There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 464

Chapter 464: Chapter 457. First Kiss

"Is it really alright?" Dheera whispered.

"I don’t know, I feel like I’m going to dirty this place," Leehan shook his head.

As they whispered among themselves, neither Dheera nor Leehan was aware of a figure walking toward them from behind, who, without hesitation, pushed the two unsuspecting guides into sparkling clear water.

"Stop wasting time and just get in!" Zhan laughed before jumping into the lake himself.

Dheera and Leehan shrieked before they felt the water hit their body. They fell to the shallow part of the lake, however, so there was no danger. The two guides surfaced quickly, sucking in air to their surprised lung, and were about to shout in protest when they were once again hit by water. Blankly, they stared at the perpetrator who just disappeared under the water and surfaced not long after, laughing.

"What are you doing just standing still? Let’s go there! There!" Zhan pointed at the waterfall and snatched the two guides in his arms, holding them like a sack.

Dheera and Leehan blinked repeatedly in confusion, before laughing and making a swimming motion despite being solely moved by the Spearman carrying them.

"Pfft--so much for worrying about dirtying the place," Bassena snorted as he watched the lower lake become some kind of a waterpark.

After Zhan and the two guides enter the water, the others follow--although in less harsh manners. The support magicians were just leisurely floating around in their makeshift swimming tube made of some fabric and their magic, while Gus and Naoya were doing some kind of wall-climbing race on the cliff supporting the waterfall.

None of them had brought any swimsuits or things to play with, of course, but somehow, they still found something to have fun with in this small paradise inside the Deathzone.

How fascinating, Zein thought, watching Zhan play with his kids fondly. He sat leisurely on the lakeside, with one leg dangling on the water and another bent to his chest, leaning back on his arms.

Fourteen months ago, he also sat like this in that exact spot. But the man he watched at that time was sitting beside him instead, observing his face.

"What?" Zein asked without turning, already feeling the amber gaze on his profile.

"It’s just...you have this nostalgic look on your face."

Zein chuckled, tilting his head to glance at the esper. "It does feel nostalgic," Zein said.

"Why?" Bassena arched his brow and smirked. "Because you saw me naked for the first time?"

"Whaaat?" the reply came from the lake, not far in front of them as the two guides waddled toward Zein, before they stopped after hearing the scandalous thing. "So you’ve been seducing Captain from back then, Commander?"

"What are you talking about?" Bassena scoffed. "I’ve been trying to seduce him from day one."

Zein chuckled as he recalled the first time they met again, when he still hadn’t realized who Bassena was. Since he didn’t remember the event at the cave back then, he thought Bassena was just another obnoxious esper who weirdly acted like a stalker.

Wait...Bassena did technically investigate his background and tracked where he was, so...

"Yeah, you stalker," Zein flicked the esper’s forehead with a smirk.

Bassena chuckled without any regret--after all, how else could he find Zein if he didn’t look for him? The guide would just be rotting forever in this place if no one nudged him out.

"But why are you naked, Commander? Pervert much?" Dheera asked daringly with a giggle, although she also held onto Zein’s leg to make sure she was safe from any repercussions.

"I was drenched in Specter’s blood...liquid...whatever," Bassena grimaced. "I had to wash myself thoroughly--it was Zein who suddenly came when I was cleaning myself."

Dheera gasped and covered her mouth, turning to look at the nonchalant guide. "It’s a public place, and he was proudly showing off," Zein shrugged calmly.

Bassena chuckled and asked again. "So? What exactly made you feel nostalgic, then?"

"Hmm..." Zein looked up and his lips stretched into a gentle smile. "This is where we had our first kiss."

"Oh-ho?" Dheera covered her mouth again, taking up more and more information to be shared with the other guides once they arrived. _{fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm}

She would make sure to include the part where the Bassena Vaski was suddenly blushing with a stunned look across his face, or the part where their Captain let out a melodious sound of soft laughter and patted the esper’s cheek fondly.

Almost looking like a painting, actually. Too bad she left her commlink up there with the rest of her stuff, or she would have snapped a picture or two.

But of course, someone would always be eager to prevent this nice view from taking place for too long. "No flirting in front of me!" Han Shin shoved himself between Zein and Bassena, pushing the couple away from each other.

Gasping at how much this guide had changed from the last time they were here, Han Shin looked for help from another source. His eyes fell on the Borderland’s scout that had been sunbathing--well, shardbathing?--on a boulder at the lakeside. "Ron, say something!"