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Yoo Joonghyuk clenched his fists and scowled at the blue screen in front of him. He had been training just before it popped up and presented him with a new sun scenario.

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[Sub-Scenario - Let sleepy companions rest]

Your companion isn’t getting enough rest, help him fall asleep.

Difficulty: E

Clear conditions: Have your companion fall asleep on you

Rewards: 5000 coins and special skill

Penalty: Tired Kim Dokja :( and 7 day decrease in stats

Time limit: 48 hours

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Although the scenario wasn’t particularly dangerous it was annoying. Kim dokja had a habit of not taking care of himself and not letting others help him. It was even worse with Yoo joonghyuk, sometimes even walking up to Kim dokja was enough to make him skittish. He started walking back to the complex, the quicker he got this scenario over with the sooner he could get back to training.

Back at the complex Kim dokja was playing with Gilyoung and Shin yoosung. Though he didn’t act tired you could see by the dark bags under his eyes that he hadn’t sleep for a while. Yoo joonghyuk glared at him. If that fool Kim dokja took better care of himself then he wouldn’t need to bother with the stupid sun scenario. He contemplated wether knocking Kim dokja unconscious would clear the scenario. He saved that thought for later, if he had no other ideas he would try that. He began to open his mouth to announce his presence when Lee jihye ran up to him. “Master! Can you help me practice my sword fighting skills!” She said excitedly. Yoo joonghyuk grunted in acceptance and followed her outside, jihye chattering to him all the while.

By the time he had finished training jihye it was dusk. “Its getting late, we should start heading back now” he told jihye.

“Okay master, thank you for training with me today!”

With that jihye ran off towards the complex, Yoo joonghyuk walking slowly behind her. I’ve wasted a lot of time, he thought, I only have around 36 more hours to complete this scenario.

He had gotten to the complex by now and was walking towards his room when he sat a bright light seemingly coming from the rooftop. Changing directions he started going towards the stairs that led to the place the light was coming from. He stepped on the rooftop and his eyes fell upon a curled up figure, it was Kim dokja. The fool was so absorbed in his phone that he didn’t even notice Yoo joonghyuk until he was right in front of him. “Yoo joonghyuk” Dokja said, his words slightly slurred from exhaustion. “Why are you here?” Yoo joonghyuk scoffed.

“You fool” he said. “I’m here because I can see the light from your phone from the hallway.”

Kim dokja looked up at him with tired eyes. “Sorry I bothered you, I’ll turn the brightness down.”

Yoo joonghyuk grabbed Kim dokja’s phone. “Go to bed Kim dokja” he ordered.

Kim dokja glared at him. “Give me back my phone you sunfish bastard” he said.

Yoo joonghyuk glared back at him before his eyes softened a bit. “I’ll give you back your phone once you’ve slept.”

Kim dokja stared at him for a second before sighing. “Okay fine” he said, surprising Yoo joonghyuk.

Dokja sat up and started to walk to the stairs. He had made it to the first step when he stumbled, needing to catch himself so he didn’t fall. Yoo joonghyuk came up behind him. “I’m just a little dizzy, no need to worry” Kim dokja said

Yoo joonghyuk scowled at him “you are clearly to tired to walk by yourself, I’ll have to carry you” he said.

Kim dokja gaped at him. “W what do you mean carry me! I’m a perfectly functional adult that can walk down a few stairs by myself!” He protested.

Not bothering to respond Yoo joonghyuk picked Kim dokja up in a princess carry. Kim dokja squirmed around a bit in protest before giving up and wrapped his arms around Yoo joonghyuk’s neck. “Fine, I’ll let you carry me, but only because I’m to tired to escape right now!” He said. Yoo joonghyuk smirked and started to walk carefully down the stairs.

By the time they made it to the hallway where their rooms were Kim dokja had fallen asleep in his arms. He laid Kim dokja on his bed and just gazed at him for a minute. Kim dokja looked so peaceful while while asleep. It was the first time he had a chance to actually see him that calm. His gaze slid across his face. How come he had never noticed how soft Kim dokja looked? With his long eyelashes and clear skin one could even say he looked pretty. Eventually his eyes fell upon his lips, they looks so soft and pink. For a moment Yoo joonghyuk wondered what it would be like to kiss them. He blushed and looked away. Turning towards the door to leave he hesitated. He turned back to Kim dokja and gave him a small kiss on the forehead. Now he felt satisfied enough to leave. As he laid in bed that night he couldn’t stop imagining what it would feel like to kiss and hold Kim dokja, forgetting all about the sun scenario until morning.

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It was morning by the time Yoo joonghyuk had finally realized he had cleared the scenario. The small blue screen popped up in front of him with the option to accept the rewards, he clicked accept. The coins were little more than pocket change compared to how many he already had, what truly interested him was the skill.

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Kim Dokja Magnet

Kim dokja with subconsciously gravitate towards you. When this skill is activated he will feel more comfortable in you vicinity and will be more likely to engage in physical touch and intimate conversation. This skill may also make Kim dokja more agreeable.

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Huh. Though this wasn’t a particularly useful skill maybe he could use it to make the stupid squid stop sacrificing himself. With that Yoo joonghyuk got out of bed and started making his way to the kitchen. He had just started preparing his kitchen space for cooking when Kim dokja walked in. Out of curiosity he activated his new skill. Kim dokja walked up to the counter and sat down.

“joonghyuk, can you make pancakes for breakfast today!”

“No” Yoo joonghyuk said, his face expressionless.

Kim dokja pouted, “joonghyuk-ah, please.”

Yoo joonghyuk’s eye twitched, “fine” he said gruffly.

Kim dokja smirked as Yoo joonghyuk started to get ingredients to make the batter. Kim dokja took out his phone that Yoo joonghyuk had left by his bed last night. They sat in companionable silence, both focused on different things. It was still quite early in the morning so even by the time the pancakes were done no one else had gotten up yet. Kim dokja grabbed a pancake and took a bite, “these pancakes are the best I have ever had” he exclaimed.

Yoo joonghyuk tried not to blush at the praise, he was secretly proud that Kim dokja thought his cooking skills were good. Yoo joonghyuk plated up a few pancakes for himself and pushed the rest towards Kim dokja. “You need to eat more” he told Kim dokja. For a second Kim dokja looked like he wanted to protest but he decided against it and grabbed a few pancakes to add to his plate.

“There, are you happy now?” He asked Yoo joonghyuk.

Yoo joonghyuk nodded. Kim dokja started eating the pancakes, muttering at stupid sunfishes between bites.

Eventually the rest of kim dokja’s company enters the kitchen. Immediately Shin Yoosung and Lee Gilyoung ran up to Kim dokja.

“Ahjussi! Why are you here with the sooty bastard. Come sit with me instead” Gilyoung said.

Shin Yoosung grabbed his hand and pulled him to the couch. Both kids sat on couch next to Kim dokja and started babbling about meaningless things. Yoo joonghyuk squashed the jealousy forming in his chest. It didn’t matter anyway, he was Kim dokja’s companion and they were just some kids. Once he was finished with cooking and eating breakfast he headed outside of the complex to train. Now that the sun scenario was over he had no reason to stay by Kim dokja. That thought made him frown for some reason, he should be happy to go back to training but he wasn’t. No matter how much he tried to ignore it some part of him wanted to be next to Kim dokja.

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Halfway through training he gave up, he was just too distracted. He walked back to the complex and decided he would try to cook something to take his mind off of a certain companion of his. But of course when he walked in the kitchen Kim dokja was already in there. So much for trying to take his mind off of him.

Kim dokja perked up once he noticed him, “joonghyuk-ah, are you done training already?”

Yoo Joonghyuk grunted. Kim dokja smiled at him, “you must be tired, go ahead and sit down.”

Yoo Joonghyuk stared at him and then slowly walked over to the couch. He sat down right next to dokja. “O-oh, I meant you can sit down on the other couch but I guess this is fine too” Kim dokja stammered.

“What book are you reading” Yoo joonghyuk asked.

Dokja looked up at him with a surprised expression on his face. “I doubt you would find it very interesting” Kim dokja responded.

“Just explain it to me you fool” Yoo joonghyuk said.

“Fine I didn’t know you are so interested in what I read but I guess I could explain it too you” Kim dokja snarked, though without any bite. Kim dokja then spent the next hour explaining to him what the book was about and his interpretation of it. Over that hour both of them inches closer and closer together until they were practically sitting in each other’s laps. Eventually Kim dokja’s voices faded into silence. Kim dokja had fallen asleep on him for the second time just a day after the first time. Yoo Joonghyuk found that he didn’t mind, it was nice that Kim dokja felt comfortable enough to fall asleep on him. Yoo Joonghyuk rested his nose in the crook of Kim dokja’s neck. He spelled like old books and vanilla cookies. Yoo Joonghyuk wound himself wrapping his arms around him and pressing him to his chest. He weighed almost nothing, maybe Yoo joonghyuk should cook for him more often, yes that was a good idea, maybe if he cooked for home more he would get to hold Kim dokja more often.

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Yoo Joonghyuk woke too a flash of bright light, his eyes shoot open. He was still on the couch with dokja in his arms. He looked around the room, his eyes landed on Han Yoosung holding up a phone. “Wow, you and dokja look super comfortable right now” she snickered.

Yoo Joonghyuk glared at her “delete the pictures” he growled.

Han Yoosung smirked, “No, I don’t think I will, but I’ll send you a few as payment for giving me such good blackmail material.”

“I’ll let you keep them if you send me all of the pictures” he bargained.

Han Yoosung smiled, “you got yourself a deal.”

Kim dokja yawned and groggily opened his eyes. As soon as he saw where he was sleeping he blushed and fell off of Yoo Joonghyuk’s lap. Han Yoosung winked at Yoo Joonghyuk and waked out of the room. She did not want to see whatever sickeningly sweet things they did next.

“Y-yoo Joonghyuk” dokja stammered out. “I’m sorry for falling asleep on you, I must have been more tired than I thought.”

Yoo Joonghyuk looked at him with a searching gaze “it’s fine” he said.

“No I really am sorry” Kim dokja repeated. I know me falling asleep on you was probably uncomfortable for you.”

“Why would it be uncomfortable for me?” Asked Yoo joonghyuk.

“Well I know that you and Lee Seolhwa are together and -

Before he could finish he sentence Yoo joonghyuk interrupted him.

“Why would you think I’m with Lee Seolhwa?” Yoo joonghyuk asked.

“Well in the second regression you married her” Kim dokja said as if were common sense.

“You fool” said Yoo joonghyuk, I don’t want Lee Seolhwa, I like someone else.”

“Oh, I just figured that it was Lee Seolhwa” dokja said. “If it’s not her than is it Yoo Sangah?”

“No you fool, it’s you that I want!” Exclaimed Yoo joonghyuk.

For a second Kim dokja was speechless before his face turned tomato red and he mumbled something unintelligible.

“I like you too”

“What did you say” asked Yoo joonghyuk.

Kim dokja said it louder this time

“I like you too!”

Yoo Joonghyuk’s face broke into a smile. “Good” he said.

“Does this mean I can hold your hand and cuddle you now” Kim dokja asked.

“Obviously” said Yoo joonghyuk.

“Well it’s not like I’ve ever dated before!” Kim dokja blurted out.

“You haven’t?” Said Yoo joonghyuk.

“No, your my first” said Kim dokja shyly.

Yoo Joonghyuk walked closer to dokja and tilted his chin up. “Is it okay if kiss you?” He whispered.

Kim dokja looked him in the eyes and after a seconds pause nodded. Yoo Joonghyuk brought his mouth to Kim dokja’s. The kiss was sweet and gentle, Kim dokja’s lips were as soft as he thought they would be and tasted like cherries. He slowly pulled away, Kim dokja’s lips were red from the kiss and his face was tinted pink. Kim dokja stared at him from under half lidded eyes and whispered “I love you.”

Yoo Joonghyuk pulled him up into his lap on the couch and kissed him again. “I love you too” he whispered back. They sat curled up together on the couch until the rest of the company found them.

“Hah” said Han Yoosung, “I told you they would be dated by the end of the month.”

Jung Heewon grumbled a bit but handed over some coins anyway.

“You better treat Ahjussi good or else I’ll had my bugs eat you” threatened Gilyoung, Shin Yoosung nodding in agreement.

“Congratulations” said Yoo Sangah and Lee Hyunsung, though they could barely be heard above the sound of coins being gifted. Uriel was currently nursing a nose bleed and depleting Eden’s treasury based on how much she was donating. Yoo Joonghyuk smiled, he could get used to this.