#good!jack

Everybody suffered so much; Enemies turned into friends, friends were lost  in the way… So many sacrificed themselves for the sake of others, for the sake of the world… And they failed them.

He failed them all.

Rai was sure everybody felt like him deep inside, but each day was harder  to keep those dark feelings inside. He would have given up long ago if it weren’t for his friends.

And Jack.

He— He was his friend too, of course, but also… Time ago, when even Jack (Jack Spicer the obnoxious boy genius) had to make a sacrifice for their sake, Rai swore he was going to pay the favor back and keep him safe, which had not been easy at al; While normal Jack had the habit of running  away  from danger, the new good Jack did the opposite, ran straight  to danger,  if that meant helping his friends. 

Which, of course, always ended in a lot of serious injuries that Jack always minimized for their sake. But Rai didn’t buy the lies anymore. He did at the beginning, used to being lied at by him, but now? No. He could read Jack pretty well, he could see the pain in his eyes… And he hated it.

Maybe it was because he (and everybody else) had lost enough already, or because Jack was a their dear friend now, but Rai couldn’t stand seeing him in danger, or in pain.

Chase asked him to keep an eye on the redhead but the dragon of the wind had been doing that for a while, watching him closely when he went to pick flowers or help Clay with the corn or when he was just there, staring absently at the sky, with the wind messing with his long, bright and  soft  red hair…

“Rai?”

“Mhn?”

“I made a special crown of flowers for you.”

Yes, Rai was just paying back a favor, he was just doing what Chase asked him to do, he was just making sure a friend was safe and unharmed… That his chest warmed with each smile Jack gave him and his hands sweated whenever Jack got close to him had absolutely  nothing  to do with anything, no.

Jack kissed his cheek after putting the crown on his head and Rai smiled, thinking that maybe, just maybe, the fact that his face were burning could meant something else.