It took another hour for the others to wake up; Janus couldn't have been more thankful for the time to recompose himself and finally get to know his soulmate now that he knew the reason behind his actions.

The snake like guy couldn't tear his eyes off of Patton, everything about him pulled him in, screaming softness and kindness. He didn't know how he managed to keep his distance for so long, when in that moment, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't keep himself away from his lover's arms.

On his part, Patton did not complain in the slightest; he enjoyed having Janus all cuddled up on his chest, Diego gently wrapping his body around the both of them, and for the first time in his life he managed to feel complete and thoroughly content. It didn't matter if they were in a cavern in the middle of the forest, trying to get back to the castle while being chased by a bunch of expert killers. He was just happy to have cuddles form his soulmate.

A low growl interrupted their quiet talking, making the two guys jump and Diego immediately hiss. Their eyes both snapped towards the source of the sound, meeting the much more threatening ones of the dragon; her glare was clearly directed at Janus, who just looked at her petrified, eyes wide with fear and surprise.

What Nyx did not expect though, was to have her glare reciprocated. And what she expected even less, was for that glare to be coming from Patton out of everyone.

"Nyx. Knock it off. Now." He said, his tone stern, ignoring the small confused whine the dragon let out.

Janus moved closer to the usually cheery guy, making the dragon's eyes once again snap to him with a more uncertain growl.

"Hey!" Patton immediately intervened again, "I said knock. It. Off."

"What-" Virgil's sleepy question was interrupted by a quick yawn as the kerfuffle woke him up. "What is happening?"

"Nyx is growling at my soulmate and won't stop. I don't care if she's doing to protect me. Either she stops or I'm revoking all her pets and cuddle privileges."

There were a few seconds of silence as the others started to slightly stir awake. Despite the slight softness in Patton's words they were still stern and serious, having completely gone in dad mode, his arms holding Janus a little tighter.

The snake-like guy still couldn't believe this guy was his soulmate: cute and soft on the outside, but willing to fight a freaking dragon if it meant protecting him after only one day of actually knowing him.

"He made you cry!" Nyx exclaimed, making almost everyone jump as she took control of Virgil voice.

Patton remained unreadable, only raising an eyebrow. "Your point? Roman has made Virgil cry too and you have forgiven, him."

"I still think he's a huge moron-"

"Hey!" The prince exclaimed indignantly, but was immediately shushed by the glares both the dragon and Patton sent him.

"I'm still mad at him and I wouldn't be this close to him if I could help it, but at least he had his reasons to act like an asshole."

Once again Patton just stayed silent, straightening his back slightly and rubbing Janus' shoulder with his thumb to help the both of them calm down.

"And what makes you think Jan has his reasons too? The fact that you don't know them? He is allowed to not disclose private information with someone whom he's not comfortable with, especially when that someone is glowering and growling at him."

She didn't reply, just sighing and rolling her eyes as she turned away to lay back down. As the violet hue of light left Virgil's body and his eyes went back to normal, everyone could tell that Patton had won the argument.

The dad friend's shoulder immediately slumped, a sigh of relief leaving his lips as he smiled down at his astonished soulmate.

"Well, isn't this a lovely way to start the day?" Remy broke the silence, clapping his hands to emphasize the sarcasm in his sentence.

Remus chuckled, getting up from laying on top of Logan who groaned slightly at the lifted weight.

"Oh, come on, what good day doesn't start with a cat fight?" He laughed, making his boyfriend roll his eyes as he sleepily draped himself on his shoulders.

Remy sighed, his eyes traveling between all of the couples hugging, still trying to wake themselves up.

"Okay, let's get a move and eat breakfast, so we can go back to walking. We're not vene a day away from the kingdom now." He announce, sitting beside Janus and Patton.

He took out the rest of the game he, Roman and Remus had managed to catch the day before and started cooking it.

Logan looked at Remus weirdly as he felt the man go slightly tense in his hold at the mention of how close they were to their destination, but decided to not question it; he hoped his boyfriend would come to him by himself if he had a problem.

As they went back to walking for the rest of the day Patton was approached by Roman.

"Hey," He started, falling into step with him, his hands deep in his pockets. "Are you sure you're okay?"

Patton sighed, closing his eyes for a second. He was tired; for the whole day the only question asked to him was if he was was okay, and he had grown to hate the word. He wasn't made of glass. He knew how to take care of himself and it was his soulmate they were talking about, not some kind of criminal.

"Yes, Roman. I'm okay. I just had a talk with my soulmate, like adults."

Roman stayed silent for a few seconds hearing the sharpness in Patton's voice, before sheepishly replying.

"That's... that's not what I was referring to."

That got the cheery guy's attention, his eyes rushing to find the prince's, curious.

"As much as I didn't like how Janus treated you in the last few days, I am the least suitable person to judge a section to meeting your soulmate, and I don't doubt he had his reasons to act the way he did." He stopped for a second, shooting him a small smile that Patton gratefully reciprocated. "What I meant is that since this morning you seemed to be quieter than usual and lost in thought. I just wanted to make sure you were okay and reassure you that whatever you said to Janus... - they both stopped, their eyes meeting the figure of the scale-covered guy laughing and smiling at his conversation with Remy - Well, seemed to have helped him a lot."

Patton smiled before leaning in and hugging Roman tightly, a silent 'thank you' echoing between them.

The hug was short-lived though, as Diego was quick to slither between them, wrapping himself around his soulmate and hissing softly at the royal.

Roman just stared at him wide eyed for a second, before bursting out in a fit of giggles seeing him snuggle close to his friend. Right behind them, he caught Janus shooting them a small jealous glare, hugging himself and blushing upon getting caught, his eyes running away.

"Hey, I think someone else is jealous too." The royal chuckled, gesturing with his head towards Patton's soulmate, making his friend immediately break into a sweet smile.

""Go. I'm pretty sure he needs all the love and affection you can offer him." And Patton didn't need to be told twice, immediately running to his soulmate and wrapping him in a big hug that left him stumbling.

After a few more minutes of walking, they finally came to a stop at the edge of the forest, in front of them tall, thick wall toward over them, the giant doors to the kingdom guarded by two men in uniform.

Letting out a sigh, Roman went over to Virgil, hugging him from behind and gently laying his head on his shoulder.

"Welcome home."

hello! I'm not going to lie i don't like how the end turned out at all, neither do i think this is the best chapter i have ever put out but oh well.

This said, i'm pretty sure this story is coming to a close, the next chapter there will be a bit of Remus angst, since it was requested, but that's a bout it.

let me know what you think of the chapter and let me know if there's something you want to see before the end of the story, i'll try my best to put it in, one way or another.

as always, feel free to point out any mistakes/typos so can i can correct the work!

Bye!

Ali c: