Chapter 179: Someone Like Him?
Aiden’s soft mumble from behind winced Barnes, as he could immediately feel the surge of anxious thoughts rising inside him calm down magically, just with his simple suggestion!
Even after all these years had passed, Aiden was still his top priority, and reuniting with him once again had just made it clearer to him, that no matter what it took, he would never be able to endure parting away from him now.
But...the warmth in his voice left him baffled since Aiden was always putting his guard up against him until now, but the way he offered to lend his shoulders for him, realizing he must be having a hard time made a thought pop up inside Barnes’s mind.
Was he recalling his lost memories?
When Barnes quickly turned around and met his brown curious gaze locked on him, his throat felt a little stifled out of nervousness when he pushed himself to speak, "P-Pardon? What’s with your sudden kind offer?"
"Well, I am the kind of person who likes to return the favor if someone’s being nice to be for once." Aiden shrugged, sounding nonchalant from his tone as he continued, "You had followed me all the way to that yard and accompanied me all this time. Also, you offered me a drink to swallow with the bread...and you always treat me nicely. So...this is the least I could do for you when it seems you’re pretty stressed right now."
For a second, Barnes had his hopes high, pondering if his beloved Master Aiden was finally able to remember about his ’Bunny’ whom he had treated like his own family.
But once again his indifferent tone crushed his hopes, lifting a sad small smile to curve his lips when Barnes mumbled to himself, ’Serves me right. After all the misery Master Aiden had to go through for years...I will just need to accept his indifference as my punishment. But still, even if it aches my heart right now...I still want to stay close to him...just like this.’
"And judging what I heard from your conversation on the call, it looked like...you’re stressed right now because of that brat Zenith, right?" While Barnes held a brief pause, bearing a contemplated expression, Aiden blurted out in a confident tone, with his gaze fixated on him.