AKATSUKI NO YONA ONE SHOTS.

-+- Kaya x Zeno -+-

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— Stories that Zeno tells the group—

[Warning, I do mention somewhat triggering things that as I know of are not canon. Take everything you read here with a grain of salt and just enjoy.]

"Zeno, you should really start taking care of yourself more." Yun says to him,"I get that you're immortal and all but it still isn't healthy for you to keep using your body as a shield."

"Not to mention we're broke and can't afford to keep buying you clothes to replace your torn ones." Hak interrupted

"Kid, you remind me of someone. Someone very special to me." Zeno said in his usual cheerful voice.

"Oh? And who would that be?" Yun asks as he continues to wash Zeno's blood soaked clothing.

"Long long ago, Zeno had a wife." He said. His mind wandered for a bit and he stared into the distance,"Her name was Kaya."

"Your wife?"

"Yes. Maybe a little over a hundred years have passed since she passed away, but I remember everything she has done for me. The things she taught me."

"This is interesting. How did you meet her then, Zeno?" Jae-Ha asked from nearby.

"Why? Would you like to know Zeno's secret to finding the one?" He jokingly asked,"Well anyways she found me one day passed out, covered in blood thinking I had died. Even so, she took me into her home, gave me some new clothes, and fed me."

"Is it because I'm like a mom that I remind you of your wife?" Yun asked sarcastically.

"Some of it! But there's more to it than that, kid."

~~~
It had been only a few weeks since she had taken him in, but nevertheless he worked hard for her.

"Zeno!" Kaya called out to him from a distance. Her hair was short and her structure was thin. The hem of her dress was a bit torn and her ribbon slightly undone, but she still smiled happily and wore the flower he had given her days before.

"Kaya!" He called back to her as he jumped off the tree he picked apples on,"You got a lot of fire wood. Do you need me to carry some for you?"

"I can manage." She said.

"Hmm... Okay!" He didn't want to bother her too much about it, despite knowing how weak she was growing,"I'm taking you somewhere today. Somewhere special!"

"Really? Where?"

"Well there's this flower field..." he started. Talking about how when he searched for that flower to give her, he wanted to find one completely different from the others"... and there it was! Right in the middle of some red flower I don't know the name of. It just stood right there! I took it in my hands and gently plucked it from the ground. Now I've given such a treasure to you."

Kaya smiled so brightly hearing that story.

Ever since meeting Kaya, the two lived such happy, wanton lives down the side of a mountain and outside a village. Just the two of them. Going about their daily lives with the freedom that they had.

~~~

Yona had also joined in on listening to the stories Zeno told.

"What did she look like, Zeno?" She asked.

"Hm~" He hummed,"The Miss looks like her just a bit! Hm.. but Kaya was a bit thinner and had straight black hair. She was a bit shorter than the miss too."

"She sounds very pretty, Zeno." Yona replied.

"Zeno likes cute and pretty girls like the miss and Kaya!"