I may have traveled a lot but every time it's different so forgive me if my description of post-plane activities are not completely accurate.

Prepare for a lot of all-caps and yelling and melodramaticness.

WARNING: the 'beeps' are the inappropriate parts. you're welcome. DO NOT ask me what take the place of them. 

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"Stick together, guys," Jahad called the minute they stepped into the crowded, loud airport. "Gustang, you're up."

"Great." Gustang stepped to the front since he was kind of the only one that could handle things like this without breaking from pressure. "We've got to past security first."

Of course, things blew up immediately at security. Arie refused to part with his sword for one thing, not trusting to put it through the scanner that could potentially 'dull his blade'. Things were fine after a quick explanation that yes, swords were allowed as long as they were wrapped up and kept with luggage and a quick persuasion with Arie. Then a security guy tugged on Arie's hair and asked if it was real, a wig, or dyed.

Naturally, he absolutely exploded and went on rampage. Every head in the airport turned their way as he started shouting."EXCUSE ME WHAT ARE YOU CALLING FAKE YOU @$$HOLE DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR ME TO GET IT TO LOOK LIKE THIS AND NOW YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO INSULT IT?! WHAT'S WITH YOUR HAIR, IS IT FAKE AS WELL WELL HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU THAT YOUR HAIR WAS FAKE OR DYED WHEN YOU TAKE THE EFFORT TO LOOK NICE AND KEEP IT CLEAN HUH YOU-" He spewed plenty of very select words. It was a good thing that they had already removed his sword or else he'd probably start destroying things. There were only three fail-safe ways to enrage Arie: do something to his sword, insult his swordsmanship or his pride, and... insult his hair and ask if it was fake.

Case in point.

Ari quickly calmed Arie down before he could get arrested since stupid security guy or not, he was an officer and you weren't exactly supposed to blow up at officers. Then again, the poor security guy looked far too terrified of Arie to do anything.

Then, some other security guy mistook Eurasia as a pillow and tried dumping her in a bin before she woke up fully and also went on rampage. While Eurasia slept most of the time when she got worked up she could be terrifying, and this was one of the times. Fortunately, Eurasia didn't know as many colorful curses as Arie did, but she shouted perfectly fine. "I WAS SLEEPING FOR YOUR INFORMATION DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH HUH I HATE BEING WOKEN UP IT WAS ALREADY REALLY TIRING TO WALK THROUGH THESE CROWDS AND NOW YOU DARE MISTAKE ME AS A PILLOW?! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU SLEEPING PEACEFULLY THEN GET RUDELY WOKEN UP BY THROWN INTO A BIN THAT I DON'T EVEN FIT INTO FOR BEING MISTAKEN AS AN ITEM? HUH?!"

A security guy approached them. "Excuse me, I would like to with all due respect like to escort you personally through the remainder of security for the sake of other people."

Gustang hurriedly whispered each person's personal dislike and etc. into the guy's ear, probably so he wouldn't do something wrong and get beaten up as well. Thanks to that they finally passed through security without any more disputes.

"And this is why I never wanted to travel with a bunch of crazy adolescents," Jahad sighed under his breath. "They'll get me arrested at this point..."

Eduan nudged him with a playful smirk. "Don't forget, you're including yourself in that category, great leader."

Jahad looked annoyed at him, but his sharp retort caught in his throat as his eyes immediately latched onto his lips automatically and the memory replayed itself in his head. "...Whatever," he mumbled, turning away and striding quickly to the front.

"...Okay guys, we've officially cleared security," Gustang announced. "Time to put our big luggage away."

It looked like they would get through checking luggage fine-until one woman opened Yurin's suitcase to check to make sure there weren't any dangerous items and made a comment at the messy piles of things inside like, "...So undisciplined."

Before anybody could stop her, Yurin, with her natural hot-tempered personality, also went on rampage. "UNDISCIPLINED?! YOU DARE CALL ME UNDISCIPLINED YOU SCRAWNY STICK OF A WOMAN? SO WHAT IF I'M MESSY I CAN DEFEND MYSELF WHICH IS PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU CAN DO AND ALSO, I HAVE A MUCH BETTER FIGURE THAN YOU DO B!TCH FROM ALL MY WORKOUTS DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO KEEP UP IN A GROUP OF SHOWOFF BOYS WELL YOU DON'T SO DON'T YOU EVEN START WITH YOUR 'UNDISCIPLINARY' COMMENTS, YOU HEAR ME?!!!"

Yurin was more of a 'smash-with-fists' than a 'smash-with-weapons' type, so they quickly restrained her and apologized to the stricken and terrified lady. "We're never going to make it through to the plane at this rate..." Jahad moaned.

Since their load was a lot lighter now that their suitcases were all gone and all they had were their personal bags, and there was still some time before their terminal was called for flight, they stopped and relaxed in a small airport restaurant.

Jahad rubbed his temples as he took a long sip of water. Eurasia was sound asleep, Arie browsing the mini-store next door, and Eduan at the bathroom. Bloodmadder had gone off and going to buy some 'animal donuts' that were being sold at a small cart nearby. "We're not even halfway there and my head is already throbbing... I swear, you guys will be the death of me."

"Agreed," Ari sighed. "Why can't you all just restrain yourselves once and a while?"

Yurin huffed and crossed her arms, propping her feet on the table. "It's not us, it's the stupid officers here that make the wrong comments 24/7."

"They're just doing their job," Hana said reasonably, gently taking Yurin's feet off the table. "Maybe we're all a little thin-strung from the trip here and the early time that we had to wake up anyway."

At that Yurin perked her head up, a mischievous grin stretching across her face. "High-strung, eh, Jahad?"

Gustang looked up from his tablet, a nearly identical smile on his face as well. "Oh yeah, I heard about that. Ari showed me the video." He chortled. "I wish I could've been there to see it, it would've been so much better in real life."

"You will, if we stop by a karaoke place sometime during our travels," Eduan said smoothly, seemingly materializing out of nowhere.

"Perfect, Japan was on our list anyway," Gustang said. "It's been a while since someone who could fluster Jahad appeared."

"It's been a while since he's let anyone do that kind of thing without knocking them out," Eurasia added sleepily.

Eduan grinned and sat down. "Maybe he's a lot more of a virgin than I expected-OUCH!"

Jahad's eyebrow was twitching as he clenched a fist. "Say another word and you'll wish you were never born!"

Lo Po Bia wiggled his eyebrows. "That was a real smooth act."

"Ari... you are going to pay for this..."

Ari shrugged. "Hey, it was kind of your own fault for telling Yurin to work on her soprano."

"Yeah, it was," Yurin said seriously.

"I'm back," Bloodmadder rushed up, holding a package of donuts shaped like chicks in his hands. "Here you go."

"Thanks," Jahad said, reaching with a fork to prod one. He'd only barely touched it before the fork was knocked violently out of his hand. He glared at Lo Po Bia. "Hey! What was that for?!"

"No! You must not eat the chicks!" Lo Po Bia spread his arms over the chicks protectively. "No! No!"

"Dude, what's up?" Yurin asked, reaching for a chick and scowling when her hand got slapped away. "We're hungry! They're donuts!"

"I know... but... I can't bear the thought of them being eaten!!"

Which of course led to an argument and a mini-argument that quickly escalated even more when Eurasia woke up, grouchy from having been woken up and from the earlier incident, and in the end they were politely told to get out.

"Now that that's over," Jahad said, looking sideways at Lo Po Bia who was clutching the donut box in his arms. "It's almost time for us to board. We've got two hours left, let's hurry to our waiting room before another argument happens."

"We've got C-7," Gustang said. "C'mon."

It wasn't hard to find the waiting room and soon they were seated in the room. "So, are you gonna eat those chicks?" Arie asked, practically drooling as he looked at the appetizing donuts. Lo Po Bia held the box protectively to his chest. "No. They can be my pet and when they die I will bury them. Somewhere."

Arie stared at him. "He's really serious, huh?"

"Yes," everyone else sighed.

Jahad was praying that there wouldn't be any more drama, but of course, destiny obviously hated him today.

A loud, high-pitched giggle made him wince as a group of girls sashayed into the waiting room. They were the typical girly-girl type-ridiculously dyed coiffed blond hair, revealing outfits, tons of jewelry, tons of makeup, and extremely high heels.

All of which wanted to make Jahad puke.

"Oh, yuck," Yurin said in disgust. Immediately they all turned away and pretended to be busy, whether it was pretending to be calling someone or getting up to 'go for a walk'.

Unfortunately or fortunately, the girl's attention seemed to be completely and utterly focused on Eduan, who was standing at the nearby water fountain. They made a beeline for him. "Why hello there, handsome," the leader cooed. They were close enough for them to hear every single word.

"Hello," Eduan said, glancing at them. "Do you need anything?"

The leader batted her long fake eyelashes. "Yes, I need you. Would you fancy a date out with me?"

"Well, at least it was him," Bloodmadder whispered. "Among us he's probably the best at handling those kind of girls. Blegh. I hate those kind of girls."

"Yeah..." Jahad's hand subconsciously brushed his cheek as he watched Eduan charm them.

"So what do you say? I bet your --BEEP-- in my --BEEP-- would be refreshing for both of us! We can --BEEP-- it up all night!"

They all froze.

The girl kept on talking. "And my --BEEPS-- haven't had someone --BEEP-- on them for so long so you could say they along with my --BEEP-- are ready to be --BEEPED-- by a --BEEP BEEP BEEP--!"

Yurin and Hana got up and moved to the farthest corner of the room where they could see everything but was well out of hearing range. Gustang put on a pair of headphones and started listening to loud music. Bloodmadder blanched and hurriedly went off, muttering something like the bathroom. Arie practically shoved a pair of earbuds into his ears and he started playing white noise. Ari strategically wrapped a scarf around his head and moved away. Eurasia was blissfully asleep.

As for Jahad, he had no headphones, no scarf, and nowhere to sit instead, so he was subjected to hearing every dirty and extremely inappropriate thing that came out of that girl's mouth. His eyes never left them.

Meanwhile, Eduan was starting to loose it-whether it was his cool or his temper, he wasn't sure. He only thought to tease them a little-but of course they had to be the dirty kind of girls, ughh!

Jahad, listening and watching, felt his already-thin patience stretch to the breaking point. He was so done with having to put up with this. Ari's head snapped up immediately in interest as Jahad stood up abruptly.

Eduan was busy thinking of a way to distract the girls when he felt a warm, strong arm slip around his waist. "Sorry, but he's taken, ladies." His breath caught when he slowly turned his head and found himself staring into Jahad's yellow eyes.

The leader frowned. "Who are you?"

"His boyfriend," Jahad replied, far smoother than Eduan expected. "I'd appreciate it if you stopped corrupting him with your dirty words." His arm trailed down and his hand intertwined with Eduan's. "Coming, love?"

Eduan managed a smirk at the girls despite his inner shock, waving as they turned away. "Later."

He tugged Jahad's back into his own when he felt the girl's eyes still boring into them and his hand slipping away. "They're still watching," he hissed. "Keep acting."

Ari was already recording with a Chesire-cat style grin on his face as they walked over. The others stared at them, all with large smirks. "God, I hate this," Jahad whispered.

"I can't wait to rub this in your face," Ari whispered back.

Jahad was just about to melt into the very soles of his shoes with embarrassment and frustration. He never thought it would come down to this, with Eduan's hand nestled comfortably in his own and he stiffened slightly when he felt the other man lean against him, his head resting on Jahad's shoulder. Jahad smelled a delicate scent and to his surprise, it smelled... good. Something like roses and lavender mixed together, but sharp and crisp like ice.

"You're too stiff," Eduan murmured, pressing closer. "You need to relax." How am I supposed to freakin' relax when you're literally snuggling against me with an intoxicating scent and our friends filming everything?! Jahad wanted to scream. But he forced himself to loosen up. "I am never touching you again after this," Jahad hissed into Eduan's ear. The other smirked up into his face. "Why? Is this-" he pressed even closer and held his hand tighter. "-making you uncomfortable?"

YES, IT WAS. Jahad knew he was fucked when he touched Eduan's hand, but this, the blistering heat that curled in his stomach from his closeness, was completely foreign and yes, it made him uncomfortable! And when he finally managed to calm himself down a little he was surprised to clearly feel Eduan's heart.

It was racing. Yes, racing, thumping at an impossibly fast pace.

Jahad couldn't resist the smirk that curled on his lips. "I can feel your heart, you know."

Eduan stiffened slightly and his heart accelerated with it. "So?" His voice gave away nothing, but he was used to acting. Eduan wasn't even sure if he was acting or not, but all he knew was that the hand clasped with his was strong and warm and the person he was leaning against smelled comforting. Oh my GOD Eduan, what are you THINKING? he yelled at himself.

"It's racing."

"You're going to have to explain."

All of a sudden Eduan felt Jahad grasp his chin and tilt it up to meet his face. Eduan's breath hitched when he realized they were quite literally nose-to-nose. "Is this a good enough of an explanation?" His voice had a hint of amusement in it, though Eduan could hear that his heart was beating just as fast.

He met his gaze unflinchingly, refusing to succumb. "It is. Would you like me to give you a kiss to top it off?"

A small gasp escaped the blonde's lips and he turned away, ears turning red immediately. "... Absolutely not. You already did."

"Yes, but that was on the cheek," Eduan crooned teasingly. "Your lips look appetizing enough."

To his pleasure Jahad immediately flushed. "N-no way," he stammered. "Now cut it out." Jahad wasn't sure if he could last any longer if he kept on doing this.

He heard the bluenette sighed. "You're no fun at all." A moment later he felt Eduan retract himself from his side and Jahad was surprised to find that he actually kind of missed the warmth and the scent.

(Of course through all of this all of their friends had whipped out their phones and were recording and were so planning on teasing them later.)

"Okay, now that snuggle time is over, here are your tickets," Gustang said, handing each person their ticket as the announcer announced, "Flight C-7 will now let in A Class passengers!"

Jahad looked down at his ticket. Seat 40...

Before he knew it he was boarding the plane and making his way through the aisles.

Looks like the adventure is finally beginning.

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sooo... lots of tension. I feel like most parts are just each other testing to see how much their hearts can take.

And, IMPORTANT QUESTION, am I rushing?

I mean I can't help it! I love fluff! But do you think I should stretch things out? They're supposed to slowly develop it through their travels and confess somewhere too but I can't resist... ugh...

-A.A.C.