There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 148

Chapter 148: Chapter 143. Road Trip

There were two things waking up Zein that morning; an alarm from his commlink, and the weight of Bassena’s arms around him. The weight helped him not to become disoriented about where he was though, otherwise, he would have waking up confused.

This bedroom...was as big as his dorm. It even had a seating area and a big ass screen across the bed. One section of the glass window was actually a door leading to a small garden--and by small, it was as big as a normal household garage that could house two cars.

Zein had given up trying to understand Bassena’s house with his plebian perspective at this point.

Apparently, the unit was actually one of the things Bassena inherited from his mother, which explained the existence of the garden. It was a place where she would stay at when she got too fed up with the Vaskis--one of the things she hid from them too, apparently. _{freёwebnovel.com}

Zein heard all that as he guided Bassena last night. They were too sleepy and wary of all the bad things happening yesterday that Zein didn’t care anymore and just told Bassena he would guide the esper while sleeping--just like how they did it in the Capital. Bassena told him about the place as they drifted into sleep, as one of those...bedtime stories, he supposed.

But why did he put on the alarm again?

Zein tried to reach the commlink he put on the nightstand, but Bassena’s grip on his waist did not allow him to. It was almost as if the man was afraid he’d disappeared in the middle of the night.

"Hey, let go," Zein nudged the man with his elbow, but what he got were a muffled sound of groan and an even tighter hold. The esper even nuzzled on his side, just like a giant puppy with white fur. "Bas, I’ll never come over again if you don’t let go."

The amber eyes fluttered open, and the puppy gave him a sulking face. "Meanie..."

"You’re getting more and more alike with Shin--"

"Ugh--God, no!" the esper shuddered and loosened his hold--just enough for Zein to get up slightly with a smirk and reached his commlink.

The alarm sound had stopped ringing, but the screen still blinking with the note he wrote there. [Neyta. 10 a.m]

Oh...

"Why are you waking up so early on Sunday?" Bassena squirmed and stretched out beside him, before rolling to his stomach and laying his head on Zein’s thigh. "Just stay here and play with me today..."

"I can’t," Zein answered immediately, in such a nonchalant and dry tone that deflated Bassena’s hope.

He thought things were progressing? He thought since the date yesterday was pretty much ruined, he could sneakily ask Zein for one today. He had a good feeling that Zein would easily accept it with the way things were progressing between them, but it seemed like he was getting too confident...?

"I have an appointment today," Zein said, tapping Bassena’s sulking cheek lightly, and brushing his fingers over the messy blonde hair. "I need to go to Neyta at ten."

Bassena perked up then, brows raised slightly. "The yellow-zone? What for?"

"I’m going to meet Old Man Dan’s daughter, to talk about the orphanage plan," Zein replied while typing a reply to the old man’s text, who had been asking him about today’s plan.

He had made the plan before the black gate incident, and had asked the old man if he wanted to come too. But with him being hospitalized and then the news about the outbreak yesterday, the old man asked if Zein wanted to use the day to rest instead.

It was honestly a tempting offer. While he already got a few hours of sleep, his mind was still exhausted from last night’s barrage of information regarding his father and the Templars. And Bassena’s place had so many interesting things, especially the swimming pool.

Zein wanted to learn how to swim. There was no way he could do something like that in the end-zones, so he never learned how to. And while there was a pool in the dorm, there was no instructor that could teach him. It wasn’t like he had the time too...

But Zein did not like postponing an appointment unless it was an emergency, because he didn’t like that being done to him. Also, he had no idea if he could conveniently move again in the future, with the unpredictable danger looming over them.

With the theory Bassena came up with last night--that the force of the Deathzone needed time to recuperate their energy--the best time for him to go would be today. So he told the old man that they would proceed as planned.

Or at least, more or less as planned.

Because the plan was for him and the old man to go, with Jock as the driver like usual--guard duty and whatnot. But when he looked at Bassena, the amber eyes were suddenly staring at him with sparkles. They were bright, fresh from thorough guiding and a good night’s sleep.

Zein could almost see it; the wiggling puppy ears.

"...do you want to come with me?"

"Yes!" the answer was immediate, almost sounded like a child getting excited about going for a ride.

Well...having an additional passenger should be alright. An extra guard too, if it came to it. Tapping the excited cheek, Zein couldn’t help but feel a bit excited too, and let out a soft smile.

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"Wouldn’t it better if you just rest?" the esper threw the question back. "I had my cleansing and my sleep. What about you?"