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"And that's why I said you shouldn't teach Kija, how to drink 'properly'..." — he turned to Jae-Ha, the only one, who looked at least relatively worth any reasoning right now. Ryokuryuu just grinned smugly, not bothered the slightest by the boy's words.

Yun huffed in annoyance. Fine, he will have a whole day to tell some sense into these Rare Beasts tomorrow. As for now...

"The owner of this place gave us twenty minutes to get out! Don't you dare to make things anymore difficult for us... We are returning to the camp, and now!" — the young genius ordered.

"To think you all had a nerve to get drunk like this outside of the camp... What a pain..." — he sighed then, watching closely quite unsteady Ryokuryuu, who raised to gather his problematic brothers.

Zeno, forced to stop his performance, loudly protested in most childish voice he could master. And knowing the old man couldn't even get drunk for real...

"Diet," — Yun deadpanned, causing Ouryuu to drop some of his act and to help very serious, but overall quiet Seiryuu to get up. And as Shin-Ah stood, a bit wobbly, Ao, hidden somewhere in her best friend's clothes, fell out and landed on her head with a trademark 'pukyuu', which, despite everything, sounded complitely content and...drunk. Wait, did those guys really..? No way!Yun suddenly felt very wise, tired and old.

"Honestly, — he shook his head in disbelief. — I'd rather just left you all here without second thought, if not for Yona being worried about you, ungrateful Rare Beasts!" Dragons (except Kija, who was fast asleep, leaning on Jae-Ha's shoulder) tried their best to look guilty with very little success.

"Speaking of which... — as realization hit him, Yun turned his attention away from this useless family and rushed towards Yona in horror. — Stop it!"

Red-haired princess, stubbornly bitting her lower lip, grunting and huffing, dragged a huge figure, whose hand was hung lifelessly over her shoulder.

For one dreadful moment Yun thought, it was Hak's corpse, but when he got closer to the pair, it become obvious, — the 'corpse' was giggling: drunkly, happily and very quietly.

Pretty genius boy sighed loudly in relief and unclenched the fabric of his tunic right over the heart.

"Even you, Thunder Beast... And now..." — he helplessly shook his head again.

"You can't really blame him, Yun-kun, — Jae-Ha pointed out, watching the couple fondly. His smug grin didn't weaver the slightest even now, when the impromptu party was over. — Yona-chan said 'Yes'!"

"And I said 'No'! — Yun blushed slightly from the anger (or otherwise). — To all this mess! And did anyone listen to me, like, at all?"

"I'm not going to make a hungover medicine for you in the morning" — he proceed to grumble, as Zeno and Jae-Ha grunted from the laughter in unison.

"But you will anyway, — Ryokuryuu, whose sense of danger was obviously as drunk as the rest of him, noted. — You are, after all, our beloved mo...most caring younger brother, I mean," — he quickly corrected himself under the deathly glare.

"That's enough! — annoyed "mother boy" all but roared. — To home, beasts!".

That (finally) worked. Zeno bounced to collect Ao from the floor, helped Shin-Ah to steady himself a little better, and they headed off first. Jae-Ha, who obviously didn't want to leave "the younger ones" all by themselves for too long, quickly become (more) serious and extended his free hand towards the princess, securing his hold on sleeping Kija's form with the other one.

"Yona dear, you can hand Hak to me, — he said. — Don't worry, I will take a good care of your beloved..." — he winked.

"Jae-Ha!!!" — the girl blushed promptly and nearly droped the young man she was holding.

"You can't really complain, — Jae-Ha loudly whispered, as he quickly leaned over her to take Hak. — Oof, can you help me with Kija-kun, please?" And, after Yona and Yun hurried to steady a clueless White Dragon, who was snoring quietly, and Ryokuryuu regained his balance enough not to drop the both younger men every next moment, he added sweetly, heading towards the exit: "You said 'Yes', remember?".

"And she is going to regret it soon, if he will drink this much," — Yun pointed out, as the girl was fighting the urge to scold the Green Dragon. She couldn't really argue with what he was saying, it was just...

"Will you...really?"— Hak's voice, sounding almost sober, suddenly asked. Yona and Yun, who still helped to support Kija, both nearly jumped and looked up. Hak was gazing Yona intently, his blue eyes cloudy and cheeks slightly blushing. Jae-Ha, much to Yun disapproval, just smirked really wide at that.

"W-what?"— Yona stuttered a bit, surprised.

"Regret?" — the question sounded all too serious for Thunder Beast's current state.

"N-no... never," — the girl's response was quiet, but her gaze hold the same seriousness, as his voice.

Hak stared at her for a second more, and then fainted on Jae-Ha's shoulder. Yun could practically see all the teasing ideas forming in the Ryokuryuu's mind right now.

"Are you finished? — the boy asked tiredly. — Time's up".

And so, the group headed off to reunite with Shin-Ah and Zeno, who were, thankfully, waiting for them nearby. Yun could hear the Gold Dragon's voice, calmly telling the other some story, and could swear to gods, he catched a name "Hiryuu" being mentioned. Granted, Zeno rarely ever brag about the past, unless something provoked him. Probably, the old man really managed to get himself drunk this time around. All the more hangover medicine to prepare until the noon...What a bother is to deal these problematic beasts! And by the way...

"You got really strong, you know," — he smiled to Yona. — To hold Tunder Beast all this time until Jae-Ha gathered his wits... That was really impressive".

"Thanks, Yun!" — the princess replied happily, watching the three men they helped to support. — Hak is pretty heavy, but I finally did it!".