Chapter 86: Half-Truth
The situation had turned much more complicated than Zenith had ever imagined it would be.
Not only finding out about his disappearance but also hearing that Aiden was aware that he was together with Kylian all this time, he tried to use a lie to avoid the topic while keeping a straight face, "Dude, what are you talking about? Why would I take that newbie with me—"
"I told you not to lie again, right?" Interrupting his words, Aiden quickly grabbed his phone from his pocket and showed him a photo which left Zenith dumbfounded. It was a bit unclear image taken under the night sky, but the image of him flying together with Kylian while holding his hand while they were watching the flowery view from the sky. Both their faces were unclear, but just from a glance at their outfit, there was no point in denial anymore that it was indeed Zenith and Kylian.
"Darn...Aiden, sometimes your quick observation irks me a lot." Zenith scoffed at him while brushing his soft silver hair bangs above his forehead, as Aiden put his phone down.
His face had turned dark from the angst riled inside him when Aiden scowled at him again, "Now would you tell me what the fuck is going on between you and him? Did you already expose your hidden power to that boy? Why would you do that when you’ve barely known him for a day!"
"Come on, you’re nagging at me like a jealous wife, Aiden." To lighten the intense mood, Zenith joked about the situation a little but Aiden’s face turned more sour from his comment.
"This is not funny, you darn moron! Do you have the slightest idea of the stress I had to bear the whole day when I learned you disappeared from the Academy while taking that boy with you? The homeroom teacher wanted to have a chat with you, and I barely covered for you, telling him that you had caught a bad cold from falling down into that water fountain.
"But I was still anxious the whole time thinking what if he actually decides to check on you by going inside your room? And now, if you dare to joke about this strenuous situation, then I should better go and show this darn picture of you and him together to the teacher and let him decide the punishment for breaking one of the golden rules."
"Wait...Wait, calm down. I am sorry for joking about it." Quickly Zenith realized that Aiden’s temperament was scary enough that he would consider showing that picture to Teacher Matt, which wouldn’t bother him much but that might put Kylian into grave trouble.
Zenith fidgeted a little while thinking of the solid excuses he could put up at this moment so that he could keep Kylian’s secret safe with him. Slowly he approached close to Aiden and put on a sober expression when he answered, "I am just having fun with that boy. You know it well it’s pretty rare for someone to gain my attention and that boy seemed to be doing that with his weird tactics.
"I know he kept bothering me a lot upon his arrival here, but...we have kind of formed a deal between us. I am now his Master, and he’s my pet."