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His life had always been filled with unforeseeable events, perhaps it is because he was a Gumiho , or perhaps of his unfortunate luck that made him stumble upon a deranged human who became a Young master of his.
But despite all his premature doubts in the past, Jin Cheonhee was a person with a bright—quite sacrificial, but despite all of his efforts he still tries to achieve perfection. A human who desperately fears the sight of failing and is willing to sacrifice himself just for others is a unique figure in the eyes of Kangho—Persona, despite that he, by any means, appears to be the most daring and boldest man Yuho has ever encountered in his life.
A human with the capability and boldness to get in all of his trillion nerves—Despite knowing Yuho is a Gumiho —Is something that makes Yuho want to grab him by the collar and throw him at the nearest building, Despite that, Yuho knows he has to keep it in himself—If he doesn’t want Jaegal to come after him—For a very long time.
—White Dragon clinic. 5:00 am—
Yuho woke up thirty-nine minutes before the sun rose, he got up and put on his plain green chang shan—Jin Cheonhee often asked him if he had any uniform other than a plain green Chang shan, Yuho replied “You don’t wear anything other than that green robe and white cape of yours”. Cheonhee never brought it up to him about it anymore—That he wears every day.
Preparing the clinic was one of the important routines, scheduling appointments had been hectic for everyone in the clinic due to martial artists being dropped in their clinic for the past few days which resulted in everyone’s routine changing every day.
‘A merchant’s son In Shaanxi province had been scheduled for surgery via fractures of the wrist, shoulder, and elbow from falling off a horse after delivering tea in Sichuan province. An accident that seemed natural but at the same time Cynical .’
Yuho thought about how cynical that accident was, but he could care less and chose not to ponder about it. As long as It does not drag the clinic into another mess Jin Cheonhee won’t find himself in another mess that will be another huge topic of kangho.
Yuho let out an exasperated sigh, It had not even been a minute—Jin Cheonhee was still asleep and Yuho needed to wake him up because he was needed for the surgery—And the day was already finding its way to make his day headache-inducing.
—White Dragon Clinic. 5:48 am—
The sun had risen and the outside of the clinic began crowding and gathering each group, Yuho glanced at the papers with all the appointments for today and schedules for the surgery starting at 6:30 am.
Yuho was alone in the office, rearranging scheduling papers, Financial reports, Health records, and Shifts regarding the night before, The office had parchment papers and; a wide range of books containing medicinal herbs on the wall.
Yuho hoped for this day to be as normal as possible.
His life had never been normal ever since Jin Cheonhee came.
Yuho felt a strange presence, an uncanny feeling slowly creeping into his chest, he turned around and the place felt peculiar, like time had stopped. The Office had never been this eerie before, Yuho could see how strange the sight was, the curtains that were supposed to be moving alongside the wind, now stopped and defied gravity.
Yuho approached the floating sheer curtain with caution, he lifted his hand to feel the texture of the sheer curtains, the texture of the sheer was normal and there seemed nothing wrong with it—If he ignored the way it floated casually in the air—.
Ding!
[Salutations.]
An eerie blue light flashed slightly revealing a square that looked out of place, the blue square had a word written on it, it appeared something like a three-dimensional object. The thing made another noise as different words that were not there before were being written, Yuho paid close attention to what it said unable to comprehend the absurdity of this situation.
Ding!
[We have a handful of your divine abilities on our hands]
“What…”
Yuho was taken aback, his voice letting out a displeased growl A thing just appeared right before his eyes and proclaimed to have taken some of his sacred abilities—Yuho tried to use his abilities but proved the thing ’s claim, it was right—Yuho felt his divine powers decrease but there was some left that will still be useful in surgery.
Ding!
[I hand it over if you take into consideration my words?]
“...”
A cynical feeling slowly made its way inside Yuho’s chest, the eerie feeling, the absurdity of this situation is indubitably dangerous. Yuho clicked his tongue, he could not escape this situation even if he tried reaching the door—Yuho felt an eerie presence the same as this one behind that door.—It would all be useless in the end.
Ding!
[You just have to do a simple thing to get it back.]
A simple thing —Yuho scoffed at the obvious lie—.
[You just have to flirt with Jin Cheonhee and make him flustered that is all.]
Yuho knew it wouldn’t be a simple thing and his whims were right, It wasn’t as simple as it said.
“You are not fooling around, are you?”
Yuho refused to acknowledge that—If he did not want to be the most wanted man in the world courtesy of Jaegal Lin—He had to flirt with his young master just to get his divine abilities back, Yuho would rather kill himself than do that.
Ding!
[think of it as a test, simple right?]
‘Tests were never simple’
Ding!
[have fun.]
[b^-^d]
The sheer curtains that used to float descended gracefully as the wind blew through the sheers and Yuho’s hair. The eerie presence disappeared and; the feeling of unease in his chest disappeared like it was never there.
Slam!
Flinch!
The people behind the door of the office collectively flinched as they whispered to themselves.
Inside The Office.
Yuho slammed his fist on the desk almost breaking the wood, he was fuming inside as he ruffled his hair in exasperation, a vein appearing in his forehead as he slammed the desk again, he concealed the urge to punch his fist against the wall.
“Test… WHAT FUCKING TEST?!”
Bam!
Flinch!
Yuho busted The wooden door down in anger as the employees distanced themselves from him, they observed the usual calm and stoic general Yu bust down a wooden door and walk away in anger.
“What happened to General Yu?”
“Why are you asking me?”
“What is going on? Why is the door broken?!”
Cheonhee approached the scene as he felt dumbfounded at the sight of the broken door and Yuho walking past him without even greeting Cheonhee.
“Yuho-”
Cheonhee tried to get Yuho’s attention but was ignored in return, he stomped away in anger, something so out of character of Yuho. Cheonhee glanced at the employees with concern in his eyes.
“Did… Did something?”
They all shook their heads, as they whispered among themselves.
—White Dragon Clinic. 7:00 am—
To say Yuho was acting weird was an understatement, an hour had passed during the surgery, and—Cheonhee noticed how Yuho seemed to be struggling during the surgery, when he activated that ability of his that acts like a suction machine, It seemed different from before—Yuho was not saying anything.
Cheonhee and Yuho were walking together with papers in Cheonhee’s hands, he felt the unusual awkward tension between them, the way it floated around making him feel suffocated.
Cheonhee glanced briefly at Yuho to see him with his usual stoic expression.
Yuho does not know how he will do that or how to . He has no knowledge of romance whatsoever, Yuho glanced at Cheonhee, instantly looking away when they made eye contact. Cheonhee tilted his head to the side in confusion, Yuho’s behavior was concerning.
“ Ahem, ahem ”
Yuho fake caught deciding to might as well try and do it , he offered a hand and tried not to sound as nervous-awkward as possible.
“Would you like me to carry them?”
“...”
The both of them stopped, Yuho waited patiently for an answer as Cheonhee looked at him weirdly, and Cheonhee reluctantly handed him the documents. The air between them became quite unbearable with Hwanggu and Noejin suddenly appearing by his sides, and; Cheonjin together with Nanman were perched between his shoulders.
“You are quite pretty today.”
That came out more dry and awkward that his ancestors were looking down at him with disappointment in their eyes.
“...What...?”
Cheonhee blurted out and looked at Yuho as if he had said something out of character, his companions also seemed taken aback by the revelation that Cheonhee appeared pretty In Yuho’s eyes.
Yuho wondered what he said wrong perhaps the way he said it so awkwardly with a stoic face made it terrible, He just stood there pondering on how he would help his situation.
He tries to remember anything from observing all those patients reuniting with their lovers and the people working under him gossiping about their love life.
—” So how did you propose to her?”
—” I asked some of my in-laws to help me book an appointment to the Yellow River, and when she came in I kissed her hand, and I gave her a Yùpèi!
—Shouldn’t you two be on night duties?
—Eeek! Yes, General Yu!
Yuho took his hand and pressed his lips on the back of Cheonhee’s hand, the feeling of his soft skin lingered in Yuho’s lips.
“...”
“Yuho… Are you alright?”
—Master I don’t think he’s alright
—He’s gone crazy!
—I think he needs to see a doctor…
Yuho’s eye twitched seemingly irritated at their nonsense.
“Do you not like being complimented?”
‘No, But I didn’t expect that from you?!’
Cheonhee was convinced that Yuho was plotting—He busted down the door and stomped away with an unexplainable anger and the tension was unbearable just a few minutes ago—Something for him to compliment Cheonhee out of the blue.
Slam!
‘What the hell?!’
Yuho pinned Cheonhee against the wall—The documents fell under his feet, but he just ignored them—He observed the expressions Cheonhee made in seconds, a readable face and body language that Yuho finds the most amusing thing in Kangho.
—Master?!
—He’s gone insane!
—I think the door demented his brain!
—He did this in public…
“Youngmaster.”
‘What is happening?!’
Cheonhee tried to keep himself calm—No one would be able to stay calm if they suddenly got pinned against a wall without their consent—And tried to negotiate with Yuho.
Whack!
Jaegal smacked Yuho’s head with a fan as the people behind them gape their mouths in shock—The image of their respectable, calm, and composed General Yu pinning the future clinic head is something they never thought he was capable of doing—The four masters tried to distract the guest but they already saw everything.
Jaegal smiled eerily at Yuho—Yuho knows he’s not getting away with this—And slapped the fan against his palm.
“What were you doing just now?”
“...”
‘I don’t know either…’
Cheonhee does not know whether he should laugh or cry in this situation, and Yuho does not know how to explain this situation—Will Jaegal Lin even believe that a thing took some of his powers and now he needs to flirt with Cheonhee to get it back? That is just a one-way ticket to the afterlife—It was obvious from the beginning.
Ding!
[That was… Something]
[You’re hopeless]
‘No need to say the obvious’
[But you tried, I feel kind of bad for you. I just give your powers back, Bye!]
Ding!
Yuho felt like his body become normal again—He could feel his divine powers coming back, as he closed his eyes for a second—But that still wouldn't help him in this situation. He still has Cheonhee pinned against the wall and jaegal smile does not reach his eyes.
His life had always been unpredictable.