[lasj;a fiiiiine, he's sleeping! And indeed, it doesn't take long for Sanji to nod off after the excitement of the day. He's a dead log next to Jae-Ha save the occasional twitches and spikes of worry, where he reaches out to check that he didn't dream up his new friend.
Over the next few weeks, the nightly twitches finally disappear, but that's only replaced by Sanji waking up and checking with his eyes. Even at his age, his subconscious knows a good thing like this probably won't last the test of time. Especially as they've gotten so lucky so far - dodging being seen by his brothers, always one step ahead of the mansion maids and servants, no one in town willing to risk their necks tattling on their lord's son.
Reiju, too, stays out of their way (though according to Jae-Ha, she will poke her head through the door just to check if he's still around), and really, if that's all his sister plans to do, Sanji can't find it in himself to be too grumpy.
But he's still just -- nervous. If Jae-Ha is out of his sight for too long, Sanji hunts him down with an excuse to feed him, or make sure he has enough clothes, or to invite him to play with him (or more likely, wanting to go flying again). It probably looks clingy, and he can't help it. He's never had a friend, after all.
And it's on one particular day that their good luck finally dips. The two of them are out in the gardens, the far corner of it, with an apple dangling off the lowest branch. Sanji is in the middle of trying to jump up and knock it down, with strict orders at Jae-Ha not to help, because that's cheating, and Sanji plans to demonstrate that if he's not as tall as his friend, he can jump higher (y'know, if Jae-Ha had not-as-cool legs). He swears he's near victory, except that's when he hears voices in the distance -- four of them, in fact, and he recognizes them all.]
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Over the next few weeks, the nightly twitches finally disappear, but that's only replaced by Sanji waking up and checking with his eyes. Even at his age, his subconscious knows a good thing like this probably won't last the test of time. Especially as they've gotten so lucky so far - dodging being seen by his brothers, always one step ahead of the mansion maids and servants, no one in town willing to risk their necks tattling on their lord's son.
Reiju, too, stays out of their way (though according to Jae-Ha, she will poke her head through the door just to check if he's still around), and really, if that's all his sister plans to do, Sanji can't find it in himself to be too grumpy.
But he's still just -- nervous. If Jae-Ha is out of his sight for too long, Sanji hunts him down with an excuse to feed him, or make sure he has enough clothes, or to invite him to play with him (or more likely, wanting to go flying again). It probably looks clingy, and he can't help it. He's never had a friend, after all.
And it's on one particular day that their good luck finally dips. The two of them are out in the gardens, the far corner of it, with an apple dangling off the lowest branch. Sanji is in the middle of trying to jump up and knock it down, with strict orders at Jae-Ha not to help, because that's cheating, and Sanji plans to demonstrate that if he's not as tall as his friend, he can jump higher (y'know, if Jae-Ha had not-as-cool legs). He swears he's near victory, except that's when he hears voices in the distance -- four of them, in fact, and he recognizes them all.]
Ooooi! Sanji!
[Shit shit shit] Jae-Ha, you gotta hide!