Chapter 539. Alone Together

"Are you upset?" Zein glanced at the quiet esper, who had been staring at the void with his binoculars for a long time.

"No," the answer was curt. After a few seconds of silence, a careful addition could be heard. "A bit..."

Zein pressed his lips to subdue the laughter crawling into his tongue. Ah...his boyfriend was persistently cute. It made him want to tease the man more.

"But why didn't you bring it up at all last year?" Zein tilted his head. "Or the year before that?"

The answer was obviously because they were busy establishing the base, but he still wanted to heat Bassena's response.

"Dunno," the esper's lips started to twist as he lowered the binoculars and returned it to the scout. "Let's go."

Ah...this was the face Zein had thought he would see when he came back from the Temple. As he followed the group with a smile, he wondered when it started; to think this reaction was cute instead of bratty...