Beginning of the end

Valentine special pt 2

Pt 2! Which one will this be about?

There were few things that could ruin Cale Henituse's mornings. He was used to getting woken up by loud noises, having spent so much of his life being a light sleeper as a victim of abuse, and then someone with an ability trying to kill monsters so humanity could survive.

Now that he lived in a different world and as a different person, he was used to being woken up by the kids he had adopted coming to pull him out of his 13 hour sleep fest. Or the scary butler would come along, shoving that abhorrent lemon tea under Cale's nose.

Point is, Cale had learnt how to weather through all of this and still begin his day on a good note. He was well fed, warm and surrounded by people who were strong enough to protect him if danger fell.

So when, despite all of this, he woke up one fine morning to find himself alone in bed, he was decidedly 'not happy'.

You see, there was another reason why Cale would be able to have good mornings even after so much. It was because his boyfriend would always, without fail, press a soft good morning kiss on Cale's forehead. Since the world was finally at peace now, with the Sealed God being sealed even more, and the White Star and his minions destroyed, Cale and the others had no reason to go around fighting villains.

This allowed the former Supreme Commander of the Allied forces of the Western and Eastern Continent (called Young Master Shield for short) to focus on his new relationship with his Guardian Knight Choi Han.

The relationship had started off due to a blunder on the Mercenary King's end. He had invited Choi Han to their usual binge drinking outings where Cage and Taylor were also included in the usual group of Bud, Glenn and Cale.

"Choi Han should also get a chance to let loose and enjoy. He has suffered a lot during the war. Choi Han!! Come! I'll teach you how to drink properly!"

Although Choi Han was older than all of them, he had never been able to drink freely so Cale didn't object. Besides, even if something happened, all of the others present were heavyweights so they could manage the situation.

But what Cale hadn't expected was Choi Han to hold his drink so well. He steadily kept drinking, while eating some snacks so he could stay sober.

Unfortunately that didn't last long as Cage and Bud started mixing drinks. It ended with all the heavyweights wishing death upon Bud while Cale used the teleportation scroll he had received from Raon before leaving, to return back home with Choi Han.

The kids had been sleeping at Raon's castle with Dragon Lord Sherrit, Raon's mother, hence the Super Rock Villa where Cale and Choi Han had teleported to, was silent and empty.

Using his wind ancient power, Cale had tried to send Choi Han, who was barely able to stand on his own legs, back to his room but the swordmaster had struggled out of the wind's hold and fallen into Cale's arms.

"Cale...nim...."

"Yes, it's me. Choi Han, you need to go back to your room."

"...no...I need ....go back..... Cale-nim..."

"What?" Cale frowned as he tried to make sense of the mumbled words. "No, it's night. You need to sleep. I am going to sleep too."

He felt Choi Han clumsily nodding his head before the raven made another attempt at speaking. "Cale-nim....loves....slee-ping."

"Ye-"

"He looks....so cute..."

"What are you talking about?" Cale could feel a headache coming. He used his ancient power again, this time half carrying, half dragging Choi Han to his room. Of course, Choi Han didn't make it easy for Cale at all. He kept struggling and flopping like a fish, mumbling "Cale-nim....go back...cute..." over and over again.