#midncghts

"When's the last time we've done a meal out with the whole family?" his father asked, trying to lighten the mood.

Mayumi and Emerson blinked in surprise and Kaori raised a brow at her husband's sudden cheerfulness. Meanwhile, Hiro managed to keep a neutral expression on his face. This was a joke.

Hiro sensed they were eating out because it was a few blocks from his stepmother's meeting with a potential client – rumored to be a big Korean entertainment company in town for a sold-out concert for one of their groups. He didn't need to bet any money that this company probably was going to say yes to Kaori's company, as they were trusted for private, luxury cars and plush transportation for the wealthy and famous.

Bless his father for trying to be a good father and pointing out that the whole family was together, but Hiro didn't see this as a family meal – especially when everyone had an assigned bodyguard with them. Out of the corner of his eye, Hiro tried to read Taekyung's reaction to his father's comment, but suddenly the sound of a gun going off made him jump, and suddenly, he was nudged under the table they were seated at.

The other patrons were panicking and some of the waitstaff had dropped to the ground in fear.

Esa mañana se levantó dispuesto a afrontar sus errores. Sí, era demasiado tarde, pero más valía tarde que nunca. Ambos necesitaban un tiempo sin verse para poder calmar las aguas y aclarar no solo su cabeza, sino también el corazón. Llama a la puerta, un día miércoles por la noche, cuando seguramente nadie le espera y su hija ya se encuentra dormida. "Nunca se sabe el precio de un beso robado, y al final el nuestro nos salió tan caro." murmura en un tono sereno, con la cabeza un poco baja y el remordimiento plasmado en su mirada. Toda aquella historia de amor y desamor había iniciado con un simple beso robado, por lo que en realidad hacía referencia al cómo comenzó todo. "Yo no tenía nada y lo pagué al contado, pero ahora veo que a ti te debo demasiado." añade, parte de aquel discurso que tantas veces practicó en su cabeza. "Nunca supe cómo vivir contigo y tú te alejaste sabiendo qué era morir conmigo. Arrancando fantasmas, cambiando tus recuerdos, sería la única forma de revivir esto. Porque, siendo sincero, ¿Cómo voy a hacer para sobrevivir otro invierno sin ti?"

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Not a clue. He hadn't had a single idea what to say in response to.. to so much sudden, visceral honesty. So the young heir just sniffed once and willed his tears to stop, too spent from a too long day to think through those words and come up with a good reply, let alone an honest one. He'd settled instead on shaking his head, and a weak, muttered 'I'd like.. to go home now, please' when all other words failed him. It would be a long ride home, and his long day would turn into an even longer night if they didn't return soon. His head was foggy from tears he was so under to holding back; foggy enough that the heir found himself sitting in the front seat, not liking how.. alone.. sitting in the back felt. He remained silent, tired eyes watching the world pass as the car slowly began rocking him to sleep.

"W...wake me up.. before we arrive? I'll need t... to fix my makeup before entering.." It was the last coherent, worried thought he voiced before fully nodding off, entirely unaware as his head lolled to the side, and eventually came to rest in Alex's lap. He slept.. soundly.. Maybe for the first time in years. And a small, thoughtless mutter left him.

"W..... I want to... to trust you..so badly.. I just.. don't want to see you die.. Don't want to see anybody die...Not again" The words were punctuated with a small whimper, before the heir slipped back into sleep for the rest of the ride, a single line of tears trailing down the bridge of his nose.

Aralin was resting in the shallow water, his body hardly covered by the water, but it was enough to have him fully shifted. His head was rested on his arms while he watched Benji laying in the sun, tanning. “You should do it naked or you might get tan lines.” While his tone was playful and innocent, he by no means meant it like this. He liked watching Benji naked. He was so strong, nicely defined muscles. And well, Aralin was naked himself, though his lower body was all fish finned, greyish green scales, webbed fingers, a slight dorsal fin. “Or you could come a bit closer.. you can tan here in the water too.” So Aralin could at least run his fingers along the males chest when they were doing nothing but relaxing in the warm sun at their favorite hideout. He gave Benji a sharp teethed grin, hoping the other was willing to come a bit closer so he didn’t have to leave the water just yet. He shortly moved his fin to splash some water towards Benji. “C’mere...”

she was making it impossible? sure, she had been a little salty and perhaps down right bitchy; but the woman had her heart broken. she was entitled to some rudeness. "maddox, you were the first guy i let in. the first i actually loved." she stated, hoisting herself onto the counter. "would you make it easy if you were in my place?"

His gaze fell back on the beautiful male that was still laying next to him. Just the moon was lighting up the room for that moment being. And while his heart would pretty much speed up a little, it would start aching just a moment later. They were friends that.. had sex. And he surely, once he told Finn about how he really felt, all this would just stop. He hesitantly grabbed his phone, which would light up the room moments later. 3 am, definitely to early to get up.. of course he should be getting up to head to his own room, own bed. Especially now that he woke up, but he was warm and Finn was right there... Dae pursed his lips, maybe if he just spooned Finn again, the other wouldn’t even notice that he woke up moments ago. It was when he was putting his phone back on the nigh stand that he ended up accidentally pushing off whatever else had been laying there. But it crashed to the floor loudly, which had Dae jump slightly... and surely wake Finn.. “Shit... sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you..”