There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 314

Chapter 314: Chapter 306. Friends

As Zein had thought, the guest from Azure wasn’t supposed to come to the seventh floor.

They were supposed to meet Radia in the executive lounge, but the young guide overheard some staff talking about Zein, and, although they had told him Zein would also be there in the executive lounge, Ren wanted to see Zein right away.

So the elevator made a stop on the seventh floor instead.

"I was so worried yesterday," the young guide let out a long sigh as they rode the elevator to the executive lounge, still holding Zein’s hand even after he stopped hugging the older guide.

"You can just call me,"

"But I can’t get through?" Ren tilted his head, and Zein remembered his commlink was dead yesterday.

"Ah, right..."

"Excuse me, but why do you keep latching to my guide?"

The young guide blinked at the sharp tone coming from the Saint-class esper standing behind Zein, who had been looking at him with rather piercing eyes since earlier. Innocently, Ren tilted his head in confusion. "Latching? But I’m just holding his hand?" _{freёwebnoѵel.com}

"And why are you holding his hand?"

"Bas," Zein glanced at his esper in warning.

He was as surprised as everyone else that Ren was here and clinging to him. But for Zein, it was more of a surprise that the sheltered guide, who couldn’t face other people before, was going as far as to go to another city, going into a building with a lot of people, and even replying to Bassena, who was notorious of being scary.

So he didn’t want this delicate young guide to revert back to his old condition just because he got afraid of Bassena’s sharp objection to a little bit of skinship.

Thankfully, Ren didn’t look scared, although he did clutch Zein’s hand tighter—probably to gain more courage to talk back. "Because he’s my friend? Can’t I hold my friend’s hand?"

Oh-ho? Even the twins looked surprised at their guide’s firm answer. It almost sounded like the young guide was challenging Bassena, and for them, it was beyond fascinating.

"Friend..." Zein muttered absentmindedly, and Xue Ren turned his head to look at the older guide in worry.

"Oh...am I not?"

The young voice grew quieter, the hesitation cleared in the downturned eyes. A little smile formed on Zein’s lips as he patted the younger’s hair. "Mm, you’re my friend."

Immediately, the slightly saddened face turned bright with a beautiful, vibrant smile. He laughed and swung the hand he had been holding. "Hehe! I’m glad; you’re my only friend, so..."

The espers were looking at Bassena, who now felt like his conscience was getting stabbed left and right. "Ugh—"

"Just accept your loss," Radia patted the magician’s shoulder as the elevator stopped and the door opened.

Inside the lounge, the Director of external affairs had been waiting, as well as Lex and Radia’s secretary. They too, couldn’t help but look at the sight of those two guides getting out of the elevator with an astonished gaze. Not just because of the combined assault of beauty, but also because Zein was casually letting someone hold his hand outside of guiding activity.

Lex, as someone who was present during the annual gathering, was less surprised than the other, however. He immediately approached the two guides and took the role of escorting them to the room they had been preparing for Azure.

"But Zein...does your esper not like it when I hold your hand?" Ren whispered to the guide when they had walked further from the group of espers who were talking among themselves in the back.

Zein turned his head to glance at Bassena, who was still looking in his direction from time to time. "It’s fine, he’s just a bit jealous," he replied with a chuckle. "I don’t know why he still feels jealous, though..."

He thought Bassena would be less insecure after he told the man his feelings, after saying that hard-to-understand ’I love you’. But it seemed like the jealousy was just inherent in Bassena’s trait, perhaps because his first love was someone so enticing for the whole world.

"But..." Ren tilted his head to look at Zein keenly, "you look happy when he’s jealous."

Zein curled his lips, the blue eyes gleaming mischievously. "Because he’s cute while doing it."

"Is that so?" Ren clutched the older’s arms and giggled, feeling happy to find that Zein had a playful side to him.

He was also happy that the older guide truly looked healthy, the concerns he felt on the way already vanished at the sight of Zein’s smile. The sounds of delight that he made, of course, brought smiles to his espers’ lips.

"I didn’t know your guide would come," Radia remarked while the twins joyfully watched their beloved guide stepping into the outside world.

"Ah, sorry about that," Mizar smiled apologetically. "I didn’t know he’d overheard us."

If that Zein asked him for something, anything at all, Bassena knew he would dedicate himself to fulfill it, even if he had to scour the hell, scorched the heaven, and flatten the earth.