ZilEstes One-Shots (and soon fan art lol)

Relax and Give it Time

Sypnosis: Zilong just wants to have fun on their vacation in Kagura's place but Estes had to ruin everything by being the disciplinary guy.

Asian traditions and everything else related to it is my aesthetic. Well, being raised by a Chinese Dragon and all.

So when Kagura invited all of us to her homecoming, man was I excited!

When we got there, the sun was already setting upon cherry blossoms. It took us quite a while to pack all of the things we need for the visit, but it was worth it.

The view was breathtaking. We could see the sparkling water of the lake as we climbed up the stairs to her house which kind of looks like a luxurious temple. The lake was surrounded by plants that bloomed different kinds of exotic flowers.

I inhaled. It somewhat feels like home to me...

As we entered the temple, Kagura told us about some ground rules accompanied by Estes, of course. Cheeky bastard always dropping lecture and discipline bombs whenever he can. It pisses me off how he could be such a killjoy sometimes.

I didn't feel like listening to what they're saying. Instead, I spotted a huge badass Jade Dragon statue behind me placed near the end of the corridor.

My eyes quickly darted to Kagura and Estes, then to the statue.

I decided to sneak off the crowd a bit just to say my intentions to the Jade Dragon. I mean, they often do that right? Praising or kneeling at statues?

So I did just that. I kind of talked to it as well. It went something like,

"Oh, Jade Dragon. Send my regards to my Dad and I hope you bring prosperity to our own nations."

I stood up and, call me crazy, but I think I saw the statue's eyes light up a bi-

"Zilong." Estes' voice rang behind me.

I sighed. Here we go again.

"...Yes?"

"It is really...Passionate of you to talk to the Spirit Statue. But you could have done that after we discussed about the ground rules. This is Lady Kagura's place and I don't want you or anyone to cause damage to her vicinity." He said softly.

Soft or not this is Estes we're talking about and I could always hear the irritated intonation in every word he says whenever he's lecturing me.

"Yeah, well, sorry." I mumbled bluntly as I passed him. "I ain't gonna do it again."

I saw the surprised look on his face as if he wasn't expecting an apology. Well he should be surprised since I'm definitely going to play the "good boy" card to avoid any more scolding.

"Thank you so much for being patient with me! There were some issues with the 'room buddy' system earlier." Kagura said apologetically.

I shrugged, "It's alright. I mean it's my fault for saying my prayers to the statue so I expected to be last in line anyways."

She giggled, "I see."

The space where the rooms were was wider than the ones in Kung Fu Panda. And more secluded too. Kind of like a modern but traditional hotel setting.

"Here's your room!" She announced as she opened the gold decorated mahogany door.

"You'll be sharing rooms with Estes." She said nonchalantly as she handed me the keys.

"Wait-why?"

"Right, you weren't listening." She pursed her lips. "We need a 'room buddy' system just in case someone ambushes you."