There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 451

Chapter 451: Chapter 444. For Freedom

"Look, look--it’s really Zen!"

"Zen!"

"Come here! Come here!"

As expected, a shout welcoming an old-timer could be heard the moment Zein--and the other members of Trinity--came inside the mess hall for their joint dinner. Even though a year had passed since they last saw the guide, they acted like Zein only went for a short vacation.

The most excited among them all, naturally, were the guides, who even jumped on their seat to call for him. It was a guide-only table, so Zein took his six new kids to be introduced to his...well, old kids.

But not before Bassena glared at the young guide who jumped and hugged Zein without reservation. _{frёeweɓηovel.coɱ}

"Why did you never write to me? You only write to Ron! It’s unfair!" Yath whined and pursed his lips right after the energetic greeting.

"I don’t have anything to talk to you about," Zein replied nonchalantly, and continued walking toward the table while Yath clinging to him.

"Ah, how cold," the young guide sighed. "But you’re getting even more handsome so it’s okay."

Zein chuckled and flicked the young guide’s forehead in warning. Yath giggled and stuck his tongue out at Bassena’s sharp glare. "He’s scary, but he’s handsome too. I wonder--"

"Wanna die?" Zein remarked in a casual tone and a cold smile.

Yath covered his mouth and let out a low snicker. "Look at you~" he elbowed the older guide’s side and curled his eyes into a pair of crescents. "You denied it before, but what is this? You treat him like his your exclusive esper or something."

"A lover should be exclusive, no?" Zein shrugged.

Yath laughed and slapped the guides’ table. "See this?" he pointed at Zein’s face--which was unmasked already--while facing the other guides from the Unit. "This is what that esper did to Zen!"

Again, Zein flicked the younger guide’s forehead, and the other guides laughed at the grumbling Yath.

"Still can’t believe it when someone brought the news about it," someone commented. "I mean...it’s the Bassena Vaski, so it’s not like I don’t understand, but still..."

"It’s Zen!" another one cackled. "You left this place and all of a sudden catch a boyfriend!"

To that, Zein only replied with old wise words. "I’m also just another human."

"So you are," they laughed and patted his arm as if welcoming him back. "So...this is your new kids?"

At that question, the eyes of the Unit’s guides shifted toward the six black-uniformed guides. They exchanged stares, scrutinizing each other--and suddenly, a staring contest happened with Zein in the middle as Yath grabbed one of Zein’s sleeves and Dheera clutched Zein’s other arm.

A few tables away where the Unit’s officers were sharing a meal with some of Trinity’s espers, the Captain chuckled while observing Bassena’s face, who hadn’t been able to take his watchful eyes off the guides’ table.

"Popular as usual," Agni made a remark, and Ron would grumble saying he should watch his mouth usually, but the scout was also intrigued about this relationship that he had witnessed the beginning of--so he just let the Captain be.

The one who replied to the Captain’s remark, however, was Han Shin. "He must be wondering which ones Zein had slept with in this hall."

"And how many," Kai added, while Gus and Zhan whistled.

They could literally see Bassena’s clenching jaw and curling fists. Still, the Captain cackled and provided the juicy information. "Eh, don’t worry," he waved his hand, and Bassena finally shifted his gaze from the guides’ table. "All of them were just fuck buddies, anyway--just physical, you know?"

That wasn’t exactly a ’don’t worry’ situation, Captain--Ron let out a sigh, and Han Shin buried his face in his hand to stifle a laugh that threatened to come out.

"I know that," Bassena hissed through his teeth, and then, to everyone’s surprise, took a deep breath to relax himself. "I know that."

Ron raised his brow and a smile crept into his face. "He promised you something, huh?"

Bassena just shrugged, and he finally stopped looking in Zein’s direction. For five minutes. Before he started to look again.

Well, this and that were different matters!

Agni almost choked from holding back his laugh--since Ron was stepping on his foot to stop him. To distract himself, he stood up and clapped his hand loudly so the rest of the mess hall turned their attention to him.

At that moment, the grinning, easy-going Agni Khan was gone. The man was the Captain now, and he looked at the room--his subordinates and the guests from Althrea--with a serious gaze and a casual smile that had become his signature.

"A little attention, please."