40 40 - Tenderness

"Whoa! You look rather happy this morning, Fang!" Wolf commented when he saw Fang walking down the beach for their morning exercises. "Where's Ren, though?"

Fang's ears turned red. "Ren's still sleeping," he murmured.

Wolf lifted his eyebrows in surprise. "Really? That clingy guy let you out by yourself?"

"Ren isn't clingy," Fang said loyally.

"Huh?! If he clung to you anymore, he'd be your underwear," Wolf said bluntly.

Fang blushed. "He really is sleeping and I didn't want to wake him up. He got tired yesterday."

Wolf scratched his head ruefully. "Yes, that lazy lump did walk up a hill...Fang, you really need to make him exercise more, you know?"

Fang nodded.

The two of them finished their training soon and went back to their rooms to shower. They met Pax on the way.

Pax raised an eyebrow enquiringly when he saw the two of them. "Ren isn't with you?' he asked.

"He was asleep when I came over," Fang said.

"Ah," Pax said. "He didn't get sick, did he?"