AfterMask: 32

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"Ahhh, I feel better now that we've gotten all of that out of the way." Jin sighed, hugging Yun's arm as they walked towards home.

Sora was next to Nabi, the two munching on donuts together as Sae Ha strolled behind them to smoke. "I bet Oppa will love these decorations. Nabi is so good at finding cute things!" The human beamed, holding up the bag of paper plates with bunnies, flowers, and bees all over them and cups in various shades of pink.

The girl Chachaoong beamed and giggled at the praise, Mano messing with his fidget spinner he'd insisted MuYoung buy for him '(You get it and I shut up or you don't and I relentlessly annoy you for it'). He actually seemed enamored by the spinning device, eyes focused on it and Henry steering him around obstacles. "It looks like the shop is done with the cake for Rabbit. I'll have them deliver it to the restaurant now so it can cool in the freezer and not fall apart." MuYoung texted the address to the 'friend' he'd called the favor from.

"Nabi-Nuna, will you come and celebrate too? I bet Hyung would love meeting someone as cute and polite as you!" Jin beamed, sunshine aura pouring off him to the point Yun squinted at his brother.

Nabi immediately perked up, and the small nuances of her body language made Yun think of an actual rabbit. "I-I can come? A-and you think so?" She replied, delighted by the offer and flattered by the compliments. "I would love to! Oh, I should probably check with my parents first though..." She promptly pulled out a cell phone with several tiny and sparkly charms attached to it, immediately beginning to text.

"Ah, whoops. Will it be okay since it's so sudden?" Jin deflated; considering MuYoung rarely ever set things like curfews or rules like Mirine's parents did, he was more used to being able to do as he pleased.

After a few moments, Nabi's cellphone buzzed. A few more seconds passed as she read the response from her parents. She sent one last text before finally putting the device away and beaming at the group. "They said yes~!" She cheerfully announced. "I just need to be back some time tonight, a-and to let them know if I'll be home late. But I can come with you!"

"Woo~!" Jin cheered, giving her a head pat with a grin. "This is fantastic~!"

Yun huffed in a content way. "It shouldn't be too hard to make Hyung smile again. Maybe you should give him a hug." The look MuYoung shot the black-haired King clearly asked why he was being betrayed. Maru hid his snickering behind an oblivious Haru. It was no secret Noah enjoyed teasing MuYoung, and having the gunman willingly give Noah a hug would've no doubt sent the Rabbit over the moon.

"We should see if we can hang streamers in the restaurant. It's not far from here right?" Jin brought up.

A scream breaking the silence around them made Maru jump physically, Haru bleating ('UWAH!') as it jostled him. "Maru?" MuYoung asked as he steadied his fiance.

"Trouble."

The word was followed by even louder screaming, the group now alerted by a stampede of people running several streets away.

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"Noah~"

The baby giggled as ChoYi smooched his cheek, the elder TAL absolutely enthralled with his tiny son. "Awahwahwah."

"Your cheeks are so soft, like marshmallows~ You're so cute!" ChoYi squealed, hearts flying around him as EunYul and GamunBe walked with them to the store. "My little bunny~"

The Butcher rolled his eyes. "Oh my god, you're so annoying."

"Careful there, EunYul. You were a baby once too. And you were so much trouble to look after, hitting on women three times your age, picking fights with everyone around you." GamunBe was in a mocking mood, his tone teasing and jokingly morose. "Ahh, where did I go wrong in raising you? ChorangYi-Nim, do your best with my beloved this time, eh?"

As ChoYi muffled his laughter, EunYul's face burned as hard as his glare at the Ox. "I will eviscerate you, GamunBe."

"Noah you can't grow up like that, got it? Don't go causing trouble, you will be a good boy and be right here with me and Calf right?" ChoYi played along, EunYul shooting him an aghast look of betrayal.

The baby grabbed ChoYi's nose. "Abahbahbwah?"

"Can you call me 'Daddy'?" ChoYi bounced on his feet as they reached the market, GamunBe going to get a cart. "Can you say 'Papa'?"

The infant gave him an oblivious stare, and promptly stuck his thumb in his mouth.

"Nooooo, call me 'Paaaapaaaa'-" ChoYi's chibi began to cry, clinging to Noah as EunYul snickered maliciously at the other TAL. "Call me Papa, Noaaaaah." The ChorangYi whined as he smothered his son's face in kisses, hoping all the affection would convince his boy to speak.

GamunBe was grinning as he leaned on the cart. "Even as a baby, we know he is stubborn."

"Good kid." EunYul snorted. "Don't call this guy 'Papa' at all."

ChoYi made to scowl at the Butcher, but the three's attention was directed by a polite yelp. Lotte was carrying a large bag of groceries, blinking and looking uneasy as he'd spotted the TAL. "Oh, it's the little class leader. Yo." EunYul greeted casually, aware that the human's eyes were fixed on the infant in ChoYi's arms.

"...I...I don't want to know."

GamunBe sighed. "Well, this and that happened so things are like this now. But yes, this is my beloved Noah." He pointed his thumb at the small infant who giggled and grabbed ChoYi's nose.

"...Reality stopped being a thing the moment I met all of you." Lotte deadpanned as his eyebrow twitched.

EunYul just snickered as the Ox straightened up. "Were you shopping?"

"Uh, yeah...I need to buy my own groceries, and I got a text about the party being moved to tomorrow." Lotte dug out his phone to show them the text from Jin. "...But...the guest of honor doesn't seem to be in a state of handling a party..."

ChoYi bounced Noah, the baby laughing and grabbing his face. "We can still have fun with Oppa, even so."

"Well, that's true...What were you all out for? Baby food?" Lotte asked.

EunYul shook his head. "He's not gonna be like this for a long time. We were just picking up things the house needs." And going out to survey the city as well; just because the Lost TAL were powerful didn't mean they didn't need help at times. Especially since they were watching Sarah now.

"Hm...Is he...aware? Of things?" The human pondered.

EunYul pointed his thumb at Noah. "He's aware that GamunBe is definitely his, considering he practically jumped out of ChoYi's arms to get to him." Lotte gaped as the tall TAL wept about Noah not being old enough to get married. "But he's not aware of much else, it seems. His Yongma seems to be gone too."

"Horse?" Lotte muttered in confusion.

GamunBe held his hand at Usagi's height. "The actual rabbit."

"Oh that thing, right. I didn't even notice it wasn't around." The human blinked, now noting Usagi wasn't bounding about Noah's person as normal. "I guess whatever happened to him affected that rabbit then?"

The trio nodded and were about to continue their pleasant conversation when the store front windows suddenly exploded, people rioting and clamoring to get out of the building. Lotte was now behind GamunBe, holding not only his groceries but a now wailing Noah, as ChoYi and EunYul had shot ahead to the crowd. "Everybody out now! Move!" The Butcher TAL called as ChoYi helped to drag a few injured out of harm's way. Inside, roars could be heard, and Noah's wailing turned to terrified screeching as they identified the sound -

Infected.

More than one.

"GamunBe Hyung!"

The Ox stiffened and turned to see the Kings and entourage storming towards him. "HY-Hyung?!" Jin gawked as soon as he spotted Noah in Lotte's arms, the human cradling the infant Chachaoong in a surprisingly expert manner. "What's-"

"WATCH OUT!"

GamunBe covered Lotte and Noah with his body as the body of one of the Infecteds soared overhead, EunYul jumping over his once caretaker and standing between the three and the Infected getting to its feet. Henry and Nabi were moved behind MuYoung as Sae Ha stood in front of Mano and Sora, gritting his teeth as ChoYi kicked out and dodged two other Infecteds. "How- How did so many emerge at once?! This is faster than we thought..."

"Woon Lotte!" Jin immediately grabbed for the human, GamunBe now free to join EunYul in the fight, his Mask and uniform summoned within seconds. "I can't believe it - Is this really Hyung?!" The redheaded King stared at the whimpering Noah who was now flailing his limbs, unhappy about everything.

The baby slightly calmed once in Jin's hands, and gazed up with watery pink eyes that made Jin's heart clench tight. The last one who saw this face with such an expression was gone, his dying wish to be Noah's happiness...

"Our TAL." Jin's voice was stern and strong as he hugged Noah to his chest and glared at the Infected. "Restrain and cure."

The TALs present felt their limbs twitch, as if obeying the command, and Yun donned his Mask to stand in front of the humans and weaker Chachaoong as the others leapt into the fray. Sae Ha charged forward and unwound his needle sleeves as Maru's ribbons materialized, the two swinging and darting between their comrades, trying to lead the three Infected into tangling themselves.

"Stay back." EunYul cautioned, holding his arm out as his sword held back a few loops as an Infected charged him, the TAL quickly freeing his weapon in time for the loops to tighten around the Infected's leg, causing it to crash to the ground.

Noah was wiggling in Jin's grasp, panicking. It was too LOUD! It was too SCARY! Where was the nice grinning man? The one from before? He wanted that one! He spotted the man backflipping away from one of the monsters, and the redheaded King holding Noah yelped as the infant managed to launch himself out of Jin's grasp and out onto the street.

"HYUNG!"

"NOAH!" ChoYi's screech rang with Jin's as he caught sight of his infant son, now a target for the still free Infected to dive upon with a roar.

At the sight of the baby in clear danger, Nabi leapt into action almost without a thought. In a swift motion, she darted from behind MuYoung who yelped and tried to grab her and pull her back unsuccessfully, running right over and scooping Noah into her arms before darting out of the Infected's path just in time.

"Nuna!" Jin yelled as she moved out of the Infected's path, the creature landing on empty space and turning to try and swipe at her and Noah. Shifting her grip and freeing up one hand, Nabi summoned a couple knives and threw them in the Infected's direction, hoping they'd at least serve as a distraction. The weapons bounced off uselessly, only making the Infected flinch, but it was enough of a distraction as ChoYi brought his foot down on the Infected's head, looking furious that it had dared to go after his son.

Securing her hold once more, Nabi kept running in an effort to put as much distance as she could between them and the danger. She turned and twisted through the fence of sash and sleeve Maru and Sae Ha had constructed, only for her own foot to snag and her shoulder hit the pavement hard, Nabi now lying prone in the street but safeguarded by the TAL's trap.

"Hhhhh!"

The blond painfully turned her body to lay on her back, arm now feeling both numb and on fire at the same time. Her other arm still had Noah secured to her chest, the infant's eyes saturated with tears and his tiny hands trying to paw at hers. "Shhhh...It's okay, little one...I won't let anyone hurt you, I swear..." Her fingers moved a few tiny soft locks out of his face. "Alright little one?"

"Mmooo..." Noah whimpered. "Nnuu...Nuuuniiiimuuu..."

ChoYi's heart twisted and he stood frozen. "Shhhh...It's okay, I'm here, you're safe..." Nabi hushed gently. She carefully tried to shift into a sitting position and began to look over Noah, wanting to make sure he wasn't hurt anywhere. "Let Nunim take care of you. Here." Her fingers brushed his cheeks as her Ability ran through his tiny body, finding nothing to heal thankfully.

"Miss!" Sae Ha was weaving through the trap towards them, his arm wrapping around Nabi's good shoulder. "Hold still, let me..." He carefully pulled back the shoulder of her dress, her skin discolored with bruising. "Let me bind ya, okay? It might stress the muscle if I don't." The Sun Bi carefully pried Noah off her front as ChoYi came jogging up, the ChorangYi taking his son who latched onto him and crouched by Nabi.

His dark eyes searched her doe browns, and Nabi saw only relief and gratitude. "Nuna...Thank you." His voice was choked and tired, and he sat next to her as Sae Ha began to thread gauze around her shoulder.

"I-it's no problem." she replied, giving ChoYi a gentle smile that was only briefly interrupted by a wince. "I couldn't just stand there and do nothing... I'm so glad he's okay." Sae Ha brushed back her bangs with a worried look as he did what he could.

The moment was then derailed by a yell. "Nuna!" Jin was struggling to get through the fence, the Infected now in the process of being 'cured' by Yun and EunYul. "Nuna that was dangerous! You got hurt! That's was scary!" He cried, hugging her good arm as Sae Ha huffed at him. Henry was now paying complete and absolute attention to Lotte, whom in turn was doing his best to ignore the Chachaoong breathing down his neck.

"It looks like the store is torn apart...I hope their insurance will cover it." MuYoung remarked. He looked over at the Butcher. "Was anyone hurt?"

EunYul let Jin hang off of him once Sae Ha shoved the redhead off Nabi. "No. We evacuated the humans before any of them were badly injured. It looks like she's the only casualty." He pointed his sword at Nabi. "Where'd you find such a brave little girl anyway? Not many would charge out like that."

"Ah! This is Nabi!" Sora introduced. "She's grown up with human parents like MuYoung!" The human was hovering by the fence, unsure of whether or not she should move.

Once he'd gotten her shoulder bound, Sae Ha helped Nabi to her feet. "Careful there Miss."

"Thank you." she said softly before letting out a relieved sigh. "I'm glad everyone's okay. I-I was worried I might have to use my ability for a bit there."

Puzzled looks flitted around as Mano held Nabi's shoulder to administer a few needles to her skin. "Ah...Your Ability?" GamunBe asked politely. The Infected's rock-like exterior was crumbling now, and he was helping to break and pull off the chunks as best he could.

"I can heal wounds and injuries. Though it takes a lot out of me." She rubbed the back of her head with her good arm, wincing as Mano' ministrations made goosebumps appear across her skin. Sora knew Nabi was a good patient, but there were very few who enjoyed the feeling of needles, even for therapeutic reasons.

ChoYi suddenly bristled. "Ah- YOU!" He gaped as Noah chewed on his hair. "Your parents! By chance, is your father sort of alternative looking while your mother looks more business casual?"

"Uh..." Though it took a second for her to process the descriptions, Nabi's face soon lit up with realization. "Oh! That's them! H-how did you know?" Mano finished with his task, Nabi visibly relaxing as the needles left her skin and she was given relief as the soreness and tightness in her shoulder faded a bit.

The tallest TAL chuckled. "They walked into the restaurant this morning. They had mentioned their daughter could do tricks like Oppa. He'd been healing Ho at the time and we didn't notice them coming in."

"Was that what set him off?" EunYul asked.

ChoYi shook his head. "It was...Uh..." He glanced at Nabi. "...Actually...your mother mentioned you might like a certain spicy dish we had printed on our new menu. That dish...it was made for someone we used to know...She was close to Oppa."

"Well, I do love spicy foods." she commented, absentmindedly licking her lips at the thought. The rest of the TAL's words then sunk in, and her mind started putting things together. "...Oh... H-he must really miss her..." she uttered quietly, looking over at the little one in question. Jin and Yun had been rather dour when she'd noticed them talking about their 'Hyung' having a breakdown, and now there was no mystery. Nabi quietly walked over to the two, Noah perking up as she reached them.

ChoYi held his son upright as Nabi's fingers slipped into Noah's grasp. The baby pulled her digits closer, and nibbled on Nabi's hand while staring up at her. There wasn't any ill will in Noah's eyes. Just a gooey warm adoration. She smiled and giggled at him, the infant laughing and letting go as Jin scooted to Nabi's side. "Well, this is a weird situation, but at least everyone is okay."

"I wonder if we should go ahead with the party since Hyung is like this?" Yun pondered out loud. "We moved everything up, but if he's like this..."

MuYoung set his hand on the black-haired King's head to tussle Yun's locks. "We can still celebrate with a baby. We'll just hold off the gifts until tomorrow when he should be normal again. Though, the old man should probably be alerted that there'll be more than one infant guest." He glanced at Haru, whom had been comfortably and quietly sucking his thumb in Maru's arms for a while now.

"I think he would like that." Yun replied, looking over at Noah and ChoYi. "...And...it's not as though it'd be a problem if he were like this a little longer..."

Nabi gingerly moved her shoulder, happy to feel that the injury was healing now. Looks like her Ability was doing its job. "We'll take care of these people." MuYoung told them, pointing at the unconscious humans who were out cold on the ground, bits of rock and multitudes of pebbles strewn everywhere. "You guys should head back to the house and get everything coordinated."

"Right!" Sora beamed, Lotte now holding his grocery bag to block off a frowning Henry.

ChoYi yelping was the sound that broke the air in that moment, the ChorangYi looking at Noah like he'd just seen a ghost. "Oppa...Noah what'd you say? Can you say that again?" The infant was sucking on his fingers to self-soothe, and pulled his digits from his mouth, looking up at ChoYi's pale face.

"Apappa."

The TAL went off the handle with glee, squealing and jumping about with renewed energy, smooching Noah's giggling face. EunYul groaned and rolled his eyes as GamunBe started snickering. "What a family moment."

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"Is she going to be okay?"

The old man huffed as he sipped at his juice. "Her parents said she's a shy one. But the people here are good people." He replied to Yun, Jin currently the bodyguard/hiding spot behind which Nabi was cowering a bit. "She'll be fine once she knows us all."

"Maybe I should...." Yun paused, sweating heavily as he realized he was the LAST person who should be giving advice to combat shyness.

Noah was curled up in one of the booths, normal size and in a pair of pajamas Ho had grabbed for him, sipping at some juice and nibbling on the red bean cake MuYoung had ordered. He seemed extremely quiet, even with the girls adamantly cuddling him. Nabi was peering around Jin at the Rabbit, but given the wide room of people between both points, she was finding it hard to work up the nerve to go and speak with him.

"Are you the one who protected Oppa?!" Jenna had just popped up, hugging both Jin and Nabi and smelling heavily of curry. "Thank you Unni! You're so brave doing that out of nowhere!"

Besides her, Haje was walking around with a tray of small soup bowls, clear broths and miso and a thick reddish soup that smelled like Jenna- Must've been hot and sour. The once-mute smiled and halted by them, offering the soup, Jin taking a bowl of miso and drinking it down, the spoon end bumping against his cheek.

"I-it's no problem. I-I'm glad I could help..." Nabi squeaked out softly, startled by the sudden attention. "I'm Nabi, by the way. It's nice t-to meet you..." she introduced herself as she grabbed a bowl of soup from Haje's tray and took a sip.

The Laon siblings were beaming, and as Haje moved, Maru stepped into view, chatting with Mir and Lotte while bouncing Haru. The baby caught sight of Nabi and recognized her from earlier, flailing his hands in her direction. Emboldened and enticed by the cute baby Nabi left Jin's side to stand closer to the Rat and his mouse, her fingers caught by Haru's as he inspected her hand. "Oh goodness, I'm sorry Dongsaeng! He's in the 'grabby' phase." Maru apologized with a sheepish grin.

"Oh it's okay, d-don't worry!" Nabi quickly reassured with a smile before a giggle escaped her mouth. "Oh he's such a cute little one~"

Haru babbled and nibbled on her hand before Maru managed to tug him away, distracting the baby with his own hand. "He'll grow well, I think. Both Mu and I are doing our best." Maru gave a smitten sigh as he gazed over the room towards his mate, whom was conversing with EunYul. "Maybe we'll even be as good as Dongsaeng's parents. Raising such a brave person."

"But uh, don't go doing that again if it's unnecessary. You scared a few of us." Lotte coughed into his fist.

Mir smirked. "We Chachaoongs aren't the fearful type."

"Nor are you the subtle kind." Lotte replied, pointedly turning his head. Henry was hovering near him, and flushed redly, looking away.

As Mir snickered, Nabi fidgeted. "S-sorry..." Nabi replied sheepishly, face lightly tinted with a blush. "I'll try to be more careful." She spoke quietly, Haru grabbing at her sleeve as he sucked his thumb.

"You did good, Dongsaeng." Maru assured with a smile. "If your parents knew, I'm sure they'd be proud."

Lotte was glaring waspishly at Henry, Nabi fidgeting again before she leaned in. "H-he really seems to like you though. Why not give it a chance?" The young girl spoke.

"He-He's so odd!" Lotte sputtered, his face turning as red as his hair. "He's lurking and watching me and- and- and-"

She giggled a bit at Lotte's flustered reaction. Mir smirked wider and bumped his elbow into Lotte's ribs playfully. "He's not the only one who watches." The Rooster crowed.

"Hey, little Nuna, I got your Dragon's Breath Curry made. Can you do me a quick favor?" ChoYi whispered, handing her a bowl of some red soup-like curry that smelled so lethally spicy the others cringed away from it. "Can you take this over to Oppa? It's his favorite and I'm needed back in the kitchen." ChoYi handed her a different bowl full of chowder-like stew, visible diced veggies and dumplings swimming in the thick broth.

Unlike the others, Nabi's eyes lit up at the sight and scent of the curry, and she failed to stop herself from licking her lips in anticipation. Her focus on the hot dish was broken by the TAL's request though. Taking the bowl, she looked over to where Noah sat now by himself as the girls were trying to sneak more bowls away from Haje, and nodded. "Sure!"

"..." Noah was chewing on another chunk of red bean paste, the dessert lining of the cake shell left behind, when a clink announced a bowl being set in front of him. His eyes rose up to see Nabi sheepishly smiling. "...Oh, you're...Uh..."

Oh! This was a chance! "I-I'm Nabi." She introduced herself. "We met earlier...Do you remember?" Nabi asked. "Oh, uh, Oppa wanted me to bring this to you. He said it's your favorite." She nodded towards the bowl she'd set down for him.

"Uh?" Noah blinked, finally returning his attention to the bowl. The scent of the stew wafted into the Rabbit's face, and Usagi popped up and tried to lunged for the bowl, chittering loudly when Noah grabbed the putty-ball beast and tossed the small black rabbit mass onto his head. "Thanks, Nunim." He paused, then flushed. "N-Nabi-Nim, I meant."

Nabi let out a soft gasp at the yongma's sudden appearance, immediately feeling the urge to pet the little creature but restraining herself for the moment. "O-oh, it's okay!" She said, giving Noah a gentle smile and a sympathetic glance to Usagi as the beast recovered and 'dug' about in Noah's hair, the Yongma's master disgruntled-looking but making no move to stop the beast. She glanced at the rest of the room for a moment before returning her attention to the pair in front of her. "Uhm... mind if I join you...?"

The Rabbit lowered his gaze. "...Yeah. Sure...Uhm." The spoon clinked in his bowl as Usagi tried to again pilfer a bite. "...Thanks. For before, I mean. Would you believe that level of weirdness is actually normal for us?"

"N-no problem." Nabi said as she took a seat near him, placing her own food on the table and sliding into the booth beside him. "I-it is?" She replied, head tilted in curiosity. "Things must get pretty wild around here." Usagi hoped close to her, and sniffed at her bowl. At first Nabi was humored by the Yongma's antics, but when Usagi proceeded to dramatically keel over, even manifesting a white flag on a toothpick it clutched to its chest, Nabi found herself hard-pressed to not laugh.

Noah rolled his eyes. "He's as weak to spice as I am." He poked Usagi's belly with his spoon, and the rabbit beast immediately 'revived' to lick the stew off the utensil. "Silly baby."

"Huh, really? More for me then~" she joked with a tiny smirk. "He's so cute. Can...can I pet him?" she asked, clearly excited.

Noah's lips quirked at the corners a little. Just a little. "Just forewarning, if you give him even a little attention he'll hound you every waking moment." Usagi finished cleaning the spoon, squeaking and flailing on his back as Noah dug into his bowl to eat. Without any hesitation, Nabi eagerly reached out a hand and began petting the beast's exposed tummy. Meanwhile, her other grabbed her spoon and scooped up a bite of curry. Usagi chittered loudly at being tickled, his tiny body warm and silky beneath Nabi's fingers. Noah snorted as his beast stretched around the girl's hand, nibbling on a large piece of daikon radish that crunched audibly as he chewed through it. "Ham it up, you little attention hog." Noah uttered.

"He's so soft~!" she cooed in delight, continuing to pet and tickle. "Such a soft and cute little bunny, such a good boy~" Without further delay, Nabi finally took her first bite of the dangerously spicy curry. The girl clearly had no intent to test the intensity of the food's heat before diving in, making her first scoop a large one.

Noah watched the bold move and the quirking of his mouth immediately strengthened, a small smile curving his lips as he watched Nabi eat the first bite. "...She loved doing that too. Diving headfirst, even if she knew the scoville scale...Ghost peppers, Carolina Reaper, habeneros...We musta spent weeks trying every ratio combination..." His eyes had the soft glow Nabi had been given before now, weak but visible. "You like it?"

"Hhhh." wWas her initial response before letting out a giggle. "Ohh wow that's hot! And tasty too!" Nabi continued, already scooping up another spoonful. "And... jumping in headfirst isn't how I usually do things. I-I'm normally the type who stays back where it's nice and safe. I just can't resist spicy food though!"

The glow brightened. "No kidding..." He spooned another mouthful of stew into his mouth, Usagi purring and nuzzling Nabi's hand as the color and life seemed to wash back into Noah's frame.

"Oh...Oh~!" Jin was bouncing, a delighted grin on his face. "I think...Yes!" His cheered was hissed, MuYoung standing with his back to the wall as ChoYi passed out bowls of curry, less spicy than Nabi's. "Look! The look on his face! That's the look!" The redheaded King glanced at the tallest TAL as Nabi's face tinged pinker and pinker with each bite, Noah grinning now in amusement. "Isn't it?"

ChoYi was smiling, eyes watery. "Yeah...Oppa's looking healthy again." He chuckled. "That little Nuna really is good at healing."