Blue bird
Shin-ah fic
Akatsuki no yona fic
No warnings
Shin-ah was lost. As Yona and the others set up camp, he was out gathering firewood and he got distracted by a blue bird. He'd never seen a bird like this before. It was such a light blue it almost blended in with the sky. Fascinated, he followed it and before he knew it he was standing in front of a small cottage. It was a homely little cottage with flowers in the window sill. The blue bird settled on a post with poles sticking out in random places, for the birds to perch on he guessed, and started to sing. A few seconds later a middle aged woman came around the corner having heard the song.
“Well, who have you brought this time, Azure?” She asked in a good humoured tone. She looked at Shin-ah, the smile never leaving her face as she took in his strange appearance.
“Hello, might I ask who you are?” She asked.
“…. Shin-ah..”
The woman nodded, “It's nice to meet you, Shin-ah. That's a beautiful name. It means moonlight, I hope you cherish it.”
Shin-ah nodded. He had the strangest feeling that he could trust this person even though he only just met her.
“…….What is.. your.. name?” He asked in a quiet voice.
“ Mai. You can call me big sis Mai. That's what everyone else calls me,” She motioned to the door. “ Would you like to come in?”
Shin-ah hesitated and during that second Ao, who was sleeping in his fur, woke up.
“Ohhh, you have a little friend with you!” Her face lit up and she came closer till she was a few steps from him.
“Do you mind if…” She trailed off holding out her hand. Before Shin-ah could react Ao jumped to her hand and ran up her arm onto her shoulder nuzzling her face. Right then he knew for certain that he could trust her.
“What's her name?” she asked.
“….Ao.”
“haha, Ao doesn't suit her.”
“….Yona said that too…”
“Ohh?”
Jealous that Ao was getting attention, Azure flapped and landed on her other shoulder and started playing with her hair.
“Don't be jealous, Azure,” she said petting the bird. “Who's Yona? Is she part of your family?”
Shin-ah nodded. “
“Are they a nice family?” She asked. From the way he acted, she was a little worried that they weren't treating him well.
Shin-ah nodded again. “….They always take care of me…and each other…” He tried to to think of a way to express his feelings. All he came up with was, “I love them.”
Mai nodded and smiled brightly. Really relieved.
“Then you should head back to them now, Azure will guide you back. Just follow him and you won't get lost,” She handed Ao back. “Goodbye, Shin-ah and Ao.”
She clasped her hands behind her back and waited for him to turn and leave. But he didn't. He had only known her for a little bit but he already thought of her as a friend.
“….Will I see you again.. Big sis Mai?..” he asked.
Mai was a little surprised but she nodded.
“Whenever your around here, just look for Azure and he'll lead you here.”
Shin-ah nodded. Azure took off fluttering from branch to branch. Waiting Impatiently. Following Azure, Shin-ah looked back. Mai was waving goodbye.
It didn't take long for him to come in view of the camp, then he saw Yona and everyone. They had noticed Shin-ah was gone and started searching the area around camp, yelling his name. Yona looked as if she was on the verge of tears. Shin-ah ran to her instinctively. Yona saw him and a look of relief came over her face.
“Shin-ah!”
She ran to him and hugged him. Everyone else heard Yona's shout and came running up too. Kija made it there first and smothered Shin-ah in a big hug.
“Shin-ah! We were so worried about you!”
Zeno caught up and threw himself into the hug, Hak and Jea-ha stood to the side watching the scene with amused smiles on their faces. Yoon caught up and sighed dramatically to hide how worried he had been. Finally Jea-ha spoke up.
“Ok, break it up. Your smothering Shin-ah,” He pulled Zeno and Kija off. “Now, where were you, Shin-ah? You disappeared and we were all worried.” Jea-ha scolded him.
“….I followed a blue bird… and met big sis Mai…… I’m sorry for worrying you.”
“A blue bird?” Kija questioned.
At this Azure twittered a few notes as if to announce his presence.
“Wow!”
“I’ve never seen a bird like that!”
Yona and Yoon said excitedly. All the others watched it in astonishment. If they had any doubts about Shin-ah's story before, which they didn't, they had no reason to doubt him now.
Satisfied that he got everyone's attention, Azure flew off back home and was soon out of sight. Then they heard a loud Growl. Everyone looked at Zeno, who was scratching the back of his head and they all burst into laughter.
“Hahaha, I think we should get something to eat. You can tell us about it as we eat, Shin-ah.” Yona said.
And they all headed back to the camp site, in anticipation of some of Yoons delicious cooking.
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