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“Is he alright?” Dhambizao asked worriedly, looking how Kyuhyun was carrying Hyukjae like a small kid towards the last destination of the day.

It was darkening already and Hyukjae had fallen asleep, exhausted from the war he had with Kyuhyun previously in the water. “Yeah,” Kyuhyun smiled, looking at Hyukjae’s sleeping face. “Just a little tired.”

“Is he sick?” Dhambizao asked, motioning for Kyuhyun to follow him through the small paths.

“He has a weak body,” Kyuhyun smiled softly.

Dhambizao nodded, smiling as they reached a small place with small houses all around. Kyuhyun was in awe and he didn’t think twice before nudging Hyukjae’s body gently. “Hyuk,” he called softly. “Hyukjae…”

Hyukjae stirred out from his sleep slowly, yawning and rubbing his eyes as he looked up at Kyuhyun and dedicated the latter a soft smile. “Kyu… what time is it?”

Kyuhyun chuckled, shaking his head. “It doesn’t matter,” he said and nodded towards the sight in front of them. “Look at this.”

Hyukjae looked at Kyuhyun before turning his head slightly, only to gasp in awe as he ran his eyes all over the place.

It was obviously a tribe. Hyukjae remembered Abasi mentioned something about it before. “Wow…,” he could only exclaim, gently nudging Kyuhyun’s chest for the latter to pull him down on his feet. “This is great…”

“This, gentlemen, is the Masaai tribe,” Abasi said, pointing at the small group of people all out to greet them hello, smiling widely at the newcomers. “Or, as I like to call it, my family.”

Hyukjae grinned widely, holding Kyuhyun’s hand as they walked closer to the others.

They were all nice, even though they didn’t speak the same language. Hyukjae laughed because the women and men were trying to figure out if he was either a woman or a man and Kyuhyun made them know he was actually a girl. Hyukjae frowned and hit his chest, trying to tell them that he wasn’t. he tried pointing at males and himself, as to make his point but he didn’t think it worked and Kyuhyun laughed at his miserable try. “Shut up, slave,” Hyukjae hissed as he was dragged by the children towards the fireplace.

Kyuhyun grinned widely, following Hyukjae as the women pushed him forward and he sat down by the smaller’s side, rounding the other’s waist with his hand gently, leaning closer to whisper into his ear. “You look really pretty tonight.”

Hyukjae blushed madly, avoiding turning his head to look at Kyuhyun and just looking at the fire in front of him, hitting Kyuhyun’s knee gently. “Of course I am,” he simply said, biting his lower lip and smiling for himself.

Even when Hyukjae didn’t want to reject from them, eating raw meat wasn’t exactly what he liked the most. “I’ll take the seeds,” he said, even when he knew they wouldn’t understand and took the seeds from the small plate he was offered.

It was completely dark when a small celebration started and everyone danced along the fireplace. The huge variety of colors impressed Hyukjae, who couldn’t help but stare in awe. The movements weren’t complicated, they were rather flirtatious and free.

There were laughs and applauses. They were both sitting out from the small circle and Hyukjae laughed loudly when the young warriors, or at least that’s what he remembers from Abasi long explanation, came in and danced. It was so funny that not only Hyukjae and Kyuhyun, but everyone laughed at them.

They didn’t seem to mind though, their red clothes moved along their bodies and their white smile was so wide that Hyukjae thought smiling was the most beautiful that would ever exist.

Hyukjae was invited out and he accepted gladly, grinning at Kyuhyun and pulling his hand to take him with him. “I at dancing, Hyukjae,” Kyuhyun laughed but he tried to imitate the moves anyway.

Hyukjae laughed as well and moved his body around the fireplace gracefully. “you told me you were good at it before!” he exclaimed with a wide grin.

“It didn’t involve free style!” Kyuhyun defended.

Hyukjae couldn’t help but laugh.

It didn’t take a few minutes for Kyuhyun to step out, panting slightly because he got tired and he waited for Hyukjae to give one more round to pull his hand and take him out, grinning widely when Hyukjae crashed against his chest. “Let’s go to sleep already,” he said.

Hyukjae pouted, looking up at Kyuhyun. “It’s still not finished,” Hyukjae said, pointing at the circle.

“That’s because we’re still up,” Kyuhyun said, shaking his head. “this will only end after we’re gone.”

Hyukjae sighed. “Really?”

Kyuhyun nodded. “Dhambizao told me.”

“Fine…,” Hyukjae smiled widely and he grinned as Kyuhyun dragged him around to greet goodbye.

Just as Kyuhyun said, as soon as they walked away, everyone stopped and started cleaning.

They were guided a little far from the tribe and Hyukjae held onto Kyuhyun tightly, mainly, because he was scared of being in the dark in a place where the most dangerous predators lived free.

“This is where you’ll stay,” Abasi said and pointed a tree.

Hyukjae gasped and looked up amazed, grinning widely. “It’s… wow… great!”

Kyuhyun looked up and smiled widely, only humming in agreement.

Truth is, they had never seen a tree house that elaborated and beautiful as the one they would sleep in. “The stairs are the other side of the trunk, we’ll come back in the morning so we can continue our trip.”

Kyuhyun and Hyukjae hummed and grinned widely before greeting goodbye. “You go first,” Kyuhyun said as they stood in front of the stairs towards the tree house.

Hyukjae laughed and nodded, grinning widely as he held onto the ropes firmly and impulse himself up, looking down at Kyuhyun who was also looking up at him. “Are you watching my , slave?”

Kyuhyun laughed. “Maybe,” he grinned childish and Hyukjae rolled his eyes, mumbling a low ‘ert’ and just keeping his way up until he could jump into the small house.

Hyukjae didn’t really take the time to look how Kyuhyun went up as he was awed by the coziness of the small room. He smiled widely as he saw the small bed at the side and a small table in there as well. The windows and the small door were engraved with small patterns and it was all so natural and simple that it was charming.

As soon as Kyuhyun stepped into the small room, he grinned widely and turned around to look at everything clearly. He looked at the small lantern on the table, that barely illuminated the place. “It’s actually really nice,” he said as he stepped closer to Hyukjae.

Hyukjae smiled and hummed, looking up at Kyuhyun. “It’s perfect,” he said. “I didn’t know this kind of things existed till now.” And he was being completely honest. Before hiring Kyuhyun, he had no idea the world had so much to offer. He didn’t know there were so many joyful things outside his office and he didn’t even imagine them. For him, life was monotonous and the only fun he would get was from TV and jokes everyone told him. “And I thought I was happy before…,” he mumbled, smiling for himself because he just proved himself wrong.

Indeed, Hyukjae could be even happier than before.

Kyuhyun chuckled softly and hummed, looking at Hyukjae. “You know,” he smiled softly, looking how Hyukjae turned towards him, his face barely illuminated by the yellow light of the lantern. “You made the worst day of my life, the best one.”

Hyukjae blushed slightly and smiled, hitting Kyuhyun’s shoulder gently. “That was cheesy,” he said and he nodded towards the bed. “Let’s sleep already.”

Kyuhyun laughed softly and nodded, pulling the bag he was carrying down. “I bought comfortable clothes for you to sleep in,” he said as he took out a big shirt and an oversized short. “Put this on, I’ll turn that way,” he chuckled and pointed the door.

Hyukjae smiled and nodded, taking the clothes and looking how Kyuhyun turned around. He smiled softly as he saw the taller’s back and he chuckled for himself before taking of his dirty clothes.

After he was finally done, he sat down at the edge of the small door, looking at how beautiful the landscape was at night, being illuminated by the moon. He had no idea the moon could be that brilliant till that moment.

It only took a minute for Kyuhyun to join him and sit down by his side. “It’s really beautiful, isn’t it?” he asked, chuckling softly. “Who would have thought there were so many things like this in the world?”

“No one,” Hyukjae answered, looking at Kyuhyun and smiling when the taller turned towards him as well. “Thanks.”

Kyuhyun shook his head. “It was you the one who made me realize how beautiful life can be.”

Hyukjae chuckled softly and turned back to see the full moon in front of them, resting his head on Kyuhyun’s shoulder as his hand sought for Kyuhyun’s, holding it softly. “I didn’t have an idea what living was before this,” he said in almost a mumble. “I can’t believe I waited for so long to do this…”

“You talk as if you were old and wasted,” Kyuhyun chuckled and caressed the back of Hyukjae’s hand with his thumb. “You have your entire life ahead, don’t worry.”

Hyukjae smiled and closed his eyes for a few seconds. “We have time?” he asked slowly.

Kyuhyun hummed. “We have time,” he assured before pressing his lips gently against Hyukjae’s hair. “Come on, it’s time to sleep, I want you to rest well because we’re just starting,” he smiled widely.

Hyukjae opened his eyes and looked up at Kyuhyun, grinning widely. “I can’t wait for tomorrow to come.”

Kyuhyun laughed and nodded, standing up and pulling Hyukjae up, guiding him towards the bed.

They fixed themselves on the bed, laughing as they faced each other. The bed was small, though not uncomfortable. They just decided looking at each other was the best decision. Kyuhyun slide his hand along Hyukjae’s and the smaller grinned up at him, his hands resting against Kyuhyun’s chest.

The lantern was off since a few minutes already but the moon was so bright that they could see each other perfectly and Kyuhyun couldn’t help but smile at how the white light looked against Hyukjae’s already pale skin. “I wasn’t kidding when I told you, you looked beautiful,” he suddenly said and he smiled tenderly as he saw how Hyukjae’s cheeks were tainted slightly.

“Well, you’re also handsome,” Hyukjae smiled, taking his hand up to gently caress Kyuhyun’s cheek. “You looked really scary when I met you.”

“Really?” Kyuhyun asked, opening his eyes widely at the revelation. “I was depressed that day.”

“That was the reason I approached you,” Hyukjae said, smiling softly and nodding for himself. “I was also sad. I thought we could help each other.”

Kyuhyun frowned slightly. “Why were you sad?”

Hyukjae chuckled softly and poked Kyuhyun’s frown with his index finger. “Because that was the day I realized my life and I needed to do something.”

Kyuhyun sighed and looked into Hyukjae’s eyes. Truth was, that the first time he saw them, he thought they were sad and melancholic, but now, they were completely different. Hyukjae’s eyes were filled with something so beautiful Kyuhyun couldn’t describe.

Hyukjae was looking into his eyes as well and they stayed silent for a few seconds before Kyuhyun smiled gently, caressing Hyukjae’s waist gently with his fingertips, pulling his body closer and leaning in.

Hyukjae bit his lower lip slightly and closed his eyes slowly.

The kiss was slow and soft. Their lips brushed against each other’s and they savored the beautiful sensation before Kyuhyun pressed his lips fully against Hyukjae’s plump ones, holding his waist soft but firmly.

They broke apart and Kyuhyun looked at Hyukjae; at the slight blush, the slightly parted lips and his half lidded eyes. He had the urge to kiss him again and again.

Hyukjae looked up at Kyuhyun and they smiled widely at each other before Kyuhyun leaned closer to kiss his forehead. “Sleep now, it’s really late,” he whispered tenderly, hugging Hyukjae’s body gently.

Hyukjae smiled and hummed, closing his eyes as he rested his forehead against Kyuhyun’s chest, sighing out softly. “I thought time didn’t matter…”

“It doesn’t,” Kyuhyun chuckled softly. “But that doesn’t mean I want you to miss hours of sleep…”

Hyukjae chuckled, feeling his exhausted body finally demand some rest. “Good night, Kyu…”

Kyuhyun closed his eyes, smiling for himself as he held Hyukjae softly. “Good night, Hyukjae.”

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