There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 268

Chapter 268: Chapter 261. Olive Branch

"Are you really going to pack my things?" Zein asked the esper as the elevator went down to the seventh floor.

"It’s just your clothes, isn’t it? It’s not like you know how to pack them, anyway," Bassena shrugged, grinning as he saw the guide roll his eyes.

Well, it was true; Zein wouldn’t know the right way of packing his three-season worth of clothes Reina had been providing him as the price of being her ’muse’. She had even promised to send him her spring collection and another set of tailored suits for the beautiful scenery Zein provided on his birthday. Funnily enough, Zein only accepted the gift when Raina promised to throw in some combat uniform.

"I told my apartment manager to arrange a moving team, so they’ll be here in a bit. I should at least watch them, shouldn’t I?" Bassena continued, smiling joyfully. It seemed like he was truly excited to have Zein finally moving in for real. "Ah, about your box--"

Bassena swallowed his words when Zein pulled his lapel and kissed him, briefly, just before the elevator made a sound and opened to the seventh-floor lobby.

"The corner drawer in the closet," Zein told the esper with a smile, putting his physical key on the younger’s palm. He patted the stunned cheek and gave a blinding, pretty smile before putting his mask back on. "Thank you."

Zein walked out of the elevator and pressed the button, waving to his lover as the door closed. Right before he was about to turn around though, he already got pounced from behind, and a familiar high-pitched voice assaulted his ears. "Captain!!"

"Ugh--"

If it wasn’t for his physique, Zein would have stumbled forward because of the force the girl exerted for the back hug. But it wasn’t just Dheera--soon enough, he had most of the younger guides clinging to him.

"Captain, why are you never replying to my message?" Dheera whined, pulling on Zein’s arm like a sulking kid.

That was because Zein and Bassena decided they would ignore every communication yesterday so they could spend time just by themselves. But before Zein could say anything, he was already getting bombarded with many questions.

"Captain, are all the articles true?"

"Captain, are you really building an orphanage in the red-zone?"

"Captain, are you really a part of an Old House?"

"Captain--"

"Not in the hallway," Zein raised his hands and used his commanding voice to get the unruly kids off his back.

They stepped back and saluted like the good kids that they were, and followed him to the office, where Alice greeted him with a rare smile.

"None of you are on duty, right?" Zein threw a strict look at the younger guides, who immediately shook their head. He could only imagine how rowdy it would be once the new guides--some of whom were younger and fresh graduates--joined them.

Thankfully, Nadine was also there to calm the fray. "Captain, are you alright?"

Zein raised his brow and tilted his head. "Do I look unwell?"

"You look tired,"

"That’s because of these kids," Zein pointed to the Dheera and the others, who were circling the table to steal their Captain’s snacks.

"Hehe," Dheera grinned while munching on a cookie. "It’s because we missed you so much, Captain."

"It’s not like I was gone for a long time, why are you people being so dramatic?"

This time, it was Brisk who replied with a fake timid sound. "But...we’re worried you might be stressed out because of all the bad things people said..."

Seeing his cheeky kids who said they were worried but busy stealing his food every time they played in his office made Zein scoff. But seeing that they looked alright despite all the chaos happening yesterday also made him chuckle.

"See, I told you," Dean scoffed at the others. "There’s no way Captain would get troubled from this kind of thing."

The guides then shrugged and grinned, which put a subtle smile on Zein’s face. "I’m fine, but what about you?"

"What about us?" Nadine asked, putting a steaming cup of coffee in front of Zein.

"You might get dragged from having a Captain like me," he said dryly while looking at his deputy.

Nadine raised her brows. "You mean having a Captain who survived harsh conditions and climbed up to the green-zone by himself?"

"Or a Captain who never forgets where he’s from and immediately gives back to the community?" Dheera chimed in from the table.

"And a Captain who stood up for the right thing even against the authority?"

"Ugh--you’re embarrassing me," Zein sighed and waved his hand to shut them up.

"At least act embarrassed if you want to say things like that," Abel, who was leaning against the door frame, rolled his eyes and sneered at the taller guide’s nonchalant gaze, whose face didn’t even have any tint of red.

Zein smirked and tapped on his table twice. "Alright, I need to talk to the Chief now, shoo,"

The young guides whined even while they were standing up. "You’re not going to go immediately, right? We’ll at least have lunch together, right?" _{freewebnovel.cσ๓}