take a break, she would talk about her hometown. Her Dad, her potted plants and the forest near her family's plantation that was practically her playground as she grew up.

From there D.O knew that the painting of the forest in her living room, the one that they both saw in their dreams actually existed. She said that the painting was painted by her late Mom, that's why she takes it to Seoul when she's moving from her hometown. It's her last gift before she passed away.

Inha wants to take D.O there to see it with his own eyes. She said that the place is as pretty as it looks in the painting. D.O disagree. It looks way better than the painting, its even way prettier than the one he saw in his dream. 

They brought a picnic basket filled with a various creation of kimbab and eggrolls and Inha's homemade fruity cakes, a wide plaid picnic mat that fit for half a dozen people, and a jug filled to the brim with Inha's infamous ice lychee tea. They spread the picnic mat under the tree just a few feet away from the flowing crystal clear creek. Everything feels so perfect.

After they devoured all of that food, they lay down together and just talk. D.O is never the talkative type, but with Inha he can talk about anything at all, it's never boring with her.

The full stomach and the gentle breeze probably the ones that lull Inha to sleep. D.O arranges it carefully so Inha can comfortably use his arm as a pillow, but even if D.O doesn't want this moment to end, eventually the sun decides for them to end their day.

"Hey baby, I think you need to wake up now. It's gonna be dark soon." D.O whispers in Inha's ear lovingly while caressing her hair in the process of bringing her back to the land of consciousness.