There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 445

Chapter 445: Chapter 438. Underwater

"Bas, wake up."

Bassena registered the melodious voice that urged him, but the warmth he felt was too comfortable for him to willingly open his eyes. He just hummed and snuggled more toward the source of the sound and the warmth.

"Come one, baby--wake up," a nice peck on his temple, and Bassena smiled while snuggling deeper. And now the voice was annoyed. "You said you’ll take me to that observatory or whatever."

The tone was enough for the amber eyes to fly open; feasting at the sight of fair skin and soft black hair almost touching his cheek. He drank on the blue eyes as deep and brilliant as the sea, that made him smile sloppily like a fool.

"G’morning..." Bassena mumbled while raising his hand to touch the guide, but his fingers met empty air.

Finally succeeding in waking up his esper, Zein immediately left the bed to continue doing what he had been doing before he felt it was too late for Bassena to keep on sleeping; watching the ocean from the glass wall of their suite.

Bassena looked at the guide dumbfoundedly, stifling his laugh and lament as he realized he was no longer Zein’s priority on this vacation. No. It was the sea.

But it was such an adorable and wonderful sight to see Zein’s lively eyes or his impatient movement that Bassena couldn’t even act sulky. The guide had always been calm, reserved, and rarely showed any excitement. It was nice to see that Zein could pull out the inner child that he had been trapped deep inside his soul the moment he was being sold and saddled with two toddlers.

"Have you showered already?" Bassena stretched out on the bed, sniffing the scent of Zein’s body wash. Well...their bodywash to be exact.

"You said we should get there early."

"Is that why you frantically trying to wake me up?" Bassena chuckled as he stood up and headed to the bathroom. Zein usually let Bassena sleep in unless there was an emergency, but then again, for Zein, perhaps this was an emergency.

What if they couldn’t go to the observatory? What then?!

Bassena laughed inwardly as he imagined the guide’s inner turmoil. It seemed like even the event yesterday, including what they did in the shower and the bed afterward could not tire him enough for a new adventure today.

Or...could it be that Zein didn’t sleep last night?

Ah...at a time like this, Zein was truly cute.

"Zein, order some breakfast while I take a shower so we can go right after."

"Okay."

Bassena stifled his laugh. Zein didn’t like ordering food in a place like this. He said he didn’t know what’s what so it’d be better for Bassena to order instead. But right now, he did it with no hesitation, just so they could go faster by half an hour or so.

By the time Bassena finished washing up, Zein had already sat in front of the glass window again. He did say he never got tired of it before, but it was still a fascinating sight. Unlike before, with a stagnant lake, Zein was more animated this time, since the view of the sea was constantly changing.

The colors, the waves, the people who were now walking along the beach, taking a morning dip, and riding the waves on a board...it was something he hadn’t seen in the lake or the river. Through their high floor, he could also see the port where the passenger ships and fishing vessels were docked, as well as when they moved. He kept moving his head so he could see everything, and even took pictures with his commlink.

Aah...Bassena praised himself for booking this presidential suite with a 180-degree view of the sea two months in advance. He knew the place would be full-booked starting in June, so he had taken precautions.

He didn’t even ask Lex to do it. All by himself!

Bassena approached the guide and put his chin on the broad shoulder. "What did you order?"

"No idea," Zein shrugged. "I just told them we want two sets of breakfast quickly--ah, I told them to give me that sweet shrimps we had yesterday."

Bassena laughed. "You really like those, huh?"

"Well, it’s sweet!" Zein argued like it was something very obvious. He turned toward a structure like a small island a few hundred meters from the land that was connected by a long bridge. "Is that where we’re heading later?"

"Yes, the observatory," Bassena nodded. The ’island’ was not really an island, but rather a platform with said underwater observatory and several research buildings around it. "We won’t be using that bridge, though."

Zein raised his brows and the blue eyes blinked repeatedly in curiousity.

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