A/N:  Surprise mass release!  Yay, to insomnia....  xoxo -ptd

Jolan's eyes watered and nodded his head at Valentin's words, a slight smile could be seen as he buried his head in Valentin's chest.

However Jolan was a bit thrown off at Valentin's words. Wasn't Valentin's confession too fast? This mission was going too well for him, he had to be more cautious. In the meantime, he would further push their attraction and relationship so his mission would be completed faster.

Valentin took Jolan's hand and lead him to the canteen where they shared their late afternoon meal together. Afterwards Valentin took him back to their dormitory courtyard and left him in his house.

"I have something to attend to at the moment." Valentin told Jolan. "If you're tired, take a rest. If you want to meet the other disciples you're free to do so as well. Just watch out for yourself, okay?"

"Alright." Jolan said as he smiled brightly at Valentin. "When will I see you again?"

"I'll come get you this evening for dinner."

"Alright. Take care."

"See you."

Jolan stood by the door and watch as Valentin walked out of sight. He leaned against the door frame for a while before going around the courtyard to spend time with the other direct disciples of Headmaster Colo.

Jolan lost track of time when he spent time with his senior disciples, when Valentin found Jolan, he was surrounded by all eight of the disciples as they laughed and played a card game that Jolan taught them.

Although Valentin was happy to see Jolan getting along so well with the rest, he was jealous that Jolan attracted so many bees and butterflies. Valentin had to pay more attention to Jolan, just in case those bees and butterflies mean him any harm or mean to take Jolan away from Valentin.

"Jolan." Valentin said as he frowned. Valentin had been standing there for the past 10 minutes and Jolan didn't even recognise that he was there. The feeling of being ignored and unacknowledged didn't make him feel good.

"Valentin!" Jolan said as he placed his cards down and stood up. "Sorry, I have to go now. We'll play again another time, when you're all free."

Jolan left the group without even listening if they agreed or not. The moment Jolan saw Valentin's sour face, he knew he had to make it up to Valentin. So he hung on Valentin's arm and stuck close to him like glue. Jolan smiled brightly at Valentin as they talked and walked towards the canteen.

"Sit here, I'll bring our food." Valentin said as he pushed Jolan down into the seat and left to go get their dinner.

Jolan smiled and looked around him. There were around 100 student disciples sitting down and eating and a stream more of them waiting in line to get their dinner.

Jolan reviewed his memories and realized that where he sat was reserved for Headmaster Colo's direct disciples. Anyone else who sat here would be punished.

What Jolan did not realize was that there were many people who kept looking over at Jolan and whispering to their neighbor.

It wasn't until a shadow fell to Jolan's left side that he realize that there was someone there.

"You can't sit here." The boyish voice said as Jolan turned to his left. The moment Jolan saw the boy, he realized who the boy was.

The boy also had short blonde hair, like Jolan, however the boy had blue eyes instead. Their body build was quite similar however Jolan was taller and more muscled. While Jolan had handsome features with a hint of femininity, the other boy's features were plain and angular. The boy standing in front of him was no other than Joel, the Headmaster's son.

"Can I help you?" Jolan asked as he looked up innocently.

"I said you can't sit here." Joel growled out loud as his lackey behind him laughed at Jolan.

"Why can't I sit here?"

"This table is reserved."

"Reserved?"

"Yes, reserved. Seeing how you're new here, I'll let you off, but if I see you sit here again, I'll make sure your regret ever disobeying me."

"I don't understand, how is this table reserved?" Jolan asked as he shrank back from Joel's leaning figure.

Joel's finger came out at touched Jolan's forehead. With each word Joel spoke, he kept on poking Jolan's forehead.

"This. Table. Is. Reserved. For. My. Father's. Direct. Disciples. ONLY. Scram. Now. Or. I'll. Break. You're. Bones."

"Who's your father?" Jolan asked as he looked up in mismay.

"Who's my father!?! Who's my father!" Joel asked in surprise. He turned to his lackey and spoke to them. "This stupid kid just asked me who my father is."

Joel's lacky's all laughed and pulled tighter around Jolan.

"Who's my father! My father is the Headmaster here at Moonlight Sect. Headmaster Colo! If you don't want to scram and keep on sitting at this reserved table, I'll just have to break all your bones for you to remember who I am and who my father is!"

"But -- But..." Jolan stuttered as he tried to explain himself.

"Jolan is Headmaster Colo's direct disciple." Valentin said from behind the crowd.

Joel and his lackey's all froze and turned towards Valentin slowly.

"Jolan is Headmaster's Colo's 10th direct disciple. Today is his first day here, that is why I told him to sit down here, while I got our dinner. Do you have a problem with this?" Valentin said as he walked towards Jolan.

As Valentin walked, everyone made way for him. They were all scared of him and didn't even want their clothes to touch him. When Valentin set down their dinner, he sat down next to Jolan and took a napkin and began to wipe Jolan's forehead.

"Are you all going to stand there and watch us eat? If not, I suggest you guys be the one who scrams."

Joel glared at Valentin and Jolan before he and his minions turns to walk away.

"Wait." Valentin said as he kept on wiping Jolan's forehead.

"What is it Senior Brother Disciple?" Joel asked through gritted teeth.

"Apologize." Valentin said as he quickly glanced at Joel and his lackeys.

Valentin's quick glance brought a chill through their bodies and made their knees buckle.

Joel could only hold back on his hatred and bow once to Jolan and apologize.

"I apologize that it was my mistake that I did not realize who you are." Joel said. "If I was rude, please do not take it to heart, I was just trying to uphold the rules of the Moonlight Sect."

Everyone of his minions quickly bowed and said they were sorry as well. However Valentin did not let them go.

"Your apology is insufficient." Valentin said loudly, causing everyone in the room to stop talking and listen.

Joel's hand at his side became a fist. His plastered a fake smile on his face, however if his eyes could kill, Valentin and Jolan would be dead.

"I apologize for not recognising who you are as well as intimidating and putting my hands on you." Joel said as gracefully as he could. Even though everyone could see, he was struggling with every word.

"Good. You are excused." Valentin said as he dismissed them.

Valentin turned his back to Joel and his minions and pushed Jolan's dinner plate towards him.

"Here. Eat." Valentin ordered as he watched Jolan's sad face. He was only gone for a few minutes and his Jolan quickly attracted bees and butterflies. They even dare to bully his Jolan!

Jolan silently stared at his dinner with his head down, pushing the food around and only eating a couple of bites here and there.

"Don't let what happen get to you." Valentin said after seeing how down Jolan was. "Stay away from Joel and his friends, they are no good."

"I didn't even do anything wrong, why did he have to treat me that way?" Jolan pouted. "Now this happened, would Headmaster hold it against me?"

Valentin sighed and hooked his arms around Jolan's shoulder and brought him closer to him.

"It's not your fault. People like Joel like to bully the weak and bow down to the strong. You're new, so you don't know that Headmaster Colo is not that small hearted. He will uphold justice."

"Did you just call me weak?"

"I didn't mean it like that. You're new so they don't know who you are. Joel and his friends like to bully the new disciples to scare them into thinking that their group is strong and important. You were a victim of their scheme. That is all." Valentin quickly corrected.

"Oh..." Jolan said as he moved his food around on the plate.

"Eat your food. We have early classes tomorrow." Valentin told him.

"Okay." Jolan said as he sighed heavily before shoveling the food into his mouth.

Valentin smiled and went back to eating while Jolan wished he had more food. He was a growing boy, his stomach was an empty pit.

"Ummm... Valentin... can I have more food?"

Valentin smiled brightly at Jolan and gave the rest of his food to Jolan to finish while he went to get more food for them. His Jolan liked to eat, he must remember to bring a lot of food and feed Jolan well.