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Dragon Lessons of Love Chapter 3

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Yona sighed as she lay awake in her tent, still thinking about the events of earlier that day. ‘Just what did Jae-ha mean by that…? I’m not getting possessive of him, am I? And besides he’s too much on his freedom it can’t be possible that maybe he… He likes me… Is there?’ she shook her head. ‘No, no, no he already told you that it was the dragon’s blood messing with his head right? And besides wasn’t it Hak that you…’ she was blushing madly though just thinking about it, her heart giving a mad thump in her chest. ‘Heart why do you keep on confusing me?’ she mentally groaned.

Seeing as she couldn’t sleep, she thought maybe some bow practice would get her mind off of it. She gathered her quiver of arrows and bow, then slipped out of the tent. But she stopped when she saw who had taken the night watch currently. “Shin-ah.” She gasped.

“Yona?” The masked man looked up and acknowledged her, sitting on a log near the campfire. “… Is something wrong?” he asked.

“Oh, no.” Yona quickly shook her head. “… I just can’t sleep.” She slowly walked over to him. “Do you mind if I stay with you for a while?”

“… Of course not.” He answered, smiling slightly, although he went quiet right away, as usual, still petting Ao in his hands. The squirrel noticed the Princess and purred as she hopped over to cuddle with her.

“Hello Ao, glad to see you’re keeping Shin-ah company.” Yona giggled, petting and nuzzling the little squirrel before handing her back to the Blue Dragon, at which point Ao hopped over to his shoulder. “Glad you have her by your side on lonely nights like this.”

Shin-ah nodded, staring back at the fire now. As usual the Seiryuu wasn’t one for many words, but after a few minutes he broke the silence. “Yona… Can I… Ask you something?”

She blinked at that, nodding once. “Sure Shin-ah, you can ask me anything.” She chuckled.

“… Did Jae-ha do something to you?” the Blue Dragon asked. “Earlier when you went to get that water I saw… Him with you and then suddenly his lip was bleeding, I thought if Hak or Kija saw that it would turn into a fight so I asked Zeno to go instead when they were arguing about who would check on you so…”

Yona blushed madly thinking back to her lesson with the Green Dragon. “… Thanks for sending Zeno, that would have gotten weird if Hak had come, besides the fact that I think Jae-ha sensed him coming so he could move me faster…” she then shook her head. “I accidentally bit him Shin-ah, that was my fault when I tripped… See he was showing me… Well…”

“You were kissing him.” Shin-ah spoke, his voice calm though. “You looked… Happy, yet embarrassed at the same time. Your face was red just like it is now… I just worried that maybe he hurt you…”

Yona shook her head rapidly. “No, no, no he didn’t hurt me at all, Shin-ah.” She was still blushing. “I asked Jae-ha to help me with something.”

“And that involved kissing him?” Shin-ah asked.

Yona blushed madly, she knew she wasn’t going to get away from that easily. “… I… I needed some help learning how to do that. You see I don’t have experience with kissing or flirting or any of that stuff… And he obviously knows a lot so I went to him because… Well… When Hak and I were…”

“… He’s been acting strange since you both got back.” The Blue Dragon brought up. “So have you. I was worried something bad had happened between you two, and Hak wouldn’t talk about it when Kija was pressing him. All that Hak said was that you did something.”

The Princess stared at him wide eyed. “He said that? And I was afraid that you guys noticed…” she lowered her head. “See I… I kissed Hak, and he pulled away… And it felt all wrong like I didn’t do it right, so Jae-ha offered to help me compare…”

Shin-ah was quiet for a few moments, seeming to process what she said. “… Why would he be upset with you doing that?” he asked.

“I… I don’t know.” Yona admitted, blushing and looking away. “Even Jae-ha was surprised when I told him that.”

“He should have been happy, at least that’s usually how people are when they kiss.” Shin-ah shrugged his shoulders, looking at her.

“Y-you’ve seen other people kiss before Shin-ah?” Yona turned to look at him surprised, she actually expected the Seiryuu to be rather innocent and not know a thing about that, due to his upbringing and isolation in his village.

The Blue Dragon nodded. “… In my village… People often hid in the caverns and in the dark corners to… Be together.” He explained, a slight redness to his cheeks thinking about it. “Ao used to tell me people were worried about having children because any time a child is born, it could be the next Seiryuu… So everyone was usually warned not to… Mate very often. But a lot of people didn’t like that suppression and took to the caves to hide when they would…” he seemed at a loss for words. “… But with my eyes I could see them even through the dark.” He tapped the mask by the eye holes. “Ao always told me to get used to only watching, because no one ever got close to the Seiryuu, because we are monsters.” He left out the fact that, at the time, he was a small child, so he didn't completely understand the Blue Dragon's meaning, but now that he was older, he did.

“Ao…? Oh you mean the previous Blue Dragon right?” Yona asked, getting a nod from Shin-ah in response. When she had asked the Seiryuu before about where he had learned his sword technique, he once told her it was Ao. Of course, her first thought was that he meant the squirrel, but eventually he confirmed that he had named his pet animal after the previous Seiryuu. She frowned and reached out her hand, placing it on top of his. “That’s terrible… You’re not a monster, Shin-ah. If anyone truly saw the real you, they’d see what a caring, gentle soul you are.” She smiled at him.

Shin-ah felt his cheeks redden a bit more. “… Thank you, Yona. You and everyone here have been the only ones ever to see me that way. Everyone else in my village was afraid of me, that I was cursed and a monster. I… I owe everything to you, for showing me the outside world, even giving me a name. I can never thank you enough.” He smiled a bit at her.

“Just your smiling face is enough for me.” Yona smiled at him once again. “Though you could show me your eyes more often maybe, after all you’ve been getting better control of your powers lately right?” she giggled, recalling how he used his powers when getting out of that prison in Xing and taking out those archers on the roof easily.

“… Alright.” Shin-ah nodded, slowly taking off his mask, placing it down by his side. His golden eyes were looking right at her, half open and his face slightly flushed. “But only because it’s just you, I still feel a little awkward around other people without at least a blindfold on, just in case I lose control…” his eyes strayed a bit to the side then. “… But I know by now I won’t hurt you, you’ve looked right into my eyes many times now, even when I was so worried that I would.”

Yona smiled, rubbing his hand that she held as she reached up her free hand to caress his cheek. “That’s fine Shin-ah, I know sometimes you lose control but I’ll always bring you back. And no matter what you do our hearts will remain unshaken, because you’re precious to me.” She giggled, then blushed when she realized her own words. ‘… So who is the one most precious to me, really? Because I thought for sure it was Hak but then I started feeling weird around Jae-ha… And now… My heart is thumping around Shin-ah. Maybe I really am confusing my feelings for everyone these days…’

“You’re precious to me too.” The Blue Dragon replied, looking at her again. “And not just because I’m the Seiryuu…” his cheeks reddened again and he quickly looked away.

“Shin-ah…?” Yona blinked, noticing that. “… Is something wrong?”

“… No… Just… Something Kija said is… Bothering me.” He admitted, rubbing his head with his free hand. “He said that one of the dragons being with you like… What you were doing with Jae-ha earlier would be wrong… Even though Zeno said it wouldn’t…”

“O-Oh.” Yona blushed. “W-when did this come up?”

“Zeno was teasing him to try… Courting you because one of us would treat you better than Hak.” Shin-ah admitted, blushing some more. “… And I kind of agree with him. The way Hak treats you sometimes… I don’t like it.”

Yona felt her heart skip a beat there. Was Shin-ah trying to tell her that he…? “…. Shin-ah, w-what exactly are you saying?”

Shin-ah blushed some more, still avoiding her eyes. “… That I would like to kiss you like Jae-ha got to, seeing you two made me… Feel weird. Jealous, I think. Because you’re important to me and I’d like to…” he quickly turned his head to hide his expression from her. “… I’m sorry Yona, I said too much. Why would you-“ and he didn’t get to finish.

Yona grabbed his head with both hands, turning him to face her as she mashed her lips against his in a rather demanding kiss. Her eyes were closed and her cheeks burned scarlet. The Seiryuu just stared at her with shocked, wide eyes as she kissed him, but it didn’t take long for him to respond. He wrapped his arms around her back, pulling her slightly closer as he clumsily kissed her back. While he had watched couples kiss, it was a completely different experience doing it. And Yona was trying to remember her practice with Jae-ha while kissing, while noticing the difference in the kisses. Kissing Shin-ah wasn’t as intense as Jae-ha, she wasn’t burning or on fire but she didn’t feel nothing like she did with Hak. No instead with his arms embracing her and his lips against hers, she felt safe, secure and warm. It was a pleasant feeling kissing her Blue Dragon, and her cheeks remained flush as she slowly broke the kiss, opening her eyes at him.

Yona was trying so hard to process what just happened, in the heat of the moment she just kissed him! ‘Jae-ha was right…. Hak’s reaction wasn’t normal. But what is with my heart? It’s going so fast just like with Jae-ha and… For some reason when Shin-ah said he wanted to kiss me I wanted to as well and…’ she was blushing madly.

“Yona…?” Shin-ah stared at her bewildered, his cheeks still bright red. He slowly released her, surprised at his own reaction.

“S-sorry Shin-ah I shouldn’t have suddenly kissed you like that but…” Yona blushed madly, looking away. “I’m not quite sure what came over me, in fact I don’t know what’s wrong with me lately…”

“It’s ok…” he replied, his eyes straying to the side. “I… I liked it.”

Yona felt her cheeks burning still as she looked at him, smiling slightly. “So did I… It was a lot better than when I kissed Hak that’s for sure.” She giggled. “I don’t get why but my heart has been acting so weird, I thought that maybe I was in love with Hak but now… I’m not sure.” She admitted, looking down. She was really doubting how she felt these days, since back when she loved Soo-won she based it on how she enjoyed his company, how he was always on her mind. And she thought she was in love with Hak because that one night she couldn’t stop thinking about him she thought it was similar, also because her heart felt heavy especially when he was in danger. But thinking about it, she felt that way when the dragons were being held, when Jae-ha wasn’t well because of that drug, when Shin-ah was possessed and when both of them were sick… Going over all that in her head, what did it mean? Did she only love them all as family? Or was it like she told Lily that with her and Hak being friends for so long it would be strange and awkward to suddenly change? Or maybe… She really did only love Hak and Soo-won like brothers, but didn’t realize it until now? But then how did she really see both Jae-ha and Shin-ah?

“Is there anything I can do to help?” the Blue Dragon asked, causing her to snap out of her thought process.

“…M-maybe if you don’t mind… Can I practice with you like I have been doing with Jae-ha?” Yona asked, slowly building up her nerve. ‘What are you thinking Yona?! That’s not fair to him! Jae-ha is a flirt so of course it wouldn’t bother him but Shin-ah is different you can’t play with his heart like this!’ she mentally cursed herself. But she continued to explain. “Maybe the more I do this the more I can…. Figure out what’s going on in my heart. Think of it as lessons in how love works.” She giggled, not quite confident in her words.

But Shin-ah nodded, reaching a hand out to touch her cheek. “I want to help you Yona, you seem… In trouble, not in danger really but… Still if I can do something for you, then I want to. I won’t be as good as Jae-ha helping you though…” he looked down slightly.

Yona frowned at that, placing her hands on his cheeks and making him look at her. “Don’t doubt yourself, Shin-ah. And trust me, it’s not like Jae-ha…” she blushed again, looking away slightly. “… I mean he’s just helping so I can get Hak to notice me, that’s all. It’s not like he really looks at me that way…”

“… Yona, he does.” The Blue Dragon said, totally serious. “He’s just… Holding back thinking it’s our connection with you and not his own feelings… At least that’s what Zeno said his impression is. But we all care about you in our own way… And I’ve seen the way he looks at you, it’s just like I…” he blushed again and looked away.

Yona blushed terribly at that, thinking back to the Green Dragon’s words earlier, and how quickly he blamed it on the dragon’s blood. She felt her heart thump again. “… Shin-ah, how do you feel about me?” she decided to ask directly, after all when she asked her Ryokuryuu what he thought of her now, he refused to answer… With what her Seiryuu just told her was that because he…?

Shin-ah blushed a deeper shade of red, still keeping his head turned. “… You’re the most important person in my life. I want to protect you, keep you safe. I want you to be happy, no matter what happens or whoever you choose to spend your life with. I just want to be there for you, always…” he turned to look at her, the moonlight reflecting off his golden spheres as he ran a hand through her hair. “But I also… Want to…” he couldn’t seem to find the words, instead leaning his head in closer to her, brushing his lips tenderly against hers.

Yona’s heart thumped again, and she eagerly met his lips in another kiss. Her cheeks reddened as they kissed, and this time she pulled herself closer to him, sliding herself into his lap as she wrapped her arms around him. She felt a slight poke at her thigh and thought back to how she kind of felt something like that with Jae-ha before, but had forgotten to bring it up since she was so distracted with accidentally biting him. For now she let it go, still kissing her Blue Dragon who locked her into another embrace, holding her tightly.

Shin-ah slowly broke the kiss, flushing as his lips still hovered over hers. “Yona…” he whispered her name as he dove back in for one more kiss, still hugging her close. Ao was still on his shoulder watching the two of them but then moved when she felt the Blue Dragon leaning a bit too much. The squirrel leapt to the grass as right then Yona leaned a bit too much forward and Shin-ah ended up falling backwards on the log, landing right on his back while still holding her.

“Ah!” Yona gasped as she broke the kiss, blushing terribly. “S-sorry Shin-ah!” her heart was racing at this point from pinning the Seiryuu down.

He smiled at her though, his golden eyes still shining from the moonlight. “… It’s alright Yona, that was my fault for leaning back too much… Are you hurt?” his eyes then looked around until he spotted his pet squirrel. “Ao are you ok too?”

“Pukkyyuuu!” Ao nodded, holding up a nut in her paws.

“I’m fine.” Yona replied, still blushing. “S-Shin-ah… I… I had no idea you felt that way about me… I…” her eyes strayed to the side. “I don’t know what to say…”

“It’s alright.” Shin-ah replied, still holding her close. “… You said you need help figuring out your heart so I want to help… Because you mean a lot to me.” He leaned in and kissed her cheek.

Yona’s heart was hammering by this point, and her face was as red as her hair. She looked back at the Seiryuu, still unable to process all of this. “Y-you’re important to me too, Shin-ah… I just wish I could understand why my heart is being so confusing with…” her words trailed off.

“Yona… If there’s anything I can do to help, I will.” Shin-ah offered.

The princess smiled at him. “Thank you, Shin-ah. For now can you… Keep this a secret from the others?” she asked with a blush on her face. “Especially the part about what I’ve been doing with Jae-ha…”

The Blue Dragon nodded. “Of course…. And if Jae-ha teaches you anything else you want to practice on me, go ahead.” He offered.

Yona smiled at that, kissing his cheek. “I will then. Actually there was something he did teach me I could try… If you’d like.”

Shin-ah nodded. “Alright, go ahead then… Oh, maybe we should get up first?” he offered.

“Maybe not, we might fall over again.” Yona giggled, then she flushed again. “O-oh unless this is uncomfortable for you… I’m sorry I…”

The Seiryuu shook his head. “No actually… I like this.” He smiled at her.

Yona felt her heart skip a beat but tried to shake it off. “A-anyway i-it was something like this…” she leaned closer and placed her lips over the base of his throat, sucking softly like she was instructed. She didn’t linger for too long though, moving to plant another kiss on a different spot and continuing to his ear.

“Yona… Ah….” Shin-ah moaned, closing his eyes and hugging her tightly as he felt her kisses.

Yona was still a bit nervous doing this, but tried to focus on her lesson earlier that day. She then took the Blue Dragon’s earlobe between her teeth, nibbling very softly which she heard another moan from him, so she continued as she went back to kissing around his throat and to his chin, then back to his lips once more. She remembered that Jae-ha told her to follow instinct and she had recalled how he used his tongue to enter her mouth that one time so she decided to give it a try. She hesitantly traced Shin-ah’s lips with her tongue and poked inside, though after that she had no idea what to do… And that’s when it surprised her as the Blue Dragon’s tongue wrapped around hers as he kissed her back.

“Mmmmmm!” Yona moaned into their kiss which she was still not quite used to figuring out how to control her breathing, she eventually broke the kiss as her heart was going a mile a minute. “S-Shin-ah… Y-you know about that… That kind of kiss?” she asked, rather surprised.

“…. I’ve seen some people do it before.” Shin-ah admitted, his eyes looking away embarrassed. “I just guessed what to do when you suddenly did it…”

Yona smiled at that, at least they were on equal ground on that one. “Yeah Jae-ha only kissed me that one time with it, I couldn’t remember everything he did…” she admitted with a massive blush on her face.

“Yona… If helping you with this will be…. Like how that just was…” Shin-ah slowly looked back at her, still blushing. “I… I really like it. And it helps you too so… Whenever you want to just let me know. But right now it’s probably getting late and I think I feel Kija waking up to take over my watch soon.”

“Oh Shin-ah... And thanks, you’re right we should get up now.” Yona smiled and kissed his forehead as he released her. She was glad that the dragons had a built-in radar detector like that so that they wouldn’t get caught. She slowly rose to her feet and dusted off her gown. She then took his hand and helped him get up. “Maybe we can continue this tomorrow night?” she offered.

Shin-ah nodded, leaning down to put up his mask and allow Ao to jump back onto his shoulder. “It would be the best time that… No one would see us.” He placed his mask back on along with the white wig.

Yona smiled at that. “Yeah it would.” She was going to ask why he suddenly put that back on when she heard a voice.

“Princess? What are you doing up at this hour?”

“Oh! Kija!” Yona gasped as she spun around. She mentally slapped herself as Shin-ah had just told her that he felt the Hakuryuu getting up and about to take over for the Seiryuu. Of course he put the mask on to hide his face and expression from what they were just doing…. Too bad she didn’t have one to hide her still red cheeks. “I… I had a nightmare and couldn’t sleep, I was just talking to Shin-ah trying to relax.” She quickly lied, giggling slightly.

“Oh dear, is there anything I can do?” the White Dragon offered.

“No I’m fine now.” Yona said with a smile. “Anyway I’m going to try and go back to sleep. Goodnight!” she quickly raced to her tent.

“… Was she crying Shin-ah? Is that why her face was so red?” Kija asked, obviously worried about the princess.

Shin-ah shook his head. “No… She was just… Troubled.” He answered cryptically. “Right Ao?” he asked the squirrel who purred in response.

“Well I’m glad you were there for her then.” Kija said with a smile, patting his shoulder. “Jae-ha or Hak might have made it worse…” he groaned slightly. “… Especially Hak.”

Shin-ah nodded at that one. “You know Kija… Zeno might have been right back there.”

“HUH?!?” Kija suddenly blushed, looking at the Blue Dragon like he was crazy. “W-what are you t-talking about…?”

“… That one of us might be better for her than Hak.” Shin-ah answered, he then started walking to the large tent where all the guys slept. “… Goodnight.”

The Hakuryuu just stood there blinking in confusion, trying to figure out what the Seiryuu meant by that. “… What was that about just now…?” he muttered.
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And now we get our promised Shin-ah/Yona shipping in the story <3 I'm still experimenting where all this is going to lead them but the story's main focus is the three way pairing of Jae-ha/Yona/Shin-ah

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With the exception of Zeno, I think all the dragons and Hak is in love with Yona! Zeno and Yoon just see her as a little sister.