Three days. It was more than he’d expected to have, and yet still didn’t feel like long enough. Ahn-Bo knew without asking that their relationship—that he was Jin’s aein—wouldn’t be accepted there. It would be more sneaky looks and clandestine meetings like it had been at school. Except he didn’t truly know if even that would be possible. Nor did he want to ask. Whatever it ended up being, it wouldn’t be like this.

Ahn-Bo made a pleased sound as Jin-a returned to him, sliding right back into the space he’d previously occupied without hesitation. The question Jin had poised was a bit silly in the wolf’s eyes. They were out in the middle of the wilderness. It wasn’t like there were predetermined places for predetermined activities in the forest. “Just this,” he responded sincerely, wrapping his arms around his friend again. He tugged him closer (or tried to, Jin had been pretty thorough in that department already.)

They could skip breakfast for all he cared. He was used to having just one or two meals a day now. Although that was likely much easier when the food he’d been eating had been barely edible. Curious to what Jin would say, he returned the question. “What do you want to do?”