There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 569

Chapter 569: Chapter 563. A Moment of Peace

"Should we sleep here tonight?" Bassena asked abruptly, looking at the black veil above him in disappointment. It would be perfect if they could see the night sky. Winter was perfect for stargazing.

Zein looked back at the esper with an arched brow. "You mean...in the open?"

"If you want," Bassena shrugged and took a seat on the hard ground, leaning his back against the boulder where the dungeon gate was before they destroyed it.

There had never been a need to spend the night in the open since they had a perfectly good compressed camp and perfectly sinister-looking scenery surrounding them. But this time, the scenery was considerably nice, and the air was clean from the purification of two shards.

Looking at the nonchalant answer that somehow felt like a challenge, Zein raised his brow even more. But he smirked in the next second and got up, before plopping down between Bassena’s legs, leaning against the esper’s sturdy chest. It was a rather awkward position since Zein was eighty-five percent of Bassena’s size, but their bodies adjusted quickly as if programmed automatically to provide comfort for each other.

"Whoa..." Bassena parted his lips in surprise. He was thinking about spreading a blanket and lying side by side, never expecting Zein to do this.

The guide responded with a smirk. "What?"

"Feels like it’s been a long time since we did something like this," Bassena replied in a daze.

"Because it is," Zein shrugged, propping his elbow against the esper’s thigh, comfortably leaning back while gazing at the dark horizon. "It’s been a long time."

What kind of date and peaceful intimate time they could get in the Deathzone anyway? Sure, they still had sex sometimes--provided they had the chance--but these kinds of calm, tender moments were almost nonexistent. Even during the rare moments when they came up to the safer zone, they were working instead of cuddling.

It was funny to think they got the chance in the Deathzone instead. The scenery might not look like much, but after spending time in the Deathzone, even a dark sea with a void-like horizon seemed beautiful.

Again, it was weird, but the moment reminded Zein of laying on the dock in his lakeside house, gazing at the stars with Bassena.

He glanced at the esper, who was staring into the horizon. Sneaking his fingers on the platinum strands, Zein pushed down the esper’s head gently for a kiss.

The kiss was warm despite their slightly cold lips; as warm as Bassena’s chest beating against Zein’s back. It was gentle and brief, and Bassena blinked his widened eyes when they parted.

"Huh?"

Zein smirked at the baffled expression and tilted his head slightly. "What?"

"Mm...no, just--" Bassena licked his lips as if tasting the leftover sensation of the kiss. "Didn’t think you’d do that."

"Isn’t it normal to do it on a date?"

"A date?" the amber eyes widened even more.

Zein leaned his head relaxedly against Bassena’s shoulder and smiled. "Isn’t this?"

It was a pretty smile with a relaxed face and soft eyes that looked brighter than the shards in Bassena’s eyes. He took a deep breath and grasped the guide’s nape, covering the smile with his lips.

The kiss was longer this time; slower, but packed more passion than before. It contained Bassena’s silent confession and determination, one which he kept in his mind and locked at the back of his tongue until it was ready to be unleashed on one bright and beautiful day.

While the two people drowned in their own world, two people with somewhat different but also similar faces looked at them from the edge of the camp.

"Wow, damn these lovebirds..." Han Shin bit his nail enviously. Now that he was in the dungeon-hopping operation, he couldn’t even communicate with the outside.

Meaning; no weekly calls with his fiancee!

"Doing it right in front of people with a long-distance relationship," Han Joon remarked while shaking his head. "How cruel."

"Right?" Han Shin perked up when his brother seemed to agree. "That’s what I’m talking about!"

He glanced at the two again and mischievous thoughts flashed like a habit. "Should we--"

"No," Han Joon grabbed his brother’s collar, who was about to creep toward the boulder and make some disturbance. He chuckled and shook his head again as he dragged the whining manchild away. "Being envious and commenting on it is alright, but don’t disturb their precious time."

The black eyes looked back and stared at the couple, who were now obscured by the boulder. As his gaze cast into the horizon that seemed to be as dark as their future final battle, he let out a forlorn smile.

"Because we don’t know how many of those we can have."

"Oh..."

Han Shin caught his brother’s gaze and looked down. Right; his brother and Radia had such a long relationship, but how many happy ’moments’ did they have after they were adults? He bit his lips as shame washed over him.

Did he...unknowingly disturb his brother and Radia too in the past?

Han Joon glanced at his brother’s expression and smiled. "Don’t you hate it if your date with Reina gets disturbed?"

"Well..." Han Shin fiddled with his shirt and looked up with lowered brows. "I’m sorry, I won’t do it again..."