yellow star || 2jae

9

"Th-That's our ride?"

The boys start walking into the stable, leaving behind a rather awestruck Jaebum at the stable's doors.

Aghase lifts her head, towering over the boys with much resolution to show her largeness. "Isn't she beautiful?" Yugyeom asks, now stopping in front of the large phoenix.

He bows 90 degrees, showing his respect. Both Bam and Youngjae follow suit, bowing even lower. Jaebum watches as the phoenix bows it's head back at them.

"Aghase is actually your grandmother's prized pet, she found her when she was just a baby and raised her all by herself." Youngjae states, lifting himself up and then turning towards the older behind him, nodding at him to come over.

Jaebum slowly walks inside the stables, feeling as hay strands and bird seeds crunch under his shoes (which he had begged Bambam to make earlier).

When he finds himself close enough to the boys, he awkwardly bows towards the large creature. Glancing up quickly, he sees Aghase stare down at him, and as soon as their eyes meet, he feels shivers down his back.

"Welp- she'll get used to you. But for now, let's hurry, we have to meet Mark by noon." Yugyeom shrugs off, giving the oldest a sympathetic look.

Mark... I've heard that name before...

He looks over to Youngjae who smiles giddily  at Yugyeom's words, and finds himself scowling.

***

After some negotiation, the boys were finally able to make it onto Aghase's back. And after much arguing, they were able to get her out of the stables.

"Why can't she just listen?" Jaebum groans, leaning back onto Youngjae, who had chose to sit behind the elder for "comfort". The younger has his arms around Jaebum's waist, blush making its way onto his face as Jaebum's back makes contact with his chest.

"She likes to be stubborn." Yugyeom implies, trying to pat the phoenix's feathers to ease her into complying.

"She won't fly us to the kingdom if you're with us." Bambam adds, turning his head to look back at the oldest, who gave him a shrug. He squints his eyes and smiles evilly, "Get off.".

Jaebum rolls his eyes and huffs, "You guys wanted my help, figure it out." Bambam scowls at this, placing his hand on Yugyeom's shoulder to help turn his body all the way around.

"Oh really, Knight boy? The only thing you've done is ask for clothes and food. To me, you're useless." Bam retorts, batting his eyelashes at the older innocently.

Jaebum sits up, a frown making its way onto his face. "Then what was the point of bringing me here, huh? Fish boy?" He cocks his head to the side to ensure his irritation.

"G-Guys, can we not fight right now?" Youngjae asks, letting his arms fall from Jaebum's waist, seeing as the older was getting mad.

"Yeah, he's right. Your bickering is making Aghase upset." Yugyeom mumbles, noticing the phoenix jump around slightly.

Bambam and Jaebum completely ignore the two as they start to stand up. "I never agreed to taking you here, I was against it from the start." Bambam states, stepping over his boyfriend's legs.

"Well that's too bad, because I'm here now. If you got a problem with it, then I recommend taking a nice kick to the a-"

The phoenix shakes her feathers, a low grunt leaving her beak. She starts stepping swiftly towards the ocean, wind getting picked up by her large wings, which suddenly opened up.